Subject: Several automotive industry experts were asked to contribute to the first edition of this PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report, which aims to evaluate the factors that will influence the success of electric vehicles in the short, medium and long term.
Author: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Date: April 2011
Subject: This survey, carried out in 7 metropolises in 4 continents, brings together around 7,000 individuals’ opinions about their cities. From São Paulo to Cairo, via London, it highlights city dwellers’ expectations, by establishing a typology of relationships with the city. Opinions are analysed according to localisation criteria and also by sex, age and family structure.
The report concludes with a “panorama” composed of a fact sheet for each city, presenting the study’s key figures, with a focus on environmental preoccupations.
Author: TNS Sofres for the Véolia Urban Lifestyle Observatory (Observatoire Véolia des Modes de Vie Urbain) at Véolia Environnement
Date: July 2010
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.
Author: 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 study was carried out as part of a degree course at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Universität für Bodenkultur), Vienna. It analyses the way in which global economic effects – that is to say, above all, external costs and benefits – interact in the case of bicycles and cars in urban traffic.
Author: Michael Meschik & Gregor Trunk, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna
Date: July 2011
