biking

Bike-ability: Cities for zero-emission travel and public health

Fredrik Gyllenhoff — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:50:17 +0000

Early this January, 13 million Danish kroner was handed over to the project 'Bike-ability: Cities for zero-emission travel and public health' at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The Danish Council for Strategic Research was the happy donator and the research project is a collaboration with 4 different universities and the Danish cancer charity, Kræftens Bekæmpelse, and two other institutions.

Ramsgate: Improving mobility by intermodality

June-Catherina Starling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:36:15 +0000

Ramsgate station, located in the County of Kent 75 miles east of London, probably has the best railway connections in the area with regular services to Victoria and Charing Cross stations in London. A new high-speed service to London has been announced and is planned to start in December 2009. The journey time from Ramsgate to the new St. Pancras terminal, with excellent transport links, will be 1 hour 24 minutes as opposed to the present commuting time of 1 hour 50 minutes. Also Ramsgate station is in close proximity to Kent international airport.

Perth: Beating urban sprawl

June-Catherina Starling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:14:03 +0000

Perth is the largest city in Western Australia with a population around 1,5 MIO inhabitants. It is currently the fastest growing region in Australia with 10% growth a year. Western Australia has acknowledged that in order to stop urban sprawl, and pursue a sustainable future, a large plan covering the whole county is necessary. To prevent urban sprawl the planners of Perth have formulated a strategy for a more sustainable future, covering the areas the sprawled everyday life is dependent on.

Bogotá: More bikes and buses, fewer cars

June-Catherina Starling — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:26:30 +0000

In Bogotá more than 300 km of bicycle lanes, stretching from the slum areas and suburbs into the capital centre been, have been built. The bicycle lanes are an ongoing project under concurrent development. Since the construction of the lanes, bicycle use has increased by 5 times in the city. It is estimated that there are between 300,000 and 400,000 trips made daily in Bogotá by bicycle. A large portion of these rides are in the southern, poorer areas.