It sounds a bit like old friends reuniting. A little chat, everyone laments a little about their little problems and after two hours of coffee, everyone agrees: "It's nice that we talked again." But nothing more. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz had invited the most important people in the car industry in Berlin to his first mobility summit, and in the end everyone is somehow relieved about the exchange - but for not a single one of the numerous traffic problems...
It is unusual for a chancellor-level industry meeting to have no result, but most are somehow satisfied. But that's how it is this Tuesday at the mobility summit in Berlin. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and half his cabinet spoke for two hours with representatives of the mobility industry, which means above all: with representatives of the car industry. There is no resolution paper afterwards - and yet there is relief among many participants: At least we have finally spoken to...
Electric cars should be affordable. But mostly they are expensive toys of a technology-loving eco-chic. Now politicians also want to reduce the environmental bonus. Has the mobility turnaround in this country already reached its peak? source site
For Christmas traffic, Deutsche Bahn once again lives up to its reputation - unfortunately its bad one. About the madness of standing still. source site
Of Steve PrzybillaIt all started with the "garbage wheel". When Hans Leitgeb drove to the recycling center five years ago to dispose of cardboard, he noticed the many abandoned two-wheelers waiting there to be scrapped. "One bike in particular caught my eye," says the 62-year-old Austrian, who lives in the village of Pöttsching south of Vienna. "The saddle was missing, the tires were flat and the chain was broken. But the frame was perfect." So Leitgeb didn't hesitate. He threw...
What others throw away, Hans Leitgeb breathes new life into: the Austrian converts old bicycles into e-bikes. His unique pieces are in great demand. source site
They used to be black, then they were painted red, later also green, and now the cycle paths have a new color again: white. Not that the town hall coalition of the CSU would have given in, which could see illegal election campaign help for the government in the previously green-red color scheme. Rather, the new color is given, year after year, by winter. And because Dieter Reiter's PS coalition not only paves the way for large cars, but also...
They used to be black, then they were painted red, later also green, and now the cycle paths have a new color again: white. Not that the town hall coalition of the CSU would have given in, which could see illegal election campaign help for the government in the previously green-red color scheme. Rather, the new color is given, year after year, by winter. And because Dieter Reiter's PS coalition not only paves the way for large cars, but also...
Sometimes a small message that pops up on the cell phone is enough to dream of a brighter future. Recently, for example, at the S-Bahn station. As soon as you step on the platform, it becomes clear that the way home will take longer again today: announcements tell of a signal box malfunction, of delays and cancellations, in short: of huge chaos. His shivering hand clenches into a fist in his pocket - and a nasty thought grows in his...
Noise creates stress, and this connection has been known to humans for some time. But loud noises don't just bother people. According to a team led by the prospective cognitive psychologist Çağla Önsal from Koç University in Istanbul, birds also react to city noise: like the scientists now in the magazine Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology to reportrobins behave more physically aggressively in the city than in the country - and rural robins also become more irritable when under the influence...
