P. R. Shukla Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Low Carbon City: 
A Guidebook for City Planners and Practitioners
Appendix 4: Detailed actions towards low carbon transport
Desired 
Intervention
Actions 
Detailed Actions
Good Practice 
Examples
Urban Planning
1. Integrating 
land-use and 
transportation 
planning
• Transport modelling
• Activity and land-
use mapping for 
identifying transport 
strategy
• Detailed design
Curitiba
Demand 
Management
1. Reducing travel 
demand
2. Reducing average 
trip distance
3. Reducing no. of 
trips
• Urban planning 
• Designing mixed-use 
neighbourhoods
• Allowing high-density 
development
• Integrated transport 
and land-use planning
• ICT
• Other instruments
• Congestion pricing
• Parking charges
• Fuel taxes 
Congestion Charging 
Scheme London
Modal Shift to 
Low Carbon 
Transport
1. Increasing share 
of public transport 
2. Retaining share of 
NMT
• Improving access 
• Car parks near 
stations/bus stops
• Feeder systems
• Frequency
• Integration
• Electronic ticketing
• Subsidies
• Adding footpaths
• Dedicated bicycle 
lanes
• Park and ride facilities
• Incentivise NMT
Delhi Metro
Ahmedabad BRTS
Energy Intensity 
Reduction
1. Improve vehicle 
efficiency
2. Emission 
standards
• Vehicle I/M systems
• Higher occupancy
Tokyo’s Operations 
No Diesel

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Promoting low carbon transPort in india
Low Carbon City: 
A Guidebook for City Planners and Practitioners
Desired 
Intervention
Actions 
Detailed Actions
Good Practice 
Examples
Emission Intensity 
Reduction
1. Alternate fuels 
2. Petrol electric 
hybrid vehicles
3. Cleaner diesel 
cars
4. Zero emission 
vehicles (fuel 
cells, new 
technologies)
• Subsidies for electric 
two-wheelers and 
cars
• Biofuel-based 
transport
• Infrastructure for 
electric cars 
• Fuel tax; Vehicle 
excise tax 
• Awareness
• Incentives for 
alternate fuel vehicles
China’s Electric 
Vehicle Policy

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