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THE TRANSPORTATION FUTURE: TRENDS, TRANSPORTATION, AND TRAVEL

"People want to travel": 4 sector leaders say that tourism will change and grow

The global travel and tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery is gaining pace as the world’s pent-up desire for travel rekindles. Image:  Unsplash/Anete Lūsiņa

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Shinya katanozaka, gilda perez-alvarado, stephen kaufer.

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• In 2020 alone, the travel and tourism industry lost $4.5 trillion in GDP and 62 million jobs - the road to recovery remains long.
• The World Economic Forum’s latest Travel & Tourism Development Index gives expert insights on how the sector will recover and grow.
• We asked four business leaders in the sector to reflect on the state of its recovery, lessons learned from the pandemic, and the conditions that are critical for the future success of travel and tourism businesses and destinations.

The global travel and tourism sector’s post-pandemic recovery is gaining pace as the world’s pent-up desire for travel rekindles. The difference in international tourist arrivals in January 2021 and a similar period in January 2022 was as much as the growth in all of 2021. However, with $4.5 trillion in GDP and 62 million jobs lost in 2020 alone, the road to recovery remains long.

A few factors will greatly determine how the sector performs. These include travel restrictions, vaccination rates and health security, changing market dynamics and consumer preferences, and the ability of businesses and destinations to adapt. At the same time, the sector will need to prepare for future shocks.

The TTDI benchmarks and measures “the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable and resilient development of the T&T sector, which in turn contributes to the development of a country”. The TTDI is a direct evolution of the long-running Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), with the change reflecting the index’s increased coverage of T&T development concepts, including sustainability and resilience impact on T&T growth and is designed to highlight the sector’s role in broader economic and social development as well as the need for T&T stakeholder collaboration to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, bolster the recovery and deal with future challenges and risks. Some of the most notable framework and methodology differences between the TTCI and TTDI include the additions of new pillars, including Non-Leisure Resources, Socioeconomic Resilience and Conditions, and T&T Demand Pressure and Impact. Please see the Technical notes and methodology. section to learn more about the index and the differences between the TTCI and TTDI.

The World Economic Forum's latest Travel & Tourism Development Index highlights many of these aspects, including the opportunity and need to rebuild the travel and tourism sector for the better by making it more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient. This will unleash its potential to drive future economic and social progress.

Within this context, we asked four business leaders in the sector to reflect on the state of its recovery, lessons learned from the pandemic, and the conditions that are critical for the future success of travel and tourism businesses and destinations.

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Are you a 'bleisure' traveller, what is a ‘vaccine passport’ and will you need one the next time you travel, a travel boom is looming. but is the industry ready, how to follow davos 2022, “the way we live and work has changed because of the pandemic and the way we travel has changed as well”.

Tony Capuano, CEO, Marriott International

Despite the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the future looks bright for travel and tourism. Across the globe, people are already getting back on the road. Demand for travel is incredibly resilient and as vaccination rates have risen and restrictions eased, travel has rebounded quickly, often led by leisure.

The way many of us live and work has changed because of the pandemic and the way we travel has changed as well. New categories of travel have emerged. The rise of “bleisure” travel is one example – combining elements of business and leisure travel into a single trip. Newly flexible work arrangements, including the opportunity for many knowledge workers to work remotely, have created opportunities for extended travel, not limited by a Monday to Friday “9 to 5” workweek in the office.

To capitalize on this renewed and growing demand for new travel experiences, industry must join governments and policymakers to ensure that the right conditions are in place to welcome travellers as they prepare to get back on the road again, particularly those who cross international borders. Thus far, much of the recovery has been led by domestic and leisure travel. The incremental recovery of business and international travel, however, will be significant for the broader industry and the millions who make their livelihoods through travel and tourism.

Looking ahead to future challenges to the sector, be they public health conditions, international crises, or climate impacts, global coordination will be the essential component in tackling difficult circumstances head-on. International agreement on common – or at least compatible – standards and decision-making frameworks around global travel is key. Leveraging existing organizations and processes to achieve consensus as challenges emerge will help reduce risk and improve collaboration while keeping borders open.

“The travel and tourism sector will not be able to survive unless it adapts to the virtual market and sustainability conscience travellers”

Shinya Katanozaka, Representative Director, Chairman, ANA Holdings Inc.

At a time when people’s movements are still being restricted by the pandemic, there is a strong, renewed sense that people want to travel and that they want to go places for business and leisure.

In that respect, the biggest change has been in the very concept of “travel.”

A prime example is the rapid expansion of the market for “virtual travel.” This trend has been accelerated not only by advances in digital technologies, but also by the protracted pandemic. The travel and tourism sector will not be able to survive unless it adapts to this new market.

However, this is not as simple as a shift from “real” to “virtual.” Virtual experiences will flow back into a rediscovery of the value of real experiences. And beyond that, to a hunger for real experiences with clearer and more diverse purposes. The hope is that this meeting of virtual and actual will bring balance and synergy the industry.

The pandemic has also seen the emergence of the “sustainability-conscious” traveller, which means that the aviation industry and others are now facing the challenge of adding decarbonization to their value proposition. This trend will force a re-examination of what travel itself should look like and how sustainable practices can be incorporated and communicated. Addressing this challenge will also require stronger collaboration across the entire industry. We believe that this will play an important role in the industry’s revitalization as it recovers from the pandemic.

How is the World Economic Forum promoting sustainable and inclusive mobility systems?

The World Economic Forum’s Platform for Shaping the Future of Mobility works across four industries: aerospace and drones; automotive and new mobility; aviation travel and tourism; and supply chain and transport. It aims to ensure that the future of mobility is safe, clean, and inclusive.

• Through the Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition , more than 100 companies are working together to power global aviation with 10% sustainable aviation fuel by 2030.
• In collaboration with UNICEF, the Forum developed a charter with leading shipping, airlines and logistics to support COVAX in delivering more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable communities worldwide.
• The Road Freight Zero Project and P4G-Getting to Zero Coalition have led to outcomes demonstrating the rationale, costs and opportunities for accelerating the transition to zero emission freight.
• The Medicine from the Sky initiative is using drones to deliver vaccines and medicine to remote areas in India, completing over 300 successful trials.
• The Forum’s Target True Zero initiative is working to accelerate the deployment and scaling of zero emission aviation, leveraging electric and hydrogen flight technologies.
• In collaboration with the City of Los Angeles, Federal Aviation Administration, and NASA, the Forum developed the Principles of the Urban Sky to help adopt Urban Air Mobility in cities worldwide.
• The Forum led the development of the Space Sustainability Rating to incentivize and promote a more safe and sustainable approach to space mission management and debris mitigation in orbit.
• The Circular Cars Initiative is informing the automotive circularity policy agenda, following the endorsement from European Commission and Zero Emission Vehicle Transition Council countries, and is now invited to support China’s policy roadmap.
• The Moving India network is working with policymakers to advance electric vehicle manufacturing policies, ignite adoption of zero emission road freight vehicles, and finance the transition.
• The Urban Mobility Scorecards initiative – led by the Forum’s Global New Mobility Coalition – is bringing together mobility operators and cities to benchmark the transition to sustainable urban mobility systems.

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“The tourism industry must advocate for better protection of small businesses”

Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Global CEO, JLL Hotels & Hospitality

In the next few years, I think sustainability practices will become more prevalent as travellers become both more aware and interested in what countries, destinations and regions are doing in the sustainability space. Both core environmental pieces, such as water and air, and a general approach to sustainability are going to be important.

Additionally, I think conservation becomes more important in terms of how destinations and countries explain what they are doing, as the importance of climate change and natural resources are going to be critical and become top of mind for travellers.

The second part to this is we may see more interest in outdoor events going forward because it creates that sort of natural social distancing, if you will, or that natural safety piece. Doing outdoor activities such as outdoor dining, hiking and festivals may be a more appealing alternative to overcrowded events and spaces.

A lot of lessons were learned over the last few years, but one of the biggest ones was the importance of small business. As an industry, we must protect small business better. We need to have programmes outlined that successfully help small businesses get through challenging times.

Unfortunately, during the pandemic, many small businesses shut down and may never return. Small businesses are important to the travel and tourism sector because they bring uniqueness to destinations. People don’t travel to visit the same places they could visit at home; they prefer unique experiences that are only offered by specific businesses. If you were to remove all the small businesses from a destination, it would be a very different experience.

“Data shows that the majority of travellers want to explore destinations in a more immersive and experiential way”

Steve Kaufer, Co-Founder & CEO, Tripadvisor

We’re on the verge of a travel renaissance. The pandemic might have interrupted the global travel experience, but people are slowly coming out of the bubble. Businesses need to acknowledge the continued desire to feel safe when travelling. A Tripadvisor survey revealed that three-quarters (76%) of travellers will still make destination choices based on low COVID-19 infection rates.

As such, efforts to showcase how businesses care for travellers - be it by deep cleaning their properties or making items like hand sanitizer readily available - need to be ingrained within tourism operations moving forward.

But travel will also evolve in other ways, and as an industry, we need to be prepared to think digitally, and reimagine our use of physical space.

Hotels will become dynamic meeting places for teams to bond in our new hybrid work style. Lodgings near major corporate headquarters will benefit from an influx of bookings from employees convening for longer periods. They will also make way for the “bleisure” traveller who mixes business trips with leisure. Hotels in unique locales will become feasible workspaces. Employers should prepare for their workers to tag on a few extra days to get some rest and relaxation after on-location company gatherings.

Beyond the pandemic, travellers will also want to explore the world differently, see new places and do new things. Our data reveals that the majority want to explore destinations in a more immersive and experiential way, and to feel more connected to the history and culture. While seeing the top of the Empire State building has been a typical excursion for tourists in New York city, visitors will become more drawn to intimate activities like taking a cooking class in Brooklyn with a family of pizza makers who go back generations. This will undoubtedly be a significant area of growth in the travel and tourism industry.

Governments would be smart to plan as well, and to consider an international playbook that helps prepare us for the next public health crisis, inclusive of universal vaccine passports and policies that get us through borders faster.

Understanding these key trends - the ongoing need to feel safe and the growing desire to travel differently - and planning for the next crisis will be essential for governments, destinations, and tourism businesses to succeed in the efforts to keep the world travelling.

The $157 Billion Travel Sector Nobody Is Talking About

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December 13th, 2023 at 9:45 AM EST

Ground and sea transportation is a highly valuable yet largely under-the-radar segment of the travel industry. It represents a major market opportunity, yet it still needs to undergo widespread digital transformation to reach its full potential.

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Lodging, airlines, and experiences tend to dominate the conversation when most people talk about the travel industry. But there’s also a $157 billion sector that receives much less attention — ground and sea transportation. Still a largely fragmented, offline marketplace, ground and sea transportation consists of the buses, ferries, trains, and private cars that travelers take in-destination.

Ground and sea transportation is often a critical piece of the customer journey, especially as travelers increasingly seek authentic, local experiences off the beaten path. Although the segment is sometimes referred to as intercity transportation , it can also connect distributed islands or traverse natural expanses.

Yet, as important as ground and sea transportation is, for modern travelers accustomed to digital customer experiences, the booking process can be difficult to navigate. Due to a lack of digitization, travelers typically have to find local offline vendors, deal in local currencies, and contend with language barriers, all without the benefit of live schedule updates or guarantees that they’ll have a confirmed ticket upon arrival.

Skift spoke with Noam Toister, co-founder and chief executive officer of Travelier, about the state of the ground and sea transportation sector today, the market opportunity it represents and accompanying challenges in the space, and projections for how the sector will develop in the future.

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Modern travelers are able to build connected itineraries — including flights, hotels, activities, and experiences — using a single booking tool. But once they determine how to get to a destination, where to stay, and what to do while there, they still need to figure out how to get around.

