Ghent-Sint-Pieters is a 100-year-old train station with 50 000 daily visitors. Because of an increase in the number of people using the station, it is being remodelled into a modern multimodal hub...
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Sustainable deliveries of goods in Paris (France)
02 Feb 2015
Since 2007 Monoprix, a major French retailer, has reduced its reliance on lorry deliveries and has been dispatching goods to its stores in Paris using trains and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)...
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Rolling-out zero-emission buses in European cities
26 Jan 2015
European cities face increasing transport challenges with local air pollution, CO2 emissions and associated health effects, along with traffic congestion. EU transport is also 95 per...
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Mobility management and land-use planning in Sweden
22 Jan 2015
The integration of mobility management with land-use planning in local authorities has a large potential to influence both mode choice and travel demand. Twelve municipalities in Sweden have for...Read more -
Sydney's pioneering system of accessible pedestrian signs (Australia)
16 Jan 2015
With its warm climate, dense and compact make-up and relatively level terrain, Sydney is a walker’s paradise. The city also has pedestrian sign system that helps residents and tourists get...Read more -
Turning Ghent's municipal vehicles into an all-electric fleet (Belgium)
11 Jan 2015
Within the framework of the CIVITAS ELAN project , the municipality of Ghent set up an ambitious programme to lessen the environmental impact of its vehicle fleet in order to eventually become CO2...
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Using waterways to transport construction materials in Ghent (Belgium)
05 Jan 2015
A lot of building is currently taking place in Ghent’s historic city centre. However, the related heavy traffic causes problems, such as noise and air...Read more -
Andalucía's framework for a regional cycling plan (Spain)
04 Dec 2014At the end of 2012 Andalucía approved a regional plan defining a strategic framework to encourage cycling in regional, metropolitan and urban areas and contribute to environmental and sustainable...
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Oslo: electric vehicle capital of the world (Norway)
17 Nov 2014Oslo has grand plans. By 2030 it hopes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent compared to 1991 and by 2050 it expects to be climate neutral. To reach this target, the city believes...
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Nova Gorica's integrated SUMP for cross-border mobility (Slovenia)
10 Nov 2014
In autumn 2012 the municipality of Nova Gorica started the development of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) together with five surrounding Slovenian municipalities and the adjacent Italian...
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