From sustran at po.jaring.my Mon Jul 3 12:15:27 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 11:15:27 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Velo Mondiale reports? Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000703111527.008dc410@relay101.jaring.my> Dear friends Would anyone who attended Velo Mondiale in Amsterdam like to share with this list any news from the conference? Especially if it is of relevance to the South ('developing' countries). Paul A. Rahman Paul BARTER SUSTRAN Resource Centre Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran From papon at inrets.fr Mon Jul 3 18:58:29 2000 From: papon at inrets.fr (Francis PAPON) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:58:29 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: Velo Mondiale reports? In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000703111527.008dc410@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: >Dear friends > >Would anyone who attended Velo Mondiale in Amsterdam like to share with >this list any news from the conference? Especially if it is of relevance to >the South ('developing' countries). > >Paul > >A. Rahman Paul BARTER >SUSTRAN Resource Centre >Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network >for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) >sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran Hello! This is the report I have made after attending the conference. V?LO MONDIAL 2000 International Bicycle Planning Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands 18 to 23 june 2000 The versatile approach This conference belongs to the VELO-CITY series that is aimed at presenting researches, planning methods, facilities, promotion activities as far as the bicycle is concerned. The previous one was held in Graz, Austria and Maribor, Slovenia, in 1999. This year a world ambition was meant by the title, as the venue was in Amsterdam that wants to be the capital city of urban cycling. Nearly 45 countries were present, with of course a strong participation from the Dutch, but also from other North European countries, in particular the United Kingdom, that will host in 2001 the next conference in Glasgow and Edinburgh. This issue was also marked by numerous delegates coming from the United States, as well as Canada and Australia. Central Europe, Latin Europe, Latin America (Brazil, Colombia...), Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa...), and to a lesser extend, Asia (Japan, India...) were also present. The absence of China must be regretted, as this country represents over one half of the whole world bicycle mobility. The bicycle problematics is very different in the different parts of the world. In the Netherlands, everything as been done, or almost so. Nearly all urban and non urban roads are fitted with cycling facilities. These facilities form a continuous network, with very narrow meshes. In cities, high quality roadways for the exclusive use of cyclists have been built, but parallel roads are also dealed with cycling lanes or paths. All junctions have provision for cyclists, including special signals. No curb hinders the movement of cyclists. Bicycle parking is everywhere. In railway stations, there are guarded parking facilities, and repair workshops. Outside cities, motorway bridges or tunnels across main waterways include cycling paths. Interurban trunk roads are doubled with wide carriageways for cyclists and local access, separated by a planted strip or a ditch. Trains and boats are accessible by cyclists with a small fare. Signs indicate the way to neighbouring or remote towns for cyclists. National East-West or North-South routes are signed. But the most remarquable feature is the level of bicycle traffic: it represents 28% of all trips nationwide. During the weekend, rural routes are followed by families. During weekday peak hours, some queues built up at junctions. In attractive locations (markets, railway stations...) it may be very difficult to park a bike, since the demand is so high. Beyond cycling congestion (that remains minor compared to automobile congestion) some other drawbacks may be noticed. Concrete cobbles in urban areas do not allow a smooth and quick movement of cyclists. Bicycle theft is a real problem. The presence of numerous abandonned or poor condition bikes make people paranoid. Motorist are less tolerant towards cyclists outside cycling facilities. The bicycle path network is a maze, and in spite of extensive signing, one gets easily lost. As there are many waterways, long detours may be needed to find the next crossing if a cyclist is trapped on the wrong side of a waterway. The government has projects to improve the situation. Bicycle theft is a priority item on the agenda, with technological solutions such as electronic chips to follow up bicycles. To improve interurban routes, cycling expressways are planned, in particular between Amsterdam and Utrecht, with a good surface, a good width, a direct lay-out, and a clear signing. Now, urban planning already takes bicycles into account to a large extent, with compulsary bicycle parking for new houses and good bicycle access. New towns do more. In a new peripheral development in Rotterdam, bicycle and bus access is fulfilled before car access [Ettienne Westbroek]. In Houten, (site visited during the technical tour) car traffic is limited to the access to neighbourhoods, and movements between neighbourhoods are detered as they must use the ring road. On the contrary, bicycle and pedestrian networks cover the city, and are separated from motor traffic. Busses can get through the city by remote controlling gates. Thus, new developments do not aim any more at integrating cyclists in a roadway designed for cars, but at integrating cars in a roadway designed for cyclists. A prospective work has been made to imagine the desired transport system in 2030 [Rita Kwakkestein]. To achieve greenhouse gases reductions, more use of non motorized modes is needed, as well as a reduction of car use, which can be done for instance with tradable CO2 emission permits. Such a modal report would not have major economic impact, but would yield great social benefits [Karst Geurs]. Thus, the present bicycle friendly situation in the Netherlands is the result of an early attention for this transport means. In the 1960's, as in the rest of Europe, the bicycle image and use have declined, and efforts were about the car. But, as soon as 1975, the Dutch have again included the bicycle in the transport policy, so that it is now an ordinary way of travelling [Adri Albert de la Bruheze]. Other developped countries, in particular France, have of course some delay compared with the Dutch experience. It would be pretentious for the technicians of these countries to try to re-invent everything, without the help of the knowledge corpus that already exists. In this respect, the Dutch organize training courses, that could prevent the engineers of our cities to make more costly errors. Cost-benefit assessment methods of cycling policies have been implemented in four cities in four continents [Jeroen Buis]. Other North European countries are close to the Dutch situation, with a multimodal transport planning. In Antwerp (Belgium), the situation is less ordered than in the Netherlands (which is enjoyed by the Dutch tourists), but the city center is given back to pedestrians and cyclists, and cycling routes link the suburbs [Kris Peeters]. In Finland, a survey has enabled the integration of cycling factors in a transport model [Matti Ker?nen]. In the United-Kingdom, the Safe Routes to Schools project aims at favouring children walking or cycling to school [Paul Osborne]; action towards employers is at the core of Green Commuter Plans [Johanna Cleary]. The United Stztes, Canada or Australia are more concerned with leisure cycling, when the transport system is designed for the automobile. In Quebec (Canada) in sprawled suburbs, housing locations are distant from activity locations. A survey on cyclist mobility has been done [Nathalie No?l]. Japan is an original case: bicycle use is high (16% of trips), but not planned. Cyclists must use sidewalks, which leads to conflicts with pedestrians [Masaru Kiyota et al.]. Another problem is bicycle parking around railway stations, where bicycles are considered to be a form of pollution. Official promotion of cycling only begins, for example in Utsunomiya [Hirotaka Koike & Akinori Moritomo]. In developping countries, the bicycle relates to other stakes. It is not a leisure item, but a means of dramatically improving productivity. In rural Africa, for example in Uganda, 69% of the population depends on walking. Carrying water (the well is 2 kilometres away), or wood and food (the market is 5 kilometres away) is the work of women. The bicycle can liberate them from this load. Transporting a ill person on a stretcher to the nearest hospital (20 kilometres away) needs four men during an entire day. By building a tricycle ambulance, one man can do the same job in half the time [Christine Mwebesa]. In Morogoro (Tanzania) micro projects (footbridges over small rivers, pedestrian crossings) can dramatically improve the condition of non motorized users. Meanwhile, surfacing the central part of a previously poor road worsens it by easing the speeding of motor vehicles. But the latter projects are generally prefered by the road administration [R. Tembele]. In Delhi (India), the bicycle handles 1.5 million trips per day. It is the only means of commuting for the poor that cannot afford bus fares. Road planning is only designed for motorized traffic. Yet, specific facilities for non motorized vehicles, that anyhow are present, would largely improve the traffic fluidity [Geetam Tiwari]. In Bogota (Colombia) the car free day on the 24th February 2000 has been a great success. It only hindered the minority that usually travels by car. But the majority of the population could enjoy the freedom of moving without danger, by walking or cycling [Andr?s Pacheco]. The situation of China, represented only in photographs, should have focused more attention in this conference. The bicycle reached a historical maximum in 1995, with half of all urban trips. From that date, bicycle sales have fallen by one half, while motor vehicles, especially motorcycle have boomed, and the cyclists' death toll has doubled in 12 years. In spite of a desirable huge increase of public transport provision that remains unsufficient, the bicycle will remain, for a long period, a cornerstone of mobility in this country. Thus, the small number of quoted presentations and many other interesting ones give a good insight on bicycle problems in different countries, by dealing with many aspects: transport policy, data and modelling, facilities, bicycle promotion, urban planning, health, economy, environment. But, as it can be guessed, the interest of this conference was not only inside the conference centre, but also outside, where, for the first time, reality was ahead of speeches. Francis PAPON Francis Papon, charg? de recherche mailto:francis.papon@inrets.fr INRETS/DEST/EEM, fax +33145475606 2, av. du G?n?ral Malleret-Joinville, F-94114 Arcueil France http://www.inrets.fr/infos/centres/inrets/velo_arcueil.html From sustran at po.jaring.my Thu Jul 6 16:02:35 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:02:35 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Regional Seminar on Transport and Communication Challenges for Urban Local Governments Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000706150235.00910bd0@relay101.jaring.my> I just received this conference announcement: ---------------------- Title: Regional Policy Seminar on Transport and Communication Challenges for Urban Local Governments in the 21st Century Organisers: CITYNET, UNESCAP, and City of Kuala Lumpur Date and Venue: 8-10 November 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Targeted participants: Mayors, city managers, business people, and representatives from NGOs and CBOs from at least 15 countries, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region. About more than 100 people are expected. Contact: CITYNET Secretariat 5F, International Organizations Center Pacifico Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato Mirai Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012 Japan Tel: (81-45) 223-2161 Fax: (81-45) 223-2162 E-mail: citynet@po.iijnet.or.jp Web-site: http://www2.itjit.ne.jp/~citynet Papers will be prepared by identified resource persons and CityNet members. ------------------- From aldizon at pacific.net.sg Thu Jul 6 16:57:04 2000 From: aldizon at pacific.net.sg (Al Dizon) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:57:04 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: Regional Seminar on Transport and Communication Challenges for Urban Local Governments References: <3.0.6.32.20000706150235.00910bd0@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <000c01bfe71f$c7612c60$2901a8c0@cch.com.sg> Considering the regional nature of this event, I'm surprised that only 100 participants are projected to attend. That's just about an average of 6-7 participants from 15 countries. Could there be something wrong with the projections? ----- Original Message ----- From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre To: ; Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 3:02 PM Subject: [sustran] fwd: Regional Seminar on Transport and Communication Challenges for Urban Local Governments > I just received this conference announcement: > > ---------------------- > Title: Regional Policy Seminar on Transport and Communication Challenges > for Urban Local Governments in the 21st Century > > Organisers: CITYNET, UNESCAP, and City of Kuala Lumpur > > Date and Venue: 8-10 November 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > > Targeted participants: Mayors, city managers, business people, and > representatives from NGOs and CBOs from at least 15 countries, mostly in > the Asia-Pacific region. About more than 100 people are expected. > > Contact: > CITYNET Secretariat > 5F, International Organizations Center > Pacifico Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato Mirai > Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012 Japan > Tel: (81-45) 223-2161 > Fax: (81-45) 223-2162 > E-mail: citynet@po.iijnet.or.jp > Web-site: http://www2.itjit.ne.jp/~citynet > > Papers will be prepared by identified resource persons and CityNet members. > ------------------- > > From doriano.angotzi at uitp.com Thu Jul 6 16:50:40 2000 From: doriano.angotzi at uitp.com (ANGOTZI Doriano) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 09:50:40 +0200 Subject: [sustran] New UITP Publication : HOW TO MAKE PASSENGER INFORMATION YOUR COM PETITIVE EDGE ? Message-ID: <616BF05F8E11D211AE190008C76C72052D09F8@UITPMAIL> Following the Conference of Hannover, UITP has published a book and CD-Rom on Passenger Information. To see the contents, click on the link below : http://www.uitp.com/pubs/pubslist.htm (see CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS) For more information do no hesitate to contact me Doriano ANGOTZI Sales of Publications & Advertising Officer International Association of Public Transport - UITP avenue Herrmann-Debroux 17 B-1160 Bruxelles (Belgium) tel. ++ 32 02 663 66 46 fax ++ 32 02 660 10 72 e-mail : publications@uitp.com website : http://www.uitp.com (see publications) From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sun Jul 9 23:48:41 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecoplan (paris)) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 16:48:41 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Car Free City Annual Honor Roll In-Reply-To: <963136727.15340@egroups.com> Message-ID: SUMMARY: Might we put our heads together and develop a high profile, international cooperative platform for discerning an annual International CarFree City Honor Role??? * * * I don't normally chime in here (CarFree eGroups discussion list at CarFree@egroups.com), though I do follow your exchanges with some interest. But here is an excellent reason, to my way of thinking, for me to pitch in here. Let me take this in several steps: 1. Mr. Potts of Oklahoma City wrote to CarFree eGroups on this date as follows: "I hope to relocate in the next year or two. When I do so, I will be looking to live some place where I can consider ditching my car. Does anyone rank places according to their pedestrian and transit friendliness? If so, where are some of the best cities, towns, and neighborhoods?" 2. That's a great question Mr. Potts, and to the best of my knowledge no such regularly updated 'honor roll' exists. But am I right in this? Can anyone out there give Mr. Potts more accurate information? 3. Of course we know about many of the groups, programs, publications, associations, Web sites, and others doing more or less similar things under broader categories such as ' sustainable cities'', 'livable cities' and the like. And while none of these do exactly the job that Mr. Potts is asking for, it is useful to know a bit about them since they are among the raw materials that we can use to fashion a powerful and useful cooperative action now. Among the first that come immediately come to mind. . . * Kid Friendly Cities annual Friendly Cities awards at - http://www.zpg.org/kidfriendlycities/independentranking.html * Money Magazine annually reports on "Best Places" to live in US - see http://www.money.com/money/depts/real_estate/bestplaces/ * International "Making Cities Livable" conference (see http://www.livablecities.org/) * UNDP Best Practices (See this years competition at http://www.bestpractices.org, as well as http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org) * UN Centre for Human Settlements Global Urban Indicators Project * The Cities21 pilot project of the ICLEI, see http://www.iclei.org/cities21/index.htm * The UN Environment Programme Grid Arendal's CEROI (Cities State of the Environment Reports on the Internet). * And while you're at it, maybe have a look at 21st Turtle Media - http://www.ecoplan.org/21t 4. In addition to these more general sustainability groups and programs, there are a fair number of others working on these issues of sustainable transportation, efficiency and social justice - which if you add them all up come to the need for our cities being able to offer high quality, affordable transportation to people who for one reason or another do not own or have access to private cars. Among these are half a dozen programs of The Commons (http://www.ecoplan.org) -- but there are of course many more, including not least all the groups to whom this note is addressed. 5. So what about this for an idea? Suppose we put our heads together and develop a high profile, international cooperative platform for discerning an annual International CarFree City Honor Role??? Since this is exactly the sort of thing that we do in The Commons, we would be willing top take the lead in getting this going, but the idea would be not that this would be 'our' project or initiative, but rather that it be something that we would all (or at least a fair number of us) itch in to define, refine and make happen. Let me continue with this idea, if only briefly and in attempt to see if we might have a group idea here. 6. Then, once we have the basic concept sketched out so that it is ready for inspection and provides an adequate basis for eventual cooperation and exchange, we could then set out to share this with the thousand or so other groups around the world that have mandates and intersts which make them natural allies for such a cooperative endeavor. Strength in numbers! 7. CRITERIA. It will be good to have a fairly comprehensive (but not too much so) checklist that will allow the 'judges' to make objective assessments. Certainly accident statistics and air quality somehow have to be factored in, as well as provision for cycling and pedestrians (as transportation); ease of access by those with disabilities of various sorts; quality, frequency and price of public transport; etc for less conventional alternative arrangements (carsharing, cab sharing, ride sharing, pool and shuttle services); etc. Some sort of awareness of computer/telecommunications availabilities as a "distance assuager" might also be in order. And of course, and as we all know, good planning and location are at the heart of any sustainable transport concept, and so that would have to somehow be favored in - though it's likely that we would see this above all through the various access and performance indicators that would come out of the survey. 6. FIRST ROUND CANDIDATES: Perhaps as good way as any of getting a running start on this will be to look at one or two handfuls of clear candidate cities, such as Zurich, Curitiba, Toronto, Portland, Gronigen, Graz, Venice (yes Joel, Venice) and, why not?, exactly what they are trying to get done in Bogot?. (And I am sure that those of you participating in these lists will have other good 'city/template candidates' for this drill.) We can then explore these real world situations to develop some guides for the more general characteristics that should enter into such a topology/scale. (And I am sure that those of you participating in these lists will have other good 'city/template candidates' for this drill.) In fact, the best approach would be to see if we can get one r two people in each of these candidates cities (since that is what they are) give a hand in preparing a short synopsis which illustrates why their city is 'car free friendly'. 7 The 2000 Car Free City Honor Roll Awards can be made via high profile public announcements - perhaps at time of @World Car Free Day (September 21 2000) when we anticipate that we will already have the attention of the world press and media (as we did in Bogot? in February). We can and should also cooperative on this as well with not only all those who are participating in the European Car Free Day the next day, but also those cities and places that are organizing car-free day projects on other dates (including, one might hope, the planned Day in Chengdu in October). 8. BADGE OF SHAME AWARDS: It may also be an idea to have a look at what makes a given town or city a particularly rotten place to live in, if you happen to be without a car. And why. Without wishing to be unkind, but perhaps a scan of a couple of places like Phoenix, Memphis, Perth (sorry Peter, I know that hurts), and the like might which may look good to outsiders but where the locals know the situation is pretty rotten (one of which just might be London, but there will be others). This last suggests that in parallel with the annual CFC Honor Roll we also consider coming up with a Badge of Shame Award for 5 or 10 of the world's leading "Car Hostage" cities: places in which if you don't have a car you might as well be dead. We should be able top find a few of those, and of course if we do this right this is exactly the sort of thing that the media laps up. 9. Let me close with an observation. If you are looking for a single activity or indicator that correlates strongly with any given place's 'car free friendliness' (we really must find better terms throughout), it's my guess that it would be the availability of carsharing as a non-own-car option. Why? Well, because carsharing really can only work well where there is already 'almost' a car free environment, or at least many of the preconditions of this, meaning good public transport, good clustering of activities and nodes so that non-motorized transport is a real option for many trips, etc. That was, in fact, why at one point we were referring to carsharing as the 'missing link in the sustainable transportation system'. Might we have a group activity here? Ideas, suggestions, feedback? Eric Britton The Commons ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL www.ecoplan.org Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Voicemail/Fax hotline: Europe +331 5301 2896 Voicemail/Fax hotline: North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sun Jul 9 23:48:41 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecoplan (paris)) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 16:48:41 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Car Free City Annual Honor Roll In-Reply-To: <963136727.15340@egroups.com> Message-ID: SUMMARY: Might we put our heads together and develop a high profile, international cooperative platform for discerning an annual International CarFree City Honor Role??? * * * I don't normally chime in here (CarFree eGroups discussion list at CarFree@egroups.com), though I do follow your exchanges with some interest. But here is an excellent reason, to my way of thinking, for me to pitch in here. Let me take this in several steps: 1. Mr. Potts of Oklahoma City wrote to CarFree eGroups on this date as follows: "I hope to relocate in the next year or two. When I do so, I will be looking to live some place where I can consider ditching my car. Does anyone rank places according to their pedestrian and transit friendliness? If so, where are some of the best cities, towns, and neighborhoods?" 