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ReinventingWalkability

Urban Mobility India 2013Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi6 December 2013

Ritchie (Chee) Anne RonoProgram OfficerClean Air Asia Center

Parthaa BosuDirectorClean Air Asia India Office

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Would this have been possible ten years ago?

Source: The Straits Times, 28 November 2013

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cities which has more than 75% of trips by bus, metro, cycles and walking

cities which have 50 to 75% of trips by bus, metro, cycle and walking.

cities with 50% of trips by private modes such as two wheelers, cars, taxis etc.http://transport-solutions.blogspot.com/2010/07/trip-mode-share-in-asia-what-does.html

Source: Clean Air Asia, 2011

Declining walking, cycling, public transport

Source: Karl Fjellstrom, ITDP

Transport projects tend to forget the users

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Source: Karl Fjellstrom, ITDP

Transport projects tend to forget the users

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NMT users get minimum road space butmaximum deaths on road?

• Over a third of road trafficdeaths in low- and middle-income countries are amongpedestrians and cyclists.

• Road traffic injuries are the leadingcause of death among youngpeople, aged between 15 and 44.

• 60% of road fatalities in Indiancities are pedestrians

Source: World Health Organization, 2013. Global StatusReport on Road Safety

Source: Urban Mobility India, 2013. Presented byGeetam Tiwari, IIT Delhi.

Supported by:

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Walkability App

Clean Air Asia launched a free, smart phoneapp that gives pedestrians the power toassess their walking paths

Clean Air Asia launched a free, smart phoneapp that gives pedestrians the power toassess their walking paths

Published in the Times of India (Page 5) last 25 October 2012.

• 5 Continents• 23 Countries• 73 cities

• 5 Continents• 23 Countries• 73 cities

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Many possibilities …

Walkability App

Dialogues withkey stakeholders

and partners,NMT Advocacy

Forum onAugust 2012.

Bike LoanProgram for CityHall employees

Pasig CityOrdinance No.

13 Series of2011 (BikeOrdinance)

Scaling up NMT Projects: Pasig City

Car Free Sundays are implemented along F. Ortigas Ave(Ortigas Center) and Caruncho Ave. (Pasig City Hall)

Address public demand for urban space

Promote healthy and environmentally-sound mobility

Bike-sharing Demonstration Projectfor City Hall employees starting October 2013

Launch of the Pasig City Carless Sundays last June 2012

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Source: Clean Air Asia, 2012

Demo project on bike-sharing

Project Partners:

• 10 docking stations• 10 bikes• 150 access cards

Launch of the Pasig City Bike-Sharing last October 2013

Pipeline Project: Ortigas Greenways

Enhancing walkability in the Ortigas Business District in Pasig

Reclaim under-utilized roads andconvert to public urban space

#CARManila

•37th tagging event•Pilot event of the succeeding Clean Air Ridein Asia cities

•Photos about Climate change awarenessare uploaded on Instagram, with hashtag#CARManila

•Best Photos will be awarded in the 3rd

Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit,27-28 Feb 2014, Meralco Compound

300 ++ participantsWhen: 29 Nov 2013Where: FronteraVerde, OrtigasCenter, MeralcoCompound,Pasig City

Climate Change &Clean Air Awareness campaign

Bikeability index developed for project

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BRT Corridor

Priority Needs (2):• Dedicated cycle tracks• Sign board and markings• Lighting

Priority Needs (1):• Safe parking• Priority access at signals• Service shops

Scaling up NMT Projects: Delhi, India

Visit www.walkabilityasia.org

Outreach Channels:

• Dedicated websiteon NMT• Quarterlynewsletter: NMTTimes• Linking expertsand policy makers,e.g. Gehl Architectswith Governmentof Nepal andPhilippines

“improving walkability entails improvement not onlyin the physical infrastructure but equally in the

minds of people”- Clean Air Asia

China . India . Indonesia . Nepal . Pakistan . Philippines . Sri Lanka . Vietnam

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Members

• Shell• Asia Clean Fuels

Association• Corning

245 Clean Air AsiaPartnership Members

• Cities• Environment ministries and

government agencies• Development agencies and foundations• Non-government organizations• Academic and research institutions• Private sector companies and

associations

Donors in 2012 to 2013Asian Development Bank Cities Development Initiative for Asia ClimateWorksFoundation DHL/IKEA/UPS Energy Foundation Fredskorpset Norway Fu TakIam Foundation German International Cooperation (GIZ) Institute for GlobalEnvironmental Strategies (IGES) Institute for Transport Policy Studies Institutefor Transportation and Development Policy International Union for Conservation ofNature L'Agence Française de Développement (AFD) MAHA Pilipinas Shell Rockefeller Brothers Fund Shakti Foundation Shell Foundation United NationsEnvironment Program Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (UNEP PCFV) USAIDCEnergy Veolia World Bank

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Publication Launch :December 7, 2013 l Delhi