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This story is part of a special series that explores energy issues. For more, visit The Great Energy Challenge . Bit by bit, for the past 40 years, the city of Copenhagen has done something revolutionary: The Danish capital has reduced its parking supply. Cutting the total number of parking spaces by a small percentage each year stands in stark contrast to the more common pattern of cities adding more and more parking to accommodate private cars.
To Curb Driving, Cities Cut Down on Car Parking
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We investigate the relationship between interstate highways and highway vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) in US cities. We find that VKT increases proportionately to highways and identify three important sources for this extra VKT: an increase in driving by current residents; an increase in transportation intensive production activity; and an inflow of new residents. The provision of public transportation has no impact on VKT.
Cities including Vienna to Munich and Copenhagen have closed vast swaths of streets to car traffic. Barcelona and Paris have had car lanes eroded by popular bike-sharing programs . Drivers in London and Stockholm pay hefty congestion charges just for entering the heart of the city. And over the past two years, dozens of German cities have joined a national network of “environmental zones” where only cars with low carbon dioxide emissions may enter.
Europe Stifles Drivers in Favor of Mass Transit and Walking - NYTimes.com
The light rail transit plan Mayor Rob Ford has disparaged would accommodate 126 million rides annually at a cost of $111 million per kilometre, according to a report. The same report says a subway plan would cost much more. Tess Kalinowski Transportation Reporter Penny-pinching Mayor Rob Ford’s subway plan would cost three times as much per kilometre to build as the four Metrolinx-funded light rail lines and attract only half as many riders, says a study released Wednesday by a sustainable-energy think tank.
Subways would cost more and serve fewer, think tank says - thestar.com
Waze.com, una red social para evitar trancones - Noticias de Tecnología en Colombia y el Mundo - ELTIEMPO.COM
El servicio gratuito Waze llegó en octubre al país y ya cuenta con 25.000 usuarios. No se trata de una red social común y corriente, pues no se enfoca en buscar amigos, sino en colaborar con otros para mantenerse informados sobre la situación del tráfico en las caóticas vías de buena parte de Colombia y de otros países. Aunque la aplicación cuenta con mapas del 85 por ciento de las carreteras del país, por ahora es más utilizado en Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena y Villavicencio. Para beneficiarse de ella es necesario contar con un teléfono inteligente con Sistema de Posicionamiento Global (GPS).
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Eighteen carsharing companies from around the world recently formed a new association that emphasizes the environmental and social impact of their work, with a focus on reducing car ownership and promoting integrated public transportation. It makes sense that carsharing leaders would eventually come together to share common goals and business practices, considering the growth of the industry, especially in North America. Two weeks ago, the CarSharing Association (CSA) became official. The CSA aims to improve the credibility, quality of service and general awareness of carsharing by acting as a “unified industry voice” that “supports its members, their constituents and the communities in which they operate.”
New Carsharing Association Aims to Reduce Car Ownership | TheCityFix
The European Commission today adopted a comprehensive strategy (Transport 2050) for a competitive transport system that will increase mobility, remove major barriers in key areas and fuel growth and employment. At the same time, the proposals will dramatically reduce Europe's dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050. Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport said, "Transport 2050 is a roadmap for a competitive transport sector that increases mobility and cuts emissions. We can and we must do both. The widely held belief that you need to cut mobility to fight climate change is simply not true. Competitive transport systems are vital for Europe's ability to compete in the world, for economic growth, job creation and for peoples' everyday quality of life.
