[sustran] more on Subway in Jakarta

[Eric Bruun]

On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 eric.britton at ecoplan.org wrote:

> Further to Paula Negron Poblete's good suggestion: "I really think that o=
ne
> way to make people prefer public transport is by making driving a real
> mess."
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> Actually, I thought that this war had already been fought and won - at le=
ast
> at the level of our expertise here.  Since apparently I may have it wrong=
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> let me summarize the state of the art/recipe as I understand it as we get
> set to meander off the stage of the 20th century:
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> 1. You take that billion dollars you used to spend on building a new
> metro....

  The Metro benefits more people than highways do, and should not be
lumped together with it as an expenditure benefiting elites. Local content
and labor should be maximized to minimize the drain on foreign exchange
and to provide employment, but I still think that megacities need these
types of systems.

Rail systems also address the point below about space being needed
for non-transport use in the city. They are far more space efficient than
roads, even than bus systems, and do liberate space for other uses. =20
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> 2. To which you add the couple of billions that you regularly pour into r=
oad
> construction.
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> 3. You stir and mix nicely and then tip it, not into hardware (concrete,
> steel, tunnels and the like) but rather into software (people, new access=
,
> amenity, efficiency and entrepreneurial concepts, cognitive and feedback
> systems) and .... while at the same time...
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> 4. Getting all those inefficient, space-eating cars off the street --
> specifically a pincers movement with tough, cleverly thought-out parking
> strategies at the leading edge, in partnership with persistent transfers =
by
> various means of street space to more efficient transport modes... bearin=
g
> in mind that....
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> 5. When we speak of "more efficient transport modes" we have a lot of stu=
ff
> in mind rather than good old honky stand in line and wait "public transpo=
rt"
> =E0 la its rather dismal 20th century incarnation, and....
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> 6. That as we free street space we must also take into account that man d=
oes
> not live by transport alone and that there are other human uses to which
> much of it can well be put.
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> I thought that we were post-industrial and that the knowledge society was
> now going to serve us all.  But if I have this wrong... any of it... I sh=
all
> be pleased to listen and learn.
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> eric britton
> ecopl at n, Paris
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