The Crucial Role of Regions in Cycling Development
By Alyssa Harris The Grand Est region in collaboration with Copenhagenize has launched one of the most ambitious regional bicycle plans in France. In June 2022, the region’s elected officials voted to officially put in place the 2022-2028 Bicycle Plan. The historic...
How Cargobike Delivery Could Become Long-Term Financially Sustainable?
By Ignasi Ragas Prat, Economist specialized in Transport and Urban Economics The surge in home delivery of items bought on e-commerce platforms is aggravating congestion and pollution problems in most cities. While delivery at home is just one of the multiple options...
A Look Back and Forward at World Car Free Day and Why It Should Go
By Stephanie Hagen, Head of Content, Autonomy Celebrated across the globe each September 22nd, World Car Free Day raises awareness about how much less congested, polluted and noisy cities would be if motorists ditched their cars for walking, cycling, public transport,...
7 Trends that will Shape Shared Mobility in 2022 – Part 1
By Sandra Phillips, Founder & CEO of Movmi Everyone is publishing their trend analysis for new and shared mobility mobility at the moment. And since everyone else covers the big four: autonomous driving, electrification, mobility-as-a-service and micromobility, I...
New European Urban Mobility Framework is a Win for Urban Cycling
The European Commission’s new Urban Mobility Framework, presented in December, is a huge opportunity for EU cities to move away from polluting, congestion-prone motorised traffic towards greener, more sustainable modes such as cycling. By Philip Amaral, ECF policy and...
The Renaissance of Hungarian Night Trains
In 2019, MAV-START, the passenger transport subsidiary of the Hungarian state railway company (MAV), decided to modernise its night train services, offering a range of destinations and onboard catering. Established as a renewed directorate focusing on providing these...
Bike Lanes Made of Solar Panels. Really!
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...
Buenos Aires’s Two-Wheeled Revolution
Buenos Aires, capital and largest city of Argentina, has a population of almost 3 million inhabitants spread over 200 km2 and 48 neighborhoods, which are grouped into 15 ‘comunas’. With a well-structured and mature transportation network, composed of urban and...Urban Mobility Weekly
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How Cargobike Delivery Could Become Long-Term Financially Sustainable?
By Ignasi Ragas
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