From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Sep 5 04:48:42 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:48:42 +0200 Subject: [sustran] =?iso-8859-1?Q?SOS_-_Help_in_forthcoming_Bogot=E1_sustainable_referendum_?= Message-ID: I wonder if we can ask you for a bit of help here. The mayor of Bogot? and his team are hard at work to lay the groundwork for a Referendum in the last days of October, which will have as its task to give the sustainable transport goals that they are presently working so hard on there the force of law -- so that future administrations will not be able to backslide on all that is being done there. (If you want more background on the massive program that is presently underway, in part subsequent to the outstanding performance and public reception of their Car Free Day project earlier this year, we invite you to check out The Commons in just about one week where there will be a Sustainable Bogot? web page.) To make a long story short, they are thinking that their best target might be a long term plan, target and legal commitment with the force of the law which will over the next decade take them step by step toward a situation whereby in ten years or so, ZERO private cars will be able to enter or move around in the city between the hours of 7:00-10:00 and 17:00-20:00, or thereabouts. You get the idea. (In fact this would build on their very smart and (surprisingly!) successful Pico y Place program, and incrementally extend that.) There is also the other side of the equation: less cars but more of something else. And how to state that in terms that will stick! And it is re all this that we are trying to organize our thoughts in the run-up to the actual phrasing of the referendum that is to take place in the weeks immediately ahead. In this very lively and, I think, extremely important situation, they need to be sure that they are fully informed about anything along these lines which has taken place along these lines in the past. They are of course aware of the Amsterdam experience of the early nineties and last March's good try in Switzerland (see The Politics of Sustainability at http://www.ecoplan.org/politics for background on these), but there are surely more examples out there that they should know about. So, if any of you, dear colleagues and friends around the world, think you can help them and us in this, it would be great if you could respond to your own list and at the same time copy your note to the main @ccess group, whose email address is access-forum@egroups.com. In this way we can centralize the various contributions and comments, thereby facilitating both further discussions and reference. And in order to follow how all this develops, the place to do it will be on the Sustainable Bogot? site which you will be able to access at http://ecoplan.org/bogota in the week ahead. Kind thanks for lending a hand. It's the right thing to do, wouldn't you say? 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 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 Wed Sep 13 14:54:52 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 13:54:52 +0800 Subject: [sustran] World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000913135452.00879840@relay101.jaring.my> The World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review has a useful web site that has just been brought to my attention. It is at: http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/transport/utsr.nsf Here is some blurb from the page: Within a generation, the developing world's urban population will increase to 2.5 billion. Urban sprawl is likely to increase to the detriment of public transport, reducing accessibility and services for the poor. The World Bank's Urban Transport Strategy Review will prepare for this challenge. Objectives: further develop understanding of urban transport problems in developing and transitional economies. articulate a strategy for the World Bank and other international agencies to assist national and city governments. Outputs: extensive knowledge base, available through this web-portal; topic-specific background papers, including regional policy appraisals; a World Bank Urban Transport Strategy, articulated in different forms, and at different lengths, for a range of audiences. Consultations on the strategy will be held worldwide. Some of the background papers are now available for comments. What's New... Outline of Strategy Document Development of Logistic Services in Third World Cities (Final Report - Arcadis, Netherlands) Relationship Between Urban Land Use Planning, Land Markets, Transport Provisions and Welfare of the Poor (Final Report - NEA, Netherlands) Urban Mass Transit in Developing Countries (Final Report - Roger Allport, Halcrow Fox with Traffic and Transport Consultants) Urban Transport Development (Final Report - PADECO, Japan) Competition in Urban Public Transport (Final Report - David Bayliss, Halcrow Fox - UK) More ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Concept Paper Topic Review Papers Terms of reference for review studies International Steering Group Draft strategy document Discussion space From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Sep 13 17:17:14 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:17:14 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Carfree day curfew? