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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%.

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

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

• GHG inventories – with special regard to calculating transport emissions
• A regional input/output modeling approach including:
  
  • Climate Protection for Regions (Specialties e.g. steelworks)
  • Maritime Traffic
  • Private Transport (person/year)
  • Commercial Transport (employer / € revenue)
  • Air Transport

German VDE institute* certifies first e-charging device (cable and plug) for electric cars in VDE automotive test centre in Offenbach (Germany). The charging cable and the infrastructure socket by Mennekes Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG  passed assessment and received VDE seal of approval.

A phenomenal 400,000 people have now signed up to the UK’s
largest car-sharing network.

Here is the latest News from the fourth issue of the European Commission’s Newsletter, that has been published in DG MOVE’s website at the following address:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/pdf/news/nl4_en.pdf  for English or

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/pdf/news/nl4_fr.pdf  for French or

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/pdf/news/nl4_de.pdf  for German.

This edition focuses on the third European Road Safety Days held in Brussels on 13-14 October 2010 and organised by the European Commission in collaboration with the Belgian EU Presidency and the European Parliament.

Visit the European Commission’s 'Going abroad' section dedicated to traffic rules. It has been redesigned recently to offer a more user friendly and quick access to the national rules for speed, alcohol, day time running lights, winter tyres and safety equipment for cars and for cyclists. This page is published in English but the translations will be made available:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/index_en.htm

If you would like to comment on articles published, participate in activities or contribute to an edition of this newsletter, do not hesitate to contact the European Commission in using the following mailbox: MOVE-D3-NEWSLETTER@ec.europa.eu

Thanks to Vanessa Holve from Eurocities for this information!
 

Until the last moment the decision to whom the transport planning award in 2010 will be awarded was kept secret. At the annual meeting of the Society for Urban, Regional and National Planning SRL in Berlin, the jury's decision was announced: The transport planning Prize 2010 goes to Bremen for the car-sharing action plan and the design of the mobil.punkt. "Bremen has introduced a novel and innovative combination of urban transportation modes" to the jury with the  car-sharing action plan.

From 11th until 13th October the partners gather in Aberdeen, Scotland.

CARE-North consortium during Leeuwarden meeting