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Tag Archives: Sustainable transport

20Oct/17

Latest design may help eliminate traffic jams in the future

October 20, 2017InnovationDahir Insaat, Dahir Semenov, Gyro monorail, Land transport, Monorail, Road safety, Road traffic management, Road transport, Street furniture, Sustainable transport, Traffic, Traffic law, Transport, Trolleybus, Vehicle, Vehiclessmbale

Turkish engineering company designs a vehicle travelling above central reservation line to ease heavy traffic
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15May/17

Lyft partners with Waymo

May 15, 2017TransportAlphabet Inc., Autonomous car, Business/Finance, California, Car sharing, Commuting, Companies, Company: LYFT, Company: Waymo, Emerging technologies, Google, Irvine, Location-based software, Lyft, Lyft Inc, Phoenix, Self-driving cars, Skype, Software, Sustainable transport, Technology/Internet, The New York Times, Transport, Transportation network companies, Uber, Uber Technologies Inc, United States, Waymo, Xsmbale

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 15, 2017) (REUTERS VIA SKYPE) – U.S. ride services company Lyft Inc and Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo have launched a self-driving vehicle partnership, bringing together two rivals to dominant ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc.
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13Apr/17

How Uganda is financing its top cyclists

April 13, 2017EconomyBicycle messenger, Buganda, Central Region Uganda, Ciara, Ciara lee, City: Kampala, Courier, Cycle sport, Cycling, Geography of Africa, Geography of Uganda, Great Rift Valley, HENRY NKALUBO, Hospitality/Recreation, Kampala, Kampala District, Kasubi hill, Lubaga Division, Netherlands, Subdivisions of Uganda, Sustainable transport, Uganda, Yusufu Mbaziirasmbale

Yusufu Mbaziira founded a bicycle courier inside his small town, Kasubi, a Kampala suburb in 2002. He hopes that the courier service can empower the riders financially, while helping to produce world class cyclists. Ciara Lee reports. Continue reading →

07Mar/17

Future of mobility: a personal capsule which drives, flies and hops on train

March 7, 2017TransportAirbus, Automation, Automotive industry, Car, Concept cars, Emerging technologies, France, Geneva, Geneva Motor Show, Grand tourers, Hatchbacks, Human activities, Jorg Astalosch, Land transport, Mathias Thomsen, Paris, Private transport, Robotics, Self-driving car, Sports cars, Sustainable transport, Technology/Internet, Toyota concept vehicles, Traffic congestion, Transport, Urban air mobilitysmbale

Imagine ordering a capsule which can drive and fly on its own taking you across the city. The concept, called “Pop.Up”, was unveiled at the Geneva car show and is a big leap into the future.

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23Jan/17

First self-driving bus line opens to the public in Paris

January 23, 2017Transport42nd Street Shuttle, Anne Hidalgo, Bus, Christophe Najdovski, City: Lyon, City: Paris, Company: Easymile, EasyMile EZ10, France, Gare de Lyon, Jose Gomes, Land transport, LYON, Marion Lheritier, Paris, Public transport, Public transport bus service, public transport services, Self-driving car, Shuttle, Sustainable transport, Technology, Transport, Vehicular automationsmbale

The French capital inaugurated its first autonomous shuttle bus service as an experiment in what Paris authorities hope will be the future of public transport.

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22Nov/16

Uber lays out vision for flying urban transportation system

November 22, 2016TransportBusiness, Car sharing, commonplace urban air transit systems, Commuting, Company: Uber, Human activities, Location-based software, Mobile Application Software, NEXT MEDIA, Real-time ridesharing, Ridesharing company, Sustainable transport, Takeoff, Takeoff and landing, Transport, Transportation network companies, Uber, Uberisation, VTOLsmbale

Ride hailing company Uber released a white paper in October that envisions a future where commuters jetting city from to city in compact aircraft is as normal as taking the train. Continue reading →

24Oct/16

Chemical bicycle lock makes thieves vomit

October 24, 2016InnovationAppropriate technology, Bicycle, Capsaicin, Company: Indiegogo, Company: the Guardian, Daniel Idzkowski, Environmental technology, Internet Services - NEC, San Francisco, Skunklock, Sustainable development, Sustainable technologies, Sustainable transport, The Guardian, Tumbler, United States, US Federal Reserve, vomit-inducing gas, Yves Perrenoutsmbale

A pair of San Francisco inventors fed up with getting their bicycles stolen have come up with a chemical deterrent to stop thieves.
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05Jan/16

Lyft’s vision for an on-demand network of self-driving cars will mean fewer cars on the road

January 5, 2016TransportAutomation, Autonomous car, Car, E-hailing, Emerging technologies, General Motors, GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY, John Zimmer, Location-based software, Logan Green, Lyft, Motor vehicles, NEXT MEDIA, Ridesharing company, Road transport, Robotics, Self-driving cars, Sustainable transport, Technology, Transport, Transportation network companies, United States, Vehicular automationsmbale

Lyft, an American ride-hailing service, announced on Monday that General Motors has invested $500 million in the company, and the companies together plan to develop a network of autonomous vehicles.
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