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NZ Emissions Reduction Plan for transport is inconsistent with the IPCC recommendations

NZ Emissions Reduction Plan for transport is inconsistent with the IPCC recommendations

New Zealand’s first ever emissions reduction plan is open for consultation until 24th November . The full ERP Discussion Document is here.  I checked the transport section, looking at how it stacks up against IPCC recommendations. And there’s a pretty major gap. A short overview below,…

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Learning from Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco

I recently came back from a study trip in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. I visited these cities because they are all dealing with challenges that are top on the list in New Zealand as in many other places – accommodating growth through intensification,…

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Would you like your free comfort / safety / public space extra?

Would you like your free comfort / safety / public space extra?

On Sunday I had a nice walk through Hackney, enjoying the sun and some really nice and pleasant urban surroundings. But I had in mind the collisions and fatalities I had read about (4.092 collisions in the five years to December 2012 resulting in 623…

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Le futur selon BMW

Le futur selon BMW

BMW fête ses 100 ans et montre sa vision pour les 100 prochaines, qui a été relayée avec pas mal d’enthousiasme par les médias technophiles. L’entreprise a travaillé sur un scénario attractif (“a scenario people would engage with”), avec comme idée de base que le…

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Self-driving cars, ethics and road safety

The self-driving cars programming needs to anticipate “all” the cases of figure, or most of them, including those we would prefer not thinking of. For instance: on the highway, having to decide between colliding with a wrecked vehicle, with possibly someone inside, or its passengers…

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