Transport Archives - Asia Pathways

Navigating Linear Transport Infrastructure Through Conservation Landscapes

Shreya Gupta / February 14, 2025

Transport infrastructure such as roads and railways facilitates connectivity and growth but also fragments habitats, disrupts wildlife movement, and threatens biodiversity.

Gender, Social development and protection, Transport

Silent Struggles: Advancing Women’s Mobility with Public Transportation in Asia

Ka Ying Wong / January 17, 2025

Find out what is holding women back from using public transport in Asia and how can governments break down these barriers.

Transport, Uncategorized, Urban Development

Calling for Quality Infrastructure—Why and How?

Mukesh Dangol / November 29, 2024

Quality infrastructure, backed by strategic planning and innovative financing, can transform developing countries by driving sustainable growth, resilience, and economic potential while addressing global challenges like climate change and funding gaps.

Transport

Facilitating high-speed rail knowledge transfer between Japan and India

Yukiko Kimishima Harada / May 9, 2024

High-speed rail training programs can be improved by understanding the differences in education and training styles between countries.

Climate change, Energy, Environment, Transport

Can electric vehicles lead the way to a sustainable future?

Tetsushi Sonobe / February 16, 2024

Electric vehicles have increased through rapid efforts by governments to encourage environmentally friendly vehicles in the transportation sector.

Governance and public sector management, Private sector development, Transport

Asian lessons for reviving infrastructure investment as a driver of resilient development

Kai Xu / May 31, 2023

In the post-pandemic era, the need for a timely rebound in infrastructure development is more urgent than ever.

Industry and trade, Transport

Rail routes offer boost to India–Bangladesh cross-border trade

Anita Barik / July 15, 2022

The limited operation of land ports during the pandemic has increased demand for the transport of goods through railways.

Energy, Environment, Governance and public sector management, Transport

The next steps for meeting nationally determined contributions after COP26

Dina Azhgaliyeva / December 10, 2021

Reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) must be achieved in the coming decades to avoid catastrophic global temperature rises. Limiting global warming to within 1.5°C will require rapid, far-reaching, and unprecedented changes in all sectors. GHG emissions in Asia and the Pacific now account for over 50% of the world’s total.

Economics, Infrastructure, Social development and protection, Transport

Balancing the Spillover Effects of High-Speed Rail Infrastructure Investment in Asia

Chanankarn Boonyotsawad / November 26, 2021

Comprehensive infrastructure projects have proven to be efficient in reducing poverty, community burdens, and production costs and raising competitiveness within and between regions. However, investment in specific forms of infrastructure can help balance the trade-offs between huge infrastructure demand and scarce financial resources, especially in developing countries.

Infrastructure investment key to unlocking greater connectivity in Central Asia

Economics, Industry and trade, Subjects, Transport

Infrastructure investment key to unlocking emerging Asia-Europe trade corridor

Dina Azhgaliyeva / November 5, 2021

Spanning from the People’s Republic of China through Central Asian countries along the Caspian Sea to Europe, the Trans-Caspian Corridor is an increasingly important channel for transportation and cross-border trade. Considerable financing gaps and other challenges must be addressed to meet its rapidly expanding infrastructure needs.