50 Years of ASEAN (3/3): Sustainable Transport and Emissions

Everyone who has ever been to one of the Southeast Asian urban
centers knows that traffic is a big problem. It is a problem for
life quality of the city citizens as the endless traffic jams are
health hazards and time consuming. Beyond this, transportation also
cause emissions that contribute to climate change. However,
solutions to free the streets from cars are yet to be implemented.
By Johanna SonJohanna Son, a Filipino journalist/editor based in
Bangkok for 17 years, follows a mix of regional issues, including
ASEAN. She also works on programs around the capacity-building of
journalists from Asia. Picture: Ines Meier/Lizenz: cc-by-nc-nd