What:
World Car Free Day will be an opportunity to find another way for just one day to get around town, leave the car at home and walk, take a bus, train or cycle around town. All this is to help highlight the pollution caused by cars, not just the fumes but the whole cycle of waste and disruption, the noise, delayed journeys, the whole human misery caused by traffic congestion and car pollution. Almost 40% of the transport sector's CO2 emissions are produced by the use of private cars in cities.
For more info:
http://www.22september.org
What:
Challenge Bibendum Rio de Janeiro 2010: a unique opportunity to rally together towards a renaissance of road transport after the downturn. The aim of this 10th Challenge Bibendum is to demonstrate even more forcibly than in previous editions that solutions do exist to reconcile road mobility with human and environmental concerns, and ensure that in the decades ahead its development will be harmonious.
The industry is emerging from the downturn. As it restructures and finds new focus it is an ideal opportunity to make new strategies and roadmaps a reality. Acting as a forum Challenge Bibendum sets out to address the following road transport issues:
- energy supply
- greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
- road safety
- urban air quality and noise pollution
- traffic congestion.
For more info:
http://www.challengebibendum.com/en/Challenge-Bibendum/Rio-20102
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.
