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Dossier

Dossier

Sustainable mobility

Climate change cannot be slowed down without a change in traffic patterns. Transport is one of the major emitters of greenhouse gases. KfW is therefore committed to sustainable mobility worldwide. In our dossier we present a small selection of projects that serve this goal.

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Agentur photothek.net, Deutsche Messe Hannover, Andreas Arnold, Jörg Böthling, Dominik Butzmann, Carsten Costard, Susanne Esche, Charlie Fawell, Rendel Freude, Torsten George, Gaby Gerster, David Greedy, Peter Himsel, Barbara Högner, Frank Homann, Fred Hoogervorst, Steffen Jagenburg (BRANSCH EUROPE), Thomas Klewar, Studio Kohlmeier , Florian Kopp, Georg Lopata, Jürgen Lösel, Kirsten Milhahn, Rüdiger Nehmzow, Rolf Obertreis, Rubén Arnaldo Farina Ortiz, Holger Peters, Joachim Röttgers, Mika Schmidt, Bernhard Schurian, Jens Steingässer, Pietro Sutera, Uwe Tölle, Jan Zappner.

Fotolia.com: amandare, Yuri Arcurs, Kitch Bain, Ingo Bartussek, Sergio Donà, drizzd, Dmitry Ersler, eyewave, Zoltán Futó, Eric Gevaert, Fotolia XXV, Friedberg, goodluz, Dirk Hoffmann, imageteam, Christian Jung, Abdelhamid Kalai, Sergej Khakimullin, Vladimir Kolobov, krizz7, Kzenon, lumen-digital, marog-pixcells, Mindwalker, Miredi, mirpic, Nebuto, Tino Neitz, Christian Pedant, Franz Pfluegl, prognone, Gina Sanders, Henry Schmitt, spree berlin, SVLuma, Kheng Guan Toh, tom, Torbz, typomaniac, VRD, Joachim Wendler, Sreedhar Yedlapati.

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Tunis tram

Time for change – but how?

Economic development needs mobility. But in developing countries and emerging economies, the vast majority of people lack the means to travel quickly, safely and cheaply. In future, KfW will step up its efforts to promote the rapid expansion of mass and environmentally friendly means of transport.

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Cycling in Soweto

Progress on many fronts

Traffic emissions are a major contributor to global warming. KfW therefore supports sustainable mobility around the world. We show how people are already changing course in six examples from four continents

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Traffic in Rio

Software for the traffic of tomorrow

Wunder Mobility is driving the issue of shared mobility worldwide with a broad range of technologies. The smart software of the Hamburg start-up is the backbone of many providers of car sharing, car rental or shuttle services.

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Recharging at the nearest street lamp

Electricity is everywhere

Recharging at the nearest street lamp. The Berlin-based company Ubitricity offers an efficient solution for charging electric vehicles.

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Man driving a scooter on a asphalt road

The perfect sidekick

Retro on the outside, high-tech on the inside – the e-scooters made by the start-up e-bility use portable lithium-ion batteries that can be charged from a conventional socket. Customers love the stylish design and help protect the environment at the same time.

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Public transport for Indian metropolis

Metro pricks moped

65 percent of the traffic in Nagpur is motorised two-wheelers. In order to save CO₂ and improve air quality, the metropolis is now focusing on expanding its public transport network.

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New electric tramway in Rio de Janeiro

18 million fewer car journeys

A new electric-powered tram system in Rio de Janeiro links various forms of transport and significantly reducing carbon dioxide levels in the Brazilian city. Construction is almost complete; the KfW project is on the home straight.

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Jhanja Tripathy committed to sustainable transport policy in India

Fighting chaos on the roads

In many developing countries, large cities are struggling to cope with the increase in private transport. Jhanja Tripathy from India has been committed to sustainable urban transport policy in her country for many years.

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High-tech gearbox for bicycles from Pinion

High-tech gearbox for bicycles

The Swabian company Pinion is revolutionising the bicycle market with an innovative, high-tech bottom-bracket gearing system. The young company financed the investments in the tools they needed for market launch with KfW's help.

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