City of Hamburg receives BAN Award for Diesel bans
The City of Hamburg, Germany receives the May 2018 BAN Award for being the first city banning certain Diesel cars from some of its main streets. The Consumer Choice Center’s Managing Director Fred Roeder explains that only a few municipal governments have managed to discriminate that many consumers at once: “Over 200,000 local Diesel drivers […]
Οι οδηγοί ταξί κινδυνεύουν από τις ρυθμίσεις, όχι από την καινοτομία
LIBERAL.GR: Taxi drivers are at risk from regulation, not from innovation, writers Bill Wirtz of the Consumer Choice Center.
Taxi Drivers Are Persecuted by Regulation, Not Innovation
FEE: The drivers see themselves as victims of innovation when actually the complete opposite is the case: regulation is holding them back.
L’Europe prend le bus de la liberté !
LA CHRONIQUE AGORA: L’Union européenne doit prochainement faire appliquer la libération du marché des transports par autocar. Cette concurrence est prometteuse pour notre pouvoir d’achat.
Freie Fahrt für Busse in Europa: die EU-Kommission glaubt an das deutsche Modell
PLL: Die Europäische Kommission hat einen Vorschlag zur Liberalisierung des europäischen Intercity-Busmarktes vorgelegt. Im Mobilitätspaket der Kommission wird den Busunternehmen die Möglichkeit gegeben, zwischen den Städten Fahrten über 100 Kilometer zu organisieren. Dieser Schritt folgt einem Beschluss des Verkehrsrates vom Februar letzten Jahres und einem noch früheren Vorstoß der Kommission für die Liberalisierung vor vier Jahren.
Bus market liberalisation’s a winner
COMMENT CENTRAL: Liberalising bus markets, Bill Wirtz argues, means consumers can travel more cheaply and efficiently, which in turn reduces social inequality.
The U.S. Trade War with Bombardier
NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: Moreover, this ruling is also likely to negatively affect everyday consumers. “Such a high tariff will raise the cost of importing jets from the Montreal-based firm and deprive American consumers of the opportunity of efficient, low-cost travel.”
Bus market liberalisation: the European Commission gets it right
VOCAL EUROPE: Bus market liberalisation ultimately means: more choices for consumers, more competition on the market, higher quality for lower prices.
Libéralisation du marché de bus: la Commission européenne reconnaît le succès du modèle franco-allemand
CAFE BABEL: La Commission européenne vient de décider que la libéralisation du marché du bus sur le continent, tel qu’il est déjà pratiqué en France et en Allemagne, sera avantageuse pour les consommateurs. Elle a parfaitement raison.
Flixbus: low cost non significa concorrenza sleale
«Questo provvedimento non solo fa arretrare di 10 anni l’economia italiana ma intacca i principi di libero mercato e liberalizzazione dell’economia occidentale.»