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Further to the good observations of Martin Strid (Swedish National Road Administration) and Derek Scrafton (former Director General for Transport (and roads), S. Australia) under this well chosen heading, three quick points. (And while I do not want to do violence to the good practices of this forum which require that we keep the same subject for these discussions, I would like to sub-subject this contribution under the heading: ?Where is the sustainable transportation choir when we need them most??) = = = = = = = The first is a point of background on the authors of those notes. Both of these colleagues work or have worked extensively in positions of considerable responsibility in the area of road and transport policy and practice in their respective countries. At the same time, in addition to their professional responsibilities, both have a long track record of personal choices and practices which put them in a definite minority potion relative to the rest of their senior colleagues ? that is neither uses a car on a regular basis in their daily lives. I make this point simply to point up that they have deep backgrounds on both sides of our topic here and are well worth listening to (not always the case on the Web of course). The second is to state in my own words an anomaly at which they are both hinting. Over the last generation we have grown a fairly large crop around the world of environmentalists, researchers, activists, concerned citizens and even transportation practitioners who have come to agree ? with a large range of variations ? on the thesis that one of the important tools of sustainable transport policy is better (i.e., higher) fuel prices. There has been very little debate within the choir about whether or not that?s a good idea, since it?s largely taken as scripture. The only wrinkle in the discussions over all these years is the concern on HOW to get to there (proper pricing) from here. And without wishing to be unfair, I think we can say that while some print has been spilled on this important subject, not much of any real usefulness has thus far emerged. At least if we look at what is actually happening out there in the real (i.e., non-print) world. Which brings me to my final point, namely ? WHERE IS THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION CHOIR when all of this is taking place? Oil prices are up (as we want them to be), angry citizens are out in the streets blocking traffic (and in the process making car free cites as Martin has so cogently pointed out), others of our fellow citizens are lamenting at the pump like jilted lovers, and the editorialists, politicians, commentators are all out there warbling on the international stage without it is clear the vaguest clue of what they are talking about in terms of the broader, longer term perspectives which are the proper concern of policy makers and responsible citizens. The heat is on, the opportunity is there, and where are we? Not very visible I am afraid. So in an attempt to fill this void in some small way, I would like to propose a Special Edition of World Transport Policy and Practice that will be given over to this very subject. As a working title and until something better comes along, I propose ? ?What?s Wrong with High Fuel Prices and How Can We Make Them Stick?. Not very pretty I am afraid, but I am sure that with thought and work we shall come up with something far better. It will of course take us some months to bring this all together, and over that period most if not all of the heat in this debate will have been dispersed. But what we can do is see what can be done to get ready for the next time around ? of which we can be most sure. We shall need some contributors and a thoughtful, energetic, team-playing Visiting Editor to take over reasonability for pulling the whole thing together in cooperation with our small editorial group. Further discussion of this can take place on the @ccess on the Web site ( http://www.ecoplan.org/access), whose discussion forum (at access-forum@egroups.com ) is the place for these more general transport related exchanges here under The Commons. The site for the Journal is, of course, http://ecoplan.org/wtpp. Comments? Volunteers? 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 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20000913/2e6a50a9/attachment.htm From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Thu Sep 14 00:41:27 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:41:27 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Ciclistas Furiosos? Message-ID: Hi, Does anyone out there have any information on Ciclistas Furiosos, a group of about 5,000 people who bicycle to work on the first Tuesday of each month in Santiago, Chile? John Roach of the Environmental News Network who did a good article on the Bogot? car free day has asked for some contacts there. Thanks for sharing. Sounds kind of interesting, doesn't it. I'd like to know more myself. 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 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 sagaris at lake.cl Thu Sep 14 01:44:01 2000 From: sagaris at lake.cl (Lake Sagaris) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:44:01 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: Ciclistas Furiosos? References: Message-ID: <006701c01da1$f51e07a0$731f1dc8@computer> Hi Eric These folks participate in Ciudad Viva (Living City) and are fantastic. You can contact them through Cesar Garrido who is their coordinator, at the email bieclo@yahoo.com I'm not sure he speaks English but give it a try. I'll also forward your message to him. Best, Lake Oye Cesar, te env?o este mensaje de un tipo muy simp?tico que est? metido en esto de los d?as libres de autos. ?Ser?a re'interesante hacer un d?a as? (o varios???) para el pr?ximo invierno, no? Quiz?s podr?amos meter a Conama. Las munis de desesperan un