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Next Generation of Urban and Mobility Planners Commit to Building Gender-Inclusive Cities across the World

The inclusion of all population groups in mobility planning contributes to the sustainability of transport systems and overall quality of life. A workshop co-organised by GIZ and Peking University, Lincoln Institute Center for Urban...

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Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators Project

The European Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators Project (SUMI) developed a tool that assists cities with performing...
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Selecting the Most Effective Packages of Measures for SUMPs (CH4LLENGE Kit Manual)

The CH4LLENGE Kit Manual can also be used for cities who are already in the process...
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Mastering Mobility Training “Introduction to Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans”

These training materials will introduce you to Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning. They are structured around how...
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Mastering Mobility Training on SUMPs and Finance

These materials are dedicated to the topic of finance, more specifically financing resources and the criteria...
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Assessing the Impact of Measures and Evaluating Mobility Planning Processes

The EU project CH4LLENGE sought to identify and help assist with pressing challenges of developing, implementing...
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Manual on The Integration of Measures and Measure Packages in A SUMP: Start for Beginner Cities

Manual on The Integration of Measures and Measure Packages in A SUMP: Start for Beginner Cities...
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Zero Emission Bus Charging Systems

The aim of this report is to provide city officials and practitioners with an understanding of...
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Train the Trainer Materials

Training of driving instructors and in-company multiplicators is crucial for any programmatic effort to reach a...
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Guide for Quantifying GHG Emissions and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SCVPs)

This document explains the relevance of quantifying GHG emissions and local air pollution, and finally explains,...
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Core Indicator and Monitoring Framework

This document sets out the core indicators framework and monitoring principles for the MobiliseYourCity Partnership. Objectives...
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Training Material for Trainers and Drivers

This collection of course materials in Spanish can be used directly for training truck drivers. Manual...
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Content Overview Bus Fleet Renewal Toolkit

This content overview helps you nagivate through this toolkit. Note that many of the posts listed...
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Training Needs Assessment for Electric Buses in India

This TNA identifies clear training needs in PTAs across e-Bus life cycle functions, various departments, and...
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Webinar on Urban Transportation and Climate Finance

This webinar introduces to climate finance in relation to urban transportation. The primary focus is on...
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Web-Based Training of Truck Drivers

Online ecodriving courses are often used to show both new and experienced drivers how to safely...
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Case studies from Asia and Latin America

The C40 Cities Finance Facility supports clean bus fleet projects in cities across Asia and Latin...
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SWOT Analysis

A SWOT analysis helps summarize and identify the most salient points identified during a previous assessment...
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Climate finance: 2019 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance

The nineth edition of the Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance provides a general...
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Capacity Assessment of Driving Schools

Driving schools are a key actor for mainstreaming knowhow on Ecodriving and thus should be engaged...
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Tutorial: How to Use the MobiliseYourCity Emissions Calculator

GHG emissions scenarios for mobility plans To ease the use of the calculator, we have created...
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Tutorial: How to use the Data Collection Template for Kenya

The tutorial provides basic information on how to use the document, including how to navigate through...
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Raising Awareness of Truck Drivers

Campaigns and at-a-glance guidance for truck drivers are important for sector-wide agenda-setting and to support the...
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Status Quo Analysis for Green Freight Programmes

ICCT’s blueprint for performing a “Freight Assessment” is a practical guide for evaluating a country’s freight...
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Guidance for a Bus Sector Transformation

A reform of the bus sector changes the way bus services are planned, procured, monitored and...
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Barrier Analysis

Local barriers can prevent transit agencies from successfully renewing their bus fleets. Therefore, it is key...
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Reducing Unnecessary Engine Idling

An effective and simple to implement fuel saving technique is to eliminate unnecessary engine idling –...
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Ecodriving Barrier Analysis

For designing an effective programme on ecodriving, it is key to understand the local barriers that...
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Stakeholder Engagement

The identification and involvement of important stakeholders and actors for busfleet renewals is crucial for the...
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Impact Assessment Methodology

This manual by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) offers guidance and a specific Excel-based calculation tool...
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Ecodriving Competitions by Truck Manufacturers and Associations

Competition among truck drivers to improve performance is used as a social marketing tool by associations...
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Strategic Advice for Policymakers

THE PEP partnership for Ecodriving under UNECE has issued 10 high-level recommendations for government-driven initiatives. THE...
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Kenya: Transport Inventory and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Tool

