As cities grow, it would be better to have more efficient, higher-capacity transport than more vehicles on the road.
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Australia hosts hundreds of live performance events each year, drawing about 14 million concertgoers – and their environmental footprints.
Imagine cycling from your hotel to a historic site, hopping on an electric bus to a museum and strolling to dinner. That’s a blueprint for sustainable tourism.
Expanding freeway networks undermines climate action. It points to a deep-seated flaw in Australia’s urban planning systems which must be solved.
Rebates may well increase ownership but won’t overcome the main obstacles to riding e-bikes and e-scooters, which are lack of infrastructure and concerns about safety.
Shared e-scooters have safety features that private e-scooters lack, but accident data don’t distinguish between them, nor tell us about the economic and environmental harms of other transport modes.
Canada should invest in sustainable transportation infrastructure to accelerate the green transition.
How might the metaverse take over tourism, a sector which up to now has required physical mobility?
Imagine if you had the option of booking and paying for multiple public transport and shared services using a single app.
Here’s how to travel with purpose and be a more responsible tourist.
Instead of repeated bailouts, permanent reform of public transport funding is needed.
As lockdowns ease off, there is a danger that the old city traffic jams will soon be back with a vengeance.
Volunteers can contribute data to maps that help cyclists choose their routes and let planners know how city cycling can be improved.
With further technology required and practical uncertainties, time is running out for them to be useful in the fight against climate change.
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Associate Professor in Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
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Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Associate professor, Université Gustave Eiffel
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Transportation Technology and Society, University of Connecticut
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, York St John University
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Professor of Tourism Geographies, York St John University
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Lecturer and Programme Leader, BA International Tourism and Events Management, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor, RMIT University
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Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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PhD Candidate in Sustainable Mobility, University of Salford
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Post-doctoral fellow, University of Victoria