poco m?s, pero habr?a que intentarlo igual. ?Qu? piensas? Lake ----- Original Message ----- From: ecopl@n.adsl To: ; Sent: September 13, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: [sustran] Ciclistas Furiosos? > Hi, > > Does anyone out there have any information on Ciclistas Furiosos, a group of > about 5,000 people who bicycle to work on the first Tuesday of each month in > Santiago, Chile? John Roach of the Environmental News Network who did a > good article on the Bogot? car free day has asked for some contacts there. > > Thanks for sharing. Sounds kind of interesting, doesn't it. I'd like to > know more myself. > > > 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 > 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 ibike at ibike.org Thu Sep 14 06:24:59 2000 From: ibike at ibike.org (International Bicycle Fund) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:24:59 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: Ciclistas Furiosos? Message-ID: <20000913212459.28311.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net> Our web site, www.ibike.org, lists a web site for Cicliastas Furiosos at http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/7584/ Regards, IBF -----Original Message----- From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org [mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org]On Behalf Of ecopl@n.adsl Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 8:41 AM To: carfree@eGroups.com; sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Subject: [sustran] Ciclistas Furiosos? Hi, Does anyone out there have any information on Ciclistas Furiosos, a group of about 5,000 people who bicycle to work on the first Tuesday of each month in Santiago, Chile? John Roach of the Environmental News Network who did a good article on the Bogotá car free day has asked for some contacts there. Thanks for sharing. Sounds kind of interesting, doesn't it. I'd like to know more myself. 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 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 isk_abkr at indo.net.id Thu Sep 14 10:22:19 2000 From: isk_abkr at indo.net.id (Iskandar Abubakar) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:22:19 +0700 Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Fuel Prices References: Message-ID: <001b01c01dea$3add2c60$2e2e9fca@iskabkr> Hi, Does anyone out there have any information on Fuel Prices especially Gas (CNG or LPG), Diesel Fuel and Gasoline. For your information The prices in Indonesia are as follows CNG Rp. 440 = US $ 0.05 / liter equivalent LPG Rp. 880 = US $ 0.10 / liter equivalent Diesel Rp 550 = US $ 0.07/l Regular Gasoline Rp. 1000 = US $ 0.12/l Thank a lot for your information Iskandar Abubakar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20000914/3d5785c1/attachment.htm From howesap at saptco.com.sa Thu Sep 14 15:13:00 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:13:00 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: [sustran] Fuel Prices References: <001b01c01dea$3add2c60$2e2e9fca@iskabkr> Message-ID: <005601c01e12$de886820$3b646464@alanhowes> That's cheap! Presumably, there must be a website with International fuel price comparisons. But here goes with a few: Saudi Arabia, Gasoline (Benzine); $0.24/l (That's three times the price of six years ago.) Saudi Arabia, Diesel; $0.10/l UK, Gasoline; $1.20/l UK, Diesel Just a little below the price for Gasoline USA, Gasoline; $0.46/l (CMIIW) By my calculations, the current price of crude is $0.16/l. I don't know how much gasoline, or diesel, you get from a litre of crude - but it looks like some people are getting fuel at less than the cost when it comes out of the ground. (Although crude prices aren't exactly that, are they?) Supplementary: What is the capacity of a standard barrel of crude - is it 45 Imperial (UK) gallons, 55 US gallons, or 200 litres? And I take it you have all heard about the UK fuel price protests (now ceased). Cheers, Alan. -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iskandar Abubakar" To: Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 4:22 AM Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Fuel Prices Hi, Does anyone out there have any information on Fuel Prices especially Gas (CNG or LPG), Diesel Fuel and Gasoline. For your information The prices in Indonesia are as follows CNG Rp. 440 = US $ 0.05 / liter equivalent LPG Rp. 880 = US $ 0.10 / liter equivalent Diesel Rp 550 = US $ 0.07/l Regular Gasoline Rp. 1000 = US $ 0.12/l Thank a lot for your information Iskandar Abubakar From howesap at saptco.com.sa Thu Sep 14 15:24:55 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:24:55 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: [sustran] Fuel Prices References: <001b01c01dea$3add2c60$2e2e9fca@iskabkr> Message-ID: <006a01c01e14$7fb7b920$3b646464@alanhowes> Some useful info on fuel prices at http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/cost_of_fuel/def ault.stm -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com From howesap at saptco.com.sa Thu Sep 14 15:44:43 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:44:43 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: [sustran] Fuel Prices References: <001b01c01dea$3add2c60$2e2e9fca@iskabkr> Message-ID: <007501c01e17$45b450a0$3b646464@alanhowes> Comparisons of fuel prices at - http://www.theaa.co.uk/motoringandtravel/fuel/motfue001.asp (rather Eurocentric) http://www.just-money.fsnet.co.uk/rip-off-britain.html (somewhat hysterical, Euro-only, but worth a look) But I haven't found anything that includes prices outside Europe and North America. -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com