The Transport Inventory and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting (TrIGGER) tool is a simple bottom-up spreadsheet model...
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Setting Up a Steering Structure

Bus fleet renewal projects need a clear steering structure and suitable organisational structures. We include here...
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Policy Options to Promote Sustainable Fleet Managment

This document by the EU Recodrive project is aiming at policy makers at all levels that...
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European Case Studies

Organizations and local governments in various European countries and cities have launched and successfully implemented bus...
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Steering Structure

A tool for the main stakeholders to set up a steering structure for NUMP development and...
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Templates for Memoranda of Understanding

Practitioners are provided with examples of previous Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), which are cooperation agreements between...
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MobiliseYourCity Partnership Model Terms of Reference

MobiliseYourCity Model Terms of Reference for the development of NUMPs includes the objectives, scope, tasks and...
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Examples of Real World NUMPs

This Tool offers a selection of several national approaches towards sustainable urban mobility from around the...
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West African Transport Academy Case Study

This joint project by Scania, GIZ and further partners from the automotive sector set up the...
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EUROCLIMA+ Webinars: Mobility and Road Security Management

This tool includes a series of webinars held by Euroclima+ on several cross cutting topics in...
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EUROCLIMA+ Webinars: MRV

This tool includes a series of webinars held by Euroclima+ on several cross cutting topics in...
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EUROCLIMA+ Webinars: Financing

This tool includes a series of webinars held by Euroclima+ on several cross cutting topics in...
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MYC NUMP Factsheet

MYC’s NUMP Factsheet provides a compact definition of NUMPs and highlights their importance in supporting and...
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MobiliseYourCity Monitoring & Reporting Approach for GHG Emissions

This publication sets out the GHG monitoring and reporting principles for the MobiliseYourCity Partnership. A focus...
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Overview of Financing Options/Sources

These studies give an overview of possible financial mechanisms and design elements to take into consideration...
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Status Quo Case Studies and Good Practices

This compilation of documents offers various examples of final reports and case studies on the status...
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Training Materials: Gender

This tool provides a list of training measures on NUMP-related topics by various well-reputed, non-for-profit providers...
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Training Providers

This tool provides a list of various well-reputed, non-for-profit providers of training measures on NUMP-related topics....
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Content Overview Truck Ecodriving Toolkit

This content overview helps you nagivate through this toolkit. Note that many of the posts listed...
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Toolkit for Fleet Managers

The LoCITY Fleet Manager Toolkit is for use by anyone who manages commercial vans or heavy...
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Capacity Development Strategies

Capacity Development Plan for an Electric Bus Corridor in Mexico City The Capacity Development Plan by...
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Impact Assessment Results from Various Countries and Methods

A compilation of case studies and impact assessment results for Ecuador, North America, Europe, Australia, Vietnam...
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Standard Indicators

Many GIZ projects focus on sustainable urban mobility, public transport and freight logistics in countries around...
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How to Ensure Target Group Specific Communication

No one-size-fits-all: The same information may be communicated in different ways via different channels to reach...
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Stakeholder Mapping

The Stakeholder Map helps identify and visualise the relevant stakeholders and their relationships, thereby facilitating a...
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MobiliseDays Standard Terms of Reference

MobiliseDays refers to an initiation measure for the preparation of potential technical assistance. MobiliseDays focus usually...
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MobiliseYourCity Partnership Support During the NUMP Process

How the MobiliseYourCity Partnership can support you     The MobiliseYourCity Partnership maintains a vibrant community of...
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EUROCLIMA+ Webinars: Gender

This tool includes a series of webinars held by Euroclima+ on several cross cutting topics in...
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“e-mobilogues” Online Seminars on E-Buses

In this online seminar series by GIZ’s SMART-SUT project in India, industry experts share their experiences...
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The IRU Academy

The international Road Transport Union (IRU) Academy offers training programmes which focus on developing the skills...
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Sourcebook on Ecodriving

This Sourcebook by GIZ’s predecessor organisation GTZ explains concisely what is ecodriving, what its advantages are...
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Setting Targets and Estimating Impacts

This tool offers both general guidance and ready-to-use templates to monitor and estimate impacts based on...
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Zero-Emission Bus Seminars from Latin America

Many Latin American countries have deployed zero-emission buses in various cities. The successful transition of urban...
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Truck Driver Professional Qualification Schemes and Paths to Reform

