[sustran] Non-Motorised Transport and Related Issues

[Setty Pendakur]

The Transportation Research Board has recently established a Standing
Committee ( A5013 ) : Committee on Non-Motorised Transport and Related
Issues in Developing Countries.  This Committee in within Group 5 :
Intergroup Resources as the activities of the Committee will overlap among
vertically arranged and sectoral committees.  The Committee has a wide
mandate to bring NMT into focus in the context of research and
professional practice.  This Committee will sponsor Annual Conference
Sessions fousing on NMT and Related issues in Developing and OECD
countries and facilitate cross transsfer of knowledge and methods both
ways between two sets of geographies and income levels.  The next
conference is 11-15 january 1998 and it is always held in Washington, DC
and always in january each year.  I have been appointed its first
chairperson.

We plan to saponsor two sessions " Global Forum on Transport ".  This is
to provide a focus on recent research and events reaaaaaaalating to NMT
and all other modes of transport in various parts of the world.  The other
themes will be directly related to various aspects of NMt including
analytical methods, research finding, environment and enrgy issues etc.
The papers can be for presentation only or for presentation and
publication.  The deadline is 1 August 97.

If you or any of your firends and associates are interested in presenting
papers or participating in the "Forum " as speakers, please contact me by
Em quickly.

Best wishes.

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Professor V. Setty Pendakur
School of Community and Regional Planning
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC   V6T 1Z2

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