European community for mobility management

European bike-sharing networks are changing the face of urban transportation. As cities become even more crowded, figuring out new systems of transportation beyond the car, and utilizing IT, will be a growing trend. Is there more space for innovations? In San Francisco there is a concept of a Zipcar-style sharing network for electric scooters. The ... (more)

According to NGVA Europe, there are currently more than 1.4 million natural gas vehicles on European roads—most of them cars or other light duty vehicles—a more than three-fold increase over the past decade. Europe has more than 4,000 natural gas filling stations and demand for natural gas vehicles is expected to grow as tough new ... (more)

Bicipolitana” is a project for the development of a surface subway network for bikes in Pesaro. The scheme is like the one adopted for subway/underground networks all around the world.The basis of the project is the existence of an integrated bicycle network: different routes connected to each other, building up a network. Starting from this ... (more)

Ireland has announced €100m in funding for new road safety and upgrade projects to improve accident blackspots on roads across the country this year.Irish Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar said: "In a number of cases, the funding will be used to remove bottlenecks and tackle congestion. Given that exchequer funding is currently so limited, ... (more)

The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) is designed to minimise the use of old, polluting diesel vehicles in London, through the phased introduction of an increasingly stricter charging regime. The latest changes, which came into effect on Tuesday, mean that thousands of owners of old vehicles could be facing large fines. Transport for London (TfL) ... (more)

One third of the working people in Amsterdam cycle to work. This is almost 128,000 inhabitants of Amsterdam, of which 120,000 are working in the city and nearly 8,000 inhabitants who work outside the city. This research is done by Research and Statistics of the municipality (Dienst Onderzoek en Statistiek). The bicycle is the most popular means ... (more)

Vienna and Adelaide will host the world’s most important cycling planning conference, after being selected by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF). The two cities were selected because of their commitment to cycling and their capacity to host an international conference. Vienna will host the 2013 edition while Adelaide will be home ... (more)

Following the great success of Paris’ bike sharing program Vélib’, the car sharing program Autolib’ was launched. The Bolloré Group inaugurated the Autolib’ electric car sharing service and 250 electric vehicles on 5 December. The four person electric car is called a ‘Bluecar‘, was conceived by ... (more)

Since last summer is in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) the first public CO2 fill station open. It is the first of eight durable filling stations planned in several cities. The stations are designed for refrigerated trucks, who are normally cooled by diesel engines; the familiar boxes on top of the cab. Spar (chain of supermarkets) is the initiator of ... (more)

There are more and more sustainable vehicles designed for urban areas. Driven purely by electric power. Here are some examples of electric cars built in Europe. Volkswagen Nils Volkswagen NILS, a single-seat electric concept vehicle. The goal of the NILS project is to research a technically realistic and economically feasible concept for a ... (more)