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CARE-North Final Conference
At a time when the North Sea Region is working to deal with the effects of climate change, the traditional understanding of transport is leading to a continued increase in CO2 emissions, undermining other climate protection efforts.
CARE-North Project in Malmo saves money and helps the environment
Cars talking to the driver helps employees of the City of Malmö to maintain the speed limit, thereby saving the environment. The result of the project shows fuel savings of 17%.
Bremen Pedelec Project Conference - Final Meeting (German)
Die Projekt-Abschluss-Präsentation „Pedelec – Testfahren mit Rückenwind“ findet im Focke-Museum in Bremen statt. Am 11. Januar 2012 werden die Ergebnisse des Bremer Projekts vorgestellt.
English short text:
On 11th January there will be the final conference of one CARE-North project part called „Pedelec – Testfahren mit Rückenwind“ in the Bremen "Focke Muserum".
For more information please contact the CARE-North team in Bremen: care-north@umwelt.bremen.de .
Getting Transport to Work – Businesses and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference
A partnership meeting was held in September (19-21) 2011 - organized by the CARE-North partner METRO.
conference.
Electric Mobility and Public Transport
The current discussion about electric mobility mostly covers individual car ownage and usage.
Electric driven trains and trams do exist for more than 100 years in Germany.
The goal of the German master plan electric mobility is to have at least one million electric driven vehicles on the streets by 2020. Neighboring EU countries also invest in electric mobility, as well this is an important aspect of the CARE-North partner exchange on expericence.
This movie (only available in German, sorry!) shows how already by today the implementation of intelligent, integrated transport schemes, it is possible to reduce congestion, air pollution and used space for traffic - by providing smart travel solutions to existing public transport offers, eg. Car-sharing.
As Bremen is a showcase for Car-Sharing (see also www.care-north.eu/event/second-workshop-in-shanghai-sustainable-urban-transportexpo2010#node-110 for more information on Bremen Car-Sharing presentation on Shanghai EXPO2010 last year), Michael Glotz-Richter was interviewed for this short movie as well!
Enjoy!
Movie by VDV, www.mobi-wissen.de/begriff/elektromobilitat
Successful kick-off event - Bremen Senator starts pedelec project
What a perfect day for a cycle project kick-off.
On May 10th Reinhard Loske, Senator for Environment, Transport, Construction and European Affairs in Bremen, officially started our pedelec test-drive project "Testfahren mit Rückenwind".
Senator Dr. Loske on orange bike
Car-Sharing Seminar - How can we spur a market for car-sharing and car-pooling? - Malmö, March 2011
The event was held in the “Pelarsalen” at City Hall/Stadshuset, Malmö - 16th March 2011.
This half day seminar had the objective of transnational learning, targeting local and regional actors. The idea was that CareNorth provides some European examples for optimized car-use
and less car-dependant lifestyles through the use of car-sharing/car-clubs.
