The population of Houston is expected to grow by nearly one million over the next 20 years. This anticipated increase prompted Mayor Annise Parker to direct the Planning and Development Department to begin work on developing "Plan Houston" Houston's first general plan.
"China has put a set of fuel economy standards in place. The first two phases of the standards (2004-2012) was unique in the world because there was no corporate averaging allowed in meeting the weight-bin based vehicle limit standard. Every individual car is evaluated against the weight-based standard limit, and the official fuel consumption (FC) figure is determined at the type-approval. There is, however, a separate requirement for corporate average fuel consumption on top of the model-based requirement since the standards’ third phase implemented as of 2012 (namely, the CAFC target), which allows for corporations to average their fleet FC within a specified boundary from the target year (2015 and then 2020) and according to a per-vehicle weight-bin target." (link)
In 2012, the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, approved the 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP) which contains a specific plan named 'On Air Pollution Prevention and Control in Key Regions'. Although is a national plan, it is a first guide to the present Beijing air pollution and transportation related regulations.
Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, a region known as Jingjinji, is one of the three national key regions to tackle air pollution. Each region has 'key projects', a number related to transportation:
One of the most sound projects is to take off the road more than 5 million 'yellow label' cars (a termed use for aging vehicles that failed to meet national standards). Beijing alone
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Notes: "There are three types standards related to Fuel Economy in China: (1) Testing standards - National standards/”GuoBiao” No.19233, currently two such standards were announced (the 2008 standards replaced the 2003 standard); (2) Fuel consumption limit - National standards/”GuoBiao” No. 19578, currently one such standards (the December 2014 declared standard is meant to replace the 2004 standards); (3) Fuel consumption target standards - National standards/”GuoBiao” No.27999, currently one such standards (the December 2014 declared standard is meant to replace the 2011 standards)". Source:http://www.unep.org/transport/gfei/autotool/case_studies/apacific/china/cs_ap_china.asp
New York City Long Range Transportation plan (developed by NYMTC-NYC MPO).
http://www.nymtc.org/aboutrtp.cfm
HoustonAM8.24.15:
The population of Houston is expected to grow by nearly one million over the next 20 years. This anticipated increase prompted Mayor Annise Parker to direct the Planning and Development Department to begin work on developing "Plan Houston" Houston's first general plan.
First presentation given on the general plan
Revised Plan (updated Aug. 15, 2015) (The introduction begins, "Houston is a great city.")
"America's Sprawliest City" "The Blob that Ate East Texas"
lack of zoning ordinances-->sprawl-->decreased urban population density-->development of effective public transportation system unlikely?
Transportation related:
Houston-Galveston 2040 Regional Transportation Plan
Houston has adopted the "Vision Zero" initiative for traffic-related deaths
https://bikehouston.org/vision-zero/
BEIJING RH 8.24.2015:
"China has put a set of fuel economy standards in place. The first two phases of the standards (2004-2012) was unique in the world because there was no corporate averaging allowed in meeting the weight-bin based vehicle limit standard. Every individual car is evaluated against the weight-based standard limit, and the official fuel consumption (FC) figure is determined at the type-approval. There is, however, a separate requirement for corporate average fuel consumption on top of the model-based requirement since the standards’ third phase implemented as of 2012 (namely, the CAFC target), which allows for corporations to average their fleet FC within a specified boundary from the target year (2015 and then 2020) and according to a per-vehicle weight-bin target." (link)
In 2012, the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, approved the 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP) which contains a specific plan named 'On Air Pollution Prevention and Control in Key Regions'. Although is a national plan, it is a first guide to the present Beijing air pollution and transportation related regulations.
- Key Projects
Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, a region known as Jingjinji, is one of the three national key regions to tackle air pollution. Each region has 'key projects', a number related to transportation:One of the most sound projects is to take off the road more than 5 million 'yellow label' cars (a termed use for aging vehicles that failed to meet national standards). Beijing alone
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(In Chinese -provisional, searching for English version-)
Notes: "There are three types standards related to Fuel Economy in China: (1) Testing standards - National standards/”GuoBiao” No.19233, currently two such standards were announced (the 2008 standards replaced the 2003 standard); (2) Fuel consumption limit - National standards/”GuoBiao” No. 19578, currently one such standards (the December 2014 declared standard is meant to replace the 2004 standards); (3) Fuel consumption target standards - National standards/”GuoBiao” No.27999, currently one such standards (the December 2014 declared standard is meant to replace the 2011 standards)".
Source: http://www.unep.org/transport/gfei/autotool/case_studies/apacific/china/cs_ap_china.asp
International-comparative RH 8.25.2015
Source: http://www.unep.org/transport/gfei/autotool/approaches/regulatory_policy/fuel_economy.asp
Credit: International Council on Clean Transportation, Anup Bandivadekar, May 5th 2010, http://www.50by50campaign.org
New York SE 8.25.2015
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