Articles for category "Urban strategies" in: Urban mobility

Using Suica Mobile to pay for shopping

Multimodal tools

06-21-2010 by

Contactless cards, such as Navigo in Paris and the Ile-de-France Region, were a major factor for optimizing access to public transport in cities throughout the world, within the last ten years.

Categories: Sustainable mobility - Urban mobility - Urban strategies - Public transportation

Keywords: Infrastructure - - Transportation

Electronic Road Pricing (ERP)

Singapore’s congestion pricing system

05-15-2010 by Challenge Bibendum

Since the 1970s, the City-State of Singapore has multiplied all sorts of initiatives in an attempt to ease congestion and limit pollution. The two principal demand management tools for road traffi ...

Categories: Congestion - Emissions - Sustainable mobility - Urban mobility - Urban strategies - Public transportation - Vehicles

Keywords: Infrastructure - - Transportation

Stockholm, a green city

05-12-2010 by Challenge Bibendum

Stockholm, the Swedish capital, is the very first city to be designated “European Green Capital” in 2010. Created by the European Commission, this annual distinction rewards a city’s efforts to im ...

Categories: Biofuels - Fossil fuels - Climate change - Energy - Sustainable mobility - Urban strategies - Electric vehicles

Keywords: electric - Environment - greenhouse gas - hybrid - Infrastructure - Transportation

IBM enabling smart transportation systems

IBM enabling smart transportation systems

05-12-2010 by Challenge Bibendum

IBM meeting today’s transportation challenges with a solution portfolio for smart transportation systems. This article is an excerpt from IBM's "Transportation information management solution ...

Categories: Congestion - Connected mobility - Urban mobility - Urban strategies

Keywords: - Infrastructure - Transportation

A new Award for “European Green Capitals”

05-11-2010 by Challenge Bibendum

In 2008, the new European Green Capital award was launched by the European Commission. Since then, a European jury awards it annually to a city that is leading the way with environmentally friendl ...

Categories: Climate change - Emissions - Sustainable mobility - Urban mobility - Urban strategies

Keywords: - greenhouse gas - Transportation

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