BARRIER-FREE TRANSPORT: OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND GERMANY
Barrier-free transport is a key element of sustainable, climate-friendly and inclusive cities. This report gives an overview of the main policies, standards and best practices regarding barrier-free transport in Germany and the EU. It’s part of the work on Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) and the bilateral exchanges between Germany and China on sustainable transport, which is implemented by the sustainable mobility team of GIZ in China.
The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference
Following up on the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference held in 2016 in Ashgabat, the Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference took place from 14-16 October 2021 in Beijing.
SUMP Foshan Pilot: First Implementation of SUMP Concept in China
On 7 July 2021, the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) Foshan pilot was jointly launched by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH together with the Foshan Public Transport Management Company (Foshan TC Company) under the support of the Foshan City Transportation Bureau.
New Report Released: CRTEM / HBEFA China Road Transport Emission Model
The “China Road Transport Emission Model” (CRTEM) presented in this paper – also known as “HBEFA China” – is a model for bottom-up emissions calculations for road transport that allows estimating the emission impact of different types of policies.
The Beijing Dialogue – Future Urban Transport & Mobility – Infrastructure, Key Technologies and Implementation Roadmap
The second workshop of the Beijing Dialogue with the theme “Infrastructure, Key Technologies and Implementation Roadmap” took place on June 4, 2020, in the Beijing Nikko New Century Hotel.
Beijing MaaS platform launches “MaaS Mobility for Green City” initiative
Beijing MaaS platform launches “MaaS Mobility for Green City” initiative: the first platform in China to encourage citizens to participate in green mobility through a Carbon Credit System
Active Mobility Alliance for Better Cities
China, with a total of 10.5 Gt of CO2 in 2018, is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG)[1]. Transport accounts for about 10 percent of those emissions and in particular road transport poses a big challenge to the people: The number of vehicles on China’s roads has increased from 27 million vehicles in 2004 […]
The Beijing Dialogue – Future Urban Transport & Mobility
Against the background of global climate change, cities around the world are under immense pressure to make their transport systems more sustainable and climate friendly. Electro-mobility, ride-hailing, shared- and micro-mobility, autonomous driving and Big Data-based smart city and traffic management applications are offering opportunities to make transport more efficient and sustainable. Along with these opportunities […]
2020 EB-PAC National New Energy Bus Performance Evaluation Competition
The transport sector in China needs to start outlining intermediate efforts to play its role in reaching the recently set long-term target: carbon neutrality by 2060 as announced by China’s President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 during his speech at the General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. In particular, […]
China issues the blueprint for its electric vehicle and intelligent connected vehicle industry development for the next 15 years!
On 02 November 2020, the New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) was published by the State Council Office of the People’s Republic of China. The New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) is a strategic top-level policy guiding the development of a comprehensive and fully integrated New Energy Vehicle (NEV) and Intelligent Connected Vehicle (ICV) eco-system in China […]