Sustainable Mobility: Mitigating the Impact of Road Transport Infrastructure on Wildlife

Roads and traffic cause many casualties among the wildlife population, in a range from hundreds of thousands to several hundred million animals annually depending on the country. This is an increasing global concern because global road expansion continues at an unprecedented rate and will mostly be concentrated in low-income countries where many of the planet’s most biologically rich and environmentally important ecosystems are situated.

Employ Innovation, Technology and Cooperation to Reduce Collisions between Vehicles and Wildlife

The budget for transportation infrastructure development in most of the world is huge: upgrading of junctions, expansion of roads, building new high-speed train tracks are an integral part of expanding the connectivity between different countries, increasing the movement of goods and freight, and putting in place trade agreements.

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 [...]

Coexisting with biodiversity

For road project developers, “biodiversity” is often synonymous with constraints, difficulties or even opposition to the implementation of projects. A century ago, however, the road sector witnessed the birth of road ecology, an applied science designed to formalise interactions between biodiversity and road transport and provide an objective basis for choices in this area. Given the similarity of numerous issues with other types of infrastructure such as railways, waterways and electricity [...]

The Renaissance of Urban Spaces

We are in the midst of an environmental and climate crisis. A sustainable and vibrant urban environment is more relevant than ever with today’s population growth and urbanization For the first time in Earth’s history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. During this strong urban growth, it is important to be aware that streets and urban spaces must be sustainable. Dronning Eufemias gate is Norway’s largest street tree project and Scandinavia’s largest street arboretum. The [...]