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…
By international standards, Surabaya has an extremely high mode share of private motorized trips (predominantly motorcycle) relative to per capita incomes, despite the fact that average trip distances “as the crow flies” are extremely short.
Transportation-related issues present a serious challenge to improving the quality of life for Mexico City’s 19 million residents. Of the 2.5 million tons of pollutants emitted into the city’s air each year, more than 80% is from cars and other motorized vehicles.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Region has a population of 12.8 million and the number of bicycles owned is 8.4 million, which equates to 1 out of 1.5 persons owning a bicycle.
The presentation, ‘An Electric Bus Delivery Plan for Seoul’ concerns the introduction of electric-battery buses in Seoul, Korea. It begins by outlining the city’s struggle with excess emissions, and outlines goals for the replacement of the city’s current bus fleet with electric alternatives.
The presentation, ‘Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan for Seoul’, concerning the development and installation of electric-vehicle infrastructure in Seoul, Korea, was…
The presentation ‘Introduction of Transit-Oriented Development Policies in some cities ~TOD in Seoul~’ was delivered by Preesan Rakwatin, Naoki Watanabe, and Takahiro Yonemura. The presentation also focuses briefly on similar policies in Portland, Oregon, United States.
In 2008, Seoul’s mayor, Oh Se-Hoon, announced that he was determined to make Seoul one of the world’s greenest metropolitan centres and an example to the C40 – formely the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group – of which Seoul is a member.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and the city of Yokohama jointly embarked on Yokohama Mobility “Project ZERO”, a 5-year project aimed at achieving zero-emission mobility following a joint study completed in November 2008.
