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16 th SDPI Sustainable Development Conference Climate Change, Transport and Negative Feedback Dinesh Mohan INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI POLITICS OF CO2 India rich India middle class 2050 India poor Poor have to increase energy


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Climate Change, Transport and Negative Feedback

Dinesh Mohan

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI

16th SDPI Sustainable Development Conference

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India poor India middle class India rich

Rich and middle class must reduce energy consumption Poor have to increase energy consumption 2050

20 January 2014

POLITICS OF CO2

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0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 2010 BAU Lower Carbon Driving Active Travel Combination

CO2 emissions: tonnes per person

Transport and CO2 – Delhi 2030

(In collaboration with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Woodcock etc al, Lancet

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We can best improve global health by making sure that walking, bicycling and use of public transport are the dominant modes of travel for people in urban areas. This will only be possible if we strive to make

  • ur towns and cities safe and pleasant environments and that people

perceive walking and cycling and their urban environment more generally to be safe…………………..…………………(Roberts, I. 2012, UK) There is an urgent need for the linking-up of transport planning and urban design, public health and transport safety, well-being and the built environment…(Risom, J. 2012, Denmark) At the design level, design of road infrastructure (road cross section, carriageway width, intersection design), facilities for pedestrians, bicycles and public transport users influence the behaviour of road users……………………………………………………….(Tiwari, G. 2012, India)

Evidence from 4 continents

Jeff Risom

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Evidence from India, South Africa, South America, North America and Europe indicates that both children and adults are concerned about traffic safety and crime on the streets and in public transport facilities. This influences their decision whether to walk, bicycle or use public transport…………………………..........................…(Appleyard, B. 2012, USA) Integrated urban planning is needed to better address crime and violence, and to create communities that support active transportation and therefore reduce driving and climate change….(Cohen, L. 2012, USA)

Evidence from 4 continents

From that viewpoint, pedestrian flow spaces should be designed first according to human environmental needs such as safety perception; later, vehicles should be incorporated, as well as other means of transportation, but subordinated to the environmental experience of pedestrians……………………………………………...(Vargas, M. 2012, Chile)

Dunu Roy

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Many transportation policies aimed at motorised vehicles fail to pay attention to their impacts on poverty and social exclusion. They neglect the access and transportation demands of the more economically disadvantaged groups

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society, who rely mostly

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public transportation, walking, and cycling…….....(Villaveces, A. 2012, Colombia) it is clear from the child independent and scholar travel data that if walking is to be promoted amongst children, safer environments are

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believe that the same would not apply to encouraging adult pedestrians as well…(Behrens, R. 2012, South Africa) Studies performed in various European and North American countries clearly show that personal safety is a determinant factor in a person’s decision whether or not to use public transport…….(Cardia, C. 2012, Italy)

Evidence from 4 continents

Jeff Risom

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10 20 30 40 50 60 Time, miniutes 5 10 15 20 25 30 Time, minutes

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Time, minutes

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Time, minutes

Walking to station/veh Walking in station - in Waiting at station Journey in vehicle Walking in station - out Walking to destination Congestion (car) One change

CAR CAR CAR CAR BICYCLE BICYCLE WALK

3 KM 6 KM 12 KM 24 KM

DOOR TO DOOR TRIP TIMES

ELEVATED/ UNDERGRND PT ELEVATED UNDERGRND PT ELEVATED UNDERGRND/ PT SURFACE PT SURFACE PT SURFACE PT SURFACE PT ELEVATED UNDERGRND PT

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Life cycle emissions – rail modes

Source: Mikhail Chester and Arpad Horvath 2008 Environmental Life-cycle Assessment of Passenger Transportation: A Detailed Methodology for Energy, Greenhouse Gas, and Criteria Pollutant Inventories of Automobiles, Buses, Light Rail, Heavy Rail and Air. WORKING PAPER, UCB-ITS-VWP-2008-2, University of California, Berkeley.

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Life cycle emissions – road modes

Source: Mikhail Chester and Arpad Horvath 2008 Environmental Life-cycle Assessment of Passenger Transportation: A Detailed Methodology for Energy, Greenhouse Gas, and Criteria Pollutant Inventories of Automobiles, Buses, Light Rail, Heavy Rail and Air. WORKING PAPER, UCB-ITS-VWP-2008-2, University of California, Berkeley.

