The tranquillity of streets in a city and the generation of smoke-free spaces from exhaust fumes is one of the ways to make cities more livable and more friendly. The widespread use of bicycles in the city clearly contributes to the tranquillity but its growing...
Preventive Medicine has published a survey in which it is concluded that European cities would be able to avoid around 10.000 premature deaths if their bike lane networks get expanded. This research has been leaded by ISGlobal researchers within the framework of the...
Cycling + Walking Innovations 2017. Last Tuesday November 11th, it was celebrated the Cycling + Walking Innovations 2017. This event was addresed for transport professionals seeking to boost levels of walking and cycling using new technologies, innovative commercial...
Electric cars won’t eradicate gridlocks and air pollution, but carbon footprints could be cut by favoring pedestrians, cyclists and mass transit. This way it will be posible to turn towards sustainable mobility. Each day cars are more fuel efficient, their tailpipe...
More and more citizens are agreeing that we need to change our transport habits, but among all these citizens aware of sustainable mobility, there are still discrepancies on how to promote this way of moving around the city; especially when we talk about bicycle as a...
Waiting for a bus never needs to be frustrating again with the advent of smart bus stops. Often made from repurposed metals and other recycled materials, these bus stops respond in real time to customer queries, changes in bus schedules, and traffic conditions to keep...
Cycling in one of the biggest cities in the world sometimes is more difficult that it seems but, if you pay attention to these tips, you will ride a bike in New York safely. What would you need to ride a bike in New York safely? Bike riding is an effective and...
With some 80% of all wealth concentrated in cities and with an urban population constituting the majority of the world's people, cities are the hubs of human activity. But, why is it important to develop sustainable form of transport? We're going to explain it....
In order to promote sustainable transport, 11 actions related to bike lanes have taken place in Barcelona this summer. Yet, there are still 21 remaining actions until the end of 2017. These movements are not only related to the growth of the bike lanes network in the...
Now that cities are much more aware of the fact that we need to change our transportation habits to a more sustainable ones, they are investing time and money in creating better infrastructure for this kind of transportation; shared roads such as segregated bike...