Specialist London electric bike retailer Fully Charged is providing electric bikes to NHS workers in the UK capital during the coronavirus outbreak.
The initiative aims to minimise NHS workers’ disruption and chances of infection as they travel to and from work at London’s hospitals.
The city of Lahti in Finland has introduced a personal carbon trading (PCT) scheme to help reduce emissions from transport by encouraging a shift to sustainable mobility. Lahti’s strategic target is to reduce C02 emissions by 70 per cent from 1990 levels by 2030.
The City of Edinburgh Council will join cities across the UK and Europe and continue to act quickly to introduce temporary measures to make streets safe for walking, cycling and wheeling and helping you avoid unnecessary car journeys.
Their aims to make space for you to exercise and travel safely around the city, reduce risk while using the roads for travel or exercise, make space around shopping streets and in the city centre.
The aim of the „Protheus Project” is to build up a sustainable e-mobility system, produce renewable electricity, and store that energy for the use by the city of Paks and the surrounding Municipalities. The projects’ main goal is the creation of a healthier, more energy-efficient and inhabitant friendlier city. The projects are: charger infrasutcutre, driver qualification, e-move ticket and pass, electric bike and roller system, electric buses and cars/taxis, energy distribution, energy storage, home solar cells, Paks card, smart garage, Solar cell park and transporting application.
The city of Hämeenlinna has recently started ecosystem development work aimed at improving the town's competitiveness and sustaining its surrounding region.
eGo CarShare’s mission is to empower our community to live a car-free lifestyle and have a positive impact on our health, wealth, and shared environment. They aim to make Colorado a “Cooler”, healthier and more socially equitable place to live. eGo CarShare exist to provide carsharing as a service, not a business. The company keep their's margins as low as possible.
Cargonomia is a low-tech logistic center providing solutions for the transport of goods, in particular healthy and locally produced food in Budapest. It also a place to try out, rent and/or buy several types of cargobikes to solve your own transport needs. Cargonomia is a collection hub and distribution point for locally produced and organic food provided by partners. It aids in connecting producers to consumers directly by offering a community space for picking up goods while also making direct deliveries with the ease of cargo bike.
The goals of the action of Smart Mobility of Amsterdam is improving the safety, accessibility, quality of life and attractiveness of the city. Goals for the action program specifically:
1. Get insights in (technological) developments and innovations in the field of mobility and its impact on the city.
2. Anticipate on technological innovations and use these to reach the goals.
3. Stimulate and accelerate innovation in the city.
4. Strengthen cooperation with knowledge institutions and market parties.
JCDecaux offers local communities an environmentally- friendly service via Cyclocity. The s ervice is easy to use, promotes urban mobility and complements the existing public transport network. The scheme consists of cycle stations that remain open 24/7 or only during the day and are equipped with bicycles and docking points. It allows users to hire a bike with their membership card or bank card.
The city of Pontevedra created a car-free city model. The central idea of the model is the number of cars needed for the proper functioning of the city is much lower than we think, but the efficient and dynamic operation of urban transport must be ensured by meeting complex needs. Traditional urban models mostly focus on motor vehicles, while pedestrians are almost completely ignored.