Transports
More trains, fewer emissions
Wednesday 27 October 2021 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Gianluca De Feo
| OBC Transeuropa
Currently, trains offer a reasonable alternative to around half of the most popular short-haul flights in Europe. Additional improvements and incentives could bring further reductions in CO2 emissions from transport.
Rail accidents: Hungary leads the list in fatality figures
Friday 30 April 2021 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
According to the annual assessment of the European Railway Agency, the trend of a steady decrease in the number of rail accidents continues. However, rail-related suicide rates remain roughly the same.
EU has world’s safest roads, recorded fewest traffic-related deaths in 2020
Thursday 22 April 2021 |
Anne Damiani | Euractiv
In 2020, 4,000 fewer people died in the EU as a result of road accidents compared to the year before, according to the European Commission, making the bloc the safest region compared to the rest of the world and the global average of road traffic deaths. EURACTIV France reports.
Four ways of looking at European cross-border rail links
Monday 12 April 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
According to absolute numbers, Central Europe can count on the most cross-border train connections on the continent. What happens, however, if we take into account the length of each country’s borders and their population sizes?
More and more trains crossing European borders
Monday 29 March 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo Lorenzo Ferrari
| OBC Transeuropa
A dense network of cross-border rail connections cuts through the continent, and it’s set to expand even further in the coming years thanks to new infrastructure and the birth of the European single rail market. However, there are still profound differences between the central and peripheral regions of Europe.
Diesel engines emissions exceed by far European limits
in depth
Monday 18 June 2018 |
Stefano Valentino | MobileReporter
Voxeurop
A new independent report reveals how harmful emissions from diesel engines have yet to fall, despite increasingly strict European regulations, and promises from manufacturers to follow the rules.
Traffic pollution costs €60 billion per year in healthcare
Tuesday 15 January 2019 |
Déborah Berthier | Voxeurop
Each year 500 000 Europeans die prematurely as a result of air pollution. Road transport alone causes 18 percent of air pollution.
Diesel cars in the doghouse
in depth
Wednesday 17 January 2018 |
Artur Włodarski | BiQdata
Despite the Dieselgate scandal, diesel-fueled cars are still the most popular in Europe. A trend that is slowly changing, as governments and the public opinion are starting to grasp with their impact on public health.
The top 100 European places where Dieselgate kills the most
in depth
Wednesday 04 April 2018 |
Stefano Valentino | MobileReporter
Voxeurop
Excess diesel emissions produce a tiny portion of harmful dusts. Yet, they cause dozens of deaths in Europe’s highly populated road traffic hotspots.
Europe gets back to business
Large investigation
Tuesday 09 June 2020 |
Antonio Hernández Carmen Torrecillas
David Cabo
Miguel Ángel Gavilanes
| Civio
Lisbon and Stockholm have opted for opposing mobility models – with and without restrictions. However the epidemic's impact on their borders has not been in line with their neighbours, but rather, like those at the other side of the European continent.
