Narain releases State of India’s Environment 2017, an annual publication from Down To Earth magazine, at the Jaipur Literature Festival
The capital cannot solve its problems without local area solutions
CSE believes it is regrettable that the Delhi government has prioritised taking back the space from the transport of the masses to give it to the polluting cars and SUVs in a city where every third child has impaired lungs.
CSE releases the assessment of road accidents and accident hotspots; presents findings of its safety audit; puts forth an action plan
Harish Salve releases book based on the assessment
Says his proposal of bus day and cycle scheme can make a difference only if the rich and powerful get on to public transport
Call for a parking strategy for better management that can control traffic chaos as well as dampen parking demand and car usage
New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, and Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust organise a workshop in Dhaka on Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Challenge in South Asian Cities
Delhi has yet to wake up the mobility crisis. Increased use of cars is reducing people carrying capacity of roads. Total walk and cycle trips are more than double the share of car trips.
CSE releases findings on parking in Sarojini Nagar and the lessons from it Says without a clear strategy, expensive parking structures can neither reduce parking chaos nor parking demand
City needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage. Higher revenue from increased parking charges should be reinvested to improve public transport
Press Note: March 13, 2009 Cars may drive growth and aspirations, but they can never meet the commuting needs of urban India. Cars choke cities, harm public health and guzzle more oil. More than a half of our cities, especially the smaller ones, are getting smothered by critical levels of pollution and congestion.
New Delhi, June 22, 2009: “Tax our cars, Mr Finance Minister, not our buses”: this is – once again -- the message that Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has for Pranab Mukherjee, as he gets set to present the new government’s first Budget.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) comes out in support of Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s initiative to set fuel economy standards and a labeling programme for cars. Demands immediate implementation as rapid increase in car numbers and steady drift towards bigger cars threaten India’s energy security.
Rich Lands Poor People – released in Rajasthan