From dojie at transportas.com.ph Fri Oct 1 07:56:09 1999 From: dojie at transportas.com.ph (Ronaldo R. Manahan) Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 06:56:09 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Curitiba Contacts In-Reply-To: <37ee1c0f.477888@smtp.usaksa.com> References: <37eeea56.3471033@smtp.usaksa.com> <37eeea56.3471033@smtp.usaksa.com> Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19991001065609.0068ad7c@transportas.com.ph> Dear Alan and Fellow SUSTRAN Discuss members: A project I am working on is organizing an observation of the Curitiba bus-metro system, to be held in mid-October. We have been trying to locate contacts involved in the system there, and would appreciate it very much if we can be directed to the proper agencies / authorities / companies and contact persons. Thanks a lot in advance. Sincerely, Ronaldo R. Manahan Transportas Consulting Philippines At 19:07 25 09 99 GMT, you wrote: >What I should have added, is that AFAIK PT in Curitiba runs without >susbsidy. >>Which brings me back to my usual hobby-horse, >>Curitiba (Brazil). >> >>As well as having a splendid "Bus Metro", they have a rather >>interesting regulatory system. There are several operators, operating >>on routes and at fares set down by the TA (if I remember correctly - >>I'm quoting from memory). I am not sure if they are limited in the >>bus-kms they run - though I guess they are. The clever bit is that the >>TA collects all the revenue, and allocates it to operators on the >>basis of bus-kms run. So the operators have an interest in maximising >>revenue on the system as a whole, but not in competing with other >>operators for revenue. >> From sydtrans at enternet.com.au Sat Oct 2 12:11:19 1999 From: sydtrans at enternet.com.au (Charlie Richardson) Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 13:11:19 +1000 Subject: [sustran] Re: urban rail and transport problems in KL References: <37eeea56.3471033@smtp.usaksa.com> Message-ID: <37F577D7.9039641A@enternet.com.au> Alan P Howes wrote: > > > > >Deregulation does not work. It has been a disaster for the UK. > > But not entirely there. UK Dereg worked in that it achieved what the > government wanted - big cuts in subsidy. (OK, they also said they > wanted to revitalise Public Transport, but if you believed that ...) > And IMO the public as a whole (including taxpayers) got better value > for money out of PT after Dereg than before it. I believe it's necessary to look at little further under the surface to test the notions that "UK degregulation worked in that it achieved what the government wanted - big cuts in subsidy." .... and that "... the public as a whole (including taxpayers) got better value for money out of PT after Dereg than before it." Whilst it is true that direct subsidies to operators from the UK Dept. of Transport were reduced following deregulation, it is arguable that different, indirect subsidies began to apply instead. Chief among these are the payments made by the British Dept. of Social Security to bus company staff. In Britain, there exists a payment called "Low Income Earner's Supplement" (I think that's the name of it) which is paid to employed people earning less than a certain amount. A great deal of this money flows to poorly paid bus drivers and bus company staff - to the extent that the pamphlet produced by the Dept. of Social Security explaining people's entitlement to the allowance has a picture of a bus driver on it. So, instead of the Dept. of Transport directly subsidising the employers, the Department of Social Security is subsidising bus company employees. Is there any real saving made? I don't know. Another aspect to this is that many of the present bus drivers and other staff are people who did not naturally gravitate to this kind of work, but were instead forced off the 'dole' into this form of employment. I question the wisdom of forcing people who do not wish to be bus drivers into this kind of work. It does not suit everybody, it is highly stressful and there are probably service standard and safety implications to this. Secondly, many of the services that withered following deregulation are now being provided with subsidies from local Councils instead of the central government. Local Councils are funded partly out of their locally derived rates, and partly from central government. So, perhaps the budgets have just been shifted around with no overall saving. There is a further complicating factor. It is entirely possible that another form of subsidy, a very murky one, exists in some of the London operations. This subsidy (if that is the right word) derives from the fact that some of the companies contracted to London Transport to provide services were handed very large bus depots, with the proviso that they cannot sell them for ten years. These are very large pieces of land on very valuable real estate. Looking at the long term, some of those operators might well be prepared to make a loss on their operations for the long term gain available from the eventual sale of that real estate. In this case, it will have been a subsidy in a non-recurrent form, i.e. the value of the previously publicly-owned depots. The ten year freeze on the sale of those depots must soon be over. It will be interesting to see what happens to the services run from them after that. Personally, having re-visited London (my birthplace) and other parts of England after an absence of some years in my new home in Australia, I find that the services have declined significantly in terms of cleanliness and maintenance of vehicles and reliability of the services. Some of that decline in reliability probably cannot be laid at the feet of the new operators, however, but rather is the result of increased congestion on the roads due to much increased car ownership and use. One aspect of the deregulation of bus services in the UK is very interesting. That is that while outside of London the services are almost totally deregulated, it was found necessary to maintain regulation in London - it was just too important to stuff up. The contracting companies are told when and where to run by London Transport, and most of them run on the same routes they have run for decades. This provides certainty and stability to the travelling public, to developers and to business. Outside of London, people don't know what is happening .... services are introduced and abandoned at will. Charlie Richardson sydtrans@enternet.com.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19991002/2e42d0bb/attachment.htm From sustran at po.jaring.my Mon Oct 4 17:30:23 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 16:30:23 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: pednet: Lexicon updated Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991004163023.0082f810@relay101.jaring.my> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 12:20:15 +0100 From: Geraint Jennings Subject: pednet: Lexicon updated This message sent to pednet by Geraint Jennings . I have added updates to Pednet's International Pedestrian Lexicon. Any suggestions, amendments, clarifications, improvements? Remember, it's _your_ lexicon! http://user.itl.net/~wordcraf/lexicon.html I have had particular requests to note where possible the regional origin and use of terminology. If you feel that a particular word or phrase is NAm or US or Can or Br or Aus or NZ, please say. More Spanish, Portuguese, French etc vocab please! ***************** Geraint Jennings ******************* Artist, Teacher, Green, and general all-round good egg geraint@itl.net ************* http://user.itl.net/~geraint/ ************* From sustran at po.jaring.my Mon Oct 4 17:28:37 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 16:28:37 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Transport award criteria Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991004162837.0082f580@relay101.jaring.my> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:51:47 +1200 From: Elizabeth Yeaman Subject: alt-transp Transport award criteria The New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is introducing a new award for the transport sector as part of the annual New Zealand energy efficiency awards. The award would be for a transport demand management or transport energy efficiency initiative. We are currently considering criteria for judging the award. Is anyone aware of any similar awards in other countries, and if so what the criteria are for comparing different entries? Any information or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks Elizabeth Yeaman _____________________________________ Transport and Local Government Executive Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority PO Box 388, Wellington, New Zealand Ph: 04 470 2228 Fax: 04 499 5330 http://www.eeca.govt.nz/ From sustran at po.jaring.my Mon Oct 4 20:53:12 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 19:53:12 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: CSE on cleaner fuels in India Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991004195312.0081cb90@relay101.jaring.my> From: "webadmin" Organization: Center For Science and Environment What's new at the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India ....... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- A disease called pollutionitis Most of Delhi's urban elite suffer from this disease which makes them 'rationally irrational'. The disease is accompanied by finger-pointitis and selfishitis too. Hopefully it is not communicable at http://www.oneworld.org/cse/html/dte/dte990930/dte_cross.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Lacking teeth Why the French pollution tax is unlikely to produce results at http://www.oneworld.org/cse/html/dte/dte990930/dte_cross2.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Crisis to crisis Environment is a peripheral issue in Pakistan. It was not even accorded the dignity of a separate expenditure head. This speaks volumes of the government's priorities. Check it out at http://www.oneworld.org/cse/html/dte/dte990930/dte_cross1.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- A message from our Director, Anil Agarwal: The deadly public sector It is indeed amazing. It was only four months ago, in April, that the Ministry of Petroleum was telling the Supreme Court that it is not possible for it to supply high quality diesel. And that all it could do is to supply diesel with a sulphur content of 0.25 per cent and even for that it needs more time. Ministry officials had told the court that the cost would run into several thousands crore, which they did not have. A figure of Rs 15,000 crore has been bandied about in the media. And yet the government giant, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), is now selling 0.05 per cent sulphur diesel in less than four months and is providing even low benzene petrol to boot. This raises a big question: How truthful are our officials when they make submissions before the Supreme Court? The Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), set up by the Supreme Court to manage the pollution problems of Delhi, had approached the petroleum secretary for high quality petrol and diesel in early 1999 but the high official had said there that he, firstly, was not sure whether air pollution in Delhi was serious enough to warrant the huge expenditure and, secondly, he did not have the money to make any serious changes in fuel quality. So why has IOC suddenly become so environment-friendly? The answer has nothing to do with the health of the people, for this public sector company. It is sheer fiscal interests. In April, the new actor in India's refinery sector, Reliance Petrochemicals, had written to the EPCA saying that it 'may' be able to supply 0.05 per cent sulphur diesel. The EPCA wrote back asking whether it is indeed capable of doing so and could it make a firm commitment. Reliance, eyeing the Delhi market, soon confirmed that it can do so. This letter was enough to put the cat among the public sector pigeons. They knew auto manufacturers were strongly demanding better quality diesel to supply workable technology, the environmentalists were demanding the same for health reasons, and it was, therefore, quite possible that the Supreme Court would order the same. Not wanting to lose a huge market, the IOC rushed in to protect its interests. A senior IOC official even told the Down to Earth newsmagazine that the company could have easily made the change but it was the bureaucrats in the petroleum ministry who were holding up everything. IOC indeed had to spend money to make the change but the cost was not even a fraction of what the ministry of petroleum has been claiming. God alone can help a country in which bureaucrats are not even afraid to lie before the Supreme Court. Even if they didn't know at that time that this was possible and were, therefore, technically not lying, surely they had not done their homework properly. And, of course, don't ask what the minister of petroleum was doing at that time. Who cares, definitely not these politicians if a few people die! In Delhi, the levels of particulates are extremely high in the city's ambient air and diesel is the biggest source of extremely tiny particles which are, from a public health point of view, the most dangerous. Moreover, diesel produces sulphate particles which are the most dangerous of all particles. If the level of suspended particulate matter in Delhi's ambient air has to be reduced, and the target set to reduce this is as much as 90 per cent, which it is of now - then diesel use has to drop dramatically. The Supreme Court has already ordered that all buses must change over to CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) by April 2001, which will probably reduce 25-30 per cent of the particulate matter produced in vehicular emissions. But as the goods vehicles cannot easily move on to CNG, it is vital that better quality diesel be made available, which, as Swedish studies show, will probably reduce the particulate emissions from these vehicles by about 5-10 per cent. Therefore, the drop will not be dramatic but given the high use of diesel in Delhi, definitely of some value. With IOC producing 0.05 per cent sulphur diesel, a major obstacle has been removed in enforcing the EURO II standards across the country. Now other Indian cities can also start demanding the same. What is interesting is that IOC has taken proactive action even to prevent any environmental threat affecting its petrol market in Delhi. More and more information has been leaking out that benzene levels are also extremely high, a problem that comes from petrol vehicles, especially the two-stroke vehicles. Though catalytic convertors reduce benzene substantially, all Indian cars and scooters are unlikely to have these devices fitted for a very long time. The only option, in the interim, is