UNCRD
March 2010
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Asian cities are at a crossroads. Along the current path, growing numbers of cars and motorcycles will overwhelm streets and neighbourhoods. Pollution, congestion, and accidents will become Asia’s defining features. The cities will be less a place for human interaction than for storing and operating metal machines. Yet, there is another path. Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) offers an alternative to uncontrolled motorisation and its related problems. Instead, a complementary package of public transport, quality footpaths and cycleways, vehicle restriction measures, clean fuels, safety programmes, and high standards will create a new paradigm for urban mobility and access.
Many cities in the region, such as Seoul and Singapore, have already adapted many of these elements as part of a comprehensive policy towards a more human urban environment. This EST Sourcebook sets forth the elements of a complete EST strategy for Asian cities.
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