Travelers need convenient ways to get from place to place within a region, especially in light of sustainable and slow travel trends inspiring longer, more adventurous stays in less crowded areas. Whether it’s a backpacker riding a bus up the coast or a family of four booking a private driver or a luxury train ride, “everyone needs to use these services at some point if they want to visit the most amazing destinations,” Toister said.

“Transportation is the glue that holds the connected trip together,” he added. “Travelier’s data shows that most travelers book between five to six different transportation services on a single journey visiting between three to four different places.”

While some confident travelers might have no problem taking a two-hour taxi to a bus terminal and haggling over the price of a ticket, not everyone is interested in investing that much effort.

The inconsistency from country to country and region to region makes sales and fulfillment more difficult for third-party resellers like OTAs. For example, in parts of Europe, ground and sea transportation is more integral to the travel infrastructure, and therefore may be easier to consolidate and offer as part of a vacation package. Developing countries don’t have the same type of regulations or connectivity. Even more advanced and modern markets like Japan, Italy, or Spain are simply more spread out, with fragmented ground and sea vendor marketplaces.

Once transportation interactions become more accessible and convenient, both travelers and the destinations themselves benefit.

Take, for example, Vietnam’s rapid rise as a popular tourism destination. It has outpaced nearby countries like Thailand in both baseline growth — growing from 7.6 million international arrivals in 2013 to 12.9 million in 2017 — and pandemic recovery efforts . The World Travel and Tourism Council predicted that travel and tourism would make up 10 percent of Vietnam’s GDP and 8 percent of employment by 2028.

By all accounts, transportation improvements contributed significantly to that growth. “Once Ha Long Bay and Sa Pa had convenient trains and luxury shuttles from Hanoi, tourism expanded into those regions quickly,” Toister said.

Manual Processes and Offline Systems Hold the Segment Back

Although land and sea transportation represents as much as 8 percent of the global travel market, the segment still mostly operates offline. Travelers are more likely to have to visit a bus depot ticket booth or have a hotel concierge call for a car than visit a responsive website or open a mobile app .

“Many operators in this market are still working either manually or on very old-school systems that don’t connect with anything,” Toister said. “Until you bring that supply online, it’s really hard to sell these services digitally.”

This lag may be due to the lower average ticket price of transportation bookings — indeed, the hotels, flights, and experiences or activities that make up the ecosystem of connected travel bookings typically come with higher price tags. However, the incredible technology tucked away in every traveler’s pocket supports the digitization of the transportation supply chain.

“Now is the time for the last vertical of the market to go online and be as seamless as booking flights, hotels, etc.,” Toister said. He projects it will take up to five years for the transportation segment to reach the level of convenience upheld in other travel verticals, but the evolution is already underway.

Taking Transportation Digital Will Require Time, Effort, and Dedication — and Will Deliver Huge Benefits

According to Toister, there are a few key steps that will help bring the transportation vertical online and into the modern travel ecosystem. First, education is required to get transportation providers up to speed on understanding the benefits of going digital and outlining how to best work with online travel agencies (OTAs).

Next, technology will help bridge the gap between providers and customers and among the fragmented operators in the space. That’s why Travelier offers a platform that allows transportation companies to get online and connect immediately and standardize booking for these many disparate transportation systems.

Awareness will also be important in order to solidify the industry’s evolution. Travelers who are accustomed to shopping for ferry tickets at kiosks, for example, will need to be encouraged to shift their behavior once they learn they can book transportation online. “We have to educate the consumer so they know there is a place that they can go online to compare services, prices, and timetables, and book whatever is convenient for them,” Toister noted.

Toister feels confident that more OTAs will eventually catch on to ground and sea transportation as a complementary add-on to the other types of travel bookings they offer. So far, progress has been slow and steady, and fragmentation remains an obstacle to success. Travelier already has partnerships with some of the major players, but it accepts that it will take time to complete the transition.

“We have teams in 27 regions now, in 120 countries, connecting with individual operators and business owners in the local market,” said Toister. “We’ve done many years of legwork , and there’s more to do. We’re still not even halfway there.”

Though it will take some time, a digitized ground and sea transportation sector stands to benefit stakeholders across the travel landscape. Travel providers will be able to connect more parts of the journey and open entirely new revenue streams while offering their customers even more points of connection over the course of a journey. Destinations will benefit not only from increased tourism but also from a more distributed visitor load that moves traffic away from overcrowded cities and into more remote, lesser-known areas.

Ultimately, it will be a win for travelers, who will be able to take advantage of increased convenience in the types of digital experiences that they’ve come to expect, not to mention increased accessibility to parts of the world they might never have visited before.

This content was created collaboratively by Travelier and Skift’s branded content studio, SkiftX .

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What Is the Transportation Sector?

The transportation sector is a category of companies that provide services to move people or goods, as well as transportation infrastructure. Technically, transportation is a sub-group of the industrials sector according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).  The transportation sector consists of several industries including air freight and logistics, airlines, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure. These industries are further broken down into the sub-industries air freight and logistics, airlines, marine, railroads, trucking, airport services, highways and rail tracks, and marine ports and services.

Key Takeaways

• The transportation sector is an important industry sector in the economy that deals with the movement of people and products.
• These include companies such as airlines, trucking, railroads, shipping, and logistics firms, as well as those that provide transportation infrastructure.
• The Dow Jones Transportation Index (DJTA) was the U.S.'s first stock market index, and still tracks 20 of the most important companies in the sector.

Understanding the Transportation Sector

The performance of companies in the transportation industry is highly sensitive to fluctuations in company earnings and the price of transportation services. Main factors affecting company earnings include fuel costs, labor costs, demand for services, geopolitical events, and government regulation. Many of these factors are interconnected. For example, if the U.S. government passes regulations that make it more difficult for people to earn their commercial drivers' license, this will reduce the supply of drivers, driving up the cost of hiring drivers.

Oil prices are a key factor for transportation, as the commodity’s price generally has an influence on transportation expenses. Gas and fuel prices that rise will increase costs for a trucking company, eating into their profit and potentially reducing their stock price.

Energy costs and the value of transportation stocks are certainly interrelated. Low energy costs may become a factor in boosting the share price of various transportation companies, but the influence can also be reversed. When demand for transportation services is high the impact will be reflected in quarterly reports of transportation companies. This information may, once disseminated, may motivate energy traders to bid up prices for oil and similar commodities. However, if demand for commercial transportation falls, this information could lead to a decline in oil prices as well.

Investing in the Transportation Sector

You can invest in companies that move people and products by buying shares of individual transportation companies, or through sector-specific mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that specialize in the transportation sector. The transportation sector is one of the most broadly diversified with industrial companies representing airlines, railroads, truckers, equipment and leasing stocks, and logistics companies. Funds that track this sector will track a benchmark sector index like the DJTA.

The Dow Jones Transportation Index

The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA) is a price-weighted average of 20 transportation stocks traded in the United States. The DJTA is, in fact, the oldest U.S. stock index, first compiled in 1884 by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company. The index initially consisted of nine railroad companies, a testament to their dominance of the U.S. transportation sector in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and two non-railroad companies. In addition to railroads, the index now includes airlines, trucking, marine transportation, delivery services and logistics companies.

S&P Transportation Select Index

Additionally, the S&P Transportation Select Industry index provides a secondary benchmark for the sector.

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Today’s travel and transportation organizations have a tall order. While aiming to provide a seamless customer experience, they must also drive short-term recovery of revenue, improve operations efficiency and achieve business agility. All this while facing challenges like staff shortages, increased fuel prices and business travel’s uncertain future.     In order to succeed, organizations need a partner that brings together leading technology and deep travel and transportation industry expertise. To drive profitability and long-term growth, this partnership should integrate the complexities of technology and the ever-evolving habits of people. IBM industry solutions works alongside companies like Apple , AWS and Amadeus  (links reside outside ibm.com) to help travel and transportation organizations transform business.

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Top 10 Transportation Industry Trends & Innovations in 2024

How are the transportation companies leveraging technology in 2024? Delve into our comprehensive industry research on the top 10 transportation industry trends based on our analysis of 5400+ companies. These trends encompass autonomous vehicles, green transport, mobility as a service & more!

Emerging transportation industry trends meet the growing demand for autonomous operations, digitalization, and sustainability. The industry is increasingly adopting driverless vehicles. Startups develop semi and fully autonomous cars with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), light detection and ranging (LIDAR), and computer vision. Drones, robots, and driverless trucks enable autonomous last-mile deliveries. Large-scale electrification solutions are accelerating the development of charging infrastructure and innovative batteries.

Other transportation trends include innovative solutions that utilize artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain deployed to optimize supply chain management. Further, businesses explore ways to automate logistic operations by adopting transport software and analytics platforms. Newer trends such as mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), and smart shipping also find numerous applications in the transportation sector. The focus is to not only improve the overall efficiency of transport operations but also to reach the ultimate goal of sustainability with minimum pollution.

This article was published in July 2022 and updated in February 2024.

Innovation Map outlines the Top 10 Transportation Industry Trends & 20 Promising Startups

For this in-depth research on the Top 10 Trends in Transportation, we analyzed a sample of 5424 global startups & scaleups. This data-driven research provides innovation intelligence that helps you improve strategic decision-making by giving you an overview of emerging technologies in the transportation industry. In the Transportation Innovation Map, you get a comprehensive overview of the innovation trends & startups that impact your company.

Top 10 Transportation Industry Trends in 2024

Autonomous vehicles.

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These insights are derived by working with our Big Data & Artificial Intelligence-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform , covering 3 790 000+ startups & scaleups globally. As the world’s largest resource for data on emerging companies, the SaaS platform enables you to identify relevant technologies and industry trends quickly & exhaustively.

Tree Map reveals the Impact of the Top 10 Trends in Transportation (2024)

Based on the Transportation Innovation Map, the Tree Map below illustrates the impact of the 10 new transportation technology trends in 2024. Startups and scaleups are developing autonomous vehicles increased lane capacity and independence. EVs present a promising mobility opportunity. Eco-friendly ships that are powered by battery, wind, and solar energy, or use fossil-fuel alternatives are gaining a more competitive advantage. The use of AI in transport ensures driver safety and optimizes truckload. Blockchain is another trend increasingly being used for asset tracking, payment security, and transaction recording.

Further, autonomous inland vessels using advanced sensor technology to navigate independently is one of the major innovations in transportation. Businesses use software solutions like a transport management system to track updates of product deliveries and delays. These act as a decision support system based on data analytics and insights. The transport industry trends also see the growth of on-demand MaaS services for consumer convenience.

Global Startup Heat Map covers 5424 Transportation Startups & Scaleups

The Global Startup Heat Map below highlights the global distribution of the 5424 exemplary startups & scaleups that we analyzed for this research. Created through the StartUs Insights Discovery Platform , the Heat Map reveals high startup activity in the US, followed by Europe and India. Below, you get to meet 20 out of these 5424 promising startups & scaleups as well as the solutions they develop. These transportation startups are hand-picked based on criteria such as founding year, location, funding raised, & more. Depending on your specific needs, your top picks might look entirely different.

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Top 10 Transportation Technologies & Innovations in 2024

1. autonomous vehicles.

Transportation systems are evolving, with autonomous vehicles leading the charge. These vehicles, equipped with sensors, LIDAR, and automated safety features, navigate roads independently. High-resolution camera technology enables them to read road signs accurately. AI algorithms help these vehicles perceive their environment by recognizing objects on roads. This innovation not only enhances road safety but also mitigates harmful emissions.

