A business-led project into workforce mobility has found that Sydney, Australia, needs to improve on a range of critical indicators if it wants to become a more sustainable 21st century city. The Report, released on Tuesday 29 November by Sustainable Business Australia, has found that Sydney’s mobility system performs poorly for emissions of greenhouse gases, as […]
During the Labour day celebration, the municipal authorities of Campinas roll out a new bike lane as well as major road maintenance on Baden Powell avenue in the Jardim Nova Europa area. Such a new bike lane, which crosses the road longitudinally and is 1.7 km long and 2.5 meters wide, is a two-way road […]
Today, the European Commission announced its endorsement of the Sustainable Mobility Indicators issued by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Geneva, 12 April 2016 – The set of indicators provide cities with a reliable diagnosis tool to assess their sustainable mobility performances and deliver integrated sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs). The indicator set is the […]
After a year-long project phase, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has issued recommendations for cleaner, safer and more connected mobility in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Hamburg, Geneva, Stuttgart, 29 March 2016 – The guidance, prepared in collaboration with the Department of Economy, Transport and Innovation, intends to fuel the political […]
This week, the city of Lisbon hosted a meeting that brought together the six cities working with the WBCSD in the development of the Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP2.0). The cities involved in the SMP2.0 are Bangkok, Campinas, Chengdu, Hamburg, Indore and Lisbon. The meeting started with a tour of Lisbon to experience the various aspects of the mobility system. The tour […]
In 18 February 2015, the representatives of the Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP2.0) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) met with the city of Indore, AiCTSLofficials and other stakeholders to continue their work on the future of sustainable mobility in the city. Geneva, 4 March 2015 – O Indore is one of the six cities around the world selected […]
Deployment of Right/Left turn filtering lanes suggested for Indore by WBCSD is recommended nation-wide. Translated title” Wherever you want to go, you will get Public Transport”Sub Headline: One shall get the Cycles (IBike) and rental two wheeler (IRide) to reach destinationBased on the recommendations from WBCSD report and meetings with the city, Indore city administration and city […]
During a workshop organized on January 27, experts discussed sustainable mobility solutions for the city of Campinas. The event marks the end of the Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP 2.0) in Campinas. Led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), SMP 2.0 developed a multimodal mobility roadmap for access to safe, reliable, comfortable and […]
This study describes the Sustainable Mobility 2.0 multi-stakeholder approach as carried out in Indore (India) to develop a holistic sustainable mobility plan that addresses the mobility issues prioritized by the city. Indore is one of the 6 showcase cities having collaborated with SMP2.0. This study is part of ICLEI-WBCSD joint report “Innovative city-business collaboration – Emerging good practice to enhance sustainable […]
WBCSD-SMP2.0 collaborated with 6 pilot cities Bangkok (Thailand), Campinas (Brazil), Chengdu (China), Hamburg (Germany), Indore (India) and Lisbon (Portugal) to test the validity and practicality of the original indicator set. That exercise led to some methodology refinements, enabled to propose typical data sources and possible approximations to the methodologies (part VII). It also led to […]