Road Transport

Accessing Asia: air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions indicators for road transport and electricity

At current annual average growth rates, the number of vehicles in Asia will double in less than seven years from 2010 and India along with Indonesia, Nepal, PR China & Sri Lanka show the fastest annual average growth rates.

Publication Date:

01/12/2012

Source: Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center

Tags:

Air Pollution, Green House Gases, Asia, India, Road Transport, Electricity, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Intensity, Fuel Efficiency

Transport

Bangalore inches closer to Delhi in vehicle density

New Delhi: Creation of IT jobs in Bangalore and Hyderabad seems to have a direct impact on the growth of private vehicles in these two cities.

Publication Date:

26/11/2012

Author(s): Dipak Kumar Dash

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Bangalore (T), Hyderabad (T), Delhi, Road Transport, Vehicles

Transport

Smart cards to ease jams on expressway

The idea of the Punjab and Haryana High Court of having Metro-like smart cards for the expressway seems to have clicked as the authorities have started working out the details.

Publication Date:

21/11/2012

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Road Transport, High Court, Haryana, Congestion, Transport

Air Pollution

Thumping increase: Delhi adds 5L vehicles in a year

NEW DELHI: The city's thirst for owning vehicles looks nowhere near quenched even though Delhi's roads are groaning rather loudly under their weight.

Publication Date:

21/11/2012

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Vehicles, Road Transport, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, CSE, Two Wheelers, CNG

Air Pollution

Smog brings peripheral e-ways back into picture

New Delhi: The recent covering of smog over Delhi has brought the two delayed peripheral expressways around the capital back on the table.

Publication Date:

21/11/2012

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Delhi, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Road Transport, Urban Roads, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh

Air Pollution

Government funding to help cut 'road transport CO2 emissions'

The UK's goal of reducing transport CO2 emissions received a boost today as the Government made £16.5m worth of funding available for new research and development.

Publication Date:

06/11/2012

Source: Edie (UK)

Tags:

United Kingdom (UK), Carbon Dioxide, Road Transport, Advanced Vehicle Technology, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Auto Industry, Europe

Transport

Road transport in India 2010-30: emissions, pollution and health impacts

This study by Sarath Guttikunda and Puja Jawahar focuses on the energy and emissions outlook for the transport sector in India which could effectively result in a co-benefits framework for better air quality management in the cities & national climate policy dialogue.

Publication Date:

01/11/2012

Author(s): Sarath Guttikunda, Puja Jawahar

Source: Simple Interactive Models for Better Air Quality

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