Beatriz Cardenas, Director of the Personal (Air) Exposure Unit at the Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, presents on the relationship between sustainable transportation and reducing air pollution.
Arequipa - Vehicle Ban
Reducing Air Pollution
The Municipality of Arequipa recently banned the use of shared taxicabs, known as lanchones, older than 25 years old, in an effort to reduce air pollution and modernize public transport in the historic city. The new law prompted a citywide strike among all public transport operators.
Istanbul - World Heritage Plan
Preserving History
Heavy traffic poses a serious threat to the infrastructure and cultural legacy of Istanbul’s Historic Peninsula, the old city center that holds 8,500 years of human history.
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Arequipa Launches Awareness Campaign to Reduce Pollution
New transport project will also help protect the environment
(Translated from Spanish)
A number of social groups and authorities in Arequipa have begun a campaign to improve environmental conditions in the region, which is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the most polluted cities in Central and South America.
EMBARQ Participates in Meeting on Air Pollution in Latin America and Caribbean
Sr. Transport Engineer Dario Hidalgo explains benefits of sustainable transport
EMBARQ was invited to participate in the meeting of the “Inter-Governmental Network on Air Pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean" in Panama City, Panama on March 26-27, 2009.
Arequipa Bans Outdated Public Transport Vehicles
CTSS-Andino supports mayor's decision to remove polluting cars from the road
The Municipality of Arequipa prohibited the use of vehicles more than 25 years old for public transport services last month, despite a city-wide strike in protest of the new law.
The Center for Sustainable Transport and Health Andes (CTSS-Andino) supported Mayor Simón Balbuena's decision to remove a total of 720 "highly polluting" public transport vehicles from the streets.
This policy paper urges the Mexico city government to retire, replace, and retrofit its current fleet of buses that run on heavy diesel. It also emphasizes the need for PEMEX, Mexico's public oil company, to produce diesel with a lower sulfur content.
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As demand for transportation continues to rise at unprecedented rates, the need to compare alternative transport policies and their impacts on both CO2 emissions and local air pollution is becoming more and more critical.
Bicycling
Active Transportation on Wheels
Bicycling is an ideal mode of transport for short trips in or around a city, providing environmental, social and economic benefits. For starters, bikes don't burn fossil fuels or spew out exhaust and greenhouse gases that cause global warming. They also don't generate noise pollution, a major health problem in cities throughout the world.
