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Sustainable Transport Save
Lives
Holger Dalkmann
EMBARQ, World Resources Institute
Disfuncional relationship
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3.2 million people
Source: WHO
Picture: noticiasnorte.com
2 million people
Source: WHO
Picrure: RPP Noticias
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1.3 million people
Source: WHO
Source: WHO
South-­‐East
Asia
+
Western
Pacific
=
563,341
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Sustainable transport saves lives
AVOID
long
motorized
travel
SHIFT
to
safer,
healthier
and
more
environmentally
friendly
modes
IMPROVE
vehicle
and
fuel
technology
and
ensure
safe
system
design
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Sustainable Transport Saves Lives
U.S. states
35.00
Strategy
Traffic fatalities per 100,000 people
30.00
Avoid/Shift: Reduce driving (VMT) via high-
! 25.00
quality sustainable transport
(urban roads)
R² = 0.69
20.00
! Improve: Mainstream “road safety” into
sustainable transport policy & solutions
15.00 8.4 fatalities per
million miles driven
10.00
5.00
-
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
Daily VMT per person
(urban roads)
Source:
FHWA
Highway
StaJsJcs,
2008
Regression
Analysis:
EMBARQ
New York and Atlanta
NEW
YORK
had
3.49 traffic fatalities
per 100,000
inhabitants in 2008
ATLANTA
had
10.97
fataliJes
per
100,000
inhabitants
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ROAD SAFETY & ECONOMICS
NYC case
! Traffic crashes cost
NYC's economy $ 4.29
billion annually
! The cost of pedestrian
crashes alone in NYC is
estimated at $ 1.38
billion
! People of low
socioeconomic status
and the unemployed are
at a higher risk for traffic
fatalities
Source: NYC Pedestrian safety study, 2010; Photo: H.Dalkmann
Ahmedabad Scenarios
Today 2041
Automobility Sustainable
Transport
Population
(millions) 5.4 13.2 13.2
Trips (millions/yr) 5.6 39.75 39.75
Area
(Sq.
Km.) 1330 6484 3242
Emissions
(million
Tons CO2/yr) 0.33 12.32 1.97
Traffic
Fatalities
(per
yr) 175 5,232 1,225
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URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Transit Oriented Development
! Increased transit use, walking and biking
! Residents are more physically active
! More destinations closer to transit
! Lower car use
BRT & ROAD SAFETY
Macrobús, Guadalajara
Passenger per hour per direction Crashes per year
(peak)
2 general traffic lanes 726
2 general traffic lanes 3194
1 BRT lane 5000 1 BRT lane 6
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Safety impact of BRT (example: Guadalajara)
Monthly crashes before and after the implementation of the BRT
250 5000
Before BRT During
BRT
construcKon
ALer
start
of
operaKons
4500
Citywide
200 crashes 4000
3500
150 3000
2500
100 2000
1500
50 1000
500
0 0
BRT and busway systems in the world!
! evolution of the # of cities and km per decade!
3741 km!
905 km! Before 1990 (14 cities)!
493 km! 1990´s (19 cities)!
Total length! Since 2000 (114 cities)!
!
source: BRTdata.org, October, 2012!
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9. EMBARQ
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Global research: BRT and road
safety
Vancouver
Guadalajara Delhi
Mexico City Ahmedabad
Cali Pereira
Bogota Belo Horizonte
Curitiba
Porto Alegre Brisbane
Results: Metrobus Line 4 before and after
! Road safety audit report 2011
Before (2011): Unprotected pedestrian refuge After (2012): Well protected island
island
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! EMBARQ has developed a
pilot version of Traffic Safety
Guidelines for Bus Systems
! We will road test these
guidelines with external
partners on BRT projects
around the world
! The guidelines are available
and free to use and anyone
is invited to participate in the
road test or provide
feedback
Upscaling road safety
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Role of ADB?
! Continue to commit to own Sustainable
Transport Initiative
! Champion sustainable transport as most
efficient strategy to save lives
! Ensure safety as part of all projects
(Mandatory Audit)
! Leadership amongst multilaterals
Thank you for your attention
www.embarq.org
hdalkmann@wri.org
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