From igfr at igfr.org Thu Sep 14 19:03:30 2000 From: igfr at igfr.org (Institute for Global Futures Research (IGFR)) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:03:30 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fuel Prices In-Reply-To: <005601c01e12$de886820$3b646464@alanhowes> References: <001b01c01dea$3add2c60$2e2e9fca@iskabkr> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000914180330.008ecb50@mail.mpx.com.au> Presumably web address below has updated figures ? Price of petrol (gasoline) for 1997 US$ [1] Australia 0.50 Canada 0.41 France 1.07 Germany 0.97 India 0.72 Japan 0.81 Netherlands 1.21 Norway 1.28 UK 1.23 US 0.36 [1] International Energy Agency (IEA) 1998 Best, Geoff Holland ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Institute for Global Futures Research (IGFR). PO Box 263E, Earlville, Qld 4870, Australia. E-mail: . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Iskandar Abubakar" >To: >Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 4:22 AM >Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Fuel Prices > > >Hi, > >Does anyone out there have any information on Fuel Prices especially Gas >(CNG or LPG), Diesel Fuel and Gasoline. > >For your information The prices in Indonesia are as follows > >CNG Rp. 440 = US $ 0.05 / liter equivalent >LPG Rp. 880 = US $ 0.10 / liter equivalent >Diesel Rp 550 = US $ 0.07/l >Regular Gasoline Rp. 1000 = US $ 0.12/l > >Thank a lot for your information > >Iskandar Abubakar > > > From litman at vtpi.org Thu Sep 14 22:29:44 2000 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Litman) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:29:44 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: [sustran] Fuel Prices In-Reply-To: <001b01c01dea$3add2c60$2e2e9fca@iskabkr> References: Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000914062944.013659f0@pop.islandnet.com> At 08:22 AM 09/14/2000 +0700, Iskandar Abubakar wrote: >Does anyone out there have any information on Fuel Prices especially Gas >(CNG or LPG), Diesel Fuel and Gasoline. For your information The prices >in Indonesia are as follows Rp. 440 = US $ 0.05 / liter equivalent > Rp. 880 = US $ 0.10 / liter equivalent Diesel Rp 550 = US $ 0.07/l >Rp. 1000 = US $ 0.12/l The International Energy Agency (www.iea.org) provides comprehensive information on energy market prices and available resources. The American Petroleum Institute (www.api.org) also provides petroleum consumption and price data. 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 farheen at riet.org.sg Tue Sep 19 11:37:21 2000 From: farheen at riet.org.sg (Farheen Mukri) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:37:21 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Olympics 'green' report Message-ID: > This is an extract (on Public Transport) from a really long environmental > report. > Farheen ___________________ > SYDNEY, Australia, September 14, 2000 (ENS) - Public transport for > virtually all spectators, solar energy generation and water conservation > are some of the environmental successes achieved by the organizers of > Sydney's 2000 Olympic Games. > > PUBLIC TRANSPORT MADE EASY > > ?One of the most significant successes of Sydney's Environmental > Guidelines was the high degree of public transport used for the movement > of people, Greenpeace says. All but four of the 25 Olympic sporting events > occur within the Olympic Park or the Sydney Harbour Zone, reducing overall > transport demand. > > No provision has been made for spectators to drive their cars to the core > site of Olympic Park at Homebush Bay. No public car parking is available > at Olympic Park. > Strong incentives to use public transport other sites were developed by > building the cost of public transit into event ticketing. > > The Olympic rail loop can move 50,000 passengers per hour with trains > leaving Olympic Park station every two minutes. Both Sydney International > and Domestic Airports have new rail stations and links to the city's rail > network. Spectators can travel directly to and from venues on 3,800 buses > and rail-bus shuttles. A network of bicycle routes feed into Olympic Park > venues. > > Five hundred solar and electrical buggies will transport officials, > athletes and staff around the Olympic site. Ferry services will move > officials and athletes between major venues via Sydney Harbour. > > But Greenpeace expressed "disappointment" that the local automotive > industry did not use the Games as a showcase for new cleaner technologies > in personal transportation, such as low emission fuel or hybrid fuel cars. > "None of the 3000+ VIP car fleet provided by Olympic sponsor [GM] Holden > will be fuelled by alternative fuels such as liquid petroleum gas as > originally promised," the report said. > > Full report can be assesed at Source: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep2000/2000L-09-14-02.html From Mark.Diesendorf at uts.edu.au Tue Sep 19 14:09:54 2000 From: Mark.Diesendorf at uts.edu.au (Mark Diesendorf) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:09:54 +1000 Subject: [sustran] Re: Olympics 'green' report In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Herewith a response from a Sydney-based sustainable transport researcher to Farheen's extract from the Greenpeace 'green' Olympics report. Mark Diesendorf > > This is an extract (on Public Transport) from a really long environmental > > report. > > Farheen >___________________ > > > SYDNEY, Australia, September 14, 2000 (ENS) - Public transport for > > virtually all spectators, solar energy generation and water conservation > > are