2. That's a great question Mr. Potts, and to the best of my knowledge no such regularly updated 'honor roll' exists. But am I right in this? Can anyone out there give Mr. Potts more accurate information? 3. Of course we know about many of the groups, programs, publications, associations, Web sites, and others doing more or less similar things under broader categories such as ' sustainable cities'', 'livable cities' and the like. And while none of these do exactly the job that Mr. Potts is asking for, it is useful to know a bit about them since they are among the raw materials that we can use to fashion a powerful and useful cooperative action now. Among the first that come immediately come to mind. . . * Kid Friendly Cities annual Friendly Cities awards at - http://www.zpg.org/kidfriendlycities/independentranking.html * Money Magazine annually reports on "Best Places" to live in US - see http://www.money.com/money/depts/real_estate/bestplaces/ * International "Making Cities Livable" conference (see http://www.livablecities.org/) * UNDP Best Practices (See this years competition at http://www.bestpractices.org, as well as http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org) * UN Centre for Human Settlements Global Urban Indicators Project * The Cities21 pilot project of the ICLEI, see http://www.iclei.org/cities21/index.htm * The UN Environment Programme Grid Arendal's CEROI (Cities State of the Environment Reports on the Internet). * And while you're at it, maybe have a look at 21st Turtle Media - http://www.ecoplan.org/21t 4. In addition to these more general sustainability groups and programs, there are a fair number of others working on these issues of sustainable transportation, efficiency and social justice - which if you add them all up come to the need for our cities being able to offer high quality, affordable transportation to people who for one reason or another do not own or have access to private cars. Among these are half a dozen programs of The Commons (http://www.ecoplan.org) -- but there are of course many more, including not least all the groups to whom this note is addressed. 5. So what about this for an idea? Suppose we put our heads together and develop a high profile, international cooperative platform for discerning an annual International CarFree City Honor Role??? Since this is exactly the sort of thing that we do in The Commons, we would be willing top take the lead in getting this going, but the idea would be not that this would be 'our' project or initiative, but rather that it be something that we would all (or at least a fair number of us) itch in to define, refine and make happen. Let me continue with this idea, if only briefly and in attempt to see if we might have a group idea here. 6. Then, once we have the basic concept sketched out so that it is ready for inspection and provides an adequate basis for eventual cooperation and exchange, we could then set out to share this with the thousand or so other groups around the world that have mandates and intersts which make them natural allies for such a cooperative endeavor. Strength in numbers! 7. CRITERIA. It will be good to have a fairly comprehensive (but not too much so) checklist that will allow the 'judges' to make objective assessments. Certainly accident statistics and air quality somehow have to be factored in, as well as provision for cycling and pedestrians (as transportation); ease of access by those with disabilities of various sorts; quality, frequency and price of public transport; etc for less conventional alternative arrangements (carsharing, cab sharing, ride sharing, pool and shuttle services); etc. Some sort of awareness of computer/telecommunications availabilities as a "distance assuager" might also be in order. And of course, and as we all know, good planning and location are at the heart of any sustainable transport concept, and so that would have to somehow be favored in - though it's likely that we would see this above all through the various access and performance indicators that would come out of the survey. 6. FIRST ROUND CANDIDATES: Perhaps as good way as any of getting a running start on this will be to look at one or two handfuls of clear candidate cities, such as Zurich, Curitiba, Toronto, Portland, Gronigen, Graz, Venice (yes Joel, Venice) and, why not?, exactly what they are trying to get done in Bogot?. (And I am sure that those of you participating in these lists will have other good 'city/template candidates' for this drill.) We can then explore these real world situations to develop some guides for the more general characteristics that should enter into such a topology/scale. (And I am sure that those of you participating in these lists will have other good 'city/template candidates' for this drill.) In fact, the best approach would be to see if we can get one r two people in each of these candidates cities (since that is what they are) give a hand in preparing a short synopsis which illustrates why their city is 'car free friendly'. 7 The 2000 Car Free City Honor Roll Awards can be made via high profile public announcements - perhaps at time of @World Car Free Day (September 21 2000) when we anticipate that we will already have the attention of the world press and media (as we did in Bogot? in February). We can and should also cooperative on this as well with not only all those who are participating in the European Car Free Day the next day, but also those cities and places that are organizing car-free day projects on other dates (including, one might hope, the planned Day in Chengdu in October). 8. BADGE OF SHAME AWARDS: It may also be an idea to have a look at what makes a given town or city a particularly rotten place to live in, if you happen to be without a car. And why. Without wishing to be unkind, but perhaps a scan of a couple of places like Phoenix, Memphis, Perth (sorry Peter, I know that hurts), and the like might which may look good to outsiders but where the locals know the situation is pretty rotten (one of which just might be London, but there will be others). This last suggests that in parallel with the annual CFC Honor Roll we also consider coming up with a Badge of Shame Award for 5 or 10 of the world's leading "Car Hostage" cities: places in which if you don't have a car you might as well be dead. We should be able top find a few of those, and of course if we do this right this is exactly the sort of thing that the media laps up. 9. Let me close with an observation. If you are looking for a single activity or indicator that correlates strongly with any given place's 'car free friendliness' (we really must find better terms throughout), it's my guess that it would be the availability of carsharing as a non-own-car option. Why? Well, because carsharing really can only work well where there is already 'almost' a car free environment, or at least many of the preconditions of this, meaning good public transport, good clustering of activities and nodes so that non-motorized transport is a real option for many trips, etc. That was, in fact, why at one point we were referring to carsharing as the 'missing link in the sustainable transportation system'. Might we have a group activity here? Ideas, suggestions, feedback? Eric Britton The Commons ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL www.ecoplan.org Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Voicemail/Fax hotline: Europe +331 5301 2896 Voicemail/Fax hotline: North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) From sustran at po.jaring.my Mon Jul 10 18:10:51 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:10:51 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Appeal re Violent Arrests at expressway protest in Bangalore Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000710171051.00840b60@relay101.jaring.my> Dear sustran-discussers Last week several activists were arrested violently (including an assault on sustran-discuss member, Leo Saldanha!!) as they protested at the lack of public information on a major proposed expressway project in Karnataka State in southern India (the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor). At a similar hearing at Mysore on 30 June a pro-project crowd mobilised by the investor prevented any discussion on the merits and demerits of the project - anyone raising questions was shouted down by the rowdy crowd. The Environment Support Group is asking for letters of support - see below. They have also sent a long attachment with more background information including press coverage of the incident and background on the problematic project. If anyone needs more information I can forward the attachment to you. There may now also be more information at the ESG's web site: http://www.altindia.net/esg/index.htm Paul SUSTRAN Resource Centre >Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 10:30:25 +0500 >To: SUSTRAN Resource Centre >From: Environment Support Group >Subject: BRUTE POLICE ACTION EMPLOYED TO DENY PEOPLE INFORMATION > > 06 July 2000 > >BRUTE POLICE ACTION EMPLOYED TO DENY PEOPLE INFORMATION ON RS. 2,000 CRORE >(US$ 500 MILLION) BANGALORE-MYSORE INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDOR PROMOTED BY >INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIA > >In a most shocking and condemnable act, the District Commissioner (DC) >Sanaulla of Bangalore (Urban) ordered the arrests of over 30 citizens who >were peacefully demanding access to public domain information on the >Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor during a statutory "Environmental >Public Hearing" held on 05 July 2000 at Yavanika, Bangalore. The project is >being promoted by the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise of the >Indian Kalyani group with support from Vanabe Hangen Brusten Inc., and SAB >international Ltd. of USA (see note on project attached). The Citizens >Panel on the Public Hearing, including former Karnataka Environment >Secretary A. N. Yellappa Reddy, chose to remain mute witnesses to this >brutal attack on human rights. > >First to be arrested was senior citizen and eminent Gandhian H. S. >Doreswamy, for inquiring why the Government was proceeding with the Hearing >when the environmental impact, social impact and techno-economic >information on the project was not being provided as assured by the DC in >the first round of hearings held during March 2000. What, then, was the >logic of conducting these "hearings"? he demanded. > >Next round of arrests included Siremane Nagaraj and Vasu along with over 30 >fellow activists of the Karnataka Vimochana Ranga (KVR), a grassroots group >which has been championing the cause of consultation with project affected >farming communities. Their crime? Insisting strongly, but only vocally, >that the Hearing can be meaningful if and only if the due information that >is public domain is shared with the public, particularly in their local >language. Considering that over 20,000 acres of land was proposed to be >acquired, over 13,000 acres of which was fertile agricultural land >involving the displacement of 168 villages, on what basis was the >Government justifying this project to be in the public interest, they >enquired. This especially when all that the project envisaged was >developing high speed expressways which only the rich could afford to use, >and recreational and living facilities for the wealthy by acquiring lands >from toiling farmers at throwaway rates. > >The arrests of KVR activists was rather brutal. Squads of baton wielding >Special Striking Forces swarmed around the activists who were siting along >the corridors in the overcrowded Yavanika, and physically dragged and >lifted them out. Several women activists were dragged and lifted out, not >by women police, but the terrorising men of the Striking Forces. > >At this stage, the DC should have been prevailed upon by the Panel to stop >the Hearings. Instead, encouraged by the silence of the Panel, the DC >signaled that Leo Saldanha, Coordinator of Environment Support Group, be >"removed" as well. His crime? Contending that a Hearing could not be held >under such a Climate of Terror. He had in the first hour of the "hearings" >stood up several times urging the DC to respond to Doreswamy's queries on >why project information was not being shared. He also informed the DC that >this is exactly what citizens had been urged to do by the High Court of >Karnataka when Doreswamy had filed a Public Interest Litigation the >previous week seeking public domain information on the project. He had not >raised any slogans, and thus his actions could in no way have been >construed to be "obstructionist". > >Whilst he waited for his turn to speak, a posse of the Striking Forces >surrounded him and dragged him out of the auditorium, one policeman urging >his colleagues to "Kick Him. Throw him down". Such action was most >effectively taken on him in full view of over 400 citizens, and the Press. >Leo was not even informed that he was being arrested. As he lay in pain >outside the building, loud protests were raised by several citizens against >such brutal attack on a person's Right to Express and against a most >arbitrary, irrational and draconian act of the Government. Only on >insisting that he should be medically examined was he taken by the police >to the Victoria Hospital and thankfully there were no serious injuries. He >was then taken to the Viveknagar Police Station where the others arrested >were kept in detention. It was only in the late hours of the evening that >they were all released. > >Despite such abuse of the human rights, the DC proceeded with his >"peaceful" Hearings. What he chose not to do was to arrest about 15-20 >drunk rabble rousers raising slogans in favour of the project, rather more >vociferously than the KVR activists and who even chose to use the most >obscene language against those demanding project information. > >This most abhorrent act of repression is a big blot on the much hyped >claims of the Karnataka Government being a transparent and progressive >administration; a claim that Chief Minister S. M. Krishna has been >championing widely. Yesterday's "hearings" demonstrated the Government's >determination to push ahead with one of its several "progressive" schemes >aimed at drawing foreign attention and investment to the State, what >Krishna prefers to address as "making Bangalore a Singapore". The question >is for whose benefit and what cost: environmental, social and economic. >Not forgetting the most important cost of all: the denial of fundamental >democratic rights. > >Such arrogant attitude of the Government ensured that the Hearings in >Mysore and Mandya held on 30 June and 3 July 2000 as well, were similarly >"peaceful". Only there, most who demanded project information boycotted >the hearings as they were denied the same. Leading amongst them were M. D. >Nanjundaswamy of the Karnataka Rajya Ryatha Sangha (Karnataka State Farmers >Association), Maj. General Vombatkere (Retd.) of the Mysore Consumer Action >Forum, and hundreds of other citizens. > >We believe that this should be the last time that such brute action is >initiated against citizens in any Public Hearing. To ensure which we must >first address and set right the grave wrongs committed yesterday. >Therefore, we request you to endorse the letters to the Chief Minister of >Karnataka, urging him not to proceed with the project clearances under the >circumstances, demand an immediate enquiry into yesterday's events and >direct the concerned agencies to treat yesterday's "hearings" as null and >void. > >It would be best if you choose to send your letters of protest direct to >the Chief Minister by post/fax/email (contact details in the letter). But >do mark a copy to us for reference. You could also send your endorsements >to us, and we could forward them to the CM. > >Thank you in anticipation for your solidarity and support. > >Sincerely, > > >Ranjini Thomas, Bhargavi S. Rao, Manu Mathai, K. R. Mallesh and H. C. >Ravindranath >Environment Support Group ? > >PS: The attached note is in Word 6 format. We have scanned it in the >latest updates of Norton AntiVirus programme >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > (Preferably on your letterhead) > >Mr. S. M. Krishna >Chief Minister of Karnataka >Vidhana Soudha >Bangalore 560 001. INDIA >Fax: 91-80-2253660 >Tel: 91-80-2253444/2253424 >Email: smkrishna@bangaloreit.com or cmkrishna@bangaloreit.com > > Date: > >Dear Sir, > >I/We condemn the most atrocious conduct of Mr. Sanaulla, District >Commissioner of Bangalore, in ordering the arrests of citizens who were >demanding access to public domain information on the Bangalore Mysore >Infrastructure Corridor in the Environmental Public Hearing held on 05 July >2000 at Bangalore. It would have been most appropriate if the Hearings >were held after the documents were provided to the public as assured in the >previous Hearings held during March 2000. To have denied these documents, >and what's worse, arrest those who were exercising their rights to demand >the information, is a most condemnable act of an officer of your Government. > >I/we demand that you should suspend Mr. Sanaulla forthwith for this most >irrational, arbitrary and reprehensible act of ordering brute police action >and immediately order an enquiry into the incident. > >It would consequently be most appropriate on your part to withhold any >clearance to the project, and further direct the concerned agencies to hold >Hearings in a just, responsible and peaceful manner but only after the >requested public domain information is made available at local Taluk >Panchayat offices for inspection by the public, especially in the local >language. > >Given the widespread abuse of human rights during yesterday's July 5th >"hearings", the same must be declared null and void. > >I/We hope that you will take immediate action in this regard as a true sign >of progress in a democratic society. > >Yours truly, > > >Sd/- >Name >Position/Organisation >Address > > >PS: Please mark a copy of your letter to us at our address below > >Attachment Converted: "C:\My Documents\SUSTRAN Attachments\BMIC Public Hearing Fallout in Word 61.doc" > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >WE HAVE MOVED : OUR NEW ADDRESS > >Environment Support Group (R) >S-3, Rajashree Apartments >18/57, 1st Main Road >S. R. K. Gardens >Jayanagar >Bannerghatta Road >Bangalore 560 041. INDIA >Telefax: 91-80-6341977 >Fax: 91-80-6723926 (PP) >Email: esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Jul 10 18:39:21 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecoplan (paris)) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:39:21 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Appeal re Violent Arrests at expressway protest in Bangalore In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000710171051.00840b60@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: Dear Friends, I wonder if we might do better yet than just those letters. I say this because I am, sad to say, a bit cynical about what happens when paper comes through the door in situations like that -I am afraid that they will be ignored or otherwise discounted, hidden or misinterpreted. Moreover, for we cannot, I am afraid, entirely eliminate the possibility of reprisals when the identity of certain people become known to others. In the case of the Bogot? Car-Free Day, we combined the personal letters with an open "Guest Book" which we then made available to both the local and world press and media, with some quite positive results. Might we somehow get together to try this again in the present contact in Bangalore. Of course it would not be a "Guest Book" in this case, but it might be worth a thought that we try to give this open campaign as much of a positive twist as the circumstances permit. By that I mean not that we try to run away from the shameful events, but that we try to help those who will be making the necessary decisions to get in step with the leading edge of not only transport practice and policy but also of course of democracy and social equity. The resulting "Visitor's Book" or whatever it might be called could be kept fully updated not only on the ESG site, but also on others as well. We certainly would be pleased to give it a place of honor under our The Politics of Sustainability programs at http://www.ecoplan.org/politics. This is however only a first cut of this proposal. We need to hear from others in order to figure out what is going to be the wisest and most effective way to do this. And, might I add, rather quickly too. With very best wishes to you all, Eric Britton PS. What about local media? Including for instance Virtual Bangalore at http://www.virtualbangalore.com/, who I know have an interest in this sort of thing. ecopl@n ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL www.ecoplan.org Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Voicemail/Fax hotline: Europe +331 5301 2896 Voicemail/Fax hotline: North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) From rajendra.aryal at undp.org Mon Jul 10 20:43:47 2000 From: rajendra.aryal at undp.org (Rajendra Aryal) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:13:47 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: Appeal re Violent Arrests at expressway protest in Bangalore References: <3.0.6.32.20000710171051.00840b60@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <3969B6F3.59F2C996@undp.org> Dear Paul, Thanks a lot for the message. It was indeed a crime done against the people living in a democratic society. I strongly feel that every sensible citizen should condemn such a violent act. I would also urge the sustran discussers to support the Environment Support Group in this regard. Rajendra Aryal United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) SUSTRAN Resource Centre wrote: > Dear sustran-discussers > > Last week several activists were arrested violently (including an assault > on sustran-discuss member, Leo Saldanha!!) as they protested at the lack of > public information on a major proposed expressway project in Karnataka > State in southern India (the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor). At > a similar hearing at Mysore on 30 June a pro-project crowd mobilised by the > investor prevented any discussion on the merits and demerits of the project > - anyone raising questions was shouted down by the rowdy crowd. > > The Environment Support Group is asking for letters of support - see below. > They have also sent a long attachment with more background information > including press coverage of the incident and background on the problematic > project. If anyone needs more information I can forward the attachment to > you. There may now also be more information at the ESG's web site: > http://www.altindia.net/esg/index.htm > > Paul > SUSTRAN Resource Centre > > >Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 10:30:25 +0500 > >To: SUSTRAN Resource Centre > >From: Environment Support Group > >Subject: BRUTE POLICE ACTION EMPLOYED TO DENY PEOPLE INFORMATION > > > > 06 July 2000 > > > >BRUTE POLICE ACTION EMPLOYED TO DENY PEOPLE INFORMATION ON RS. 2,000 CRORE > >(US$ 500 MILLION) BANGALORE-MYSORE INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDOR PROMOTED BY > >INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIA > > > >In a most shocking and condemnable act, the District Commissioner (DC) > >Sanaulla of Bangalore (Urban) ordered the arrests of over 30 citizens who > >were peacefully demanding access to public domain information on the > >Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor during a statutory "Environmental > >Public Hearing" held on 05 July 2000 at Yavanika, Bangalore. The project is > >being promoted by the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise of the > >Indian Kalyani group with support from Vanabe Hangen Brusten Inc., and SAB > >international Ltd. of USA (see note on project attached). The Citizens > >Panel on the Public Hearing, including former Karnataka Environment > >Secretary A. N. Yellappa Reddy, chose to remain mute witnesses to this > >brutal attack on human rights. > > > >First to be arrested was senior citizen and eminent Gandhian H. S. > >Doreswamy, for inquiring why the Government was proceeding with the Hearing > >when the environmental impact, social impact and techno-economic > >information on the project was not being provided as assured by the DC in > >the first round of hearings held during March 2000. What, then, was the > >logic of conducting these "hearings"? he demanded. > > > >Next round of arrests included Siremane Nagaraj and Vasu along with over 30 > >fellow activists of the Karnataka Vimochana Ranga (KVR), a grassroots group > >which has been championing the cause of consultation with project affected > >farming communities. Their crime? Insisting strongly, but only vocally, > >that the Hearing can be meaningful if and only if the due information that > >is public domain is shared with the public, particularly in their local > >language. Considering that over 20,000 acres of land was proposed to be > >acquired, over 13,000 acres of which was fertile agricultural land > >involving the displacement of 168 villages, on what basis was the > >Government justifying this project to be in the public interest, they > >enquired. This especially when all that the project envisaged was > >developing high speed expressways which only the rich could afford to use, > >and recreational and living facilities for the wealthy by acquiring lands > >from toiling farmers at throwaway rates. > > > >The arrests of KVR activists was rather brutal. Squads of baton wielding > >Special Striking Forces swarmed around the activists who were siting along > >the corridors in the overcrowded Yavanika, and physically dragged and > >lifted them out. Several women activists were dragged and lifted out, not > >by women police, but the terrorising men of the Striking Forces. > > > >At this stage, the DC should have been prevailed upon by the Panel to stop > >the Hearings. Instead, encouraged by the silence of the Panel, the DC > >signaled that Leo Saldanha, Coordinator of Environment Support Group, be > >"removed" as well. His crime? Contending that a Hearing could not be held > >under such a Climate of Terror. He had in the first hour of the "hearings" > >stood up several times urging the DC to respond to Doreswamy's queries on > >why project information was not being shared. He also informed the DC that > >this is exactly what citizens had been urged to do by the High Court of > >Karnataka when Doreswamy had filed a Public Interest Litigation the > >previous week seeking public domain information on the project. He had not > >raised any slogans, and thus his actions could in no way have been > >construed to be "obstructionist". > > > >Whilst he waited for his turn to speak, a posse of the Striking Forces > >surrounded him and dragged him out of the auditorium, one policeman urging > >his colleagues to "Kick Him. Throw him down". Such action was most > >effectively taken on him in full view of over 400 citizens, and the Press. > >Leo was not even informed that he was being arrested. As he lay in pain > >outside the building, loud protests were raised by several citizens against > >such brutal attack on a person's Right to Express and against a most > >arbitrary, irrational and draconian act of the Government. Only on > >insisting that he should be medically examined was he taken by the police > >to the Victoria Hospital and thankfully there were no serious injuries. He > >was then taken to the Viveknagar Police Station where the others arrested > >were kept in detention. It was only in the late hours of the evening that > >they were all released. > > > >Despite such abuse of the human rights, the DC proceeded with his > >"peaceful" Hearings. What he chose not to do was to arrest about 15-20 > >drunk rabble rousers raising slogans in favour of the project, rather more > >vociferously than the KVR activists and who even chose to use the most > >obscene language against those demanding project information. > > > >This most abhorrent act of repression is a big blot on the much hyped > >claims of the Karnataka Government being a transparent and progressive > >administration; a claim that Chief Minister S. M. Krishna has been > >championing widely. Yesterday's "hearings" demonstrated the Government's > >determination to push ahead with one of its several "progressive" schemes > >aimed at drawing foreign attention and investment to the State, what > >Krishna prefers to address as "making Bangalore a Singapore". The question > >is for whose benefit and what cost: environmental, social and economic. > >Not forgetting the most important cost of all: the denial of fundamental > >democratic rights. > > > >Such arrogant attitude of the Government ensured that the Hearings in > >Mysore and Mandya held on 30 June and 3 July 2000 as well, were similarly > >"peaceful". Only there, most who demanded project information boycotted > >the hearings as they were denied the same. Leading amongst them were M. D. > >Nanjundaswamy of the Karnataka Rajya Ryatha Sangha (Karnataka State Farmers > >Association), Maj. General Vombatkere (Retd.) of the Mysore Consumer Action > >Forum, and hundreds of other citizens. > > > >We believe that this should be the last time that such brute action is > >initiated against citizens in any Public Hearing. To ensure which we must > >first address and set right the grave wrongs committed yesterday. > >Therefore, we request you to endorse the letters to the Chief Minister of > >Karnataka, urging him not to proceed with the project clearances under the > >circumstances, demand an immediate enquiry into yesterday's events and > >direct the concerned agencies to treat yesterday's "hearings" as null and > >void. > > > >It would be best if you choose to send your letters of protest direct to > >the Chief Minister by post/fax/email (contact details in the letter). But > >do mark a copy to us for reference. You could also send your endorsements > >to us, and we could forward them to the CM. > > > >Thank you in anticipation for your solidarity and support. > > > >Sincerely, > > > > > >Ranjini Thomas, Bhargavi S. Rao, Manu Mathai, K. R. Mallesh and H. C. > >Ravindranath > >Environment Support Group ? > > > >PS: The attached note is in Word 6 format. We have scanned it in the > >latest updates of Norton AntiVirus programme > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > (Preferably on your letterhead) > > > >Mr. S. M. Krishna > >Chief Minister of Karnataka > >Vidhana Soudha > >Bangalore 560 001. INDIA > >Fax: 91-80-2253660 > >Tel: 91-80-2253444/2253424 > >Email: smkrishna@bangaloreit.com or cmkrishna@bangaloreit.com > > > > Date: > > > >Dear Sir, > > > >I/We condemn the most atrocious conduct of Mr. Sanaulla, District > >Commissioner of Bangalore, in ordering the arrests of citizens who were > >demanding access to public domain information on the Bangalore Mysore > >Infrastructure Corridor in the Environmental Public Hearing held on 05 July > >2000 at Bangalore. It would have been most appropriate if the Hearings > >were held after the documents were provided to the public as assured in the > >previous Hearings held during March 2000. To have denied these documents, > >and what's worse, arrest those who were exercising their rights to demand > >the information, is a most condemnable act of an officer of your > Government. > > > >I/we demand that you should suspend Mr. Sanaulla forthwith for this most > >irrational, arbitrary and reprehensible act of ordering brute police action > >and immediately order an enquiry into the incident. > > > >It would consequently be most appropriate on your part to withhold any > >clearance to the project, and further direct the concerned agencies to hold > >Hearings in a just, responsible and peaceful manner but only after the > >requested public domain information is made available at local Taluk > >Panchayat offices for inspection by the public, especially in the local > >language. > > > >Given the widespread abuse of human rights during yesterday's July 5th > >"hearings", the same must be declared null and void. > > > >I/We hope that you will take immediate action in this regard as a true sign > >of progress in a democratic society. > > > >Yours truly, > > > > > >Sd/- > >Name > >Position/Organisation > >Address > > > > > >PS: Please mark a copy of your letter to us at our address below > > > >Attachment Converted: "C:\My Documents\SUSTRAN Attachments\BMIC Public > Hearing Fallout in Word 61.doc" > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >WE HAVE MOVED : OUR NEW ADDRESS > > > >Environment Support Group (R) > >S-3, Rajashree Apartments > >18/57, 1st Main Road > >S. R. K. Gardens > >Jayanagar > >Bannerghatta Road > >Bangalore 560 041. INDIA > >Telefax: 91-80-6341977 > >Fax: 91-80-6723926 (PP) > >Email: esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Jul 12 02:42:01 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecoplan (paris)) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:42:01 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Car Free City Annual Honor Roll Message-ID: The Sunday call for ideas and support of this concept has received an enthusiastic and informed reception - to the point where we have now set up a special site for the discussions which you can access by going first to The Commons at http://www.ecoplan.org and from there clicking CarFree Honor Roll on the menu. To support the discussions in one convenient place, we have opened up the @ccess on the Web Forum at access-forum@egroups.com, which address you can use to post letters and materials which may help this group effort. You no longer need to sign in or join in order either to post or access the various sections of this site. If you have enclosures, however, I would ask you to post them to me directly at the below address. Better still, if you can just give us the link. Again, the goal is to have enough information, structure and common sense in hand so that a good pair of lists can be prepared (not to forget the Badge of Shame nominees as well) for a high profile announcement on the occasion of both the @World Car Free Day on September 21st and the European Car Free Day on the 22nd. One idea might be to have Country Lists and nominations as well, to spur, pinch and push cities on to do better. So often emulation helps do the trick, especially when the example, good or horrid, is right close at hand. There is quite a bit of work to be done to make this one stick, so if you have ideas, time and the will, it will be great to have you join us. Eric Britton The Commons ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL www.ecoplan.org From esg at bgl.vsnl.net.in Wed Jul 12 10:03:45 2000 From: esg at bgl.vsnl.net.in (Environment Support Group) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:03:45 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Appeal re Violent Arrests at expressway protest in Bangalore Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000712090345.008a3730@relay101.jaring.my> Dear Paul, Thank you for putting up the appeal for the 'right to information' that was denied during the BMIC Public hearing. We are also happy to see the responses that have been generated. Leo is well and sends his regards. The Chief Minister's reply to the appeals is enclosed along with a letter that we have compiled to pressurise the Government. If you think it is appropriate to post it on the sustran list, please do so. Thank you for your solidarity and support. Your's sincerely, Ranjini Environment Support Group(R) ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ 11 July 2000 Dear Friends, Thank you all for your prompt and overwhelming support in responding to our call to appeal to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mr. S. M. Krishna, for effective action on the most unfortunate turn of events in the Public Hearing on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor. It is heartening to note that the pressure has worked, with the CM's office responding to several of your mails/emails. Such acts of an High Office responding to individual appeals must indeed be appreciated. The standard response to most emails have been as follows: "I have gone through your mail and I am directing this message to the Divisional Commissioner to enquire into the matter and take necessary action. warm regards SM Krishna" It is thus hoped that the Divisional Commissioner will enquire into the matter, and initiate immediate and effective steps to correct the serious anomalies that interfered with the process of public consultation on a project of great magnitude and involving very wide social, economic and environmental impacts. We will be contacting Mr. Venkateshwara Rao, Divisional Commissioner, to ensure progress on this front. Whilst such an "enquiry" is underway, it is right to expect that the process of according clearance to the project will be in suspension. Quite the contrary is the case, however. It is understood from highly reliable sources, that Mr. Sanaulla, Deputy Commissioner of Bangalore Urban (DC), has called for a meeting of the Public Hearing Panel tomorrow, along with the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), and that grounds are being prepared to accord a "No-Objection Certificate" to the project with due dispatch. Considering that several of us were denied the opportunity to present views in a statutory public hearing, by employing brute police force, it amounts to denial of fundamental rights of Citizens to Freedom of Speech and Expression (Article 19), Right to Equality before Law (Article 14) and Right to Life and Personal Liberty (Article 21). In such context according clearances to the project would be completely unacceptable. We, therefore, believe that it is very essential that the pressure must be maintained on the Government to comply with the law, and not clear the project till such time public consultation is conducted in a responsible, transparent and congenial manner. Writing to KSPCB on this is the need of the hour, and we once more appeal to your commitment and support in endorsing a letter urging them to act accordingly. This model letter is enclosed, and we request you to send a copy of this (with amendments as you please) to the Member Secretary, KSPCB, and copy the same to the CM's office, the DC and mark us a copy for reference. Every one of your letters is a crucial step towards securing a progressive, just and democratic society, and ensuring that the BMIC project will result if and only if it is a sustainable venture reflecting the needs of the wide public. Thanking you, With best regards, Leo F. Saldanha, Ranjini Thomas, K. R. Mallesh, Manu Mathai, Bhargavi S. Rao and H. C. Ravindranath Environment Support Group ? The Member Secretary Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Public Utility Building, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore- 560001. Ph: 91-80-5588151, 5588782 Fax: 91-80-5586321 Email: kspcbcom@blr.vsnl.net.in 11 July 2000 Dear Sir, The distressing events of ordering brutal police action on citizens demanding access to information on the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor during the Environmental Public Hearing of 5th July 2000 disturbed me/us deeply. In protest I/we wrote to the Chief Minister of Karnataka demanding that the whole incident must be investigated, pending which the Mr. Sanaulla, DC (Urban), should be suspended, and the entire Hearing be declared null and void. Mr. Krishna has written to me/us stating that the Divisional Commissioner has been directed to "enquire into the matter and take necessary action". Consequently it is to be expected that the process of according clearance to the project will be set aside, till such time the enquiry findings are made public. However, it is understood by way of communication from Environment Support Group (who in turn have sourced information from highly placed sources) that the KSPCB is preparing to accord "No Objection Certificate" to the project. This certainly is a retrograde action considering that the "hearings" you have held so far on the project have been marked with abuse of human rights, denial of project information which in most progressive societies is public domain and arbitrary denial of the Fundamental Rights to Freedom of Speech and Expression (Article 19), Right to Equality before Law (Article 14) and Right to Life and Personal Liberty (Article 21) by targeting certain citizens selectively. In respect for the "enquiry" ordered by the Chief Minister, and the due right of citizens to be heard meaningfully and in a congenial atmosphere, we urge you to keep in abeyance your plans to clear the project. If anything the same could be done only after Hearings are held once more after sharing adequate and correct information on the BMIC project's environmental, social and economic impacts. Only then will all options available be known and the impacts adequately appreciated. You will agree that if such steps of consultation are engaged in meaningfully, not only will the public at large benefit, but the project, if justifiably needed, will win the support of the people. We hope you will adopt this progressive step and thus ensure the reputation of KSPCB is above board. With best regards, Sd/- Position Address Cc: 1. Mr. S. M. Krishna, Chief Minister of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore 560 001. Fax: 91-80-2253660 Tel: 91-80-2253444/2253424 Email: smkrishna@bangaloreit.com or cmkrishna@bangaloreit.com 2. Mr. Mohammed Sanaulla, Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore (Urban), N. R. Square, Bangalore 560 002 Tel: 91-80- 2211292 Fax: 2214553 Email: dc@burban.kar.nic.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WE HAVE MOVED : OUR NEW ADDRESS Environment Support Group (R) S-3, Rajashree Apartments 18/57, 1st Main Road S. R. K. Gardens Jayanagar Bannerghatta Road Bangalore 560 041. INDIA Telefax: 91-80-6341977 Fax: 91-80-6723926 (PP) Email: esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz Wed Jul 12 13:31:33 2000 From: kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz (Kerry Wood) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:31:33 +1200 Subject: [sustran] A problem with infrastructure studies Message-ID: <396BF4A3.56FB39FB@paradise.net.nz> In this neck of the woods a problem has recently come up in a transport corridor study, which might be of general interest. It involved double counting of roading benefits. The regional authority did a corridor study, looking at both road and rail: full marks so far. This was for a radial route, extending the motorway section of a highway from the suburbs of a small city, out to a mixture of suburban and peri-urban sprawl along a narrow (sometimes very narrow) corridor between hills and the sea. The existing road and rail links follow the coast but the proposed highway runs inland for some 20 km, bypassing some settlements. The study had some rather shaky-looking features: - 15% of the roading costs (on the existing highway) were included in the 'Do minimum' case, and so excluded from the cost side of the cost:benefit equation. _ The new highway was included in all the roading cases modelled, except 'Do minimum'. - The new highway will remove only about 20% of traffic from the old highway, and this will be replaced by growth fairly quickly. - Looking at the capital costs and the congestion savings to road users, suggests that the rail options are very good. The smaller one gives two thirds of the road congestion savings of the highway for one twelfth of the cost, and the more radical rail scheme gives twice the road congestion benefits for half the cost of road building. An intermediate scheme might be better than either of the modelled proposals. The unfavourable results for the rail-only options are supposedly because they will need subsidies. However, the present value of rail costs is not so very different from the capital costs, suggesting that the (unstated) subsidies are reasonable. However, there does seem to be one major discrepancy: the tolls and petrol tax used to partially fund the new highway are treated as income. As a colleague points out, there has been a serious confusion between two questions: - What is the return on investment? (looking at the costs and benefits to the region). - How will the investment funds be raised? (looking at the problem of funding an infrastructure project). The regional council should have started by asking the first question: What is the return on investment? They would then have followed general practice in assessing roading benefits, plus an adaptation of that practice to cover rail passengers. Tolls, petrol tax and perhaps rail fares should have been ignored. In national (or regional) terms they are neither costs not benefits: they are user contributions towards costs, and are an internal transfer. They will be less than the calculated benefits if the project is worthwhile, but they are part of those benefits: adding them to in to the benefits is double counting. If the answer to the first question was that there is an acceptable return on investment, the regional council could then have legitimately asked the second question: How will the investment funds be raised? The objective would then be to fund the construction and operation/subsidy of road and rail projects. Users could legitimately be charged a proportion of the benefits that they would receive from the project, so at this stage the tolls, petrol tax and fares could be considered as income to the project, although they would still not be income to the nation or region. What the regional council did in the event seems to have been to ask both questions at the same time, so they ended up including tolls, petrol tax and fares as a benefit to the country/region, in addition to the benefits calculated using standard methods. The treatments above are fully appropriate for tolls, but a petrol tax or rail fares may need slightly different handling: - A special-purpose petrol tax is proposed, payable by all who buy petrol in the region, whether or not they use the new highway. Purchasers on the other side of the region could reasonably argue that they gain very little benefit and should not pay, but the same is true for central area road users (like me), who seldom use the radial route. This means that some road users will be subsidising others. This problem could theoretically be avoided by using tolls for all road user contributions, but there is a practical problem. If an economic toll were charged, much of the traffic would continue to use the old road, unless it were tolled too, but there is no appropriate tolling point: it is used by local traffic throughout its length. - Rail fares may need to be treated in the same way as tolls, and deducted from the rail benefits. However, this is less clear than for tolls because there is no well-established framework for modelling rail passenger use, and it is not clear from the council's report just what has been done. My actions on finding this problem show just how insidious it can be. I asked for peer review, and one reviewer pointed out that I had made the same mistake for rail fares! Another difficulty with the regional council's approach is that if using petrol tax to fund a new highway is legitimate, then it is at least equally legitimate to use a petrol tax to fund rail improvements which achieve the same objective more cheaply. -- Kerry Wood 1 McFarlane St, Wellington 6001, NZ Phone +64 4 971 5549 Mobile +64 21 115 9346 From i-ce at cycling.nl Thu Jul 13 11:42:43 2000 From: i-ce at cycling.nl (Interface for Cycling Expertise) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:42:43 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Velo Mondial 2000 and economic benefits of cycling Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000713104243.008a3c20@relay101.jaring.my> Dear Paul, As you may know, I-ce published at the Velo Mondial 2000 conference the results of a study on Economic Benefits of Cycling. In reaction to your request from 4 July, I would like to present a summary. The questions we asked ourselves were a.o.: Is bicycle policy economically beneficial? What are the largest economic benefits of cycling in different situations? How to calculate economic benefits of cycling? What part of the costs and benefits can be attributed to the bicycle and what part to other road users? We did a literature survey to get illustratations from all over the world. The contents of the book is: 1. Overview: the potential of cycling for the individual and society 2. Th costs of traffic and transport facilities 3. Accessibility and use of space 4. The urban economy and the quality of life 5. Improving the environment 6. Health 7. Traffic Safety 8. The significance of the bicycle for employment 9. Travel costs and individual mobility. Further we made calculations in four cities of the costs to invest in cycle facilities that will increase cycling use and of the benefits. The cities were Amsterdam, Bogota, Delhi and Morogoro (the last city is in Tanzania). The benefits were divided in internal benefits of cycling policy (better health, employment opportunities, less travel time for cyclists, less stolen bikes and less travel costst) and reduced external costs of other modes (less investments in other modes, less congestion and use of space, better quality of life, less pollution, less road accidents). The approach of the cost benefit calculations consisted of 8 steps: 1. identify present modal split in transport and socio-economic situation 2. identify potential of the bicycle 3. estimate mode shift dus to good bicycle policy 4. calculate costs of bicycle policy 5. calculate internal benefits of new and existing cycling 6. determine reduction of external effects due to substituted trips by other modes 7. calculate external costs of other modes 8. calculate cost-benefits ratio The approaches for the four cities differed. Mode change could be calculated with a model in Amsterdam, in Bogota it has been estimated and in Morogoro and Delhi assumptions have been made. In Amsterdam and Bogota more different kinds of benefits could be included, because of data available but also because some benefits are not relevant everywhere: e.g. a higher share of cycling does not lead to less motorised traffic in many cities in the south. The main conclusions are: 1. The benefits exceed the costs in all cities. For Amsterdam the ratio is 1 : 1.5, for Bogota 1 : 7; for Morogor 1 : 5; for Delhi (one corridor was involved int he study) 1 : 20. 