In addition, delivery drones are emerging as a significant trend in the transportation industry. These drones, capable of reaching even remote locations, transport various items, including medical supplies and food packets. They are particularly beneficial for the elderly and in emergency response situations. Moreover, the trucking market is witnessing a transformation with the advent of driverless trucks. These trucks address the challenge of driver shortage and increase efficiency. Furthermore, the integration of these autonomous systems with smart city infrastructure is set to revolutionize urban mobility.

Minus Zero manufactures Self-driving Cars

Indian startup Minus Zero develops fully autonomous cars for tricky roads. It uses nature-inspired AI algorithms for image recognition on roads. The algorithms predict the behavior of surrounding objects in real-time and accordingly plan suitable routes. Intuitive decision-making ensures vehicular safety and reduces accidents due to negligence.

Further, the startup deploys computer vision for object detection instead of expensive LIDARs. This makes the vehicle more economical and allows higher frame rates for faster perception. Moreover, its driverless technology does not rely on lane marking for road mapping, ensuring accurate detections even on poor road infrastructure.

NuPort Robotics develops Autonomous Trucks

Canadian startup NuPort Robotics automates trucking via its proprietary navigation system. It equips trucks with high-tech sensors that prevent accidents and enable fuel monitoring. The retrofit robot-as-a-service (RaaS) system enables truck automation for middle-mile transportation.

The system incorporates an autopilot feature for conventional trucks, which increases driver and vehicle safety on roads. The startup’s technology enables the autonomy of level four and level five, allowing the movement of trucks between distribution centers and warehouses.

2. Green Energy

Transport modes are embracing green energy, utilizing alternative fuels and technologies to minimize environmental impact. Vessels designed for eco-friendliness outperform traditional ones due to lower greenhouse gas emissions. These ships feature energy-efficient propulsion systems and streamlined hull designs, reducing navigation friction. Moreover, the use of alternative fuels like hydrogen, liquefied gas, and synthetic fuels is gaining momentum in marine and aerial transport. These fuels help curb pollution and harmful emissions.

Electric vehicles also offer a sustainable mode of goods transportation. Trains, capable of carrying large volumes of goods over long distances, present another green alternative. They help decrease the number of vehicles on roads, promoting green transportation. Furthermore, public transport systems are increasingly adopting these green technologies, which significantly improve urban air quality.

Unleash Future Boats designs Zero Emission Electric Catamarans

German startup Unleash Future Boats develops CargoOne , a zero-emission electric truck on water. The truck solves the problems of transport with low water levels and allows the transportation of large quantities of goods without harmful emissions. It allows digital communication not only between boats but also between the land and water infrastructure.

CargoOne automatically loads products on docks, which eases operations and improves efficiency. Further, the startup builds FutureOne, an electric boat for the transport of people and products. It is powered by green hydrogen and fuel cell technology. Using such fuel alternatives, Unleash ensures sustainability by eliminating the emissions of polluting gases for maritime vessels.

ARXAX enables Emission-free Transport & Logistics

ARXAX is a UK-based startup that builds an emission-free transport and logistics ecosystem. The startup’s big data platform provides insights into the clean fuel chain. Its portal, H2LLO SMART , empowers transport companies to manage the fleets’ cost of ownership using predictive and prescriptive analytics.

The startup’s other solution, H2LLO CONNECT , is a green refueling infrastructure powered by cloud computing. Through these solutions, the startup enables transportation businesses to quickly connect to refueling stations, reducing carbon emissions.

3. Electric Transportation

Electrification is transforming the transportation industry on a large scale. Electric vehicles (EVs) emit fewer greenhouse gases and pollutants than their petrol or diesel counterparts. These vehicles use electricity to recharge batteries, eliminating the need for conventional fossil fuels. The efficiency of electric motors allows EVs to perform better and produce less noise.

Solutions such as Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), fast charging, mobile charging, and new battery technologies are facilitating the acceptance of EVs for daily commute and delivery operations. The trend of electrification extends to air transport with the introduction of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, electric air taxis, and drones. Furthermore, EVs are becoming a crucial part of smart city initiatives. They interface seamlessly with renewable energy systems and smart grids, contributing to environmental sustainability and revolutionizing urban mobility.

Faction builds Autonomous Electric Vehicles

US-based startup Faction makes driverless electric vehicles for micro-delivery and micro-mobility. Its EVs are compact, making them suitable for traffic-congested urban roads. Their small size not only makes them more economical but also reduces emissions and energy consumption.

It also enables riders to drop off where needed without having to worry about parking space availability. Moreover, Faction utilizes clean energy for manufacturing, thereby adding to sustainability.

Infinite Mobility makes Solar-powered Electric Vehicles

Norwegian startup Infinite Mobility manufactures solar-powered electric vehicles for urban mobility and last-mile delivery. It designs the right-sized vehicles to tackle traffic congestion. It ensures a minimal space footprint and offers a sustainable alternative to larger vehicles that cause excessive noise and air pollution.

The vehicle’s body is integrated with solar photovoltaic cells that generate electricity to power the EV. The EV also enables charging when stuck in traffic, thereby enhancing passenger convenience.

4. Artificial Intelligence

Efficiency in transportation is being enhanced by artificial intelligence, which predicts traffic flow delays. Autonomous vehicles navigate using AI algorithms for object detection and recognition. Safety on roads improves with machine learning analyzing driver behavior to detect drowsiness. The delivery of goods is expedited by AI-powered route optimization, which matches the demand and supply of stocks digitally, automating freight operations.

Furthermore, AI reduces traffic congestion and accidents in the transportation industry. Navigation safety in shipping improves with AI, facilitating autonomous vessels. Real-time tracking and theft detection ensure the safety of commodities. Moreover, public transportation systems are reaping benefits from AI. Enhanced scheduling and passenger flow analysis significantly improve commuter experiences.

Coros enables AI-powered Cargo Tracking

US-based startup Coros tracks cargo based on AI. It deploys advanced optics and computer vision to facilitate visibility in cargo transport. It automates cargo scanning for easy and hands-free operations. Based on machine learning algorithms, it alerts operators in case of misloads and logistical errors.

This way, the startup prevents late deliveries and loss of packages. It also leverages AI to audit warehouse facility plans, thus giving a comprehensive evaluation of the facility’s assets.

Trucksters optimizes Trucking via AI

Spanish startup Trucksters provides an AI-based long-distance full truckload (FTL) transport service. It equips FTL trucks with sensors for real-time monitoring and visibility. Based on its proprietary relay system, the startup reduces the transit time of fleet transport. Its AI-powered technology identifies and plans safer routes for trucks.

It also interchanges truck heads in a way that allows drivers to sleep comfortably at home, instead of in trucks. This improves the work safety and quality for the driver. The startup also reduces carbon emissions and operational costs.

5. Internet of Things

The transportation industry is becoming smarter with the Internet of Things (IoT). Embedded sensors in IoT gather data from transport vehicles, tracking their condition and performance. Traffic congestion systems equipped with IoT devices predict and redirect vehicles to faster alternate routes. This speeds up delivery and reduces congestion, leading to less energy consumption.

Furthermore, IoT devices in vehicles monitor fuel levels, driver safety, and vehicular health. Connected cars impose speed limits based on traffic conditions, aiding in accident prevention. This ensures a smooth flow of transport vehicles and enhances road safety. Moreover, IoT is facilitating the seamless integration of various transportation modes, thereby contributing to the development of multimodal transport networks.

KONVOI improves Mobile Security for Trucks

KONVOI is a German startup that offers a mobile security solution for trucks. The startup’s sensors record movements in the vicinity of the trucks while the software continuously classifies the threat levels. This allows trucking companies to protect assets and drivers against cargo and diesel theft as well as driver assaults.

Soar Robotics advances Vehicular Connectivity

US-based startup Soar Robotics builds vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity technology for autonomous vehicles and robots. It works on an AI-enabled cellular modem that is integrable into the existing vehicular communication infrastructure. Using deep neural networking, the startup enables vehicles to connect to other vehicles via vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N), and more.

It also facilitates integration with various protocols such as 4G, 5G, wi-fi, or LTE. This optimizes the latency, throughput, range, and reliability of the connected network. Another solution, nodeConnect , simulates the performance of wireless networks to determine the coverage and capacity needs of vehicles on the road, ensuring the safe operation of autonomous vehicles.

6. Mobility as a Service

Like other industries, the transportation industry is also working towards improving consumer comfort and convenience. The provision of transport services on-demand is ensured by Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). This service consolidates various digital channels, enabling users to plan and book multiple mobility modes through one platform. It simplifies payments with a subscription model and a pay-as-you-go model.

Moreover, MaaS allows users to merge public and private transportation, providing flexibility in choosing optimal transport modes. Services like carpooling, on-demand cabs, and bookable intercity travel discourage private vehicle ownership. This results in fewer vehicles on roads, leading to reduced emissions, less pollution, and fewer accidents.

bloXmove creates a Mobility Alliance

Irish startup bloXmove provides an aggregator mobility-as-a-service app. Its app connects fleet operators, bikes, scooters, public transportation providers, and corporate mobility managers to facilitate passengers’ travel with a single ticket. It builds a decentralized ledger platform based on the Ethereum blockchain and Corda.

The platform verifies the passengers’ data for booking allocation, settlement, and billing. Unlike conventional fragmented mobility, the startup’s approach enables collaboration among different transport operators, allowing them to provide an improved customer experience.

Tranzy presents MaaS for Public Transport

Romanian startup Tranzy provides a MaaS mobile app that tracks public transport vehicles. The application uses the data provided by the global positioning system (GPS) of public transport. This ensures accurate tracking of buses and trains, giving users an idea of the arrival time.

The startup enables faster commutes by displaying multiple nearby station options to passengers. It also indicates real-time traffic congestion and vehicular blockages, providing users with alternate paths for route optimization.

7. Blockchain

Blockchain, a developing technology, enhances visibility in the transport sector. It enables real-time asset tracking, facilitating precise operation planning. The decentralized structure of blockchain fosters transparency and deters fraudulent transactions.

Smart contracts based on blockchain streamline the exchange and settlement of goods. Blockchain also safeguards payments and efficiently integrates documents involved in transport or logistics processes. Furthermore, companies leverage the decentralized and immutable ledger of blockchain to securely track goods movement, ensuring authenticity and compliance.

ChainGO Tech empowers Blockchain-based freight

Spanish startup ChainGO Tech creates blockchain-based software for intermodal freight transportation. The software collects necessary logistical documents in one place. It automates documentation using optical character recognition (OCR) technology, which in turn reduces time delays and errors.

Furthermore, blockchain technology introduces transaction transparency and document immutability. This ensures the document’s safety for accurate transport operations. The collaborative structure of the software also improves the information flow between stakeholders.

dexFreight offers Smart Contracts

US-based startup dexFreight provides a blockchain-powered collaborative network for handling shipments. It connects the shippers, freight brokers, and carriers using smart contracts. The platform also matches users with shippers based on the most suitable loads for their equipment. It enables smart carrier selection by finding the right truck for carrying loads using machine learning.

Moreover, document safety is backed by blockchain, hence, no change occurs without the approval of both parties. Thus, the startup addresses the lack of credible information bringing transparency and visibility of operations, cash flows, and stakeholder actions.

8. Transportation Management Systems

In the realm of goods transportation, planning and execution pose significant challenges. Businesses leverage a transport management system (TMS) to automate workflows and optimize asset utilization, saving time. This system offers comprehensive solutions for freight movement of all sizes across various modes, including intermodal and international routes.

Real-time tracking of drivers, goods, and inventory is a feature of TMS, enhancing visibility in the supply chain and addressing inefficiencies. Moreover, it provides data insights and analytics, a crucial aspect in eliminating unnecessary expenses. Another trending software is the Fleet Management System (FMS). This system facilitates remote monitoring and control of fleet vehicles, ensuring adherence to delivery protocols.