to reduce the benzene content of petrol. IOC knew that some action was coming also on this and moved fast. It is clear that the state does not function in India. But, in this case, what seems to have worked is a combination of non-governmental organisation and court pressure and a good measure of competition. The politicians and the bureaucrats can go hang themselves. - Anil Agarwal Visit our website at www.cseindia.org or www.oneworld.org/cse and check out what's new. Our website carries our science and environment fortnightly Down To Earth, a weekly Feature Service of articles on environment and a daily environment newsflash by subject categories. We also give regular updates on all of our campaigns on topics like vehicular pollution, climate change, biodiversity, water resources, wildlife, forests etc. Our online library of books, journals, images and videos is searchable through a thesaurus of environmental keywords. .... Usha Sekhar Website Unit Centre for Science and Environment **************************************************************** * NOTE CHANGE IN OUR EMAIL ADDRESS: PLEASE NOTE IT AS FOLLOWS * **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 698 1110, 698 1124 698 3394, 698 6399 FAX : 91-11-698 5879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: webadmin@cseindia.org **************************************************************** From litman at islandnet.com Tue Oct 5 02:37:32 1999 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 10:37:32 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: alt-transp Transport award criteria In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991004103732.00b55360@mail.IslandNet.com> At 12:51 PM 10/04/1999 +1200, Elizabeth Yeaman wrote: >The New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is introducing >a new award for the transport sector as part of the annual New Zealand >energy efficiency awards. The award would be for a transport demand >management or transport energy efficiency initiative. We are currently >considering criteria for judging the award. Is anyone aware of any similar >awards in other countries, and if so what the criteria are for comparing >different entries? Any information or suggestions would be welcome. Greetings from North America! The U.S. EPA's Office of Mobile Sources has a "Way to Go" program that honors communities and businesses that implement effective TDM programs. For information see their website at http://www.epa.gov/orcdizux/transp/comchoic/waytogo.htm. I didn't see any specific evaluation criteria but it should be available from program managers. The Office of Mobile Sources website has lots of other useful information on demand management, including a database of successful programs. Sincerely, Todd Litman, Director Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" 1250 Rudlin Street Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 E-mail: litman@islandnet.com Website: http://www.islandnet.com/~litman From rverzola at phil.gn.apc.org Tue Oct 5 13:09:55 1999 From: rverzola at phil.gn.apc.org (Roberto Verzola) Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 13:09:55 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: Campaign for ban on diesel cars Message-ID: <199910050624.OAA05159@phil.gn.apc.org> >contrary, they are all set to invade the Indian market with polluting >diesel cars to cash in on cheap diesel prices in India. They are >ignoring scientific evidence gathered in their own countries on the >toxic effects of diesel particulates and the limitation of existing >diesel technology to control these deadly particles.=20 I got the figures below from our Environmental Management Bureau. It seems to me that gasoline engines also release pollutants although of a different variety than diesel engines. Do these figures look accurate; are there similar comparative studies elsewhere? ---------- c. Finally, below is the table of emission factors by selected types of vehicles, adjusted for typical Philippine road and engine conditions: Emission Factors (gm/kilometer) Cars/gasoline Jeepneys/diesel Buses/diesel SO2 .123 1.268 2.535 NOX 2.70 0.99 13.4 CO 33.0 1.1 13.2 TSP .33 .45 .93 TOG 3.04 .30 2.9 Total 39.193 4.108 33.025 Source: EMB study, c. 1991 d. A separate set of emission factors was included in the 1984-85 report of the National Environmental Protection Council, as follows: Emission Factors by Type of Engine (kg/100 gal fuel) Gasoline Diesel Carbon monoxide 2,009.1 27.0 Hydrocarbons 206.8 61.8 Suspended particulates 6.4 53.0 Nitrogen oxides 40.9 100.9 Aldehydes 2.0 5.1 Organic acids 1.3 20.0 Sulfur oxides 1.8 18.2 Lead 3.0 - Total 2,271.3 286.0 Roberto Verzola Philippines From ajain at kcrc.com Thu Oct 7 13:31:56 1999 From: ajain at kcrc.com (Jain Alok) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:31:56 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Information about good things happening outside Eur ope Message-ID: There's a lot happening in HK with regard to Public Transport. Yesterday in HK's Chief Executive's policy address, government has shown committment to spend about HKD240 billion in road and rail projects in next five years. Rail development is taking priority over other developments because it being a mass carrier (specifically relevant to HK type dense land use development) and non-polluting nature. Lots of new rail lines are in the pipeline. Government is also conducting Public Transport Integration Studies. If you need more and specific details about rail development, I can provide. Cheers, Alok Jain Hong Kong > ---------- > From: Jean-Marc & Wendy[SMTP:jmbw@msn.com.au] > Sent: September 29, 1999 9:16 AM > To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org > Subject: [sustran] Information about good things happening outside > Europe > > Hello > ? > I am looking for some information about public transport, pedestrianism > and biking anywhere but Europe. > ? > Is there anything good happening there? > ? > Thanks for your help > ? > wendy > From mobility at igc.org Fri Oct 8 01:25:16 1999 From: mobility at igc.org (ITDP) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 12:25:16 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: Curitiba Contacts References: <37eeea56.3471033@smtp.usaksa.com> <37eeea56.3471033@smtp.usaksa.com> <3.0.1.32.19991001065609.0068ad7c@transportas.com.ph> Message-ID: <37FCC96C.C7822E28@igc.org> you might try carlos ceneviva at ceneviva@bsi.com.br, or jonas rabinovitch at UNDP. He still has contacts there. try jonas.rabinovitch@undp.org, or 001-2129065780. You might also consider visiting Quito's new dedicated trolley bus system. They have gotten less visitors and press and might be more welcoming, and the system was just put in in the last couple years. Try Cesar Arias, Director of Unidad de Planificacion y Gestion de Transporte, Quito Metropolitano, email fraarias@uio.satnet.net tel 593-2 432 663, fax 593 2 432 643. Best, Watler Hook, ITDP Ronaldo R. Manahan wrote: > Dear Alan and Fellow SUSTRAN Discuss members: > > A project I am working on is organizing an observation of the Curitiba > bus-metro system, to be held in mid-October. We have been trying to locate > contacts involved in the system there, and would appreciate it very much if > we can be directed to the proper agencies / authorities / companies and > contact persons. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > Sincerely, > Ronaldo R. Manahan > Transportas Consulting > Philippines > > At 19:07 25 09 99 GMT, you wrote: > >What I should have added, is that AFAIK PT in Curitiba runs without > >susbsidy. > > >>Which brings me back to my usual hobby-horse, > >>Curitiba (Brazil). > >> > >>As well as having a splendid "Bus Metro", they have a rather > >>interesting regulatory system. There are several operators, operating > >>on routes and at fares set down by the TA (if I remember correctly - > >>I'm quoting from memory). I am not sure if they are limited in the > >>bus-kms they run - though I guess they are. The clever bit is that the > >>TA collects all the revenue, and allocates it to operators on the > >>basis of bus-kms run. So the operators have an interest in maximising > >>revenue on the system as a whole, but not in competing with other > >>operators for revenue. > >> -- Access ITDP's New Website: www.ITDP.org The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy 115 W. 30th Street - Suite 1205 - New York, NY 10001 - USA tel: (212) 629-8001 fax: (212) 629-8033 From carbusters at wanadoo.fr Sat Oct 9 11:08:38 1999 From: carbusters at wanadoo.fr (Car Busters) Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 10:08:38 +0800 Subject: [sustran] CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN #12 - OCTOBER 1999 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991009100838.007e9e00@relay101.jaring.my> ================================= -- -- -- -- CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN -- -- -- ================================= from CAR BUSTERS, 44 rue Burdeau, 69001 Lyon, France tel: +(33) 4 72 00 23 57 - fax: +(33) 4 78 28 57 78 - ...................................................................... Monthly edition no. 12 - October, 1999 - English Version ...................................................................... Car Busters is a magazine and resource centre for the European car-free/anti-car movement. IN THIS EDITION: - EUROPEAN CAR-FREE DAY: "CITY CENTRE WITHOUT MY CAR" - 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE FIRST AMERICAN KILLED BY A CAR - FINNISH TRANSPORT ACTION - CALL FOR MATERIAL - ACTIVIST CALENDAR - DISCLAIMER EUROPEAN CAR FREE DAY: "CITY CENTRE WITHOUT MY CAR" PARIS, SEPTEMBER 22 - More than 150 cities from Paris to Palermo defied the wrath of car-crazy residents last Wednesday, banning cars from town centres for the day. In France, it was the second such experiment and drew mixed responses, from enthusiastic environmentalists who called for a week-long car ban next year, to angry shopkeepers who saw business shrink. French Environment Minister Dominique Voynet urged all European cities to ban cars for a day next year, joining a controversial experiment which France, Italy and Switzerland carried out last week. Voynet said a survey in France showed that the percentage or residents using their cars in the city centre had dropped to five percent from 22 percent and pollution had fallen by 20 to 30 percent. She said an IFOP opinion poll showed 83 percent of residents in the French cities involved wanted the experiment to be repeated, and only four percent believed the car-free day was a gimmick. "The 'City Centre Without my Car' day will take place every year on September 22. In 2000, it will be resolutely European," Voynet wrote in the left-wing daily Liberation. - Reuters News Service 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE FIRST AMERICAN KILLED BY A CAR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 was Remember Bliss Day: the hundredth anniversary of the death of Henry Bliss, the first person killed by a car in North America. (Since then, 30 million have been crushed under car wheels, and twice that many have died from tailpipe toxins.) Activists in Toronto commemorated Mr. Bliss' death with a car burial. On September 12, with shovels and bagel-power, they dug a hole two metres into the ground, and then pushed a car in. Most of it went into the hole, but about 1.7 metres of it stuck out into the air. It was a sight to behold. The activists then filled in the hole and planted a few graveplot crosses for effect. The next day they held a funeral, complete with live dirge music on the organ, in the pouring rain. There were a dozen mourners dressed in black, standing alongside a banner that read: "Stop the Car-Nage." One activist, dressed as a pastor, delivered the sermon. A clutch of media reporters recorded the scene for posterity. FINNISH TRANSPORT ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 13, activists in Finland held an action at the Iittala 3 motorway building site, stopping machines by locking themselves to them. "Engineers were aggressive and took one banner off, shouting how stupid we were but we didn't care," said one of the activists, Anssi Pajuoja. The head road builder was then heard to say, "You can drive over activists if they are in the front of [the machines]!" "I gripped in the front of the machine with my legs under it," Anssi explains, "and it went on!" The action led to a lot of media coverage, with newspapers saying that every motorway resister in Finland is now invited to come to Iittala to drink coffee and promising that the environment will be taken into consideration in motorway building. "Of course we`ll go there," Annsi comments, " but we'll discuss only that all of the motorway building must stop!" For more info contact Anssi Pajuoja at pajuojaa@hmltol.hamkk.fi CALL FOR MATERIAL LONDON RECLAIM THE STREETS are putting together a series of three booklets about Reclaim the Streets and transnational activism. It will not be an academic recuperation but inspirational agitational propaganda written by activist themselves. They are desperate for images, texts, leaflets, posters, agitprop, ideas, rants, press cuttings - whatever you might have that could be part of this project, which tells the story of your street parties or June 18th actions or other relevant activities. If you have anything or want more info please send it to: Reclaim the Streets Book Project, c/o Sebastian Budgen, 6 Meard Street, London W1V 3HR, UK; or e-mail . ACTIVIST CALENDAR **European Union Transport Ministers Meeting Warsaw, October, 14 - 15 "There are serious plans for some actions..." E-mail Frank van Schaik at A SEED: . **COP5, the fifth Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention, meets in Bonn, where climate activists will be making themselves heard and seen. It is happening September 25th to November 5th. For more information, contact . **The Third Action Day on Aviation October 29-30 Under the slogan "the sky has a limit," as many groups as possible will take part in the Third Action Day on Aviation. If you would like to take part or want more information, contact Paul de Clerck, Campaign Coordinator of The Right Price for Air Travel campaign. E-mail: ; web: . ALTERNATIVES: SEND THEM IN CAR BUSTERS issue #7, we change our minds, will be on alternatives to car dependence. If you have any ideas or proven solutions, wacky or realistic, send them to us. DISCLAIMER Car Busters hereby denounces everything it has ever printed, including this disclaimer. [end] From ganant at vsnl.com Tue Oct 12 03:25:22 1999 From: ganant at vsnl.com (Ananthakrishnan) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:55:22 +0530 Subject: [sustran] diesel price Message-ID: <005401bf1415$fdb305a0$LocalHost@vsnl.net.in> The Indian Government raised the price of diesel by about 40 per cent recently, bringing it to about half the price of