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Motor Vehicle Idling (Fixed Penalty) Ordinance

Ord. No. 3 of 2011 DOWNLOAD PDF : es12011151031

Evaluation of the public health impacts of traffic congestion: a health risk assessment

Results: We estimate that the monetized value of PM2.5-related mortality attributable to congestion in these 83 cities in 2000 was approximately $31 billion (2007 dollars), as compared with a value of time and fuel wasted of $60 billion. In future years, the economic impacts grow (to over $100 billion in 2030) while the public health [...]

Shanghai airport to double capacity

South China Morning Post – Dec. 8, 2011 Shanghai Pudong International Airport received approval to build a fourth and fifth runway in an expansion that will see the number of aircraft movements double by 2020. The addition of two runways will enable the airport to handle 650,000 landings and take-offs a year in 2020, compared [...]