some of the environmental successes achieved by the organizers of > > Sydney's 2000 Olympic Games. > > > > PUBLIC TRANSPORT MADE EASY > > > > One of the most significant successes of Sydney's Environmental > > Guidelines was the high degree of public transport used for the movement > > of people, Greenpeace says. All but four of the 25 Olympic sporting events > > occur within the Olympic Park or the Sydney Harbour Zone, reducing overall > > transport demand. However, spectators who have attempted to drive to some of the minor sites, that are not within Olympic Park or the Sydney Harbour Zone, have produced massive local traffic congestion en route to these minor sites. This further strengthens the case for public transport. > > > > No provision has been made for spectators to drive their cars to the core > > site of Olympic Park at Homebush Bay. No public car parking is available > > at Olympic Park. > > Strong incentives to use public transport other sites were developed by > > building the cost of public transit into event ticketing. These were excellent initiatives. > > The Olympic rail loop can move 50,000 passengers per hour with trains > > leaving Olympic Park station every two minutes. Unfortunately, there is no train station near the athlete's village, which is quite a long walk from Olympic Park. The village will become part of a new suburb after the Games, and most residents there will inevitably purchase cars. >Both Sydney International > > and Domestic Airports have new rail stations and links to the city's rail > > network. Spectators can travel directly to and from venues on 3,800 buses > > and rail-bus shuttles. The new airport railway is a plus, although expensive compared with other rail trips. In recent years, successive State Governments of New South Wales have failed to fund properly Sydney's suburban railways. The present government even cut funding for rail maintenance. This year, before the Games, there were several minor accidents and incidents, many of which appeared to be the result of inadequate upgrading of track, signals and communication between drivers and control. During the Olympics, locals are just holding their breath, hoping that such incidents don't occur and strand several 100,000 people at a time. >A network of bicycle routes feed into Olympic Park > > venues. > > Bicycle routes exist on paper, but in practice Sydney has neglected to build safe cycle routes to access Olympic Park, except from a nearby railway station, and arterial cycle routes across Sydney in general. Cyclists who attempt to ride to Olympic Park from further afield will be taking their lives in their hands. > > Five hundred solar and electrical buggies will transport officials, > > athletes and staff around the Olympic site. Ferry services will move > > officials and athletes between major venues via Sydney Harbour. The latter at the cost of reducing ferry services to Sydney residents and spectators during the Games. > > But Greenpeace expressed "disappointment" that the local automotive > > industry did not use the Games as a showcase for new cleaner technologies > > in personal transportation, such as low emission fuel or hybrid fuel cars. > > "None of the 3000+ VIP car fleet provided by Olympic sponsor [GM] Holden > > will be fuelled by alternative fuels such as liquid petroleum gas as > > originally promised," the report said. > > Hybrid cars are irrelevant to moving large crowds around Sydney during the games. This can be done better by public transport, walking and cycling. > > Full report can be assesed at >Source: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep2000/2000L-09-14-02.html Further comments: - For the first time, on-street parking is banned in central Sydney and as a result there are fewer cars on the roads there. - For the first time, there are bus lanes on the main roads between the city and major Olympic sites, and within inner Sydney, and they are being enforced. If only some of these bus lanes would be enforced after the games! - Before the games, footpaths (sidewalks) were widened on several central Sydney streets. It is unlikely that these improvements will be reversed afterwards. From czegras at MIT.EDU Wed Sep 20 02:07:42 2000 From: czegras at MIT.EDU (P. Christopher Zegras) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:07:42 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Quote In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Sep 2000 02:00:33 +0900." <200009191700.CAA08525@mail.jca.apc.org> Message-ID: <200009191707.NAA00706@saarinen.mit.edu> Dear friends, A colleague is looking for the exact words of a relatively well-known quote that goes something like this: "Show me a grown man on a bus and I'll show you a failure" Does anyone know the exact quote and proper attribution? Much appreciation, Chris Zegras From kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz Wed Sep 20 10:59:31 2000 From: kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz (Kerry Wood) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:59:31 +1200 Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote References: <200009191707.NAA00706@saarinen.mit.edu> Message-ID: <39C81A03.DECE9D31@paradise.net.nz> Hi Chris, everybody > "Show me a grown man on a bus and I'll show you a failure" > > Does anyone know the exact quote and proper attribution? > No, but I can offer an anti-quote: "...there is no stigma attached to travelling by tram in Zurich; indeed, anyone who does not use the tram tends to be regarded as out of touch." "Our politicians make regular use of public transport (not just at election times) and leading figures from economic