Road traffic

With the rapid growth of electric vans (e-vans) in Europe, all European capitals could introduce zero-emission freight zones by 2030 ...

There is an urgent need for integrated policies that both electrify the car fleet and reduce car usage to meet climate goals efficiently.

Ethiopia became the first country worldwide to ban the import of non electric vehicles (internal combustion engine cars) completely. The ban was confirmed on 29 January 2024 and the reasons are that it is becoming ...

Are parking spaces getting smaller? No, it’s the cars that are getting wider. Half a centimetre per year might not sound much but it has been adding up for decades now.

Cities are dense and struggling with high levels of air pollution, sedentary behaviour and noise problems linked to car-centred urban planning. Traffic also takes up large areas in cities, resulting in lack of green spaces, and it is obvious that our oil dependency has fuelled climate change. Three cities with governments that are up for the challenge of re-thinking cities are Paris, Oslo and Barcelona, which are working to transform their cities from car-
centred to people-centred.

A study by Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies has screened nearly 800 peer-reviewed reports and case studies from all over Europe ...

Early this year the New Zealand Ministry of Transport published a consultation document “Driving Change: Reviewing the Road User Charges System”.

Later this year, the European Commission will finalise the next iteration of EU road vehicle emission standards, known as Euro 7 for cars and vans, and Euro VII for trucks and buses.

New battery technology could give electric cars more than 200 miles of charge in as little as 10 minutes, according to new research.

Green groups have hailed the start of an ultra-low emissions zone (ULEZ) in London that sets the toughest vehicle emission standards for any urban air quality scheme in the world.

GHG emissions from transport are still rising in the EU, despite calls by the environmental movement to cut GHG emissions to almost zero by 2040 at the latest.

The European Parliament is pushing for more ambitious CO₂ standards for cars and lorries by 2030. Though even more cuts are needed to decarbonise the vehicle fleet by 2050.

Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown.

The world’s first electrified road that recharges the batteries of cars and trucks while they drive along it has been opened in Sweden.

On 4 April, the Swedish government announced that from 1 January 2020 municipalities will be able to introduce three different kinds of low-emission zones.