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CLEANER ENERGY SAVING <strong>MED</strong>ITERRANEAN CITIES<br />
ROAD MAP FOR SEAP IMPLEMENTATION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL<br />
FINAL REPORT<br />
Vehicle Inspection for air<br />
pollution reduction, Cairo<br />
Air Quality Programme<br />
(CAQP) 1997<br />
Transportation Road and<br />
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Safety initiatives<br />
As part of that programme natural gas fuelled buses'<br />
fleets were introduced to reduce diesel emission<br />
particulate pollution and instituted a Vehicle<br />
Emissions Testing (VET) and certification programme.<br />
This VET aims at regulating emissions from more than<br />
one million vehicles in and around Cairo; and reducing<br />
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the amount of pollutants in Cairo’s air<br />
Road safety measures including:<br />
- Continuation of the MoTr initiatives to improve<br />
bus/coach safety by introducing in conjunction with<br />
the <strong>Egypt</strong>ian Travel Agents Association (ETAA) “Onthe-Road<br />
Mobile Testing Units” to inspect vehicles<br />
operating in the Tourism sector (perhaps extending<br />
this to include taxis, minibuses, 4x4 safari vehicles);<br />
- Road markings and directions on main tourism<br />
roads, if necessary funded by toll payments;<br />
- Installation of speed cameras operated on a trial<br />
basis on main tourism areas, fines being collected<br />
on payment of road registration tax - This would<br />
reduce CO2 emissions;<br />
- Introduction of global positioning system (GPS) and<br />
other technology to monitor behaviour of vehicles<br />
and buses;<br />
- Safety is also an issue with river cruisers. A review<br />
along the lines planned for the railways should be<br />
undertaken to examine on-board safety<br />
procedures, particularly with respect to risks of fire<br />
and collision; and<br />
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http://egypt.usaid.gov/Default.aspx?pageid=15/ - cited in Sustainable Urban Energy Planning A handbook for cities and towns in developing countries, 2009, ICLEI –<br />
Local Governments for Sustainability, UN-HABITAT and UNEP, Printing: UNON, Publishing Services Section, Nairobi. Available at:<br />
http://www.unep.org/urban_environment/PDFs/Sustainable_Energy_Handbook.pdf/. (Accessed: 25.6.2016)<br />
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Refreshed Tourism Strategy 2013-2020. The Way Forward and New Horizons<br />
file:///C:/Users/win7/Downloads/Refreshed%20Tourism%20Strategy%2020132020%20The%20Way%20Forward%20and%20New%20Horizons.pdf<br />
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THIS PROJECT IS FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE HUMAN DYNAMICS CONSORTIUM
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