Richard Howard, Director of Development & Head of Environment & Energy at the Policy Exchange writes on their website about a new report that he co-authored. The report argues that the Government needs to take more coordinated and assertive action to address the twin problems of carbon emissions and air pollution from road use. However, … Continue reading New report raises many issues related to the twin problems of carbon emissions and air pollution from road use
Tag: transport
The complexity of creating a sustainable urban transport system
Athlyn Cathcart-Keays discusses in an article in The Guardian about the up and down transformation currently underway in Oslo to find a sustainable urban transport system that is satisfactory to all citizens. There are many lessons to learn from this experience. Oslo's car ban sounded simple enough. Then the backlash began One day late last … Continue reading The complexity of creating a sustainable urban transport system
Australia sees poor performance from its vehicle fuel efficiency standards
Energy efficiency policy is heavily reliant on minimum energy performance standards for many technologies, including cars. Anna Mortimore, Lecturer, Griffith Business School at Griffith University explains in an article on The Conversation website about the less than impressive developments in vehicle efficiency in Australia. How is it in your country? Australia has stalled on … Continue reading Australia sees poor performance from its vehicle fuel efficiency standards
Streetcars making a comeback
In my neighbourhood of Montmartre in Paris, the streetcar system is being expanded as you can see in the photograph. Rhonda Bell and Phil Klinkon write on the Metro for Transit & Motorcoach Business website about their evolution. You should enjoy. The Evolution of Streetcar Technology While streetcars may seem like an old-fashioned or … Continue reading Streetcars making a comeback
Shipping is a major polluter and yet there are no targets to reduce emissions
The transport sector has been a particular problem in trying to reduce emissions, in large part because of its dependence on fossil fuels. Jeremy Plester provides a good article in The Guardian about the particular problems in shipping, a sector that has grown significantly because of the globalisation of our economies and because it is … Continue reading Shipping is a major polluter and yet there are no targets to reduce emissions
Emissions from diesel engines have higher impact than previously estimated
Abby Young-Powell writes on the Deutsche Welle website about a recent report that documents evidence that the impact from diesel emissions is higher and more deadlier than previously estimated. New analysis reveals deadly scale of diesel emissions The amount of illegal and unreported nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel cars, trucks and buses may be … Continue reading Emissions from diesel engines have higher impact than previously estimated
Better understanding how polluting our cars are
Almost daily we are reading about the emissions coming from vehicles and what they are doing to our air quality and health. Paul Nieuwenhuis, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE) at Cardiff University, writes a reviewed article on the Conversation website comparing diesel and petrol vehicles. Are diesel cars really … Continue reading Better understanding how polluting our cars are
Revisions to EU car emissions enforcement strategy opposed by Germany
A German car manufacturer has been at the centre of a global emissions testing scandal. Even given the controversy, the Reuters news service has found out that the German government is going to oppose any overhaul of the enforcement system. Germany opposes key EU car emission test reforms Germany is opposing key elements of … Continue reading Revisions to EU car emissions enforcement strategy opposed by Germany
A first encounter with a fully autonomous vehicle
We are reading more and more about self-driving cars. California seems to be leading the way but we are hearing of pilot projects in many locations. Vivek Wadhwa, author of a new book, “The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future,” writes an article on the Washington Post website … Continue reading A first encounter with a fully autonomous vehicle
Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016
The European Environment Agency published data this week showing that fuel efficiency of new cars continued to improve but at a much slower pace in 2016 compared to 2015. Air pollution Transport Climate change mitigation The fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) continued to improve last year but at … Continue reading Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 