Air Pollution

CSE assesses air quality and mobility initiatives in Indian cities

This is the press release on release of the book "Good News Bad News: Clearing the air in Indian cities" published by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). This bird’s eye assessment of the cities of India & how they fare on parameters such as air quality, public transport, walkability, parking policies and fiscal initiatives was released in New Delhi by Harish Salve, senior advocate of Supreme Court of India and the Amicus Curiae on environmental cases.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2013
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Air Pollution, Urban Transport, India, Mobility Planning, Public Transport, Delhi, Mumbai, Walking, Pedestrians, Parking Policy, CSE, Health Effects, Green Spaces, Three Wheelers, Two And Three Wheelers, Urban Air Quality, Air Quality and Health
Air Pollution

Stepping Together: A Conclave of Changemakers

CSE is organising a unique event to celebrate positive action on sustainable mobility in Indian cities. We are looking forward to engage in dialogue with changemakers in different cities of India who have made a difference to mobility and air quality related concerns.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2013
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Urban Air Quality, Mobility Planning, India, Public Transport, Walking, Cycles, Cars, Buses, Delhi, Parking Policy, Fiscal Measures
Transport

Centre for Science and Environment International Workshop Series on Transport and Climate

Badly designed cities promote wrong travel choices, leading to warming and pollution: CSE

Publication Date: 
25/07/2013
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Urban Transport, Walking, Cycles, Congestion, Delhi, CSE, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Public Transport, Urban Sprawl, Carbon Dioxide, Parking Policy, Mobility Planning
Transport

A tale of renewed cities: a policy guide on how to transform cities by improving energy efficiency in urban transport systems

This report highlights lessons learned and examples of good practice from countries with experience in mplementing a wide range of measures to improve energy efficiency in urban transport systems.

Publication Date: 
10/07/2013
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Urban Transport, Energy Efficiency, Public Transport, India, Global, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Light Rail Transit, Congestion, Emission Targets, Green House Gases, Mobility Planning
Transport

Transforming cities with transit: Transit and land use integration for sustainable urban development

This study explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. It first identifies barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of the transport infrastructure and urban development. It then recommends a set of policies and implementation measures for overcoming these barriers and exploiting these opportunities.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2013
Hiroaki Suzuki, Robert Cervero, Kanako Iuchin
Urban India
1-25
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Land Use, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Cars and Congestion, China, Hong Kong, Light Rail Transit, Japan, Developing Countries, Automobiles, Mobility Planning, Pedestrians, Non Motorised Vehicles, Public Transport, Urban Planning, Urban Transport
Transport

Turning the right corner: ensuring development through a low-carbon transport sector

Turning the Right Corner: Ensuring Development through a Low-Carbon Transport Sector finds that adopting new vehicle technologies and alternative fuels will not be enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions from transport: new patterns of mobility will also be needed.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2013
Andreas Kopp, Rachel I. Block, Atsushi Iimi
The World Bank
Tags:
Transport, Green House Gases, Climate Change, Mobility Planning, Road Transport, Carbon Dioxide, Sustainable Development, Environment, Low Carbon Economy, Fuel Economy Standards, Developing Countries, India, Fuel Efficiency
Transport

Urban Development Ministry looking for experts to draw up mobility plans

In the absence of comprehensive plans for traffic movement and decongestion of cities, the Union Urban Development Ministry is looking out for agencies to draw up a comprehensive mobility plan for

Publication Date: 
12/04/2013
Smriti Kak Ramachandran
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Urban Development, Congestion, Mobility Planning, Congestion Pricing, Public Transport, Parking Pricing, Urban Transport, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
Transport

Global status report on road safety 2013

The Global status report on road safety 2013 presents information on road safety from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population. The report indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths remains unacceptably high at 1.24 million per year.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2013
WHO
Tags:
Traffic Accidents, Roads, India, Global, Public Transport, Congestion, Mobility Planning, Health Care, Pedestrians, Cycles
Transport

The BRT standard 2013

The BRT Standard was developed by IDTP, in collaboration with GIZ and other partners with the objective to create a common definition of Bus Rapid Transit and certify high-quality BRT systems around the world.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2013
Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
Tags:
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Urban Transport, India, Global, Public Transport, Mobility Planning, Transport
Energy

Renewables global futures report 2013

National renewable energy markets are projected to grow strongly in the coming decade and beyond as shown by current policies & targets, and by scenario and expert projections. EU, US, Japan, China, India are well on their way into this future according to this new report by REN21.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
REN21 Secretariat
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Electricity, India, Buildings, Transport, Industry, Global, Finance, Urban Planning, Mobility Planning

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