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2026
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Meet the Americans who choose to live without a car in the US: ‘It takes some doing’, theguardian.com (May 08, 2026) - Notes from Vilnius’ first citizens’ assembly, demnext.substack.com (Apr 30, 2026) — How 39 residents reimagined their city’s transportation with 23 recommendations, DemocracyNext
- Sail-power offers passengers new crossing between England and France, reuters.com (Apr 28, 2026)
- Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 04, 2026)
2025
[edit | edit source]- Netherlands to increase tax on private jets, reuters.com (Nov 27, 2025)
- ‘Robot’ buses could bring more environmental benefits than public transport with drivers, theconversation.com (Nov 20, 2025)
- For Australia to get moving on electric vehicles, we must ban petrol and diesel cars by 2035, Hussein Dia for the Conversation, theguardian.com (Oct 16, 2025)
- Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative expanding across the Amazon, Aimee Gabay, news.mongabay.com (Sep 01, 2025)
- It was filthy and it stank terribly’: how Europe’s dirtiest river was brought back to life, theguardian.com (Jul 10, 2025)
- French shipping co-op orders pioneering sail-powered boxship, thenews.coop (Apr 11, 2025) — “This citizen-led initiative empowers all stakeholders to take part in building a low-carbon, human- and environment-centred maritime transport system.”
- Paris’s rewilded railway line: the disused track turned into a green space for wildlife and walkers, theguardian.com/ (Apr 03, 2025)
- Paris Votes to Make 500 More Streets Car-Free, bloomberg.com (Mar 24, 2025)
- Norway on track to be first to go all-electric, BBC News (Jan 13, 2025)
- New York first US city to have congestion charge, BBC News (Jan 05, 2025)
2024
[edit | edit source]- Nimble Electric Trucks Are Supercharging African Trade, reasonstobecheerful.world (Dec 05, 2024)
- ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train, theguardian.com (Sep 03, 2024)
- We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best, theconversation.com (Jul 29, 2024)
- ‘Groundbreaking’: How children in Hawaii won landmark climate case, aljazeera.com (Jun 21, 2024)
- Cars Are Slowing Down in European Cities, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jun 11, 2024)
- The city where ‘the future has already arrived’, positive.news (Mar 18, 2024)
- Paris to showcase what a real bicycle city looks like during Summer Olympics, momentummag.com (Mar 13, 2024)
- France halts €100-a-month electric car leasing scheme after huge demand, theguardian.com (Feb 14, 2024)
- The Guardian view on fare-free public transport: good for people as well as the planet, theguardian.com (Jan 07, 2024)
2023
[edit | edit source]- Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car, theguardian.com (Dec 18, 2023)
- ‘A bus is open to everyone regardless of class’: riding the world’s biggest network, theguardian.com (Nov 30, 2023)
- Paris puts people and bicycles at the heart of ambitious new climate plan, momentummag.com (Nov 29, 2023)
- Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport, theconversation.com (Sep 29, 2023)
- Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?, news.mongabay.com (Sep 19, 2023)
- We'll have to reimagine our holiday season, as climate crisis compels us to change our means of travel and destinations, Daily Alternative (Sep 17, 2023)
- Slow train coming: only a genuine shift to rail will put NZ on track to reduce emissions, theconversation.com (Aug 22, 2023)
- I Rode the World's First Autonomous Public Bus Service, cnet.com (May 18, 2023)
2022
[edit | edit source]- Germany’s €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions’, The Guardian (Aug 30, 2022)
- Spain announces free rail journeys from September until the end of the year, The Guardian (Jul 15, 2022)
- Here are the most effective things you can do to fight climate change, The Conversation (Jul 01, 2022) — Cutting driving and flying are two of the most eco-friendly actions you can take.
- New Zealand halves public transport fares as petrol prices soar amid Russia-Ukraine war, theguardian.com (Mar 14, 2022)
- Young People in France Ready to Fly Less, Stay Grounded (Feb 16, 2022) — global warming worries young people: 80% of them think that the situation is very worrying or dramatic and that it is urgent to act for the climate. Better still, a large majority (76%) recognizes the need to make significant or radical changes in our lifestyles . Young people are ready to act in all areas of daily life: daily transport (79%), tourism (81%), food (87%), consumption (92%), energy (92% ), recycling (95%).
- First Electric School Bus In NYC Is An EV Conversion & That’s A Big Deal!, Clean Technica (Jan 30, 2022)
- E-bike package delivery is coming to L.A., Fast Company (Jan 28, 2022)
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