Mobility

A free ticket to ride: how Estonia is leading the world in a free transit revolution

Abdul Turay / November 7, 2018

The freelance journalist and a member of the Estonian Centre Party, Abdul Turay, asserts that Estonia’s free public transport system, first introduced in Tallinn in 2013, has justified itself and abolishing the project would be an act of folly. The editors of this portal asked me to rewrite this article as an op-ed – I […]

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A global climate hackathon in Tallinn to focus on mobility

Silver Tambur / October 23, 2018

The Estonian capital, Tallinn, is joining more than 100 cities around the world to host a 24-hour hackathon, Climathon, that is dedicated to solving climate challenges. Climathon is a global movement that gathers experts, students, startups, think tanks, innovators and developers around the world to find innovative solutions for environmental problems in their cities. In

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An empty country road in Estonia. Photo by Ingrid Hankewitz

Estonia has the second-least congested roads in the EU

Sten Hankewitz / October 18, 2018

Estonia has the second-least congested roads in the European Union – Estonians only spend 18.66 hours a year sitting in the traffic. The least congested roads in the EU are in Finland – they spend only 17.89 hours a year in traffic jams, according to a research by the European Commission. This is based on

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