LAHORE: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched Youth Video Contest to find new transport ideas for Asia to promote safe, environment friendly and affordable transport for all.
The competition coincides with ADB’s 5th Transport Forum to be held in Manila (Philippines) from September 12-16, said ADB press statement received here Monday.
The bank has invited participants to submit originally made, short videos, depicting how people, both individually and collectively, can make a difference in accelerating the drive for safe, environmentally friendly, accessible, and affordable transport for all.
“The topic draws on the idea of what’s needed to get us to our destinations using greener transport, safely and efficiently,” according to ADB press statement received here.
The bank aims to hear from young people on what they think is the best way to tackle the issue. Asia faces formidable transport challenges, with carbon dioxide emissions from the sector accounting for the lion’s share of global transport carbon emissions growth, as well as the bulk of the high levels of pollution choking many cities, it said.
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s road traffic deaths and injuries occur in the region and Asian economies lose 2% to 5% of their gross domestic product output every year due to road congestion. Growing populations and burgeoning cities mean the region needs to think about transport in a new way.
