Studio church in mumbai. Now bangalore world famous traffic jams may have just gotten into lockdown but residents are bracing themselves for business as usual when they daily commute. A group of techies we met before the lockdown is providing a much needed alternative to help decongest the citys back. Oh the worlds most traffic congested city that was a designation given to bangalore to have the start of 2020 is a dubious honor for india which is home to some of the worlds biggest tech corporations. During rush hour commuters here spend an extra 243. 00 are stuck in traffic into 1900 thats 10 days and 3 hours in traffic each year. So whats the best way to beat the congestion in jena kartik on the Mountain Bike but can he really be faster than his colleague whos driving a car. To riyadh and ive been among large and we need to get to the dont move which is approximately 2 kilometers from here. And get you there you. Got to climb the mountain and really evoke the same company and get married he will travel by car while cant think on the mountain will take his body. For a small stretch. Banking has been part of the arctic on the mountain. Daily routine since his childhood as a seasoned writer he expertly navigate the citys jampacked roads using his tried and tested environmentalists friendly mode of transport. Taken me less than 9 minutes to go a little kilometers from ramallah and i get to the larger. Time every 6 minutes later his colleague that i. Was almost. Got to langham out then is the clear winner but cycling in bangalore comes with Strings Attached the answered of course with 19 may have led to fewer vehicles on the streets but it is estimated that by 2022 the number of vehicles in the city will cross the 10000000 mark so even though it can be a quicker option riding a bicycle in bangalore can be dangerous as the city lacks cycling infrastructure such as bike leaves. The. For me my helmet and. My glove so there are 2 nonnegotiable so the minute i mean. When i get to these 2 come along with me. Then yeah i mean. I mean so annoying reading helps. In 29 team car to climb the mountain became a bicycle ambassador for his company as part of a Citywide Initiative called cycle to work he wants to encourage his colleagues to also make the switch to using the bicycle as a long Term Solution to decongest this city. Cycle to work was born out of a desire to target people who have the option to choose between various modes. Transport for their work commute and ensuring that the off on a bicycle for that particular trip. The project was initiated by set then i and some good and a techie turn entrepreneurial consulting on urban mobility and better lead planning for smart cities. And the private motorway goes their cost condition and their cost pollution and. Costing this together it is not one so you can solve only condition and so you solve the problem instead of solve the problem. To not aion son couldnt is also known as bangles bicycle mia and on it are read all commissioned by b. By c. S. Adult social enterprise working world like to get 50 percent off all city trips made by a bicycle by 2030. I think every time a person makes this choice of trying to make a bicycle the entire city benefits its one thing for you to enjoy riding the bike and make it. A recreational option and get fit will be holding. But its another thing to make a call for the city. He developed this cycle to Work Platform that sightless can use plenty of charge to clog their daily work right through and now the death toll for each trip comprises workplace location the route taken distance traveled and calculates the Carbon Emissions offset by the commute this creates a public leader board that is updated in real time. Using technology to game if i cycling to work has generated a sense of Competition Among writers that fosters sustainable behavior change cycle to work awards the best teams among the members of the platform. One of them is kartik and then up and company. This became the daily habit of of us to see if. I mean the number of raids that we did. So how how how how many rides did we do today need we get any in a new day. So that sort of became became this habit within the whole team to get of help us and push the whole company to get on it. Through those to do 2000 people in bangalore who are to do it or just heard on the cycle to Work Together they have clocked 600000 kilometers wide eyed in their bicycles to work just within 2 years. Its easy traffic snarl ups are expected to reappear in the city forced lock down but the citizens of bangalore who are fighting hard to prove that bicycling could be a viable and eco friendly mode of transport for indias urban booking classes. Now the World Economy has taken a huge beating because of the pandemic governments have taken unprecedented steps in the form of credits and subsidies to kickstart their economy obvious steps aligned with Sustainable Development we did a fact check to find out. Aircraft with nowhere to go commercial aviation almost ground to a halt worldwide because of Coronavirus Travel bounds. On the left flights over europe on the last sunday of march last year. On the right this year the difference is huge understand. Industrial activity is also plummeted. Climate researchers estimate that carbon dioxide. Emissions this year could be 7 percent less than last if some restrictions remain in place worldwide that would be the biggest drop in c o 2 emissions in 75 years. Economies are suffering governments around the world are trying to shore up companies with programs worth billions of euros to offset pandemic related losses but does that come at the expense of the climate. The European Commission has presented a 750000000000 euro economic rescue package 25 percent of which like all e. U. Expenditure will be used for Climate Action at the National Level some countries are using economic support packages to curtail pollution is silly as offering city dwellers up to 500 euros to help them buy a bicycle or. Austrias making bailouts conditional on companies agreeing to eco friendly changes for Austrian Airlines that means reducing the number of short haul flights increasing fuel efficiency and reducing c o 2 emissions. The pandemic is also hitting the Automobile Industry. Consulting Firm Mckinsey estimates that 7500000. 