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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)
A new way of travelling by bicycle: the “subway” network of Pesaro (Italy)
January 27, 2012 by René Teeuwen
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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)
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)
Ireland allocates funds for road safety improvement
January 24, 2012 by René Teeuwen
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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)
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)
New inclusions to London Low Emission Zone (UK)
January 13, 2012 by René Teeuwen
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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)
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)
One third of working people in Amsterdam cycle to work
January 6, 2012 by René Teeuwen
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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)
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)