Railway Mobility

Check out your own CO2 emissions!

Some recommended web tools to compare the CO2 – emissions caused by different modes of transport

The UIC (International Union of Railways) has developed, in cooperation with IFEU (German Institute of energy and environmental research) and two other consultants have developed two new tools, Ecopassenger and EcoTransit, for comparison of passenger travels and freight trips on European routes: these tools, available on Internet with a “user-friendly approach”, can calculate and show in detail to every customer the energy consumption, Co2 emissions and local pollutants for each selected route, with a sound methodology.

Passenger services: Find out how much CO₂ emissions you cause by travelling with either car, plane, boat or train! Check out the web tools to compare the different CO₂ performances in the following countries
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Freight services: Find out how much CO₂ emissions your purchase causes when delivered with either car, plane, boat or train! This web tool compares the different CO₂ performances of these modes.
Available in English, German, French, Italian and Swedish:
http://www.ecotransit.org/

Eurostar generates ten times less CO2 than flying the same routes

At Eurostar being green is important so we’ve commissioned some detailed research on the subject. Findings show that passengers who fly between London, Paris and Brussels generate ten times more emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) than travellers who go by rail.
http://www.eurostar.com

Railway Mobility: Keep Kyoto on track

http://www.railway-mobility.org