The University of California, Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) has released results from the first-ever study of one-way car-sharing in North America and its impact on mobility.
The researchers say the findings clearly illustrate that one-way car-sharing reduces the number of cars travelling on city roads and occupying parking spaces on city streets.
The study, which gathered data from nearly 9,500 North American car2go members residing in Calgary; San Diego; Seattle; Van
A detailed survey carried out by international tyre manufacturer Bridgestone, road charity Brake and internet-based market research firm YouGov has revealed that a third of primary school parents have witnessed near misses outside the school gates.
More than half of parents are also worried about their child’s safety near roads on the school run, as autumn arrives and the nights get darker.
The survey also revealed that: Two thirds see 4-11 year olds crossing the road without holding the hand of an a
According to a recent report from Navigant Research, global revenue for smart parking systems is expected to total $1.5 billion from 2015 to 2024. The report, Smart Parking Systems, analyses the evolution of smart parking technology and the smart parking systems market, including global market forecasts for smart parking systems hardware, software, and services through 2024.
The parking industry is being revolutionised by new technologies that enable cities to reduce levels of traffic congestion, conserv
Using more than one billion miles of driving behaviour data, collected over three years (2011-2014) and including 8,809 separate journeys in 5,353 vehicles, Wunelli, a LexisNexis company, has revealed the most frequent braking black spots across the UK created by speed cameras, based on motorists braking excessively just before speed cameras to avoid being caught.
Eighty per cent of all the UK speed cameras investigated had hard braking activity, with braking increasing six fold on average at these loca
