The new report, A Global High Shift Scenario, produced by from ITDP and the University of California, Davis, is the first study to examine how major changes in transport investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transport emissions, as well as the mobility of different income groups. This infographic demonstrates, by region, the emissions savings possible from a high shift toward low-carbon transport.
Citizens of the world do not want to sit in bumper to bumper traffic. They do not want to walk in mud, not feel threatened on a simple bike ride to work. They want to be in cities that provide for creative interaction, affordable living and healthy environment. The successful city of the 21st century will be replete with choices, including non-motorized, post fossil-fuel travel options.
Cities that meet the challenge of sustainability will leap ahead of others by attracting people who demand a healthy and culturally rich lifestyle.
Sustainability does not have to hurt. Reducing carbon emissions, conserving land, and making transport more efficient go hand in hand with improving quality of life. We aspire to lay the foundation for achieving global sustainability not through uniform technological solutions but through a global celebration of local differences and innovation based on a common set of principles. Addressing the issues of sustainability by emphasizing local issues of livability with mobility as a link between the local and the global, the principles outlined in this book will help cities significantly reduce green house gases while improving quality of life.
The Our Cities Ourselves program invites design teams from ten cities around the world to apply these principles to ten unique locations. This book illustrates the principles that lay behind the designs.
Chennai is a city at the cross roads between history & development, with the potential to develop into a global & cultural center that provides improved quality of life to its people. This improved quality of life can be provided through high quality transit systems that not only provide connectivity, but also ensure safety, comfort, increased mobility, brand appeal and civic pride.
Through a review of existing conditions in Chennai, the options available for mass transit systems and their performances around the world and focusing on the role of buses in public transport, this report establishes the need for a proven and easy-to-implement solution in the form of a BRT. Outlined are the key features of the BRT, analysis of existing MTC services and other mass transit facilities for phasing of corridors in Chennai.
Also identified are the steps towards implementing the BRT in Chennai including the components of a special purpose vehicle, role of private sector, funding sources and the steps towards developing a detailed project report, all of which, if implemented, could transform Chennai into a city that provides high quality transport options for both the rich & the poor.
The 8 Principles for better streets and better cities highlight the key aspects of transport-oriented development that lead to good growth. For more information about these principles and best practices in TOD, see ITDP’s TOD Standard.
BRT systems are growing rapidly, bringing comfortable, fast, high quality transport to millions of people in some of the world’s fastest growing nations, at a fraction of the cost of metro and light rail. 1,849 of the 2,580 km of true BRT corridors have been built in the last ten years, with sweeping growth in many countries around the world.
There are many other potential uses for spaces reserved for parking. This illustration puts the opportunity costs in
perspective, showing how the private and public realm could be reshaped for higher value purposes.
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The poster depicts innovative parking policies from Europe, like parking caps and building codes, to have better parking, better streets and better air.
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While implementation of high capacity bus systems in cities are important in improving bus speeds, reducing operating costs, and reducing conflicts between various travel modes, they could also pave the way for implementing long – term transit reforms. These could be in the form of better connectivity between feeder services, inducing bus fleet modernization and induce greater investment in the transport sector from the private stakeholders etc. Unlike in developed countries where a ridership of 5000 people per day is sufficient for a system to be considered viable, developing countries have ridership reaching up to 20,000 ppdph. In such scenarios, bus systems can only be successful if implemented along with a slew of other institutional reforms that protect public interests and which ensure high quality service in the long run.
Thus this report reviews in depth how significant arrangements in different HCBS projects affect transit service delivery. It draws form examples of developing countries of Latin America, which have proven successful in implementing HCBS and makes recommendations for taking full advantage of the opportunity that an HCBS project provides to leverage some related, transit system reforms, which are critical to the full success of HCBS.
With a population of over 6.38 million in the city of Hyderabad and a significant portion of this population concentrated in the city core, Hyderabad is a fast growing city. Alarming trends in rising modal share of private vehicles and a decline in public transport share, if unchecked could lead to severe congestion & traffic snarls in the city. As a result, this would be an optimum time for the city to consider and develop other mass transit options.
This report weighs mass transit options along 3 central corridors with a potential to expand to 9 other corridors in the future. Recommendation for BRT as a feasible option is made through the analysis of existing traffic, mode shift impacts and demand estimates as well as financial viability of the system. Impacts of the BRT system on traffic reduction and emission control is presented along with future steps to be taken, all of which could transform Hyderabad into a livable, walk-able, congestion free city.
Increased urbanism and migration towards Indian cities have lead to growth of employment and commercial nodes in suburban areas, resulting in urban sprawl that favors private motorized transport systems. As a result, the number of non-motorized trips have reduced drastically in the past few years while paratransit systems have come into existence to serve those who do not own a private transport mode and are inadequately served by public transport systems.
This report looks at some of the policy & tax incentives given by the government to the industry behind 2 & 3 wheelers and subsequent framework at policy & individual levels to control emissions & regulate users. The status of existing transport modeling systems used in traffic data analysis is also reviewed along with a commentary on the drawbacks of existing systems. Analysis of mode shares, trip lengths & safety issues for these transport modes across select cities in India is presented along with a review of existing transport policies & policy recommendations for safe & efficient use of 2 & 3 wheelers in India.