00 fewer vehicles will be produced worldwide this year than last. Thats a drop of about 10 percent. In india air quality improved during lockdown in part because of a drastic cuts in Industrial Production the government introduced a 250000000000 euro relief package some of that will help businesses but with no eco friendly Strings Attached but it offers no relief to the beleaguered Automobile Industry which represents more than 7 percent of g. D. P. That will please environmentalists who want to see the development of a green public transport system. City of best stone india expanding the need for other cities to claim the commons and cottage walking and reduce traffic but is this really possible to sustain in the long term and engine which is helping bring a civic authorities says yes lets take a closer look at that. Is considered the most livable city in india at the same time the traffic is horrendous car ownership is rising the air pollution is intense and its noisy. Walking is a dangerous activity. Its no hard to imagine that was once a fine place for cyclists. And i was good i used to travel by bicycle to my school it was that. Every day i was very iffy if i was riding my bicycle but over the years i thought that the Bicycle Police would. Move in those days even. If people think people are moving private make up you definitely want to reduce it to death then put them on private very high rest of the followed by. Bikers blocking. 30 kilometers of footpaths are being built to make the walking enjoy able and safe. There will be greenery separating wide footpaths from traffic and bicycle paths. But theres still a long way to go to encourage people to keep up their cars or mopeds. Together with the institute for transportation and Development Policy or i t d p urban planners and architects have been studying travel patterns and poor me they want to take into account the needs of ordinary people as they formulate a Long Term Development plan for the city. This will be going to. Be hospital blue one. Maybe. When they. Are. Making the 55 thing. Nowadays School Children learn how to get around town in an eco friendly way they are encouraged to use the b. R. T. Rapid transit bus network it has dedicated corridors that connect downtown with the suburbs in delhi by contrast. With Popular Resistance and had to be removed the authorities here once young people to appreciate the benefits of public transport buses currently run on natural gas and as the buses have their own lanes they get you where you want to go relatively fast. The new water footpaths are giving people the opportunity to walk rather than drive. And traffic free public spaces are being created for a little rest or recreation. To the east asian director of. Once people across india claim urban space for their everyday life like these many residents. Of. The idea of living in 55. People. Live. And. Whats more with the help of. 400 kilometers of bicycle paths are going to be created over the next few years. To defend its title as indias most livable city and even extend its lead. In most cities across the world a lot of systemic changes needed to make woods of transport and barmaids friendly and secure for the residents the pandemic has shown us that in a way sion in our transport systems is imperative research in a western German University have been working to solve some of these problems. At african Technical University or r w t 8 scientists are working flat out. They want to develop new kinds of environmentally friendly mobility for the future. Leading the charge there is its director going to shoot a man with big ideas. History it was an electric car that everyone can afford even leave the car makers werent interested so in 2017 shoe founded the company ego and built his own factory overnight the scientist became a car maker and remove the hardness thus proving engineers dont have the privilege of conducting research only with the aim of gaining new insights unlike other disciplines were obliged to carry out research according to its relevance we take that very seriously here at arc and university. So whatever we dedicate our resources to researching it has to be of use to society. And you also have to be Strong Enough to fight for things that you think would be good for society even if the establishment doesnt want them. Going to shoot and ego change the German Automobile market the trailblazer success is inspiring his colleagues at art and university to realize their own ambitions for them hes a pioneer that opens doors for others to go through thats where my grandmother unfortunate people would always say you researchers or academics you. City in ivory towers you broke the stereotype. Showed that universities can also bring new products to the market or to successfully bring new products to the market and we profit from that of course. The producer got it showing the way for all of the issues surrounding mobility. We have very happy that he is here in arkansas and that he is helping even if just subconsciously take us all to another level in my opinion without going to shoe and ego we would not have secured the funding for this project over. The team is developing an innovative project with its roots in space in order to connect the cabin of an electric bus to an overhead cable a highly complex clamping device was developed from Satellite Technology by passing traffic jams from above thats the vision under the direction of professor. Theyve come up with