EcoMobility Alliance
ICLEI and Changwon City have launched the EcoMobility Alliance, a select group of ambitious cities that have achieved excellent results in certain dimensions of sustainable mobility, and that strive to reach similar results in other EcoMobility fields.
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Documents
In this section you can find several documents related to the field of sustainable mobility. We welcome proposals of documents not yet listed.
Document type
Topic
Author
Year
Promoting Active Transport
| Type of document: | Case study |
| Author: | NPHP |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Publisher: | National Public Health Partnership |
| Description: | This report is a case study on an approach developed by NPHP to define interventions likely to be effective in promoting active transport. NPHP has identified transport as a high-priority setting to promote physical activity. "Active transport" refers to physical activity undertaken as a means of transport; it excludes physical activity undertaken for recreation. |
Car Free Development
| Type of document: | Book |
| Author: | Lloyd Wright (Gakushin Fellow) |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Publisher: | GTZ |
| Description: | Car Free Development encompasses a range of ideas that places humans before cars. This report summarizes the myriad of activities and lessons learned from cities seeking an alternative to motorized transport development. It outlines steps for developing car-free projects and presents different project design processes and strategies for promoting car-free projects. |
Making "In Town, Without My Car" Work
| Type of document: | Report |
| Author: | London DfT |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | London Department for Transport |
| Description: | This guide outlines the good practice examples set by 95 UK towns and cities that participated in a series of EcoMobility promotion events called In Town, Without My Car! A variety of examples are provided and can be replicated in cities outside the UK context. |
Alliance Chair: Changwon City
The EcoMobility Alliance is currently chaired by Changwon, Korea. Changwon is a city renowned for its environmentally-friendly developments and its innovative and high-tech NUBIJA public bike system. As Alliance Chair, the city supports the exchange of expertise among ambitious entities in the field of EcoMobility.
Featured Document
Description document
The report examines the role of transport in a green economy and makes a case for ensuring future investment in the sector is increasingly green. It highlights a strategy of avoiding or reducing trips, shifting to more environmentally-friendly modes of transport and improving the efficiency of all modes of transport. It explores the challenges and opportunities posed by shifting to a greener transport system, and examines the various options to enable investments for the development of sustainable transport. The analysis encompasses all modes of freight and passenger transport, with an emphasis on land transport, and it takes into account the varying circumstances of developed and developing countries, regional differences, and rural-urban disparities.