petrol per litre. The Government has stuck to its decision so far, though the fallout on overall cost of living will bring it under severe pressure. The major Federation of Chambers of Commerce has backed the Government's move. Among those feeling the pinch are the Public Transport Corporations, many of them State-run, and the clamour for higher fares is certain to follow. Operators in one leftist-ruled state (Kerala) with a predominantly private bus service, have called for a strike. What options does the Government have ? There are some States with both private and State run bus transport, while some cities have Government-only monopolies. I wonder whether a system of subsidised fuel for Public Transport is workable. G.Ananthakrishnan, Chennai-based journalist can be reached at Tel: + 91 44 8413942 , Fax: + 91 44 8415395. From alanhowes at usaksa.com Tue Oct 12 03:57:31 1999 From: alanhowes at usaksa.com (Alan P Howes) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:57:31 GMT Subject: [sustran] Re: urban rail and transport problems in KL In-Reply-To: <37F577D7.9039641A@enternet.com.au> References: <37eeea56.3471033@smtp.usaksa.com> <37F577D7.9039641A@enternet.com.au> Message-ID: <38091d01.6239790@mail.prime.net.sa> I do intend (when I get around to it) to respond to some of Charlie's points - many of which raise more social issues than transport ones. I can't help feeling that I have been here before though - no doubt on misc.transport.urban-transit (which I can't get at from here). On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 13:11:19 +1000, Charlie Richardson wrote: > >I believe it's necessary to look at little further under the surface to test the >notions that "UK degregulation worked in that it achieved what the government >wanted - big cuts in subsidy." .... and that "... the public as a whole (including >taxpayers) got better value for money out of PT after Dereg than before it." -- Alan & Jacqui Howes, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Formerly Perthshire, Scotland) alanhowes@usaksa.com http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/ [Needs Updating!] PLEASE DO NOT SEND LARGE MESSAGES (>100kB) WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE *** A debt-free start for a billion people in the world's poorest *** *** countries - Jubilee 2000, http://www.jubilee2000uk.org *** From alanhowes at usaksa.com Tue Oct 12 04:00:08 1999 From: alanhowes at usaksa.com (Alan P Howes) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:00:08 GMT Subject: [sustran] Re: diesel price In-Reply-To: <005401bf1415$fdb305a0$LocalHost@vsnl.net.in> References: <005401bf1415$fdb305a0$LocalHost@vsnl.net.in> Message-ID: <38133282.11745654@mail.prime.net.sa> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:55:22 +0530, you wrote: >I wonder whether a system of subsidised fuel for Public Transport is >workable. Works fine in the UK, where bus operators get a partial refund of Fuel Tax in respect of mileage on registered local bus services. There are other ways - at one time (not now I think) certain diesel fuel was sold tax-free, and dyed a bright colour to distinguish it - in fact this might still be done for TVO - Tractor Vapourising Oil - used in agriculture. Please someone, correct me if I'm wrong on this. -- Alan & Jacqui Howes, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Formerly Perthshire, Scotland) alanhowes@usaksa.com http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/ [Needs Updating!] PLEASE DO NOT SEND LARGE MESSAGES (>100kB) WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE *** A debt-free start for a billion people in the world's poorest *** *** countries - Jubilee 2000, http://www.jubilee2000uk.org *** From duarterf at ez-poa.com.br Tue Oct 12 07:43:33 1999 From: duarterf at ez-poa.com.br (Duarte Rosa Filho) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:43:33 -0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: diesel price Message-ID: <00a501bf143a$8802b240$856ff8c8@duarterf> Greetings from Brazil. Unaffortunately, here in Brazil we have a lot of experience with diesel price increases. This policy wil induce more inflation, because transportation is a great part of low income persons expenses, besides, it?s a large part of the transportation costs of merchandises. Certainly, there will be fares increases. May be, a cross subsidy from taxes on gasoline, would help to finance the diesel prices increase. Hope these short comments will help you. My business card is attached. Sincerely, Duarte -----Mensagem original----- De: Ananthakrishnan Para: Sustrans Discussion List Data: Segunda-feira, 11 de Outubro de 1999 16:34 Assunto: [sustran] diesel price >The Indian Government raised the price of diesel by about 40 per cent >recently, bringing it to about half the price of petrol per litre. > >The Government has stuck to its decision so far, though the fallout on >overall cost of living will bring it under severe pressure. The major >Federation of Chambers of Commerce has backed the Government's move. > >Among those feeling the pinch are the Public Transport Corporations, many of >them State-run, and the clamour for higher fares is certain to follow. >Operators in one leftist-ruled state (Kerala) with a predominantly private >bus service, have called for a strike. What options does the Government have >? There are some States with both private and State run bus transport, >while some cities have Government-only monopolies. > >I wonder whether a system of subsidised fuel for Public Transport is >workable. > > >G.Ananthakrishnan, Chennai-based journalist can be reached at Tel: + 91 44 >8413942 , Fax: + 91 44 8415395. > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Duarte de Souza Rosa Filho.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 802 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19991011/f42575d1/DuartedeSouzaRosaFilho.vcf From arno at daastol.com Tue Oct 12 15:39:49 1999 From: arno at daastol.com (Arno Mong Daastoel) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 08:39:49 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Oslo PRT development - update Message-ID: <005101bf147c$99914d40$7f0d4382@uio.no> Dear all of you! Due to problems related to co-ordination (=me) our website has been down for a long month. It now works well again: http://sportaxi.com We have had talks with the Ministry of Transportation (through support by its Secretary) who said transit to the Fornebu development-area (former airport of Oslo) is to be rail. End of story. (The state organisations reached this result after long internal bargaining and don't want us to set off another discussion - rock the boat.) But we are welcome come up with solutions to internal transport for the Fornebu development-area (10 times the investments of the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, Norway). - However, if there are to be heavy rails going out there, there is a chance that the politicians will be satisfied with conventional busses for internal transport. It is our taks to make it otherwise. Also we are in talks with yet another municipality in the Oslo area with relatively large construction plans in a virgin area who are in desperate need of an innovative approach to public transport. If they cannot come up with this, the Ministry of Environment will not allow development. Trams and light rail is out of the question. And yet again, we are in talks with other municipalities in Norway who have siimilar problems. We have also approached, among others, Pivco or Think - the EV - electric vehicle - company that recently was bought by Ford, in order to join forces since our ideas converge on several issues. Best wishes! Vennlig hilsen! Arno Arno Mong Daast?l Co-ordinator, Norsk Sportaxi a.s. P.O. Box 11, Fekjan 7C, N-1312 Slependen, Norway Ph: +47. 66 84 76 40 Fax: +47. 66 84 76 70 Email: amd@sportaxi.com URL: http://sportaxi.com Automated individual people movers for smart cities - speedy, safe and green Private: Utsiktsveien 34, N-1410 Kolbotn, Norway Ph: (prefix 47) W: 6680 6373 Pr: 6680 6523, Fax: 6699 5325 Mobile: 9002 4956, Voice Box and Mobile Fax: 9403 5650 Email: am@daastol.com URL: http://daastol.com PhD Cand. Department of Public Economics, University of Maastricht SUM - Centre for Development and Environment, University of Oslo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19991012/93c4dc49/attachment.htm From ajain at kcrc.com Wed Oct 13 18:42:46 1999 From: ajain at kcrc.com (Jain Alok) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:42:46 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Hong Kong's Transport Strategy for the Future Message-ID: Results of the Third Comprehensive Transport Study were released by Government a few days ago, which sets out future policy direction and focus on various forms of transport in the next millenium. This document is titled "Hong Kong Moving Ahead". Some of the salient points made in this report are: Objective: Transport infrastructure will be provided in a timely and cost-efficient manner, with due regard to the environment. Initiatives: - Siting intensive developments and employment centres within easy pedestrian reach of rail stations - Pedestrianising selected roads, and providing grade-separated walkways, to reduce the number of short motorised trips and the conflict between pedestrians and vehicles. This will increase mobility, enhance road safety and improve local air quality - Encouraging through the planning process non-polluting travel such as walking and cycling which will reduce the need for motorised travel at the local level Objective: Railway will form the backbone of Hong Kong's transport system. Objective: Public transport services should be operated efficiently by the private sector, or public corporations, without direct Government subsidy; and should be well co-ordinated to maximise efficiency. Obejctive: The use of new technologies will be encouraged to increase the efficiency of traffic management, improve the overall capacity of the road system, and enhance road safety. Objective: Transport infrastructure and services will be provided in an environmentally acceptable manner to ensure the sustainable development of Hong Kong. Objective: Greater efforts will be made to explain the importance of an environmentally sustainable transport system for Hong Kong and the need for public support in this endeavour. You can find more details at: http://www.info.gov.hk/tb/ Alok Jain Hong Kong From sagaris at lake.mic.cl Wed Oct 13 23:26:46 1999 From: sagaris at lake.mic.cl (Lake Sagaris) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:26:46 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Santiago communities launch international campaign In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991009100838.007e9e00@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991013102646.007d31c0@mail.netalta.cl> Que VIVA la Ciudad: NO a la Costanera Norte "Living City" Launches International Campaign for a Sustainable Santiago FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (International news release): September 27th, 1999 -- Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested. A detailed report on the companies involved and the financial guarantees offered by the Chilean government is available on request. CITIZENS' COALITION "LIVING CITY" TAKES CAMPAIGN AGAINST URBAN HIGHWAY PROJECT HOME TO INVESTORS For the first time in Chilean history, a coalition of community organizations opposed to a major urban highway project has launched an international campaign directed at companies interested in the project (to be offered as a concession), potential investors and public opinion in the companies' countries of origin. The project is the controversial "Costanera Norte" or "East-West System", sponsored by the Chilean Public Works Ministry, a 33 km highway that would cut the capital city of Santiago in half, devastating some of its most historical and culturally significant neighborhoods, including the central market area and the "Barrio Bellavista", considered the Chilean equivalent of New York's Greenwich Village, Toronto's Yorkville or London's Soho. It would also chop chunks off San Cristobal Hill and the Parque Forestal, urban parks that are much in demand given Santiago's chronic shortage of greenspace. The Public Works Ministry declared the tender open on June 27th, with offers being received on October 29th, and a decision scheduled for the end of November, just two weeks before presidential elections. To sweeten the deal after companies declined participation in a previous tender at the end of 1998, the Chilean Government is now offering well over US$80 million in subsidies to try and get the flagship project off the rocks, where it has ended up, in the face of widespread opposition from community groups, transport engineers, health care workers, environmentalists and urban planners, who have united to criticize the project's devastating impact on Santiago's already extremely polluted air and overcrowded roads. The freeway would basically serve Santiago's well-heeled upper-class neighborhoods, allowing drivers to reach the city center, the airport or connections to their homes on the beach at speeds of 80-100 km/hour. Only one out of every five daily commutes is made in a car, but cars contribute 50-80% of Santiago's worst pollutants, ozone, carbon monoxide and volatile hydrocarbons. Transport engineers have been among its most vocal critics, saying the project is so badly flawed there's no way it could be improved enough to make it worthwhile. They also argue they're are much cheaper options for eliminating congestion in the areas covered by the freeway. "We're talking about a very bad project: bad because its very concept (urban freeway) is obsolete. Bad, because it doesn't solve the problem it sets out to solve (reduce travel time for drivers from the city's east-end), but rather another (their access to the Panamerican highway) that could be resolved at one-fifth the cost. And bad, because it won't provide real social benefits and it's unlikely to provide investors with profits either," said Juan de Dios Ort?zar, one of Chile's most distinguished transportation engineers, and a professor at the Catholic University. Nonetheless, the government has committed itself to pay for users who DON'T use the highway (by guaranteeing 85% use) and those who refuse to pay tolls and resulting fines, a complete violation of the philosophy behind urban concessions, according to Nelson Avila, a congressmember. "The whole point of concessions is to have the private sector finance major infrastructure. But in the end it is the State that will finance the Costanera Norte and that is completely aberrant," said Patricio Lanfranco, spokesperson for the Bellavista Community Association and Living City. Greenpeace and Codeff, the Committee to Defend Chile's Flora