CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR : Case studies and Best Practices

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CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR
Case studies and Best Practices
The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi
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Mitigation options in transport sector Case
studies
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Integration of transport and landuse planning

• Curitiba
• Master Plan, 1960 used integrated landuse and
  transport planning
• Change in urban form - radial to linear
• Road hierarchy and land control system to dictate
  the growth city
• Zoning laws and high density development
  permitted enforced along structural corridors
• Toronto
• Model for transport and land use planning
  policies
• Clear division of responsibilities between
  national government and provinces
• All responsibilities for urban transportation,
  planning and financing with provinces and
  municipalities
• All future growth along METRO corridor

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Integration of transport and landuse planning
(contd.)

• Oregon, Portland
• Adopted concept of Smart Growth as against
  horizontal sprawl
• Sweden
• Integrated land use transport planning instead
  of unplanned sprawl
• Suburban towns around public transport
  interchanges or stations.
• Offices, shopping centers residential
  developments surrounding the city core.
• Large traffic generating land uses within easy
  walking distance from public transport.
• Parking on city periphery
• City centre - core for pedestrian areas

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Increasing share of public transport

• Curitiba
• Integrated transport system
• Managed by state-owned company - monitors and
  coordinates the system, operates the bus lines,
  and maintains the infrastructure
• Three levels of service - feeder lines, express
  lines and inter-district routes
• Integrated fare system
• Bogota
• Initiative by Mayor of Bogota
• Transmilenio created to effect major change on
  public transport front
• Focus on road safety, reducing travel time,
  catering all income groups, the disabled, etc,
  improving quality of vehicles, stations,
  improving access to stations, reliability and
  affordability

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Increasing share of public transport (contd.)

• Indore
• Special purpose vehicle (SPV) created - Indore
  City Transport Services Ltd. (ICTSL)
• BRTS to popularize public transport - Pilot
  corridor functioning
• Optimum fare structure business model for
  collection of fares using Smart cards
• Bangalore
• Reforms to improve bus services
• BMTC created as an independent Corporation
• Only profit making public bus company
• Victoria
• Dedicated public transport division to plan,
  manage and monitor public transport

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Transport Demand management

• Reducing demand for private modes
• Singapore - integrated land and transport policy
• Improvements for bus transport
• Measures to restrain car use - Vehicle Quota
  System and Electronic Road Pricing , high parking
  fees
• Improvements in the performance of taxis
• Planned growth of transport system and
  infrastructure
• City level transport plans
• California - Strategic growth plan for citys
  transport infrastructure and system to meet
  Californias future mobility needs
• Auckland Ten-year plan of scoped and costed
  projects and practical actions, to guide growth
  of transport in city

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Transport Demand management (contd.)

• Traffic management
• Intelligent transport system - Hong Kong
• most extensive Traffic Control and Surveillance
  System (TCSS) network - traffic management,
  monitoring, data analysis and control activities
• Congestion charge - London
• Congestion Charge started in 2003, as a part
  comprehensive transport strategy for the city.

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Transport Demand management (contd.)

• Traffic management
• Park and ride - Oxford
• Park on the outskirts of city, and travel into
  the city by bus
• Travel Plans to reduce number and length of
  trips London
• The Mayor's Transport Strategy encourages
  employers to establish Travel Plans, to inform
  employees of the options available to them when
  travelling to and from work.  Includes
  e-governance

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What can the states do to initiate and implement
similar measures?
Integrating transport and landuse
Increasing share of public transport
Transport demand management
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