[sustran] Request for specific information

[Dr.Rajeev Saraf]

On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Raul O'Ryan wrote:

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> To:     sustainable transport discussion list
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> From:   Raúl O'Ryan, Center for Applied Economics, Industrial
> Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile.
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> Dear Sirs: 
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> I am working on the issue of sustainable passenger transport in urban
> settings of developing countries. I would like to know if you have
> information on this topic in general, or if you can suggest where I can look
> for it.
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> It is my contention that developing countries are different from developed
> countries in at least three aspects that affect emissions and future
> sustainability of in developing country cities: average age of the fleet in
> developing countries is high and turnover rates of old cars is slow;
I do not think this in entirely true. In many developing countries, 
motorisation is a very new trend and most of the cars have been purchased 
in last 8 to 10 years ( this is true for india). Therefreo, the share of 
old cars is relatively low. For example, only 10 to 15% of car fleet is 
Delhi is pre 1981 fleet. 
What may be true is that the technology used for the cars are old and the 
emissions are high
> percentage of overall trips or passenger km done on public transport (as
> opposed to cars) is high; vehicle ownership (say per 1000 pop.) is low. 
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Vehicle ownership if you take both cars + MC/SC, then for some urban 
areas, the vehicle ownership is quite high ( e.g., delhi - more than one 
vehicle ver household)

> Do you have information on average fleet age, percentage of trips done in
> public transport and vehicle ownership in cities of developed countries? If
> you do, please send me the references.  Do you know where I can get the same
> information for some developing contries?.
We have this info for Delhi.  I will pull out some of these numbers. In 
Delhi trips on public transport are 62%. Vehicle ownership as I said one 
per household including SC+MC. 

 > I look forward to hearing from you,
> 
> Raúl O'Ryan.
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