A global event which aims to shift cars off the road and encourage people onto alternative transport modes takes place on Sunday.
World Car-Free Day 2019 gives metropolitan areas from Bangkok, Thailand to Reykjavik, Iceland, the opportunity to stop traffic and open their streets to pedestrians and cyclists. While some cities, including Vancouver, Canada and Berlin, Germany, hold car-free days at other times of the year, the weekend will see a number of events.
In Washington, DC, it is hosted by Commut
Smart city adoption in the US has been sluggish, thinks Jason Wall of A-to-Be USA.
But there is still time to learn lessons from the European experience...
ITS America prepares for the 18th World Congress on ITS and 2011 Annual Meeting, 16-20 October 2011, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. In the final moments of the 2008 ITS World Congress in New York City, organisers and planning committee members quietly celebrated the conclusion of another extremely successful event for the ITS industry. In spite of the economic climate at the time, the 2008 World Congress was well attended by delegates from 66 countries and yielded impressive results than
As well as featuring its involvement in an innovative new test bed in Australia, PTV Group is here to highlight that smart living needs to be based on smart solutions. As the company points out, buildings and infrastructure pop up like mushrooms, creating a steadily rising number of mega-cities: more people means less individual space and increased mobility challenges.
“The age of connectivity is upon us and it is bringing within it transport and mobility innovation on an unprecedented scale,” said Mille