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Buenos Aires Won Sustainable Transport Award

Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina ,won the yearly award of Sustainable Transport 2014 due to it’s continuous efforts to reduce the emissions of CO2, improve urban mobility and the walking- and cycling paths in Buenos Aires. The Secretary of Transportation Guillermo Dietrich was honored and proud to receive this award.

Buenos Aires’ largest avenue of the world, called Avenida 9 de Julio,  decreased its amount of lanes by changing some of  them to bus-only lanes to increase the speed of the public transportation. (more…)