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Growing Numbers Face Transport Insecurity

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Inequality is a widespread problem across the developed world, but while income insecurity has been well documented, a recent study from the University of Michigan suggests that transportation insecurity deserves equal attention. The researchers developed the Transportation Security Index to measure transportation insecurity.

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Reconciling Climate-Friendly Urban Transport and Resident Wellbeing

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Can urban transport in the world’s major cities become more environmentally friendly while ensuring minimal impact on residents? By implementing tailor-made climate policies in transportation without compromising the quality of life in these cities, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by 22% within a 15-year timeframe.

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Are Rising Transport Costs Behind Higher Cost Of Living?

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A recent study from George Washington University suggests that higher transportation costs may actually play a bigger part. These approaches seldom use formal models of a city, however, and therefore ignore things like the cost of transport on the cost of living. Formal modeling.

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How Does Public Transport Affect Greenhouse Gases?

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Public transport has long been touted as a greener way of getting around major towns and cities, but this has largely lacked any empirical evidence to support the claim. New research from the University of Utah has attempted to plug that gap by quantifying just how much public transport reduces pollution. Greener transit. ”

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Is Car Pooling More Important Than Autonomous Transportation?

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Rather, the authors believe that pooled-ride services, such as public transport and car pooling are more likely to deliver the reductions in congestion that we so crave. The results come after simulations into the way various modes of transport influence congestion in a city. ” Pooling resources. ” Pooling resources. .

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Navigating The Road To Autonomous Transportation

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Huge car-sharing and demand-responsive public transport potential. Each of these myths is examined in the paper, with many reliant upon an overly optimistic belief in the development and adoption of the technology, both in terms of its capabilities and the speed of adoption.

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Industrialization Isn’t The Only Way For Developing Countries To Progress

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When we think of the best way for developing nations to progress, we perhaps think that they need to capitalize on their low cost base to establish a presence in manufacturing before then gradually moving up the value chain as they advance.