“Every city can improve its quality of life.”

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Brazilian architect and urban planner Jaime Lerner, the famous father of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, talks about its global success and how a functioning city is more than the sum of its transportation routes.

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Climate Protection by Law

In 2008, California passed Senate Bill 375, which restricts the use of vehicles and stipulates annual values for reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, 38 percent of which are caused by motor vehicles. The bill allows each local government to develop its own strategy for achieving the law’s objectives. Municipalities can do this, for example, by expanding public transportation, promoting the use of bicycles, introducing new taxes or road tolls, or restricting urban sprawl in order to reduce unnecessarily long commutes.
SB 375 is part of a larger piece of legislation titled Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) of 2006, which is the first law in the world to restrict greenhouse gases in every sector of the economy.

“Two Billion Cars”

At present, there are roughly a billion motor vehicles on the road worldwide. Within ten years, that number will double to two billion. In Two Billion Cars, the authors Dan Sperling and Deborah Gordon explain not only how we arrived at this dangerous state but also what we can do about it. They suggest that promising advances in both transportation technology and fuel efficiency, together with shifts in travel behavior, the top offer us a realistic way out of our predicament.

Traffic Report

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How major cities throughout the world are coming to terms with traffic problems thanks to mobility concepts based on buses: BRT systems, which provide dedicated traffic lanes for buses, make for brief stopping times and smooth operation.

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