and Fauna, which represents the global network of Friends of the Earth in Chile, have both committed their support to the international campaign. This will initially focus on France, Spain and Italy, the main countries of origin for companies interested in the project. Among the companies are the world giants, Egis Bouygues and Suez Lyonnais-owned GTM, both companies whose top executives have faced serious charges at home in France for what Le Monde called "a pre-agreed system for embezzling public funds", involving the formation of a cartel to divy up contracts for building schools in the Ile-de-France region near Paris, payment of bribes to important political parties, and other charges investigated by the French courts. According to the French media, Bouygue has been fined repeatedly for its participation in cartels. Impregilo, of Italy, which has teamed up with the Chilean firm Fe Grande, has also faced charges in the past, for mistreatment of workers (Owen Falls, Kampala August 1999), not meeting contractual obligations (Washington, August 1999), and bribery (Highlands Water Project, Lesotho). Meanwhile, the two large Spanish firms, Cintra and Sacyr, already actively building several highway concessions in Chile have indicated they are more interested in the project now that guarantees have increased and the amount of private investment required has dropped, according to the Chilean financial daily Estrategia (13-VIII-99). With the aid of like-minded citizens' groups around the world, "Living City" (Ciudad Viva), the 25-member coalition, opposing the project, plans to take its case straight to investors and consumers if necessary, to prevent the destruction of local economies based on small-scale commerce (open air markets, street fairs, restaurant, tourism, recreation, galleries and theatres), along with residential areas in the physical and artistic heart of the city. "We will fight this project until it disappears," Lanfranco, spokersperson for the coalition of community groups representing some 50,000 people, said. "We'll fight the tender, fight the expropriations, fight the construction plans and, if necessary, we'll continue fighting until it is dismantled, as occurred with the Embarcadero highway in San Francisco, or other similar projects elsewhere in the world." The Costanera Norte was the brainchild of Ricardo Lagos, currently running for presidency of Chile. Living City challenged all presidential candidates to take a clear stand against the project and in favor of a sustainable Santiago. For more information, please contact: Rosa Moreno, Greenpeace Chile, Tel: 562/343 7788, Fax 204 0162, email: climate@greenpeace.cl Rodrigo Mellado, Codeff/Friends of the Earth, Tel: 562/251 0262, Fax: 251 8433, email: info@codeff.mic.cl Patricio Lanfranco (English), Living City, Tel: 562/777 7673, Fax: 732 3079, email: lanfrancopato@hotmail.com C?line D?sram?s (Fran?ais), Ciudad Viva, email: comptoir@netline.cl VISIT OUR WEB PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/1583/ Email: ciudadviva@lake.mic.cl The companies interested in the Costanera Norte (according to Public Works Ministry and Chilean media) are: 1. CINTRA, via Ecov?as (Spain) I?igo Meir?s, Director de Autopistas en Espa?a y Latinoam?rica Andr?s Bello 2711, Piso 18, Santiago CHILE Tel: 335 2984, Fax: 335 2984 2. EGIS BOUYGUES (France, partner of Besalco) Martin Bouygues (chairman), Bouygues SA, 1 Avenue Eugene Freyssinet 78061 Saint-Quentin-Yvelines, France Tel: (33-1) 306-02311, Fax: (33-1) 306-04861 www.bouygues.fr Philipe Montelimard Gerente General, Internacional Autopistas Chileanas Cruz del Sur 133, Of. 302., Santiago CHILE Tel: 246 1363, Fax: 246 1242 3. BESALCO (Chile, with Egis-Bouygues) V?ctor Bezanilla Saavedra, VP Ejecutivo Ebro 2705, Santiago CHILE Tel: 334 4000, Fax: 334 4031 (gerencia general) www.besalco.cl 4. FE GRANDE (Chile, partner of Impregilo) Miguel Calvo, Presidente Avda Las Parcelas 7950, Pe?alol?n, Santiago CHILE Tel: 270 1200, Fax: 279 2011 5. SACYR (Spain) Enrique Calcagni, Gerente General San Sebasti?n 2750, of. 301, Santiago CHILE Rutas del Pac?fico Maurico Gatica, Gerente General Avda Vitacura 2771, Ofic. 1101 Santiago CHILE Tel: 236 5560, Fax: 236 5561 6. IMPREGILO (Italy, partner of Fe Grande) Franco Carraro, Chairman Franco Vischi, General Manager and Vice Chariman Via G. Griziotti, 4, 20154 Milano, Tel. +39 02 48004 7. GTM (France, currently partner of Tribasa, Mexico and Chile) Jean-M Ramos, Representante de Groupe GTM en Chile, Obra Pangue, Casilla 1241, Los Angeles Pierre Leon-Dufour, Director General Adjunto 61, avenue Jules- Quentin, 92000, Nanterre, Francia 8. MENDEZ JUNIOR (Brazil) Jos? Jorge de Araujo, Gerente General Apoquindo 3001 p5, p. 7, Santiago CHILE Tel: 234 1846, Fax: 335 0808 9. OBRASC?N HUARTE Y LAIN (Spain) 10. TODINI (Italy) 06034 Foligno (PG) - 14, vc. S. Bartolomeo tel: 0742352303 11. BELFI (Chile) Enrique Elgueta, Gerente General Puerta del Sol 55, Piso 3 Santiago CHILE Tel: 207 0341/0434 Fax: 207 0450 From mobility at igc.org Thu Oct 14 05:52:30 1999 From: mobility at igc.org (ITDP) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 16:52:30 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: Santiago communities launch international campaign References: <3.0.6.32.19991013102646.007d31c0@mail.netalta.cl> Message-ID: <3804F10E.434E0765@igc.org> Good work! If the project gets to the next stage, these private highway companies will try to get financing from banks. If any International financial institutions like the IFC or InterAmerican Development BAnk, or any International banks, like Chase or Citicorp, become involved, then we might be able to help. They will be sensitive to the very bad publicity we can generate and also they will be nervious that the project will be tied up in the courts by protesters. We helped stop IFC financing of the Corredor Sur Highway in Panama, and though financing is back on line, it is unlikely that IFC would like to become embroiled in another similar ecological disaster. I believe we mentioned your struggle in our new issue of Sustainable Transport on p. 21. You can download a copy from our website I believe. Best of luck Walter Hook Lake Sagaris wrote: > Que VIVA la Ciudad: NO a la Costanera Norte > "Living City" Launches International Campaign for a Sustainable Santiago > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (International news release): September 27th, 1999 -- > Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested. A detailed > report on the companies involved and the financial guarantees offered by > the Chilean government is available on request. > > CITIZENS' COALITION "LIVING CITY" TAKES CAMPAIGN AGAINST > URBAN HIGHWAY PROJECT HOME TO INVESTORS > > For the first time in Chilean history, a coalition of community > organizations opposed to a major urban highway project has launched an > international campaign directed at companies interested in the project (to > be offered as a concession), potential investors and public opinion in the > companies' countries of origin. > > The project is the controversial "Costanera Norte" or "East-West System", > sponsored by the Chilean Public Works Ministry, a 33 km highway that would > cut the capital city of Santiago in half, devastating some of its most > historical and culturally significant neighborhoods, including the central > market area and the "Barrio Bellavista", considered the Chilean equivalent > of New York's Greenwich Village, Toronto's Yorkville or London's Soho. It > would also chop chunks off San Cristobal Hill and the Parque Forestal, > urban parks that are much in demand given Santiago's chronic shortage of > greenspace. The Public Works Ministry declared the tender open on June > 27th, with offers being received on October 29th, and a decision scheduled > for the end of November, just two weeks before presidential elections. > > To sweeten the deal after companies declined participation in a previous > tender at the end of 1998, the Chilean Government is now offering well over > US$80 million in subsidies to try and get the flagship project off the > rocks, where it has ended up, in the face of widespread opposition from > community groups, transport engineers, health care workers, > environmentalists and urban planners, who have united to criticize the > project's devastating impact on Santiago's already extremely polluted air > and overcrowded roads. > > The freeway would basically serve Santiago's well-heeled upper-class > neighborhoods, allowing drivers to reach the city center, the airport or > connections to their homes on the beach at speeds of 80-100 km/hour. Only > one out of every five daily commutes is made in a car, but cars contribute > 50-80% of Santiago's worst pollutants, ozone, carbon monoxide and volatile > hydrocarbons. > > Transport engineers have been among its most vocal critics, saying the > project is so badly flawed there's no way it could be improved enough to > make it worthwhile. They also argue they're are much cheaper options for > eliminating congestion in the areas covered by the freeway. > > "We're talking about a very bad project: bad because its very concept > (urban freeway) is obsolete. Bad, because it doesn't solve the problem it > sets out to solve (reduce travel time for drivers from the city's > east-end), but rather another (their access to the Panamerican highway) > that could be resolved at one-fifth the cost. And bad, because it won't > provide real social benefits and it's unlikely to provide investors with > profits either," said Juan de Dios Ort?zar, one of Chile's most > distinguished transportation engineers, and a professor at the Catholic > University. > > Nonetheless, the government has committed itself to pay for users who DON'T > use the highway (by guaranteeing 85% use) and those who refuse to pay tolls > and resulting fines, a complete violation of the philosophy behind urban > concessions, according to Nelson Avila, a congressmember. "The whole point > of concessions is to have the private sector finance major infrastructure. > But in the end it is the State that will finance the Costanera Norte and > that is completely aberrant," said Patricio Lanfranco, spokesperson for the > Bellavista Community Association and Living City. > > Greenpeace and Codeff, the Committee to Defend Chile's Flora and Fauna, > which represents the global network of Friends of the Earth in Chile, have > both committed their support to the international campaign. This will > initially focus on France, Spain and Italy, the main countries of origin > for companies interested in the project. > > Among the companies are the world giants, Egis Bouygues and Suez > Lyonnais-owned GTM, both companies whose top executives have faced serious > charges at home in France for what Le Monde called "a pre-agreed system for > embezzling public funds", involving the formation of a cartel to divy up > contracts for building schools in the Ile-de-France region near Paris, > payment of bribes to important political parties, and other charges > investigated by the French courts. According to the French media, Bouygue > has been fined repeatedly for its participation in cartels. > > Impregilo, of Italy, which has teamed up with the Chilean firm Fe Grande, > has also faced charges in the past, for mistreatment of workers (Owen > Falls, Kampala August 1999), not meeting contractual obligations > (Washington, August 1999), and bribery (Highlands Water Project, Lesotho). > Meanwhile, the two large Spanish firms, Cintra and Sacyr, already actively > building several highway concessions in Chile have indicated they are more > interested in the project now that guarantees have increased and the amount > of private investment required has dropped, according to the Chilean > financial daily Estrategia (13-VIII-99). > > With the aid of like-minded citizens' groups around the world, "Living > City" (Ciudad Viva), the 25-member coalition, opposing the project, plans > to take its case straight to investors and consumers if necessary, to > prevent the destruction of local economies based on small-scale commerce > (open air markets, street fairs, restaurant, tourism, recreation, galleries > and theatres), along with residential areas in the physical and artistic > heart of the city. > > "We will fight this project until it disappears," Lanfranco, spokersperson > for the coalition of community groups representing some 50,000 people, > said. "We'll fight the tender, fight the expropriations, fight the > construction plans and, if necessary, we'll continue fighting until it is > dismantled, as occurred with the Embarcadero highway in San Francisco, or > other similar projects elsewhere in the world." > The Costanera Norte was the brainchild of Ricardo Lagos, currently running > for presidency of Chile. Living City challenged all presidential candidates > to take a clear stand against the project and in favor of a sustainable > Santiago. > > For more information, please contact: > Rosa Moreno, Greenpeace Chile, Tel: 562/343 7788, Fax 204 0162, email: > climate@greenpeace.cl > Rodrigo Mellado, Codeff/Friends of the Earth, Tel: 562/251 0262, Fax: 251 > 8433, email: info@codeff.mic.cl > Patricio Lanfranco (English), Living City, Tel: 562/777 7673, Fax: 732 > 3079, email: lanfrancopato@hotmail.com > C?line D?sram?s (Fran?ais), Ciudad Viva, email: comptoir@netline.cl > VISIT OUR WEB PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/1583/ > Email: ciudadviva@lake.mic.cl > > The companies interested in the Costanera Norte (according to Public Works > Ministry and Chilean media) are: > > 1. CINTRA, via Ecov?as (Spain) > I?igo Meir?s, Director de Autopistas en Espa?a y Latinoam?rica > Andr?s Bello 2711, Piso 18, Santiago CHILE Tel: 335 2984, Fax: 335 2984 > > 2. EGIS BOUYGUES (France, partner of Besalco) > Martin Bouygues (chairman), Bouygues SA, 1 Avenue Eugene Freyssinet > 78061 Saint-Quentin-Yvelines, France > Tel: (33-1) 306-02311, Fax: (33-1) 306-04861 www.bouygues.fr > Philipe Montelimard > Gerente General, Internacional Autopistas Chileanas > Cruz del Sur 133, Of. 302., Santiago CHILE Tel: 246 1363, Fax: 246 1242 > > 3. BESALCO (Chile, with Egis-Bouygues) > V?ctor Bezanilla Saavedra, VP Ejecutivo > Ebro 2705, Santiago CHILE Tel: 334 4000, Fax: 334 4031 (gerencia general) > www.besalco.cl > > 4. FE GRANDE (Chile, partner of Impregilo) > Miguel Calvo, Presidente > Avda Las Parcelas 7950, Pe?alol?n, Santiago CHILE Tel: 270 1200, Fax: 279 > 2011 > > 5. SACYR (Spain) > Enrique Calcagni, Gerente General > San Sebasti?n 2750, of. 301, Santiago CHILE > Rutas del Pac?fico > Maurico Gatica, Gerente General > Avda Vitacura 2771, Ofic. 1101 Santiago CHILE Tel: 236 5560, Fax: 236 5561 > > 6. IMPREGILO (Italy, partner of Fe Grande) > Franco Carraro, Chairman > Franco Vischi, General Manager and Vice Chariman > Via G. Griziotti, 4, 20154 Milano, Tel. +39 02 48004 > > 7. GTM (France, currently partner of Tribasa, Mexico and Chile) > Jean-M Ramos, Representante de Groupe GTM en Chile, > Obra Pangue, Casilla 1241, Los Angeles > > Pierre Leon-Dufour, Director General Adjunto > 61, avenue Jules- Quentin, 92000, Nanterre, Francia > > 8. MENDEZ JUNIOR (Brazil) > Jos? Jorge de Araujo, Gerente General > Apoquindo 3001 p5, p. 7, Santiago CHILE Tel: 234 1846, Fax: 335 0808 > > 9. OBRASC?N HUARTE Y LAIN (Spain) > > 10. TODINI (Italy) > 06034 Foligno (PG) - 14, vc. S. Bartolomeo > tel: 0742352303 > > 11. BELFI (Chile) > Enrique Elgueta, Gerente General > Puerta del Sol 55, Piso 3 Santiago CHILE Tel: 207 0341/0434 Fax: 207 0450 -- Access ITDP's New Website: www.ITDP.org The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy 115 W. 30th Street - Suite 1205 - New York, NY 10001 - USA tel: (212) 629-8001 fax: (212) 629-8033 From mobility at igc.org Thu Oct 14 06:00:44 1999 From: mobility at igc.org (ITDP) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:00:44 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: diesel price References: <005401bf1415$fdb305a0$LocalHost@vsnl.net.in> Message-ID: <3804F2FB.2617BC04@igc.org> Public Transit operators might also use the opportunity to press for cleaner, more fuel efficient buses, rather than for continued fuel subsidies. Perhaps the government should provide capital grants for improving the condition of the rolling stock, which would lower long term maintenance and operating costs, rather than continuing to subsidize the fuel. Simply buying new buses in Hungary recently reduced their fuel costs by 40%, while reducing toxic emissions by about 20%. This would exactly offset the fuel price increase, while also improve the air by having cleaner burning engines. Best, Walter Hook Ananthakrishnan wrote: > The Indian Government raised the price of diesel by about 40 per cent > recently, bringing it to about half the price of petrol per litre. > > The Government has stuck to its decision so far, though the fallout on > overall cost of living will bring it under severe pressure. The major > Federation of Chambers of Commerce has backed the Government's move. > > Among those feeling the pinch are the Public Transport Corporations, many of > them State-run, and the clamour for higher fares is certain to follow. > Operators in one leftist-ruled state (Kerala) with a predominantly private > bus service, have called for a strike. What options does the Government have > ? There are some States with both private and State run bus transport, > while some cities have Government-only monopolies. > > I wonder whether a system of subsidised fuel for Public Transport is > workable. > > G.Ananthakrishnan, Chennai-based journalist can be reached at Tel: + 91 44 > 8413942 , Fax: + 91 44 8415395. -- Access ITDP's New Website: www.ITDP.org The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy 115 W. 30th Street - Suite 1205 - New York, NY 10001 - USA tel: (212) 629-8001 fax: (212) 629-8033 From litman at islandnet.com Thu Oct 14 14:21:41 1999 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:21:41 -0700 Subject: [sustran] VTPI NEWS, Autumn 1999 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991013222141.01230820@mail.IslandNet.com> ----------- VTPI NEWS ----------- Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" --------------------------------- Autumn 1999 Vol. 2, No. 3 ------------------------------- The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization developing innovative solutions to transportation problems. The VTPI website has numerous free reports addressing a wide range of transport planning and policy issues. VTPI also provides consulting services. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW REPORTS =========== Available free at http://www.islandnet.com/~litman * First Resort; Resort Community Transportation Demand Management This paper shows how transportation demand management can protect the amenities that make resort communities attractive. It describes TDM strategies suitable for application in resort communities, and how to tailor a TDM program to a specific community's needs. Quote: "Venice, Italy is famous for its canals. Although the millions of tourists who visit that city could get around more quickly if the canals were filled, paved, and turned into modern roadways, doing so would destroy the very features that attract them in the first place." * Using Road Pricing Revenue; Economic Efficiency & Equity Considerations This paper, previously published in Transportation Research Record 1558, discusses issues to consider in determining how road pricing revenue should be used. Quote: "Road pricing increases efficiency by rationing road capacity with less waste than queuing. From an overall economic efficiency perspective, the revenue must be used to benefit society and the greater the benefit the more economically efficient the program." * Evaluating Carsharing Benefits "Carsharing" describes vehicle rental services intended to substitute for private car ownership. This paper describes carsharing and discusses various benefits it provides, including mobility benefits for people who don't own a car, and efficiency benefits when households carshare instead of owning a private vehicle. Quote: "Carsharing allows drivers who cannot own a car access to a vehicle for occasional use, and it allows other households to reduce their vehicle ownership. Per capita vehicle travel tends to decline when drivers shift from owning a car to carsharing because unlike private ownership, most costs are variable." * UBC TREK Program Evaluation; Costs, Benefits and Equity Impacts of a University TDM Program The University of British Columbia is implementing a transportation demand management program to encourage more efficient transport patterns to its campus. This report examines the feasibility and cost effectiveness of this program. Quote: "Experience with other TDM programs, and particularly with similar university campus transportation management programs, indicates that TREK's stated objective of a 20% reduction in SOV trips can be achieved, although it is difficult to predict whether the program as it is currently proposed will be adequate. If not, there are other strategies that could be employed by UBC or regional transportation agencies to increase the program's effectiveness." REVISED REPORTS =============== Available free at http://www.islandnet.com/~litman * Comparing Transportation Emission Reduction Strategies This paper shows that some emission reduction strategies exacerbate other transportation problems by increasing automobile travel, while demand management strategies help solve a variety of problems by reducing total vehicle traffic. This emphasizes the importance of using comprehensive analysis when evaluating solutions to transport problems. * Evaluating Public Transit Benefits and Costs (Formerly, "Defining and Quantifying Public Transit Benefits") This paper describes various benefits and costs of public transit, and discusses how these impacts can be incorporated into transportation decision making. * Evaluating Criticism of Transportation Costing (Formerly, "Reply to Critics of Transportation Costing") Several reports criticize transportation cost studies, claiming that various costs 1) do not exist at all; 2) may exist but are overstated and not significant; 3) are not externalities; 4) cannot be priced effectively; or 5) are offset by benefits. This paper examines the legitimacy of these arguments. * Generated Traffic; Implications for Transport Planning This paper discusses how generated (or "induced") traffic can be incorporated into transport planning. It describes various types of generated traffic, how to measure and predict their impacts, and the implications for transport investment and policy decisions. * Pavement Busters Guide This guidebook describes why current parking and road capacity standards may be excessive, the economic, social and environmental costs that result, and specific ways to achieve more efficient road and parking capacity. * Potential TDM Strategies This paper describes more than three dozen transportation demand management strategies, and provides information and resources for TDM planning and program development. This can help expand the scope of solutions considered for transportation problems. * Quantifying the Benefits of Non-Motorized Transport for Achieving TDM Objectives This paper discusses the benefits provided by walking and cycling, and how these benefits can be considered transport planning. It provides resources for non-motorized planning and program development. * Reinventing Transportation; Exploring the Paradigm Shift Needed to Reconcile Transportation and Sustainability Objectives Sustainability requires comprehensive decision-making that takes into account indirect and long-term impacts. Sustainable transportation requires a "paradigm shift," changes in the way we think about transportation, and how we identify and evaluate solutions to transport problems. This paper discusses these changes and their implications for transportation decision making. * Win-Win Transportation Solutions Win-Win strategies help solve transportation problems by increasing consumer choice and removing market distortions that encourage inefficient travel behavior. They are cost effective, technically feasible reforms based on market principles. They are "no regrets" measures that are justified regardless of uncertainties about global warming or other environmental and social impacts. They could meet Kyoto emission reduction targets while increasing consumer benefits and economic development. They are essential for sustainable transportation. This paper discusses the Win-Win concept and describes more than a dozen Win-Win strategies. * Web Links There are numerous links to other useful websites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROJECT UPDATES * Employer Provided Tax-Exempt Transit Benefits (Canada) Employee transit benefits (i.e., a free or discounted transit pass) are fully taxable in Canada, unlike most other industrialized countries. This encourages automobile commuting and is unfair since most employees who drive receive free, untaxed parking. Last April the Canadian Parliament overwhelmingly passed a motion asking Revenue Canada to change this policy, but the agency has yet to act. A study commissioned for the National Climate Change Process (IBI, "Tax Exempt Status for Employer Provided Transit Benefits", Natural Resources Canada, 1999) found that tax-exempt transit benefits would achieve both economic and environmental objectives, providing significant net benefits (estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually). This report confirms the findings of our 1996 study for the Transit Advocacy Project, "Employer-Provided Transit Passes; Benefit/Cost Analysis". Canadians who support this proposal can ask their Member of Parliament to include it in the 2000 budget. For more information contact the National Task Force to Promote Employer Provided Tax-Exempt Transit Passes, by phone at 613-738-3177 or fax at 613-526-1696. * Mile-Based Vehicle Insurance Mileage-based vehicle pricing is technically feasible and could provide significant benefits, including a 12-15% reduction in automobile crashes, 10%+ reductions in congestion delays and pollution emissions, increased fairness, and consumer savings. This concept is described in "Distance-Based Vehicle Insurance" and "Distance-Based Charges; A Practical Strategy for More Optimal Vehicle Pricing" (presented at the 1999 TRB Annual Meeting), available at our website. US federal Value Pricing Program funding is available to insurance companies and regional/state agencies for pilot projects or other appropriate research of this concept. For more information contact Value Pricing Program staff Allen Greenberg (Greenberg.Allen@epamail.epa.gov). In Canada Transport Canada's Moving On Sustainable Transportation (MOST) program (http://www.tc.gc.ca/envaffairs/most) provides funding for innovative projects that achieve sustainability objectives. Contact VTPI if you are interested in partnering on such projects, or for more information on mileage-based pricing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRB Sustainability Task Force VTPI Director, Todd Litman has been appointed to the Transportation Research Board Task Force A5T57 on Transportation and Sustainability. This Task Force will have several sessions on January 11, 2000 at the TRB Annual Meeting, held in Washington DC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEEN THERE; DONE THAT Austin, Texas VTPI Director Todd Litman presented two papers concerning transportation equity at the "Just Transportation" symposium held August 9, 1999 in Austin, TX. He also spoke to the Downtown Austin Alliance (a business organization) about zoning reforms and other strategies to achieve better urban development. Thanks to the Trans Texas Alliance who sponsored this event and the many people who provided generous Texan hospitality. New Zealand VTPI Director Todd Litman gave the keynote address at three seminars on "Improving Health and Energy Efficiency Through Active Transport," held in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand, September 13-15. There were six presentations in three days in three different cities (thank goodness somebody else handled logistics!), followed by a week as a tourist, including tramping through the forest and overnighting on an organic sheep farm. Thanks to the NZ Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority for sponsorship, and the many people who provided warm "down under" hospitality. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONSULTING Please contact VTPI for transportation research and policy analysis projects. We are currently working on the following consulting projects: ? A study of distance-based insurance pricing. ? An NCHRP study of ways to more accurately incorporate economic and social impacts into transportation planning. ? Assistance to the Way to Go! School Program, which promotes alternative transportation for school trips. