On the 21st of September 2014, MIT Group launched the ever first carsharing pilot project in Yantai, Shangdong province. The carsharing system GX-ZUCHE provides 100 cars (including 10 electric vehicles) at 50 carsharing stations, which…
As a continuation of traffic restricting measures introduced during the Olympic Games in 2008, the municipal government of Beijing strictly banned heavy polluting vehicles from driving inside of the capital’s 5th ring road. The heavy-polluting…
Many European cities have equipped their bus stations with 24-hour bus arrival schedules and real time information displays at bus stops and stations. These are highly valued by passengers as they provide reassurance on the…
On the 8th of August, the Research Institute of Highway (RIOH) and GIZ jointly organised a workshop on the feasibility of carsharing concepts in China, which took place in Beijing. The aim of the workshop…
As a mega city with over 20 million people and 5 million motor vehicles shuttling the city, Beijing bears the brunt of traffic congestion and other constraints of urban development. It is imperative to integrate…
What happens if cars clog the city, if road capacity is insufficient, if congestion is a daily hassle, or air pollution exceeds tolerable levels? Most people would agree that quality of life declines. Only a…
On 8 July, German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and the Chinese Minister for Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei opened launched the Sino-German Electric Vehicle Charging Project. In the Project, China and Germany jointly investigate…
Last week the “China Green Freight Initiative International Seminar” organised by the China Road Transport Association (CRTA) took place in Beijing. The China Green Freight Initiative (CGFI) was launched in April 2012 as a national…
Since 2010, the Sustainable Transport team on behalf of the German government cooperates with Chinese institutions to support their quest for the sustainable, low carbon development of the transport sector. We now work in…
Within the past decade demand for freight and logistic services around Asia has been on a continuous rise. Driven by increasing economic growth and Asia’s ever rising importance as global production hub, this trend does…