Thanks to superconductors, cars and trucks can not only travel at top speed, but can also do so completely free of local emissions. This is shown in a new study that explains the potential of superconducting highways for the transport turnaround - including in the promotion of hydrogen technologies.
Very long traffic jams occur time and again at the border between Germany and Austria. The reason? Among other things, the block clearances imposed by the Austrian authorities to relieve the road network of high traffic volumes. But the traffic restrictions continue to cause inconvenience on both sides of the border.
They deal with increasing criticism and sometimes they are even abolished, but low emission zones ultimately remain one of the green transport measures that politicians keep resorting to - to reduce emissions from road traffic, improve the quality of air and life for citizens and protect the environment as part of climate targets. This month, France, Denmark and Germany are also backing low-emission zones and driving bans. Green-Zones® lists the new rules for July.
In order to cope with road traffic - in view of the expected increase during the upcoming summer holidays - the country has decided to impose driving bans on trucks over 16 tonnes again this year. From Friday to Sunday, as well as on public holidays, freight traffic will only be able to continue undisturbed during certain time windows.
Attention, truck drivers! Due to a public holiday in Italy, there are some changes this week that you should be aware of. The Federal Ministry for Climate Protection is taking measures to regulate heavy goods traffic in Tyrol with driving bans and closures. So be prepared to exercise patience once again!
In addition to the existing strict environmental zone, an additional truck driving ban and four block clearance days on tomorrow's public holiday are planned for the Ascension week in Tyrol. Additional driving bans on main and secondary roads in the region are also planned for the coming months to dose traffic. Long traffic jams are to be expected in the Inn Valley and the rest of Tyrol.
The Californian government has decided to ban the registration of diesel trucks - and is thus stricter in its reduction plans for traffic emissions than the EU. Environmental association T&E is now demanding that the European Union also follow suit by 2035.
Fewer cars and motorised traffic, more space for citizens and the environment - Car-free city centres are to make the difference in the future in Berlin and Stuttgart, but also in the French capital Paris, and prepare the cities for the green traffic turnaround. The so-called ZTL are finding their way into more and more countries.
On 1 January 2024, the truck toll for commercial vehicles over 3.5 tonnes is to increase. In this way, the traffic light coalition wants to accelerate work on the motorway network and at the same time financially support the expansion of the railway infrastructure.
The development of intermodal freight transport, key to the transport turnaround in the logistics sector, is being held back by regulatory and technical hurdles. EU Court of Auditors criticises the lack of a centralised plan for expansion and promotion. What does the EU want to do now to make freight transport more sustainable?
