Freiburg: The world's ecological model city - The Times of India

Freiburg: The world's ecological model city - The Times of India: "Since then Freiburg in southern Germany has become the world's ecological model city, which even provides free public transport tickets to all the tourists in the city to encourage them to use public transport."

U.S. Still going the wrong way fast

ZURICH — While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile to cars. The methods vary, but the mission is clear — to make car use expensive and just plain miserable enough to tilt drivers toward more environmentally friendly modes of transportation.

Warming oceans cause largest movement of marine species in two million years - Telegraph

Warming oceans cause largest movement of marine species in two million years - Telegraph: "Warming ocean waters are causing the largest movement of marine species seen on Earth in more than two million years, according to scientists."

Drive safety

KurdishGlobe- Public transportation needed urgently

KurdishGlobe- Public transportation needed urgently: "Officials believe the main reason behind growth in the number of private cars on the roads is the lack of public transportation. 'Now, everyone has a car, but six years ago there were only 35,000 vehicles in Erbil city and now there are 400,000,' said Deputy Governor of Erbil Tahir Abdullah."

Vienna Greens want free public transport for unemployed

Vienna public transport price reform ahead - Politics News - Austrian Independent Online News - English Newspaper: "Before the Greens agreed on a coalition cooperation with the Viennese Social Democrats after last year’s election, the left-wing party called for free public transport tickets for unemployed residents of the city.
...Häupl ruled out that the price for an annual public transport pass will be slashed to 100 Euros for everybody. The Greens – who are headed by Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou – demanded such drastic price reductions "

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