2. The greatest contribution to the results come from improved mobility of cycling (so the internal benefits are higher than reduced external costs). This is also true for Amsterdam, where time savings for cyclists contribute to 41% of the benefits, bicycle theft to 20%, better health to 18%, road safety to 15%, pollution to 4% and infrastructure (less parking space for cars) to 2%. In Bogota raod safety contribute to 50% of the benefits, infrastructure to 23%, user costs to 13%, pollution to 9% and congestion to 5%. In Morogoro only user costs and travel time were included in the benefits. In Delhi time savings contribute to 60% of the benefits, user costs to 31%, pollution to 7% and road safety to 2%. The results indicate that improved mobility and less user costs contribute most to the economic significance of cycling facilities. All over the world, investment in cycling policy is profitable for citizens and society. The book costs 12.50 EURO plus costs for sending and can be ordered at I-ce via e mail: i-ce@cycling.nl Roelof Wittink Managing Director. N.B. Please note change of fax number ************************************** Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-ce) Predikherenstraat 17 3512 TL Utrecht The Netherlands tel. +31 - 30 - 230 45 21 fax +31 - 30 - 231 23 84 http://www.cycling.nl ************************************** From raad at interchange.ubc.ca Thu Jul 13 16:16:46 2000 From: raad at interchange.ubc.ca (Tamim Raad) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:16:46 +0800 Subject: [sustran] UBC Transport Chair Position Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000713151646.007c3480@relay28.jaring.my> Could you please also pass this on to any transport specialty lists, particularly those frequented by academics, and any colleagues you feel might be interested. Thanks, Tamim ================================================= Chair in Sustainable Urban Transportation Systems The University of British Columbia is seeking applications for the J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Urban Transportation. This exciting new senior position will provide leadership to UBC's research and teaching on sustainable urban transportation and spearhead the development of new capability in this area. The tenured position is jointly established in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and the Sustainable Development Research Institute (SDRI). Candidates will have an established record of research focusing on urban transportation systems from the broad and integrative perspective of sustainability in its technological, economic, environmental, social and political-institutional dimensions. Within this context applicants will be knowledgeable about transportation technology and demand-side management and have research interests and experience in policy analysis and implementation, methods of policy assessment, modelling, and multistakeholder processes. The successful applicant will be expected to provide leadership to and work closely with other researchers engaged in interdisciplinary sustainability projects addressing the interdependent issues of transportation, energy and land-use strategies from the local to the global level and to offer courses based on this research. SCARP is a fully accredited (Canada and US) graduate planning program and the largest teaching unit in UBC's Faculty of Graduate Studies. The School is recognised internationally for its explicit pedagogical mission: to advance the transition to sustainability through excellence in integrated policy and planning research, professional education, and community service. Detailed information on SCARP including its research arm, the Centre for Human Settlements, is available at their respective websites: http://www.scarp.ubc.ca and http://www.chs.ubc.ca. SDRI is a research institute located within the Faculty of Graduate Studies at UBC. Its mandate is to encourage research collaboration on the linkages between the environment, the economy and society, at various spatial and temporal scales. The Institute's priorities are research that is strongly interdisciplinary, closely connected to policy and decision-making, and that involves collaboration with non-academic partners. It has developed a global reputation in the areas of sustainability modeling and gaming; community engagement and partnerships; and the integration of the ecological, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. More information on SDRI activities and research projects is available at < www.sdri.ubc.ca> Applications must include a letter stating career objectives, assessment of experience and achievements, approach to teaching, and research goals. Please also include a current curriculum vitae, your web-site address if you have one, and the names and contact information (including e-mail addresses) of three possible referees. The first stage of the selection review will be based on letters of application and CVs. Referees will be contacted for short-listed candidates only. The committee will begin reviewing applications October 31, 2000 and the position is available immediately. Salary will be negotiated on the basis of qualifications and experience. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified persons to apply. The position is subject to final budgetary approval, for positions funded from the general purpose operating fund. Send applications to: Anthony H.J. (Tony) Dorcey Director, UBC School of Community and Regional Planning & John Robinson Director, Sustainable Development Research Institute Co-Chairs Search Committee 433 - 6333 Memorial Road Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2 ------------------ Tamim Raad 310-488 Kingsway Vancouver, BC V5T 3J9 Tel: (604) 879-4432 Email: raad@interchange.ubc.ca From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Jul 14 17:31:29 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecoplan (paris)) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:31:29 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Car-Free Cities Honor Roll Message-ID: Hall of Shame I would like to pursue briefly this concept, taking an example which thus far has gotten more than its share of static. I refer in particular to my proposal that we consider London as a candidate for the CarFree hall of Shame award this year. This suggestion drew a certain number of howls of protest (but none, to my knowledge, from anyone who is faced daily with negotiating some of the least satisfactory aspects of present arrangements there. Most of the protestors point out things like "world class metro", "plentiful buses". "Clack Taxis", "Cycle provision" and the like. But are some of the sort of things that the broadcasting of a well thought out Shame Award from a city such as London might contribute to: 1. Shock value ("If a city we all thought was so great like London is that bad, what about xxxx".) 2. A sophisticated appreciation of the fact that such a city may be able to have some of the components that are needed for a global and fare solution, and still miss out... and then name the specific areas in which it is doing badly. (And this level of detail will be important.) 3. The negative orientation and detail of the Shame Awards will be important as a contributor in the world fight toward more sustainable transport -- since often the positive examples, take Zurich as just one such example, immediately lead most people to mumble, "well Zurich is different", etc., etc. 4. Everybody knows that if you don't have a car in the Phoenix's of this world you die, and for those who live there and who even give a moment's thought to possibly doing things a bit differently, the smothering inertia of the present arrangements is such that everybody... everybody gives up on trying to do better after a while. 5. Red Ken will love it. 6. And so will the media. Of course one has to do this sort of thing, touchy business that it is, well -- otherwise one gets boiled in oil. But we do have plenty of knowledgeable colleagues there who are, I would imagine, well placed and ready to help make this case. Or do we? Eric Britton ecopl@n ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL www.ecoplan.org From sustran at po.jaring.my Tue Jul 18 13:18:53 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:18:53 +0800 Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Re: Appeal re Violent Arrests at expressway protest in Bangalore Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000718121853.008fc100@relay101.jaring.my> Here is an update from Bangalore. Thanks to anyone who responded to their appeal by sending emails to the State Chief Minister. Paul >From: Environment Support Group > >Dear Friends, > >Last week we reached you with an appeal to write to the Chief Minister of >the State of Karnataka, India condemning the brutal and selective arrests >of several citizens demanding environmental and social information on the >proposed Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor. We are happy to share >that the response has been overwhelming, and has compelled the Chief >Minister to order an enquiry into the matter. The Chief Minister's action >may not have been as strong as we desired, but nevertheless has had an >effect. An article highlighting the efforts of several of you appeared in >The Hindu, 15 July 2000, and the same is enclosed below. Last week's >appeal was emergent. ..... non-transport matters snipped .... >With best regards, > > >Bhargavi S. Rao and Manu Mathai >Environment Support Group > .... >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >The Hindu, Bangalore. July 15, 2000 > >CM RECEIVES PROTEST E-MAILS AGAINST ARREST OF ANTI-BMIC PROJECT ACTIVISTS > >By our Staff Reporter > >BANGALORE, July 14: "I have gone through your mail and I am directing this >message to the Divisional Commissioner to enquire into the matter and take >necessary action - warm regards, S. M. Krishna." > >This is the response from the Chief Minister, Mr. S. M. Krishna, to over >150 persons all over the world who e-mailed him last week expressing >outrage at the manner in which the public hearing for the Bangalore-Mysore >Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) Project was conducted. > >Most of the mails were from the U.S., with about 40 from the US-based >Association for India's Development. Others from Holland, Japan, and from >the Narmada Bachao Andolan and the citizens of Thirthahalli. > >Soon after the July 5 meeting when some representatives of NGO's and >environmentalists were arrested when they demanded documents and other >information that would enable their participation in the public hearing, >mailers were sent to environmental organisations, individuals and Indian >living abroad. > >Mr. Hisako Motoyama and Mr. Ikuko Matsumoto of Friend of the Earth - Japan, >have condemned the "brutal" beating and arrest of people such as the >Gandhian, Mr. H. S. Doreswamy, and Mr. Leo Saldanha of Environment Support >Group, and called on other NGOs in Japan to do the same. > >The mails have demanded that the whole incident must be investigated, >pending which Mr. Sanualla, Deputy Commissioner (Bangalore Urban District), >should be suspended, and the hearing be declared null and void. Mr. Kumar >Venkat wrote to Mr. Krishna from Santa Clara, California, US., saying " I >am deeply shocked by the inhuman violence with which peaceful citizen >activists of your State have been handled by your polic force. .It would >have been most appropriate if the hearings were held after the documents >were provided to the public as assured in the previous hearings held during >March 2000". > >Another mail reproaches Mr. Krishna: "As a member of the Postal Workers' >Union in Canada we are used to consultations that resemble more of a public >relations exercise than anything meaningful. I had hoped that things might >be different in India . To have denied these documents, and what's worse, >arrest those who were exercising their rights to demand the information, is >a most condemnable act of an officer of your Government". > >When the Chief Minister responded to their mail, Indians and friends felt >motivated enough to write to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. > >"Mr. Krishna has written to us stating that the Divisional Commissioner has >been directed to enquire into the matter and take necessary action." >Consequently it is to be expected that the process of according clearance >to the project will be set aside, till such time the enquiry findings are >made public. However, it is understood by way of communication from the >Environment Support Group that the KSPCB is preparing to accord No >Objection Certificate to the project." > >"This certainly is a retrograde action considering that the hearings you >have held so far on the project have been marked with abuse of human >rights, denial of project information which in most progressive societies >is public domain and arbitrary denial of the Fundamental Rights to Freedom >of Speech and Expression (Article 19), Right to Equality before Law >(Article 14) and Right to Life and Personal Liberty (Article 21) by >targeting certain citizens selectively". > >ENDS > >(ESG clarifies that though the article mentions "beating" of Mr. Doreswamy, >the same did not happen. And, with due apologies, Hisako and Ikuko are >women!) >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >WE HAVE MOVED : OUR NEW ADDRESS > >Environment Support Group (R) >S-3, Rajashree Apartments >18/57, 1st Main Road >S. R. K. Gardens >Jayanagar >Bannerghatta Road >Bangalore 560 041. INDIA >Telefax: 91-80-6341977 >Fax: 91-80-6723926 (PP) >Email: esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in=20 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From sustran at po.jaring.my Tue Jul 18 13:28:04 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:28:04 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000718122804.0091fe60@relay101.jaring.my> Dear sustran-discussers I have received this request from Barney Popkin, a consultant to ICLEI. I have directed him to the materials on the SUSTRAN Network web site (http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/). However, if anyone has recent materials or particular favourites that you would like to draw to his attention then please do! And of course, I would also be very interested to hear about them. Paul SUSTRAN Resource Centre >From: "Barney P. Popkin" >To: "SUSTRAN (E-mail)" >Subject: Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:48:46 -0700 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 > >Dear SUSTRAN, > >David Engwicht of Australia suggested that I contact you for help! > >I'm working with a non-profit environmental organization that provides >information to local governments. My U.S. EPA-funded assignment for the >International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is to >prepare a draft on "TRANSPORTATION Options to Improve Air Quality and >Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in DEVELOPING AND TRANSITIONING COUNTRIES." > I completed a draft, and now my specific task is to cite the best >"Sustainable Transportation Resources," including: > >* Software -- broad-based urban/transportation planning software packages, >route optimization, fuel management. They need to be applicable to >non-European/non-North American context. > >* VIDEOS > >* Printed Materials (books and reports) > >* Organizations > >* Websites -- good ones, useful and practical to local governments > >* Funding guides > >Please advise if you are privy to such resources or if you can refer me to >appropriate resources. Thanks in advance for any assistance you might >provide. > >If you would like information on ICLEI, please see . > >Best wishes, >Barney P. Popkin >Resources Management Consultant >701 Shotwell Street >San Francisco, CA 94110-2611 U.S.A. >Phone 415-282-8056, fax 415-282-3886 >E-mail bppopkin@sirius.com, web page http://bppopkin.tripod.com/ >Managing resources safely, strategically, and sustainably A. Rahman Paul BARTER SUSTRAN Resource Centre Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran From ajain at kcrc.com Tue Jul 18 19:31:14 2000 From: ajain at kcrc.com (Jain Alok) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:31:14 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Transportation options for developing and transitio ning countries? Message-ID: In Hong Kong, a lot is going on in terms of exercising Transportation options to improve air quality. These are, in short term: - change of entire taxi fleet from diesel to LPG - proposals for change of mini-buses and light goods vehicle to LPG from diesel And, in longer term: - priority for railways as preferred mode of transport (policy push to increase current market market share of railway over 30% to 50% by introducing new railways, rationalising bus routes and by better transport integration) - proposals to develop green "new towns" centred around railway stations and a highly developed pedestrian/cycle corridors. A lot of material on these issues can be found on HK Government Websites (try Transport Bureau and Planning and Environmental Bureau) at: http://www.info.gov.hk/ I can help if any specific detail is needed. Alok Jain Hong Kong > -----Original Message----- > From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre [mailto:sustran@po.jaring.my] > Sent: July 18, 2000 12:28 PM > To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org > Cc: bppopkin@sirius.com > Subject: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and > transitioning countries? > > > Dear sustran-discussers > > I have received this request from Barney Popkin, a consultant > to ICLEI. I > have directed him to the materials on the SUSTRAN Network web site > (http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/). > > However, if anyone has recent materials or particular > favourites that you > would like to draw to his attention then please do! And of > course, I would > also be very interested to hear about them. > > Paul > SUSTRAN Resource Centre > > >From: "Barney P. Popkin" > >To: "SUSTRAN (E-mail)" > >Subject: Transportation options for developing and > transitioning countries? > >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:48:46 -0700 > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 > > > >Dear SUSTRAN, > > > >David Engwicht of Australia suggested that I contact you for help! > > > >I'm working with a non-profit environmental organization > that provides > >information to local governments. My U.S. EPA-funded > assignment for the > >International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives > (ICLEI) is to > >prepare a draft on "TRANSPORTATION Options to Improve Air > Quality and > >Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in DEVELOPING AND > TRANSITIONING COUNTRIES." > > I completed a draft, and now my specific task is to cite the best > >"Sustainable Transportation Resources," including: > > > >* Software -- broad-based urban/transportation planning > software packages, > >route optimization, fuel management. They need to be applicable to > >non-European/non-North American context. > > > >* VIDEOS > > > >* Printed Materials (books and reports) > > > >* Organizations > > > >* Websites -- good ones, useful and practical to local governments > > > >* Funding guides > > > >Please advise if you are privy to such resources or if you > can refer me to > >appropriate resources. Thanks in advance for any assistance > you might > >provide. > > > >If you would like information on ICLEI, please see . > > > >Best wishes, > >Barney P. Popkin > >Resources Management Consultant > >701 Shotwell Street > >San Francisco, CA 94110-2611 U.S.A. > >Phone 415-282-8056, fax 415-282-3886 > >E-mail bppopkin@sirius.com, web page http://bppopkin.tripod.com/ > >Managing resources safely, strategically, and sustainably > > > > A. Rahman Paul BARTER > SUSTRAN Resource Centre > Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network > for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) > sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran > From sustran at po.jaring.my Fri Jul 21 17:57:42 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:57:42 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Highlights from Car Lines newsletter Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000721165742.008b2e80@relay101.jaring.my> Below are a few short excerpts of items of special relevance to the 'South' from the latest edition of Mike Walsh's newsletter, "Car Lines", Issue 2000-4, July 2000. Car Lines deals mostly with transport air pollution and emissions issues. At 37 pages it is a whopper with much technical detail. Invaluable for anyone with a detailed interest in emissions issues. Back Issues of Car Lines, instructions on how to get future editions, and other useful documents are available at http://walshcarlines.com Winter Smog Chokes Chilean Capital ... Meanwhile, when pollution levels hit critical levels recently, private cars were banned on six major