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Sustainable Cities. Why Cities?. 75% global CO2 emissions attributable to cities. Why Cities?. Toronto: Whitby. Sprawling distant suburb. H. 13.0 tCO2e per capita. VandeWeghe , Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy , 11: 2, 2007. Toronto: Etobicoke. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SustainableCities
Why Cities?
75% global CO2 emissionsattributable to cities
Why Cities?
Toronto: Whitby
H
13.0tCO2e per capita
Sprawling distant suburb
VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
Toronto: Etobicoke
6.6tCO2e per capita
Single-family homes near downtown
VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
Toronto: East York
H
1.3tCO2e per capita
Dense inner-city neighbor-hood
VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
Source: National Geographic
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Sprawled
Annual road fatalities per 100,000 people
Compact
Compact cities tend to be safer
Sprawl IndexSmart Growth America
WRI and Sustainable Cities
China India Brazil
Energy Transport Water
Blueprinting Demonstration projects Scaling up success
Estimated impacts
Traffic speeds down 34%Biking up 50%Walking up 40%Transit use up 60%Green space up 30%
Aguascalientes
New Land Use Paradigm
Influence
Partnered with INFONAVIT to establish new national model
Redesigned 40,000-person neighborhood plan – safer, more livable, eco-friendly
Land use is the most important factor affecting every aspect of urban mobility and energy use.
TRANSOESTE (BRAZIL)
Rio’s 1st BRTOur Role
Value assurance Operation simulation Road safety audits Project framing Marketing advice
The Impact1.2M daily passengers on entire 4-line systemHigh quality, safeModel for Brazil
PROTRAM
Transformed Transport Financing
PROTRAM
Transformed Transport Financing
Helped establish PROTRAMFinancing criteriaStreamlined processGuided cities
42 city projects evaluated7 financed4 entered construction
1 completed – so far
KPIs
Cumulative Results – 2.1 billion passengers served
– $1.8+ billion leveraged
– 626 million hours saved (39% per trip)
– 1.2 million tons of CO2 reduced
– Research underway:
• Fatalities avoided
• PM reduced
