Sustainable Urban Transport Project

2011 saw the release of the “Guidelines on Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan” as a working document. These Guidelines have been used as a reference document for a series of awareness raising and training events held throughout Europe. Views obtained at those European Commission funded events will be incorporated into a revised set of Guidelines. Until the 22nd of February you can also provide feedback on the working document and make suggestions for the final document on the SUMP website. Thank you in advance for your input!

Indonesia has submitted the "Sustainable Urban Transport Initiative" as a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA), seeking support for implementation. The initiative seeks to foster sustainable urban transport in Indonesian cities through the adoption of measures to stop the increasing motorization in the country and diminish existing externalities of transportation.

During the pilot phase, the programme, which is under development, will initially focus on implementing low-carbon mobility plans in the cities of Medan, Menado and Batam. In this phase, activities to be carried out at the national level include: the development of a policy framework for sustainable, low-carbon urban transport; capacity building; the development of guidelines for local planning; and the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of measures implemented.

Understanding transport demand and transport elasticities is crucial to support sustainable travel behaviour. The new GIZ-SUTP Technical Document #11 “Transport Elasticities: Impacts on Travel Behaviour” explains the key factors affecting travel demand and its responsiveness. The aim of the paper is to help understand travel demand and provide practical orientation on how travel behaviour can be improved. The document introduces the concept of transport elasticity and provides an overview of the key transport elasticities. More sustainable travel patterns can be achieved through the implementation of effective policy measures that influence the responsiveness of travel demand to various transport options.
Download the technical document free of charge here.
 

On January 18th, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg engaged in a live streamed conversation about shaping the future of urban transportation. The event was hosted by the World Bank and EMBARQ and the session was part of the 10th annual Transforming Transportation conference.
The two leaders discussed the current trends in urban transport, as well as the challenges that cities facing with respect to governance and financing of urban transport projects. Both leaders noted that sustainable transport goes beyond moving vehicles and infrastructure, and furthermore agreed that any choices city leaders make today, particularly in transportation, will lock them into urban development patterns for decades to come.
The discussion was moderated by Zanny Minton Beddoes, an editor at The Economist, and closed by WRI’s president, Dr. Andrew Steer. Senior decision makers and transport experts from around the world attended the event that was also broadcasted on live stream.
Please visit the webpage for further information on the event, or click here to watch the full video.