Sustainable Transport and Air Quality for Santiago

The project will help reduce GHGs from ground transport in Santiago through a promotion of a long-term modal shift to more efficient and less polluting forms of transport. To that end, the project will support the implementation of the 2000-2010 Urban Transport Plan for Santiago, which is consistent with the overall objectives of the GEF operational program on sustainable transport. The project is proposed to have the following components: (i) Promotion of bicycle use; (ii) Modernizing the bus system; (iii) Assessment of land-use incentives and policies to reduce motorized travel; (iv) Improving Traffic Flows; (v) Strategic environmental assessment; (vi) Travel Harmonization, and (vii) Decontamination Bonds.