ASIA ONE TMS provides Transport Management Software

Malaysian startup ASIA ONE TMS (AoT) provides a transport management system to digitalize transport operations by enabling current trucks and drivers’ status visibility and pickup, shipment, and real-time delivery status tracking using loading and unloading times. AoT’s software includes the electronic proof of delivery (e-POD) feature that optimizes on-site efficiency by reducing paperwork and improving data accuracy and customer communication.

The startup’s TMS analyzes costs incurred in bookings, trips, or assignment of drivers, and suggests methods of cost optimization. This allows businesses to plan their expenses in a budget-friendly manner.

Trackstride creates Fleet Management System

UK-based startup Trackstride offers fleet management software. It tracks the fleet in real-time to provide insights into the route operations, driver behavior, and idle time. These metrics allow users to determine the efficiency of their fleet and plan operational strategies.

The platform alerts in case of inadequate engine performance and oil temperature fluctuations for timely remediation. It also allows fleet owners to define vehicle routes and notifies them if the vehicle goes off track. This way, they have full control over the fleet, giving them more time to focus on other important aspects of the business.

9. Smart Shipping

Safety challenges in the shipping industry span from human errors to natural hazards. The advent of smart ships, either unmanned or minimally manned, mitigates these risks. These smart ships automate operations, safeguard crew members, and enhance fuel efficiency by offering in-depth insights into ship performance.

Advanced digital sensors are incorporated to navigate ships accurately, adjusting speed according to water flow. This automation not only reduces labor costs but also minimizes errors, thereby boosting efficiency. Furthermore, smart shipping seamlessly integrates with port operations and global supply chains, enhancing the overall logistics flow.

NepTech facilitates Autonomous Vessel Navigation

French startup NepTech designs autonomous catamarans for carrying passengers and freight. It enables zero-emission propulsion by replacing diesel-powered vessels with polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cells. It uses an air injection system optimized by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in its catamarans, which reduces friction while navigating.

The ship’s design includes hydrofoils and an innovative hull shape that lowers the hydrodynamics drag in the water. The startup also incorporates recyclable and bio-sourced materials in manufacturing to address sustainability concerns. These features, together, minimize ship fuel consumption and thereby lowers maritime transport costs.

Smart-Ship enables Vessel Speed Monitoring

Dutch startup Smart-Ship develops force-feedback control levers to advance vessel speed monitoring. The startup offers smart levers and a haptic algorithm to collect ship data through sensors and automated systems. The sensors detect deviations in the ship’s speed, acceleration, or rate of turn, and send signals to the levers as well as vessel operators.

Smart-Ship’s solution improves situational awareness and ensures a high degree of operator autonomy, enabling remote-controlled shipping operations.

10. Last-mile Delivery

Last-mile delivery, also known as last-mile logistics, comprises all operations required to move goods to the end consumer. With the widespread use of e-commerce platforms, delivery services are improving day by day. Startups develop innovative last-mile delivery solutions to transport an item to its recipient in the quickest way possible. Real-time shipment tracking, facilitated by advances in analytics and GPS, keeps stakeholders informed about order status.

Autonomous drones, increasingly used for delivering medicines and groceries, ensure quick product delivery to any location. Robots, offering contactless transport of products, automate the delivery process. These robots also contribute to sustainability by reducing GHG emissions and pollution. Advanced routing algorithms and real-time tracking systems, integral to these delivery methods, enhance efficiency and customer satisfaction.

BringAuto enables Robotic Delivery

Czech startup BringAuto makes a last-mile delivery autonomous robot. The robot optimizes routes for faster deliveries and notifies customers of the expected arrival time. It continuously navigates from one address to another to improve time efficiency during the delivery process.

Being autonomous, the robot ensures contactless and safer delivery. Moreover, it is electric, ensuring emission-free transportation. The startup also enables real-time tracking of the shipment via its mobile app for customer satisfaction.

Carriyo innovates Retail Last-mile Operations

UAE-based startup Carriyo automates last-mile delivery operations for retail brands. The startup’s solution collects the order information via the brand’s e-commerce or online platforms. It then assigns shipments to the available carrier after verifying delivery addresses.

It automates tasks like bulk label generation and printing for faster operations. Moreover, it tracks the shipments in real-time to offer order visibility, which enables brands to predict delays and plan necessary actions. This way, the startup facilitates retail brands to increase customer satisfaction and retention.

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Transportation, being one of the largest existing industries, is experiencing disruptive technological advancements. The transition to fully autonomous vehicles and ships has already begun and will dominantly prevail in the near future. Apart from autonomous navigation, autonomous transport operations are replacing manual handling to improve efficiency and reduce errors. The industry witnesses the widespread adoption of technologies like AI, IoT, and blockchain. Businesses also pay attention to sustainability factors by designing zero-emission vehicles and processes.

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5 Shifts to Transform Transportation Systems and Meet Climate Goals

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Transportation connects us to one another. It’s how we get to school and work, how we visit our families, and how we access our food and health care. It’s also how we ship goods and deliver services. As economies and populations grow, so does the need for efficient, accessible and sustainable transportation.

The current global transport system accounts for  15% of global greenhouse gas  emissions, which continue to grow. In 2019,  71% of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions  came from roadways alone (with the rest primarily from maritime and aviation, and a small portion from rail and other sources). Transport has been a laggard for years, with the sector  falling behind others , like power and heating, in its decarbonization rate. To limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) and prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change, we need to reverse course and drive transportation emissions down as low and as quickly as possible.

Our current global transport system accounts for 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions per year

In 2019, 72% of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions came from road transport alone, with the rest made up of shipping, aviation, and other sources

Shifting to electric vehicles will play an important role but transforming transportation will take real systemic change. What does a systems approach involve? Solutions must bring jobs and services closer to where people live as well as promote public transportation, walking, cycling and other low-carbon and clean-energy transportation alternatives. Finding new solutions to decarbonize shipping and aviation are also crucial.

There are five major shifts identified by  Systems Change Lab  that, if achieved together, can drastically reduce emissions and spark the necessary change for the planet and people to thrive:

1) Guarantee Reliable Access to Safe and Modern Mobility 

Future transportation systems — in addition to being low-carbon — must be safe, modern and center around improving health. For example, expanding the infrastructure around public transportation systems

with dedicated walkways or bike paths will not only combat vehicular congestion and reduce air pollution, but will also encourage more physical activity such as walking, cycling or using scooters.

A safer system will also prevent crashes and death associated with vehicle travel. About  17 out of every 100,000 people  in the world were killed on roadways in 2019, and  nearly half of them were pedestrians or cyclists . In 2021, the United Nations  set a target  to halve injuries and deaths from road traffic crashes by 2030. Achieving this goal requires concerted efforts to protect pedestrians, cyclists and drivers alike, such as improving street designs, creating protected bicycle lanes and enforcing traffic laws.

Transportation systems must also be affordable and accessible to all. This has not always been the case — for example, women face potential danger from  unlit bus stops  and potential harassment on public transit. This kind of consideration is often left out of transportation planning. Fortunately, some cities are already working to tackle these challenges — the city of Peshawar, Pakistan recently  launched a bus rapid transit system  that addresses common issues facing cisgender and transgender women as well as people with disabilities on public transit.

2) Reduce Avoidable Vehicle and Air Travel

Explore System Spotlights

This article is a part of a series profiling the major systems tracked by Systems Change Lab , a collaborative initiative — which includes an open-sourced data platform — that is designed to spur action at the pace and scale needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, halt biodiversity loss and build a just and equitable economy.

Also in this series:

4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System 

6 Shifts the Finance System Can Make to Build a Sustainable Future

Convened by WRI and the Bezos Earth Fund, Systems Change Lab supports the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and works with key partners and funders including Climate Action Tracker (a project of New Climate Institute and Climate Analytics), ClimateWorks Foundation, Global Envirentonm Facility, Just Climate, Mission Possible Partnership, Systemiq, University of Exeter and the University of Tokyo’s Center for Global Commons, among others. Systems Change Lab is a component of the Global Commons Alliance.

The switch from internal combustion to low- and zero-carbon technologies is vital but also unlikely to happen fast enough to decarbonize the entire transportation sector at the necessary speed and scale. Even a complete electrification of cars, buses and trucks would pose challenges due to the increased electricity demand. We need solutions that will also help solve other problems such as traffic congestion, threats to pedestrian safety and inequitable transportation access.

Because of this, in parallel with the electrification process, we must also change the way we move around by limiting the most carbon-intensive forms of transportation, such as cars and airplanes.

Globally, the distance traveled by passenger cars is rising. This is especially noticeable in high-income, car-dependent places like Europe and North America. The  share of kilometers traveled by passenger cars  grew to 44% in 2020, and without intervention, this is expected to reach 50% in 2030. To reverse this trend, we must ensure people around the world have access to high-quality, safe alternatives such as high-speed rail or well-designed local bus systems. Bringing the share down to  34% to 44% by 2030  would help get the transportation system on track to keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees C.

To reduce car dependence, cities can also embrace  higher-density development , devising new ways to increase access to shops, services and leisure opportunities without needing vehicles. Cities can also disincentivize automobile travel through increased parking costs, fuel taxes or congestion-charging schemes.

However, these policies could hurt those who may not have the means to pay and who rely on cars as their only transportation option. Thus, policies to discourage car travel must be paired with sufficient alternatives, such as increasing safe public transportation options.

Strategies such as fuel taxes and frequent flier levies are also helpful to restrict airplane travel. For short-distance or moderate-distance flights, it is possible that as much as  15% of all regional trips  taken by plane could instead be served by high-speed rail. Increasing the quality and affordability of alternatives to plane travel, such as trains and ferries, is essential to boost ridership.

3)  Shift to Public, Shared and Non-Motorized Transport

Currently,  almost three quarters of transport carbon dioxide emissions  come from road travel —largely from cars, vans, buses and trucks. Convincing drivers to shift to more efficient modes will require fundamental cultural change around the car-centric design of many cities. This, alongside holding back car adoption in places where cars are not as prevalent, will be driven by investments that vastly improve other modes of travel.

Across the 50 highest-emitting cities,  rapid transit tracks and infrastructure  increased from about 13 kilometers (roughly 8 miles) per million people in 1990 to about 19 kilometers (or nearly 12 miles) in 2020. At the same time, the length of  high-quality bike lanes  increased by 6.5 kilometers (4 miles) per person from 2015 to 2020.

Growth in these indicators is a step in the right direction, but recent progress will have to accelerate by  6 times for rapid transit  and  more than 10 times  for bicycles by 2030, to help steer the world toward a 1.5 degree C-compatible scenario.

Alongside crucial emissions reductions, these changes will bring far-reaching benefits for public health and quality of life. A reduction in car usage could open more spaces for walking and cycling, public parks or outdoor dining and socializing. As of 2022, there are  11 countries with targets  to shift away from car travel and prioritize public transport — including India and China. As of 2019,  103 countries had plans  for walking and bicycling infrastructure.

4)  Transition to Zero-Carbon Cars, Trucks and Buses

We need to phase out fossil-fuel-powered vehicles as fast as possible. Fortunately, electric vehicles (EVs) provide a similar service without directly emitting carbon dioxide or air pollution.  While  EV uptake numbers are surging , it’s not fast enough.

To stay on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C by 2030,  all new cars sold globally need to be electric .  In 2021,  only 8.7% of new cars  were electric. EV sales are  rising rapidly  thanks to improving economics and government support, and  dozens of countries  plan to end sales of gas and diesel cars by or before 2040. However, recent progress needs to  accelerate by 5 time s to meet global climate goals.

