Vehicles
-
Environment
-
SocietySociety USA
COVID-19 Makes Cities Across the Globe Create More Bike Lanes (Quickly!)
City officials across the world have been rapidly expanding bike lanes and closing off roads to cars, encouraging urbanites to cycle in an attempt to maintain social distancing, avoid public transportation and limit the spread of COVID-19.
-
SocietySociety United Kingdom
UK Spends Billions to Make Life Easier for Cyclists and Pedestrians
In the first stage of a £2 billion investment, England is using its £250 million emergency active travel fund to set up bike lanes, widen pavements, and create cycle and bus-only corridors and safer junctions in its largest ever boost for cycling and pedestrian space.
-
EnvironmentEnvironment Norway
How Water Makes Norway the World’s Leader in Electric Vehicles
Last month, three out of four new cars sold in Norway were either fully electric or hybrids, making the nation well on its way to achieving its goal of ending the sale of all new fossil-fuel based cars and light commercial vehicles by 2025.
-
EnvironmentEnvironment India
Big Move Against Smog in India, as the Entire Country Switches to World’s Cleanest Fuel
India is switching to the world’s cleanest petrol and diesel starting the 1st of April, jumping from Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) emission compliant fuels straight to BS-VI in a groundbreaking achievement that’s taken merely three years.
-
SocietySociety USA
The Easy Way to Prevent Accidents: Drive Less (Scientists Find Out After Studying 1,700 Cities)
Researchers have analyzed the road designs of 1,700 cities to come up with ways to create safer streets and reduce road injuries. The solution, they found, is improving public transportation – as fewer drivers will always equal fewer accidents!
-
SocietySociety United Kingdom
Our Cities Will Have Less and Less Traffic, Study Predicts
A new study has found that private car rides in major cities will likely decrease by an average of 10 percent in the next decade – making up less than half of all urban journeys and paving the way to greener transport.
-
Technology