Milan has announced one of Europe’s most ambitious mobility schemes, known as Strade Aperte (open roads). Its goal is to reduce cars in phase 2 of the lockdown by increasing bike lanes and pedestrian areas.
Amsterdam is home to the first cycling lane that generates solar power
Solaroad, the world’s first solar and cycling lane opens in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Every day around two thousand cyclists ride the two-way cycling lane that connects Krommenie and Wormerveer, two suburbs of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. For commuters and students bicycles are the fastest means of transport to get around in this city.
From 12th November, a 70-metre stretch of this path will become popular for being the world’s first cycling lane with embedded solar panels. The project is called Solaroad and seems to be the perfect solution for the environment not only because cycling lanes are good for sustainable mobility and have a low environmental impact, but also because it can generate green electricity.
This first experimental stretch cost local authorities around three million euros. Photovoltaic panels are made of crystalline silicon solar cells and covered with a translucent layer of tempered glass. The 70-metre long solar road should be able to meet the electricity demand of three families. Not so much, because panels cannot be adjusted to a position that guarantees the maximum exposure to sunlight and, as a result, high performances, but the project’s purpose is to try to take advantage of an area that otherwise would be merely covered with asphalt.
The goal of this project is to add another 30 metres of solar road by 2016 and then try to convert all roads, even those driven by cars and other vehicles, to solar roadways. According to what the Solaroad’s official website claims, if all US roads were paved with solar panels, the country would produce three times as much energy as it uses today and cut CO2 emissions by 75 percent.
Quest'opera è distribuita con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
Formula 1, the world’s most important auto racing championship, has decided to turn the page and aim for carbon neutrality with the support of its teams, drivers and the whole racing circus.
Toyota and LifeGate began telling the story of hybrid mobility back in 2006, now, on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, they’re still treading the path of sustainable mobility. Here are the main steps of the journey.
Germany’s first solar bicycle lane could be the prototype for the roads of the future. The photovoltaic tiles melt snow and ice, and are capable of absorbing noise.
The Vespa is back in an electric version. Production has just started and the first models can be reserved online starting from October.
The city of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, has inaugurated a bicycle path that brings together a bridge, the rooftop of a school and a garden.
The Lego hair bike helmet is the latest Internet craze. For now it’s just a prototype but production on a large scale will probably start soon.
Heir to the legendary Bulli van of the ‘60s, the official vehicle of the hippie movement, the new Volkswagen van is electric and self-driving. It has eight seats and can be turned into a living room. It will be produced starting from 2021.
Copenhagen has achieved an unprecedented result by investing in two-wheel mobility. Bikes now outnumber cars in Denmark’s capital.