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UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

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The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. The report found that in 2009, 58% of adults believe that “Individuals should try to limit their car use for the sake of the environment”.

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California ARB study finds commuters’ exposures to air pollution greatly depends on mode of travel; light rail, personal vehicles the lowest

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The study, published recently in Atmospheric Environment , investigated commuter exposure to PM 2.5 , black carbon (BC), and ultrafine particles (UFP) in six common transport microenvironments in Sacramento, California. Click to enlarge. The ARB team found that UFP concentrations during bus, bicycling, and train commutes were 1.6–5.3

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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.& If you live somewhere that recently introduced new traffic cameras, driving fines ( e.g. congestion charging ), lower speed limits, bicycle rental kiosks, or additional bike lanes, there’s a good chance the person making those decisions was influenced by Vision Zero. That was the impetus for this paper.”

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Continental and Vodafone present first results of cooperation; Cellular V2X, mobile edge computing and AI

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For example, about a quarter of traffic fatalities recorded by the German Federal Statistical Office in 2017 were cyclists and pedestrians. To this end, we are ensuring the best possible connectivity of vehicles with each other and with their environment. Vulnerable road users are particularly affected.

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Wolfspeed, BPEI study uses ESOI analysis to show energy efficiency superiority of SiC in EVs

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Estimating the energy consumption of each EV type requires technical modeling of vehicle efficiency over selected test cycles, such as the Worldwide Harmonized Test Cycle (WLTC) for personal light-duty vehicles, and other models for different vehicle use cases. The modeling accounted for vehicle-specific parameters such as weight and drag.

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User Results from First Phase of the MINI E Field Trial in the UK

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Using a control group of MINI Cooper and BMW 116i customers these statistics are reinforced, MINI Cooper drivers averaging 7.3 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirms that 22.8 Using the same survey data, 90% of all trips are 15 miles (24 km) or under, while another 8% are between 20 and 35 miles (32 and 56 km). miles (11.8

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Researchers urge Chinese government to encourage bikes, buses and rail over cars and commercial vehicles due to emissions and health concerns

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billion pkm in 2014, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China—an increase of 72.3%. Ling-Yun HE, Lu-Yi QIU (2016) “Transport demand, harmful emissions, environment and health co-benefits in China,” Energy Policy , Volume 97, Pages 267-275 doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.07.037. billion pkm in 2005 to 3009.74

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