The Digital Geography Lab at the University of Helsinki researched impacts of age, winter conditions and opening hours of services on walking accessibility, following the idea of the '15-...
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Accessibility of stores by a 15-minute walk in Helsinki
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Life After Linear: Making EV Batteries Circular
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 07:00Clean and energy-efficient vehiclesAs an emerging, much-hyped concept, the practical meaning and implications of the circular economy can be difficult to grasp. To stop value chain stakeholders and public authorities from going...
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First-of-its-kind incident data involving shared e-scooters published
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 07:46Shared mobilityOn 10 January 2023, Micro-Mobility for Europe (MMfE), the EU association of shared micro-mobility providers, released a first-ever...
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Italy to install 21 000 electric vehicle charging stations by 2026
Monday, January 30, 2023 - 08:28Clean and energy-efficient vehiclesMore than 21 000 charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) will be operational by 2026 on urban and inter-urban roads across Italy. This was the subject of two new decrees that were published...
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Gender equal mobility: beyond the ‘vulnerable user’ paradigm
Friday, January 27, 2023 - 07:00Safety and urban mobilityChallenging the ways we discuss gender-equal mobility is key to driving further change; this starts with interrogating the language of 'vulnerability'....
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90% of Barcelonians live within 300 metres distance of a cycle lane
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 08:00Walking and cyclingThr city of Barcelona reported that in 2022 more than 220,000 bicycle trips/day were made, an increase of 11% with respect to 2021. The...
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How the NetZeroCities Portal can help your city reach climate neutrality
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 12:30Monitoring and evaluation, Public and stakeholder involvementThe NetZeroCities Portal is a brand-new platform designed for cities to connect with each other...
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Helsinki plans to install fixed parking areas for e-scooters
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 08:15Shared mobilityCity officials in the Finnish capital Helsinki are proposing to create new parking rules for e-scooters in the city centre. Today, e-scooters are often “parked” anywhere, such as in the middle of...
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Madrid becomes the first major European capital to have a 100% clean bus fleet
Monday, January 23, 2023 - 08:32Collective passenger transportIn December 2022, the Spanish capital Madrid became the first major European capital to operate a 100% clean fleet of municipal buses. The city's fleet consists of 1,915 compressed natural gas (...
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Lille plans to pay motorists to leave their car
Friday, January 20, 2023 - 07:00Traffic and demand managementConcerned by the problems of air pollution and congestion of its road traffic, the European Metropolis of Lille (MEL) has announced a bold new measure to persuade drivers to leave their car during...
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