Mayors commit to humanizing urban EcoMobility in Suwon

13 September 2013

 

Giving public spaces back to citizens and providing them with green, active and integrated ecomobile transport options are the main message drawn at the EcoMobility 2013 Suwon Congress, that attracted 500 participants from 40 countries representing 66 local governments.  Set in Suwon, South Korea, the congress opened the month-long EcoMobility World Festival – a unique real-time social experiment where citizens move away from cars and realize the possibility of living and travelling green in their neighborhoods. The event was jointly organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the city of Suwon and UN-Habitat.

 

Mr Ashok Bhattacharjee, Director of the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Center, Delhi Development Authority, had the chance to present to the congress participants the numerous integrated transport actions being undertaken by the city of Delhi, including a public pilot bicycle sharing system and the planning for transit oriented development around Delhi metro stations. The South Asian region was represented also by the Chief Environmental Officer of Kathmandu Metropolitan Council as well as representatives from Dhaka Roads and Highways Department. Indian based organizations such as the Center for Green Mobility, Clean Air Asia, Embarq India and Mumbai Environmental Social Network shared additional experiences from the various sustainable transport projects currently carried out in Indian cities. 

 

While the congress is now over, the Festival will continue until the end of September – during the whole month, the historic area of Haenggung-dong has been made car-free so that the 4,300 residents can explore the possibilities of an eco-mobile lifestyle. The Festival will welcome more than 5,000 international visitors, mayors, leading research specialists, mobility solution providers and more than 200 other participants from 20 different countries 

 

For more information, visit the EcoMobility World Festival and the EcoMobility 2013 Suwon congress websites. You can also download the 2013 Suwon EcoMobility Impulse and check out the Festival live blogs.

 

Mayors commit to humanizing urban EcoMobility in Suwon
ICLEI WORLD SECRETARIAT
Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7
53113 Bonn
Germany
T: +49-228/97 62 99-00
F.+49-228/97 62 99-01 Email: iclei.org
EUROPE
European Secretariat
Leopoldring 3
79098 Freiburg, Germany
www.iclei-europe.org
Brussels Office
Av. de Tervuren 35
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
Berlin Office
St. Oberholz ROS Team Room 4.02 Rosenthaler Str. 72a 10119 Berlin, Germany
AFRICA SECRETARIAT
Physical address:
3 Knowledge Park
Century City
Cape Town
8001
South Africa
Postal address:
PO Box 5319
Tygervalley
7536
South Africa
www.iclei.org/africa
NORTH AMERICA
Canada Office
401 Richmond St. W
Studio 204
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3A8, Canada
www.iclei.org/canada
USA Office
536 Wynkoop St.
Suite 901
Denver, Colorado
USA 80202
www.icleiusa.org
MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Mexico, Central American and Caribbean Secretariat
Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas 13 Building Miguel Abed, Floor 5 Office 506 and 507, Col. Centro, CP 06050 Del. Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City, Mexico
www.iclei.org.mx
Colombia Office
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá Carrera 53 N° 40A - 31 Medellín, Antioquia – Colombia
ICLEI Argentina
Boulevard Gálvez, 1150 Planta Alta. Santa Fe, Argentina
SOUTH AMERICA
South America Secretariat Brazil Project Office
Rua Ibiraçu, 226, Vila Madalena
São Paulo / SP - Brazil
CEP 05451-040
www.iclei.org.mx
SOUTH ASIA
South Asia Secretariat
Ground Floor, NSIC-STP Complex NSIC Bhawan, Okhla Industrial Estate New Delhi – 110020, India
southasia.iclei.org
EAST ASIA
East Asia Secretariat
14/F, Seoul Global Center Building, 38 Jongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea (110-110)
eastasia.iclei.org
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Southeast Asia Secretariat
c/o The Manila Observatory Ateneo de Manila University Campus Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1101 Manila, Philippines
seas.iclei.org
ICLEI Indonesia Project Office
Rasuna Office Park III WO. 06-09 Komplek Rasuna Epicentrum Jl. Taman Rasuna Selatan, Kuningan DKI Jakarta, 12960, Indonesia
OCEANIA
Oceania Secretariat
Level 1, 200 Little Collins Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
icleioceania.org
Advocacy
Training
Consultancy
Research
Associate Partnership
Associate Partnership
Associate Partnership
Associate Partnership
Associate Partnership
ICLEI membership application
ICLEI membership application
ICLEI membership application
ICLEI membership application
ICLEI membership application
Want to be a model?
Want to be a model?
Want to be a model?
Want to be a model?
Want to be a model?
ICLEI membership online application form
ICLEI membership online application form
ICLEI membership online application form
ICLEI membership online application form
ICLEI membership online application form