Blogs
October 09,2018
Only recently Access (to jobs, markets, public services, social interaction) has been recognised as the real objective of mobility of people, and the final justification of transport activity. It is also recognised that lack of access creates very significant loss of opportunities and of quality of life in general, thus making it a very real factor of social exclusion.
July 11,2018
The Chinese government, based on its commitment to carbon reduction in the Paris Climate Agreement, laid out its intention to achieve peak CO₂ emissions by 2030, and to make its best effort to peak as early as possible. It committed to lowering CO₂ emissions per unit of GDP by 60–65 percent of their 2005 levels and to increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to about 20 percent.
July 05,2018
The international community has adopted numerous instruments to shape the future of transport worldwide, ranging from legal agreements and conventions to declarations, resolutions, and programmes of action. These instruments help policymakers framing policy action to achieve sustainable mobility. The nature and scope of these instruments vary widely: they can be binding or nonbinding for countries, global or regional, focus on specific modes of transport or tackle sector-wide issues.
July 05,2018
Not a day goes by without a new story on how technology is redefining what is possible for transport. A futuristic world of self-driving, automated cars seems closer than ever. While the ongoing wave of innovation certainly opens up a range of exciting new possibilities, I see three enduring challenges that we need to address if we want to make sure technology can indeed help the transport sector move in the right direction: