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UITP presented Mobility in Cities Database, illustrating current mobility worldwide
UITP, the international association of public transport, presented during Rome congress its last version of Mobility in Cities Database (MCD), gathering 120 mobility indicators in 50 cities across the world. This important source of information for actors of urban moblity analysed major urban trends for the period 1995-2001 and concluded that: – Car equipment have
Energy efficiency addressed at European level
With the growing concerns about oil prices energy supply dependence and climate change, efficiency in energy consumption becomes more and more key issues for future development of our countries. On 22nd June, the EU Commission adopted a Green Paper on Energy Efficiency that seeks to put energy savings higher on the agenda. The Green Paper
International Energy Agency call governments to “Save oil in a Hurry”
The International Energy Agency which is the energy forum for 26 industrialised countries published on April 28th a report exploring a set of measures governments could take to save oil as quick as possible, in order to cope with oil supply foreseen disruptions. Different measures have been analysed in terms of financial costs, energy savings
PLUME final conference promotes integration of land use and transport planning
Planning and Urban Mobility in Europe (PLUME) is a EU funded project that is part of Land Use and Transport Research cluster (LUTR). It aims at facilitating transfer innovation in the field of planning and urban mobility from the research community to the end users. PLUME has been initiated in November 2002, organised two workshops
Benchmarking initiative: end of year 2
The Urban Transport Benchmarking Initiative is a EU funded project gathering a group of participants representing local and regional urban transport stakeholders from 35-40 cities. The objective is to undertake a comparative analysis across stakeholders by gathering a set of common performance indicators covering urban passenger and freight transport, exploring several thematic working groups on
UK Department for Transport launches debate on road charging
The Department for Transport published in May 2005 National Statistics of average traffic speeds in English urban areas in 2004. This report shows that average speed on roads in large urban areas was 33 km/h during peak hours. However, almost 30% of this time was spent at a speed under 8 km/h (and 20% during
New service provision in Lisbon
In order to better take into account mobility needs of citizens and to reverse the current trend (32% fall in patronage in 15 years), Carris, the State owned company operating Lisbon public transport networks, is significantly changing the structure of its surface network. The new proposed network: will work in tandem with the rail networks,
Mobile phone services to be implemented in London Underground
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London announced in March a consultation aiming at exploring possibilities offered by new mobile technologies in order to improve passengers’ journeys in the Underground. These services consist in audio or video broadcasting and wireless Internet. Many interested companies expressed their interest and have been asked to fill the consultation document
Successful partnership between public transport and car sharing in Hamburg
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, the local public transport authority, announced in June new developments of its successful partnership with Greenwheels, a car sharing company, initiated in 1998. New prices for short term car rental based on an easily structured tariff-system are proposed to holders of public transport season passes, exempting them completely from any entry fee, deposit
European environment agency stresses the underestimation of car pollution
The agency published in October a report describing ten key transport and environment issues of policy-makers. The report states that traffic is growing at roughly the same rate than GDP raising the challenge of decoupling policy. Even if local car pollution is falling, inadequate test standards are underestimating emissions of harmful air polluants from new
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