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Air Quality & Sustainable Urban Transport in Kathmandu Valley:
Challenges & Opportunities
Bhushan Tuladhar
26 July 2012
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Kathmandu’s Air Pollution (PM10)
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MOEST, 2005: 1600 premature deaths per year due to KTM’s PM10
Source: CEN, ENPHO, 2003
Emission Inventory in Kathmandu
Vehicle Emission38%
Re-suspensed dust25%
Brick kilns11%
Domestic3%
Refuse Burning1%
Agriculture18% Other
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Other industries3%
Source: Gautam, 2006
Over the past 8 years, the number of brick kilns in KTM Valley have not increased by the number of vehicles have more than doubled
MOEST drafted Air Quality Management Plan for Kathmandu in 1996 but have not yet implemented it.
Challenges in Kathmandu: Rapid & Unplanned Growth
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• Nepal’s urbanization rate is the highest in South Asia• Kathmandu Valley – fastest growing metropolitan region in South Asia
• Rapid growth of private vehicles
Source: JICA, 2012
Changes in Travel Mode over 20 years
Source: JICA, 2012
In spite of the large increase in motor cycle users, most people still walk, and 27% use public transportation
Kathmandu then…
There have been warnings
• 1969: Physical Development Plan for KTM Valley
“Kathmandu is growing fast. In the absence of any coordinated plan for its development, the city is sprawling in a haphazard way creating problems in transportation, water supply, drainage and so forth.”
-B.B. Pradhan, Secretary, Ministry of Public Works, Transportation & Communications
“The objectives were: …To develop an efficient transportation system for the Valley…” [1 of 8 objectives]
- Krishna Raj Pandey, Chief Engineer
• Program for Roads and vehicular transport includes:
o“Vehicular traffic in city core areas of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhadgaon must be prohibited”
o“Consolidate existing bus lines in the valley”
Himal, 1987
CSE, 1992
Four lane road without foot path in Kuleshwor
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Many Rich cities depend on public transportation and NMT
• Zurich is Europe’s richest city. Yet 60% of its population takes public transport every day and 20% walk or bicycle.
• 90 % of people in Manhatten, one of the richest cities in the world do not own a car
• Denmark is one of the richest countries in the world. Yet nearly 40 % of Copenhagen’s Population use bicycles daily
Need to focus on people-centric not vehicle-centric transport
Opportunities for SUT in Kathmandu
• Relatively small city – walkable, cyclable
• Public transportation operated by private sector can be improved
• Car ownership is still low – 0.085 car/household
• Clean vehicles such as electric vehicles
• Opportunity to learn from others
• New infrastructure projects in the pipeline
o Ring Road expansion
o Expansion of Maitighar-Teenkune-Bhaktapur
• Possible to incorporate BRT, cycle lanes and footpath
• Support from partners – KSUT, JICA…
Our Vision for Ring Road?