roads, causing mayhem on side streets while leaving buses and taxis the run of the road on the city's six main boulevards. "The idea was to increase a 30-minute car drive to 60 minutes and decrease a 40-minute bus journey to 20 minutes," said Gianni Lopez, head of the Santiago office of the government's National Environment Commission (Conama). (President) Lopez hailed the ban as a success as 25 percent of car owners did not use their vehicles that day. But experts say Lagos has an uphill struggle to convince car owners to flag down a bus or ride the subway, especially without first upgrading the image and the reality of public transport. of the capital is reducing the number of lanes on major roads to discourage car use, while a neighboring district is building parking lots. ... Diesel Seminar Takes Place in China A Seminar on modern diesel engine technology and environmental protection was held recently by foreign auto and diesel engine producers in Beijing. The companies attending included Cummins, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Volvo, Caterpillar, Dana and Isuzu. The seminar was part of the Green Diesel initiative launched by the producers in March. The initiative is designed to help China realize its development and environmental protection goals by introducing modern diesels's advantages and advocating the establishment of uniform performance-based emission regulations in the country.... The Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Program of the Philippines Key motor vehicle related elements of the Air Quality Action Plan for the Philippines are summarized... South Korea Proposes To Tighten New Vehicle and Fuels Requirements South Korea has proposed to significantly tighten emissions standards for new vehicles and to improve fuel quality. For gasoline fueled cars, they intend to phase in the California LEV standards beginning in 2002; similar LEV standards will be introduced for light trucks in 2003. A Cold Temperature CO standard, 6.3 g/km, will also be introduced for new cars starting in 2003. The Euro 3 standards, i.e., those which are introduced in Europe this year, will be introduced in Korea in 2003... Hong Kong Decides To Stimulate Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel After months of debate, Hong Kong has announced its decision to accelerate the introduction of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD) with a maximum sulfur content of 50 ppm. ... Hong Kong Stiffens Fines For Smoky Vehicles Hong Kong lawmakers have passed a resolution to raise fines on smoky vehicles in a long-awaited move to crack down on worsening air pollution. The government motion raising the fixed penalty on smoky vehicles to HK$1,000 (US$128) from HK$450 from December 2000 was passed by a large majority in the 60-member legislature. However, an amendment by prominent environmentalist and legislator Christine Loh to stiffen the penalty further to HK$5,000 was voted down. "If you consider the cost to society...how can HK$1,000 be enough?" Loh said. ... Recent Developments in China A. China Air Quality Standards China recently modified its air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide and eliminated its standards for nitrogen oxides. Even the relaxed nitrogen dioxide standard is more stringent than the current US standard for this pollutant.... B. New Clean Air Law The new Clean Air Law has been adopted and will go into effect on September 1, 2000. It contains several provisions which are motor vehicle related, most of which SEPA is pleased with. ... Progress on Lead Free Fuel in Indonesia? In Indonesia, the largest remaining country in the world without lead free gasoline, a campaign is about to be launched. Funds have been provided by the US EPA to carry out a small study of the lead levels in the blood of children in Jakarta which will hopefully demonstrate the need for action. A direct comparison will be made with lead levels in the children in Bangkok where a companion study has just been started and where leaded gasoline was banned in 1996. Indonesia's Mines and Energy Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono subsequently announced that the government planned to boost the use of unleaded gasoline in an effort to reduce pollution. ... ----------------------------- Distributed for the purpose of education and research. A. Rahman Paul BARTER SUSTRAN Resource Centre Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran From halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id Fri Jul 21 13:08:34 2000 From: halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id (Harun al-Rasyid Sorah Lubis) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:08:34 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Fw: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? Message-ID: <002a01bff2c9$5d0dd880$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> -----Original Message----- From: Harun al-Rasyid Sorah Lubis To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? >Barney, > >The best resource is by seeing with your own eyes or experiencing by your >own. > >In the near future, as transport infrastructure management is in the state >of disorder where every party (group) wish to ride the facility for their >own benefit, a forum for city development in Bandung will hold a public >consultation on how to self-regulate the infrastructure, this time the topic >is managing a chaotic stretch of road. > >As the financial crisis prolonged, developing cities facing a burden of >unemployed. Vendors spill over to the roadsides,selling small retail or food >stuff, where nearby a block of city market is unattended as city market >getting more inconvenience, lacking amenity and dirty. Then the sellers from >the city market also rush to side of road to sell things in addition to the >newcomer vendors. In that kind of environment, on-street parking is usually >legalised and vendors are charged by the city council, in the ground to >maximise city council revenue. > >The city council people plus the police is in the lowest state of respect in >the eyes of community, due to the notorious corrupted experience. No parking >area, banned left-turned, free trishaw (becak) zone, all are violated by >respective users or riders, and no law sanction or penalty being enforced. > >All of these are pictures in cities stated in the above mentioned subject. > >Come and visit us in Bandung.... > >Regards, > >Harun >-----Original Message----- >From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre >To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org >Cc: bppopkin@sirius.com >Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:56 AM >Subject: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and transitioning >countries? > > >>Dear sustran-discussers >> >>I have received this request from Barney Popkin, a consultant to ICLEI. I >>have directed him to the materials on the SUSTRAN Network web site >>(http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/). >> >>However, if anyone has recent materials or particular favourites that you >>would like to draw to his attention then please do! And of course, I would >>also be very interested to hear about them. >> >>Paul >>SUSTRAN Resource Centre >> >>>From: "Barney P. Popkin" >>>To: "SUSTRAN (E-mail)" >>>Subject: Transportation options for developing and transitioning >countries? >>>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:48:46 -0700 >>>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 >>> >>>Dear SUSTRAN, >>> >>>David Engwicht of Australia suggested that I contact you for help! >>> >>>I'm working with a non-profit environmental organization that provides >>>information to local governments. My U.S. EPA-funded assignment for the >>>International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is to >>>prepare a draft on "TRANSPORTATION Options to Improve Air Quality and >>>Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in DEVELOPING AND TRANSITIONING >COUNTRIES." >>> I completed a draft, and now my specific task is to cite the best >>>"Sustainable Transportation Resources," including: >>> >>>* Software -- broad-based urban/transportation planning software packages, >>>route optimization, fuel management. They need to be applicable to >>>non-European/non-North American context. >>> >>>* VIDEOS >>> >>>* Printed Materials (books and reports) >>> >>>* Organizations >>> >>>* Websites -- good ones, useful and practical to local governments >>> >>>* Funding guides >>> >>>Please advise if you are privy to such resources or if you can refer me to >>>appropriate resources. Thanks in advance for any assistance you might >>>provide. >>> >>>If you would like information on ICLEI, please see . >>> >>>Best wishes, >>>Barney P. Popkin >>>Resources Management Consultant >>>701 Shotwell Street >>>San Francisco, CA 94110-2611 U.S.A. >>>Phone 415-282-8056, fax 415-282-3886 >>>E-mail bppopkin@sirius.com, web page http://bppopkin.tripod.com/ >>>Managing resources safely, strategically, and sustainably >> >> >> >>A. Rahman Paul BARTER >>SUSTRAN Resource Centre >>Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network >>for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) >>sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran >> > From halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id Wed Jul 19 17:50:59 2000 From: halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id (Harun al-Rasyid Sorah Lubis) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:50:59 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? Message-ID: <003a01bff15e$75e31760$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> Barney, The best resource is by seeing with your own eyes or experiencing by your own. In the near future, as transport infrastructure management is in the state of disorder where every party (group) wish to ride the facility for their own benefit, a forum for city development in Bandung will hold a public consultation on how to self-regulate the infrastructure, this time the topic is managing a chaotic stretch of road. As the financial crisis prolonged, developing cities facing a burden of unemployed. Vendors spill over to the roadsides,selling small retail or food stuff, where nearby a block of city market is unattended as city market getting more inconvenience, lacking amenity and dirty. Then the sellers from the city market also rush to side of road to sell things in addition to the newcomer vendors. In that kind of environment, on-street parking is usually legalised and vendors are charged by the city council, in the ground to maximise city council revenue. The city council people plus the police is in the lowest state of respect in the eyes of community, due to the notorious corrupted experience. No parking area, banned left-turned, free trishaw (becak) zone, all are violated by respective users or riders, and no law sanction or penalty being enforced. All of these are pictures in cities stated in the above mentioned subject. Come and visit us in Bandung.... Regards, Harun -----Original Message----- From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Cc: bppopkin@sirius.com Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:56 AM Subject: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? >Dear sustran-discussers > >I have received this request from Barney Popkin, a consultant to ICLEI. I >have directed him to the materials on the SUSTRAN Network web site >(http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/). > >However, if anyone has recent materials or particular favourites that you >would like to draw to his attention then please do! And of course, I would >also be very interested to hear about them. > >Paul >SUSTRAN Resource Centre > >>From: "Barney P. Popkin" >>To: "SUSTRAN (E-mail)" >>Subject: Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? >>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:48:46 -0700 >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 >> >>Dear SUSTRAN, >> >>David Engwicht of Australia suggested that I contact you for help! >> >>I'm working with a non-profit environmental organization that provides >>information to local governments. My U.S. EPA-funded assignment for the >>International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is to >>prepare a draft on "TRANSPORTATION Options to Improve Air Quality and >>Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in DEVELOPING AND TRANSITIONING COUNTRIES." >> I completed a draft, and now my specific task is to cite the best >>"Sustainable Transportation Resources," including: >> >>* Software -- broad-based urban/transportation planning software packages, >>route optimization, fuel management. They need to be applicable to >>non-European/non-North American context. >> >>* VIDEOS >> >>* Printed Materials (books and reports) >> >>* Organizations >> >>* Websites -- good ones, useful and practical to local governments >> >>* Funding guides >> >>Please advise if you are privy to such resources or if you can refer me to >>appropriate resources. Thanks in advance for any assistance you might >>provide. >> >>If you would like information on ICLEI, please see . >> >>Best wishes, >>Barney P. Popkin >>Resources Management Consultant >>701 Shotwell Street >>San Francisco, CA 94110-2611 U.S.A. >>Phone 415-282-8056, fax 415-282-3886 >>E-mail bppopkin@sirius.com, web page http://bppopkin.tripod.com/ >>Managing resources safely, strategically, and sustainably > > > >A. Rahman Paul BARTER >SUSTRAN Resource Centre >Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network >for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) >sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran > From dhingra at civil.iitb.ernet.in Mon Jul 24 22:39:20 2000 From: dhingra at civil.iitb.ernet.in (Prof S L Dhingra) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:09:20 +0530 (IST) Subject: [sustran] Re: Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries? In-Reply-To: <003a01bff15e$75e31760$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> Message-ID: The scene sketched by Harun is true of cities( particularly mega cities with population over 5 million) in most of the developing countries. With warm compliments, Sincerely, dhingra ***********end of message******************* * Dr S. L DHINGRA * * Prof. of TRANSP. SYSTEMS ENGG. (TSE) * * CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT * * INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY * * POWAI,BOMBAY-400 076,INDIA * * VOICE:091-022-5767329/01(OFF)/8329(RES) * * 5720001(RES) Private * * 5722545 EXTN 7329/7301(Off)* * 5726530 .. 7348(LAB) * * .. 8329(RES) * * FAX :091-022-5767302/5723480 * * GRAMS:TECHNOLOGY,BOMBY,INDIA * * TELEX:011-72313 IITB IN * * EMAIL:dhingra@civil.iitb.ernet.in * * dhingra@gemini.civil.iitb.ernet.in * * URL:http://www.civil.iitb.ernet.in/ * * civil_people/faculty_dir/dhingra/ * * index.html * ******************************************** On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Harun al-Rasyid Sorah Lubis wrote: > Barney, > > The best resource is by seeing with your own eyes or experiencing by your > own. > > In the near future, as transport infrastructure management is in the state > of disorder where every party (group) wish to ride the facility for their > own benefit, a forum for city development in Bandung will hold a public > consultation on how to self-regulate the infrastructure, this time the topic > is managing a chaotic stretch of road. > > As the financial crisis prolonged, developing cities facing a burden of > unemployed. Vendors spill over to the roadsides,selling small retail or food > stuff, where nearby a block of city market is unattended as city market > getting more inconvenience, lacking amenity and dirty. Then the sellers from > the city market also rush to side of road to sell things in addition to the > newcomer vendors. In that kind of environment, on-street parking is usually > legalised and vendors are charged by the city council, in the ground to > maximise city council revenue. > > The city council people plus the police is in the lowest state of respect in > the eyes of community, due to the notorious corrupted experience. No parking > area, banned left-turned, free trishaw (becak) zone, all are violated by > respective users or riders, and no law sanction or penalty being enforced. > > All of these are pictures in cities stated in the above mentioned subject. > > Come and visit us in Bandung.... > > Regards, > > Harun > -----Original Message----- > From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre > To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org > Cc: bppopkin@sirius.com > Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:56 AM > Subject: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and transitioning > countries? > > > >Dear sustran-discussers > > > >I have received this request from Barney Popkin, a consultant to ICLEI. I > >have directed him to the materials on the SUSTRAN Network web site > >(http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/). > > > >However, if anyone has recent materials or particular favourites that you > >would like to draw to his attention then please do! And of course, I would > >also be very interested to hear about them. > > > >Paul > >SUSTRAN Resource Centre > > > >>From: "Barney P. Popkin" > >>To: "SUSTRAN (E-mail)" > >>Subject: Transportation options for developing and transitioning > countries? > >>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:48:46 -0700 > >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 > >> > >>Dear SUSTRAN, > >> > >>David Engwicht of Australia suggested that I contact you for help! > >> > >>I'm working with a non-profit environmental organization that provides > >>information to local governments. My U.S. EPA-funded assignment for the > >>International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is to > >>prepare a draft on "TRANSPORTATION Options to Improve Air Quality and > >>Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in DEVELOPING AND TRANSITIONING > COUNTRIES." > >> I completed a draft, and now my specific task is to cite the best > >>"Sustainable Transportation Resources," including: > >> > >>* Software -- broad-based urban/transportation planning software packages, > >>route optimization, fuel management. They need to be applicable to > >>non-European/non-North American context. > >> > >>* VIDEOS > >> > >>* Printed Materials (books and reports) > >> > >>* Organizations > >> > >>* Websites -- good ones, useful and practical to local governments > >> > >>* Funding guides > >> > >>Please advise if you are privy to such resources or if you can refer me to > >>appropriate resources. Thanks in advance for any assistance you might > >>provide. > >> > >>If you would like information on ICLEI, please see . > >> > >>Best wishes, > >>Barney P. Popkin > >>Resources Management Consultant > >>701 Shotwell Street > >>San Francisco, CA 94110-2611 U.S.A. > >>Phone 415-282-8056, fax 415-282-3886 > >>E-mail bppopkin@sirius.com, web page http://bppopkin.tripod.com/ > >>Managing resources safely, strategically, and sustainably > > > > > > > >A. Rahman Paul BARTER > >SUSTRAN Resource Centre > >Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network > >for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) > >sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran > > > From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Jul 26 14:57:11 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecoplan (paris)) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 07:57:11 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Report on Bicycle and Pedestrian Data: Sources, Needs, & Gaps Message-ID: Bicycle and Pedestrian Data: Sources, Needs, & Gaps: This report from the US DOT provides a review of existing sources of bicycle and pedestrian-related information, including their uses, quality, and limitations. It also includes information from a broad range of decision-makers, researchers, planners, and other users identifying and prioritizing areas in which additional or improved data are needed. By recommending opportunities for improving the quality and relevancy of bicycle and pedestrian data, this report will help determine what actions to take to overcome the deficiencies and limitations of existing data sources. The report is freely available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/transtu/bikeped/report.pdf ecopl@n ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL www.ecoplan.org Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Voicemail/Fax hotline: Europe +331 5301 2896 Voicemail/Fax hotline: North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Thu Jul 27 00:42:01 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecoplan (paris)) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:42:01 +0200 Subject: [sustran] De-marketing the Car - Paper and discussion Message-ID: You are cordially invited to the @ccess on the Web site at http://ecoplan.org/access where a discussion of a provocative and challenging paper under this title by Chris Wright and John Egan of the Middlesex University Business School is about to get underway. The abstract of the report is reproduced below. Comments will periodically be extracted from the Message Center and posted in a handy unified Comment Section to encourage the exchanges. DE-MARKETING THE CAR - ABSTRACT It is widely recognised among transport professionals that the demand for car travel in cities must be limited in some way if the road network is to be used efficiently. Most of the schemes aimed at traffic reduction involve a package of measures. The measure with the greatest potential is road pricing, provided that it is supported by measures to make other modes of travel more attractive. These include better public transport services, better facilities for walkers and cyclists, and incentives for car-sharing, for example. Unfortunately, road pricing is politically unattractive, because car owners are strongly attached to their vehicles and resent interference with their freedom to use them. By itself, investment in public transport will not persuade people to leave their cars at home. This paper raises another possibility. Not only could we market public transport as attractive and desirable, but de-market the automobile as a status symbol and a convenient accessory of modern life. The aim of this paper is to explore the potential for advertising themes that by-pass rational logic and appeal directly to the emotions. We seek ways of confronting irrational desires with propaganda. People are more conscious than they used to be of the pollution and nuisance caused by road traffic, and worsening congestion has raised public awareness that something needs to be done. The problem is that individuals do not necessarily see themselves as the cause of the problem. Even if they did, they might still not see any personal advantage in moderating their car use. Yet there are personal advantages in do so: the question is how they can be articulated. The authors examine the concept of de-marketing and how it might be applied to relieve some of the burden of road traffic demand. They draw on established theory in putting forward an outline strategy, and examine the likely strengths and weaknesses of such an approach. Since the market is segmented, it will be necessary to target different groups with different themes. How should they be conveyed to the public? The government cannot do it directly because it will risk the disapproval of voters. On the other hand, if the message is spread by politically independent institutions, the government will benefit. The most likely agencies are public transport corporations, local authorities, health organisations, and environmental lobby groups. A co-ordinated approach would be difficult to manage but it could influence public attitudes towards car ownership and use among the next generation of potential drivers. At this stage of the research, we can only draw tentative conclusions, but we believe that there is potential for de-marketing to contribute towards restraining the demand for car travel, at a relatively low cost. ****** The Commons ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France URL www.ecoplan.org Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Voicemail/Fax hotline: Europe +331 5301 2896 Voicemail/Fax hotline: North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) From arorap at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 26 21:40:30 2000 From: arorap at u.washington.edu (arorap@u.washington.edu) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:40:30 (GMT) Subject: [sustran] Residential Sound Insulation Message-ID: <0018a3040211a70HOMER@homer.marketmatrix.com> The Puget Sound Region is planning on building a light rail line through the city. There is a potential that the line will be built above ground in some areas and will take up additional ROW on arterial streets. To accommodate the road will have to be widened and it will move vehicle traffic closer to residential homes. There is a concern that this will impose higher than normal noise issues in these neighborhoods. We are looking at noise barriers and noise barrier programs that may have been implemented for similar projects to use as a paradigm for our project. If you have had experience working on developing a similar project or know of someone that has I am very interested in getting some feedback about the experience and suggestions on ways to make it as successful as possible. Thank you, Pamela Arora ___________________________________________________________ Check your campus email through the web at http://www.mailtrip.com From arorap at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 26 21:43:14 2000 From: arorap at u.washington.edu (arorap@u.washington.edu) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:43:14 (GMT) Subject: [sustran] Sound Improvements Message-ID: <002711443211a70HOMER@homer.marketmatrix.com> The Puget Sound Region is planning on building a light rail line through the city. There is a potential that the line will be built above ground in some areas and will take up additional ROW on arterial streets. To accommodate the road will have to be widened and it will move vehicle traffic closer to residential homes. There is a concern that this will impose higher than normal noise issues in these neighborhoods. We are looking at noise barriers and noise barrier programs that may have been implemented for similar projects to use as a paradigm for our project. If you have had experience working on developing a similar project or know of someone thathas I am very interested in getting some feedback about the experience and suggestions on ways to make it as successful as possible. Thank you, Pamela Arora ___________________________________________________________ Check your campus email through the web at http://www.mailtrip.com From arorap at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 26 21:43:27 2000 From: arorap at u.washington.edu (arorap@u.washington.edu) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:43:27 (GMT) Subject: [sustran] Sound Improvements Message-ID: <001582743211a70HOMER@homer.marketmatrix.com> The Puget Sound Region is planning on building a light rail line through the city. There is a potential that the line will be built above ground in some areas and will take up additional ROW on arterial streets. To accommodate the road will have to be widened and it will move vehicle traffic closer to residential homes. There is a concern that this will impose higher than normal noise issues in these neighborhoods. We are looking at noise barriers and noise barrier programs that may have been implemented for similar projects to use as a paradigm for our project. If you have had experience working on developing a similar project or know of someone thathas I am very interested in getting some feedback about the experience and suggestions on ways to make it as successful as possible. Thank you, Pamela Arora ___________________________________________________________ Check your campus email through the web at http://www.mailtrip.com From ajain at kcrc.com Thu Jul 27 10:47:39 2000 From: ajain at kcrc.com (Jain Alok) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:47:39 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Residential Sound Insulation Message-ID: A lot has been done with regard to noise mitigation in Hong Kong but I cannot at this moment point you to a consolidated source. For railway noise mitigation, you may find some details at: http://www.kcrc.com/ KCRC is currently constructing a heavy rail (West Rail) which passes through dense urban areas. Some innovative approaches on railway noise mitigation has been tested here. After completion West Rail would probably be the quietest railway in the world. If you need more details on railways, I can provide. Alok Jain Hong Kong > -----Original Message----- > From: arorap@u.washington.edu [mailto:arorap@u.washington.edu] > Sent: July 27, 2000 5:41 AM > To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org > Subject: [sustran] Residential Sound Insulation > > > The Puget Sound Region is planning on building a light rail > line through the > city. There is a potential that the line will be built above > ground in some > areas and will take up additional ROW on arterial streets. > To accommodate > the road will have to be widened and it will move vehicle > traffic closer to > residential homes. There is a concern that this will impose > higher than > normal noise issues in these neighborhoods. We are looking at noise > barriers and noise barrier programs that may have been implemented for > similar projects to use as a paradigm for our project. If > you have had > experience working on developing a similar project or know of > someone that > has I am very interested in getting some feedback about the > experience and > suggestions on ways to make it as successful as possible. > Thank you, > Pamela Arora > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Check your campus email through the web at http://www.mailtrip.com > From sustran at po.jaring.my Thu Jul 27 11:04:39 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:04:39 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Malaysian Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000727100439.008c9590@relay101.jaring.my> I forward this from the Star newspaper mainly for the insight into the large subsidy on fuel here in Malaysia. --------------------------- Thursday, July 27, 2000 Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products By Mergawati Zulfakar KUALA LUMPUR: A slight increase in the prices of petroleum products is expected following a government decision to conduct a review. However, the quantum of increase and when it will take effect has yet to be decided. Government sources said the increase would be "very minimal'' and would not burden consumers greatly. The last increase in petrol prices was in the early 1980s. Crude oil is now priced at more than US$30 a barrel. "There have been discussions in the Cabinet in the last few weeks. Petrol prices in Malaysia are still the cheapest compared to other countries. "The Government has been giving a lot of subsidies which run into hundreds of millions of ringgit every year,'' said one government source. It is understood that the Government will spend more than RM1bil in petrol subsidies this year. The sources also said that because of the cheap petrol prices, rampant smuggling has been reported. Asked when the price would take effect, the source said: "I don't know. Discussions have been done in the past few weeks. Further studies will have to be made carried out.'' Another source said that the Treasury had been directed to conduct studies on the quantum of increase and the implications of any increase in petrol prices. In Kuala Lumpur, unleaded petrol is priced at 110 sen per litre. In Kota Kinabalu it is 108 sen and Kuching 109 sen. Leaded petrol is priced 106 sen per litre nationwide while prices of diesel is 65.1 sen per litre in Kuala Lumpur, 65.4 sen in Kota Kinabalu and 64.8 sen in Kuching. In Bangkok, unleaded fuel is 15.80 baht (RM1.60) per litre while in Singapore, it is S$1.33 sen per litre (RM2.88). In Jakarta, unleaded petrol is sold at 1,000 rupiah per litre (46 sen). ? 1995-2000 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D) Managed by I.STAR Sdn Bhd (Co No 422871-T). Distributed for the purpose of education and research. A. Rahman Paul BARTER SUSTRAN Resource Centre Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran From paul at swisscontact.or.id Thu Jul 27 23:45:57 2000 From: paul at swisscontact.or.id (paul) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:45:57 -0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: Malaysian Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products Message-ID: <01BFF7D9.605DB0E0.paul@swisscontact.or.id> Correction for the fuel price in Jakarta. Unleaded fuel costs 1600 rupiah per liter. It is unleaded fuel, which costs 1000 rupiah per liter. Price hike of fuel has been discussed and decided by indonesian government early this year (should start in April 2000) Bus unfortunately, this could not be implement. Government is not prepared yet for socialization of fuel subsidy scheme for public transport. -----Original Message----- From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre [SMTP:sustran@po.jaring.my] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:05 AM To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Subject: [sustran] fwd: Malaysian Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products I forward this from the Star newspaper mainly for the insight into the large subsidy on fuel here in Malaysia. --------------------------- Thursday, July 27, 2000 Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products By Mergawati Zulfakar KUALA LUMPUR: A slight increase in the prices of petroleum products is expected following a government decision to conduct a review. However, the quantum of increase and when it will take effect has yet to be decided. Government sources said the increase would be "very minimal'' and would not burden consumers greatly. The last increase in petrol prices was in the early 1980s. Crude oil is now priced at more than US$30 a barrel. "There have been discussions in the Cabinet in the last few weeks. Petrol prices in Malaysia are still the cheapest compared to other countries. "The Government has been giving a lot of subsidies which run into hundreds of millions of ringgit every year,'' said one government source. It is understood that the Government will spend more than RM1bil in petrol subsidies this year. The sources also said that because of the cheap petrol prices, rampant smuggling has been reported. Asked when the price would take effect, the source said: "I don't know. Discussions have been done in the past few weeks. Further studies will have to be made carried out.'' Another source said that the Treasury had been directed to conduct studies on the quantum of increase and the implications of any increase in petrol prices. In Kuala Lumpur, unleaded petrol is priced at 110 sen per litre. In Kota Kinabalu it is 108 sen and Kuching 109 sen. Leaded petrol is priced 106 sen per litre nationwide while prices of diesel is 65.1 sen per litre in Kuala Lumpur, 65.4 sen in Kota Kinabalu and 64.8 sen in Kuching. In Bangkok, unleaded fuel is 15.80 baht (RM1.60) per litre while in Singapore, it is S$1.33 sen per litre (RM2.88). In Jakarta, unleaded petrol is sold at 1,000 rupiah per litre (46 sen). ? 1995-2000 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D) Managed by I.STAR Sdn Bhd (Co No 422871-T). Distributed for the purpose of education and research. A. Rahman Paul BARTER SUSTRAN Resource Centre Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran From matt.burke at mailbox.uq.edu.au Fri Jul 28 09:57:30 2000 From: matt.burke at mailbox.uq.edu.au (Matthew Burke) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:57:30 +1000 Subject: [sustran] A Very Public Solution - a book review Message-ID: <200007280057.KAA32745@mailbox.uq.edu.au> Dear Sustrans subscribers, Below is a book review I have just completed for Dr Paul Mees new text on urban transport policy. The book has been very well received here in Australia and it may be of interest to policy-makers and others on this forum. Feel free to distribute this message widely. Matt --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Matthew Burke Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning University of Queensland Brisbane Qld 4072 AUSTRALIA [w] +61 7 3365 3836 e-mail: matt.burke@mailbox.uq.edu.au --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A Very Public Solution: transport in the dispersed city by Dr Paul Mees March, 2000 Melbourne University Press Melbourne, Australia http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/catalogue/0_522_84867_2.html Reviewed by Matthew Burke Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning University of Queensland Given the social and economic problems related to contemporary society's dependence on the motor vehicle, how do we plan for transport in dispersed cities? Those who either work or study in the vexed sphere of public transport policy will no doubt obtain much from a comprehensive and insightful discussion of this very question. Dr Paul Mees, a lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, has written his first book explicitly for activists and policy makers in all cities 'faced with the problem of providing ecologically sustainable and socially equitable transport'. It is an attempt to share the implications of his extensive research and his understandings as to what can actually be done to improve the situation. A Very Public Solution flows logically with the book effectively constructed in two halves, though this structure is unhelpfully not made clear at any stage in the introduction. The first is a thorough treatment, or embedding for the uninitiated, in the theory and debates of urban [and not just public] transport policy. The second is a comparative case-study of two similar cities on two separate continents, the findings of which are presented to answer the pressing questions brought forth in the first half of the text. This structure gives the work great strength ? afterall, one cannot have the answers if one first does not know what the questions are. The theoretical section is a treat. The high-quality reference material, insightful anecdotes and the judicious use of wider research findings provided throughout both underpin and strengthen the discussion, ensuring the reader is not left in the realm of either ill-informed conjecture or brash misplaced emotion. The language is rich and descriptive with a depth of information that is commendable. Clinical dissection of arguments about the role of public transport, density and urban form, 'sustainable automobility' and the like are dealt with one after another, taking us to the point where we understand the pressing question of the text. That is, if we are going to achieve transport systems that maintain or improve the ecological and social welfare of our cities there seems to be a real role for public transport, or transit as it is referred to elsewhere in the world. But it is not as yet certain just which policies are those most likely to make public transport successful. Is it freeing up the invisible hand of the market to produce entrepreneur-driven flexible public transport responses that is necessary, such as is advocated by Roth, Hensher and others - an approach Mees calls the Bangkok Model? Or is a more interventionist comprehensive planning approach needed as has been undertaken in Zurich? Dr Mees' most significant research efforts have been into this question and he has studied in depth both his home city, Melbourne, Australia, and a place with a somewhat comparable urban character, form and history, namely Toronto, Canada. Toronto has received much attention in the Australian transport planning scene over the last decade, particularly given its dominance over both Australian and US cities in terms of its higher shares of public transport ridership, and other 'sustainable' transport performance indicators. The latter half of the book is Mees most significant contribution. A thorough socio-historical analysis of the two cities is used to present answers to many of the most pressing issues in the field ? the 'success' of free market approaches, just how 'flexible' public transport is under such a model, and how to unlock the 'network effect'. The result is a real-world study that illustrates very effectively the need for comprehensive planning if cities are to achieve successful outcomes. An insightful and original work, worthy of both its volume of sales and the praise it is receiving. It is not surprising to hear that a retitled North American edition may be released shortly. Matthew Burke July 2000 From sustran at po.jaring.my Fri Jul 28 10:17:09 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:17:09 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: SA taxi war killings Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000728091709.008c7ab0@relay101.jaring.my> BBC World News Thursday, 27 July, 2000, 13:41 GMT 14:41 UK SA taxi war killings By Greg Barrow in Cape Town A bus driver and a commuter have been shot dead in Cape Town. They are the latest victims of a campaign of violence against a private bus company, Golden Arrow, which has been encroaching on routes traditionally dominated by minibus taxi operators. Six people have now been killed and more than 60 injured in armed attacks on Golden Arrow buses since March this year. The police in Cape Town have so far failed to make a single arrest and are being criticised for failing to control the violence. Machine guns Groups of men armed with machine guns have been ambushing the buses as they travel along routes through the townships in the early hours of the morning. The buses are sprayed indiscriminately with bullets. Golden Arrow is a registered company that receives a provincial government subsidy to operate its buses. This has allowed the company to charge lower fares than the minibus taxi operators, and attract more passengers. But they believe they are being targetted by the operators of illegal minibus taxison the lucrative routes in townships around the city. Most South African commuters travel daily on the privately-owned minibus taxis, which are each licensed to carry about 15 people. Resignation The taxi operators have been angry that Golden Arrow is able to undercut their fares. And opposition politicians say the violence is continuing because some of the illegal minibus taxi fleets are owned by senior police officers. The provincial minister for Community Safety, Mark Wiley resigned on Wednesday citing failure by the national government to deal with rising insecurity in Western Cape. The province, where Cape Town is situated, is the only opposition stronghold in the whole of South Africa. Some observers say it is in the interest of the government to allow violence to go unchecked there as this will undermine the credibility of the opposition provincial administration. ----------------------- Distributed for the purpose of education and research. A. Rahman Paul BARTER SUSTRAN Resource Centre Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran From halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id Fri Jul 28 11:14:00 2000 From: halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id (Harun al-Rasyid Sorah Lubis) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:14:00 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Role of Japanese Motorcycle in Urban Transport Message-ID: <002901bff839$7f2ad100$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> We have just nearly finishing a report as part of research, funded by Sumitomo Foundation, on the above mentioned subject. Below is the summary, for you who interested. Regards, Harun A Sorah Lubis Center for Transport and Communication Research Foundation for Research, ITB / Bandung The Role of Japanese Motorcycle in Urban Transport in Indonesia: Past and the Future Motorcycles form a large part of transportation modes in Indonesia. In 1997 motorcycle population has reached 11.7 millions, which is nearly 71 % of the national motor vehicles registration (16,5 millions). In big cities the figures vary in the range of 60 %-75%. Nowadays, motorcycle existence could be said ?inseparable from the people activities?, either as private, freight, or even as a two-wheeler public transport called ojeg. At the early of 20 centuries to the 60?s, the world of motorcycle was the European and American design era. In 1962, one still could find brand like Victoria, Ducati, Augusta, Harley Davidson, BSA, BMW, Norton, NSU, and Triumph, all of which are rarely found nowadays The Japanese brand of motorcycle started to dominate other brands since the late 60?s by the winning theme of small fry. Now, in Indonesia almost all brands of motorcycles found are Japanese motorcycle. The domination being unbeatable after 80?s; especially since the local design and production of Japanese motorcycles were placed in Indonesia. The brand varied from Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Honda, to name a few.. The history of Japanese motorcycle in Indonesia is interesting to be explored, and subject for further investigation, especially in knowing the reasons and factors influencing the incredibly high of its ownership. Small fry and under-bone type of motorcycles are the most popular type in Indonesia. Cheap in price, low operational costs, multi-functional, and compact are the keywords to compete in the market. The financial crisis that hits the country recently left the country with uncertain period for economic recovery. This affects the national car sales, as it declines very dramatically. However, the population of motorcycle increased at least the same rate as experienced before the crisis. From the motorcycle market, it was observed that the trends of motorcycle production also grew and more types, model, and size are available for potential buyers to choose. >From motorcycle use and ownership survey conducted it was found that overall household?s vehicle ownership rate (including bicycles) is 1.8 vehicles per household. Motorcycles contribute significantly to the vehicle ownership rate. In average it reaches 1.3 motorcycles per household. The motorcycle ownership in developed area that occupies by low to mid income household with high household member of 5.9 peoples per household tends to have motorcycle ownership above the average rate. However, in those areas 82% of the household respondent do not own car yet. Utilization rate of motorcycle in the study area were high, estimated 1.8 trips per day. In the area that close to the activity centers the rate tend to be higher because the trips are shorter and more trips were also made. Working trips dominated the utilization of motorcycle, estimated almost a half of the entire trip making i.e. 46.1%. Other trip purposes, which are also dominant, are: shopping (13.3%), school children dropping (11.1%), and students going to campus (9.2%). Regarding the use of motorcycle as two-wheeler public transport ? ojeg -- some surveys were conducted to observe their operational characteristics and use in the community, involving owner, operator and community. There are at least 4 conditions that support the need for ojeg, i.e.: the topographical constraint, road network supply, lack of public transport supply, and speed. Ojegs are not mentioned as a public transport in the law. However, naturally they grow, and often an informal organization was locally set up to manage the daily operation and control. Ojeg operation survey that had been undertaken in Bandung found that about 75% of ojeg drivers were professional. They either own or rent the motorcycle to be used as ojeg. The rest are temporary drivers, seeking extra incomes. The ojeg drivers commonly operate from 8 to 16 hours a day, and work 7 days a week. Daily income of the ojeg drivers vary, ranging from Rp 15,500 (US $ 1,5) to Rp 38,500 (US $ 4,5) a day, depend on the operational hours per day and demand in the service area. The ojeg?s owner expenditure for maintenance in average is