According to the Climate Transparency report in 2022, Indonesia is not on track for a 1.5-degree world. The nation’s building sector accounts for a total of 29.1 per cent direct and indirect emissions, which needs to be reduced by 90 per cent by 2050. Is the infrastructure ready to support this decarbonisation, and what will […]
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Oasis Design Inc. were asked to redesign Jangali Maharaj Road, better known as JM Road, which is named after Sadguru Jangali Maharaj. The road has a right of way of 36 metres and is an important arterial road in Pune. It is primarily a commercial street with many high-end shops lining the property edges. JM […]
Pune used to be a quaint town known for its pleasant weather, shaded streets with overarching trees, and the heritage old city quarters till the 1990s. Unlike the closely situated Mumbai, which is a post-industrial city established by the British during the colonial era, Pune was established in the 8th century, according to archaeological sources. […]
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With the inauguration of its new 10.6-kilometre cable car route in August 2021, the government of Mexico City hoped to lift the spirits of residents in the large peripheral municipality of Iztapalapa by cutting commute times and exposing them to murals custom-made to be only visible from the sky. The electric-powered cable cars, also known […]
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Our future modes of travel are poised for disruptive transformation by ideas that may have existed before, but are now beginning to take shape as practical and concrete manifestations. Drones Flying in personalised miniature aircrafts, on-demand, is almost a reality already. While unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called drones, have been used extensively by industries like […]
Roads occupy a staggering 18 to 30 per cent of the total available land area in cities today.1 While these figures are for American cities, similar, if not higher, percentages could be expected in other countries as well. These numbers represent a significant proportion given that space is a scarce and intensely contested urban commodity. […]
One of the solutions that is being mainstreamed to decarbonise the transportation sector is to electrify vehicles. It is conducted in line with phasing out fossil fuels and using alternative sources of energy for the power grid. Different modes of transportation have been adopting electrification at varying paces.20 Rail has been widely electrified across Asia, […]
A robust public transportation system to reduce climate impact does not stand alone—it is supported by policies and urban forms that encourage people to use and sustain it. These are actions that have been outlined by the SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport11 to promote the uptake of active urban mobility: 1. Prioritising the […]
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The next direction Our modern industrial society has been deeply shaped by advances in the transportation sector. Settlements of old that sprouted along ports and waterways have shifted to develop alongside coast-to-coast arterial roads and railway stations; some have developed close to major transport infrastructure such as airports. Asia experienced a globalised industry boom since […]
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The lack of green spaces and parks has become a common lament amongst most city dwellers in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. The area of trees per capita (square metre per person) is lower in the country’s largest city—home to more than 8 million people—than in its capital, and even lower when compared to […]
For years, Metro Manila has been notorious for its severe traffic congestion. It is as if immense gridlock has been ingrained into the capital’s identity. Based on the latest Traffic Index Report by TomTom, Manila is ranked 18th among 404 cities with the worst traffic in the world. This is surprisingly good news as it […]
With a total length of 710 metres—a deck 510 metres long and sloping approaches of 200 metres—the new bridge will be a striking feature in the urban landscape when it is completed and open for use in 2024. Architectural studio ZJA, part of the consultancy consortium MoVeR0, produced the architectonic design for the cycle bridge […]
