Investments in urban infrastructure aimed at implementing “new visions for cities” will reach US$375 billion by 2030, according to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research. Dominique Bonte, ABI Research The research focuses on new greenfield and brownfield urban developments that adopt one or more new design...
capitaltribunenews.com talks to Liverpool’s Transport Committee Chairperson, Liam Robinson, and Birmingham’s Cabinet Member for Transport & Environment, Waseem Zaffar, about what they achieved this year and what they’re looking forward to in 2022. Liverpool looks to bus reform Liam Robinson What achievement are you most...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has appointed the city’s former Chief Information Officer, Jascha Franklin-Hodge to oversee collaboration between the city’s Public Works and Transportation Departments. As Chief of Streets, Franklin-Hodge will be responsible for the implementation of key transport policy goals, including free-fares on MBTA...
Would you give up your car for €1,100 (US$1,280) a year? Tim Lehmann thinks you might. As founder of Berlin-based NGO IUM-Institute for Urban Mobility, Lehmann is behind a proposal to hand people a cash credit to use towards sustainable transport. But there’s a catch...
A transition to electric vehicles (EVs) coupled with an expansion of public transit and the development of “compact cities” will be needed to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years. This is according to a new report from the Institute for Transportation...
Privately owned e-scooters will be banned on all Transport for London (TfL) services from next week after an exploding battery caused a fire on a busy Tube service. Emergency services had to be called to extinguish a blaze last month after an e-scooter’s lithium battery...
Societal shifts, from increased remote working and e-commerce to electrification and digitalisation, affect not only how cities function but also how they’re funded. A new collaborative initiative is exploring new ways for local governments to raise revenue. Partners in the Rethinking Revenue project include the...
More and better data is part of the solution for making transport systems more inclusive for women and other groups, but it’s time to turn insights into action. This will take fresh imagination, tough conversations and some directed anger, according to experts on a recent...
Las Vegas is one of the latest cities to adopt a digital twin and the collaborative project aims to take what the technology can do to the next level, from real-time management to data monetisation. Through Cityzenith’s Clean Cities – Clean Future initiative, Las Vegas is...
Updated December 6, 2021: The US$8 million grant was approved by the City Council. Boston’s newly elected mayor, Michelle Wu, has requested the City Council allocate US$8 million in federal coronavirus relief funding to eliminate fares on three bus lines over a two-year period. The...
