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Greening Growing Cities: Delivering Climate-Smart Mobility What Does it Mean in Practice

June 25, 2011 CIF Partnership Forum


Jamie Leather Asian Development Bank

A Crisis in Transport and Urban Development


Congestion costs 2-5% of Asian GDP Road accidents cost 2-5% of Asian GDP Local pollution - respiratory health cost Energy use ~ 30% of World energy y $ / Fuel security - US$50-150/barrel CO2 - 23% from transport sector Economic development Equitable access q Quality of Life

Impacts

Urban Expansion p
Kuala Lumpur 1989-2002
Built up area doubled - 385 to 805 sq km Population increase - 2.7 to 5 million Density decrease - 7,130 to 6,160 per sq km

1989

2001

Urban Transport Managing Uncertainty M i U i


Kolkata
Pop: 7.8 million Density 16,200 per sq. km Built up area: 480 sq. kms p q If Density decrease (3,000/sq.km) Population increase
All cities 2,790 2,300 5,270 4,345 9,470 6,630 10,010 9,250 6,955 6,785 17,980 13,720 25,360 16,495 15,380 9,350 0 2000 5,000 1990 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 6,485 5,470 North Am erica Europe

How best to provide access and/or mobility?

Sub Saharan Africa

North Africa

Latin Am erica

South/ Central Asia

Southeast Asia

E Asia

Density (persons per sq. km.)

Source: Angel 2005

Vehicle growth projections


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MotorizationI Index(V/1000P)

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PRC China

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Road to Nowhere
Beijing, 2010 j g,

Predict and Provide


The city of today

and tomorrow!

THE SOLUTIONS

A Sustainable Transport Path


Solutions for Sustainable T S t i bl Transport t

Avoid

Shift

Improve

Avoid the need to travel

Shift to more efficient transport modes

Improve fuel and vehicle technologies

Avoid the Need for Travel: Transport and L d U I T d Land Use Integration i
Understand the direct relationship between land use and the need to travel:
Improve the access to goods and service while minimizing the need to travel Village concept of high density urban planning within mega cities Linking these villages with efficient public PP P transport P

P T T P P T T T T T T

Transit Orientated Design Behavioral changes

P P P P P

Shift Travel Patterns: Public Transport NMT and Private Transport, Vehicle Use
P bli transport systems th t provide d Public t t t that id door-to-door t d solutions Safe, secure and user-friendly high quality public user friendly mass-transport Pedestrian zones and walkways Segregated cycle paths Park-and-ride car and bike parks Market instruments that charge full cost and cost of externalities to private motorized transport
vehicle registration, parking, congestion pricing (ERP) g ,p g, g p g( )

Improve Transport: Vehicle, Vehicle Engine Technology and Fuel Sources


Vehicle energy efficiency and emissions worldwide standards, advances (south-south) C Correctly implemented and rigorously enforced tl i l t d d i l f d vehicle inspection programs Achieve a substantial portion of on road on-road transport to clean and CO2 efficient fuels

Same Principles but Different Requirements


Principles p Avoid Developed p Countries Reduce travel through traffic demand management (TDM) Developing p g Countries Avoid unnecessary g generation of travel through integrated land use and traffic management Shift investment focus to NMT and public transport Ensure that future vehicles are as clean as possible and enhance e-vehicle programs

Shift

Shift from private vehicles to NMT and public transport Clean up existing vehicles and fuels

Improve

Managing Demand to Available Supply

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Transport Co-Benefits p
Pollution Improve - reduce emissions per kilometer Technology/ vehicle change Behavioral change (Fleet mng, driver training) Fuel-switch (CNG, LPG Fuel switch (CNG LPG, biofuels) Shift - reduce emissions per unit transported Passenger transport: Mode switch Usage of larger units p p Improved occupation rates Freight transport Avoid - reduce number of trips Land-use Behavioral change TDM/TOD +++ ++ +++ +++ ++ ++ +++ + ++ ++ ++ + ++ ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ + ? ? + ? CO2 Congestion

Integrated Solutions are Required

Greasing the Cogs: Where is the Biggest Impact

Key Issues for dicsussion: How to use CTF most effectively H ff i l


Transformational impact at the scale required to impact catalyze a change in mindset Measurement cross cutting (CO2 and development impacts) i t ) Enabling environment institutions, policy, finance, stakeholder participation p p Social issues pro-poor, inclusive, gender

Our Sustainable Transport Initiative will make more cities more people-friendly and advance people friendly climate change mitigation objectives.
Haruhiko Kuroda President, Asian Development Bank P id t A i D l tB k 2009 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

Thank you

Jamie Leather jleather@adb.org

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