EVs’ upfront costs are falling, largely due to declining battery prices. It’s been expected to reach price parity with fossil-fuel-powered vehicles across Europe  by 2027  (although recent supply chain interruptions have likely  pushed this back  a few years). In some countries, like Germany and the Netherlands, it is already  cheaper to own and operate some types of  EVs than their fossil-fuel-powered equivalents. It is reasonable to assume that hitting the milestone of price parity will represent a  tipping point  that could contribute to accelerated growth in sales.

A  rollout of integrated charging networks  is needed to speed EV adoption. The  number of public EV chargers  around the world reached 1.8 million in 2021. Policies to push electrification are emerging in many countries. As of 2021, there were 18 jurisdictions — including Norway, the United Kingdom and Singapore — with  targets  to phase out the sales of fossil-fuel-powered cars. A complementary policy, a  zero-emission vehicle sales mandate , has shown up in 47 jurisdictions — including California, China, and the United Kingdom — as of 2022.

This zero-carbon transition must also occur for buses and trucks. Government ownership of many bus fleets can make them low hanging fruit in this respect because they can make decisions about large fleets with predictable schedules:  battery electric and hydrogen buses  made up 44% of global bus sales in 2021. To reach our climate goals, this number needs to be 100% by 2030. Progress has been uneven in recent years as most sales have taken place in China, but  increasing sales in other regions  like Europe and North America are likely to continue to push progress forward. Electric buses have surged in the United States over the past few years — a large purchase by a Midwest transit operator brought the  total  from just over 2,000 electric school buses in the third quarter of 2021 to just over 13,000 at the end of 2022.

Medium- and heavy-duty trucks are more difficult to decarbonize.  Just 0.2% of medium- and heavy-duty truck sales  were electric or hydrogen-powered in 2021, and there is an urgent need to bring technologies to commercial maturity. This will require more manufacturers offering  hydrogen  and  electric  options, more countries setting targets for phasing out gas-powered vehicles, and more places building charging infrastructure.

5)  Transition to Zero-Carbon Shipping and Aviation

Both shipping and aviation are seen as hard-to-decarbonize sectors, where zero-carbon technologies are still in infancy. Each is responsible for around  3% of global greenhouse emissions . 

However,  both   sectors  have pathways to a greener future. Decarbonizing shipping and aviation will require a combination of technological solutions such as zero-emission fuels and batteries alongside operational and efficiency improvements.

For shipping,  5% to 17% of fuel needs to be zero-emission by 2030  to stay on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C. By 2050,  87% to 100%   of fuel needs to be zero-emission. Green hydrogen and ammonia, which can be made with renewable electricity, are typically viewed as the most promising fuels to decarbonize shipping. Synthetic fuels made from electricity, hydrogen and captured carbon may also play a part, and batteries could be useful for short-distance trips. Pilot projects will play a key role by helping to prove technical feasibility and demonstrate commercial viability — as of 2022, there were  over 200 pilot projects  underway.

For aviation, zero-emission options are beginning to emerge, including sustainable aviation fuels made from green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide or sustainably sourced biomass. Biomass-derived sustainable aviation fuels are the only zero-emission solution commercially available in 2022, but new demonstrations of zero-emission planes are increasing. The  share of these fuels  needs to rise from less than 0.1% now to 13% to 18% by 2030 and 78% to 100% by 2050, supported by policy incentives.

It is key that zero-emission fuels are not derived from unsustainable biomass sources, such as food crops, which could  make it harder to feed  people, protect biodiversity and sequester carbon in natural ecosystems. Generally, a massive scaling up of investment and policy is needed in this shift.

Transforming a Global System

Together, these five shifts can transform our global transportation system. They offer a new system where opportunities and services are easily and equitably accessed through clean, safe mobility from walking to electric buses to bike share programs; a system where planes run on clean fuel and road crashes are not the  leading cause of death in children ; a system where high-speed trains are prevalent and popular.

Of course, this is only possible if we rapidly accelerate progress in these shifts to meet climate and equity targets in this decisive decade.

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BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 04/30/2024

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS) , a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.

This month’s updated data tables include System Mileage Within the United States, Retail Sales of New Cars by Sector, U.S. Flag Vessels by Type and Age, Passengers Boarded at the Top 50 U.S. Airports, and Air Passenger Travel Arrivals and Departures in the United States from Selected Foreign Countries.

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Transport accounts for around one-fifth of global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions [24% if we only consider CO 2 emissions from energy] . 1

How do these emissions break down? Is it cars, trucks, planes or trains that dominate?

In the chart here we see global transport emissions in 2018. This data is sourced from the International Energy Agency (IEA) .

Road travel accounts for three-quarters of transport emissions. Most of this comes from passenger vehicles – cars and buses – which contribute 45.1%. The other 29.4% comes from trucks carrying freight.

Since the entire transport sector accounts for 21% of total emissions, and road transport accounts for three-quarters of transport emissions, road transport accounts for 15% of total CO 2 emissions.

Aviation – while it often gets the most attention in discussions on action against climate change – accounts for only 11.6% of transport emissions. It emits just under one billion tonnes of CO 2 each year – around 2.5% of total global emissions [we look at the role that air travel plays in climate change in more detail in another article ] . International shipping contributes a similar amount, at 10.6%.

Rail travel and freight emits very little – only 1% of transport emissions. Other transport – which is mainly the movement of materials such as water, oil, and gas via pipelines – is responsible for 2.2%.

Towards zero-carbon transport: how can we expect the sector’s CO 2 emissions to change in the future?

Transport demand is expected to grow across the world in the coming decades as the global population increases, incomes rise, and more people can afford cars, trains, and flights. In its Energy Technology Perspectives report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) expects global transport (measured in passenger-kilometers) to double, car ownership rates to increase by 60%, and demand for passenger and freight aviation to triple by 2070. 2 Combined, these factors would result in a large increase in transport emissions.

But major technological innovations can help offset this rise in demand. As the world shifts towards lower-carbon electricity sources, the rise of electric vehicles offers a viable option to reduce emissions from passenger vehicles.

This is reflected in the IEA’s Energy Technology Perspective report. There it outlines its “Sustainable Development Scenario” for reaching net-zero CO2 emissions from global energy by 2070. The pathways for the different elements of the transport sector in this optimistic scenario are shown in the visualization.

We see that with electrification- and hydrogen- technologies some of these sub-sectors could decarbonize within decades. The IEA scenario assumes the phase-out of emissions from motorcycles by 2040; rail by 2050; and small trucks by 2060; and although emissions from cars and buses are not completely eliminated until 2070, it expects many regions, including the European Union; United States; China and Japan to have phased-out conventional vehicles as early as 2040.

Other transport sectors will be much more difficult to decarbonize.

In a paper published in Science , Steven Davis and colleagues looked at our options across sectors to reach a net-zero emissions energy system. 3 They highlighted long-distance road freight (large trucks), aviation, and shipping as particularly difficult to eliminate. The potential for hydrogen as a fuel, or battery electricity to run planes, ships, and large trucks is limited by the range and power required; the size and weight of batteries or hydrogen fuel tanks would be much larger and heavier than current combustion engines. 4

So, despite falling by three-quarters in the visualized scenario, emissions from these sub-sectors would still make transport the largest contributor to energy-related emissions in 2070. To reach net zero for the energy sector as a whole, these emissions would have to be offset by ‘negative emissions’ (e.g. the capture and storage of carbon from bioenergy or direct air capture ) from other parts of the energy system.

In the IEA’s net-zero scenario, nearly two-thirds of the emissions reductions come from technologies that are not yet commercially available. As the IEA states, “Reducing CO 2 emissions in the transport sector over the next half-century will be a formidable task.” 2

Global CO2 emissions from transport in the IEA's Sustainable Development Scenario to 2070 2

The World Resource Institute ’s Climate Data Explorer provides data from CAIT on the breakdown of emissions by sector. In 2016, global CO 2 emissions (including land use) were 36.7 billion tonnes of CO 2 ; emissions from transport were 7.9 billion tonnes of CO 2 . Transport therefore accounted for 7.9 / 36.7 = 21% of global emissions.

The IEA looks at CO 2 emissions from energy production alone – in 2018 it reported 33.5 billion tonnes of energy-related CO 2 [hence, transport accounted for 8 billion / 33.5 billion = 24% of energy-related emissions.

IEA (2020), Energy Technology Perspectives 2020 , IEA, Paris.

Davis, S. J., Lewis, N. S., Shaner, M., Aggarwal, S., Arent, D., Azevedo, I. L., ... & Clack, C. T. (2018). Net-zero emissions energy systems . Science , 360(6396).

Cecere, D., Giacomazzi, E., & Ingenito, A. (2014). A review on hydrogen industrial aerospace applications . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , 39 (20), 10731-10747.

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Unwto 2021: a year in review, 2021: tourism united, resilient and determined.

2021 has been a year of learning and adapting for tourism. It has proven that only by working together can the sector overcome challenges and embrace opportunities.

Gathering the global tourism community and developing concrete actions, UNWTO has led tourism’s response with the vision of not only restarting, but doing so in a more inclusive, innovative and sustainable way.

January - March

As global tourism faced up to a second year of unprecedented crisis , UNWTO began 2021 by counting the cost so far . At the same time, however, the emergence of vaccines brought hope . The Global Tourism Crisis Committee met to explore what this meant for safe travel and the restart of tourism, while the announcement of the winners of the UNWTO Global Start-up Competition recognized the role culture and creativity will play in tourism’s restart and recovery .  

April - June

Collaboration and innovation were the focusat the start of the second quarter. UNWTO partnered with IATA on a new Destination Tracker to give both tourists and destinations clear, impartial and trusted advice. And a new Start-up Competition was launched to find the best ideas for accelerating rural development through tourism. In May, the launch of the Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO generated significant interest from Members in every global region. 

July - September

As destinations in Europe welcomed tourists back for the peak summer season, UNWTO highlighted the role of  digital solutions for the safe restart of the sector. But UNWTO also looked ahead, to a more sustainable future , working with key partners to  reduce plastic waste and consumption across every part of the sector. Together, we celebrated World Tourism Day around the theme of Tourism for Inclusive Growth, a message of solidarity and determination that was echoed on a global scale.

October - December

The final quarter of 2021 began with cautious optimism as UNWTO’s Barometer showed signs of improvement in tourist arrival numbers during the summer season in the northern hemisphere. A new partnership with Netflix will bring the message of tourism as a driver of opportunity to a massive global audience, while in November, UNWTO was tourism’s voice at COP26 and signatories to the landmark Glasgow Declaration keep growing. Finally, against the backdrop of the UNWTO General Assembly , the programme of work for the coming biennium was approved and 77% of Members voted to secure a second mandate for the Secretary-General from 2022-2025.

Growing and Moving Forward

UNWTO brings together political leaders from across the globe to deliver a strong, coordinated response. Governments, destinations, fellow UN agencies and international organizations met at key international events joining efforts to rethink tourism. Institutional coordination has proven crucial to find the solutions that build a smarter, greener and safer tourism.

Leaving Nobody Behind

The pledge to ‘ leave nobody behind ’ means nobody should miss out : Not now as we support the sector in the face of crisis, and not in the future as tourism starts again. Tourism is a proven driver of equality and opportunity. And that’s why we turn words into actions, delivering guidelines and action plans , to ensure everyone can enjoy the opportunities tourism brings.

A Shared Vision

Advancing the transformation of the tourism sector , partnerships are the only way forward. In 2021, UNWTO signed agreements with international organizations and the private sector to step our vision for the future of tourism: innovation , education , sustainability , green investment , rural development.

