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Enhancing shift towards sustainable freight transport in Asia and the Pacific : opportunities through railway decarbonization
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
<p>The transport sector is responsible for around one third of global energy consumption and about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. Left unchecked the environmental burden from the transport sector could ...
Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics : contactless, seamless and collaborative UN solutions : Proposals for crisis-response provisions in regional and bilateral transport agreements of the ESCAP member states
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>The United Nations inter-agency project "Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics: Contactless, seamless and collaborative UN solutions" project responds to a call to action, for the immediate health ...
Sustainable freight transport in ASEAN challenges and opportunities
(UN.ESCAP, 2022-12-15)
<p>Economic connectivity is a key political priority for Southeast Asian countries that are members of the ASEAN. Growing subregional transport and trade have generated an ‘economy of scale’ effect for the ...
Enhancing the resilience of urban transport in Asian cities after COVID-19 : synthesis of academic study results and general recommendations
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>In Asian cities, the COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating the longer-term trend towards greater use and ownership of private cars and motorcycles, while reducing the use of and trust in public transport and shared taxi ...
Strengthening port-hinterland sustainable transport connectivity for LLDCs of ESCAP region
(United Nations, 2022)
<p>Distinctive features of ESCAP LLDCs are reflected as differences related to transport connectivity however, if analyzed as a group and compared with their coastal neighbors, the ESCAP LLDCs are clearly in disadvantageous ...
Increasing the use of smart mobility approaches to improve traffic conditions in urban areas of South-East Asia : policy guidelines
(United Nations, 2022)
<p>South-East Asia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with a total population of more than 600 million. In 2019, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the subregion was more than US$3 trillion, representing ...
Facilitating the deployment of highly and fully automated vehicles in road traffic along the Asian Highway Network
(United Nations, 2022)
<p>The use of highly fully automated vehicles, as part of smart transport systems can significantly reduce the economic, social and environmental costs of passenger and freight transport, while enhancing its overall quality ...
Airship technology for air connectivity and humanitarian aid in the Caribbean and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>The Hybrid Airship transport alternative has the potential to be a game changing technology with significant development in recent years. It offers the technical capabilities to make a broad contribution to the optimization ...
Smart railway solutions for trans-asian railway network in the times of COVID-19 pandemic
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the dynamics of international freight transport as no single event has probably done before in the recent past. The outbreak of the pandemic has adversely impacted freight transported ...
Sustainability assessment of urban transport system in Greater Jakarta
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>UNESCAP has developed The Sustainable Urban Transport Index (SUTI) to help summarize, track
and compare the performance of Asian cities in regards to sustainable urban transport and the
related Sustainable Development ...