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'''Feb 29''' Free transport in [[Luxembourg]], but what's the cost? <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51657085 BBC News]</ref>
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'''Mar 10''' [[San Francisco]]: What Happened After Market Street Went Car-Free <ref>[https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/03/car-free-market-street-data-san-francisco-bus-bike-scooters/607711/ citylab.com]</ref><br clear=all>


== 2020 ==
== 2020 ==


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'''Feb 29''' Free transport in [[Luxembourg]], but what's the cost? <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51657085 BBC News]</ref>
 
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'''Jan 26''' [[Sustainable transport UK]]: [[Brighton]], [[Bristol]], York ... city centres signal the end of the road for cars <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/26/city-entres-end-of-road-for-cars-brighton-bristol-york theguardian.com]</ref><br clear=all>
'''Jan 26''' [[Sustainable transport UK]]: [[Brighton]], [[Bristol]], York ... city centres signal the end of the road for cars <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/26/city-entres-end-of-road-for-cars-brighton-bristol-york theguardian.com]</ref><br clear=all>



Revision as of 16:42, 17 March 2020

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Mar 10 San Francisco: What Happened After Market Street Went Car-Free [1]

2020

Feb 29 Free transport in Luxembourg, but what's the cost? [2]

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Jan 26 Sustainable transport UK: Brighton, Bristol, York ... city centres signal the end of the road for cars [3]

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Jan 2 Germany cuts fares for long-distance rail travel in response to climate crisis [4]

2019

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Aug 20 In Freiburg 79 percent of trips taken as a pedestrian, by bike, or by public transport. [5]

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Mar 5 Norway: Oslo Is (Almost) Car-Free -- And Likes It That Way [6]

2018

Luxembourg Makes All Public Transportation Free, Dec 10 [7]

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Dec 4 Sustainable transport UK: Memory lanes: the ramblers trying to save 10,000 lost footpaths [8]

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Nov 27 The electric scooter scheme taking over Paris [9]

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One Ecuadorian City Is Converting Its Entire Bus Fleet To Electric By March 2019, Nov 14 [10]

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France: 'I leave the car at home': how free buses are revolutionising one French city, Oct 15 [11]

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Paris: Journée sans voiture: les 4 premiers arrondissements de Paris piétons un dimanche par mois, Sep 17 [12]

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Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train, Sep 17 [13]

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Paris Gets Serious About Free Transit, May 16 [14]

1000 Electric Buses To Spearhead Paris Goal Of 100% Zero Emissions Public Transportation, Apr 23 [15]

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In Germany’s Car Capital, the Unthinkable: The Right to Ban Cars, Feb 27 [16]

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Belgium: Brussels to make public transport free on high air pollution days, Feb 26 [17]

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German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollution, Feb 14 [18]

2017

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France: How This Petite French Town Turned a Stadium Boondoggle Into Free Public Transportation, Oct 25 [19]

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London news: New Economics Foundation calls for ‘Khan’s Cars’ as mutually-owned alternative to Uber, Sep 22 [20]

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Finland: How one city plans to steer residents away from driving, Sep 26 [21]

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Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day, Sep 3 [22]

How BlaBlaCar is Revolutionizing the Way Carpooling Works Around the World, Jul 31 [23]

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India news: India moves into low-carbon mobility fast lane, Jul 31 [24]

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How Barcelona is reducing daily car journeys, Jul 3 [25]

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Google’s new driverless car test wants everyday families to be first riders, Apr 25 [26]

When roads are closed, where does the traffic go? Traffic evaporation and Braess's paradox, Mar 28 [27]

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Sustainable transport UK: Scant evidence that road schemes produce economic benefits, but they increase traffic dramatically and damage the countryside, Mar 20 [28]

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Ireland: Over 2,000 back petition for Galway Greenway, Mar 15 [29]

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Barcelona Plans Europe's Largest Car Ban Yet, Mar 7 [30]

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Singapore May Have Designed the World's Best Bus Stop, Mar 1 [31]

European Commission honours Malmö and Brussels as leaders in sustainable mobility, Mar [32]

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China news: China's capital is replacing tens of thousands of taxis with electric cars to fight pollution, Feb 27 [33]

Ethical and user-friendly transportation options, Feb 24 [34]

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France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases, Feb 23 [35]

From Oslo to Paris, these major cities have plans to go car-free, Feb 10 [36]

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Oslo Offers Citizens $1,200 to Buy an E-Bike, Jan 31 [37]

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Texas: Bayou Greenways, Jan 5 [38]

2016

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New Ridesharing Alternatives Thrive After Uber Leaves Austin, Jul 6 [39]

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CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from Sustainable transport activism and is for news and comment in that global or international context.


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2019

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Oct 16 Extinction Rebellion's car-free streets showcase the possibility of a beautiful, safe and green future [40]

2018

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Sustainable transport UK: The young are falling out of love with their cars. It's an opportunity we musn't waste. Aug 8 [41]

2017

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Sustainable transport UK: Owning a car will soon be a thing of the past, John Harris, Oct 23 [42]

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Sustainable transport USA: 101 ways to improve transportation in your city, Sep 20 [43]

Q&A: LibreTaxi's Roman Pushkin on Why He Made a Free, Open-Source Alternative to Uber and Lyft, Mar 22 [44]

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Sustainable transport UK: The train now standing at Platform 3 is … a Co-op? Mar 16 [45]

2016

So are trams really better than buses? Dec 1 [46]

50 reasons why everyone should want more walkable streets, Aug 24 [47]

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Sustainable transport UK: The People’s Railway: A Cooperative Opportunity? Jun 28 [48]

2015

Towards Decentralized Autonomous Transportation Networks? December 26 [49]

The transformative potential of self-driving electric cars, September 25 [50]

Intelligent Mobility and the Long Walk to Freedom from Cars, August 12 [51]

2014

TheCityFix’s Year in Review: Momentum builds for the open streets movement, December 24 [52]

Caloryville: The Two-Wheeled City, February 14 [53] In China, ‘battery-bikes’ are outselling cars by four-to-one. Pedelec sales are soaring in Europe, too. Is this the start of system-wide phase-shift in transportation?

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TheCityFix, online resource for learning about the latest in sustainable urban mobility and planning.

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