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Peugeot Pilots Car Club in UK
Carmaker Peugeot is looking to break into the growing UK car club market, launching a pilot vehicle rental service in two English cities.
'Mu by Peugeot’ already operates in five dealerships in Paris as well as Brest, Lyon, Nantes and Rennes in France. It is also available in capital cities in Germany, Spain and Italy. The service is now being tested in the UK through two Peugeot dealerships in London and Bristol.
July 8, 2010
Public Transport is Good for your Health and your Wallet, According to Scientists
Switching to public transport could help you lose nearly half a stone a year in weight, new research suggests.
Taking the train, tram or bus instead of your car increases physical activity so much that the average person drops more than six pounds in as little as a year.
The findings suggests that increasing the use of public transport could improve health and lower obesity levels.
July 4, 2010
Team Green Britain Bike Week 2010 – A National Celebration of Cycling!
19 - 27 June 2010 - Team Green Britain Bike Week is an annual opportunity to promote cycling and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life. Demonstrating the social, health and environmental benefits of cycling, the week aims to get people to give cycling a go all over the UK. This year we aim to make 'everyday cycling for everyone'!
For more information visit: Bike Week
June 18, 2010
WWF - Vision for Sustainable Living
Getting around future cities:
Most people will live just five minutes walking distance from amenities such as shops, schools and doctors, and there will be public transport hubs in the centre of each neighbourhood.
Most individuals no longer own cars. Instead, for trips where public transport isn't suitable, people use car club schemes. These cars are highly efficient and powered by electricity from renewable sources. All residential areas contain a car "pick up point" within five minutes walk.
With few cars around, cycling becomes a safer and more pleasant way of getting around. And pedestrianised streets encourage people to walk around and socialise.
Each community is now connected to fast, efficient public transport - primarily trams, which emit just a fraction of the carbon emissions which cars do.
Taken from article by Paul Cottam, WWF Action magazine June 2010. For more information visit: WWF
June 6, 2010
Hundreds Sign Up to New Car-Sharing Scheme
A new car rental scheme that aims to make car usage in the UK more efficient has had dozens of cars and hundreds of drivers registering a week after its launch.
WhipCar claims to be the world's first neighbour-to-neighbour car rental service. It also purports to be green by reducing the number of cars on the road.
For more information visit Whipcar
Article from Greenwise Business News
May 6, 2010
Encouraging a Move Back to Bikes in Beijing
Once the Kingdom of the Bicycle Beijing's streets have recently been swamped by cars. Now city authorities want to rvive the bike, with an initial target of 23% of all commuting journeys by 2015.
Source
Green Futures April 2010
May 2, 2010
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