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Glasgow could soon become the latest European city to offer free public transport to its citizens. The Scottish city is set to trial a pilot scheme which could see 1,000 people given cost-free access to all forms of public transport for nine weeks. Glasgow’s council put forward the idea and has won some support for the pilot which, if successful, would determine if there should be a wider rollout to every resident. The scheme has yet to secure full funding though, meaning there’s no guarantee it will go ahead - although lawmakers are still hopeful that it will come to fruition. How would free ...
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Would you rather ditch the hire car to explore on your own two feet while on holiday? European cities are some of the most walkable in the world. New research has revealed that the nine out of 10 best walkable cities are in Europe, with the list topped by Munich, followed closely by Milan, Warsaw and Helsinki. The report by price comparison website Compare the Market Australia analysed walking distances, safety scores, public transport costs, as well as other factors to identify the best cities to get around without a car. Outside of Europe, only Tokyo made its way onto the top 10 list, coming...
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Cool paint coatings could help cities feel up to 1.5C cooler, a new study has found. Using paint to counter the ‘urban heat island’ effect is nothing new, but this real-world experiment showed just how impactful it can be. Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) coated the roofs, walls, and road pavements of an industrial area in Singapore with paint containing additives that reflect the sun's heat. The first-of-its-kind study, published in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society in March, revealed that paint could be a key tool in making urban areas more comfortable for work ...
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Italian MPs are voting on a new law that campaigners say undermines the country’s climate commitments, while doing nothing to reduce its high number of traffic fatalities. Around 3,000 people are killed on Italy’s roads every year, at an above-EU-average rate of 52 lives lost per million inhabitants. Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right Lega party and transport minister in the Meloni administration, has proposed a reform of the traffic road code. It’s ostensibly aimed at making Italy’s roads safer. But the Clean Cities campaign group - backed by Europe’s Transport & Environment (T&E) collec...
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