The Ministry of Energy Thailand will host the 45th APEC Energy Working Group 45th (EWG45) and Associated Meetings from 18 through 22 March 2013 at Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand....
The City of Calgary is known worldwide as a pioneer in the use of renewable energy in mass transit. The C-train is Calgary's light rail transit system, one that once was powered by coal and natural gas, but that now runs on electricity....
Pittsburgh was the first city in the United States to implement elements of bus rapid transit, and helped paved the way for more robust U.S. BRT systems. In 1977, only three years after Curitiba, Brazil implemented the world’s first BRT system, Pittsburgh opened the South Busway, 4.3 miles of excl...
YRT/Viva offers local and rapid transit services in all nine York Region municipalities. More than 120 routes keep residents connected within the Region, along with connecting services in the City of Toronto and the Region of Peel. In addition, Mobility Plus provides door-to-door shared-ride accessi...
BIXI bike-sharing came to Montreal in 2009, with 3,000 of the specially-designed bicycles distributed among 300 closely-spaced stations in the city's downtown. Today, the system boasts 5,000 bicycles and 400 stations spread more widely across the city....
In the first year after its launch in May 2011, BIXI achieved its goal of 5,000 members and surpassed 48,000 casual riders. Torontonians had taken more than 556,000 BIXI bike trips......
publication: Canada
A sustainable economy is sensitive to economic, social and environmental constraints. Sustainability requires more efficient, equitable, and environmentally sensitive transport. This cannot be achieved simply by improving the efficiency of vehicle designs or traffic management. It requires changes i...
publication: Canada
This report investigates the optimal (best overall, taking into account all benefits and costs) transportation emission reduction strategies. Current evaluation methods tend to undervalue mobility management (also called Transportation Demand Management or TDM) strategies that increase transport sys...
