It will take all of us thinking creatively and collaboratively together to transition to smarter mobility at scale.” “We are committed to the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities, and to its group of stakeholders. “ BlaBlaCar was founded on the belief that shared mobility can help meet travel aspirations in a resource-efficient way, whilst bringing people together,” said Nicolas Brusson, Co-Founder & CEO at BlaBlaCar. To learn more about the principles, visit COMPANY QUOTES: We support that autonomous vehicles in dense urban areas should be operated only in shared fleets.We work towards integration and seamless connectivity.We aim for public benefits via open data.We support fair user fees across all modes.We lead the transition towards a zero-emission future and renewable energy.We support the shared and efficient use of vehicles, lanes, curbs, and land.We plan our cities and their mobility together.The Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities: These companies represent some of the biggest players and we are thrilled to see we share common goals, like a commitment to zero-emission vehicles and efficient use of urban roads.” “Our goal is to align cities, the private sector and civil society around a shared vision to ensure we harness the good and avoid the bad of new business models and technologies. “For most cities, urban planners, legislators and residents, there is a cacophony of advice,” said Chase. The principles were developed by Robin Chase, Zipcar co-Founder, and a consortium of leading city and transport organizations including: the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), Transportation for America (T4America), Rocky Mountain Institute, Shared-Use Mobility Center, and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. The Shared Mobility Principles provide a clear vision for the future of cities and create alignment between the city governments, private companies and NGOs working to make them more livable. The pace of innovation is rapid and filled with opportunity, as well as risk, because decisions made today will lock in infrastructure for decades to come. New technologies and modes of transport are already disrupting the status quo and changing the way people move. Together they account for 77 million passenger trips per day and inform the travel decisions of 10 million people each day. The 15 companies that signed the principles have a massive impact on how people live, work and play in cities across the world. The companies include: BlaBlaCar, Citymapper, Didi, Keolis, LimeBike, Lyft, Mobike, Motivate, Ofo, Ola, Scoot Networks, Transit, Uber, Via and Zipcar.Ĭity streets are a finite resource that are getting increasingly congested and polluted. February 1, 2018-Fifteen of the world’s leading transport and technology companies signed the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities today, pledging to prioritize people over vehicles, lower emissions, promote equity and encourage data sharing, among other goals.
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