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The Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) Authority has established a van transit system to meet transport needs in very congested areas as well as for travel between city centres and suburban areas.

The high price of parking space for automobiles combined with significant growth in traffic congestion in the downtown area led the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan to establish a bus pass programme.

Kawasaki City, Japan has applied a traffic flow simulation model to obtain an improvement in wide area traffic flows. The simulator was established to obtain an estimated figure of CO2 emissions generated by travelling vehicles and to consider the state of each vehicle.

Japan introduced the “Low Emission Vehicle Initiative” as an action-based programme based on a law passed to promote green purchasing. The initiative required all vehicles used for administrative purposes in all ministries and agencies (c.a. 7000 vehicles) to be replaced with low-emission vehicles by fiscal year 2004.

The Transport Air Quality Management Project in Mexico City, a project to ensure the environmental sustainability of the Millennium development Goals, was funded and spearheaded by the World Bank. The principal objective of the project was to support a comprehensive program to reduce air pollution in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. Other objectives included improving fuel quality and restraining car […]

The City of Calgary is known worldwide as a pioneer in the use of renewable energy in mass transit. The C-train is Calgary’s light rail transit system, one that once was powered by coal and natural gas, but that now runs on electricity.

Travel Blending® involves in-depth analysis of people’s travel behaviour followed by detailed suggestions on how behaviour could be modified, with follow up monitoring and feedback.

Travel Blending® involves in-depth analysis of people’s travel behaviour followed by detailed suggestions on how behaviour could be modified, with follow up monitoring and feedback.

Sapporo city centre in Hokkaido, Japan has been facing traffic congestion problems, largely due to traffic coming from the suburbs. The Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau tried various travel demand management measures but could not reduce traffic substantially

Whereas some cities with car-free programs have gone to the extreme of banning cars on a particular day or observing a day with a token campaign, Seoul’s version of this program – called the Weekly No Driving Day Programme – has incorporated incentive measures.