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please let us know if you have comments or questions about any information in this newsletter, or if you would like to be removed from our mailing list. Feel free to pass this newsletter and other VTPI information to others who may find it useful. Todd Litman, Director Victoria Transport Policy Institute 1250 Rudlin Street Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 E-mail: litman@islandnet.com Website: http://www.islandnet.com/~litman From arno at daastol.com Fri Oct 15 21:26:28 1999 From: arno at daastol.com (Arno Mong Daastoel) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:26:28 +0200 Subject: [sustran] end of Transrapid? Message-ID: <009a01bf1708$894a7a40$bc0b4382@uio.no> Here is a list of articles at Handelsblatt on the end of Transrapid from the last few days. The leader of Adtranz (trains and power supply to the project), Rolf Eckrodt, was quoted in a major article yesterday (12th/Oct.) in Dagens N?ringsliv (Norway) referring to another article in Handelsblatt on Wednesday 13th/Oct. See below. Ther was now reason given except they had not been able to sell the concept abroad as it is not in regular operation in Germany yet. Doesn't really make sense doies it? The articles afterwards say that Thyssen (maglev techn. for the project) does not want to give up Transrapid. There apparently is a dogfight going on. You will find the articles at the long link below, search for Transrapid. Arno http://sportaxi.com http://www.handelsblatt.de/cgi-bin/hbi.exe?SH=&FN=hb&SFN=index&part=news&main=news_recherche&sBegriff=transrapid&Recherche=1&SH= Bahnindustrie steht vor bislang schwerster Krise (14.10.1999) Dax nach Dow-Einbruch schwach erwartet (13.10.1999) Thyssen-Krupp will Transrapid nicht aufgeben (13.10.1999) Dax von Zins?ngsten und SAP gedr?ckt (13.10.1999) Transrapid droht das endg?ltige Aus (13.10.1999) Offener Streit der Transrapidpartner (13.10.1999) Transrapid zwischen Berlin und Hamburg ohne Chance (12.10.1999) Adtranz: Transrapid ist am Ende (12.10.1999) Weiter Unklarheit ?ber Transrapid (11.10.1999) Einspuriger Transrapid nur "lahmer Gaul" (11.10.1999) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If anyone would like to forward it to misc.transport.urban-transit, please do - but I don't get Usenet. I am conducting a straw poll on practices regarding Bus (or Tram!) Driver's responsibility for cash, and meal reliefs - the two are linked. My experience is mainly UK, plus what happens here in Saudi. As far as CASH responsibility is concerned, I know of three basic systems: 1. Driver (operator) fully responsible for cash collected on bus. He has an "open till" or cash bag, makes change (perhaps helped by a machine), issues tickets, and is responsible to the company for cash up to the value of tickets issued. At the end of a "spell" on any one bus, he walks off with his money - perhaps at a garage, but need not be. Normally pays in at the end of his shift (duty, run), having counted his cash himself if he wishes. (But he might pay in next morning.) If he's short, it is docked from his pay. "Standard", but not universal, UK practice. 2. Driver has no responsibility for cash whatsoever. Fares go into a farebox - driver responsibity normally limited to ensuring the right money goes into the box. Sometimes, the machine checks the cash(?). Cash (if any) taken off the bus at the end of the day. (Some UK companies - North America?) 3. Between 1 and 2. There is a farebox, but the driver has responsibility for cash collected while he is on the bus. This normally means the driver and bus have to return to an operating location at the end of his spell on the bus. This is what we do here at SAPTCO - at least for the present. Now MEAL RELIEFS. Most bus drivers (in my experience) take a meal break (normally unpaid) of between 30 and 60 minutes somewhere in the middle of an eight-hour shift (duty, run). (Excluding split (spread) shifts, where the break can be 4 hours or more.) In the UK, I was used to a system whereby the bus kept rolling; a relief driver came onto the bus to maintain the headway. (Needs clever scheduling to optimise driver utilisation.) (I'm talking here mainly about urban, fixed headway services.) Here in Saudi, though, the bus takes a break with the driver, resulting in either a gap in the headway, or inefficient scheduling. (This is necessary because of (2) above.) This is not too bad with our current fleet of 1979 Neoplan 414's, but if/when we get new buses, we can't afford to let them lie idle. So I have to convince people that the way we do things currently is not the only way! (A common problem in bus operations.) SO, THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS. What practice(s) are normally followed in your country, or in others that you know? If more than one system, which is predominant, and why? Do you know of any significant variations on the three options for cash responsibility outlined above? Any other comments more than welcome. For instance, what about conductors? And OK, I know Smartcards etc. are the ultimate answer - but cash will be around for a while yet, particularly here. Cheers, Alan. -- Alan Howes, Special Advisor (Operations) Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia alanhowes@usaksa.com PLEASE DO NOT SEND LARGE MESSAGES (>100kB) WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE *** A debt-free start for a billion people in the world's poorest *** *** countries - Jubilee 2000, http://www.jubilee2000uk.org *** From negronpp at MAGELLAN.UMontreal.CA Sat Oct 16 10:45:26 1999 From: negronpp at MAGELLAN.UMontreal.CA (Paula Negron Poblete) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 21:45:26 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Answer to Alan P. Howes (Question on Bus Drivers, Cash, Meal Reliefs) Message-ID: <01BF1756.E5AE60A0.negronpp@magellan.umontreal.ca> Hello Alan, concerning your questions about cash and meal reliefs, my experience concerns primary Mexico city, so i send you some information hopping it will be usefull. Concerning the cash responsability, in Mexico city, the drivers are in charge of the money, you get into the bus and you pay the driver. With the money he collects from the service, the driver has to do 3 things: pay for the fuel, give the owner of the bus a certain amount, which depends of the route, the vehicle and sometimes the day, he keeps the rest for himself. In some cases, the driver gives the owner about 1000 pesos per day (approx. 100 USD), if you consider that the minimum monthly salary is 100 USD, you can see it's a lot of money. Concerning the use of machines to check the amount, effectively, in New York (Manhattan) all buses are equiped with accountant machines that check if the amount is correct, usually, the only accept quarters or one dollar coins, so that makes it a little bit easier, also, they accept "tokens", who are coins that can be used in buses and the subway. Since a few years, you can use a magnetic card that works like a debit card. In Oxford (UK) they also have a systems with cards with a magnetic band, the card is valid for a period of 1, 2 or 4 weeks, it depends for how long do you want to use the card; buses have a machine where you can slide the card and if it is still valid, you can aboard. Concerning the third option, in Montreal they have the farebox, and the drivers has only the responsability to check that the amount is correct. Now, concerning the question about why does it work that way, i can only give you an answer for Mexico city's case. The fact is that is Mexico city transport sector has been privatized but only partially, the regulation is insufficient and the service is not always the best. To be a driver allows many people to have a permanent job, even if it's in the informal sector, and if you consider that daily around 15 million trips are made by bus, it's considered a good option. Why the autorities don't work hard on regulation? that's a good question, but i think they have other priorities. I hope this information will be usefull, cheers. _________________ Paula Negron Poblete Universite de Montreal Faculte d'Amenagement From duarterf at ez-poa.com.br Sun Oct 17 02:22:36 1999 From: duarterf at ez-poa.com.br (Duarte Rosa Filho) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 14:22:36 -0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: Question on Bus Drivers, Cash, Meal Reliefs Message-ID: <00cf01bf17fd$877c53a0$446ff8c8@duarterf> Greetings from Brazil. Take a look at the ILO home page: http://www.ilo.org. There is the Agreement # 153, which deals with working and resting hours for drivers. Also, there is an European Agreement "concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR), done at Geneva on 1 July 1970. Hope it may help you. Duarte -----Mensagem original----- De: Alan P Howes Para: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Data: Sexta-feira, 15 de Outubro de 1999 16:26 Assunto: [sustran] Question on Bus Drivers, Cash, Meal Reliefs >[re-pposting, as this message didn't seem to make it first time, >probably due to an over-long "cc: list"] > >This message is going to three mailing lists and a number of >individuals - apologies for any cross-posts or inappropriate >addresses. If anyone would like to forward it to >misc.transport.urban-transit, please do - but I don't get Usenet. > >I am conducting a straw poll on practices regarding Bus (or Tram!) >Driver's responsibility for cash, and meal reliefs - the two are >linked. My experience is mainly UK, plus what happens here in Saudi. > >As far as CASH responsibility is concerned, I know of three basic >systems: > >1. Driver (operator) fully responsible for cash collected on bus. He >has an "open till" or cash bag, makes change (perhaps helped by a >machine), issues tickets, and is responsible to the company for cash >up to the value of tickets issued. At the end of a "spell" on any one >bus, he walks off with his money - perhaps at a garage, but need not >be. Normally pays in at the end of his shift (duty, run), having >counted his cash himself if he wishes. (But he might pay in next >morning.) If he's short, it is docked from his pay. "Standard", but >not universal, UK practice. > >2. Driver has no responsibility for cash whatsoever. Fares go into a >farebox - driver responsibity normally limited to ensuring the right >money goes into the box. Sometimes, the machine checks the cash(?). >Cash (if any) taken off the bus at the end of the day. (Some UK >companies - North America?) > >3. Between 1 and 2. There is a farebox, but the driver has >responsibility for cash collected while he is on the bus. This >normally means the driver and bus have to return to an operating >location at the end of his spell on the bus. This is what we do here >at SAPTCO - at least for the present. > >Now MEAL RELIEFS. > >Most bus drivers (in my experience) take a meal break (normally >unpaid) of between 30 and 60 minutes somewhere in the middle of an >eight-hour shift (duty, run). (Excluding split (spread) shifts, where >the break can be 4 hours or more.) In the UK, I was used to a system >whereby the bus kept rolling; a relief driver came onto the bus to >maintain the headway. (Needs clever scheduling to optimise driver >utilisation.) (I'm talking here mainly about urban, fixed headway >services.) > >Here in Saudi, though, the bus takes a break with the driver, >resulting in either a gap in the headway, or inefficient scheduling. >(This is necessary because of (2) above.) This is not too bad with our >current fleet of 1979 Neoplan 414's, but if/when we get new buses, we >can't afford to let them lie idle. So I have to convince people that >the way we do things currently is not the only way! (A common problem >in bus operations.) > >SO, THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS. > >What practice(s) are normally followed in your country, or in others >that you know? > >If more than one system, which is predominant, and why? > >Do you know of any significant variations on the three options for >cash responsibility outlined above? > >Any other comments more than welcome. For instance, what about >conductors? And OK, I know Smartcards etc. are the ultimate answer - >but cash will be around for a while yet, particularly here. > >Cheers, Alan. >-- >Alan Howes, Special Advisor (Operations) >Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia >alanhowes@usaksa.com >PLEASE DO NOT SEND LARGE MESSAGES (>100kB) WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE > >*** A debt-free start for a billion people in the world's poorest *** >*** countries - Jubilee 2000, http://www.jubilee2000uk.org *** > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Duarte de Souza Rosa Filho.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 802 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19991016/15e7df4f/DuartedeSouzaRosaFilho.vcf From alanhowes at usaksa.com Sun Oct 17 03:54:05 1999 From: alanhowes at usaksa.com (Alan P Howes) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 18:54:05 GMT Subject: [sustran] Re: Answer to Alan P. Howes (Question on Bus Drivers, Cash, Meal Reliefs) In-Reply-To: <01BF1756.E5AE60A0.negronpp@magellan.umontreal.ca> References: <01BF1756.E5AE60A0.negronpp@magellan.umontreal.ca> Message-ID: <380d9ebf.3940770@mail.prime.net.sa> An interesting reply from you, Paula, particularly re. Mexico City - surprised that a capital city in a fairly developed country runs like that. Do _all_ the Mexico City buses run that way? Presumably they have a permit to operate a particular route - but is there any control beyond that on schedules etc? What size of buses? I imagine on-street driving behaviour is pretty dreadful. Cheers, Alan. On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 21:45:26 -0400, Paula Negron Poblete wrote: >Hello Alan, concerning your questions about cash and meal reliefs, my >experience concerns primary Mexico city, so i send you some information >hopping it will be usefull. -- Alan & Jacqui Howes, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Formerly Perthshire, Scotland) alanhowes@usaksa.com http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/ [Needs Updating!] PLEASE DO NOT SEND LARGE MESSAGES (>100kB) WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE *** A debt-free start for a billion people in the world's poorest *** *** countries - Jubilee 2000, http://www.jubilee2000uk.org *** From alanhowes at usaksa.com Sun Oct 17 04:14:24 1999 From: alanhowes at usaksa.com (Alan P Howes) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 19:14:24 GMT Subject: [sustran] Another Bus Driver's Duty Question In-Reply-To: <00cf01bf17fd$877c53a0$446ff8c8@duarterf> References: <00cf01bf17fd$877c53a0$446ff8c8@duarterf> Message-ID: <3809cbf7.1251350@mail.prime.net.sa> On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 14:22:36 -0300, "Duarte Rosa Filho" wrote: >Take a look at the ILO home page: http://www.ilo.org. Will do. Which reminds me of another question. Common practice seems to be for drivers to be guaranteed eight hours work per day, with an overtime premium paid on anything over eight hours. While I was in the UK, the group I worked for changed this to a weekly (or perhaps even monthly) guarantee, so that a long duty (run) one day could balance with a short one the next. (Subject to minimum and maximum daily duty lengths.) This saved a _lot_ of money, particularly at garages with heavily peaked schedules. I don't know how widely this applies in the UK today. Anyone familiar with systems of this sort elsewhere? -- Alan & Jacqui Howes, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Formerly Perthshire, Scotland) alanhowes@usaksa.com