Nasrec Station, near the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo by Aileen Carrigan – EMBARQ.
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- alternative fuel
- BRT
- Bus Rapid Transit
- carbon emissions
- Clean Fuels + Vehicles
- CNG
- compressed natural gas
- Congestion
- emissions reduction
- filter technology
- Fuel Efficiency
- fuel subsidies
- lifecycle emissions
- low-sulfur diesel
- methane
- ULSD
- Umang Jain
- World Resources Institute
Hundreds of thousands of vehicles have been court ordered to use convert to CNG in the Indian State of Gujarat. Photo by vipez.
To discourage car use and boost rickshaws, "tax policies need to change," says Akshay Mani, of the sustainable transport nonprofit EMBARQ. "People who choose to drive a car should pay higher taxes and parking fees," he says.
To discourage car use and boost rickshaws, "tax policies need to change," says Akshay Mani, of the sustainable transport nonprofit EMBARQ. "People who choose to drive a car should pay higher taxes and parking fees," he says.
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Clean hair but dirty lungs in Calcutta. (Photo by Shayan Sanyal.)
On March 30, Monica Bansal, a graduate student at Colombia University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation visited EMBARQ’s offices and presented her research on Delhi’s auto-rickshaws. These three-wheeled vehicles carry thousands of city residents each day, providing an alternative to private car trips and an important source of jobs in the region.