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19.7 22.0 10.3 9.7 22.9 104.1 118.2 101.0

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0

Metro rail (Phase 2) Metro rail (Phase 1) Diesel bus (BRT) CNG Bus (BRT) TW Petrol car Diesel car CNG car

CO2 emissions (g/PKM)

LIFE CYCLE COSTS

Source: TERI, 2013

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 Surface transport less energy consumimng  Underground or elevated transit does not reduce congestion, provides extra supply > CO2  CO2 ≈ road area + distance of travel

CO2 and roads

20th CENTURY SOLUTIONS: One way streets? Road widening & expansion? Flyovers, elevated/underground corridors? Metro/LRT/Monorail/Skybus - providing corridor capacity to serve link demand Underground trains seen as a major solution during cold war as nuclear shelters

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Solutions contractor driven Not people driven

“One-way streets reflect the dominance of the car and the failed go-faster policies of the traffic engineers. As we begin to realise that walking and cycling should be the dominant forms of transport, the one-way street should be consigned to the dustbin of history.”

Peter Murray, Head of the New London Architecture Centre,

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WHO estimates for road traffic fatalities per 100,000 persons for 178 countries

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WHO (2009) Global status report on road safety: time for action, World Health Organization, Geneva.

Factor of 4

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Fatality risk in traffic crashes by city

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100 1000 10000 100000 Country per capita income, USD per year 100 200 300 400 Fatalities, persons per million population

ADD MPM MDL CGP ACC NBO DAC PVG CCU BLR BOM PNQ AMD MAA DEL IXC DKR MNL BOG BKK CLO PLZ BFN PRY CPT JNB CGK DUR GRU KUL HIW KIX TYO OSA LAX HOU WAS CHI NYC BOS DTT DEN SFO PHX HKG VIE MVC SIN BRU PAR LON MEL PER ADL SYD BNE DXB TPE SEL RUH MEX

100 1000 10000 100000 Country per capita income, USD per year 100 200 300 400 Fatalities, persons per million population

ADD MPM MDL CGP ACC NBO DAC PVG CCU BLR BOM PNQ AMD MAA DEL IXC DKR MNL BOG BKK CLO PLZ BFN PRY CPT JNB CGK DUR GRU KUL HIW KIX TYO OSA LAX HOU WAS CHI NYC BOS DTT DEN SFO PHX HKG VIE MVC SIN BRU PAR LON MEL PER ADL SYD BNE DXB TPE SEL RUH MEX

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Average RTI fatality rates per 100,000 persons for 1,972 US cities

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Years 2004-2008, population > 20,000 persons

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Location of fatal crashes on different road widths in US cities selected randomly for low and high crash rates

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Location of fatal crashes, junction or mid-block, US cities selected randomly for low and high crash rates

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Proportion of fatalities on roads with different total lanes available in Chicago (low fatality rate ) and Dallas (high fatality rate)

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Proportion of fatalities on roads with different classifications, Chicago (low fatality rate ) and Dallas (high fatality rate)

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Proportion of fatalities at junctions or midblock in Chicago (low fatality rate ) and Dallas (high fatality rate)

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Intersection density, walking, bicycling and transit use

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Source: N. Garrick

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Latest evidence

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Possibilities to reduce CO2 emissions from road traffic for urban planners seem limited: a restriction of space dedicated to traffic and a change of transport means for commuting represent leverage points.

Reckien,D., Ewald,M., Edenhofer,O., & Ludeke,M.K.B. (2007). What Parameters Influence the Spatial Variations in CO2 Emissions from Road Traffic in Berlin? Implications for Urban Planning to Reduce Anthropogenic CO2

  • Emissions. Urban Studies, 44(2), 339-355.

The results suggest that public transport users could achieve dramatic savings on their commute if the density of that network was increased considerably

Murphy,E. (2009). Excess commuting and modal choice. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 43(8), 735-743.

Current urban policy, which relies predominantly on ambitious and expensive programmes of transport infrastructure provision must be rethought in Beijing

ZHAO, P., LU, B. & LINDEN, G. J. J. (2009) The effects of transport accessibility and jobs and housing balance on commuting time: evidence from beijing. International planning studies, 14, (1) 65-83.

High speed systems will further encourage sprawl and greater energy consumption, and hence, Public Transit (PT), even if the commercial speed is rather low, is probably the only way to improve urban accessibility and urban attractiveness in a sustainable way

CROZET, Y. Economic development and the role of travel time: the key concept of accessibility, Gothenberg: Volvo Research & Educational Foundations, pp. 1-22.

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Safe roads a precondition for the future low CO2 city

 Children, elderly, walking speed ~ 0.8 m/s  Pedestrian green phase < 30 s  Therefore, motorised lanes < (30 X 0.8) = < 24 m  Shops and/or street vendors by design  City blocks ~ 800 m square  Maintain urban average speeds at 15 km/h  Public transit on surface

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Fatality rate not solely determined by road & vehicle design, enforcement, income levels or city size RTI fatality rates can vary by a factor of 3-5 among cities of similar size and income City street structure and urban form - significant effect on RTI fatality rates Cities with a higher proportion of wide streets and low density road networks appear to have a much higher RTI fatality rate Urban safety a necessary condition for control of global warming

Safe roads a precondition for the future low CO2 city