Green Mobility

• Road congestion
• Urban sprawl
• Air pollution –
– Green House Gases & Transportation
– Source - Transportation
– Contribution - around 24%
 Green House Gases Emission

Contributed by - People living in Urban cities - 75% of CO2 emissions are

from urban cities
 Solution?
• Reducing the emissions – Need of the hour
• Solution? – Green Mobility
• Green mobility is the main key sector for
green economic growth.
 Questions raised
• How can we become more efficient at identifying
and implementing green mobility solutions?

• How can green mobility contribute to the

achievement of sustainable development?

• How can green mobility affect urban planning?

 Green Mobility
Green mobility is
– sustainable transportation that allows the basic
access needs of individuals and societies to be met
safely and in a manner consistent with human and eco-
system health, and with equity within and between
generations.
– Green mobility - sustainable transportation - means
activities that support the long-term livelihood of
our society.
Green Mobility should
– Be affordable
– operating efficiently
– offering choice of transport mode
– supporting a vibrant economy
– limits emissions and waste within the planet’s ability to
absorb them
– minimizes consumption of non-renewable resources
– limits consumption of renewable resources to the
sustainable yield level
– reuses and recycles its components
– minimizes the use of land and the production of noise
Modes of Green Transportation
Electric Vehicles
• Alternate for IC engines
• Benefits include
– Environmental benefits – lower CO2 emission
– Performance benefits
• Less maintenance
• Quiet and Smooth operation
• Strong acceleration
• Major challenges - infrastructure for battery charging
Pedestrians

• One should prefer to walk to the school, to work and

to grocery shopping etc.
• Walking involves zero emission of any greenhouse
gas
• It’s free and a good form of exercise for the body”
Bicycles
• Another great mode of green transportation.
• Faster than walking
• low cost
• a healthy exercise
• Buying and maintenance cost is only fraction of
that required for car
 Public Transport System
• Cities have good infrastructure for public transport
system
• Affordable and easily accessible mode
• Useful for students and senior citizens who can get
attractive discount
 Benefits of Green Mobility
 Less Polluted Environment
 Improved Health
 More Sustainable Economic Development
 Public and Green Vehicles transportation
creates more job opportunities
 Reduces socio-economic inequalities
 Money Savings
 less fuel consumption – increase in
savings
 • Copenhagen – Capital of
Denmark - World’s Best City
for Cyclists
• 50% of population uses bike
to go for work or education.
Objectives of Case Study:
– Promoting energy efficiency by advancing sustainable transport in
urban areas
– Being affordable, operating efficiently, and offering a choice of
transport modes
– Maintaining the integrity of ecosystems and minimizing land use
and noise
– Reducing noise, air pollution, and CO2 emissions
– Creating a “greener” image for the city
 Key efforts for the case study

• The plans for transport are

 the city of cyclists
 improved public transport
 traffic calming and parking restrictions
 environmental efforts like low emission
zones, possible congestion charging and
environmentally friendly vehicles
 Solutions in detail
Solution 1: The City of Cyclists
• Overall goal – world’s best city for cyclists
• Framework – measures in cycling
• Efforts started since 2007
• Contributed to reduce 50% of CO2 emissions by
2025
• Initiatives taken to achieve:
– Pedestrian / cycle bridges constructed over water ways
and major road.
 Solutions in detail
Solution 2: Improved Public Transport
• Local S-trains - hybrid urban-suburban rail serving a
metropolitan region
• Increasing Metro, and the high-frequency A-bus
network
• A city ring for the Metro is under construction and is
expected to open in end of 2019
 Solutions in detail
Solution 3: Environmental Efforts
• Making them more bicycle-friendly
• More liveable city –
– reduced carbon emissions
– air pollution in the city
– the shift from cars to bicycles - saves time and money
– total cost of air pollution, accidents, traffic congestion,
noise and wear and tear on infrastructure when travelling
by bicycle and car, society actually benefits by € 0.16 for
every extra kilometer travelled by bicycle instead of by
car
 Solution Implementations
Create a network of bicycle lanes
– Reduces traveling time
– Increased safety
– Convenience
– Time saving
– Saves 90,000 tons of CO2 emission annually
– The city is looking to increase that number to 50% by
building more bike lanes, widening existing lanes,
creating biking-only bridges over the city’s waterways,
providing more space for parking bikes, and improving
safety along existing bike routes
 Cycling - Important Mode of
Sustainable Mobility
• Reduction in Traffic Congestion
• Time and Money Saving
• Quality of Life
• Small Local businesses and New Local Jobs
 Strategies Worked Out
• Pedestrian Strategy encourages more people to
walk more
– contribute to a living city, and a good urban
environment

• Cycle Strategy ensures – Copenhagen - the

world’s best cycle city
• Ensure safe, faster and secure life
 Future Recommendations
• Creation of a
continuous cycle
system directly
through a wide
cycle track
should be
installed
 Future Recommendations
• Design paths to allow safe bike crossings
 Future Recommendations
• Separate Cycle Path - design cycle lanes all over
the street.
 Future Recommendations
• Creation of a high-speed cycle route.
 Future Recommendations
• Solar Bike Lane, promote the establishment of solar
roads, as the solar power from the road will be used
for practical applications in street lighting, traffic
systems, and electric cars
 Future Recommendations
• Route Guidelines: The design should create
awareness using messages to indicate the presence
of both pedestrians and cyclists.
• Road Lighting should be applied to cycle tracks.
• Bicycle Parking; parking facilities should be located,
such as solar parking lots where electric hybrid
bicycles can be recharged from sunlight-powered
panels.
• Solar e-bike; solar panels in the areas of the wheels.
The panels absorb solar energy and charge the
battery. The motor can push the bike at 25 to 50
kph.
 Green Mobility In INDIA
Need to Address much required mobility needs of
cities
– infrastructure for Bus based transport – depots,
maintenance facilities, ITS etc
– bring in private entrepreneurial spirit in operations
– promote Non motorized Transport (NMT), Last mile
connectivity
– promote alternate fuels, Electric Mobility for better
environment
– focus on Urban Freight
– address high fatalities of pedestrians
Therefore, need a separate sustainable urban
mobility scheme having pan city coverage with
emphasis on improving access of citizens
Coverage & Funds Required
City Selection Process
Expected Outcomes