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World Tourism Barometer: September 2022

UNWTO updates World Tourism Barometer and reports international tourism back to 60% of pre-pandemic levels from January to July 2022

Below are excerpts from the September 2022 release of the UNWTO Tourism Barometer :

• The steady recovery reflects strong pent-up demand for international travel, especially in the months of June and July which are part of the Northern Hemisphere summer season. The easing or lifting of travel restrictions in an increasing number of countries also contributed to boost results.
• International tourist arrivals almost tripled (+172%) in January-July 2022 compared to the same period of 2021. Numbers climbed from -64% in January 2022 (versus 2019) to -28% in July, the strongest month since the start of the pandemic.
• Asia and the Pacific (+165%) saw arrivals more than double in the first seven months of 2022, though they remained 86% below 2019 levels.
• The ongoing recovery can also be seen in outbound tourism spending from major source markets. Expenditure from France was at -12% in January-July 2022 compared to 2019 while spending from Germany stood at -14%. International tourism spending remained at -10% in Belgium, -23% in Italy and -26% in the United States.
• The uncertain economic environment seems to have reversed prospects for a return to pre-pandemic levels in the near term. 61% of UNWTO Panel of Experts now see a potential return of international arrivals to 2019 levels in 2024 or later while those indicating a return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 has diminished (27%) compared to the May survey (48%).

Know more about the global tourism sector performance from January to July 2022 by checking the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer Volume 20, Issue 5 .

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The situation for tourism remains rather unusual as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The crisis has marked a significant change for everyone, and above all for tourism, one of sectors hit hardest by the virus. 2020 was the year in which international tourism came to a near-complete standstill, and the only alternatives were domestic and local tourism.

2021 has seen some improvements, but only in a very subtle way as restrictions are still in place and many countries keep their borders fully or partially closed.

It is difficult to make an estimate for 2022 as it is not known how the pandemic will evolve. However, it is possible to talk about the new tourism trends that are likely to emerge over the coming year: – International travel with restrictions still maintained by both destinations and airlines in order to offer 100% security to the consumer.

– Reinforcement of COVID-19 testing; two years after the pandemic, COVID testing will still be in place as a preventive measure. – Conscious travel will be advocated. Travel to more distant destinations, but with prolonged durations of stay, as consumers look to enjoy as much of each place they visit as possible. – Green travel. Climate change is a problem that is present and growing. Consumers now are much more responsible and aware of the reality they live in on daily basis.

– A new trend is the “ed-ventures”. It is about combining education and holidays for the youngest members of the family. While adults may need to telework or attend meetings, their children can be doing workshops and learning in a playful way.

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Metallurgicheskii Zavod Electrostal AO (Russia)

In 1993 "Elektrostal" was transformed into an open joint stock company. The factory occupies a leading position among the manufacturers of high quality steel. The plant is a producer of high-temperature nickel alloys in a wide variety. It has a unique set of metallurgical equipment: open induction and arc furnaces, furnace steel processing unit, vacuum induction, vacuum- arc furnaces and others. The factory has implemented and certified quality management system ISO 9000, received international certificates for all products. Elektrostal today is a major supplier in Russia starting blanks for the production of blades, discs and rolls for gas turbine engines. Among them are companies in the aerospace industry, defense plants, and energy complex, automotive, mechanical engineering and instrument-making plants.

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Elektrostal is a vibrant city located in the Moscow Oblast region of Russia. With a rich history, stunning architecture, and a thriving community, Elektrostal is a city that has much to offer. Whether you are a history buff, nature enthusiast, or simply curious about different cultures, Elektrostal is sure to captivate you.

This article will provide you with 40 fascinating facts about Elektrostal, giving you a better understanding of why this city is worth exploring. From its origins as an industrial hub to its modern-day charm, we will delve into the various aspects that make Elektrostal a unique and must-visit destination.

So, join us as we uncover the hidden treasures of Elektrostal and discover what makes this city a true gem in the heart of Russia.

Key Takeaways:

• Elektrostal, known as the “Motor City of Russia,” is a vibrant and growing city with a rich industrial history, offering diverse cultural experiences and a strong commitment to environmental sustainability.
• With its convenient location near Moscow, Elektrostal provides a picturesque landscape, vibrant nightlife, and a range of recreational activities, making it an ideal destination for residents and visitors alike.

Known as the “Motor City of Russia.”

Elektrostal, a city located in the Moscow Oblast region of Russia, earned the nickname “Motor City” due to its significant involvement in the automotive industry.

Home to the Elektrostal Metallurgical Plant.

Elektrostal is renowned for its metallurgical plant, which has been producing high-quality steel and alloys since its establishment in 1916.

Boasts a rich industrial heritage.

Elektrostal has a long history of industrial development, contributing to the growth and progress of the region.

Founded in 1916.

The city of Elektrostal was founded in 1916 as a result of the construction of the Elektrostal Metallurgical Plant.

Located approximately 50 kilometers east of Moscow.

Elektrostal is situated in close proximity to the Russian capital, making it easily accessible for both residents and visitors.

Known for its vibrant cultural scene.

Elektrostal is home to several cultural institutions, including museums, theaters, and art galleries that showcase the city’s rich artistic heritage.

A popular destination for nature lovers.

Surrounded by picturesque landscapes and forests, Elektrostal offers ample opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, and birdwatching.

Hosts the annual Elektrostal City Day celebrations.

Every year, Elektrostal organizes festive events and activities to celebrate its founding, bringing together residents and visitors in a spirit of unity and joy.

Has a population of approximately 160,000 people.

Elektrostal is home to a diverse and vibrant community of around 160,000 residents, contributing to its dynamic atmosphere.

Boasts excellent education facilities.

The city is known for its well-established educational institutions, providing quality education to students of all ages.

A center for scientific research and innovation.

Elektrostal serves as an important hub for scientific research, particularly in the fields of metallurgy, materials science, and engineering.

Surrounded by picturesque lakes.

The city is blessed with numerous beautiful lakes, offering scenic views and recreational opportunities for locals and visitors alike.

Well-connected transportation system.

Elektrostal benefits from an efficient transportation network, including highways, railways, and public transportation options, ensuring convenient travel within and beyond the city.

Famous for its traditional Russian cuisine.

Food enthusiasts can indulge in authentic Russian dishes at numerous restaurants and cafes scattered throughout Elektrostal.

Home to notable architectural landmarks.

Elektrostal boasts impressive architecture, including the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord and the Elektrostal Palace of Culture.

Offers a wide range of recreational facilities.

Residents and visitors can enjoy various recreational activities, such as sports complexes, swimming pools, and fitness centers, enhancing the overall quality of life.

Provides a high standard of healthcare.

Elektrostal is equipped with modern medical facilities, ensuring residents have access to quality healthcare services.

Home to the Elektrostal History Museum.

The Elektrostal History Museum showcases the city’s fascinating past through exhibitions and displays.

A hub for sports enthusiasts.

Elektrostal is passionate about sports, with numerous stadiums, arenas, and sports clubs offering opportunities for athletes and spectators.

Celebrates diverse cultural festivals.

Throughout the year, Elektrostal hosts a variety of cultural festivals, celebrating different ethnicities, traditions, and art forms.

Electric power played a significant role in its early development.

Elektrostal owes its name and initial growth to the establishment of electric power stations and the utilization of electricity in the industrial sector.

Boasts a thriving economy.

The city’s strong industrial base, coupled with its strategic location near Moscow, has contributed to Elektrostal’s prosperous economic status.

Houses the Elektrostal Drama Theater.

The Elektrostal Drama Theater is a cultural centerpiece, attracting theater enthusiasts from far and wide.

Popular destination for winter sports.

Elektrostal’s proximity to ski resorts and winter sport facilities makes it a favorite destination for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter activities.

Promotes environmental sustainability.

Elektrostal prioritizes environmental protection and sustainability, implementing initiatives to reduce pollution and preserve natural resources.

Home to renowned educational institutions.

Elektrostal is known for its prestigious schools and universities, offering a wide range of academic programs to students.

Committed to cultural preservation.

The city values its cultural heritage and takes active steps to preserve and promote traditional customs, crafts, and arts.

Hosts an annual International Film Festival.

The Elektrostal International Film Festival attracts filmmakers and cinema enthusiasts from around the world, showcasing a diverse range of films.

Encourages entrepreneurship and innovation.

Elektrostal supports aspiring entrepreneurs and fosters a culture of innovation, providing opportunities for startups and business development.

Offers a range of housing options.

Elektrostal provides diverse housing options, including apartments, houses, and residential complexes, catering to different lifestyles and budgets.

Home to notable sports teams.

Elektrostal is proud of its sports legacy, with several successful sports teams competing at regional and national levels.

Boasts a vibrant nightlife scene.

Residents and visitors can enjoy a lively nightlife in Elektrostal, with numerous bars, clubs, and entertainment venues.

Promotes cultural exchange and international relations.

Elektrostal actively engages in international partnerships, cultural exchanges, and diplomatic collaborations to foster global connections.

Surrounded by beautiful nature reserves.

Nearby nature reserves, such as the Barybino Forest and Luchinskoye Lake, offer opportunities for nature enthusiasts to explore and appreciate the region’s biodiversity.

Commemorates historical events.

The city pays tribute to significant historical events through memorials, monuments, and exhibitions, ensuring the preservation of collective memory.

Promotes sports and youth development.

Elektrostal invests in sports infrastructure and programs to encourage youth participation, health, and physical fitness.

Hosts annual cultural and artistic festivals.

Throughout the year, Elektrostal celebrates its cultural diversity through festivals dedicated to music, dance, art, and theater.

Provides a picturesque landscape for photography enthusiasts.

The city’s scenic beauty, architectural landmarks, and natural surroundings make it a paradise for photographers.

Connects to Moscow via a direct train line.

The convenient train connection between Elektrostal and Moscow makes commuting between the two cities effortless.

A city with a bright future.

Elektrostal continues to grow and develop, aiming to become a model city in terms of infrastructure, sustainability, and quality of life for its residents.

In conclusion, Elektrostal is a fascinating city with a rich history and a vibrant present. From its origins as a center of steel production to its modern-day status as a hub for education and industry, Elektrostal has plenty to offer both residents and visitors. With its beautiful parks, cultural attractions, and proximity to Moscow, there is no shortage of things to see and do in this dynamic city. Whether you’re interested in exploring its historical landmarks, enjoying outdoor activities, or immersing yourself in the local culture, Elektrostal has something for everyone. So, next time you find yourself in the Moscow region, don’t miss the opportunity to discover the hidden gems of Elektrostal.

Q: What is the population of Elektrostal?

A: As of the latest data, the population of Elektrostal is approximately XXXX.

Q: How far is Elektrostal from Moscow?

A: Elektrostal is located approximately XX kilometers away from Moscow.

Q: Are there any famous landmarks in Elektrostal?

A: Yes, Elektrostal is home to several notable landmarks, including XXXX and XXXX.

Q: What industries are prominent in Elektrostal?

A: Elektrostal is known for its steel production industry and is also a center for engineering and manufacturing.

Q: Are there any universities or educational institutions in Elektrostal?

A: Yes, Elektrostal is home to XXXX University and several other educational institutions.

Q: What are some popular outdoor activities in Elektrostal?

A: Elektrostal offers several outdoor activities, such as hiking, cycling, and picnicking in its beautiful parks.

Q: Is Elektrostal well-connected in terms of transportation?

A: Yes, Elektrostal has good transportation links, including trains and buses, making it easily accessible from nearby cities.

Q: Are there any annual events or festivals in Elektrostal?

A: Yes, Elektrostal hosts various events and festivals throughout the year, including XXXX and XXXX.

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WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a final rule that requires airlines to promptly provide passengers with automatic cash refunds when owed. The new rule makes it easy for passengers to obtain refunds when airlines cancel or significantly change their flights, significantly delay their checked bags, or fail to provide the extra services they purchased.

“Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them - without headaches or haggling,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg . “Our new rule sets a new standard to require airlines to promptly provide cash refunds to their passengers.”  

