European community for mobility management

Architect Martin Angelo has an out of the box idea: the flying bicycle.  It’s a variant of the ski lift, but it’s the cyclist himselve who drive. It’s not a substitute for cycle lanes, but it could be a method to bridge difficult crossings.    The concept already won an architecture price. Since then the ... (more)

Amsterdam is chosen to be the cycling city of the world. Last year Copenhagen won. Virgin Holidays composes a cycling list every year.  It is not based on scientific research, but it does show how cyclists criticize cities concerning cycling. This is the top ten: Amsterdam, Netherlands Copenhagen, Denmark Bogotá, ... (more)

AENEAS launched its ‘Good Practice Exchange Ring’ database. AENEAS stands for "Attaining Energy-Efficient Mobility in an Ageing Society." The project's objective is to become the cornerstone for international reference projects in the field of urban mobility of older people The searchable database gathers together news and ... (more)

From June 2010 Turin will join the scheme “Bicincittà” bike sharing. It’s already on line the web portal www.tobike.it where is possible to find out more about To Bike. Three types of subscriptions are available (yearly for €20, weekly for €5 and daily €2). The rate of cost varies: on an annual scheme the ... (more)

With the initiative “Vivi il Centro” the Florence local urban bus company (ATAF) from promoted sustainable mobility tackling traffic congestion by making available a series of prices to people who use public transport to commute to Florence city center. In order to win people just needed a recipe of their shopping, done during the ... (more)

A £1.4m THINK! campaign to highlight the devastating consequences of speeding for drivers as well as victims starts today.  The campaign’s message is that if you kill someone while speeding you will be tormented by it forever. In the television advert a driver is haunted by images of the child he has killed - seeing his body in ... (more)