and academic life would not consider commuting in any other way." Prof R Heierli (City Engineer, Zurich) (1996) European Lecture: Public transport in Zurich Proc Inst Civil Eng, London, Transport -- Kerry Wood 1 McFarlane St, Wellington 6001, NZ Phone +64 4 971 5549 Mobile +64 21 115 9346 From Paul.Hayes at transport.sa.gov.au Wed Sep 20 17:24:31 2000 From: Paul.Hayes at transport.sa.gov.au (Hayes, Paul (TSA)) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:54:31 +0930 Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote Message-ID: Hi Chris, The Fatima Mansions coined a song entitled "Only Losers take the bus" - I can send you the schizophrenic lyrics if you like. Perhaps an example of the individual / frontier ethic in pop/rock ... Of course, the are plenty of ripostes in popular culture (Gridlock etc) Paul Hayes -----Original Message----- From: Kerry Wood [mailto:kerry.wood@paradise.net.nz] Sent: Wednesday, 20 September 2000 11:30 am To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote Hi Chris, everybody > "Show me a grown man on a bus and I'll show you a failure" > > Does anyone know the exact quote and proper attribution? > No, but I can offer an anti-quote: "...there is no stigma attached to travelling by tram in Zurich; indeed, anyone who does not use the tram tends to be regarded as out of touch." "Our politicians make regular use of public transport (not just at election times) and leading figures from economic and academic life would not consider commuting in any other way." Prof R Heierli (City Engineer, Zurich) (1996) European Lecture: Public transport in Zurich Proc Inst Civil Eng, London, Transport -- Kerry Wood 1 McFarlane St, Wellington 6001, NZ Phone +64 4 971 5549 Mobile +64 21 115 9346 From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Sep 20 17:32:55 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:32:55 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Sustainable Transportation Planning job at UBC Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000920163255.00896600@relay101.jaring.my> >Subject: BOUNCE sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org: Non-member submission from ["Anthony H.J.(Tony) Dorcey" ] >Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 06:59:41 -0700 >From: "Anthony H.J.(Tony) Dorcey" >Subject: Sustainable Transportation Planning job at UBC > >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 << >http://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 competition closes on 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 > > > >Anthony H.J. (Tony) Dorcey >Director and Professor >School of Community and Regional Planning >The University of British Columbia >Room 433 Frederick Lasserre Building=20 >6333 Memorial Road >Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z2 >Tel: 604 822 5725 >Fax: 604 822 3787 >Home Fax: 604 737 2143 >Tony's Virtual Office: http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/dorcey/tony >SCARP Web Site: http://www.scarp.ubc.ca From pascal at pop.gn.apc.org Wed Sep 20 17:59:50 2000 From: pascal at pop.gn.apc.org (Pascal Desmond) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:59:50 +0000 Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Re: Quote In-Reply-To: <39C81A03.DECE9D31@paradise.net.nz> References: <200009191707.NAA00706@saarinen.mit.edu> <39C81A03.DECE9D31@paradise.net.nz> Message-ID: Hello Chris, Kerry This was quoted in SchNEWS 275, Friday 15th September 2000 "Anyone who, at the age of 29, still uses public transport should consider themselves a failure" - Margaret Thatcher SchNEWS is a weekly direct action newsletter published by Justice? in Brighton, England. http://www.schnews.org.uk/ While it makes interesting reading, it is not always reliable on quotes. -- Kind regards Pascal Desmond. From howesap at saptco.com.sa Wed Sep 20 18:01:19 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:01:19 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote - and Help Wanted (Indonesia) References: Message-ID: <001401c022e1$57ee60c0$3b646464@alanhowes> Fatima Mansions? Who They? Anyway, I will try to dig out my Jonathon Ross quote that I used to put in my sig in the good old days of Usenet. (Access to which I am now denied - and anyway it's got rather flaky.) Something like "No man should be allowed behind the wheel of a car until he is old enough to appreciate a fine cigar, a glass of port, and the company of a woman who does not look like Pamela Anderson". (I _have_ heard of her.) In fact, I think that's pretty close to the original. Class of alcohol may be wrong. BTW, I may well be doing some work in the heart of SUSTRAN territory shortly. Sorting out buses in Malang, Java, starting November. About 8 weeks, but yet to be confirmed. I've dug through the Sustran archive, but would welcome any other offers of advice (Paul?). For a start, what is an ocek? (Not mentioned in Lonely Planet!) Oops! Found it. Motorbike-taxi. But there must be plenty else I need to learn. Cheers, Alan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hayes, Paul (TSA)" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:24 AM Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote > Hi Chris, > > The Fatima Mansions coined a song entitled "Only Losers take the bus" - I > can send you the schizophrenic lyrics if you like. Perhaps an example of > the individual / frontier ethic in pop/rock ... Of course, the are plenty of > ripostes in popular culture (Gridlock etc) > > Paul Hayes -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Sep 20 19:33:55 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:33:55 