Sustainable transport

Brussels City Council decided that in days of excessive air pollution urban transport and bicycle rentals will be free, local media reported, quoted by BTA.

From spring, Sofia municipality launches night-time public transport.
 
With a card for 2 leva, the Sofia citizens will be able to use all the lines that will continue to move after midnight.

The vehicles that will be tested at night are still being carefully selected. It is clear, however, that the subway will not be among them.

A Turkish consortium, which was launched to produce locally-made cars, has said that it is working on three electric vehicle models and has a 15-year investment plan.

There is no doubt that about 40% of air pollution is due to domestic heating and 60% to cars, Sofia Metropolitan Mayor Yordanka Fandakova announced in Nova TV's studio of "Hello, Bulgaria".

A draft bill recently submitted to parliament has unexpectedly proposed a motor vehicle tax (MVT) rise on electric vehicles in Turkey.

Yesterday (January 28th), between 18,000 and 20,000 green tickets were sold  as a measure against air pollution in Sofia, Metropolitan Deputy Mayor of Transport Evgeni Krussev reported on bTV.

 Krusev  added that 100,000 green tickets have been printed.

According to him, however, the increase of passengers in public transport will be undeniable.

On January 28, Sofia citizens will be traveling by public transport with a special "green ticket" for BGN 1, the Sofia Municipality announced. It is valid all day for all lines.

The reason is the dirty air in the city - today the levels of fine particles are high, shows the interactive map that measures air pollution in real time.

California Governor Jerry Brown Friday signed an executive order detailing aims to have five million electric cars on the state's roads by 2030 -- by accelerating the production of such vehicles using financial incentives and rebates, AFP reports.

Drivers of public vehicles will sell a "green ticket" on days when air pollution values ​​in the capital are higher.

The City Mobility Center (CGM) has already ordered and has preferential travel cards throughout the city network. This was announced by the press center of the CGM. 

Worldwide sales of new passenger cars in 2017 have exceeded 90 million units. This is the first time in history, Automotive News reports. Compared to 2016, the growth rate is 2.7%. The average increase in sales since 2009, when the total number of cars in the world for the first time exceeds 1 billion, is 4.1% per year.