The Horse 2020/21

Environment & Technology

Sep 2: Research

A couple of interesting links on combating CO2 in cities. These I found. They are very interesting to read and contain a lot of important information. 

CO2 development Zurich

 Text about a diesel ban

Also very interesting is the report from the city of Zurich "Stadtverkehr 2025" (City traffic 2025) where you can find important statistics and starting points all around the topic of traffic in the city of Zurich. 

Report "Stadtverkehr 2025" 

To do today

Today I want to contact the Department of the Environment in Zurich.

I also want to find out more about the possibilities to minimise traffic.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different solutions. 

 

Mail to the Department of the Environment and continued working on the overview. 

in Progress 

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looking for a cooperation

I am looking for a cooperation with another team.
My project investigates the traffic situation in the cities and which measures are most useful to minimise CO2 emissions.

There are some starting points which I would like to investigate.

Car free city
Fewer parking spaces or more expensive parking spaces
more bike rentals or even free bikes
severely restrict entry to the city

I would be delighted to work with a motivated team.

Step 1: Imagination: City traffic

The city is as quiet as possible and without many vehicles. So that the CO2 emissions can be reduced very much. I hope that the city will become car-free. This would be ideal not only for the climate but also for the well-being of the residents.  With this measure, climate change could be drastically slowed down. 

 My vision: The city is quiet, only electric trams and buses drive through the streets. The electricity that is needed is obtained from sustainable sources. In other words, from solar panels mounted on the roofs of houses. People who come into the city by car have to park their cars in large car parks outside the city. These should be covered. Everything on the roof should be covered with solar panels. The public transport network is well developed so that there are no restrictions if you take public transport into account.  

The problem that accompanies this measure is the high financial effort that has to be made.

Car traffic in cities

To reduce CO2 emissions in cities, I believe that urban traffic must be reduced.

To achieve this goal, I believe that various measures can be taken. 

- Reducing access to the city or charging a fee.
- Reduce parking in the city
- Creating a car-free zone or even a car-free city
- Only allow certain vehicles into the urban area (electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, etc.)

In my project I would like to find out which of these measures make sense or where are the strengths and weaknesses of the respective variants.

Perhaps, in the course of the project, there will be other possibilities to keep traffic away from the city.

To cope with this, I would include a city in my project.