Comments Submitted on behalf of the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) based on inputs by the Deutsche GesellschaftfürInternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).
The comments of the SLoCaT Partnership on financing should be read in conjunction with SLoCaT’s view on the role of sustainable transport in: (a) the adaptat
SLoCaT members at the 2014 Annual Meeting agreed unanimously that the time has come to formalize the status of the organization SLoCaT was initially set up as a time limited partnership, which was to dissolve in December 2012 unle
Human society has a lot riding on the transport sector. Safe, efficient, and sustainable transport not only has the potential to enhance or degrade the public spaces, health, and economic dynamism of where the majority of humanity lives – in cities – it also has a significant impact on our planet.
A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland, and progress on the post 2015 sustainable development agenda and their significance for land transport
Authors: Allen H., Huizenga C., Millard K., Rahman M. S.
A recent WRI Working Paper, The Trillion Dollar Question: Tracking Public and Private Investment in Transport aims to estimate the global share of public and private capital investment in the transport sector. The study finds that the global annual figure is between US$1.4 and US$2.1 trillion each year. Private investment accounts for roughly 58% of the total and comprising the majority of spending in high-income countries.