Transport Events at COP14 / Poznan - Poland
At the Conference of the Parties (COP) 14 held in Poznan, Poland, a series of transport-related side-events took place. The objective of these side-events was to discuss and assess ways on including transport in the climate debate. More information on these side-events and involved institutions is...
GIZ delivers 2-day and 6-day training courses on Mass Transit in Indore (India)
GIZ SUTP has delivered training courses on Mass Transit in Indore (India) from June 26 to July 1, as part of the SUMA* project. The training courses were held in cooperation with WRI-Embarq and ITDP, and main trainers were Darío Hidalgo (WRI), Shreya Gadepalli (ITDP), Carlosfelipe Pardo (GIZ). ...
Overview of City-based Climate Change Action Plans in Asia
(Source: CAI-Asia Listserv dt. 30.05.2008) Dear all, We sent a request through this Listserv last May 5, 2008 for information on city-based climate change mitigation/adaptation action plans. We would like to thank those who have contributed information. Based on the responses and...
Two-day and six day training courses Mass Transit training held by GIZ SUTP under SUMA-Project
GIZ, CAI-Asia, Energy Foundation China and Shandong University jointly organised a 2-day training course on Mass Transit and BRT Planning in Jinan, China from April 24-25, 2008. The event was hosted by Shandong University of Jinan and was a part of the SUMA project developed together with CAI-Asia...
Specialised Training course on NMT Planning held in New Delhi under SUMA
As a part of the SUMA training activities, GIZ-SUTP conducted a training course on Non-motorised Planning from 10th -16th April 2008 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. The course was targeted towards a group of pre-selected future trainers as a part of the “Training-of-Trainers”...
TDM training course held in Singapore
27 March 2008 Following the 3rd Regional EST Forum held in Singapore during March 17-19 2008, GIZ, CAI-Asia and LTA Academy (supported by UNCRD, and as part of the SUMA project) jointly organized a 2-day training course on Travel Demand Management (TDM) and related measures in Singapore on 19-20...
Priorities in Urban Transport Investment
Priorities in Urban Transport Investment Many developing cities are seeing new construction of flyovers or road expansions. The justification given to build these infrastructures is that they reduce travel time to a great extent. This edition of the Sustainable Urban Transport...
Outputs and Activities
SUMA will deliver studies, a policy action plan, training, conferences, pilot projects, news digests, and a contact directory on sustainable urban transportation. Its special focus areas include social impacts of transportation, bus rapid transit, non-motorized transportation, electric bicycles,...
How can Sustainable Urban Transport contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions
How can Sustainable Urban Transport contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions * this article is based on the recent module by GIZ titled "Transport and Climate Change" Photo by Manfred Breithaupt in Hanoi, 2006 ...
GIZ-SUTP conducted “Train-the-Trainer” initial course in Beijing, China
GIZ-SUTP, partner of the Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) project, successfully concluded its initial course of the “Train-the-Trainer” program which was an initiative of the the SUMA project in partnership with CAI-Asia and other organizations. The participants, “Future Trainers”,...