Toward developing a mobility and gender index
Although the benefits of a gender-inclusive approach to mobility for transport decarbonization, access to jobs, and human capital advancement have been increasingly recognized globally, this topic has
Mobility Planning
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Choc-A-Block: parking measures to address mobility crisis
Global experience bears out that parking management is one of the most powerful instruments to reduce travel by personal vehicles that also influences commuting choices in favour of public transport. Parking
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Transport indicators for 12 Indian cities
This study compares basic transport and air quality indicators for 12 Indian cities. These indicators are reported in city development plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development between 2005 and 2007.
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Green paper on urban mobility: stakeholder consultation report
This stakeholder consultation report presents the results of the analysis of the written contributions submitted in response to the Commission
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Transport in cities: India indicators
This study compares basic transport and air quality indicators for 12 Indian cities. It observes that the exploding cities. Observes that at current median household levels in these cities the rate of growth for two wheelers has slowed down and rate of growth of cars is increasing rapidly.
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Megacities and climate change: sustainable urban living in a changing world
This publication explores how megacities and rapidly growing cities are responding to the urban development challenges presented by climate change. It provides examples and case studies of successful initiatives highlighting the leadership required to tackle this global problem.
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State of the world's cities 2008/2009: harmonious cities
This UN report adopts the concept of "harmonious cities" as a theoretical framework in order to understand today
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Sustainable urban mobility in Asia
Sustained economic growth and increasing affluence in urban areas have enabled more people to afford cars, motorcycles, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). The preference for personal mobility has prevailed over public transportation, the latter being in a generally degenerated state.
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Urban transport in India: not so fast for the Nano car
As urbanization gathers pace in India, personal transport is among the priorities (for access and mobility), especially since mass transport is often not available or is of poor quality. To summarize, public transport and its clever use could bring us many advantages
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Mobility empowers
Automobility enervates, because more cars mean more congestion, less mobility IN NOVEMBER 2004, the journal Nature published a research paper tracing how endurance running was linked to the evolution of our species. Two scientists had analyzed hominid fossils, and found endurance running unique to humans among primates as well as most quadruped mammals. They compared hominid fossils with
