[sustran] Re: Car Share Lists and Groups

[Paul Barter]

Marty Bernard wrote:
>Could someone please explain the difference between these three car
>share lists?
>
>sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
>carsharing-l at teleport.com
>carsharing at vcn.bc.ca

Sustran-discuss is not a car share list, although car sharing has been
discussed on the list once or twice (eg. there is a Singapore project
starting up).  Sustran-discuss was established in May this year by the
SUSTRAN Secretariat in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is an interactive forum
for news, announcements, questions and discussions on sustainable and
people-centred transportation issues, with a focus on low and middle-income
countries.

WHAT IS SUSTRAN?
The Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN)
is a network of organisations and individuals working to promote more
people-centred and sustainable transportation policies. In most countries
of Asia and the Pacific the social and environmental impacts of
transportation are escalating. Unfortunately, these impacts fall most
heavily on people who are already disadvantaged. Furthermore, current
transport priorities often serve these people, and society generally, very
poorly.

The main activity of the SUSTRAN secretariat and the wider network at the
moment is information sharing (through a monthly news flash service sent
out by e-mail and 'snail-mail' and through the sustran-discuss listserv).
Emerging activities are international advocacy on people-centred and
sustainable transport and community capacity building to help network
participants become better able to take action on transport issues.

I hope this helps.  Best wishes,

A. Rahman Paul Barter
Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific (SUSTRAN)
c/o Asia Pacific 2000, PO Box 12544,   50782 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: +603 2559122 ext 2240, Fax: +603 253 2361,
E-mail: <tkpb at barter.pc.my>
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SUSTRAN is dedicated to promoting transport policies and investments
which foster accessibility for all; social equity; ecological sustainability;
health and safety; public participation; and high quality of life.