Description The SLOCAT Partnership Secretariat is seeking a Research Assistant who has a strong interest in gathering data and analysing global policies on transport, sustainable development, and climate change. The Research Assistant will contribute to desk research and data collection for a project tracking the progress of the transport sector in the Asia region. The …
Job Vacancy: Research Assistant – Transport Economist (Asia)
Description The SLOCAT Partnership Secretariat is expected to start a commissioned project to document the transport sector in Asia and is seeking a Research Assistant – Transport Economist who has a strong interest in analysing the economic impacts of policies on the transport sector. The Research Assistant – Transport Economist will have an understanding of …
The next generation of urban transportation champions need to put transport into context
Henrik Nolmark, Director, Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) Photo by Supriya S on Unsplash We know pretty well what needs to be done, right? Reduce private car driving, promote and improve public transport, infrastructure for walking and cycling, more environment-friendly deliveries, safer and more accessible streets, and so on. We have beautiful design ideas …
SDG Business Forum Breakout Session: Business Driving Zero-Emission Freight Transport
On 23 September, SLOCAT, the TDA, and WBCSD co-hosted a session on Business Driving Zero-Emission Freight Transport, as part of the UN SDG Business Forum. Panelists included Andrea Meza Murillo, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica; Sita Holtslag, Senior Advisor Sustainable Mobility, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Transport Decarbonisation Alliance); Sophie Punte, Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre, …
Moving forward with sustainable mobility in the post-COVID world
Sheila Watson, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation Photo by Edward Howell on Unsplash Writing a blog for the commute is an interesting challenge during a global pandemic, when the concept of the commute has undergone such massive change. For myself, getting to work used to involve a walk, a bus, a train and then another walk, …
COVID-19 and Transport: An exchange between two generations of Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPv1uPVMif0&feature=youtu.beTwo generations of SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport come together to discuss the ongoing challenges and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on transport and mobility. Each Young Leader zooms in on the solutions to the crisis on which they are working, and their expectations for the future of mobility after the pandemic subsides. Sit …
Job Vacancy: Research Assistant (Asia)
Description The SLOCAT Partnership Secretariat is seeking Research Assistants who have a strong interest in gathering data and analysing global policies on transport, sustainable development, and climate change. Research Assistants will contribute to desk research and data collection for a project tracking the progress of the transport sector in the Asia region. The Research Assistants …
Mobility in cities: Building back better for the most vulnerable
Kalpana Viswanath, Co-Founder and CEO, Safetipin For all of us working on sustainable urbanisation, development and mobility, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a challenge: How do we continue working on building viable mobility options to ensure that the goals of sustainable and equitable urbanisation are supported and furthered? By nature, cities are spaces of intermingling, …
Streets are public space; streets are political spaces
Aimee Gauthier, Chief Knowledge Officer, ITDP Photo from A. Gauthier During March and April, New York City was the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. I live in the epicentre of that epicentre, in Queens. In fact, I live a 10 minute walk from Elmhurst Hospital, one of the hardest hit hospitals, …
Post-COVID Recovery: Major challenges for public transport
Sergio Avelleda, Director of Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Photo by billow 926/Unsplash The post-pandemic period will test one of the vital elements of our great cities. Public transport systems are facing unprecedented challenges, which will put their viability at risk. The city’s existence derives from an economic, social and psychological necessity: …