Transport
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Road sector reform is about more than roads in the Kyrgyz Republic
By Susan Lim on Thursday, 22 June 2017
Road sector reform is a monumental task that the Kyrgyz government cannot accomplish alone.
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Work from home to beat traffic
By Sharad Saxena on Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Traffic jams will surely worsen, in Manila and elsewhere in Asia, without innovative solutions like work-from-home policies.
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Why does Afghanistan need a transport master plan?
By Peter C. Darjes on Tuesday, 16 May 2017
The transport master plan aims to help create jobs and enhance connectivity across the country.
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Want livable cities in Asia? Integrate transport, urban planning
By Amy Leung on Sunday, 07 May 2017
Transit-oriented development combines spatial planning with urban transport.
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Why Asia needs to invest in quality infrastructure
By Janine Elora Lazatin, John Paul Flaminiano on Friday, 05 May 2017
Quality infrastructure may cost more in the beginning, but is worth the extra investment.
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7 priorities for infrastructure investment in the Pacific
By Sanjivi Rajasingham on Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The region’s infrastructure needs to reach a point where it can support higher levels of sustainable growth.
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Let's rethink urban transport in developing countries
By Yi Jiang on Wednesday, 05 April 2017
Before we take action on traffic, we should look into what causes congestion – and how costly it is to cities.
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Solar energy to power electric vehicles in Lumbini, Nepal
By Keiichi Tamaki on Thursday, 19 January 2017
A new ADB clean transport project will help the holy city realize its full potential for sustainable tourism.
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Overhauling logistics can make our cities more livable
By Sharad Saxena on Thursday, 15 December 2016
Chongqing may provide the inspiration for other Asian cities to reform their logistics systems and improve their livability.
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Why we need good transport networks to support development
By Giovanni Verlini on Thursday, 20 October 2016
Today more than ever, the Talimarjan power project shows how Central Asia needs a 21st century Silk Road.
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Wave a yellow flag to achieve SDG on road safety
By Greg Smith on Thursday, 20 October 2016
If you knew that slowing down a little on your way home from work today might save your life or that of a loved one, would you do it? Please do so, and convince others to halve road deaths and injuries by 2020.
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Is congestion charging the answer to traffic gridlock?
By Sharad Saxena on Monday, 10 October 2016
If Beijing implements the scheme and it proves successful, more Asian cities may follow suit.
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Why women feel unsafe on public transport
By Heather Allen on Friday, 07 October 2016
Harassment affects women and men alike, but as we are wired differently, concerns over personal security affect women more than men.
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Boosting fuel efficiency to cut motorcycle pollution in Viet Nam
By Nguyen Anh Tuan on Monday, 03 October 2016
A package of comprehensive measures—inlcuding setting fuel efficiency standards—is the only way to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from motorcycles in the country's 5 main cities.
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Can Asian cities return to their cycling roots?
By Aldrin B. Plaza on Friday, 23 September 2016
For cycling to really take off in Metro Manila like in Rotterdam, we must first address several constraints.
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Non-motorized transport is a need, not a choice for urban poor
By Julia Nebrija on Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Safer walking and biking would help make life more livable for vulnerable populations. Approaching NMT as a right to mobility gives a new sense of urgency to the agenda.
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Using data to improve women's safety in cities, transport
By Kalpana Viswanath on Friday, 16 September 2016
The Safetipin app maps safe public areas for urban women so they can make safer decisions, and provides city stakeholders data to improve safety in public spaces and transport.
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Culture eats transport technology for breakfast
By Katja Schechtner on Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Stop looking for the magic button. Demand that global transport technology is adapted to your local mobility culture, and help data scientists to make your city flow.
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17 SDG reasons we must focus on transport
By Nana Soetantri on Monday, 12 September 2016
Building sustainable transport is no mean feat. Without it, the world will look less hopeful in 2030.
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Blog poll: Links, efficiency key to higher public transport use
By Nana Soetantri on Friday, 02 September 2016
42% of ADB blog readers claim that improved connections would get people to use public transport more in Asian cities, while a further 40% pointed to efficiency as the most important deciding factor.
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