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Dunsfold Park inquiry: 'Air of hypocrisy' over criticism of transport sustainability, applicant claims - Get Surrey

Dunsfold Park inquiry: 'Air of hypocrisy' over criticism of transport sustainability, applicant claims
Get Surrey
Criticism of sustainable transport plans for the proposed 1,800-home Dunsfold Park "new town" development is not without an "air of hypocrisy". That was the accusation levelled at the scheme's detractors by the developer behind the plans during day two ...

Down to Earth: A crisis of sustainable transportation - GazetteNET

GazetteNET

Down to Earth: A crisis of sustainable transportation
GazetteNET
That's what I find most disheartening about recent threats to sustainable transport, whether buses or bicycles. It's the message sent: “If you're not in a car, you're not wanted here.” Measures to protect the environment and the public good it ...

Building a sustainable future for rail services in Wales - Rail Technology Magazine

Rail Technology Magazine

Building a sustainable future for rail services in Wales
Rail Technology Magazine
Geoff Ogden, interim managing director at Transport for Wales (TfW), talks to RTM about how the organisation is putting sustainable development at the heart of its services. TfW is a wholly-owned, not-for-profit company established by the Welsh ...

Astana to become most attractive city in Eurasia by 2020, says mayor - Astana Times

Astana to become most attractive city in Eurasia by 2020, says mayor
Astana Times
One of them is making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, which includes 10 tasks – affordable housing, safe and sustainable transport, sustainable urbanisation, protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage, population ...

How Buenos Aires is thinking about sustainable transport - Citiscope

Citiscope

How Buenos Aires is thinking about sustainable transport
Citiscope
This week, city leaders and experts in sustainable urban transport are gathering in Santiago, Chile for an annual summit called MOBILIZE. The conference is a program of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP), a global nonprofit ...

Peak car? Driverless technology may actually accelerate car ownership - The Guardian

The Guardian

Peak car? Driverless technology may actually accelerate car ownership
The Guardian
Proponents claim autonomous vehicles (AVs) can solve the problems we currently experience on the road: traffic will be safer, less congested and cleaner, there will be more car and ride-sharing, reduced labour costs in freight transport, and greater ...

Sustainable Mobility for the 21st Century - HuffPost

UNDP

Sustainable Mobility for the 21st Century
HuffPost
Having a long-term term perspective which focuses on sustainability is a defining factor in the future of mobility. And yet, transport was not endorsed as a distinct global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), largely because the sector could not talk ...
Recalibrating market forces to build sustainable and equitable economiesUNDP
Can trade deliver the UN's 2030 agenda?eco-business.com
High-Level Political Forum 2017 .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge PlatformSustainable Development Knowledge Platform - the United Nations
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Here's what a sustainable highway might look like - GreenBiz

GreenBiz

Here's what a sustainable highway might look like
GreenBiz
If you want to see the future of transport in action, you might expect to tour a Silicon Valley research and development lab. But one of the best places to see the future of sustainable transportation might be in the heart of Georgia on an 18-mile ...

Tanzania's Dar es Salaam makes history for sustainable transit award - National Observer

National Observer

Tanzania's Dar es Salaam makes history for sustainable transit award
National Observer
The Sustainable Transport Award recognizes leadership and vision in sustainable transport and urban livability that improve access and mobility for all residents. Russia's Moscow received an honourable mention this year, and past recipients include ...

Providing leadership in sustainable transport - The New Paper

The New Paper

Providing leadership in sustainable transport
The New Paper
I always enjoy visiting Singapore, which is without doubt one of the world's most forward-looking, dynamic and innovative hubs. It is a country that embraces change and has been constantly reinventing itself for so many years as a transport trailblazer ...

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