New Sourcebook Module on Urban Transport and Energy Efficiency
Considering the challenges of limited oil resources, increasing energy prices, climate change, environmental pollution and health risks, it is essential to establish an efficient transport system that meets demand, but consumes as little energy as possible.
IDB Approves Loan to Modernize Public Transportation in Colombia
23 February 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$105 million loan for the city of Cali, Colombia, to complete the modernization of its public transportation system.
CODATU
Cooperation for urban mobility in the developing world (CODATU) was created in 1980 following a seminal international conference on urban transport in Dakar, Senegal. CODATU is an international non-profitmaking organization whose aim is to promote international exchanges between the various players in the transport and urban mobility sector: public authorities, companies, and urban transport research institutes and professionals.
Including Sustainable Mobility in “The Future We Want” Zero Draft Outcome Document Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Letter to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development focal points for promoting sustainable mobility as a priority area for sustainble development.
Toolkit for Greening Asia's Truck Fleets Launched
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.