The final rule creates certainty for consumers by defining the specific circumstances in which airlines must provide refunds. Prior to this rule, airlines were permitted to set their own standards for what kind of flight changes warranted a refund. As a result, refund policies differed from airline to airline, which made it difficult for passengers to know or assert their refund rights. DOT also received complaints of some airlines revising and applying less consumer-friendly refund policies during spikes in flight cancellations and changes. 

Under the rule, passengers are entitled to a refund for:

• Canceled or significantly changed flights: Passengers will be entitled to a refund if their flight is canceled or significantly changed, and they do not accept alternative transportation or travel credits offered. For the first time, the rule defines “significant change.” Significant changes to a flight include departure or arrival times that are more than 3 hours domestically and 6 hours internationally; departures or arrivals from a different airport; increases in the number of connections; instances where passengers are downgraded to a lower class of service; or connections at different airports or flights on different planes that are less accessible or accommodating to a person with a disability.  
• Significantly delayed baggage return: Passengers who file a mishandled baggage report will be entitled to a refund of their checked bag fee if it is not delivered within 12 hours of their domestic flight arriving at the gate, or 15-30 hours of their international flight arriving at the gate, depending on the length of the flight.  
• Extra services not provided: Passengers will be entitled to a refund for the fee they paid for an extra service — such as Wi-Fi, seat selection, or inflight entertainment — if an airline fails to provide this service.

DOT’s final rule also makes it simple and straightforward for passengers to receive the money they are owed. Without this rule, consumers have to navigate a patchwork of cumbersome processes to request and receive a refund — searching through airline websites to figure out how make the request, filling out extra “digital paperwork,” or at times waiting for hours on the phone. In addition, passengers would receive a travel credit or voucher by default from some airlines instead of getting their money back, so they could not use their refund to rebook on another airline when their flight was changed or cancelled without navigating a cumbersome request process.  

The final rule improves the passenger experience by requiring refunds to be:

• Automatic: Airlines must automatically issue refunds without passengers having to explicitly request them or jump through hoops.   
• Prompt: Airlines and ticket agents must issue refunds within seven business days of refunds becoming due for credit card purchases and 20 calendar days for other payment methods.  
• Cash or original form of payment: Airlines and ticket agents must provide refunds in cash or whatever original payment method the individual used to make the purchase, such as credit card or airline miles. Airlines may not substitute vouchers, travel credits, or other forms of compensation unless the passenger affirmatively chooses to accept alternative compensation.    
• Full amount: Airlines and ticket agents must provide full refunds of the ticket purchase price, minus the value of any portion of transportation already used. The refunds must include all government-imposed taxes and fees and airline-imposed fees, regardless of whether the taxes or fees are refundable to airlines.

The final rule also requires airlines to provide prompt notifications to consumers affected by a cancelled or significantly changed flight of their right to a refund of the ticket and extra service fees, as well as any related policies.

In addition, in instances where consumers are restricted by a government or advised by a medical professional not to travel to, from, or within the United States due to a serious communicable disease, the final rule requires that airlines must provide travel credits or vouchers. Consumers may be required to provide documentary evidence to support their request. Travel vouchers or credits provided by airlines must be transferrable and valid for at least five years from the date of issuance.

The Department received a significant number of complaints against airlines and ticket agents for refusing to provide a refund or for delaying processing of refunds during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. At the height of the pandemic in 2020, refund complaints peaked at 87 percent of all air travel service complaints received by DOT. Refund problems continue to make up a substantial share of the complaints that DOT receives.

DOT’s Historic Record of Consumer Protection Under the Biden-Harris Administration

Under the Biden-Harris Administration and Secretary Buttigieg, DOT has advanced the largest expansion of airline passenger rights, issued the biggest fines against airlines for failing consumers, and returned more money to passengers in refunds and reimbursements than ever before in the Department’s history.

• Thanks to pressure from Secretary Buttigieg and DOT’s flightrights.gov dashboard, all 10 major U.S. airlines guarantee free rebooking and meals, and nine guarantee hotel accommodations when an airline issue causes a significant delay or cancellation. These are new commitments the airlines added to their customer service plans that DOT can legally ensure they adhere to and are displayed on flightrights.gov .  
• Since President Biden took office, DOT has helped return more than $3 billion in refunds and reimbursements owed to airline passengers – including over $600 million to passengers affected by the Southwest Airlines holiday meltdown in 2022.   
• Under Secretary Buttigieg, DOT has issued over $164 million in penalties against airlines for consumer protection violations. Between 1996 and 2020, DOT collectively issued less than $71 million in penalties against airlines for consumer protection violations.  
• DOT recently launched a new partnership with a bipartisan group of state attorneys general to fast-track the review of consumer complaints, hold airlines accountable, and protect the rights of the traveling public.  
• In 2023, the flight cancellation rate in the U.S. was a record low at under 1.2% — the lowest rate of flight cancellations in over 10 years despite a record amount of air travel.  
• DOT is undertaking its first ever industry-wide review of airline privacy practices and its first review of airline loyalty programs.

In addition to finalizing the rules to require automatic refunds and protect against surprise fees, DOT is also pursuing rulemakings that would:

• Propose to ban family seating junk fees and guarantee that parents can sit with their children for no extra charge when they fly. Before President Biden and Secretary Buttigieg pressed airlines last year, no airline committed to guaranteeing fee-free family seating. Now, four airlines guarantee fee-free family seating, and the Department is working on its family seating junk fee ban proposal.  
• Propose to make passenger compensation and amenities mandatory so that travelers are taken care of when airlines cause flight delays or cancellations.   
• Expand the rights for passengers who use wheelchairs and ensure that they can travel safely and with dignity . The comment period on this proposed rule closes on May 13, 2024.

The final rule on refunds can be found at https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/latest-news and at regulations.gov , docket number DOT-OST-2022-0089. There are different implementation periods in this final rule ranging from six months for airlines to provide automatic refunds when owed to 12 months for airlines to provide transferable travel vouchers or credits when consumers are unable to travel for reasons related to a serious communicable disease. 

Information about airline passenger rights, as well as DOT’s rules, guidance and orders, can be found at   https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer .

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Subscriber only, transportation | spirit airlines shows improvements, but still finishes last in travel industry customer satisfaction study.

Although it registered more improvement points than any airline, South Florida-based Spirit finished last in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index Travel Study conducted by CFI Group of Ann Arbor, Mich. The study, released Tuesday, assessed the performance of not only the nation’s bigger airlines, but also of hotels, car rental firms, rideshare operators and online travel services.

Overall, all of the industry segments serving travelers showed improvements in the eyes of customers, many of whom are still eager to hit the road despite rising prices and inflation.

For the survey, travelers graded the airlines on multiple service metrics, including baggage handling, boarding process, call centers, cleanliness of airplane cabins and lavatories, food quality (both paid and complimentary). loyalty programs, mobile apps, overhead storage, seat comfort and staff performances at airport gates and ticket counters.

The percentage of people surveyed who said they complained declined year-over-year, with 26% of the business travel respondents saying they filed a complaint in 2024 versus 48% in 2023. Of the leisure travelers surveyed, only 13% said they complained versus 17% last year.

“Airline customer satisfaction has climbed to new heights, reaching scores not seen even before the pandemic disrupted travel,”  Forrest Morgeson, associate professor of marketing at Michigan State University and director of research emeritus at the ACSI, said in a statement. “Carriers have bounced back strongly, showing that innovations and service improvements implemented during the last two years have resonated with customers.”

The index was founded at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in partnership with other organizations including CFI, which now conducts the survey. It is no longer affiliated with the university.

Alaska Airlines, which had a door plug blow out of one its planes during a flight over the Pacific Northwest in January, topped the survey for the second straight year, followed by American Airlines.

Discounters register improvements

Among the discount airlines, Allegiant, Frontier and Spirit made the biggest gains in the survey “as they crank up their value propositions,” the organization said in its statement.

Asked for more detail, a CFI spokeswoman said the three airlines “showed improved scores this year on flight experience metrics such as check-in/boarding, in-flight service, travel planning, and staff.”

“Now that the legacy carriers have added so many fees related to seat selection and baggage, customers may perceive a greater value proposition from budget airlines,” she said.

Despite the improvements shown by the discounters, “only Allegiant avoids sitting at the low end of the industry, finishing in third place,” the statement said.

Allegiant, which is based in Las Vegas, was followed in descending order by Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, unidentified carriers in an “All Other” category, then Denver-based Frontier and South Florida-based Spirit.

Spirit, which is moving into a new headquarters complex in Dania Beach, did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

The airline is emerging from a protracted turbulent period highlighted by two failed merger deals and a manufacturers’ engine recall that has left 20 of its 200-plus jetliners grounded.

At a formal opening of its headquarters last week, Ted Christie, the CEO and president, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel the company is eager to start communicating what it wants to do for its customers.

‘We’ve been listening to what our guests have been telling us over the years. We’ve been listening to what the markets have been saying,” he said. “And we haven’t had an opportunity yet to tell our story and to energize what’s going to happen next, and we’re going to take that opportunity.”

Christie didn’t elaborate. But before the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline did undertake initiatives to show it wanted better relations with its customers. The airline upgraded its fleet, installed seating with more legroom, and upgraded technology to increase flight schedule reliability.

More recently, the airline has landed in the upper quadrant of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s monthly on-time performance scorecards. For example, the company ranked fourth at 72.5% in January of this year in overall percentage of reported flights arriving on time, according to department data.

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SINGAPORE: Just six months after joining Delta Air Lines as a customer experience specialist, Ms Sharmeet Kaur is handling more than 400 calls a month.

"When I came in, it was very nerve-racking because I didn't know anything about the aviation side. But they had very good support … and very good team leads, who actually assisted us in the proficiencies in the systems,” the 31-year-old former public servant told CNA.

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Ms Kaur was among more than 100 employees of the major US airline who were trained or hired under the Singapore government’s Career Conversion Programme (CCP). Such a move has allowed Delta to keep up with growing travel demand post-pandemic.

According to a recent report by travel search platform Skyscanner, travel demand is expected to grow up to 15 per cent this year.

This demand, however, has led experts to warn of a lack of manpower in the aviation sector – even as more who made mid-career switches like Ms Kaur have stayed in the industry in recent years.

Workforce Singapore (WSG), a statutory board under the Manpower Ministry, told CNA that more than 4,300 people signed up for the CCP in the sector over the past six years. Nine in 10 are still employed 24 months after embarking on the CCP.

Institutes of higher learning have also reported more students taking aviation-related courses. At the Singapore Institute of Technology, for example, enrolment in its aerospace and aviation courses jumped 20 per cent between 2021 and last year.

STAFF CAN ALSO RESKILL

WSG’s director of manufacturing and connectivity Anderson Ee said that the CCP can help to address manpower challenges in the sector by bringing in talent from other sectors and improving the skills of current workers.

Through the CCP, companies also have the flexibility to let their employees undergo structured, on-the-job training to take on new and redesigned jobs within the sector, Mr Ee added.

Delta’s engagement centre director, Ms Nirmala Krishnan, said the programme was a big help amid a manpower shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The airline does not fly out of Singapore but serves the Asia-Pacific region and the US.

“Coming out of the pandemic, right after that, the travel industry was picking up. We also had a crunch of resources – our manpower was not where it (was) expected to be. We had to hire about 60 per cent more, gradually within the year,” Ms Nirmala said.

“Doing it all by ourselves was nearly impossible, because the platforms that we could reach were not that attractive, and it became much more challenging to recruit the desired talents.”

When Delta came onboard the CCP, it was able to reskill more than 100 employees. It could also tap a broader pool of talent who could speak to customers across the world.

“Going into CCP would give us active jobseekers who were ready to do a conversion from their current role to a new experience,” Ms Nirmala added.

