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Bogotá rejects Chinese electric busses
Colombian capital once-famed for innovative transport has opted to stick with gas and diesel
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Do Chinese people care about climate change?
Recent surveys reveal the Chinese public is concerned and willing to make small lifestyle changes
Caption: image: Water for People/ Steve Zylius/UCI
The race to develop the next generation battery
A revolution in electric vehicles is spurring a new wave of chemistries
Caption: Chinese billionaire Wang Jing was granted authority to build a canal through Nicaragua but the project has been met with opposition (image: MRS Movimiento Renovador Sandinista)
Chinese Infrastructure in Latin America: A New Frontier
New book analyses China’s LAC projects, finding that communication must improve to avoid conflict
Caption: The Panama canal fits with China’s vision of Latin America as a “natural extension” of the Belt and Road Initiative (image: Ramon)
China’s Belt and Road lands in Latin America
Joining the initiative is an easy sell for the region as it promises much and demands little
Caption: Guangzhou’s BRT corridor brings together different forms of transport (image: ITDP)
China’s sustainable urban transport revolution
Plagued by congestion and pollution, China’s cities are actively exploring cleaner transportation models
Caption: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski giving his first speech as president in August (image by Presidencia del Perú https://www.presidencia.gob.pe/img/slide-5.jpg [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons)
Peruvian president questions interoceanic railway
Kuczynski casts further doubt on proposed mega-project whilst in China on first presidential trip
Caption: The Sierra do Divisor National Park which straddles the Brazil-Peru border (image: Agência de Noticias do Acre)
Transcontinental railroad would require a new city in the Amazon: report
Authorities in Brazil and Peru express concern over “enormous” impacts of planned 5000km railway
Caption: The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (image: swiftjetsum626
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Olympics opening ceremony focuses world’s attention on environment
The Games kick off with a massive splash of green after city fails to meet environmental pledges
Caption: Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain is a huge draw for tourists, but the city’s upgraded transport network will not cater to residents during the Olympics (image: Eder Sales/ Wikicommons).
Rio transport hamstrung by decades of neglect
Chronic lack of investment, missed deadlines and accidents will impact mobility at the Games