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www.pttf.net/go/Managed by the Pune Traffic and Transportation Forum (PTTF), an ngo for sustainable transportation policy, the website promotes sustainable traffic practices. It asks the public to
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Of fixing price for natural gas
On the face, it seems like a fight between brothers. One brother, in this case the elder, Mukesh Ambani, managed to get control over the country s gas reserves. The other, Anil Ambani, inherited
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Urban transport trends and policies in China and India: Impacts of rapid economic growth
This paper provides a comparative overview of urban transport in the world’s two most populous countries: China and India. Cities in both countries are suffering from severe and worsening transport problems:
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London to impose stricter standards for polluting vehicles
london has decided to impose stricter standards for polluting vehicles. Under the low emission zones (lez) programme coming into effect on February 4, 2008, lorry, bus and other coaches can be
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China to observe 'no car day'; parking fee to be hiked
chinese cities will join the growing band of urban centres around the world to observe
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A Swiss canton that banished cars
Car dependency may now have become a serious problem, but in 1882, when the German car maker Karl Benz took out his rudimentary internal combustion engine for a test drive in the streets of
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Spoilt lot
Delhi's parking crisis plays itself out in residential and commercial areas Delhi has more than 4 million registered vehicles as of now. Nearly 360,000 vehicles were added in 2005-06, estimating
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We don't understand car culture
Ashis Nandy, eminent political psychologist and sociologist, on India's urban crisis On the automobile culture Societies that developed cars have also found ways to manage and regulate them.
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Private vehicles eating into scare public land
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No more kindergarten approach to climate
My worst fears are coming true; and that has more to do with the politics of climate change than its reality. While concern on global warming reaches a crescendo, the world, instead of finding
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The CDM in the transport sector
Sustainable transport projects in general reduce GHG emissions. Such projects could thus qualify for the CDM and benefit from the sale of GHG offsets. This makes good projects economically more attractive and reduces barriers towards their successful implementation. The CDM can constitute an important additional
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25 Tips To Make A Difference
A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BRING DOWN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND COMBAT GLOBAL WRMING 1. CHANGE YOUR BULBS Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps (cfl)
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Cars off the road in Italy
More than 130 cities in northern Italy, including Milan and Verona, banned car traffic for several hours on the last Sunday of February. In Milan, the ban was for two consecutive Sundays.
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Tourism plans for Andamans go on, tsunami notwithstanding
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still seen as tourist havens, even after being ravaged by the tsunami in December 2004. The tourism policy of Andaman and Nicobar Island 2003 listed its objectives
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CNG safety: progress and action taken report
EPCA has been monitoring the implementation of the CNG programme in Delhi since its inception. During this period, it has made special efforts to upgrade the safety inspection system for CNG buses and has accordingly issued directives from time to time to the concerned agencies to undertake remedial measures.
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South Asia
No small buses Sri Lanka's Western Province Transport Authority has decided to bid farewell to the minibuses with less than 26 seats, which are still transporting passengers on the roads of the
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A breath of fresh air
How often does independent research change laws as well as minds? A lobby group in Delhi is forcing the Indian government into new regulations. Apoorva Mandavilli meets its leader.
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Trams back in fashion
Green and white trams will soon be ferrying passengers across Paris. The reintroduction of trams is an effort to cut down the city's growing pollution and traffic congestion. Under the initial phase
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SOUTH ASIA
no more crawling: The Sri Lankan transport ministry recently started a programme that would take action against passenger buses that are driven very slowly. Transport minister A H M Fowzie said that