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Could we really reduce the number of vehicles on our roads from 37m to 9m?
Younger Americans tend to be comfortable relying on ride services and foregoing car ownership.
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Using ride-hailing services full-time would mean avoiding the hassles of owning a car. But it could cost less, too – depending on how you value your time otherwise spent behind the wheel.
Beijing residents with a variety of approaches to urban air pollution.
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In recent years the number of motor vehicles – and the pollution they generate – has grown astronomically, leading some citydwellers to wear facemasks in the hopes of protecting themselves. So do they work?
Most new cars are now bought on credit.
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Billions are being loaned against some fast depreciating assets. It could end in an almighty car crash.
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Anxieties about hoodlums in cars was just another expression of an age-old fear of change.
Road trauma is already the ninth leading cause of death worldwide.
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Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
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Cars are effectively becoming computers on wheels – and very attractive to cyber criminals.
Cars are basically computers on wheels. That means they can be hacked.
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Modern cars are computers on wheels. We should make sure they’re cyber-secure.
The relationship between drivers and cyclists is highly unequal, both physically and culturally.
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The primacy given to the car has shaped our cities, the roads that serve them and our very thinking about the place of driving in our lives. And it’s a mindset that leaves cyclists highly vulnerable.
Australia has a series of transport injury insurance, compensation and rehabilitation schemes.
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It’s time for Australia’s personal injury insurance schemes to start preparing for change.
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The dystopian urban future imagined in the Judge Dredd comics warns against letting technology rule our transport systems.
We don’t know what the car of the future will look like – but that’s no excuse to delay transport reform.
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Australia needs to ‘embrace uncertainty’ on the future of transport, with flexible, holistically focused policy.
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Volvo might be the first car company to go all-electric, but it’s far from the market leader and petrol will continue to be relied upon.
The future is now.
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Aston Martin has rarely been considered an eco-friendly brand, but it has announced an electric car of considerable heft.
A cyclist rides along the Hume Highway. New research confirms that drivers cause most collisions between cars and bicycles.
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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the bicycle, we look at new research that confirms cars cause the majority of bike collisions. It’s time to follow much of Europe and shift liability to drivers.
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Auctioneers have put a record price tag on the ultimate symbol of 60s counterculture and vintage nostalgia.
Australia is falling far behind other countries in improving car pollution. ,
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Australia’s road emissions have plateaued – last year showed the smallest reduction on record.
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Hey big spender – what will your project actually do for the public?
People disclosing their emotional responses to brands online, helps connect better with others.
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Research shows social media allows people to disclose all sorts of information about their love for these brands and to seek out like minded people.
Changing concentrations of PM₂.₅ particles, modeled in January 2017 by Prevair.
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Lille, Lyon, Grenoble, Paris … In recent months, major French cities have experienced severe pollution spikes. How is this threat to health and the environment assessed?