a new concept that has really taken off. Im now of the opinion that we have found the key to what mobility might look like in the future because weve solved so many problems by lifting transport of the ground we freed up the space below and can return again to the people and. Its hoped the people mover will be at the center of the universitys cable project the small electric bass is the latest innovation from going to shoot when the earth and university crews work on mobility ideas they often examine how Autonomous Driving Technology can be integrated. For that reason project leaders are meeting with colleagues from the institute for automotive engineering at the university there at the forefront of research into autonomous driving. We are working on systems that need to be put in production tomorrow but we can take our time to find something for the future. Blick it was vital and it. Did researchers are testing the concept in one of the most modern simulators in the world here theyre looking into how the movements of the driverless bus impact the senses of its passengers this prototype called speedy has already passed through the simulation process kitted out with the latest technology it aims to provide a driving experience fit for the future. Its about improving mobility not restricting us and making it environmentally friendly my job is not only to make that happen but try it out and test it with my young team so that theyre excited about this journey and then want to pursue it their whole lives because thats. An excitement that drives innovative ideas that can change the way we travel in the city and beyond. Now the pandemic has. Forcing us to confront our choices. Like how do we travel in the future what is the impact of this travel on the unbarred rate and is there a way for them to be Sustainable Travel lots of websites are now helping some of these questions. On the road but back at home they may take up space nobody really needs to put pressure on tourism today is smart smart tourism to me is smart tourism means using the options digitalisation provides us to minimize risk as far as possible and sustainability is also important. For instance in how you get to a Place Services like passenger help travelers compare different routes in terms of their emissions. If you want to know how to travel by train in asia or africa you can visit the man in seat 61 a block created by real. Expert mark smith from britain. If youre traveling by plane sites like atmospheric will calculate your journeys Carbon Footprint and convert it into the sum needed for carbon offsetting a flight from burning to cape town would produce the equivalent of 150 euros which you could donate to climate protection projects directly on the site. Other providers use a similar principle. Sustainability isnt only about c o 2 its also about social sustainability such as reforestation or education traveling could also mean flying to the amazon to help with social projects there are people interested in that type of trip can use social b. And b. Which lets you book developmental conservation projects for a stronger focus on local projects their off platforms like work away info. Or simply booking accommodation theyre being visa green or alternative the commissions go to support local projects the site is still in development as off most of the service is Sustainable Travelling. Toilet and it would be great if we could expand the Data Networks and share data better we even have the technology to collect data as tourists to. Lets say i dont find a given offer very sustainable i could suggest another if i use the potential there is in the right way we can also do good. Now its great to be able to look for sustainable alternatives to the way we travel but in some parts of the world its still a luxury that many channels afford some binman in india for example being able to travel safely across the city all by themselves is in itself a new and liberating phenomenon i did contour always begun with me and bob mentored by. The 1st steps to freedom so here in the city of hala gorani in northern india these letters are getting when you grow up. Why some are making progress after a week of class for others it is still a long way to go i theyre finding its not easy to balance a scooter and their busy domestic life. So long as we get up very early in the morning and make breakfast for the kids prepare them for the school and be called and do household work after all that we come here to learn how did i discover. Its going to sink in it is here and there i do think i think its going to has become a necessity nowadays it is very helpful for the community it saves a lot of time women are going to colleges and offices and the school has become very important now all things are not at that point you brought in by the end of it. In many parts of india women are still dependent on men for them a bit but thats not changing as women. Of the ministry. Of course know as they were there to have a got some people cooperate with us on that or this is you go ahead we can wait it doesnt matter that youre doing a little odd but not everyone is cooperate to some say ive moved past and you stay behind me and you bring up a chatty. Man are having to reassess attitudes to bring drugs. To catalyze youre just good theyre women that i didnt score it is necessary in our. Very unexpectedly they drive into heavy traffic and dont know what. The pressures of modern life are taking indias Patriarchal Society for you and despite all the potholes and this along the way it appears in the environment of the ability to. Eat. Thats all we have time for you today i hope you had many takeaways from todays show about how all of us from one place to the other you know 19. And next week well remind you of the word right you increase as the countrys urbanized. New shoot slowly disappears. To make kapinos for the devi