Better mobility for people worldwide Making tomorrow today Mapping the progress in sustainable development in the public transport sector 2005-07 International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Rue Sainte-Marie 6 B-1080 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 661 31 90 • Fax: +32 2 660 10 72 [email protected] • www.uitp.org Editor: Heather Allen, Sustainable Development Manager UITP Complete information on charter signatories can be found on the UITP web sites and more detailed information on the case studies can be found on the UITP electronic database Mobi+. Information on how to access this is available on the UITP web site www.uitp.org. © International Association of Public Transport, 2007 UITP members are free to copy any part of this paper provided they mention the source and copyright and inform UITP via [email protected] Non-UITP members must request written permission from UITP. Dépôt légal: D/2007/0105/7 Layout: Little Blue Cat sprl 2 List of charter signatories Full Signatories • MTA New York City Transit, USA • MTR – Mass Transit Railway Corporation, Hong Kong • Alcan Inc. • Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft MVG, Germany • Alstom Transport, France • Oslo Sporveien, Norway • Ansaldobreda S.p.A., Italy • Parsons Brinckerhoff, Australia • ATAC – Agenzia per I Trasporti Autoferrotramviari del Comune di • Parsons Brinckerhoff, (Headquarters USA) Roma • Provincie Gelderland, Arnhem, The Netherlands • ATCM – Azienda Trasporti Collettivi e Mobilita, Modena, Italy • Provincie Noord Brabant, The Netherlands • ATM, Azienda Trasporti Milanesi SPA, Italy • Queensland Rail (QR), Australia • Azienda Perugina della Mobilità, APM, Italy • RATP, Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, France • Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Berlin, Germany • Rheinische Bahngesellschaft AG, Germany • Bombardier Transportation, Germany • Siemens Transportation Systems, Germany • Bovis Lend Lease, Australia • Stadtwerke Augsburg, Germany • BSAG Bremer Strassenbahn AG, Germany • Stadtwerke München GmbH, Germany • Communauté Urbaine de Nantes, France • STIB, Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles, Belgium • Compania Transporti Publici, Napoli, Italy • TMB- Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Spain • Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe, Germany • The Kowloon Motor Bus Co., (1933) Ltd. KMB, Hong Kong • Electricité de France (EDF), France • Transdev, France • FirstGroup plc, UK • Transport for London, UK • GMPTE - Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, UK • Transports Publics Genevois, Switzerland • Hamburger Hochbahn, Germany • üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Germany • HTM Personenvervoer N.V., The Hague, The Netherlands • Veolia Transport, France • Keolis, France • Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (VAG), Germany • Knorr-Bremse, Germany • Yarra Trams, Melbourne, Australia • KVB – Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe, Germany • YTV Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council, Finland • Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore • Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Germany Pledge Signatories • Merseytravel, Liverpool UK • Metro Bilbao, Spain • Aare Seeland Mobil AG, Switzerland • Metro de Lisboa, Portugal • ACFT, Ferrara, Italy • Metro West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE), UK • Action Authority, Canberra, Australia 3 • Agence Métropolitaine de transport, AMT, Canada • Skybus Super Shuttle, Australia • Azienda Napoletana Mobilità, ANM, Italy • Société des Transports Abidjanais (SOTRA), Côte d’Ivoire • Brisbane Transport, Australia • Société de transport de Montréal (STM), Montréal, Canada • Bristol Electric Railbus, UK • Stadtbahn Saar GmbH, Germany • Companhia Carris de ferro de Lisboa, Portugal • Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG, Germany • Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo, Brazil • Syndicat mixte des transports en commun clermontois, France • Consorcio Transportes de Madrid, Spain • SYTRAL, Lyon, France • Denkstatt Umweltberatung und Management GmBH, Austria • TEC Liège-Verviers (TEC), Belgium • Departamento de Movilidad del Ayuntamiento de San Sebastián, • Trambus, Italy Spain • Transport de l’agglomération de Montpellier, France • Dublin Bus, Ireland • Transpole - Transport en Commun de la Métropole Lilloise, France • Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain • Utah Transit Authority, USA • Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Valenciana, Spain • Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany • Hampton Roads Transit, USA • Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region GmbH, Vienna, Austria • Helsingin Kaupungin Liikennelaitos - Helsinki City Transport HKL, • Vossloh Kiepe GmbH, Germany Finland • VVM De Lijn, Belgium • Istanbul Ulasim A.S., Turkey • Yapi Merkezi, Turkey • Jönköpings Länstrafik AB, Sweden • Wiener Linien, Vienna, Austria • Lancashire County Council, UK • Lohr Industrie, France Association Signatories • Met.Ro, Italy • ANTP, Brazilian Public Transport Association • Metro de Madrid, Spain • APTA, American Public Transit Association • Metro de Santiago, Chile • ASSTRA, Italian Public Transport Association • Metro Mondego, Coimbra, Portugal • Bus Association of Victoria, Australia • Metrô Rio, Brazil • CUTA, Canadian Urban Transit Association • Metrorex, Bucarest, Romania • SLTF, Swedish Public Transport Association • Mosgortrans State Unitarian Enterprise, Russia • UATP, Union Africaine des Transports Publics, Côte d’Ivoire • Moskovsky Metropoliten, Russia • UNIFE, European Rail Supply Industry Association • Nexus, Newcastle, UK • URTP, Romanian Public Transport Association • PostAuto Schweiz AG, Switzerland • UTP, Union des Transports Publics et Ferroviaires, France • Queensland Transport, Australia • VDV, Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen, Germany • Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn, Switzerland • Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea • Scheidt & Bachmann, Germany • SÉMITAG, Grenoble, France 4 Contents 1. Introduction 6 2. The UITP Sustainable Development Charter 11 3. Definition of Sustainable Development 13 4. Addressing today’s global challenges 14 - Climate change - The Global Energy Situation - Developing sustainable cities 5. Implementing sustainable development 27 6. Overview of the sector’s commitment 31 - Profile of the sector and some details per mode - Updated List of charter signatories - List of best practices 7. Reporting and measuring performance 36 - Why report? - International certification and verification of reports 8. Barriers and drivers to implementing sustainable principles 48 9. Conclusions and recommendations 53 5 1. Introduction UITP 1 launched its Sustainable Development Charter Natural capital and its derived goods and services 2007 saw us reach the tipping point when more in 2003 after taking part in the World Summit on are the preconditions or the basis for economic people now live in cities than in rural areas 3. Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. The development. It is not possible for human ingenuity concept of sustainable development and the term to create ‘human-made’ capital without the support of Since 2002 and the World Summit of Sustainable itself was first coined in the Report of the Brundtland this natural capital and furthermore, it is not possible Development, there has been an accelerated Commission, Our Common Future, published in to approach sustainability by only focusing on the awareness and acceptance that our present way of 1987 prepared for the Earth Summit (United Nations interdependence of two of these factors. A third life is unsustainable and that we need to make far Conference on Environment and Development dimension is required, one that could be called cultural reaching life style changes. In addition, all types of (UNCED)) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June capital; and these three types of capital are strongly pollution are at their highest; overloading natural eco- 1992. Agenda 21 was adopted there by more than interrelated, forming the basis for guiding society systems, depleting resources further and having very 178 Governments 2, UN organisations and major towards sustainability. tangible negative impacts on human health. groups in every area in which human impact on the environment. We are quite possibly at a pivotal point in our history. As human population increases and become more http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/ urban, consumption levels of the Earth’s natural agenda21/index.htm resources have reached unprecedented levels. 1 UITP is the international association of public transport (www.uitp.org) with 2 900 members in 90 countries. It represents public and private operators of all modes of public transport, organising authorities, the service and supply industry, and academics and research institutes. 2 The implementation of Agenda 21 was intended to involve action at international, national, regional and local levels. Some national and state governments have legislated or advised that local authorities take steps to implement the plan locally. Such programmes are often known as ‘Local 6 Agenda 21’ or ‘LA21’. The number 21 refers to the 21st century. 3 UNHABITAT The journey of sustainable development World Events UITP Response Bruntland report - Our Common Future 1987 Introduction of the term Sustainable Development United Nations Conference on Environment 1992 - ‘The Earth Summit’ - 100 leaders signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change and adopted Agenda 21. Creation of United Nations Commission of Sustainable Development (CSD) Earth + 5 Summit 1997 April UITP created first International Environment Working Group 2001 May Renamed UITP working group and extended work topic to cover 2002 Sustainable Development World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)