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Sustainable Transport in Nepal |
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Public transportation is an important service for the people. Rapid urbanization and increasing economical activities in cities have increased vehicle ownership and usage in urban areas of Nepal. The current patterns of motorization adversely affect traffic congestion, air and noise pollution, and traffic accidents and injuries. The unsustainable trends in transport sector as presently observed would further worsen social equity, lower energy security, increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and destroy natural habitats and ecosystem(EST,2014). Besides that every rainy season natural disasters hit the country damagig the roads and infrastructures and risking human life.In such a scenarion where every year the destruction of road infrastructure is maximum our transport system must be made resilient and sustainable.And it can be sustaianble only when it is user firendly and environmentally suitable. Transportation systems consume about 20-25 per cent of the world?s energy and accounts for high carbon dioxide emissions. Use of renewable energy source can thus limit the emission of GHG?s .Governments should priotize sustainable public transportation systems which are affordable,efficient and environment-friendly,for that works must be done from grassroot level such that the general public will chose public transport over private transport and help in maintaining low carbon footprint. file:///C:/Users/Window/Downloads/Envisioning%20Sustainable%20Transport.PDF http://www.cen.org.np/uploaded/Proceedings_KSUT%20Forum.pdf |
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THanks for sharing!
Posted 24-08-2016 17:45
It's indeed true that transportation systems consume about 20-25 per cent of the world's energy and accounts for high carbon dioxide emissions. So it is very important for all nations to prioritise making transport system as sustainable as possible to reduce the GHG emissions. Thanks for the report.
Posted 21-08-2016 04:47
Thanks for the reference too - very important. &#128522:-)
Posted 21-08-2016 04:05
Yes, you're right - there's no doubt that sustainable transport influence the development of a country. Africa committed 175billion USD to sustainable transport based on that.
Thanks for the reference and I'll suggest you keep up with more education programmes on air pollution to reduce the severity at Kathmand
Posted 21-08-2016 04:04