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PWDs Faced Challenges at Airports, but CARE Nigeria has Come up with Change Intervention

Blessing Oladunjoye

November 14, 2022 |

BONews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Center for Ability, Rehabilitation, and Empowerment (CARE) helps people with disabilities navigate the boarding and departing process at airports by setting up a disability desk with resources including people trained in navigating the challenges people with disabilities often face at airports.

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Using Tech To Make Transit Accessible For Those Without Smartphones

Henry Pan

October 25, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Solar-powered e-paper signs provide schedule information to riders at transit agencies in the United States for those who can’t access the information on their cell phones.

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Bike Libraries Are Boosting Access To Bikes Across The U.S.

Cinnamon Janzer

October 24, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

A public library in Madison, Wisconsin, works with an e-bike-sharing company to allow residents with library cards to check out bikes for free for up to a week at a time.

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Here's how one metro district is working to combat school bus driver shortages

Jorge Estevez

October 14, 2022 |

WSB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Community members are volunteering to help combat school bus driver shortages by training and receiving their CDL to fill the positions and help out the local school district.

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How The Twin Cities Is Making Transit Accessible To Immigrants And Refugees

Henry Pan

September 16, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The International Institute of Minnesota’s Bus Buddies program pairs volunteers with new Americans who need help navigating the Metro Transit system because it is run primarily in English. Volunteers take those in need of assistance on a ride to the place they need to get to so they can learn the route.

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How Japan Won its ‘Traffic War'

David Zipper

September 06, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

Fewer than 3,000 people died in Japanese car crashes in 2021, compared to almost 43,000 in the United States. This is due to introducing initiatives like the Shinkansen, the world’s first bullet train, which is safer, quicker, and oftentimes more accessible than traditional cars, thus eliminating the need for residents to drive themselves.

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The 9-euro ticket was a success for Germany, research shows. What's next?

Denis Balgaranov

August 30, 2022 |

The Mayor.eu |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany

The popular “German 9-euro ticket” was a transportation experiment that allowed people to buy a month-long ticket for local and cross-state public transport on trains, trams and buses for just 9 euros. With about half of the country using the ticket in any given month, it replaced about 10% of car trips and reduced around 1.8 million tons of CO2.

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Germany's €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions'

Kate Connolly

August 30, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Germany’s three-month experiment with €9 tickets for a month of unlimited travel on public transportation saved about 1.8 metric tons of CO2 emissions. The experiment was launched in an effort to cut fuel consumption and relieve a cost of living crisis and sold about 52 million tickets.

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Germany's Ultra-Cheap Train Ticket Saved 1.8 Million Tons of CO2

Stefan Nicola Josefine Fokuhl

August 30, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Germany

A low-cost monthly public transportation ticket experiment in Germany encouraged commuters to use their cars less preventing 1.8 million tons of carbon emissions.

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Europe's New Trams Are Reviving a Golden Age of Transit

Eric Krebs

August 04, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France, Strasbourg

The extensive, all-electric tram system in Strasbourg has emerged as a solution to address air pollution and street congestion caused by cars as well as a critical medium of transport as the city expands its low-emission zones. The tramway's ridership has been resilient, even during the pandemic, and its inspiring a revival of the system across France.

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