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Sustainable Transport System Award: Kerala

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Economy
  • Published
    27th Oct, 2021

Context

Recently, Kerala won the award for the city with the most ‘Sustainable Transport System’.

Key-Points

  • It will be presented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs.
  • The award is given in recognition of transport facilities in various states and union territories of India.
  • The award was presented in honor of the projects initiated - such as the Kochi Metro, Water Metro (Water-based metro), and E-mobility - to improve transportation services in the city of Kochi.
    • The creation of the Kochi Open Mobility Network, which digitized and integrated various transport resources, also contributed to the award winning.

What is Sustainable Transport?

  • It refers to any ‘green’ travel routes that have little impact on the environment. It is about balancing our present and future needs.
  • Examples of sustainable transport include walking, cycling, transportation, carpooling, car sharing, and green vehicles.

Significance of sustainable transport

  • Improves Air Quality
    • Replacing many separate emissions-producing vehicles with fewer transit vehicles that generally emit less pollution on a per person basis.
  • Reduce Emissions
    • By moving more people in fewer vehicles, public transportation can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
    • Public transportation produces less greenhouse gas per passenger than a private vehicle.
  • Reduce Congestion
  • As well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating integrated development, public transportation also reduces congestion and traffic congestion.
  • By reducing traffic congestion, transportation reduces carbon emissions from traffic jams.
  • Promotes Health
    • Because sustainable transportation reduces emissions and air pollution, it also promotes public health.
    • Other moderate modes of transportation, such as cycling and walking, also provide exercise for passengers while eliminating zero emissions. This improves their health, and that of the whole community.

E- Mobility

  • Electro-mobility is the use of electric cars, as well as e-bikes or pedelecs, electric motorbikes, e-buses and e-trucks. 
    • The common feature of all of them is that they are fully or partly driven electrically, have a means of storing energy on board, and obtain their energy mainly from the power grid.
  • E-mobility comes with zero or ultra-low tailpipe emissions of local air pollutants and much lower noise, and, by being one of the most innovative clusters for the automotive sector, can provide a major boost to the economic and industrial competitiveness, attracting investments, especially in countries.

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