[sustran] Transportation Modal Choice in Asian Cities

[aables at adb.org]

Sent in behalf of Cornie Huizenga
CAI-Asia

Dear all, 

The urban transport sector remains a major contributor to air pollution in 
Asian cities. Decision makers and development agencies are starting to 
realize that more active policies are required to address the problems of 
air pollution, road safety and congestion associated with rapid 
motorization.

An emerging movement in developed and developing countries is the 
promotion and improvement of public transportation and non-motorized 
transport in urban areas. In Asia, there are a number of cities with 
projects on improving public transportation (Bus Rapid Transit 
development), non-motorized transportation and pedestrian access. 
Experience from these cities in developed and developing countries have 
shown that substantial benefits on urban air quality and traffic 
congestion can be achieved, not to mention the relatively 'cheaper' cost 
required in implementing the project. 

However, in order to plan effective sustainable urban transport programs 
and policies it is important to have a good picture of the manner in which 
the urban transport sector is developing. A frequently heard complaint is 
that there is no recent overview of modal split data and trends therein 
for cities in Asia.  The Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia), 
 with the help of other organizations like EMBARQ/WRI Center for 
Transportation and Environment and the Institute for Transportation and 
Development Policy (ITDP), has therefore taken the initative to gather 
updated information on modal split data in selected Asian cities (see 
attached ). This compilation is also posted online at 
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-60210.html



We would like to receive your comments on the data that we have gathered. 
If you had additional studies please send us copies of the studies. You 
can also add the information to the table but in that case please send us 
the complete reference for our information. We are especially interested 
in trends for individual cities, which have been calculated making use of 
the same methodology and definitions for the different years.  Some trends 
can be observed from the data posted but in many cases different 
definitions and methodologies have been used that make the trends somehow 
questionable.

We thank you for your cooperation as always. Please send your inputs to 
Aurora Fe Ables aables at adb.org. We would like to receive them if possible 
by 30 June, 2005.


Best regards, 
Cornie Huizenga
Head of Secretariat
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia)
Asian Development Bank
Tel (632) 632-5047
Fax (632) 636 2198
Email chuizenga at adb.org
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia

www.adb.org
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