Air Pollution

Status of pollution generated from road transport in six mega cities

Transport sector has always been a significant contributor in emission estimates of cities. The source apportionment studies conducted in the six major cities of the country have shown that transport has significant contributions in PM2.5 and NOx concentrations.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, Road Transport, Urban Air Quality, Ahmedabad (T), Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna, Solapur, India, Parking Policy, Emissions Inventory, PM 2.5
Climate Change

Transport: A roadblock to climate change mitigation?

Global emissions scenarios studies, such as those informing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5), highlight the importance of the transport sector for climate change mitigation—along with the difficulties of achieving deep reductions therein (1) [supplementary materials (SM)]. Transport is responsible for about 23% of total energy-related CO2 emissions worldwide (2). The sector is growing more rapidly than most others, with emissions projected to double by 2050.

Publication Date: 
20/11/2015
Felix Creutzig, Patrick Jochem, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch & et ak
Science
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Tags:
Transport, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Dioxide, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Transport, Road Transport, Infrastructure Development, Land Use, Parking Policy, Cars and Congestion, Air Pollution
Transport

Global status report on road safety 2015

The Global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million per year, with the highest road traffic fatality rates in low-income countries.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2015
World Health Organization
Tags:
Traffic Accidents, Roads, Road Transport, Public Transport, Pedestrians, Legislation, Vehicles, Vehicular Standards, Vehicular Safety, Developing Countries, India
Climate Change

Centre plans media blitz on climate action ahead of Paris meet

In the run-up to the global climate conference in Paris later this year, the Modi government will launch an extensive media and public campaign for three months on efforts being made to reduce gree

Publication Date: 
08/09/2015
Dipak Kumar Dash
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Climate Change, COP 21 (Paris), Climate Mitigation, Green House Gases, Road Transport, Renewable Energy, UNFCCC, Hydroelectricity
Transport

1,260km of Delhi roads to be redesigned: Minister

The Delhi government is embarking on a massive exercise of “redesigning“ all roads that are more than 60ft wide.

Publication Date: 
18/08/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Roads, Road Transport, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)
Air Pollution

Air pollution co-benefits of low carbon policies in road transport: a sub-national assessment for India

This letter assesses low carbon scenarios for India at the subnational level in the passenger road transport sector. We estimate the future passenger mobility demand and assess the impact of carbon mitigation policies using the Asia–Pacific Integrated Assessment/Enduse models. This letter focuses on the transitions of energy and emissions of passenger transport in India in alternate scenarios i.e. the business-as-usual scenario and a low carbon scenario that aligns to the 2 °C temperature stabilization target agreed under the global climate change negotiations.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2015
Shivika Mittal, Tatsuya Hanaoka, Priyadarshi R Shukla & et al
Environmental Research Letters
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Tags:
Road Transport, Air Pollution, India, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Vehicular Pollution, Delhi, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Carbon Intensity, Urbanisation, Industry, Population, Auto Technology, Public Transport, Emission Targets
Transport

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Clean Fuel Norms, 11/08/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Clean Fuel Norms, 11/08/2015. Government of India approved the National Mission on Electric Mobility in 2011 and subsequently National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 was unveiledby the then Hon’ble Prime Minister.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Fuel Quality, Vehicles, Vehicular Pollution, India, Parliament, Bharat Stage IV, Road Transport, Green House Gases
Transport

Draft Road Safety Policy and Action Plans for the UT of Puducherry

In order to give importance to Road Safety and to reduce the incidence of Road Accidents in the UT of the Puducherry, the Transport Department, Puducherry based on the guidelines of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi has prepared, "The Draft Road Safety Policy and Action Plan for the UT of Puducherry".

Publication Date: 
05/08/2015
Government of Puducherry
Tags:
Roads, Road Transport, Traffic Accidents, Pondicherry
Transport

UP govt order to ban anti-road safety movies, adverts

The Akhilesh government has landed itself in another controversy by issuing a directive to all district magistrates and chairpersons of the district road safety committees to impose a strict ban on

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Amita Verma
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Audiovisuals, Advertising, Road Transport, Traffic Accidents
Air Pollution

European Union emission inventory report 1990–2013 under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)

This document is the annual European Union (EU) emission inventory report to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP).

Publication Date: 
02/07/2015
European Environment Agency
Tags:
Emissions Inventory, European Union (EU), Air Pollution, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), Black Carbon, Carbon Monoxide, Industry, Road Transport, Agriculture

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