How are the other EU states dealing with mobility problem?

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1. London, England
To help alleviate its traffic problems, London introduced a Congestion Charging Zone plan in 2003. To some extent, the plan has worked. Car traffic entering central London was 21% lower in 2006 than in 2002.
2. Berlin, Germany
To help combat congestion, the State of Berlin formed a public-private partnership to create VerhensManagementZentrale, a 16 million euros traffic management project started in 2001 and finished in 2003. The VMZ Web site shows live traffic information, and it also suggests the best travel routes for passengers, using a combination of real-time traffic data, travel times and public transit schedules.
5. Edinburgh, Scotland
Since 2000, it has invested 130 million pounds in transportation improvements. Some of it has helped decrease car traffic: Bus use has increased in Edinburgh with Lothian Buses carrying around 25% more passengers now than in 1997. One-fourth of Edinburgh's residents walk or bike to work, the highest rate in Scotland.
6.Rome, Italy
In 2006, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology used data from the city's mobile-phone networks to create real-time traffic maps showing how people moved around the city, a project they called Real Time Rome.

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