E-bikes in India and Viet Nam: New Study on Market and Environmental Performance
Electric 2-wheelers ("e-bikes") are growing in popularity in the P.R. China. Following a study for P.R. China, a study for India (Ahmedabad) and Viet Nam (Hanoi) on the market for e-bikes and their environmental impacts compared to gasoline motorbikes was carried out by Chris Cherry and Luke Jones from the University of Tennessee, under the SUMA program funded through Sida, ADB and CAI-Asia Center. Read more >>

Ahmedabad wins Sustainable Transport Award for BRT System
The city of Ahmedabad, India, is the winner of the 2010 Sustainable Transport Award for the successful implementation of Janmarg, India's first full bus rapid transit (BRT) system. CAI-Asia Center is on the STA committee and was present at the award ceremony in Washington DC. Read more >>

Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia 2009: A Year in Review
Year 2009 can be considered very significant as climate change concerns in transport became the primary driver of the Sustainable Transport agenda. Read more >>

CAI-Asia Center Joins Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)
SLoCaT was launched with the aim to actively contribute options and advice on the development of sustainable transport systems worldwide to inform the international climate change negotiations. Read more >>

Carmakers Divided on CO2 Cuts
Carmakers reduced carbon emissions by wildly varying degrees last year with the best performers achieving four to five times larger cuts than the worst. Read more >>

Fuel Economy in Asia
The CAI-Asia Center is working with the FIA Foundation, International Energy Agency, the International Transport Forum, and UNEP PCFV in promoting fuel economy, specifically for the Southeast Asian Region as part of the Global Fuel Economy Initiative. Read more >>

SmartWay is now participating with the CAI-Asia Center on a World Bank funded pilot project in Guangzhou, China
Cascade Sierra Solutions was recently asked to participate in a World Bank pilot project that will help China introduce a SmartWay style Green Truck Program in the city of Guangzhou near Hong Kong. Read more >>

Annual Report 2008
The CAI-Asia Center Annual Report is now available for download. Read more >>

Walk the Talk: CAI-Asia Center's Walkability Experiment
Two British School Manila (BSM) students and their friends volunteer to conduct a modified version of the World Bank's walkability survey in selected Metro Manila areas. Part 1 | Part 2

Transport and Climate Change: Bridging the Gap-Joint Action Plan
The transport sector, being the fastest growing sector in terms of GHG emissions, needs to contribute more to mitigation efforts. All efforts need to be made that a new global climate agreement to be reached in December 2009 in Copenhagen reflects this message. Read more >

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