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Last Call to Register for MadCity Happening in Riga – June 1-2, 2017

Last Call to Register for MadCity Happening in Riga – June 1-2, 2017

Today is the last day to register for the Mad City Event, a not-so-common-conference geared at urban planners.

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24 May 2017
Electric Car-Sharing: Not the Best Combination…yet!

Electric Car-Sharing: Not the Best Combination…yet!

Just like the sharing of cars, electric vehicles are becoming more common. Within a few years, breakthroughs are possible in both areas. With time, it may be expected that all new cars will be electric vehicles. If this happens, shared cars will also become electric. It might look as if electric car-sharing combines the best of both worlds. At this moment, this combination is not obvious yet, due to several reasons…

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26 May 2017
Workshop on Autonomous Vehicles Held for North Sea Commission Transport Group

Workshop on Autonomous Vehicles Held for North Sea Commission Transport Group

On March 1st, the North Sea Commission’s Transport Group invited the City of Bremen to hold a workshop on autonomous transport. The main focus was the need to create policies that steer the development of autonomous vehicles in the direction of supporting sustainable transport goals rather than carrying on with “business as usual”.

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22 Mar 2017
OECD Expert Workshop on Autonomous (Passenger) Transport in Ottawa

OECD Expert Workshop on Autonomous (Passenger) Transport in Ottawa

On personal invitation by the OECD International Transport Forum (ITF), the City of Bremen (represented by Michael Glotz-Richter) participated in an expert forum to further reflect potential and risks of autonomous for passenger transport. Michael Keenan, Canadian Deputy Transport Minister welcomed the 28 experts from 10 countries from around the world for the two-day workshop at the Canadian Ministry for Transport in Ottawa (December 5-6, 2016).

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05 Jan 2017
THE FUTURE OF CAR-SHARING

THE FUTURE OF CAR-SHARING

According to several studies, the market of car-sharing will grow largely in the forthcoming years. The Boston Consulting Group estimated that by 2021, 35 million users will book 1.5 billion minutes of driving time each month and generate annual revenue of €4.7 billion. Europe will be the biggest revenue-generating region, reason enough for Autodelen.net, the Belgian umbrella organisation for of car-sharing, to organise a conference in the city of Ghent on May 13th, 2016.

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19 May 2016
SHARE-North project kicks off on February 9-11th, 2016

SHARE-North project kicks off on February 9-11th, 2016

The Interreg VB North Sea Region Project “SHARE-North” (Shared Mobility Solutions for a Liveable and Low-Carbon North Sea Region) was approved for funding by the Interreg North Sea Region Steering Committee on November 10th, 2015 and officially began on January 1st, 2016.

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02 Feb 2016
Transport for Smart Cities 2016

Transport for Smart Cities 2016

The City of Bremen represented the SHARE-North project at the invitation-only “Transport for Smart Cities 2016: Scaling Innovation in Europe” event hosted by the European Commission in Brussels on January 28th, 2016. The goal of the event was to discuss innovative transport solutions that will contribute to a sustainable, “smart”, economically stable and liveable Europe with representatives from high-level government, industry, research sectors.

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01 Feb 2016