As a continuation of traffic restricting measures introduced during the Olympic Games in 2008, the municipal government of Beijing strictly banned heavy polluting vehicles from driving inside of the capital’s 5th ring road. The heavy-polluting…
Since 2010, the Sustainable Transport team on behalf of the German government cooperates with Chinese institutions to support their quest for the sustainable, low carbon development of the transport sector. We now work in…
Sustainable urban transport (SUT) systems are urgently needed in developing and emerging economies world-wide. Fast rates of motorisation, especially increases in private car ownership and travel have already turned congestion, air pollution and noise into…
Quantification of transport related emissions is one of the key requirements in the effort to control GHG-emissions and pollutants in any form. The report GHG Reporting and Inventorying in Germany – Assessing transport related emissions …
China, one of the most rapidly growing countries in the world, is experiencing rapid and substantial growth in economic and motorized mobility. Transport related energy consumption and pollution problems are poised to soar further. In…
Until the late 1990s, the share of cycling in German cities decreased to – on average – less than 10 percent. However, a couple of cities – like e.g. Münster in western Germany – have…
China has experienced a substantial increase in the number of motor vehicles over the past two decades, and this trend is forecasted to continue. This rapid increase is severely alleviating the energy and material resources…
How to finance Sustainable Urban Transport was the main question during the 3-days workshop Prospects for National-Level Programmes and Funds for Sustainable Urban Transport in China. From 1st to 3rd of November 2012 GIZ, EMBARQ …
On October 23rd, the Sino-German Project on Transport Demand Management (TDM) in Beijing released the study “Balancing Transport Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Cities – A Review of Practices in Germany”. It was conducted by the…
Conventional transport planning solutions often have effects contradicting transport system efficiency and emission reduction targets. Innovative and effective transport demand management solutions, however, help to achieve multiple planning objectives. Based on the existing knowledge in…