Sustainable transport news/2017

• How This Petite French Town Turned a Stadium Boondoggle Into Free Public Transportation, Oct 25, 2017^[1]
• Owning a car will soon be a thing of the past, John Harris, Oct 23, 2017^[2] ...Sustainable transport UK news

Jul-Sep 2017[edit | edit source]

New Economics Foundation calls for ‘Khan’s Cars’ as mutually-owned alternative to Uber, Sep 22^[3]

How one city plans to steer residents away from driving, Sep 26^[4]

101 ways to improve transportation in your city, Sep 20^[5]

Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day, Sep 3^[6]

How BlaBlaCar is Revolutionizing the Way Carpooling Works Around the World, Jul 31^[7]

India moves into low-carbon mobility fast lane, Jul 31^[8]

How Barcelona is reducing daily car journeys, Jul 3^[9]

Apr-Jun 2017[edit | edit source]

Google’s new driverless car test wants everyday families to be first riders, Apr 25^[10] Video on youtube.com

Mar 2017[edit | edit source]

When roads are closed, where does the traffic go? Traffic evaporation and Braess's paradox, Mar 28^[11]

Q&A: LibreTaxi's Roman Pushkin on Why He Made a Free, Open-Source Alternative to Uber and Lyft, Mar 22^[12]

Scant evidence that road schemes produce economic benefits, but they increase traffic dramatically and damage the countryside, Mar 20^[13]

The train now standing at Platform 3 is … a Co-op? Mar 16^[14]

Over 2,000 back petition for Galway Greenway, Mar 15^[15]

Barcelona Plans Europe's Largest Car Ban Yet, Mar 7^[16]

Singapore May Have Designed the World's Best Bus Stop, Mar 1^[17]

European Commission honours Malmö and Brussels as leaders in sustainable mobility, Mar^[18]

Jan-Feb 2017[edit | edit source]

China's capital is replacing tens of thousands of taxis with electric cars to fight pollution, Feb 27^[19]

Ethical and user-friendly transportation options, Feb 24^[20]

France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases, Feb 23^[21]

From Oslo to Paris, these major cities have plans to go car-free, Feb 10^[22]

Oslo Offers Citizens $1,200 to Buy an E-Bike, Jan 31^[23]

Bayou Greenways, Jan 5^[24]

See also[edit | edit source]

• Sustainable transport news (latest), 2021-2022, 2019-2020, 2018, 2017, 2014-2016
• Sustainable transport activism

References[edit | edit source]