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Beijing New Car Licence Registration System

On the 24th of December 2010 the Beijing municipal government introduced a new lottery system for the allocation of car…

Buses are one of the most cost-effective forms of public transport and play an integral role in the public transport…

European emission standards for road vehicles are set in order to define the acceptable levels of exhaust emissions for new…

This scheme was introduced in Ireland in September 2009, whereby a number of rental bicycles were placed at designated stands…

National governments can design or amend existing motor tax systems and vehicle registration taxes such that the tax paid more…

While CFL (compact fluorescent light) light bulbs have been put forward as the environmentally friendly energy efficient alternative to traditional…

Congestion charging is a non-technical measure involving a system of charging users of a transport network in periods of peak…

Emissions trading is a market based instrument. Emissions trading schemes can take one of two forms: cap-and-trade, whereby the total…

In many urban areas, political and infrastructural restrictions have limited the feasibility of road pricing as a response to urban…