Rio+20 "Eight multilateral development banks have pledged $175bn to improve public transport in developing countries." Leading the charge for rail development at Rio+20 are three central rail organisations: international railway body UIC, European rail association Unife and public transport organisation UITP, which partnered to present a joint statement to the world on sustainable transport. The statement lays out the arguments for rail development as a driver for green economic benefits, pollution reduction and improved mobility for urban residents, especially those with little income. From an economic standpoint, the groups stated that worldwide congestion costs economies around one to three percent of GDP, and that maintaining a car costs many families up to 30% of their total income. Placing a greater emphasis on public transport systems would cut air pollution, improve mobility, reduce congestion and road fatalities, as well as create at least 20 million green jobs around the world. The partners have called on all parties to endorse the doubling of sustainable transport's share of urban journeys by 2025, as well as strengthening institutional arrangements with development banks, carbon finance instruments and the private sector to advance public transport projects. "Transport makes up for the bulk of emission worldwide - we are here to show that rail transport is part of the solution to the problem," said Bombardier's country representative in Brazil Andre Guyvarche, on behalf of Unife director general Philippe Citron. "With technologies that are available today, rail can improve the lives of citizens around the globe by providing