Subject : Developing the UK's green growth will imply a political investment in Research and Development. This report offers an insight into the innovative technologies the nation should be looking to immediately develop in order to reduce its CO2 emissions (smart grid, electric vehicles…). It also recommends engaging in research in promising fields such as biofuels and hydrogen energy.
Author : The Committee on Climate Change
Date : July 2010
Type : Report
Subject: With one vehicle for less than two inhabitants, the city of Brussels has one of the highest motorization rates in Europe. This article attempts to understand what determines train and car users’ choice of transport and analyses the role that prices play. Over the past decade, several Belgian cities have been experimenting with ‘free’ public transport. Nevertheless, today, only a genuine mobility policy, one that makes public transport attractive, will enable permanent change in how and which transport is used.
Autor: Astrid De Witte, research associate and Cathy Macharis, professor at the Flemish University of Brussels – Brussels Studies n°37
Date: 19 april 2010
Subject: This case study revisits the concept of "sustainable mobility" and attempts to define the methods through which transport players have integrated new environmental targets, compared to traditional economic targets. The article highlights various policy instruments, such as indicators, that have been put in place in order to contribute to improving transport.
Author: Article reproduced from the Revue internationale des sciences sociales (International review of social sciences) N° 176 / Written by Henrik Gudmundsson, researcher at the National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark and at the FLUX Centre for Transport Research at Roskilde University.
Date: June 2003
Subject: Since 1998, the Michelin Challenge Bibendum has sought to reconcile the car with its environment by building on the know-how of the engineers who are transforming the way we travel. This book puts into perspective the innovations - electric mobility, road safety, and new technologies - that will make up the sustainable mobility of tomorrow.
Author: Michelin Challenge Bibendum: this book was published on the occasion of the 10th edition of the Challenge Bibendum, which was created in 1998.
Date: 22nd May 2010
