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  • Toolkit for Greening Asia’s Truck Fleets Launched
    posted on February 9, 2012
    8 February 2012, Manila – The Green Trucks Toolkit was developed by the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) with support from Asian Development Bank to assist trucks companies reduce fuel use and emissions from their truck fleets.
  • UN SG Ban Ki-moon includes sustainable transport in his 5 Year Action Plan
    posted on January 30, 2012
    One of the key elements of his plans is to forge consensus around a post-2015 sustainable development framework and implement it. This would include defining a new generation of sustainable development goals building on the MDGs and outline a road map for consideration by Member States.
  • Sharing information on bus transport systems is made easier thanks to new database
    posted on January 30, 2012
    The International Energy Agency has helped create a database that will act as a one-stop-shop for researchers, planners, and policymakers to source information and data on Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) systems, such as the costs of such systems in different countries, which until now has not been possible. This database, which will be launched in February 2012, is the first globally encompassing effort to map out BRT Systems around the world and will include a web portal, which is publicly available for anyone wishing to access information about BRT data. 
  • San Francisco and Medellin Win 2012 Sustainable Transport Award
    posted on January 27, 2012
    San Francisco, USA and Medellin, Colombia are being honored today as the winners of the 8th annual Sustainable Transport Award. This year’s slate of nominees is unique in that all four cities showcase a breadth of interventions that put citizens first.  Each city is also a leader in embracing social media and online technologies to reach out to those citizens, giving a better more informative and convenient service. 
  • SLoCaT European outreach meeting on Rio+20
    posted on January 20, 2012
    UIC will host on the afternoon of February 8 an outreach meeting on the SLoCaT Rio+20 initiative on sustainable transport.More information here
  • Air Quality, Climate Change and Transport in Asia: 2011 in Review
    posted on January 18, 2012
    As part of CAI-Asia's mission to promote better air quality and livable cities, CAI-Asia conducted an annual review of main events relevant to air quality, climate change and transport in Asia. The review, which started on 2008 and initially focused on sustainable transport, has now evolved to include air quality and climate events. It is an opportunity to look back and understand where Asia focused in the past year and foresee emerging trends in Asia in the coming years.
  • Guest Article #0: ICAO En-Route to Sustainability
    posted on January 18, 2012
    Although air transport currently represents only 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions, traffic is expected to increase at an annual average rate of 4.5% over the next 20 years, which will put tremendous pressure on the sector to find ways to maintain and ultimately reduce its impact on climate change.
  • EIB Grants Credit Line to Caribbean Development Bank for Climate Action Projects
    posted on January 18, 2012
    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a 50 million Euro line of credit to the Caribbean Development Bank to cover up to half of the total aggregate costs of borrowing member country projects related to climate change mitigation or adaptation.
  • TheCityFix Picks, January 13: Protesting Fare Hikes, Transit App Development, London Bus Redesign
    posted on January 14, 2012
    New prototypes of the redesigned iconic, routemaster London bus were recently unveiled. Photo by Iwan Baan.

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