India Director Transport
@giz_gmbh
- sustainable urban form & accessibility, air pollution, gender, inclusion, climate change, electric mobility, green freight
I am not posting to this platform anymore for the time being.
Follow me on LinkedIn if you are interested in sustainable mobility ๐ฒ, climate compatibility โ๏ธ๐ฑ, and livable cities ๐ ๐๐
After heavy floods in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands - now Austria ๐๐
โThis is the climate crisis unravelling in one of the richest parts of the world โ which for a long time thought it would be โsafeโ. No place is โsafeโ any more.โ~
@Luisamneubauer
๐ฒ๐ฒ What a success story โก๏ธ
Compared to 2019, almost twice asโฏmany people now live near a high-quality cycle route in London ๐ฌ๐ง.
Latest
@TfL
data shows that levels of cycling increased by 40 %โผ๏ธ
Build it ๐ฒ and theyโll come๐๐
The mayor of Paris ๐ซ๐ท transformed her city into a ๐ฒbicycle city๐ฒ in incredibly short time.
It continues to impress how much Paris has changed for the better. Less dust, less noise, more quality of life
๐๐
Chapeau,
@Anne_Hidalgo
!
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@CommuteDeParis
Cities: โWe are not Amsterdam! We canโt just change, push back car dominance and create liveable cities for people!"
Paris ๐ซ๐ท: "Wait. Hold my wine ๐ท๐ฅ !"
Video by
@EmmanuelSPV
Electric cars alone won't save the climate - massive shift to walking and cycling, buses and trains required ๐๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐๐
HT
@LHInnovationHub
๐ณ๐ณ Madridโs ๐ช๐ธ green wall.
This is interesting โก๏ธ The Spanish capital is to build an exceptional 74km forest belt of half a million trees ๐ณ around the city to fight extreme heat, air pollution & climate change๐๐
Why parking is even worse than you thought.
Cities around the world are abolishing parking requirements๐๐ ฟ๏ธ.
Toronto ๐จ๐ฆ is just the latest.
But why?!๐
Parking requirements - a thread๐งต
Germanyโs 3-month experiment with super-cheap public transport reduces carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to powering about 350,000 homes for a year
"10 years ago today, people said we were crazy to pedestrianize Broadway ๐บ๐ธ. Today, it would be crazy to bring the๐cars back." ~
@JSadikKhan
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@bikenewyork
โก๏ธ BREAKING โก๏ธ
The Danish capital Copenhagen ๐ฉ๐ฐ is looking to ban ALL cars ๐ with combustion engines from the city by 2030 โผ๏ธ
On Friday, all local governing parties agreed on a resolution to pave the way.
This is how you create a city for people ๐ช
Cities: โWe are not Amsterdam! We canโt just change, push back car dominance and create liveable cities for people!"
Paris ๐ซ๐ท: "Wait. Hold my wine ๐ท๐ฅ !"
๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ
Before Vs. After of a Cycling Lane transformation in Melbourne ๐ฆ๐บ
This๐๐ is a great video that shows why paint is no infrastructure.
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@MelbourneWay
2 years ago a central Berlin ๐ฉ๐ช Shopping Street was opened to pedestrians๐ถ๐พโโ๏ธ& cyclists ๐ฒ, and closed to cars ๐
NOW results are in โก๏ธ
๐+65% โผ๏ธ visitors to the street
๐ People stay longer
๐ Increased revenues in local shops
๐ท
@Radelflieger
BREAKING โก๏ธ
Following the great success of the 9โฌ ticket last year, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช just introduced a permanent โฌ49 ticket.
The monthly subscription will allow unlimited travel on buses ๐, trams ๐ , subways ๐, and local trains ๐ across every region in the entire country.
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๐ณ Before Vs. After in Maastricht ๐ณ๐ฑ
Ask your government for leadership and you will get a more livable, green and joyful city ๐๐
๐ธ by
@schlijper
๐ณ Before Vs. After in Utrecht ๐ณ๐ฑ
Ask your government for leadership and you will get a more livable, green and joyful city ๐๐
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@CiudadesVerdes
๐ณ Before Vs. After in Maastricht ๐ณ๐ฑ
Ask your government for leadership and you will get a more livable, green and joyful city ๐๐
๐ธ by
@schlijper
๐ณBefore Vs. After in Paris ๐ซ๐ท
Ask your government for leadership and you will get a more livable, green and joyful city ๐๐
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@__Apur__paris
NEW STUDY โก๏ธ
If everybody cycled๐ฒas much as the Dutch, global carbon emissions would drop by nearly 700 million tonnes per year.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
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@modacitylife