London unveils £300 million cycle safety plan

On the heels of a study finding that London's streets could be made much safer for cyclists, Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London today announced a £300 million program to modernize some of the city's most dangerous road junctions. Under the plan, 33 one-way gyratories will be updated and modified with two-way road intersections that…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 26, 20140Comments

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High-speed rail has ‘severe’ costs for Londoners

A UK government proposal for a new high-speed railway underestimates potential costs to the environment and to people, according to the London Assembly Environment Committee. High Speed Two, or HS2, would connect to the existing High Speed One line that runs from St. Pancras in London to the Channel Tunnel. It's proposed to eventually extend as…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 24, 20140Comments

Cities

London moves toward zero-emission taxi fleets

China's BYD is supplying the London-based car-hire company Thriev with 20 electric sedans as the city itself moves toward its goal of a city-wide fleet of zero-emissions cars for hire. As part of their partnership, Thriev will also install BYD's fast-charging equipment at its facility in west London. London Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London announced…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 3, 20140Comments

Cloud

Dutch electric-car drivers will never be far from a place to charge

Getting a large segment of society to replace gas-powered vehicles with electric ones raises a chicken-and-egg problem: how can you promote a shift to plug-in cars when drivers don't have a convenient network of places at which to plug in? For two electric-car-loving entrepreneurs, however, unique circumstances in the Netherlands offered a solution to that conundrum. Reasoning…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 23, 20130Comments

Cities

Dublin taps into real-time data to ease traffic congestion

Officials in Dublin are hoping to solve the Irish city's traffic problems by making smarter use of data. Using systems built with the help of IBM, the city is now streaming in masses of data from multiple sources to build a digital map of traffic, especially the location of public buses, in real time. This stream of…

ByThe Global ViewMay 23, 20130Comments

Cities

Is algae the answer to greener transport?

Energy – not even fossil-fuel energy – isn’t in short supply for the short-term future, globally speaking. Liquid fuel for transport, on the other hand, is a concern. And it’s hard to imagine a global economy functioning for long without transport. Could algae ultimately provide the solution other biofuels (corn ethanol, especially) have failed to deliver? Several…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 16, 20130Comments

Cities

World’s cities look at how to keep moving, emit much less

Persuading people -- especially large new populations of first-time car-owners in developing countries -- to drive their cars less won't be easy. But it's vitally important for reducing the risks of climate change, lowering dependence on oil and improving public health. Globally, road transport is the second largest source of human-generated greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) after…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 8, 20130Comments

Cities

Research: Cars can be safer without human drivers

Worried about how technology-enabled, driverless cars will be able to navigate through intersections without crashing into one another? No need to, according to researchers at Virginia Tech Transportation Research. Automated intersection controllers will be able to help cars through faster and more safely than if humans were driving, they've found. The research by civil engineering professor Hesham…

ByThe Global ViewDecember 10, 20120Comments

Cities

Lyon pilots system for real-time traffic insights

A first-of-its-kind analytics technology is bringing new intelligence to the transportation management center for the city of Lyon, France. The system now being piloted gives transportation engineers real-time decision support on how to reduce traffic congestion and provide faster responses to unexpected events. Lyon officials and IBM announced the pilot during the Smart City Expo and World…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 14, 20120Comments

Energy

‘CNG in a Box’ aimed at boosting use of natural gas for transport

With US production booming and low prices, natural gas could be an appealing fuel for a growing number of motorists. However, finding ways to fill up aren't always easy for individuals and fleet operators that already have vehicles that run on natural gas. GE and Peake Fuel Solutions, an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corp., hope to…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 12, 20120Comments

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London unveils £300 million cycle safety plan

High-speed rail has ‘severe’ costs for Londoners

London moves toward zero-emission taxi fleets

Dutch electric-car drivers will never be far from a place to charge

Dublin taps into real-time data to ease traffic congestion

Is algae the answer to greener transport?

World’s cities look at how to keep moving, emit much less

Research: Cars can be safer without human drivers

Lyon pilots system for real-time traffic insights

‘CNG in a Box’ aimed at boosting use of natural gas for transport

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