Biking for the Future

Transportation and mobility are key drivers for prosperity and economic sustainability across the globe. But there is also a darker side to the story. In 2021, the global transportation sector produced more than seven billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) and passenger cars are the biggest culprit, accounting for approximately 39 percent of the emissions.

Roads and Cycling

Cycling is a driver for the green transition. It’s a proven, cheap, inclusive, safe and sustainable mode of transportation that can be deployed and developed on our existing road networks. It seems that cycling can solve a lot of the issues, that follows with (too much) road traffic, such as congestion, pollution, health problems, co2 emissions, and more. So why is it so hard to change the behaviour and habits of millions of road users worldwide? What would it take to introduce more bikes to the [...]

TS2 – Mobility - Mobility and Equity

Spain has an extensive network of infrastructures that allow and make it easier for both citizens and visitors to access their destinations. With regard to land transport, 92.98% of passenger transport occurs by road and 7.02% by rail. When it comes to freight transport, the percentage accounted for by road transport is even higher at 98.55%, with rail accounting for just 1.45%. To this end, Spain has an extensive road network with a length of 165,443 km, equating to a density of 332,243 km of roads [...]

PIARC Prize - Sustainable Mobility - Lessons Learned Through Automated Driving Bus Operation and Efforts Using C-ITS Solutions

This paper provides an overview of the R&D of AD technology in Japan and the efforts made towards its social implementation. It also reports that the long-term operation experiment of a Level 2 AD bus has been continuously conducted in the Kashiwa-no-ha area. This long-term operation has been realized with contributions from a diverse range of participants. It is also reported that improvements are being made sequentially to resolve issues learned in continued operation. Specifically, the introduction [...]

Sustainable Infrastructure – A Matter of Mobility

Mobility is fundamental – it is not only essential for economic development but an intrinsic property of life itself. Modern economies, markets and societies depend heavily on the mobility of people and goods. Mobility ensures access to resources, enables trade and the exchange of labor, knowledge, and capital. Likewise, wildlife populations and biodiversity per se strongly depend on the mobility of individuals and genes. Mobility allows access to food or mates and ensures the survival and propagation [...]