http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/ [Needs Updating!] PLEASE DO NOT SEND LARGE MESSAGES (>100kB) WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE *** A debt-free start for a billion people in the world's poorest *** *** countries - Jubilee 2000, http://www.jubilee2000uk.org *** From negronpp at MAGELLAN.UMontreal.CA Sun Oct 17 06:13:33 1999 From: negronpp at MAGELLAN.UMontreal.CA (Paula Negron Poblete) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 17:13:33 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: Answer to Alan P. Howes (Question on Bus Drivers, Cash, Meal Reliefs) Message-ID: <01BF17FA.63238BC0.negronpp@magellan.umontreal.ca> Hello Alan, first of all, yes, all buses in Mexico city work that way. Until a few years ago (1994), there was a public transport company called Ruta-100 wich also operated buses. In those buses, fares were collected in a different way, buses had a box-fare were the money was collected, but now that the company broke, all the buses are privatized. In fact, there are several kind of vehicles: regular buses, minibuses and microbuses, the last ones represent the majority of the total fleet, they have approximatively 35 places, but they are disposed in a very incomfortable way. The regular buses have been introduced starting 1996 as a way to reduce the number of vehicles in the street, which is very high, around 61000 units of buses (all kinds) in Mexico city. Concerning the schedules and routes, the transport agency fix them, but actually the process takes too long, so there are many "informal" buses.By the way, if you want more information about the transport system in Mexico city, i can send you two documents, the first is my master's degree thesis, but it's written in spanish, so i don't know if you'll be able to read it. I also have some documents about the transport administration in Mexico city and Montreal, those are in french, if you are interested, send me your personal email, so i can send them to you. Cheers. Ps. Anyone who is interested in these papers, send me an email and i'll send them to you ________________ Paula Negron Poblete Universite de Montreal Faculte d'Amenagement From sustran at po.jaring.my Tue Oct 19 11:29:21 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:29:21 +0800 Subject: [sustran] reminder on HTML and attachments Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991019102921.007dc290@relay101.jaring.my> Dear sustran-discussers Just a reminder. It is best not to use HTML formatting for messages to email dicussion lists like sustran. In addition, attachments are not allowed on sustran-discuss (this includes images and V-cards - .vcf files). The reason for these rules is that many people cannot read these attachments or HTML formatted messages. Furthermore, none of the 30 or so people who get sustran-discuss via digest mode can read such message properly. Also formatted messages and attachments take a lot of bandwidth and many sustran-discuss subscribers have slow internet connections. Therefore please send only ordinary TEXT emails to sustran-discuss. By the way, I think I myself have accidentally redirected one or two formatted messages to the list - for which I apologise to those who could not read it easily. Best wishes, A. Rahman Paul Barter SUSTRAN list-owner From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Oct 20 10:17:25 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:17:25 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels in Vancouver Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991020091725.007d2e70@relay101.jaring.my> >MEDIA ADVISORY > >For immediate release >Friday, October 15, 1999 > >T. RAAX FILES MAYORAL NOMINATION > >What: T. Raax files Mayoralty Nomination Papers >When: Friday, October 15, 1999, 12:30 pm >Where: Office of the City Clerk, 3rd. Floor, Vancouver City Hall >Why: Because, as every real dinosaur knows... extinction stinks. > >On Friday Oct. 15 at 12:30, T. Raax will file his nomination papers for the >office of Mayor of Vancouver, with the support of the Dinosaurs Against >Fossil Fuels (The Dino Party). In compliance with the new City By-Law >8071, Raax will also submit his $100 nomination deposit, in cold hard >cash -- nickels and dimes. > >Since the main plank of the Dino platform is sane transportation and >opposition to burning of fossils (in the engines of cars), Raax will, of >course, arrive at City Hall by bicycle. He will pay his deposit in change >since, as he claims, City Council panders to the fossil-fuel-burning >fat-cats while nickel-and-diming common reptiles who want to live more >lightly on the earth. > >Calling themselves "the only party honest enough to admit it's out of >date," the Dinos will run on a party platform which includes welding SUV's >together to make decorative planters, relocating the Indy race to Fillup >Owen's Shaughnessy neighbourhood, building bike lanes downtown, and >fighting the fossil-burners' lobby to turn the Stanley Park Causeway into a >speedway. > >On November 20, vote for a real dinosaur: Vote Dino. > >- 30 - > > >For information or interviews contact: T. Raax (Hizzoner) >via DAFF Press Attach?, Cybersaurus, at 618-5227, or via DAFF Media Flak, >Carbonosaurus, at 688-4228. >E-mail: dinomayor@yahoo.ca Website: www.sustainability.com/dinos >Press material and video clips are available. > >The Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels are sponsored in part by the Vancouver >Civic Neo-Paleozoic Association. and a letter to the Editor of a local Vancouver newspaper: >=============================== >To the editor: > >T. RAAX: REAL DINO, REAL ISSUES > >Recent articles in the Sun have impugned my candidacy directly and by >inference, describing the Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels as "unknowns," >"jokers," and "nuisance candidates." Let me tell you, T.Raax and the Dino >Party are for real. > >The Dinos have been actively communicating our fossilosophy of reduced auto >addiction for two years. We have led hundreds of cyclists on rides through >Stanley Park during Bike Week, and have provided thousands of commuters >with information to help them stop killing the planet by burning our fossil >forbearers in the engines of their cars. > >This city's fossil-burners and non-fossil-burners alike are smelling the >smog and demanding alternatives, but City Council has been asleep at the >wheel. The Dinos propose real alternatives: we want bike lanes on our city >streets, so that cyclists can ride safely. We want bus lanes so that >transit users can get to work on time. And we want a moratorium on building >and widening roads, so that fewer cars can clog our streets. > >These are what us Dinos call "peanut brain" solutions -- no-brainers that >even the thickest mammals should be able to grasp. Every other progressive >city in the world is enacting such measures, but Vancouver seems stuck in >the past. > >Instead of taking simple measures to reduce car addiction, the city is >seriously considering widening the Stanley Park Causeway and the access >road to Granville Island, so that cars can drive faster and crash harder, >resulting in even bigger traffic jams. And meanwhile, the city's current >(largely progressive) transportation plan is slowly fossilizing in the City >Archives. > >Auto addiction is a major cause of global warming and human grumpiness. The >Dino Party is trying to focus this campaign on improving the livability of >this city and heading off human extinction. The fact that the City Hall >oiligarchy considers candidates who focus on real issues to be a "nuisance" >is a clear indication that we've hit a raw nerve. The truth is that the >dinosaurs who currently sit on City Council are imposters, because every >real dinosaur knows that extinction stinks. That's why, on November 20, >we're asking the people who love this city to vote for the Dino Party: a >REAL dinosaur and a real party. > >T. Raax >Candidate, City of Vancouver Mayor From jpayget at ozemail.com.au Wed Oct 20 13:15:15 1999 From: jpayget at ozemail.com.au (Jasmine Payget) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:15:15 +1000 Subject: [sustran] Re: sustran-discuss V1 #489 Message-ID: <004101bf1ab1$b7908aa0$04000005@o5r6k1> Dear Paul I have been waiting for a a clear time to have a chat but my life at home is rather busy and with Rian wanting to pound the computer I need to wait til he is asleep..... i hope that you and Toni are fine and doing ok with the political situation ....we don't hear that much as East Timor is the focus.... I am helping to arrange a film evening about democracy movement in Indonesia (Thurs 28 Oct) in a nearby community centre. We are also facing a decision to widen the highway thru our village, demolishing shops etc. to supposedly rebuild 50 m back from current te -- significantly altering the small village feel - the consultation process had as a given a fourlane highway and surprise surprise the RTA option won. Cheers, Jasmine -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss To: sustran-discuss-digest@jca.apc.org Date: Wednesday, 20 October 1999 3:03 Subject: sustran-discuss V1 #489 >* To leave, send the message UNSUBSCRIBE sustran-discuss-digest >* to majordomo@mail.jca.ax.apc.org > >sustran-discuss Wednesday, October 20 1999 Volume 01 : Number 489 > > > >In this issue: > > [sustran] reminder on HTML and attachments > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:29:21 +0800 >From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre >Subject: [sustran] reminder on HTML and attachments > >Dear sustran-discussers > >Just a reminder. It is best not to use HTML formatting for messages to >email dicussion lists like sustran. In addition, attachments are not >allowed on sustran-discuss (this includes images and V-cards - .vcf files). > >The reason for these rules is that many people cannot read these >attachments or HTML formatted messages. Furthermore, none of the 30 or so >people who get sustran-discuss via digest mode can read such message >properly. Also formatted messages and attachments take a lot of bandwidth >and many sustran-discuss subscribers have slow internet connections. > >Therefore please send only ordinary TEXT emails to sustran-discuss. > >By the way, I think I myself have accidentally redirected one or two >formatted messages to the list - for which I apologise to those who could >not read it easily. > >Best wishes, > >A. Rahman Paul Barter >SUSTRAN >list-owner > >------------------------------ > >End of sustran-discuss V1 #489 >****************************** > > From rogerh at foe.co.uk Thu Oct 21 01:04:34 1999 From: rogerh at foe.co.uk (Roger Higman) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:04:34 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: diesel price References: <005401bf1415$fdb305a0$LocalHost@vsnl.net.in> Message-ID: <380DE812.38CCF9DC@foe.co.uk> Ananthakrishnan wrote: > > The Indian Government raised the price of diesel by about 40 per cent > recently, bringing it to about half the price of petrol per litre. > > The Government has stuck to its decision so far, though the fallout on > overall cost of living will bring it under severe pressure. The major > Federation of Chambers of Commerce has backed the Government's move. > > Among those feeling the pinch are the Public Transport Corporations, > many of them State-run, and the clamour for higher fares is certain to > follow. Operators in one leftist-ruled state (Kerala) with a > predominantly private bus service, have called for a strike. What > options does the Government have? There are some States with both > private and State run bus transport, while some cities have > Government-only monopolies. > > I wonder whether a system of subsidised fuel for Public Transport is > workable. > Ananthakrishnan I do't know whether you've had a reply to this yet, but you might like to know that the British Government has been running such a system for years. The 'fuel duty rebate' started when the buses were state-run but has been continued even after privatisation. However it doesn't cover the whole price of fuel, because the Government argues (rightly, in our view) that bus companies need incentives to conserve fuel, just like everyone else (local authorities subsidise non-commercial services in country areas and in the evening, anyway). I hope this helps. Roger Higman "A thorn in the side of Senior Campaigner (Atmosphere and Transport) the motor industry" Friends of the Earth (E,W+NI), Car Magazine 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ Tel + 44 171 566 1661 Fax + 44 171 490 0881 Pager 07654 663772 E-mail rogerh@foe.co.uk http://www.foe.co.uk From sustran at po.jaring.my Thu Oct 21 11:50:35 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:50:35 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: letter to editor from Phil sustainable transport network Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991021105035.008626c0@relay101.jaring.my> SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT NETWORK 14 Mabait St., Teacher's Village, Diliman, Quezon City Tel. 9253739 e-mail: heckler@quickweb.com.ph 18 October 1999 The Editor The Philippine Daily Inquirer P.O. Box 2353 Makati Central Post Office Makati City Dear Editor: The plan of MMDA Chairman Binay to ban private cars from Metro Manila's streets one day per week is a pleasant surprise because it is the first intelligent announcement from government to be directed at the twin problems of traffic congestion and motor vehicle pollution. For once, the MMDA has seen fit to directly address the real problem - too many private cars. This proliferation of private vehicles, the majority of which carry one or two passengers, is the most inefficient and profligate way to respond to our people's mobility needs. In the jargon of economists and technocrats, it is an irrational behavior and, therefore, should be discouraged. A carless day will help decongest the streets and momentarily clear the air. It will certainly make our commute easier, those of us (the majority of commuters) who depend on public transport and those of us who bike to work and school. In the long run, it should alter people's attitudes towards the daily commute and make them realize the silliness of private car use. The "incovenience" of a few, albeit admittedly influential, car users is a small price to pay for the broad benefits to society that carless days promise to bring. That is why the most progressive cities of the world have begun to discourage the use of private automobiles. Metro Manila can do no less. We, the undersigned environmental NGOs and concerned individuals, support this proposal for a carless day in Metro Manila and call on the people of our cities to do likewise. By this simple step, we stand to lose the pollution that chokes us and threatens our health, our bloated oil import bill, the