Dear All, The CAI-Asia Center is finalizing a study entitled, "Emissions from India's Intercity and Intracity Road Transport." . The draft version of research study can be found online @ <a href="http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73353.html">http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73353.html</a> ) The study aims to stimulate debate on the quantification and mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutant emissions from transport infrastructure, policies, and projects. It also aims to promote the co-benefits approach in addressing these environmental problems. The study highlights the need to intensify efforts to reduce emissions from both intra- and intercity movement of people and goods. In our view, sustainable transport policies that incorporate air quality and climate change are being developed and implemented at a slow pace, risking irreversible damage to the environment and public welfare. This is further aggravated by the global economic recession, which has led developed countries to adopt economic stimulus packages that includes increasing investments in transport infrastructure, particularly road building and expansion. If developing countries blindly follow this lead by prioritizing vehicles instead of people, it is certain that CO2 emissions, air pollution, congestion, and other transport related problems will worsen. The CAI-Asia Center has analyzed the impact of increased urbanization and motorization on CO2, particulate matter (PM), and NOx emissions, by comparing emission estimates from the transport sector in India at the national and city levels. India is used as a case study because relatively robust national and city information on travel activity and vehicle numbers were available from different sources. If you have any comments, please email them to me or Bert Fabian (<a href="mailto:bert.fabian@cai-asia.org">bert.fabian@cai-asia.org</a>) by 20 May 2009. best regards, Sudhir -- Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 <a href="http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia">http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia</a> Skype : sudhirgota