India: Ushering in a New Road Safety Culture

29/11/2021 | Uncategorized, Urban Mobility Weekly

In this two-part article Rajesh Seth explains how the Indian government is pushing ahead with policy to improve road safety and establish a new model to deal with transport risks. India is a road nation As the Indian government extends its road infrastructure,...

Electric Buses Are Finally Catching On In America

29/11/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly

Behind the tsunami of electric cars hitting the road, a much quieter transformation is taking place—buses are starting to turn electric. Travelling by bus is already one of the easiest and most effective ways to fight climate change. By substituting a passenger car...

Autoliv: Beyond Motorist’s Safety

23/11/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Business of Mobility

The Business of Mobility is an Urban Mobility Weekly series that highlights some of the most successful businesses in the mobility sector. In this article, Pernilla Arnell and Laurent Lamothe, introduce Autoliv, a company with a 70-year history of automotive safety....

Bike Lanes Made of Solar Panels. Really!

23/11/2021 | Uncategorized, Urban Mobility Weekly

Cycling is already one of the most sustainable methods of getting from A to B that there is. But one municipality in the Netherlands decided to take that a step further when, in 2015, it built a bike path that actually generates energy. Engineers in Krommenie, about...

The Other Tour de France: Biking along the French border in the Pandemic (Part 2)

16/11/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Active Mobility

This is Part II of cyclist Antoine Podvin’s adventurous 34 day bike journey along France’s border. Read about his personal experience and his reflections on the challenges of integrating inter-modality in France. In case you missed Part I, you can read it here...

Reimagining Berlin: A City for People

15/11/2021 | Uncategorized, Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions

Until the accident on September 2019, Invalidenstraße in Berlin-Mitte was a fairly safe street.  And then, on 6 September 2019, a man drove his SUV into a group of people standing on the sidewalk killing four of them including a four-year-old boy and his grandmother....

Reducing Carbon Emissions Means Reducing Car Ownership

08/11/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Blog

During our short pause, UMW received plenty of suggstions on topics and issues that our readers would like to see us tackle. One of the issues that commanded most attention is the way that cities are implementing solutions to reduce the encironmental impact of...

The Other Tour de France: Biking along the French border in the Pandemic

08/11/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Active Mobility

Antoine Podvin rides the 6200 kilometers of French border and tells us about it

Can MaaS Ease Mobility Insecurity?

29/09/2021 | Opinions

By John Nuutinen, CEO of SkedGo Mobility insecurity is a global issue, with underserved communities unable to regularly move around in a safe and timely manner due to a lack of material, economic or social resources. The good news is there are programmes and...