[sustran] Changing Course in Urban Transport - An Illustrated Guide has been launched today!

[SUTP Team]

Cities in Asia should transform their transport systems to provide growing urban populations with greater mobility while ensuring a healthy and attractive urban environment, says a new book published jointly by the Asian Development Bank and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Authors are Robin Hickman, Paul Fremer, Manfred Breithaupt and Sharad Saxena.
The illustrated book, Changing Course in Urban Transport- An Illustrated Guide, highlights the transport challenges in Asian cities, including the growing trend towards motorized transport – a major factor behind the rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. The publication showcases low-carbon transport from around the world, which, if replicated on a large scale, could make Asian cities greener and more livable.
The book highlights the importance of urban planning, traffic demand management, public transit, non-motorized transport, streetscape design, road planning, low-emission vehicles, and freight planning to promote sustainable transport in mushrooming cities.
The book has been launched today, at the 6th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum, being held in Delhi.
The publication stresses ADB’s and GIZ`s commitment to cities in providing accessible, safe, environment-friendly and affordable transport systems. The 205 page document contains more than 250 high quality images on urban transportation. With pictures as the evidence the document shows best practices of cities that have "changed their course" in addressing urban transport problems.
Globally, GIZ supports sustainable urban mobility projects, e.g. in Indonesia, PR China, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Ukraine, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda (primarily on behalf of German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety).
More information: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2825

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