Singapore's aerospace industry looking to fill 2,500 jobs in the next three to five years

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Some industry observers said that to attract new blood, airlines may have to turn to new technologies or other strategies.

Mr Alan Lim, director of Alton Aviation Consultancy, noted that many experienced aviation workers left during the pandemic when travel ground to a halt. These include pilots and technicians, who require several years of training.

Mr Lim said that the aviation sector has been impacted by recent geopolitical events, which has led to elevated fuel and oil prices. Competition has also increased post-pandemic, with major airlines trying to expand their networks and increase capacity.

Over the next two decades, the sector will need about 650,000 new pilots and more than 700,000 new technicians to address growing demand, with 40 per cent of these new requirements coming from the Asia-Pacific region, Mr Lim added.

“There is a very steady and fast-growing demand for manpower in aviation,” he said.

“There is really a big challenge for the industry to try and find different ways to either bring up the supply or at least manage this growth in demand.”

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Project overseer will use the following evaluation indicators:

·      Compliance with the timeline elaborated by the Steering Committee and generally reflected in Section 5 of the Project Proposal.

·      The PO will gather information from economies through nominated experts and circulated questionnaires to perform initial research. Then, once the recommendations of the workshop are issued a comparative analysis with the current situation will be performed and further Action Plan will be developed by PO and GIT/IIEG members for economies to comply with recommendations. The Action Plan is to be adopted by GIT and IIEG and will be discussed during the upcoming meetings and checked against its implementation. Further action is to be proposed for higher levels (ECOTECH/TMM) through TPTWG mechanisms.

·      The Project overseer will circulate a questionnaire to the Workshop participants to gather the feedback on the Workshop itself (topic, organization etc) and possible follow-up ideas to spread the outcomes of the Workshop to broader audience in APEC and non-APEC economies, to use the Workshop outcomes in upcoming and future projects.

·      Number of Workshop participants (approx. 60 participants are planned)

·     Number of ideas officially approved by the relevant government authorities with reference to workshop results.

·     The PO will participate in the upcoming TPTWG36 meeting to discuss the project and include the wording on the mechanism of exchange of information and coordinating activities into the final report of IIEG. The issue of using advanced ATMS technologies will be raised at future TPTWG meetings as one of the best ways to enhance the global supply chain routes in the Asia-Pacific region. The PO will also share the results of the project with non-APEC economies that are also involved in the global supply chain and are major consumers (Europe, Middle East, CIS countries).

·    Project results will be taken into account by Russia as one of the major supplier of space services.

The Project helps to contribute to the framework established in APEC fora and to the initiatives recently launched by the Russian Federation as APEC 2012 Host Economy. In particular, the project was announced to be in support of the “Development of Intelligent Supply Chains” initiative presented at SOM-1, CTI-1 and to TPTWG (intersessionally) and further discussed during the Friends of the Chair Meeting and SOM-2 in Kazan this June.

As soon as the project is finally approved project co-sponsors and other interested APEC-economies (with the help of TPTWG (incl. IIEG, GIT) members) will be invited to determine local institutions, agencies or experts to attend the Workshop and share their experience and studies results to contribute to the discussions and final documents of the Workshop. At the same time the Workshop Agenda will be elaborated to consider the largest range of experience on the Workshop issue.

Key experts working in the Russian Logistics and Transportation Centre in Sochi will be invited as speakers to share unique and up-to-date experience.

The project outcomes can contribute to costs reduction for infrastructure investment and removal of bottlenecks in supply chains. The importance of economic aspect of the project’s topic is in a direct way underlined by 2012 Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade and its Statement^

“We instruct officials to advance the discussion on the technological enhancement of supply chains with a view to forming intelligent supply chains and making them greener, smarter, more efficient and visible. We support continued discussion by officials on enhancing supply chain visibility and better coordination through tracking technologies , developing early warning systems, and better control of transportation of bulky and dangerous goods or hazardous materials, and enhancing logistics sub-providers capacity”.

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The project develops ideas from previous APEC projects, e.g. “Management of Security, Safety and Emerging Technology in Global Intermodal Transportation and Supply Chain Systems” and takes into account findings of the Policy Support Unit report “The Economic Impact of Enhanced Multimodal Connectivity in the APEC Region” (May, 2010).

The results of other relevant projects such as “Supply Chain Visibility” Workshop and "Transborder Control and Optimal Transborder Logistics” Workshop are to be considered as well. The key point will be developed in a practical manner - the number of international trade-related parties continue to increase, and work related to the global supply chain becomes even more complicated. So manufacturers, logistics operators and others need to be aware of the changes in real time, and modify their global sales, production, and logistics plans accordingly. The main driver in this process is broader usage of new technologies in transactions of intermodal transborder cargo movement.

The project is largely based on recommendations elaborated during the APEC Workshop “GNSS Application for Seamless Transport Supply Chain Connectivity in APEC”, Vladivostok, Russia, 2011. It aims at further development of the workshop key outcomes to study the necessity and feasibility of setting up dispatching centres on main freight routes in APEC economies, borderline areas, ports, etc. to promote a seamless supply chain; to define goals, objectives and a clear structure of dispatching centres.

The recommendations of the previous project directly mention the need to transfer the concept of dispatching centres into the concept of automated logistics and transportation centers equipped not only with GNSS-based, but also with ITS technologies. Lessons learned from the previous workshop showed that GNSS-based technologies are not sufficient enough for establishing seamless supply chains. The application of ITS along with GNSS-technologies tracking and monitoring technologies will greatly contribute to enhancing the effectiveness of transportation management and transport system in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole which is also noted by the previous workshop final document.

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APEC is the best source to support the project, because APEC as an intergovernmental forum pays a lot of attention to the topic of transportation industry.

The issue of intensified implementation of innovations in all transportation and logistics areas including ITS and GNSS location-based guidance and navigation systems is widely discussed on different levels at APEC meetings. The project develops the ideas from previous APEC projects and will be useful for all APEC economies.

APEC serves as a perfect framework for expertise sharing as regards to exchange of best practices and technological solution within the Asia-Pacific, being the most rapidly developing region of the world.

The project will continue to make the appropriate effect even after termination of its financing from APEC budget by means of conditions arrangement for the “launching” of horizontal integration processes aiming at coordinated development of transport and logistics infrastructure in order to get a synergetic effect in the sphere of the world trade.

The development of the project will contribute to the harmonization of specifications for information exchange between all transport logistics chain participants which will stimulate the increase of efficiency and quality of transportation and terminal services.

Agreed forward-looking solutions (reflected in the elaborated recommendations) will be generated in respect of implementation of other projects aiming at development of transport and logistics infrastructure and information networks integration for the purpose of competitive growth on the world transportation services market as a result of the project development.

It is particularly important that the project largely builds on the results of the previous work and thus, ensures the sustainability of overall topic of discussion. Application of experience of the APEC Workshop “GNSS Application for Seamless Transport Supply Chain Connectivity in APEC”, held in Vladivostok, Russia in 2011 in the new project is to be seen as a sustainable development of innovative agenda in IIEG and GIT.

The sustainability will be ensured by the Russian delegation (incl. PO) to TPTWG via inclusion of the ATMS topic into upcoming TPTWG meetings. Possible new projects on this topic will be further discussed, based on the outcomes of the Project.

The results of the project will be published on the related web-site with links on APEC fora web-sites with open access. This will make the Project outputs available for interested authorities, stakeholders and beneficiaries to use in their work.

- This project will make possible the cooperation between the Russian Federation and APEC economies on issues of development of all transportation types, transport infrastructure, information and logistics technologies, as a result of which all concerned and beneficiary parties will receive information support;

- This project is targeted to synchronize the development of documents, technologies and specifications, used for information exchange in the sphere of transport and logistics service performance in the Russian Federation and APEC economies, due to the above actions all concerned and beneficiary parties will be able to reduce their time consumption and cut their costs;

- This project will lay the basis for efficient performance of the reliable information acquisition system in respect to the transportation and logistics performance and its monitoring, required by both concerned and beneficiary parties in order to make their justified forecasts and development programs;

- This project will predetermine all necessary conditions for attraction of potential investors for financing in the sphere of transport and logistics development on a long-term basis and for possibility for all concerned and beneficiary parties to agree their plans and act jointly in the field of transport infrastructure and information technologies development. ----------------------------  

Upon the completion of the project the integration processes in the sphere of transport and logistics and practical creation of all mechanisms and information technologies supporting the process will be further implemented which will let the original information and logistics product for monitoring of transport and cargo flows enter the global markets (world, European, Asian, etc.), as well as the inner market of Russia. Successive implementation of the further steps will be specified within the project in detail.

Moreover, as stated in project objectives it seeks to establish a mechanism of experience sharing as regards to AMTS use and to bring this issue to the agenda of relevant TPTWG bodies.

The Project overseer is Mr. Alexander Bochkarev, Deputy Head of International Contractual Department of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). Mr. Bochkarev has worked on APEC related issues in Roscosmos since 2009 and currently covers a portfolio of issues in APEC related to navigation, transportation, satellite technologies etc. He has relevant experience in international projects as project overseer. Prior to this he used to work for Aeroflot - Russian airlines company. Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute.

Ms. Anna Prokopchik is an expert of International Legal Unit of International Contractual Department of the Federal Space Agency. Ms.Prokopchik has worked on APEC related issues in Roscosmos since 2010. Graduated from Moscow Pedagogical State University.

The project is to be implemented with major support and under supervision of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, which will bring the required expertise in the field of transport and logistics and is a coordinating authority for Russian representation in TPTWG.

The project is also supported by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation – the key governmental body responsible for APEC activities.

The cost-efficiency of the project is to be ensured through its compliance with the APEC Project Guidebook requirements.

Payments for the Workshop participants will be made for travel-eligible economies only and for 6 best experienced speakers. Per diem allowances are calculated within the limits of the UN Per Diem Rate. 

The venue choice is made due to the close distance and possibility to organize the unique Technical tour to the Logistics and Transportation Centre that will significantly enhance the participants’ interest and involvement to the issue.

The Workshop time (October) has also been chosen intentionally – after the end of the high season in Sochi, so the accommodation and hosting costs are lower.

The Steering Committee will consist of mostly experienced representatives of governmental bodies, research institutes and executors that will ensure minimized budget and time spent for the project implementation.

No contracts will be signed with government employees, representatives of international organizations, or Roscosmos staff.  

Short-term clerical workers should speak English fluently. They will help to organize final arrangements on the Workshop venue, register and assist participants during the Workshop.

Contractor’s staff will plan and prepare the Workshop, will form and disseminate up-to-date information about the project, supervise the researching process, communicate to the participants, sub-contractors (researchers), speakers, experts, hold the Workshop, prepare final documents and reports, incl. photo-report.

Technical tour guides are highly skilled technical specialists working for the Logistics Hub operator, ANO Transport Direction of the Olympic Games. They will be involved in the Technical tour to ensure the access to all of the LTC infrastructure facilities (the detailed plan of the tour is described in the Workplan), to provide the most up-to date technical information on the organizational and engineering solutions used to manage and coordinate the traffic and cargo, and the necessary legislative amendments put in place.

The Technical tour addresses the key objectives 1 and 2 of the project and will demonstrate efficiently functioning Logistics and Transportation Centre (combining the Logistics Hub, Railway station Vesyoloye, S eaport Port Sochi – Imereti , Olympic facilities), the on-line system for multimodal transportat ion and cargo flow management, that enhanced cargo flow in this region by 20% using existing infrastructure.

A  waiver is sought for advance payment for project executors to cover the expenses of the preparation stages of the project implementation.

In accordance with APEC project Guidelines a waiver is sought for advance payment for the speakers and travel-eligible participants travel expenses and per diems. All funded participants and most of the speakers are from travel-eligible economies and have no possibility to attend the Workshop without the advanced payment.

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