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Yellowbrick develops APP for general PARKING convenience (Netherlands)
February 3, 2012 by Frederike Demmers
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With the latest Yellowbrick parking app, anyone with an iPhone or Android for destinations in the Netherlands can get parking advice. The app shows where nearby parking cheaper.
This app gives tariff information for both on-street parking and in car parks. In cooperation with the Pleasant Parking ('Prettig Parkeren') the tarifs for parking ... (more)
After South Yorkshire, Edinburgh and Cantabria, also Rotterdam starts with ECOSTARS
February 1, 2012 by Frederike Demmers
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ECOSTARS Fleet Recognition Scheme (Efficient and Cleaner Operations) is a free, voluntary scheme designed to provide recognition, guidance and advice to operators of goods vehicles, buses and coaches. After South Yorkshire, Edinburgh and Cantabria, also Rotterdam starts with ECOSTARS.
ECOSTARS rates individual vehicles ... (more)
Smartphone application to facilitate transport in Isere (France)
January 25, 2012 by Frederike Demmers
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A new application has made it possible to access information on different means of transport in France by Smartphone.
Until now no Smartphone application has offered multimodal information at the scale of a 'Département” in France. The General Council of Isere, which covers an area with more than 1 million inhabitants, is thus ... (more)
Working at home is not always more productive
January 18, 2012 by Frederike Demmers
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Working from home has an optimum in the amount of time that people working at home. Working at home completely seems to benefit productivity on the short-term, but on the long term the productivity will decrease after some time, and may even become less compared when working in the office. This is one of the results of the TNO expert meeting on ... (more)
Five European cities define the cutting-edge in sustainable urban building with four innovative new tram depots
January 10, 2012 by Frederike Demmers
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A new series of tram depots offers an answer to the challenge of building new public infrastructure both essential for urban development and constrained by stringent environmental, economic and social criteria. Tram depots are large hangars where trams are stabled, washed and repaired. They must be near urban areas and work long hours, yet ... (more)
Burgos wins the 9th Sustainable City Award 2011 (Spain)
January 4, 2012 by Frederike Demmers
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The city of Burgos has won the 2011 Sustainable City Award of Spain in the category of "mobility and climate change".
In 2002, the Environmental Forum Foundation (Fundació Fòrum Ambiental), a non-profit entity, created the Sustainable City Award to commend sustainable development in Spanish cities. The award is given annually to ... (more)
Programme Mobility Vouchers is extended in 2012 (Netherlands)
December 21, 2011 by Frederike Demmers
Minister Schultz of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment has announced that program mobility vouchers will be extended in 2012. The mobility vouchers is a subsidy program for medium-sized and large SME in the Netherlands. They can use the small voucher (1,500 Euro) to have a mobility scan conducted. The advisor who conducts the scan ... (more)
Danish society profits DKK 43 million from Bike to Work (Denmark)
December 12, 2011 by Frederike Demmers
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The Danish Bike to Work campaign organised by the Danish Cyclists' Federation has been analysed by COWI, a consulting group working within Engineering, Environmental Science and Economics. The study shows that the campaign in 2011 was good business for Danish society, producing a profit of DKK 43 million (approximately €5.7 million), ... (more)
National campaign against distraction in traffic (Netherlands)
November 30, 2011 by Frederike Demmers
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The Dutch campaign 'A proper driver does let his attention stray' (Een beetje chauffeur laat zich niet afleiden) is aimed to to make drivers aware of the risks run while using electronic gadgets when driving. In 80% of accidents and 65% of near-accidents, distraction played role during the preceding 3 seconds, as is concluded from research ... (more)
Dutch Citizens frequently on the road
November 18, 2011 by Frederike Demmers
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On average Dutch people spend one and a half hours en route each day. That is 15 minutes longer than the average time on the road for citizens of 16 EU countries, and it is also the longest. Even so, the Dutch spend only 2 minutes longer per day commuting between home and work, than commuters in other countries do.
These are some of the ... (more)