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Slow Down and Live: How Europe's 30 km/h Revolution Is Saving Lives From Graz to Amsterdam, a quiet transformation is reshaping urban streets — and the data proves it's working. There is a moment, familiar to anyone who has watched a child dart across a cobblestone street or a cyclist squeeze...

Road fatalities considerably higher into United States than in Europe. There are many reasons for that: younger minimum driving age, more lenient attitude to wearing seat belts (not even compulsory in New Hampshire), more dangerous road design, and so on. But another reason I have not been...

At present, 20 countries already operate high-speed railways. This includes 12 European countries, as well as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Egypt should open its first line this summer. India and Thailand will follow next year. In the...

When driving abroad you may not be aware that the limits have permissible alcohol in the blood may be different from in your country. The UK, Canada and the US are the most lenient in that regard allowing 0.8 g per litre (i e. 0.08%), while most other Western countries have a limit of 0.5 g/L...

Here is some map showing the cities in Europe that have a metro with their logo. There are in total 60 European cities that have a metro system (as opposed to 13 cities in the United States and also 13 in Japan). The second map shows the number of cities that have a tramway network in each...

It's a well-known fact that city is in the US and Canada are very car-centric. But what does that mean exactly and why is that a bad thing? Here are several videos that explain very well why life in such cities is much less pleasant, less convenient, more time consuming, and even more dangerous...

I've been following this YouTube channel for a while and every video I watch about Dutch roads, be it for cars, bicycles or pedestrians, all indicate that this may be the best country in the world for road infrastructure. Not only is the road quality exceptionally good, everything appears to be...