Transport

Let the journey choose the vehicle

Heather Allen looks at issues related to sustainable development at the International Association of Public Transport, Brussels. Pradip Saha caught up with her on issues topical to her work.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2009
Pradip Saha
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Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Transport, Public Transport, Cars, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, Buses
Transport

 Let the journey choose the vehicle

Heather Allen looks at issues related to sustainable development at the International Association of Public Transport, Brussels. Pradip Saha caught up with her on issues topical to her work. Excerpts

Publication Date: 
29/06/2009
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Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Transport, Public Transport, Cars, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, Buses
Transport

Walkways victims of policy neglect

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI: In a city where one-third of the population walks to work, the roads and walkways are anything but pedestrian-friendly and present a pathetic story of neglect and worse, according to a new survey of Delhi roads carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Urban Transport, High Capacity Bus, Pedestrians, CSE Study, CSE, Delhi
Transport

CSE releases its new findings on how walkable are our cities?

This latest CSE press release highlights the findings on how walkable are the Indian cities. It exposes the startling fact that even today one third of Delhi

Publication Date: 
12/06/2009
Centre for Science and Environment
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Transport, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Mobility Planning, High Capacity Bus, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, Congestion, Traffic Accidents, CSE, Delhi, Walk and Cycle
Transport

Film on state of pedestrian facilities in Pune

Parisar, together with Locomotives (an I-CE initiative), the Alliance for Global Education and Janwani, helped create a film to document the current state of Pune's pedestrian facilities. It aims to capture the sad state of pedestrian facilities in the city today and also interviews citizens about their views of the problem and solutions.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2009
Susan Michet
Parisar
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Transport, Non Motorised Vehicles, Walking, Pedestrians, India, Pune (T), Pune, Parisar, Susan Michet
Transport

 On two legs and a prayer

function open_walkability() { newwd=window.open("dte_slideshow/20090430_walkability/walkability.htm","","height=600,width=600,scrollbar=yes"); newwd.moveTo(200,75); } Automobiles overwhelm Indian urban space

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
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Vehicular Pollution, Transport, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Urban Roads, Mobility Planning, Cars, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, Congestion, Traffic Accidents, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, CSE, India, Delhi, Mumbai
Transport

 The freedom to ride

Also means a healthy social lifestyle We think of the car as a magic carpet taking us where and when we want. But when we drive, society becomes an obstacle

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
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Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Transport, Public Transport, Mobility Planning, Cars, Metro, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, Denmark, United Kingdom (UK), India, Delhi
Transport

 Never too many pedals

Investing in urban cycling provisions is ultimate climate strategy European countries have committed to reduce carbon emissions by at least 20 per cent by 2020, compared to 1990. This includes my country: the Netherlands. The targeted reductions are realized at home or through

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
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Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Emission Targets, Transport, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Air Transport, Mobility Planning, Cars, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, Netherlands, Developing Countries
Habitat And Urbanisation

 Lets talk about access to space

Philipp Rode, executive director of the Urban Age Programme at the UK

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
Mario DSouza
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Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Technology Transfer, Public Transport, Climate Adaptation, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Sprawl, Cars, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, India, Global
Transport

Road safety in India: challenges and opportunities

This report was designed to analyze the traffic safety situation in India, and to identify countermeasures for areas in which the total harm caused by crashes can be substantially and readily reduced. The report focuses on two aspects of traffic safety in India: challenges and opportunities.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
& et al, Dinesh Mohan, Omer Tsimhoni, Michael Sivak
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
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Transport, Urban Transport, Roads, Pedestrians, Congestion, Traffic Accidents, China, India, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta (T)

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