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Rising Automobile Dependency: How to Break the Trend (International)

The German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) produced this background paper for the 6th Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Delhi held in December 2011. The paper examines the consequences of increasing automobile use such as reduced air quality, road safety and economic loss and draws upon best practices from various cities.

The document was authored by Mr. Santhosh Kodukula, Urban Transport Specialist of the GIZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project and reviewed by peers in the sector. The document is 50 pages long with examples from Zurich, Switzerland; Copenhagen, Denmark; Muenster and Freiburg, Germany, and Curitiba, Brazil.