Transport

Autolib' – electric cars to hire in Paris

Read a short report and watch a little news report about a new system due to launch in Paris at the end of 2011. People will be able to sign up to a scheme in which they can hire electric cars which could potentially significantly reduce the amount of pollution in Paris if the take-up is good.

http://1jour1actu.com/france/une-drole-de-voiture-debarque-a-paris/

Transport and pollution

Excellent article on transport. If you do not have time to read the whole text, start on page 2 under the heading Une heure de mobilité par jour, as this is where the section most relevant to France and Europe starts. From page 4 the question of pollution is addressed, with useful statistics and good explanations. Technical terms highlighted in yellow are explained in boxes to one side of the main article.

http://www.fnh.org/download/transport_dossier1.pdf

Different types of fuel used in transport

Click first of all on the link Jeunes on the right-hand side, then on L'énergie on the left. Finally click on L'énergie dans les transports (at the beginning of the last row) to get to a series of short explanations of the different types of fuel that that are used in transport. Click on the arrow at the bottom of the page (Suite) each time to get to the next page.

http://www.cea.fr/

Vélib in the suburbs of Paris

A couple of interviews with passers by to find out what they think of the Vélib system (the cheap bike-hire system) in Boulogne Billancourt (a suburb of Paris).

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x87s3p_velib-arrive-a-boulogne-bill

System Vélo'v in Lyon

Website with a short explanation of how the system Vélo'v works in Lyon.

http://www.grandlyon.com/index.php?id=1503

Transport budget of the French

Summary of a report giving statistics and analysis on the amount of money that the French spend on car use, and to what extent the use of public transport has increased. To see the whole report click on ouvrir l'article at the bottom of the page.

http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/ficdoc_frame.asp?doc_id=1466&analyse=1&pat

The future of transport in the West

Short article for children discussing the fact that we cannot go on using fuel at the rate at which we are doing currently or we will run out of it. The three bullet points to the right of the main article contain some useful statistics.

http://www.fnh.org/download/transport_pj1.pdf