Promoting eco-driving can be done in the context of wider national reforms for the capacity development...
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MRV Guidance

A vital step for successful implementation of a strategy, policy, programme or project is the assessment...
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Best Practice Financing

Two reports on financing mechanisms from the Philippines and from Brazil show best practice examples. In...
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Project Presentations

The TRANSfer project has developed exemplary project proposals from the Philippines and from Costa Rica. The...
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Stakeholder Mapping

Who should to be involved and how when establishing and running comprehensive ecodriving programs? Stakeholder maps...
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Preventative Maintenance Checklist

Maintenance is a big factor for safety and for fuel efficiency. For example, it is important...
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Skills and Labour Shortage in the Road Freight Transport Sector

Around the globe, logistics is an industry struggling to hire skilled workers. This World Bank study...
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Overview Trainings

To further your skills and expand your horizon on the development and implementation of bus fleet...
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Best Practice MRV

Analyzing air pollutant emissions on certain routes, evaluating the performance of new buses on demonstration corridors...
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Financial and Economic Impact Analysis

Cost-benefit analyses are critical for deciding if a project should be implemented for societal benefit.  Here...
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Ecodriving Strategy at City Level

Sidney as issued a two-year strategy on eco-driving, recognizing that working with the City’s drivers on...
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Options for Operational Models

Business models for public bus transport can be of various kinds. In order to be particularly...
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Setting Up a Steering Structure

The implementation of ecodriving projects benefits from having a clear steering structure. This tool comprises a...
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Video Case Studies

Can Ecodriving change lives? Not only does an environmentally friendly driving style emit less pollutions, due...
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Annotated Table of Contents for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)

The document provides information on how a SUMP (or other related strategic mobility planning document) is...
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Managing Speed Infographic

Ecodriving techniques encourage consistent and lower speed driving. This infographic by the European Transport Safety Council...
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Study Tour Guides

Study Tours are multi-day field trips that aim to provide learning experiences for political decision-makers from...
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Environmental Impact Assessment Tool

The Costs and Emissions Appraisal Tool for Transit Buses by the World Resources Institute (WRI) is...
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Terms of Reference for Financial Analysis Bus Technologies

This chapter includes several model Terms of Reference (ToR) specifically designed for Projects on Bus Fleet...
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Future Perspectives for Truck Driver Training

What happens to the job description and the qualification requirements of truck drivers in times of...
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Process Steps of Bus Fleet Renewal Projects

Project managers of bus fleet modernization programs need a structured plan that breaks down the program...
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Case Studies on National Ecodriving Programmes

Governments in various countries have launched and implemented nation-wide programs to mainstream ecodriving among private and...
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Energy and Environmental Aspects of Road Freight

Ecodriving is one of many ways to reduce the road freight CO2 Footprint. This report by...
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Case Studies for Financial Support of Ecodriving

Three examples of subsidy structures for eco-driving initiatives in the UK, USA and Germany. Commercial Motor...
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Regulations and Standards for Clean Buses

This report by the International Transport Forum reviews progress on technical standards for heavy vehicles that...
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Global Landscape of Climate Finance

This report provides a comprehensive overview of global climate-related primary investment and tracks how much public...
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Progress Report of the MDB Working Group on Sustainable Transport

This progress report informs about the progress and achievements of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in...
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The potential of Land value capture (LVC) to finance public transport

The rapid growth of cities in developing countries and associated positive trends in economy and real...
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GIZ position paper on Climate Finance

This position paper serves as the basis for understanding the definition of climate finance that underpins...
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Transport Readiness for and Access to Climate Finance

This webinar provides a good introduction and overview on climate finance within the transport sector. It...
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Handbook on Urban Infrastructure Finance

This comprehensive handbook explores financing instruments and innovative, sustainable revenue sources for cities to overcome infrastructure...
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Financing Urban Transportation Policies and Programs

This webinar explores low-carbon urban mobility plans and focuses on planning and financing. Issues around the...
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Green Climate Fund

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the largest climate fund and supports developing countries in their...
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Alternative Financing Sources for Sustainable Transport

Public-Private-Partnerships and Institutional Investors This paper was prepared for the Hong Kong Roundtable on Enhancing Private...
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Mobilising Private Sector Financing for Sustainable Transport

This background paper was prepared for the Eighth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia,...
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Transport Readiness for Climate Finance

A framework to access climate finance in the transport sector This paper informs about the necessary...
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