about Rp. 50,000 (US $ 9) monthly. The operator perceived that ojeg business is not profitable with revenue tending just balance the operational cost, especially during financial crisis. Two strokes are more costly to operate than that of four strokes. The maximum profit 19.5% to costs could be gained from operating 4 strokes motorcycle in hilly service area. The deficit could reach minus 13.4% by operating 2 strokes motorcycle in flat area. However, ojeg still in operation until now. This is mainly just for survival, as currently there are no other better alternative business. From drivers? point of view, being a driver could gain better income, at least greater than the regional minimum wage rate of US $ 32, and still the working hours remain flexible. Almost 94% of the user respondent said that ojeg service at their neighborhood operates reasonably well and widely accepted, and 62.1% of them also said that the existence of ojeg service had been proven useful enough to resolve their transport problem. But they were also giving some suggestion that ojeg service should have some advice and guidance so that a better service can be assured. Two strokes motorcycles contribute more emission than 4 strokes do. The two strokes also consume more fuel for a typical trip distance. Old cars of under 1994 production together with motorcycles dominate the contribution to emission level in Jakarta and Bandung, the level of which reach 90% from the total emission. Motorcycles contribute up to 55% from the total emission, a figure of which points to more cautious policy should be placed in the near future for motorcycle ownership and usage in Indonesia. Old cars need to be maintained regularly, as they also significantly contribute to the emission level. From paul at swisscontact.or.id Fri Jul 28 20:36:11 2000 From: paul at swisscontact.or.id (paul) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:36:11 -0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: Malaysian Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products Message-ID: <01BFF888.0858A0D0.paul@swisscontact.or.id> Another correction. -----Original Message----- From: paul [SMTP:paul@swisscontact.or.id] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:46 PM To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org' Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: Malaysian Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products Correction for the fuel price in Jakarta. Unleaded fuel costs 1600 rupiah per liter. "It is leaded fuel, which costs 1000 rupiah per liter." Price hike of fuel has been discussed and decided by indonesian government early this year (should start in April 2000) Bus unfortunately, this could not be implement. Government is not prepared yet for socialization of fuel subsidy scheme for public transport. -----Original Message----- From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre [SMTP:sustran@po.jaring.my] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:05 AM To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Subject: [sustran] fwd: Malaysian Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products I forward this from the Star newspaper mainly for the insight into the large subsidy on fuel here in Malaysia. --------------------------- Thursday, July 27, 2000 Govt studies slight increase in prices of petro-products By Mergawati Zulfakar KUALA LUMPUR: A slight increase in the prices of petroleum products is expected following a government decision to conduct a review. However, the quantum of increase and when it will take effect has yet to be decided. Government sources said the increase would be "very minimal'' and would not burden consumers greatly. The last increase in petrol prices was in the early 1980s. Crude oil is now priced at more than US$30 a barrel. "There have been discussions in the Cabinet in the last few weeks. Petrol prices in Malaysia are still the cheapest compared to other countries. "The Government has been giving a lot of subsidies which run into hundreds of millions of ringgit every year,'' said one government source. It is understood that the Government will spend more than RM1bil in petrol subsidies this year. The sources also said that because of the cheap petrol prices, rampant smuggling has been reported. Asked when the price would take effect, the source said: "I don't know. Discussions have been done in the past few weeks. Further studies will have to be made carried out.'' Another source said that the Treasury had been directed to conduct studies on the quantum of increase and the implications of any increase in petrol prices. In Kuala Lumpur, unleaded petrol is priced at 110 sen per litre. In Kota Kinabalu it is 108 sen and Kuching 109 sen. Leaded petrol is priced 106 sen per litre nationwide while prices of diesel is 65.1 sen per litre in Kuala Lumpur, 65.4 sen in Kota Kinabalu and 64.8 sen in Kuching. In Bangkok, unleaded fuel is 15.80 baht (RM1.60) per litre while in Singapore, it is S$1.33 sen per litre (RM2.88). In Jakarta, unleaded petrol is sold at 1,000 rupiah per litre (46 sen). ? 1995-2000 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D) Managed by I.STAR Sdn Bhd (Co No 422871-T). Distributed for the purpose of education and research. A. Rahman Paul BARTER SUSTRAN Resource Centre Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) sustran@po.jaring.my, http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran From dhingra at civil.iitb.ernet.in Fri Jul 28 16:36:01 2000 From: dhingra at civil.iitb.ernet.in (Prof S L Dhingra) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:06:01 +0530 (IST) Subject: [sustran] Re: Residential Sound Insulation In-Reply-To: <0018a3040211a70HOMER@homer.marketmatrix.com> Message-ID: Study undertaken by Maharashtra State Road Development Corportation (MSRDC) for the Haji Ali Wilson College 3.2 Km Viaduct is a good example I can cite. Please go their web page for details: msrdc.org With warm compliments, Sincerely, dhingra ***********end of message******************* * Dr S. L DHINGRA * * Prof. of TRANSP. SYSTEMS ENGG. (TSE) * * CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT * * INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY * * POWAI,BOMBAY-400 076,INDIA * * VOICE:091-022-5767329/01(OFF)/8329(RES) * * 5720001(RES) Private * * 5722545 EXTN 7329/7301(Off)* * 5726530 .. 7348(LAB) * * .. 8329(RES) * * FAX :091-022-5767302/5723480 * * GRAMS:TECHNOLOGY,BOMBY,INDIA * * TELEX:011-72313 IITB IN * * EMAIL:dhingra@civil.iitb.ernet.in * * dhingra@gemini.civil.iitb.ernet.in * * URL:http://www.civil.iitb.ernet.in/ * * civil_people/faculty_dir/dhingra/ * * index.html * ******************************************** On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 arorap@u.washington.edu wrote: > The Puget Sound Region is planning on building a light rail line through the > city. There is a potential that the line will be built above ground in some > areas and will take up additional ROW on arterial streets. To accommodate > the road will have to be widened and it will move vehicle traffic closer to > residential homes. There is a concern that this will impose higher than > normal noise issues in these neighborhoods. We are looking at noise > barriers and noise barrier programs that may have been implemented for > similar projects to use as a paradigm for our project. If you have had > experience working on developing a similar project or know of someone that > has I am very interested in getting some feedback about the experience and > suggestions on ways to make it as successful as possible. > Thank you, > Pamela Arora > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Check your campus email through the web at http://www.mailtrip.com > From alanhowes at usaksa.com Sat Jul 29 05:07:53 2000 From: alanhowes at usaksa.com (Alan P Howes) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:07:53 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: Residential Sound Insulation In-Reply-To: <0018a3040211a70HOMER@homer.marketmatrix.com> References: <0018a3040211a70HOMER@homer.marketmatrix.com> Message-ID: <1o51osodgnhuqicp16u96pk5p91veeg93t@4ax.com> In the UK, legislation enacted in the 70s? provided for compensation for home owners (occupiers?) affected by noise from highway (and other?) projects. In fact I myself received UKP 900 when a highway was built about 250m. from my house, leading to a perceptible (but slight) ambient noise increase. But I am afraid I can't give you any more references. Nor can I tell you how the costs of compensation compare with costs of sound insulation. On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:40:30 (GMT), you wrote: >The Puget Sound Region is planning on building a light rail line through the >city. There is a potential that the line will be built above ground in some >areas and will take up additional ROW on arterial streets. To accommodate >the road will have to be widened and it will move vehicle traffic closer to >residential homes. There is a concern that this will impose higher than >normal noise issues in these neighborhoods. We are looking at noise >barriers and noise barrier programs that may have been implemented for >similar projects to use as a paradigm for our project. If you have had >experience working on developing a similar project or know of someone that >has I am very interested in getting some feedback about the experience and >suggestions on ways to make it as successful as possible. >Thank you, >Pamela Arora -- Alan Howes, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Otherwise Perthshire, Scotland) alanhowes@usaksa.com [home] ** WORKING AGAIN (as long as the string holds!] ** PLEASE DO NOT SEND LARGE MESSAGES (>100kB) WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE howesap@saptco.com.sa [work] http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/ [Needs Updating!] From sustran at po.jaring.my Sat Jul 29 12:34:11 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:34:11 +0800 Subject: [sustran] SUSTRAN News Flash #39: Transport in the 'South' Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000729113411.0095eea0@relay101.jaring.my> I forgot to send this to sustran-discuss last week. Sorry. Also please note we now have an alternate web site, http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet, since the usual one has unfortunately been down for the last week. ------------------------ SUSTRAN News Flash #39 23 July 2000 News update on people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on countries in the global 'South'. Produced for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) by the SUSTRAN Resource Centre, P.O. Box 11501, 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: sustran@po.jaring.my, URL: http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/ or http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet Please send contributions to sustran@po.jaring.my CONTENTS 1. South Asia Starts to Tackle Auto Rickshaw Pollution 2. Expressway Sceptics Arrested in Bangalore 3. Research on Public Transport for the Urban Poor 4. Car Free Day Updates 5. First International Walk to School Day (iwalk) 6. Economic Benefits of Cycling 7. Safety as a Human Right? 8. Spotlight on Aviation Impacts 9. INFORMATION RESOURCES AND LINKS Car Lines Newsletter UK DETR Documents Online UITP Resources Call for Papers on Barrier Free Transport Spanish version of "Mobility for All" Reforms in estimation of traffic generation Open Research Group on Transport A Key Contact: ITDG's Transport Programme Other web sites of interest 10. COMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS 11. LIGHTER SIDE 1. SOUTH ASIA STARTS TO TACKLE AUTO RICKSHAW POLLUTION Air pollution from South Asia's 3-wheeler taxis (known as Auto Rickshaws or "baby taxis") is prompting action. These vehicles are South Asia's version of Thailand's "Tuk Tuk" or the Philippines' "tricycles". In India, Bajaj auto, the manufacturer of the three wheeled autorickshaws, has announced that it will stop production of its two-stroke model, as it had developed a less polluting four stroke engine. In addition, a four stroke CNG autorickshaw is being released. The vehicle is claimed to deliver 50 km per kg of CNG. A three litre stand-by petrol tank is also included, for emergencies. Bajaj hopes to produce the vehicle at the rate of 1000 a month by July at its Pune plant. In Nepal, diesel-run auto-rickshaws, have been banned altogether after a campaign by environmentalists against them. They have been at least partially replaced by battery-operated three- wheelers, called "safa tempo" (clean tempo), which do not emit smoke or the loud noises associated with diesel auto-rickshaws. In Dhaka, about 400 auto rickshaw mechanics recently took part in the first of a series of training programs. It focused on maintaining and repairing engines, and advising drivers on the proper quality and quantity of lubricant oils. These are two simple practices that can drastically reduce emissions. For example, baby taxi drivers typically use as much as 10 percent four-stroke engine oil with their petrol. But by using only 3 percent of quality two-stroke engine oil, they could save money and reduce emissions. The workshops are being run by an NGO, the Society for Urban Environmental Protection and Uttara Motors, with funding from the World Bank and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, a global technical assistance effort funded by the World Bank, UNDP, and 15 public and private donors. There are an estimated 50,000 auto rickshaws in Dhaka, most of them using two-stroke engines. They contribute approximately 35 percent of particles and nearly half of hydrocarbons emitted by all vehicles. Sources: compiled from forwarded stories from Press Trust of India; BBC World Service News, and the World Bank's Daily Webzine, Development News, http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/ 2. EXPRESSWAY SCEPTICS ARRESTED IN BANGALORE On 5 July several activists were violently arrested as they protested a lack of public information on a major proposed expressway project in Karnataka State in southern India. The event took place during a statutory "Environmental Public Hearing" on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor - an 111km expressway between the cities of Bangalore and Mysore with a 9.1Km link road into downtown Bangalore. In addition, it involves setting up seven townships. The anticipated cost is US$ 500 million. A number of civic groups are concerned, among other things, that the project is being pushed forward with undue secrecy, that alternatives have not been realistically considered and that there are worrying signs that resettlement of people in the path of the project will not be handled properly. At a similar hearing at Mysore on 30 June a pro- project crowd of thugs prevented any discussion on the merits and demerits of the project - anyone raising questions was shouted down by the rowdy crowd. Sceptics have expressed concern that project may simply a huge real estate development for corporate gain but implemented at great public expense and social cost. For more information contact: Environment Support Group (R), S-3, Rajashree Apartments, 18/57, 1st Main Road, S.R.K. Gardens, Jayanagar, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 041, INDIA. Telefax: +91-80-6341977, Fax: +91-80-6723926 (PP), Email: esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in, http://www.altindia.net/esg/index.htm 3. RESEARCH ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR THE URBAN POOR Low-income areas of Karachi are the subject of a research project investigating critical issues in public transport for the urban poor. The team is led by the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) of Loughborough University in UK and includes the Urban Resource Centre (URC) Karachi, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The focus is on how to improve access to public transport by the urban poor in general, and especially women, children and the aged. Contact: Dr M. Sohail, WEDC, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. Fax: +44 1509 211079, Email: M.Sohail@lboro.ac.uk, Outputs of the research can be seen at the project website: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc/projects/ptup/index.htm 4. CAR FREE DAY UPDATES A diversity of activities and events are being planned in cities on several continents for the proposed World Car Free Day on Thursday Sept 21 and the European Car Free Day on Friday September 22. In addition, Chengdu in China is now said to be planning an similar event for October. For more information on how your city or organisation can become involved please see http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/world/wc_home.htm and the somewhat more radical http://www.carbusters.ecn.cz - follow the links to World Car Free Day, and then to the articles "Past, Present and Future of Car Free Days". In a related initiative, Ecoplan is calling for nominations to a "CarFree Honour Roll" and a corresponding "Badge of Shame Award". If you think your city (or any city you are familiar with) deserves a place of honour or shame in one of these lists as a result of its efforts or failures in transport planning and policy then please visit http://www.ecoplan.org and from there follow the menu to CarFree Honor Roll where you can express your views. You can also express your views on what criteria should be used in choosing cities for each of the lists. With luck the lists will be used in a high profile announcement on September 21 and 22. Contact: Eric Britton, The Commons, Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France. E-mail: Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org, URL http://www.ecoplan.org 5. FIRST INTERNATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY (IWALK) Meanwhile, October 4 is the first International Walk to School Day (iwalk for short). "The ultimate goal is to create a more walkable world, community by community." Try these sites for more information: http://www.goforgreen.ca, http://www.dorset-cc.gov.uk/walktoschool/wts.htm, http://www.walktoschool-usa.org/ 6. ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF CYCLING The Interface for Cycling Expertise has published results of a study on the Economic Benefits of Cycling with case studies from several cities around the world (Bogota, Delhi and Morogoro in Tanzania, and Amsterdam). The study was launched at the recent Velo Mondiale conference in Amsterdam. Benefits were divided into internal benefits of cycling policy (better health, employment opportunities, less travel time for cyclists, fewer stolen bikes and less travel costs) and reduced external costs of other modes (less investment in other modes, less congestion and use of space, better quality of life, less pollution, less road accidents). The study faced formidable challenges in obtaining data but nevertheless reached clear conclusions. Benefits exceed costs in all cities and the greatest benefits come from improved mobility of cycling (internal benefits are higher than reduced external costs). The results indicate that improved mobility and lower user costs contribute most to the economic significance of cycling facilities. The report costs 12.50 Euro plus postage. Contact: Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-ce), Predikherenstraat 17, 3512 TL Utrecht, The Netherlands. Fax +31 30 231 23 84, E-mail: i-ce@cycling.nl, http://www.cycling.nl/start.htm 7. SAFETY AS A HUMAN RIGHT? Those who attended the 5th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control held in New Delhi in March 2000 declared their support for a human rights approach to be taken to the issue of safety and injury control. If successful, such an initiative could have great implications for our approach to transport safety. The Delhi Declaration on Peoples' Right to Safety argues that much greater action and accountability is needed on safety, given that injury is a huge global burden as measured by its impact on disability-adjusted life years. Contact: Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), Main Building (Room MS808),Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT), Hau Khas New Delhi - 110016, INDIA. Fax. +91 11 685 8703, Email: maheshgaur@hotmail.com or the South Asia Forum for Human Rights, GPO Box 12855, Kathmandu, Nepal 8. SPOTLIGHT ON AVIATION IMPACTS The environmental impacts of aviation are receiving increasing attention. The IGFR Open Research Program Research Group <20. transport> (contact: igfr@igfr.org) recently drew our attention to Issue No. 3 of the Sustainable Transportation Monitor which focuses on aviation. It states that '...of all transport modes, aviation is the least environmentally sustainable at present, and shows the least promise of becoming sustainable.' At currently typical vehicle occupancies and fuel efficiencies, air travel fuel use per person is similar to the rate for car travel. However, the climate change impact of air travel is estimated at about three times the rate of car travel - primarily because engine emissions at altitudes of 10-11 km appear to have a more potent greenhouse effect than the same emissions at sea level. For example, high altitudes enhance the formation and greenhouse potency of ozone from NOx emissions. Global air travel is growing at about 5 percent annually. The Sustainable Transportation Monitor is available in pdf format at http://www.web.net/~cstctd from the Sustainable Transportation Centre in Canada. Contact: Centre for Sustainable Transportation, 15 Borden Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2M8. Phone (1 416) 923-9970, Fax (1 416) 923-6531, E-mail: cstctd@web.net 9. INFORMATION RESOURCES AND LINKS Car Lines Newsletter Back Issues of the Car Lines newsletter on transport-related emissions and pollution issues are now available at http://walshcarlines.com Contact: Michael P. Walsh, 3105 N. Dinwiddie Street, Arlington, Virginia 22207, USA. Tel: +1 703 241 1297 Fax: +1 703 241 1418, E-mail: mpwalsh@igc.org UK DETR) Documents Online A wealth of informative documents (mostly in pdf format) from the United Kingdom Dept. of Transport and Environment (DETR) are available on-line including: Traffic Advisory Leaflet on Traffic Calming on Major Roads; Framework for a local walking strategy (2/00); and a series of bibliographies including on Cycling Bibliography (4/00), Traffic Calming (5/00), Walking (3/00). The URL is http://www.roads.detr.gov.uk/roadnetwork/ditm/tal/index.htm UITP Resources The MOBI+ on-line documentation centre is an extremely rich source of information about urban/regional public transport and its environment. For a fee it is accessible via UITP's website http://www.uitp.com UITP has also published a series of conference proceedings in book form and CD-ROM. Recent titles include: Automatic Fare Collection (Bologna, Feb. 2000); Organisation of Transport and Quality of Service (Florence, Sept. 1999); Urban Public Transport Funding (Paris, Oct. 1999); Urban Structure and Modal Split (Vienna, 1998); The challenge of Urban Mobility. Contents pages can be seen at http://www.uitp.com/pubs/pubslist.htm (see conference proceedings) Contact: UITP, Avenue Herrmann- Debroux 17, B-1160 BRUXELLES. Fax: +32 2 660 10 72, E-mail: publications@uitp.com Call for Papers on Barrier Free Transport Calling for the Submission of Papers on Special Feature of IATSS RESEARCH Vol.25, No.1 (Spring 2001) on "Transportation for Handicapped People: Barrier-Free". Abstracts are due by August 31, 2000 to: IATSS Research Editorial and Advisory Board, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences, 6-20, 2-chome, Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0028 JAPAN. Fax: +81-3-3272-7054, E-mail: iatss@db3.so-net.ne.jp Spanish version of "Mobility for All" "Mobility for All: Accessible Transportation around the world" is now available in Spanish and on the web. "Movilidad para Todos: Transportaci?n Accessible Alrededor del Mundo" is available at http://www.independentliving.org/ (under the download texts link) along with the English version. Arrangements are also being made for Japanese, Portuguese and Malay versions. Contact: Access Exchange