[sustran] Re: Mumbai monorail project looks to reduce CO2 emissions ???

[Walter Hook]

sudhir from CAI Asia just ran some numbers for metro projects and CO2.  If
you include all the construction related CO2, they come out negative for a
large number of years, and to get positive co2 impact you need to push the
project time line out something like 20 years or more. i imagine monorails
would not be quite as concrete intensive but may be close.   Interesting to
note the mention of Lanzhou.

w

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Eric Britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org>wrote:

> Mumbai monorail project looks to reduce CO2 emissions
>
> By Lisa Sibley
> Published 2010-01-27 09:22
> Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based Scomi Group, a global service provider mainly
> in the oil and gas industry, said today its trial run of India's first
> monorail car for a project in Mumbai has been a success.
> The Malaysia-listed company also specializes in urban transit systems, with
> an emphasis on India, China, the Gulf states, and Brazil. The trial run
> occurred yesterday, also a national holiday, the Republic Day of India.
> The monorail is expected to prevent 200 tons of carbon dioxide emissions
> daily. The proposed structure is also considered environmentally friendly
> because it won't obstruct sunlight or trap excessive emissions. In
> addition,
> it's expected to be quieter than other modes of transportation.
> Scomi India's Country President Suhaimi Yaacob said in a news release the
> project's focus is on sustainable mobility, reduced urban congestion,
> improved reliability, and comfortable travel.
> Other cities looking to reduce mass transport emissions include China's
> Lanzhou, which is working on a comprehensive urban development plan linking
> a new city center with a rapid bus transport system, expected to result in
> a
> cleaner, more economical mass transportation system (see China's Lanzhou
> makes plans to reduce mass transport emissions
> <http://cleantech.com/news/5429/lanzhou-mass-transport-system>  [1]).
> Scomi's engineering division and partner Larsen & Toubro, India's largest
> engineering and construction conglomerate, secured $545 million for the
> Mumbai Monorail Project in November 2008, and are expected to complete the
> project by 2011.
> Scomi is tasked with delivering 60 cars, making up 15 sets of four-car
> trains. Each four-coach monorail is expected to be able to accommodate
> about
> 600 passengers, carrying a total of nearly 300,000 daily commuters.
> The monorail project is expected to have a 20-kilometer (12.4 mile)
> proposed
> route between Jacob Circle and Chembur, a suburban neighborhood in eastern
> Mumbai, with one central depot and about 18 user-friendly stations. Chembur
> is located about 22 kilometers from downtown Mumbai and considered a
> transit
> point for travelers to Pune.
>
> Source URL:
> http://cleantech.com/news/5567/mumbai-monorail-project-looks-reduc
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit
> http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> If you get sustran-discuss via YAHOOGROUPS, please go to
> http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join the real
> sustran-discuss and get full membership rights.
>
> ================================================================
> SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred,
> equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries
> (the 'Global South').
>