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Sustainable Cities

Sustainable Cities. Why Cities?. 75% global CO2 emissions attributable to cities. Why Cities?. Toronto: Whitby. Sprawling distant suburb. H. 13.0 tCO2e per capita. VandeWeghe , Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy , 11: 2, 2007. Toronto: Etobicoke.

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Sustainable Cities

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  1. SustainableCities

  2. Why Cities?

  3. 75% • global CO2 emissions • attributable to cities

  4. Why Cities?

  5. Toronto: Whitby • Sprawling distant suburb • H 13.0tCO2e per capita VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007

  6. Toronto: Etobicoke • Single-family homes near downtown 6.6tCO2e per capita VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007

  7. Toronto: East York • Dense inner-city neighbor-hood • H 1.3tCO2e per capita VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007

  8. Source: National Geographic

  9. Compact cities tend to be safer Annual road fatalities in the US per 100 thousand people Annual road fatalities per 100,000 people Sprawl Index Smart Growth America Compact

  10. WRI and Sustainable Cities China India Brazil

  11. Energy Transport Water Blueprinting Demonstration projects Scaling up success

  12. Aguascalientes • New Land Use Paradigm • Estimated impacts • Traffic speeds down 34% • Biking up 50% • Walking up 40% • Transit use up 60% • Green space up 30% • 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 mobilityand energy use.

  13. TRANSOESTE (BRAZIL) • Rio’s 1st 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

  14. PROTRAM • Transformed Transport Financing

  15. 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 far

  16. 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

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