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote - and Help Wanted (Indonesia) In-Reply-To: <001401c022e1$57ee60c0$3b646464@alanhowes> References: Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000920183355.00975c60@relay101.jaring.my> At 12:01 20/09/00 +0300, Alan Howes wrote: >BTW, I may well be doing some work in the heart of SUSTRAN territory >shortly. Sorting out buses in Malang, Java, starting November. About 8 >weeks, but yet to be confirmed. I've dug through the Sustran archive, but >would welcome any other offers of advice (Paul?). For a start, what is an >ocek? (Not mentioned in Lonely Planet!) Oops! Found it. Motorbike-taxi. But >there must be plenty else I need to learn. You will have found some contacts to try emailing in the archive I guess. I hope some of the Indonesian lurkers on this list may contact you too. Let me know if you draw a blank and I can suggest a few good people to talk to. By the way, the older archives of sustran-discuss may be helpful too (if you haven't looked already). I recall some discussions on the becaks (pedicabs) and the minibus and microbus situation in Indonesia. Here is how to get old archives (including those between 1996 and late 1999, when I set up the egroups archive): FIRST GET A LIST of all the messages in the archive by sending an e-mail to (NOT to the list address!!!!) with the following in the body of the message: get sustran-discuss INDEX end Please note that INDEX must be in upper case. A file named "INDEX" will then be sent to you. It contains brief information on all messages in the archive (date, sender, subject, and sequence number) so that you can choose which ones you want. TO GET A COPY of particular messages in the archive: Send an e-mail to (NOT to the list address!!!!) with the following in the body of the message: get sustran-discuss end For example if you want to get messages numbered 41 and 42 you would send : get sustran-discuss 41 get sustran-discuss 42 end The messages will automatically be sent to you. I hope this helps. Paul Paul BARTER (aka A. Rahman Paul Barter) SUSTRAN Resource Centre P.O. Box 11501, 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia sustran@po.jaring.my Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet From dmaunder at trl.co.uk Wed Sep 20 21:35:53 2000 From: dmaunder at trl.co.uk (Dr D A C Maunder) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:35:53 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote - and Help Wanted (Indonesia) Message-ID: Paul how can I get in touch with Alan Howes Best wishes Dr D A C Maunder via HappyMail! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - - - - - - - - - - - - - - At 12:01 20/09/00 +0300, Alan Howes wrote: >BTW, I may well be doing some work in the heart of SUSTRAN territory >shortly. Sorting out buses in Malang, Java, starting November. About 8 >weeks, but yet to be confirmed. I've dug through the Sustran archive, but >would welcome any other offers of advice (Paul?). For a start, what is an >ocek? (Not mentioned in Lonely Planet!) Oops! Found it. Motorbike-taxi. But >there must be plenty else I need to learn. You will have found some contacts to try emailing in the archive I guess. I hope some of the Indonesian lurkers on this list may contact you too. Let me know if you draw a blank and I can suggest a few good people to talk to. By the way, the older archives of sustran-discuss may be helpful too (if you haven't looked already). I recall some discussions on the becaks (pedicabs) and the minibus and microbus situation in Indonesia. Here is how to get old archives (including those between 1996 and late 1999, when I set up the egroups archive): FIRST GET A LIST of all the messages in the archive by sending an e-mail to (NOT to the list address!!!!) with the following in the body of the message: get sustran-discuss INDEX end Please note that INDEX must be in upper case. A file named "INDEX" will then be sent to you. It contains brief information on all messages in the archive (date, sender, subject, and sequence number) so that you can choose which ones you want. TO GET A COPY of particular messages in the archive: Send an e-mail to (NOT to the list address!!!!) with the following in the body of the message: get sustran-discuss end For example if you want to get messages numbered 41 and 42 you would send : get sustran-discuss 41 get sustran-discuss 42 end The messages will automatically be sent to you. I hope this helps. Paul Paul BARTER (aka A. Rahman Paul Barter) SUSTRAN Resource Centre P.O. Box 11501, 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia sustran@po.jaring.my Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network) http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet - - - - - - - - - - - - End of Original Message - - - - - - - - - - - - ______________________________________________________________ This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee. If you are not the addressee, please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication, or the information therein, is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply. From pascal at pop.gn.apc.org Thu Sep 21 01:52:44 2000 From: pascal at pop.gn.apc.org (Pascal Desmond) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:52:44 +0000 Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Re: Quote - and Help Wanted (Indonesia) In-Reply-To: <001401c022e1$57ee60c0$3b646464@alanhowes> References: <001401c022e1$57ee60c0$3b646464@alanhowes> Message-ID: >Fatima Mansions? Who They? In the 1950s and early 1960s it was the fashion for local authorities in Ireland to name their social housing estates/ housing projects after Catholic