2021
Berlin: Automatic control of environmental badges?
Now it's time to get to grips with Berlin's parking offenders! If automatic parking monitoring is successful, will it also be used in future to check environmental badges?
Electrosmog: combustion engine vs. e-car - where is the radiation higher?
Electromagnetic radiation is found almost everywhere nowadays, or at least it is now very difficult to avoid it completely. The Swiss magazine K-Tipp wanted to know how much electrical radiation is emitted by cars. The result is surprising.
Improved air quality through new cycle paths
For some time now, new cycle paths have been popping up on Berlin's pavement. At the end of April 2020, Charlottenburg's Kantstrasse, one of the most important tangents leading into the City West, also received a pop-up cycle path. The results have now been evaluated, with astonishing numbers.
Low emission zones & driving bans: What will change in 2022?
Originally, a whole series of new rules and driving restrictions were to come into force in the year that is coming to an end. But the unpredictable pandemic led many municipalities and conurbations to postpone the introduction of an environmental zone or to abandon it altogether because pollution levels had improved. The latter may be directly related to the decreased traffic during the curfews. Nevertheless, we at Green-Zones® show where things are still happening and who will be affected by future driving bans in 2022.
Lung cancer: Air pollution causes more cases worldwide
The number of people smoking has been decreasing for years, yet the number of adenocarcinoma lung cancers is increasing sharply. How can this be possible?
Wiesbaden: Intelligent traffic lights against diesel driving bans
In 2018, the city narrowly avoided a driving ban for diesel drivers. This was only possible with the "Green City Masterplan", which aims to calm and digitalise traffic.
Motorway made of paper
Usually, our roads and motorways are made of concrete. The mixture of sand, water and cement is cheap, stable and easy to form. But when it comes to the CO2 balance, the building material does not make a good impression at all.
Czech Low Emission Zone explained
The only low emission zone in the Czech Republic is in Prague. More precisely, there are two zones in the city.
Berlin shopping street car-free on Sundays
The new Berlin coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the Left has presented its transport plans, drawing inspiration from plans in other countries. The city halls in the districts have also announced their first traffic policy projects. A lot will change for the shopping mile in Schlossstraße in Steglitz.
Particulate matter from wood-fired oven
Winter and Christmas time is stove and fireplace time. But watch out: Not all stoves are still allowed to burn because they emit too many pollutants. Although traffic and industry are considered the biggest producers of particulate matter, heating with wood has never been environmentally friendly either. It used to be no problem, but today any dirt that gets into the air is taboo.