Sustainable Transportation

Key online resources
on sustainable trasnportation

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The New Mobility Agenda: World Transport Policy and Practice
ELTIS: European Local Transport Information Service
The Virtual Library on Transportation
Journals, Newsletters and Bulletins -
- World Transport Policy & Practice
- Car Free Times
- Sustainable Transport E-update
- WBCSD: Sustainable Mobility newsletter

Transportation blogs -
- Urban Transport Issues Asia
- Transport Information Group

Links to best practices and success stories in sustainable mobility:

ACCESS - Eurocities for a New Mobility Culture	Best Practice for Sustainable Urban Infrastructures: COST programme	Bremen Initiative Best Practice Resources
ELTIS Case Study Database European Local Transport Information Service	EPOMM - European Platform for Mobility Management	SMILE - Sustainable Urban Transport Policies and Initiatives
SURBAN - database on sustainable urban development in Europe Europe	Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities	UITP Mobility in Cities Database

GROUND REALITY:
A light-hearted look at sustainable transportation in actual practice!

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Buses travelling at 27 km/h on exclusive bus lanes can carry an average of 20,000 passengers - Global Urban Development

If it takes 100 units of CO2 emissions to move one person for a distance of one kilometer distance using local trains, travel by the Bullet train ("Shinkansen") emits only 81 units in comparison, while air travel emits 653 units. - JR West, Japan