Mobility
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Balearic government leans towards electric, as rental cars overrun islands
The government of the Balearic Islands drafts new law that requires rental car companies to phase out fossil fuel vehicles and to...
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4.1KTop European Court Declares Uber is a Taxi Service
The ruling has major implications for on-demand transport services across the European Union.
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Autonomous Cars Will Turn Back the Clock on Sustainable Cities
Autonomous mobility could become the most important business in the 21st century. By Diablanco (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons Within the next 10...
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10.4KBuying a Diesel Car Today is Selfish and Irresponsible
We all know that pollution, like tobacco, kills! We also know that diesel fuel is extremely dirty. Unfortunately, until a few years...
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Sadiq Khan asks Volkswagen to pay £2.5m in lost congestion charge
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says 80,000 VW owners have not paid congestion charges for years because their cars were marketed as...
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3.7KA young mayor tackles one of Europe’s most polluted capitals
As mayor of Tirana, Albania, Erion Veliaj has introduced alternatives modes of transport to the city’s traffic-clogged streets and made the public...
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2.5KBarcelona tackles its traffic, pollution with parking policies and superblocks
Cities of the Future talks to Barcelona’s mobility guru, Mercedes Vidal, about how the high pollution levels that are pushing the city...
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Customers Not Ready to Give Full Control to Autonomous Cars
A survey conducted by MIT’s AgeLab suggested that while consumers are interested in advanced safety technologies that assist the driver in reacting...
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3.5KNo Free Parking — Leave Your Car At Home
Free and cheap parking is expensive for cities. It becomes a pull factor for commuters to bring their cars every day, together...
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15.0KTaxi Drivers, Your Job has an Expiry Date
Autonomous vehicles are already in production and big city taxi drivers could be out of a job in 10 years, including those...