frustration of helplessly sitting in daily traffic, and the millions of pesos worth of labor time lost to long commutes. We can only gain a better environment for ourselves and our children. Signed: Sustainable Transport Network: Nes Caoili - Community Volunteers Movement Ramon Fernan III - Bayk Aksyon (Bike Action) Sam Ferrer - Green Forum Philippines Gerry Galamay - Volunteers' Movement for Green Concerns Terry Nolasco - Stewards of the Earth Manny Onalan - Upland Development Institute Roberto Verzola - Philippine Greens From sustran at po.jaring.my Fri Oct 22 08:33:07 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:33:07 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: letter to editor from Phil sustainable transport network Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991022073307.007fd240@relay101.jaring.my> >Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:29:09 +0900 (JST) >From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org >To: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org >Subject: BOUNCE sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org: Non-member submission from ["Eric Britton" ] > >From: "Eric Britton" >To: >Subject: RE: [sustran] fwd: letter to editor from Phil sustainable transport network >Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:27:29 +0200 > >Dear Friends, > >This is simply to indicate that the entire resources of the Car Free Day >Consortium site at http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/ are available to you >in support of your excellent initiative. Have a look at what we have to >offer and let us know what we might do to support you in this. > >With all good wishes, > >Eric Britton > >The Commons ___ technology, economy, society ___ >Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France >ecoplan@cybercable.fr URL www.ecoplan.org >Tel: +331.4326.1323 Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) >Fax/voicemail hotline: In Europe +331 5301 2896 >Fax/voicemail hotline: In North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) > > > > From sustran at po.jaring.my Fri Oct 22 08:30:27 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:30:27 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Query - Traffic Management in Bombay Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991022073027.007e47b0@relay101.jaring.my> From: "India Centre" To: Subject: Query - Traffic Management in Bombay Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:24:47 +0530 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Dr A. Rahman Paul BARTER, I had written a few weeks ago about traffic management for Bombay City. Our case has been admitted in Court. We now need information about 1) How do we curb the exponential increase of private vehicles in Bombay. What strategies have been used to prevent car owners from buying the second and third car. 2) How do we institute pedestrian plazas in the city. 3) Do we have information about cities which have started using double decker trains to encourage more people to use the metro. I know they do this in Zurich but I need reports to substantiate my claim. Would you have reports like how much cost it would save. We have to fight a very strong car lobby so I need very accurate information that I can use it in Court. Hope to hear from you. Warm regards, Deepika From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Oct 25 17:13:37 1999 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:13:37 +0200 Subject: [sustran] World Transport Policy and Practice Electronic Edition Message-ID: Dear Walter, Paul and Todd, If you go to http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp you will see the revised (though still not quite finished) home page of the new World Transport Policy and Practice Electronic Edition- and there, right up top, you will note that we have put direct hot links to you three most worthy Web sites. To make a long story short, the idea is to find ways to combine and put to work for the common cause the cumulative expertise, vision and energy of the independent leading edge of thinking and counsel. As John Whitelegg and I have been discussing the Journal and its future over these last months, the idea of such closer associations and creative interaction has been one of the concepts to which we have been giving particular attention. Here is one idea, for example. Since the Journal now is pretty well established and recognized internationally, it gives us a print outlet of which perhaps we could be making more varied and better use. One wrinkle on the usual journal approach has been our development thus far of the first two Special Issues... a formula which we would certainly like to extend and develop. But what about this as an idea? Special issues in which are in effect joint projects with you and your groups? An issue in which the lead is taken by Sustran (or VTI or ITDP), each of which defines a specific theme and from that develops a group of articles by strong articulate authors who you think are the best ones to make the points you wish to see stressed. Of course this is a fully collaborative effort and the strategic framework and game plan will need to be hammered out carefully in each case, but I for one think that this is a terrific idea and opportunity. I am not quite sure where John is in his other plans for the next year or so, but we have for instance been speaking about special issues oriented around the themes of (i) Parking Policy as a Sine Quo Non for a Sustainable City, (ii) "Deep Logistics" as a Tool for Sustainable Freight Transport... (rough working titles). But it strikes me that the idea of Joint Issues with groups such as each of yours could really be most useful all around. So let me leave it at that for this morning. I look forward with real interest to hearing from you on this, and of course your critical remarks and suggestions on our site will be more than welcome. With all good wishes, Eric Britton ecopl@n ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France ecoplan@cybercable.fr URL www.ecoplan.org Tel: +331.4326.1323 Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Fax/voicemail hotline: In Europe +331 5301 2896 Fax/voicemail hotline: In North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 6828 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19991025/efcbcef1/winmail.bin From sustran at po.jaring.my Tue Oct 26 15:35:00 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:35:00 +0800 Subject: [sustran] transport and communications vacancy in Singapore Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991026143500.007d7b90@relay101.jaring.my> >Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 11:26:07 +0800 >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) >Subject: transport and communications vacancy in Singapore >From: "Olds,Kristopher" >To: "'utsg@mailbase'" > >Apologies for crosslisting. The same advert, with links to an online >application form is available at: > >http://www.nus.edu.sg/NUSinfo/Appoint/arts-geo.htm > >******************* >NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE >Department of Geography > >Applicants are invited for a teaching position in Transport and >Communications in the Department of Geography at the Assistant or Associate >Professor level. Candidates should possess a relevant PhD degree and have a >general research and teaching interest in international transport, urban >transport and telecommunications. Applicants should either already have >undertaken extensive research work based in the Asia-Pacific region or have >a strong interest in conducting future research in the region, or on >linkages between this region and other parts of the world. > >Queries regarding the vacancy can be sent to Assoc Prof Victor Savage, Head >of Department at email: geosava@nus.edu.sg. For more specific information >concerning the position, please contact Dr K Raguraman at email: >geokrk@nus.edu.sg. > >Review of applications will begin immediately, and continue until the >position is filled. The successful applicant is expected to take up the >position in the 2000/2001 academic year, which commences in July 2000. > >Please send your application to: > > Associate Professor Victor Savage > Head > Department of Geography > National University of Singapore > 10 Kent Ridge Crescent > Singapore 119260 > Fax: (65) 777-3091 > Email: geogen8@nus.edu.sg > >Basic Departmental information is available at: >http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/geog/ > >Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Previous applicants need not >apply. > > > > > >\\\\\\///////\\\\\\////// >Dr. Kris Olds >Department of Geography >National University of Singapore >1 Arts Link, Kent Ridge >Singapore 117570 >Tel: (65) 874-6811 >Fax: (65) 777-3091 >Email: geoko@nus.edu.sg >Department website: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/geog >Details re. the "Global Conference on Economic Geography" at: >http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/geoneilc/econgeog.html >UBC/SFU Metropolis Project: http://riim.metropolis.net/ > From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Oct 27 00:34:18 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:34:18 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: UN-ESCAP Senior Transport Job - deadline very close Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991026233418.007eddf0@relay101.jaring.my> REMINDER: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO SUSTRAN-DISCUSS ON THIS. CONTACT THE UN DIRECTLY. ------------------------------------------- United Nations Nations Unies CHIEF, TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS, TOURISM AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, D-1 TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS, TOURISM AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP) BANGKOK Functions: Under the supervision and direction of the Executive Secretary, the incumbent is responsible for the following: (I) planning, formulation and implementation of substantive activities in transport (land/water/general transport), and tourism (T&T); (ii) substantive supervision, preparation and servicing of legislative and non-legislative meetings dealing with Transport, Communications, Tourism and Infrastructure Development (TCTID); (iii) overall administrative planning, supervision and policy guidance in the preparation of medium-term plan, biennial programme budget, work programme, staff recruitment and financial management of XB projects in the areas of transport and tourism; (iv) coordination of activities undertaken by ESCAP, other UN agencies and international organizations concerning implementation of the New Delhi Action Plan on Infrastructure Development, 1997-2006; (v) rendering advisory services on T&T; (vi) advising Executive Secretary on all matters pertaining to T&T; (vii) maintaining inter-division coordination, and liaison with governments, UNHQ and specialized agencies, other regional commissions, international financial institutions and subregional organizations, non-governmental organizations, private sector and civil society; (viii) representing ESCAP at international and legislative meetings of direct interest to the Division. Requirements: Advanced university degree in economics/engineering with specialization in transport economics/transport planning or equivalent advanced degree in a related field with specialized training in transport planning. 18 to 22 years of extensive practical experience in transport, communications and tourism planning and development at national and regional levels. Experience at policy-making level in a government or extensive experience of performing professional and management functions at international level, comprehensive knowledge and understanding of socio-economic conditions and transport problems of developing countries of Asia and the Pacific region would be essential. Experience of working at field levels outside the home country would be an advantage. Fluency in both written and spoken English, and excellent drafting skills essential. Working knowledge of another official UN language (i.e. Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) would be an asset. Preference will be given to equally qualified women candidates. Due to the volume of applications all internal candidates and only those external candidates under serious consideration will be acknowledged. Remuneration: Depending on professional background and experience, a competitive compensation and attractive benefits package is offered. PLEASE NOTE THAT POST WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 1 MARCH 2000. INTERNS, CONSULTANTS, INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS AND PERSONNEL PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION ON A NON-REIMBURSABLE BASIS, INCLUDING GRATIS PERSONNEL, SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE POST FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE END OF THEIR SERVICE . Applications following the indicated UN Guidelines should be sent through INTERNET to the following address: STAFFING@UN.ORG with reference: VA-99-E-ESC-00XA03-E-BA/SSR indicated in the subject of the message or by FAX to the number (212) 963-3134 with the reference on the cover page. Closing date for receipt of applications: 1 November 1999. Date of Issuance: 30 August 1999. A hard copy should be sent by mail to the address mentioned below clearly stating reference: VA-99-E-ESC-00XA03-E-BA/SSR on the envelope and application. Staffing Support Section Office of Human Resources Management Room S-2475 United Nations New York, NY 10017. For electronic transmission of resume, the acceptable formats are: ASCII text, Word Perfect 6.1, Microsoft Word 6.0 file attachment to an e-mail message, or ASCII text imbedded into an e-mail message From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sat Oct 30 03:24:10 1999 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 20:24:10 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Children on the Move In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991026233418.007eddf0@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: Those of you who are concerned with issues of children and transport may find some interest in our restructured interactive Web site, Children on the Move at http://www.ecoplan.org/children. The site and the program behind it is, in fact, an invitation to experimentation and collaboration, and should you have any ideas for us these would be most welcome. Eric Britton The Commons ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France ecoplan@cybercable.fr URL www.the-commons.org Tel: +331.4326.1323 Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Fax/voicemail hotline: In Europe +331 5301 2896 Fax/voicemail hotline: In North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free)