Reports
Sustainable Transport’s role in Tackling Poverty and Inequity
2016
Author(s): SLOCAT Partnership
Sustainable transport is an important enabler of poverty alleviation and reducing inequality if done right. The i-STEP program was initiated to safeguard that growing support for sustainable transport in global processes and sustainable development. It fully acknowledges the importance of urban and rural transport in the alleviation of poverty, as well as the promotion of inclusive development and equality.
Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) Transport Initiatives
2017
Author(s): SLOCAT Partnership
This report gives an overview of 21 voluntary multi-stakeholder initiatives on sustainable, low carbon transport, the manner in which they measure progress and their alignment with the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change adopted in December 2015 provides the transport sector with a clear sense of ambition and direction to a "net zero-emission" economy.
This report assesses the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima, Peru in December 2014, as viewed through the lens of sustainable transport.
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) are poised to play an integral role in the negotiations leading up to COP21. INDCs are intended to communicate country targets and strategies to reduce carbon emissions particularly in transport sector.
Since the first HLPF (High-level Political Forum in 2016, the SLoCaT continued to track the references to transport in the 47 VNRs submitted to HLPF in 2018.
The Future of Mobility is at Our Doorstep
2019
Author(s): McKinsey Center for Future Mobility
With many important achievements across the disruptive dimensions of mobility such as autonomous driving, connectivity, electrification, and shared mobility (ACES), automotive industry is going for large scale disruption.
Procurement Mechanisms to Scale up Adoption of Electric buses in India
2019
Author(s): Gadepalli R, Cheriyan C, Kumar S, Singh J, Nandy R
This study is to evaluate the enabling mechanism to scale up adoption of electric buses (e-buses) in Indian cities to inform FAME-II guidelines and to improve capacity of bus agencies in procuring e-buses.
This report is an outcome of the discussions and recommendations proposed by the stakeholders from innovation and urban mobility, business, and academia participants at the roundtable on the Future of Urban Mobility in India.
Personal vehicles have dominated the U.S. mobility system for nearly 100 years. But we are now in the formative stages of a powerful confluence of cultural, technological, and societal forces.