The Japanese government has pledged that all hotel rooms converted to make them accessible to wheelchair visitors to the 2020 Paralympic Games will now remain accessible as a Games legacy. The pledge comes after the Guardian revealed in April that British Paralympic officials were stunned when hotels near their training …

MONTREAL. Michelin and General Motors presented a new generation of airless wheel technology for passenger vehicles – the Michelin Uptis (or “Unique Puncture-proof Tire System”) prototype – at the Movin’On Summit for Sustainable Mobility. Michelin and GM have also announced an agreement to validate the Uptis prototype and have set …