International (AEI), 112 San Pablo Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127-1536, USA. Fax: +(1 415) 661 1543, E-mail: globalride-sf@worldnet.att.net Reforms in estimation of traffic generation At http://www.vtpi.org see "Estimation of Generated Traffic by New Developments: Current Practice and Possible Improvements Based on Bangkok Experience" by Shihana Sulaiha Mohamed and Kazunori Hokao. It critiques current traffic generation prediction models based on ITE methods and data and recommends better approaches that take into account additional factors that may be particularly important for use in developing countries. Open Research Group on Transport The Institute for Global Futures Research (IGFR) has an on-line Open Research Program and their Research Group #20 is on TRANSPORT. There is a growing list of collaborators and they are also providing a contact point for the purchase of relevant publications. Contact: Institute for Global Futures Research (IGFR), P.O. Box 263E, Earlville, QLD 4870, Australia. E-mail: igfr@igfr.org A Key Contact: ITDG's Transport Programme Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), which is a development agency and British registered charity, has a growing Transport Programme under its Senior Specialist, Ranjith de Silva, who is based in Sri Lanka. ITDG currently has transport programs in Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Zimbabwe. For more information contact: Ranjith de Silva, Senior Transport Specialist, International Transport Programme, c/o Intermediate Technology Development Group, South Asia Regional Office, 5 Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Kirulapone, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. Fax: (++ 94 1) 856188, Email: ranjith@itdg.lanka.net, Web: http://www.oneworld.org/itdg/itatwork/transpor.html Other web sites of interest Sierra Club sprawl and transportation website http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl Australian Pedestrian Charter is available at http://www.walk.com.au/pedcouncil/summit_charter.html 10. COMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS "6th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century", July 26-28, 2000, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Sally Walsh, Conference Secretariat, UT 2000, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, United Kingdom. Fax: +44 238 029 2853, Email: slwalsh@wessex.ac.uk "10th Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia", 4-8 September 2000, Tokyo, Japan. Contact: REAAA Conference Secretariat, Fax: +81 3 3519 5092, E-mail: reaaa@extec.or.jp, URL: http://www.extec.or.jp/reaaa/eng/index.html "Traffic Safety on Three Continents", September 20-22, 2000, CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. Contact: Dr Richard Pain, Transportation Research Board, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC, 204 18 USA. Fax: +1 202 334 2003, Email: rpain@nas.edu "UITP Melbourne 2000 Public Transport Conference Event", 8-13 October 2000, includes both the International Union of Public Transport (UITP) Light Rail Conference and the Asia/Pacific Congress and City Transport Exhibition. Additional information is available on the website of the Government of Victoria (Australia) at: www.lightrail2000.vic.gov.au Contact: International Association of Public Transport (UITP), Avenue Herrmann-Debroux 17, B-1160 Brussels, Belgium, Tel +32 2 673 6100, Fax +32 2 660 1072, E-mail: administration@uitp.com, URL: http://www.uitp.com "Smart Urban Transport - Using Transitways and Busways" conference, 17-20 October 2000, Brisbane, Australia. Contact: Ozaccom Conference Services, PO Box 164, Fortitude Valley QLD, Australia 4006. Tel: +617-38541611 Fax: +617-38541507, Email: ozaccom@ozaccom.com.au "Regional Policy Seminar on Transport and Communication Challenges for Urban Local Governments in the 21st Century", Organised by CITYNET, UN-ESCAP and the City of Kuala Lumpur, 8-10 November 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Contact: CITYNET Secretariat, 5F, International Organizations Center, Pacifico Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012 Japan. Tel: 81-45 223-2161, Fax: 81-45 223-2162, E-mail: citynet@po.iijnet.or.jp, http://www2.itjit.ne.jp/~citynet "Seminar on Accessible Transport in South China", November 9-14, Shenzen, Guangdong, China. Contact Access Exchange International (AEI), 112 San Pablo Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127-1536, USA. Fax: +1 415 661 1543, E-mail: globalride-sf@worldnet.att.net "XI Panamerican Conference in Traffic and Transportation Engineering" , 19-23 November, 2000, Gramado, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Contact: Dr. Luis Antonio Lindau, President of the Organising Committee, Escola de Engenharia/UFRGS, Pra?a Argentina n.9 Sala 408, 90040-020 Porto Alegre, Brasil. Tel: + 55 51 316 3596, Fax : + 55 51 316 4007, email: panam@orion.ufrgs.br, Web: http://www.ufrgs.br/panam "4th International Workshop on Transportation Planning & Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries: Transport Infrastructure" 5-7, December, 2000. Contact: Prof. S. L. Dhingra / Dr K. V. Krishna Rao, Co-ordinators, TPMDC-2000, Transportation Systems Engineering Group, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076, India. Fax: +91 22 5767302/5783480, Email: tpmdc2k@civil.iitb.ernet.in "Australia: Walking the 21st Century - An International Walking Conference", 20-22 February 2001. Perth, Western Australia. Contact: John Seaton, Manager, Pedestrian Strategy, Metropolitan Division, Department of Transport, PO Box 7272 Cloisters Square, Perth 6850, Western Australia, Australia. Tel: +61 8 9313 8680, Fax: +61 8 9320 9497, e-mail: jseaton@transport.wa.gov.au "54th UITP International Congress" to be held in London, 20-25 May 2001. International Exhibition of Public Transport - City Transport 2001. London, England, 21-24 May 2001. In conjunction with the 54th UITP International Congress. Contact: International Association of Public Transport (UITP), Avenue Herrmann-Debroux 17, B-1160 Brussels, Belgium, Tel +32 2 673 6100, Fax +32 2 660 1072, E-mail: administration@uitp.com, URL: http://www.uitp.com "Transed 2001: Towards Safety, Independence and Security. 9th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People." Warsaw, Poland, 2-5 July 2001. Contact: TRANSED, PO Box 10, 02-783 Warsaw 59, Poland. Fax: +48 22 8316526, Email: transed2001@idn.org.pl, Web: http://transed2001.idn.org.pl "9th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)" to be held at ASEM International Convention Center, Seoul, July 22-27, 2001. Co-organisers: Korean Society of Transportation & The Korea Transport Institute. Deadline for submission of abstracts April 15, 2000. For further information, contact: Secretariat of 9th WCTR Conference, The Korea Transport Institute, 2311 Daehwa-Dong, Ilsan-Gu, Koyang-city, Kyonggi-Do, 411-410, KOREA. Tel : +82-344-910-3100, Fax: +82-344-910-3200, Email: wctr@cis.koti.re.kr, Web: http://www.koti.re.kr/~wctr "Fourth Conference of the Eastern Asian Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS)", Hanoi, Vietnam, 24-26 October, 2001 hosted by the Transportation Science Society of Vietnam (TSSV). Contact: Office of the EASTS Secretary General, c/o Association for Planning and Transportation Studies, K-Wing 6F, 5-2-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan. Tel: +81 3 32651774, Fax: +81 3 32215489, Email: easts@sa2.so-net.ne.jp, http://ichini.cv.titech.ac.jp/~easts/ 11. LIGHTER SIDE Bangkok residents vote Sunday (23 July) for a new Governor. The nightmarish traffic and related pollution problems are among the main issues and the BBC World News (23 July 2000) reported that there has been no shortage of transport-related promises. One candidate proposes having Bangkok's children study at home via TV in order to reduce traffic generated by parents taking children to school. Another candidate, who is currently a motorbike taxi-operator, promises to allow round-the-clock opening of motorcycle repair shops. With an estimated 900,000 motorbikes owned in the city the "motorcycle lobby" might be significant... Are any of the candidates keen on the well-known policies that could actually put Bangkok onto a sustainable path to getting safe, efficient, clean and equitable transport? ----------------------------------------------------- Written and compiled by A. Rahman Paul Barter We rely on you, the participants in the network, for our news. Thank you to all those who have contributed. Please keep them coming. The Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) promotes and popularises people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on Asia and the Pacific. From johnernst at bigfoot.com Mon Jul 31 04:26:30 2000 From: johnernst at bigfoot.com (John Ernst) Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 13:26:30 -0600 Subject: [sustran] Bangkok update Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000730132541.00ab9670@pop6.attglobal.net> Things must be out of balance when a newspaper's Motoring section editor calls for less highways and more public transport. Such a commentary appeared a week ago in Bangkok (see Leu, R. 2000. Dragging the chain on public transport. Commentary. Bangkok Post, 21 July, Motoring p.1. ). The editorial included the following statements: "It seems something is wrong. Why is the annual expenditure on highways far more important than the outlay on mass transit systems?" "'Motoring' believes in freedom of choice between private and public transport. But there must be an efficient, quick means of transport for the broad mass of people who can't afford cars." "What Thailand, particularly Bangkok and its suburbs, dearly needs now is a modern rail system to complement the skytrain and the subway, which is under construction." "But, governments love pumping funds into highway constructions as kickbacks come quicker and more frequently." This editorial appeared 2-days before the election of Bangkok's new governor, Samak Sundaravej. Samak's victory was widely predicted. He is a conservative, veteran Thai politician, who is expected to favor big infrastructure projects. Incidentally, on his first day to work, Samak got stuck in traffic and so walked the final blocks to his new office. (see Antaseeda, P. 2000. Boss gives waiting lines the slip. Bangkok Post, 25 July:3) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Ernst Urban Transport Ecology SUSTRAN - Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific www.malaysiakini.com/sustran ITDP - The Institute for Transport and Development Policy www.itdp.org 8 Sukhumvit Soi 49/9 Bangkok 10110 Thailand Tel +66(1) 813-1819 Fax +1(801) 365-5914 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From debi at beag.net Sat Jul 29 15:25:01 2000 From: debi at beag.net (Debi Goenka) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:55:01 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Road building Message-ID: <398278BD.F5415297@beag.net> I am urgently looking for material that will establish the point that additional road building does not really help in the long run since the additional traffic that it generates soon clogs the new roads as well as the old one. Case studies/reports from American cities would be most useful. Any links to any websites would also be most useful. Many thanks and cheers Debi Goenka -- Debi Goenka Bombay Environmental Action Group e-mail: debi@beag.net Environmental Education Office Kalbadevi Municipal School # 54, 2nd floor Mumbai 400002 Tel: 91-22-2423126 Tfax: 91-22-2426385 Registered Office 4 Kurla Industrial Estate LBS Marg, Ghatkopar Mumbai 400086 Tel: 91-22-5147574 Fax: 91-22-5115810 Residence B 502 Glengate Hiranandani Gardens Powai Mumbai 400076 Tel: 91-22-5700638 Tfax: 91-22-5701459 From litman at vtpi.org Mon Jul 31 00:22:24 2000 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Litman) Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 08:22:24 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road building In-Reply-To: <398278BD.F5415297@beag.net> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000730082224.012fc840@pop.islandnet.com> At 11:55 AM 07/29/2000 +0530, you wrote: >I am urgently looking for material that will establish the >point that additional road building does not really help in >the long run since the additional traffic that it generates >soon clogs the new roads as well as the old one. > >Case studies/reports from American cities would be most >useful. > >Any links to any websites would also be most useful. > >Many thanks and cheers See our report "Generated Traffic; Implications for Transport Planning" posted at our website. A version of it is forthcoming in the ITE Journal (Intitute of Transportation Engineers). It summarizes a number of studies that show that under congested conditions, a major portion of additional road capacity is filled with additional vehicle traffic that would not otherwise occur, and that this can exacerbate other transportation problems, including downstream congestion, crashes, pollution and automobile dependency. You may find some of our other reports useful too. 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@vtpi.org Website: http://www.vtpi.org From rogerh at foe.co.uk Mon Jul 31 00:34:28 2000 From: rogerh at foe.co.uk (Roger Higman) Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:34:28 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road building References: <398278BD.F5415297@beag.net> Message-ID: <39844B04.A9561519@foe.co.uk> > I am urgently looking for material that will establish the > point that additional road building does not really help in > the long run since the additional traffic that it generates > soon clogs the new roads as well as the old one. The classic UK reference is: Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment "Trunk Roads and the Generation of Traffic" December 1994 (London: HMSO) This found that: "the economic value of a scheme can be overestimated by the omission of even a small amount of induced traffic". It said induced traffic is "of greatest importance in the following circumstances: - where the network is operating or is expected to operate close to capacity; - where traveller responsiveness to changes in travel times or costs is high, as may occur where trips are suppressed by congestion and then released when the network is improved; - where the implementation of a scheme causes large changes in travel costs." Roger Higman Senior Campaigner (Climate and Transport) Friends of the Earth (E,W+NI), 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 halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id Mon Jul 31 10:21:40 2000 From: halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id (Harun al-Rasyid Sorah Lubis) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:21:40 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road building Message-ID: <003801bffa8d$ae580500$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> That is what the transport planner called : suppressed demand. Just like a water in a resorvoir, temporarily kept. Once you open the valve, it leaks to any spare channel (read capacity) added. In routine consultancy work, i.e. four step transport modeling, they tackle this through, over-assignment technique, either assuming elasticity on the demand curve or doing an adhoc technique called matrix capping. I guest in Canada they do the latter, while in the UK they use the former. UK has formally introduced this in the transport planning practice. Harun ITB/Bandung -----Original Message----- From: Roger Higman To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Date: Sunday, July 30, 2000 11:39 PM Subject: [sustran] Re: Road building > >> I am urgently looking for material that will establish the >> point that additional road building does not really help in >> the long run since the additional traffic that it generates >> soon clogs the new roads as well as the old one. > >The classic UK reference is: > >Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment "Trunk Roads and the Generation of Traffic" December 1994 (London: HMSO) > >This found that: "the economic value of a scheme can be overestimated by the omission of even a small amount of induced traffic". > >It said induced traffic is "of greatest importance in the following circumstances: > >- where the network is operating or is expected to operate close to capacity; >- where traveller responsiveness to changes in travel times or costs is high, as may occur where trips are suppressed by congestion and then released when the network is >improved; >- where the implementation of a scheme causes large changes in travel costs." > >Roger Higman >Senior Campaigner (Climate and Transport) >Friends of the Earth (E,W+NI), >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 ganant at vsnl.com Mon Jul 31 12:49:42 2000 From: ganant at vsnl.com (Ananthakrishnan) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:19:42 +0530 Subject: [sustran] dedicated busway, more buses Message-ID: <002401bffaa2$7253be40$87e3c7cb@default> Volvo buses from Sweden are to be placed on select routes in Bangalore, Southern India. The State Transport Minister, C.R.Sageer Ahmed said the first phase of the Metro Bus Project involved a 12 km dedicated track between Jayanagar Bus Station and Shivajinagar Bus Station, passing through Basavanagudi and Krishnarajendra Market. The buses of new design with three articulated compartments, can carry upto 270 passengers. While they have a tight turning circle, they need a dedicated track to avoid accidents and to be able to move fast, the Minister said. The Government plans to seek the assistance of the Swedish Development Agency to fund the purchase of the Volvo buses. The buses are expected to be on Bangalore roads by December. Volvo produces trucks near Bangalore and it is likely that some buses would be built within India. Mr.Sageer Ahmed said the Government is in the process of adding another 600 buses to the fleet of 2,200 for the city. While the BMTC would add 100 buses, private operators would add 500. Reports say Bangalore roads cannot take more than 2,500 buses, and some of the existing roads are already handling an overload of motor traffic. (Excerpts from The Hindu, India, July 30, 2000) G.Ananthakrishnan, Chennai, India www.geocities.com/indianliving -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Ananthakrishnan G.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 705 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20000731/97f3769e/AnanthakrishnanG.vcf From sustran at po.jaring.my Mon Jul 31 10:08:24 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:08:24 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Cycling targets request Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000731090824.0083cc10@relay101.jaring.my> From: Oliver Hatch Subject: Cycling targets *important*3 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:26:01 +0100 Dear colleagues, As you may know, in the final session of the recent Velo-Mondial cycle conference in Amsterdam, a document called 'The Amsterdam Declaration' was adopted. Among other things, it contains a number of targets. Two of these targets concern the adoption of cycle master-plans and the number of all-party or intergroups on cycling in national governments. The new Velo-Mondial secretariat has the task to help reach these targets. I have two important questions for you below, and would very much value your answers as a help in taking these targets forward. I have tried to send this e-mail as widely as possible, but may well have missed countries parts of the world, especially in Aisa and South America. If you know of any other people, group, or institution that could help us to get accurate answers to the two questions below, could you please forward this e-mail to them, asking them to respond to me in London. ---------------------------------------- CYCLE MASTER-PLANS The Amsterdam declaration calls on 'governments and institutions to draw up national cycling master-plans which would contain targets of increased cycle use to be reached by the year 2010'. These plans would define policies to increase cycle use, stimulate the relevant authorities to work on this, and provide support and funding to deliver the increase in usage. Our target is to help get 25 countries with cycling master-plans by the year 2005. In order to accurately assess our progress, we need to have a definitive number of national master-plans that already exist. From my information, the following countries ALREADY have a cycling master-plan: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, UK, USA. QUESTION 1. Apart from the five countries listed above, are there any other countries in the world which have a national cycle master-plan, and if so could you please inform me. If you have a contact name and details of the person involved, I would be happy to have that as well. ------------------------------------- CYCLING ALL-PARTY / INTERGROUPS IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS Many national parliaments already have all-party groups of elected representatives in them who are dedicated to promoting the use of the bicycle in non party-political terms. These have been successful in raising the profile of cycling and putting pressure on governments to do more for cycling. Our target is to help get 25 countries with cycling all-party or intergroups in national parliaments by the year 2005. In order to accurately assess our progress, we need to have a definitive number of these groups that already exist. From my information, the following 8 countries ALREADY have a cycling all-party or intergroup: Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, USA. QUESTION 2. Apart from the eight countries listed above, are there any other countries in the world which have a all-party or intergroup in the national parliament, and if so could you please inform me. If you have a contact name and details of the person involved, I would be happy to have that as well. Thank you for your help in this respect, and I look forward to being able to develop an accurate list that will help our efforts. Regards Olly Hatch Velo-Mondial Secretary-General oh@velo-city.org From wcox at publicpurpose.com Mon Jul 31 23:16:59 2000 From: wcox at publicpurpose.com (Wendell Cox) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:16:59 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: dedicated busway, more buses References: <002401bffaa2$7253be40$87e3c7cb@default> Message-ID: <008c01bffaf9$fee53c60$268f103f@policy> Presume these are derivatives of the Volvo 3 section buses that have been operating in Curitiba... ----- Original Message ----- From: Ananthakrishnan To: Sustran Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 10:49 PM Subject: [sustran] dedicated busway, more buses > Volvo buses from Sweden are to be placed on select routes in Bangalore, > Southern India. > The State Transport Minister, C.R.Sageer Ahmed said the first phase of the > Metro Bus Project involved a 12 km dedicated track between Jayanagar Bus > Station and Shivajinagar Bus Station, passing through Basavanagudi and > Krishnarajendra Market. > > The buses of new design with three articulated compartments, can carry upto > 270 passengers. While they have a tight turning circle, they need a > dedicated track to avoid accidents and to be able to move fast, the Minister > said. > > The Government plans to seek the assistance of the Swedish Development > Agency to fund the purchase of the Volvo buses. The buses are expected to be > on Bangalore roads by December. Volvo produces trucks near Bangalore and it > is likely that some buses would be built within India. > > Mr.Sageer Ahmed said the Government is in the process of adding another 600 > buses to the fleet of 2,200 for the city. While the BMTC would add 100 > buses, private operators would add 500. > > Reports say Bangalore roads cannot take more than 2,500 buses, and some of > the existing roads are already handling an overload of motor traffic. > > (Excerpts from The Hindu, India, July 30, 2000) > > G.Ananthakrishnan, Chennai, India > www.geocities.com/indianliving > >