Press Releases - Transport 2050: Commission outlines ambitious plan to increase mobility and reduce emissions
Capital looking to end gridlock in five years
The detailed document, which will soon be made public, is understood to include such things as controls on the growing number of cars on city streets, the frequency with which vehicles can be used, planned improvements to public transportation, higher parking charges and the use of an intelligent traffic management system within the Fifth Ring Road. Some traffic specialists have said stricter measures will likely be introduced to solve Beijing's severe traffic problems. Wu Hongyang, deputy director of the China Academy of Transportation Science, suggested that the charging of a congestion fee and higher parking rates would also help restrict the number of automobiles on city streets. Zhao Jie, the bureau chief of the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, said the city will set up a car license plate recognition system and an automatic toll collection system as part of the intelligent traffic management system so the flow of traffic can be better controlled.Germans tighten road vehicle exhaust rules - Three German cities - Berlin, Cologne and Hanover - have introduced "environmental zones" to reduce fine particle emissions from traffic. Drivers now have to display a coloured sticker on their vehicle to enter the inner city zones. The colour depends on the pollutants the vehicle emits. The cities are gradually phasing in fines of 40 euros (£29;$58) for anyone caught driving without a sticker. Other German cities - but not all - plan to have such zones later in 2008.
Berlin and other German cities tighten particulate emissions rules for road vehicles
En todo el mundo, la gente siente que el auto no es sólo un medio de transporte sino también un símbolo de las aspiraciones de una buena calidad de vida y hasta una muestra de poder. Pero esa época se está acabando en muchos países, porque el modelo de un auto por persona es imposible de sostener en sociedades democráticas en términos de igualdad, de costo económico, de sustentabilidad ambiental y hasta de salud. Así lo anunciaron expertos en el área de todo el mundo reunidos hasta ayer en Leipzig, Alemania, para el cuarto encuentro anual del Foro Internacional de Transporte, un organismo que reúne 52 países, entre los que no está la Argentina. El debate y las conclusiones, de todas maneras, fueron de estricta actualidad para la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, donde cada año se hace más difícil moverse por el infierno del trafico. “Hasta hace unos años yo enseñaba en Harvard, vivía en Boston y teníamos varios autos.
Advierten que se debe dejar de usar el auto en las ciudades
“Sabemos más sobre el hábitat del oso panda que del ser humano”. Jan Gehl está cansado de ver cómo la planificación urbana pasa por alto al ser humano. “Los arquitectos y los planificadores de ciudades viven desconectados de las personas. Se proyectan enormes edificios que miran al cielo y se añaden más carriles para los coches, pero se olvidan completamente de lo que ocurre en el suelo. Ese espacio donde los humanos se mueven, viven e interactúan”. Este urbanista y arquitecto danés de 74 años es uno de los grandes artífices del Copenhague actual, donde más del 37% de la población utiliza la bicicleta como principal medio de transporte (el objetivo es que supere el 50% en los próximos años).
El arquitecto de las personas | Yorokobu
How a planned highway can change a city, even if it never gets built. (1) - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine
The Lower Manhattan Expressway—dubbed "Lomex"—which would have coursed in eight-lane glory through the now-vibrant (and expensive) neighborhoods of Soho and Nolita, is one of the world's most famous unbuilt highways. The epic battle about whether it should be built is virtual mythology in New York City, pitting the sweeping interventions of Robert Moses against that savior of the street, Jane Jacobs, a conflict of networks against neighbors, a struggle over a road that was either essential to Gotham's 20 th century survival or, in the words of Lewis Mumford, was "the first serious step in turning New York into Los Angeles." (Not thought to be a good thing.)Vía 8664org. Propuesta para el waterfront de Louisville Solemos creer, y es efectivo, que una ciudad que quiere desarrollarse y crecer necesita autopistas: varias, rápidas y bien planificadas. Pero en siete ciudades norteamericanas están pensando precisamente lo contrario: echar abajo las carreteras, en su mayoría costeras, para dejar lugar a la edificación de casas y la habilitación de zonas de recreación. El motivo principal es que es costoso mantener las autopistas, no se obtienen suficientes ganancias por su uso y se pueden vender los terrenos para el desarrollo inmobiliario. Después del salto, conoce en qué ciudades y cómo planean implementarse estos proyectos urbanos.
Proyecto urbano: ciudades norteamericanas planean reemplazar autopistas por espacios recreativos | Plataforma Urbana
Long commutes cause obesity, neck pain, loneliness, divorce, stress, and insomnia. - By Annie Lowrey - Slate Magazine
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