1. World population in cities
Decarbonization of urban transport
Guido Bruggeman
Current
2050
50%
70%
World population in cities
95% of the urban expansion will take place in developing countries
Developing countries lack good governance to deal with it
1.3
2.5
Number of cars (billion)
THE BIG PICTURE
Urbanization - Motorization - Climate change - Pollution

2. In cities….. Global energy consumption Global CO₂ emissions
70%
Global energy
consumption
75%
Global CO₂
emissions
Share of transport
in emissions
30%
Cities account for 80% of economic output
Earth’s land
occupation 3%

3. The vehicles and fuel we use Travel by environmental friendly modes
DECARBONISATION AND URBAN MOBILITY
The way we
move around
in our cities
The way we
plan our cities
The vehicles and fuel we use
PLAN
SHIFT
IMPROVE A B C
Transit
Oriented
Development
Travel by environmental friendly modes
Cleaner
vehicles
and fuel 3

4. MOBILITY Land-use The carbon footprint
starts with land-use and urban planning
Land-use
MOBILITY
Transport System
Low-carbon cities grow compact and rely on mass transit 4

5. URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT CARBON EMISSIONS
Atlanta and Barcelona have similar populations but very different carbon output
Atlanta
Barcelona 5

6. GASOLINE CONSUMPTION AND URBAN DENSITY6

7. URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Good urban planning can reduce the carbon footprint by:
Integration of urban planning, land use and transport planning
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) along public transport corridors
Building compact cities and combatting urban sprawl
Keeping strict control over land-use
Curb on shopping-malls unless served by good public transport
Traffic Impact Studies  obligatory for project developments
Cities should be in better control of the urban development of their cities 7

8. PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT MODES
SHIFT
PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT MODES
CITIES
Adopting a sustainable transport action plan for promotion of walking, cycling , public transport, school transport (and stick to it)
Allocating serious budget for improvement of sustainable transport 
Setting targets and keeping the city administration accountable for it
Impose much better internal coordination, organisation and coherent policies
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Amendments to legislation in all aspects in order to support sustainable transport modes
Financial support to cities through a Sustainable Transport Support Fund 8

9. CLEANER VEHICLES AND FUEL
IMPROVE
CLEANER VEHICLES AND FUEL
The push towards cleaner vehicles is mainly a task for the national government.
Fiscal policies
Annual vehicle tax dependent of vehicle emissions
Lifting purchase tax and import duties on hybrid and electric vehicles
Ban of vehicles in cities that do not meet certain emission criteria
Improvement of fuel quality by legislative measures
Promotion of electric public transport through national green public transport fund (subsidies)
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