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From a Volvo Group perspective, there are a number of trends
and challenges driving our work to develop and deliver
sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions today and
tomorrow. A few key challenges and some of our solutions
arepresented below.
Long-term challenges and
some of our solutions
A GLOBAL GROUP 2014 OPERATING CONTEXT
Today over seven billion people live on the planet. The United Nations
Population Fund expects there to be eight billion people by 2025, and
over nine billion in 2050. Half the world’s population already lives in
cities, but the levels of urbanization vary widely by region. In the next
decade, we will see a much greater rural-urban shift in Asia and Africa
1Demographic growth and urbanization
City Mobility program
Through the City Mobility program, the Volvo Group works collaboratively
with public transport decision makers in numerous cities around the
world to develop and apply new technologies and transport solutions,
such as hybrid and electric vehicles. City transport requirements drive
further development of system solutions. Selling a bus is more and more
about selling the ability to run a public transport system with an estab-
lished infrastructure, for example with charging stations.
The Volvo Group has been a pioneer in supporting the development of
and providing the products and services for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
systems around the world. In Brazil, for example, Volvo in 2014 delivered
124 articulated buses to a new BRT line in Rio de Janeiro; these buses
offer a capacity 20% higher than most of the similar buses operating in
the BRT lines there. This higher transport capacity facilitates a
reduction in the number of vehicles operating in the BRT corridor,
which consequently increases the average speed of the system,
thus reducing emissions of pollutants as well as operating
costs.
EXAMPLES OF OUR SOLUTIONS
inparticular. As urban populations grow, cities face increasing social and
environmental challenges, including congestion, noise and pollution.
Thischallenges the transport and infrastructure industry to provide more
sustainable and effi cient solutions for each type of urban development,
whether a small or medium sized city or a mega city.
20%
higher capacity
TRANSPORT NEEDS
TODAY AND TOMORROW
Together with the city of Curitiba, Brazil Volvo pioneered Bus Rapid Transit.
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