Sustainable transport news 2014 - 2017
CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from Sustainable transport activism and is for news and comment in that global or international context.
2017
How This Petite French Town Turned a Stadium Boondoggle Into Free Public Transportation, Oct 25 [1]
Owning a car will soon be a thing of the past, John Harris, Oct 23 [2] ...Sustainable transport UK news
New Economics Foundation calls for ‘Khan’s Cars’ as mutually-owned alternative to Uber, Sep 22 [3] ...London news
How one city plans to steer residents away from driving, Sep 26 [4] ...Finland
101 ways to improve transportation in your city, Sep 20 [5] ...Sustainable transport USA
Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day, Sep 3 [6]
How BlaBlaCar is Revolutionizing the Way Carpooling Works Around the World, Jul 31 [7]
India moves into low-carbon mobility fast lane, Jul 31 [8]
How Barcelona is reducing daily car journeys, Jul 3 [9]
Google’s new driverless car test wants everyday families to be first riders, Apr 25 [10] Video on youtube.com
When roads are closed, where does the traffic go? Traffic evaporation and Braess's paradox, Mar 28 [11]
Q&A: LibreTaxi's Roman Pushkin on Why He Made a Free, Open-Source Alternative to Uber and Lyft, Mar 22 [12]
Scant evidence that road schemes produce economic benefits, but they increase traffic dramatically and damage the countryside, Mar 20 [13] ...Sustainable transport UK news
The train now standing at Platform 3 is … a Co-op? Mar 16 [14] ...Sustainable transport UK news
Over 2,000 back petition for Galway Greenway, Mar 15 [15] ...Ireland
Barcelona Plans Europe's Largest Car Ban Yet, Mar 7 [16]
Singapore May Have Designed the World's Best Bus Stop, Mar 1 [17]
European Commission honours Malmö and Brussels as leaders in sustainable mobility, Mar [18]
China's capital is replacing tens of thousands of taxis with electric cars to fight pollution, Feb 27 [19]
Ethical and user-friendly transportation options, Feb 24 [20]
France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases, Feb 23 [21]
From Oslo to Paris, these major cities have plans to go car-free, Feb 10 [22]
Oslo Offers Citizens $1,200 to Buy an E-Bike, Jan 31 [23]
2016
So are trams really better than buses? Dec 1 [25]
50 reasons why everyone should want more walkable streets, Aug 24 [26]
New Ridesharing Alternatives Thrive After Uber Leaves Austin, Jul 6 [27]
The People’s Railway: A Cooperative Opportunity? Jun 28 [28]Sustainable transport UK
2015
Towards Decentralized Autonomous Transportation Networks? December 26 [29]
The transformative potential of self-driving electric cars, September 25 [30]
Intelligent Mobility and the Long Walk to Freedom from Cars, August 12 [31]
2014
TheCityFix’s Year in Review: Momentum builds for the open streets movement, December 24 [32]
Caloryville: The Two-Wheeled City, February 14 [33] In China, ‘battery-bikes’ are outselling cars by four-to-one. Pedelec sales are soaring in Europe, too. Is this the start of system-wide phase-shift in transportation?
See also
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References
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