TransOeste, the first bus rapid transit corridor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Mariana Gil, EMBARQ Brazil.
Holger Dalkman, director of the Center for Sustainable Transport at the World Resources Institute think tank, called the announcement "a major breakthrough" that recognizes the challenges of clean air, congestion and accessibility to transportation, particularly for people living in cities.
Dalkman also acknowledged the funding doesn't mean an end to public aid for highways, but said, "It's a step
Holger Dalkman, director of the Center for Sustainable Transport at the World Resources Institute think tank, called the announcement "a major breakthrough" that recognizes the challenges of clean air, congestion and accessibility to transportation, particularly for people living in cities.
Dalkman also acknowledged the funding doesn't mean an end to public aid for highways, but said, "It's a step
The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow.
The secretary-general told world leaders and other ministers that "words must translate into action".
On the summit's fringes, international finance institutions launched a $175bn fund to boost sustainable transport.
The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow.
The secretary-general told world leaders and other ministers that "words must translate into action".
On the summit's fringes, international finance institutions launched a $175bn fund to boost sustainable transport.
While the world’s wealthy countries appear to be inching toward “peak travel,” a decoupling of wealth and miles traveled, that is far from what’s going on in the world’s fast-growing cities in developing countries.
Finding ways to keep such cities functional — and in particular mobile — as the human growth spurt hits a crest in the next few decades is vitally important if humanity i
While the world’s wealthy countries appear to be inching toward “peak travel,” a decoupling of wealth and miles traveled, that is far from what’s going on in the world’s fast-growing cities in developing countries.
Finding ways to keep such cities functional — and in particular mobile — as the human growth spurt hits a crest in the next few decades is vitally important if humanity i
Rio de Janeiro will launch next month the first leg of a 24-hour rapid bus system that it hopes will cut both traffic and carbon emissions in the congested Brazilian city in time for the Olympic games it will host in 2016.
Rio de Janeiro will launch next month the first leg of a 24-hour rapid bus system that it hopes will cut both traffic and carbon emissions in the congested Brazilian city in time for the Olympic games it will host in 2016.
