DARIO HIDALGO, DIRECTOR INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PRACTICEWRI ROSS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES

AIR QUALITY IN BOGOTÁConnect Karo Delhi 2016

STEADY PROGRESS, BUT NOT THERE YET

Graph by Prof. Nestor Rojas, Universidad Nacional, using Air Quaily Network, Secretary of Environment, Bogota

KEYS TO PROGRESS

• Better city, not just better air• Plan, but act • Measure and manage• Reduce Sulfur Content in Diesel

• 2,600 meters closer to the stars• 9 million people metropolitan área• 9th densest city in the world: 13,500

people per square kilometer• GDP: USD 20,000/capita

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• 600,000 kids<5 years are atended every year due to respiratory disease (2008)

• Acute Respiratory Disease ARD Hospital Rooms received 29,064 cases in 2007

• 80 kids<5 years old died due to ARD in 2007

• ~70 micrograms/m3 average PM10 (2002-2008), while WHO standard is 20 ug/m3

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BETTER CITY NOT JUST BETTER AIR

BRT NETWORK 112 KM, 2.4 MILLION PASSENGERS/DAY

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~400 KM OF PERMANENT BIKE LANES

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SUCCESS IN CONTROLING PRIVATE MOBILITY

GREAT DECLINE IN ROAD FATALITIES

PLAN, BUT ACTAIR DECONTAMINATION PLAN 2010-2020HTTP://AMBIENTEBOGOTA.GOV.CO/PLAN-DECENAL-DE-DESCONTAMINACION-DEL-AIRE-PARA-BOGOTA

MEASURE AND MANAGE

MEASURE AND MANAGE

MEASURE AND MANAGE

http://ambientebogota.gov.co/plan-decenal-de-descontaminacion-del-aire-para-bogota

STEADY PROGRESS, BUT NOT THERE YET

Graph by Prof. Nestor Rojas, Universidad Nacional, using Air Quaily Network, Secretary of Environment, Bogota

KEY DECONTAMINATION MEASURES

• Controlling fixed sources• Vehicle restriction trucks and buses (most

highly polluting vehicles) using license plate numbers

• Car restriction using plate numbers (since 1998 on peak hours)

• Bus fleet renewal (including hybrid buses)• Cleaner Diesel• Piloting electric Taxi Cabs

248 HYBRID DIESEL – ELECTRIC BUSES FLEET

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REDUCING SULFUR CONTENT IN DIESEL

http://ambientebogota.gov.co/plan-decenal-de-descontaminacion-del-aire-para-bogota

WAY FORWARD• Completing implementation of new integrated bus system

and removal of older bus fleet• Euro VI Emissions Standard in new buses (including

Diesel Particulate Filters)• Increase the use of bicycles from 4.5% to 9% of total trips• Introduce demand management measures – parking

management

Muchas graciasdhidalgo@wri.org