Sustainable Cities
Why Cities?
75% global CO2 emissions attributable to cities
Why Cities?
Toronto: Whitby H 13.0 tCO2e per capita Sprawling distant suburb VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy, Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
Toronto: Etobicoke 6.6 tCO2e per capita Single- family homes near downtown VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy, Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
Toronto: East York H 1.3 tCO2e per capita Dense inner-city neighbor- hood VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy, Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007
Source: National Geographic
Annual road fatalities in the US per 100 thousand people Annual road fatalities per 100,000 people Compact Compact cities tend to be safer Sprawl Index Smart Growth America
WRI and Sustainable Cities China India Brazil
EnergyTransportWater BlueprintingDemonstration projectsScaling up success
Estimated impacts Traffic speeds down 34% Biking up 50% Walking up 40% Transit use up 60% Green space up 30% Aguascalientes New Land Use Paradigm Influence Partnered with INFONAVIT to establish new national model Redesigned 40,000-person neighborhood plan – safer, more livable, eco-friendly Land use is the most important factor affecting every aspect of urban mobility and energy use.
TRANSOESTE (BRAZIL) Rio’s 1 st BRT Our Role Value assurance Operation simulation Road safety audits Project framing Marketing advice The Impact 1.2M daily passengers on entire 4-line system High quality, safe Model for Brazil
PROTRAM Transformed Transport Financing
PROTRAM Transformed Transport Financing Helped establish PROTRAM Financing criteria Streamlined process Guided cities 42 city projects evaluated 7 financed 4 entered construction 1 completed – so fa r
KPIs Cumulative Results –2.1 billion passengers served –$1.8+ billion leveraged –626 million hours saved (39% per trip) –1.2 million tons of CO2 reduced –Research underway: Fatalities avoided PM reduced