religious events / saintly people. Hence, you will find 'St Kevin's Park', 'St Bridgid's Parade', 'Colmcille Terrace', etc. in many towns and villages. In the 1960s the fashion was for freedom fighters/ terrorists such as Pearse, Connolly, Clarke, et al. Fatima Mansions [named after the place in Portugal where there was some religious vision] is a massive housing project in Dublin, owned by the Corporation [whose motto is Obedentia civium urbis felicitas*]. Fatima Mansions had a reputation for being a hard place. Sadly it gained notoriety in the early 1980s as one of the places where heroin took a frightening grip on a population without hope, comfort or joy in their lives. Sean Flynn's 'Smack: the criminal drug racket in Ireland' is an excellent read on this subject. A rock band decided to name themselves after the place where they lived. I'm not familiar with their music/lyrics, but would not be surprised if it is 'gritty urban realism'. Somehow, I can't imagine Celine or Whitney covering their songs. * The obedience of the citizens is the happiness of the city. -- Kind regards Pascal Desmond. From sustran at po.jaring.my Thu Sep 21 09:16:51 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 08:16:51 +0800 Subject: [sustran] SUSTRAN News Flash #40 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000921081651.008c7cf0@relay101.jaring.my> SUSTRAN News Flash #40 20 September 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) URL: http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/ or http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet The SUSTRAN Network is five years old this week! Congratulations to all who have played a part so far. CONTENTS 1. Car Free Day This Week! 2. World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review 3. Profile: Indonesian NGO Forum for Sustainable Transport 4. E-Conference: Urban Public Transport in Developing Countries 5. Bangalore Busway Project? 6. Bremen awards 7. INFORMATION RESOURCES AND LINKS Sustran-discuss list Community Action Guide to Urban Transport E-discussion for Santiago Report on Japanese Motorcycles in Indonesia SIDA Report on Urban Transport Delft Low-cost Mobility Statement Book on Planning in Hong Kong Discussion paper: Can Rail Pay? World Transport Policy & Practice journal online Online Sustainable Urban Travel Resources- New Address Online Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment 8. COMING EVENTS 9. LIGHTER SIDE Please recommend the SUSTRAN News Flash service to your colleagues. 1. CAR FREE DAY THIS WEEK! In order to popularise the benefits of reducing dependence on private cars, this week over 700 cities around the world will hold Car Free Day events (some of them on Thursday, many on Friday and some over the weekend). Among the web pages devoted to this are the @World Car Free Day site at http://ecoplan.org/carfreeday, the European Car Free day site at http://www.22september.org/ and the Carbusters World Car Free Day site at http://www.carbusters.ecn.cz/WCFD2.htm. Europe has been most enthusiastic in embracing the idea while North America and Asia appear to have been rather slow. Nevertheless, several cities in China, Japan, Korea and Thailand have been reported to be staging events. Many cities in Latin America are taking part, including Bogot? and Buenos Aires. Do not despair if there are no formal events in your area. You can still make your own small statement by choosing alternatives to the private car on Thursday (and/or Friday)!! Ironically, Car Free Day comes during a month of high oil prices, concerns about energy supplies, and protests by truckers and others in Europe over fuel prices. Blockades instead of 'Car Free Days' have already removed traffic from roads in many parts of Europe. Meanwhile in Bangkok the link has been made explicit! The Prime Minister's Office has declared its car-free day on September 22 to be in protest against soaring fuel costs. Thailand's economy is highly dependent on imported oil and is severely affected by high oil prices. 2. WORLD BANK URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY REVIEW The World Bank is reviewing its Urban Transport Strategy. The Review has created a Web Portal which has more information on the review process, the draft strategy document, many background papers on various transport issues. The Strategy outline and the background papers are available for comment. A series of consultations on the strategy will be held worldwide. Feedback can also be given directly on the web site which is at http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/transport/utsr.nsf 3. PROFILE: INDONESIAN NGO FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Earlier this year a new national coalition of NGOs was formed in Indonesia, the Indonesian NGO Forum for Sustainable Transport (Infortrans). Infortrans promotes sustainable transport and also accessibility for the poor. There are 28 organisations in the coalition, including environmental, consumer, legal aid, academic, social justice, urban poor and community-based organisations. Infortrans was prominent in May at the International Conference on Sustainable Transport and Clean Air held in Jakarta. Pelangi Indonesia was chosen to host the secretariat of Infortrans. Next month Pelangi will also become host for the Secretariat of the SUSTRAN Network!! Contact: Infortrans Joint Secretariat, d.a. Pelangi Indonesia, Jl. Danau Tondano No. A-4, Jakarta 10210, Indonesia. Tel. +(62 21) 573 5020, 571 9360, Fax +(62 21) 573 2503, Email: infortrans@pelangi.or.id, infortrans@lycos.com 4. E-CONFERENCE ON URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A electronic conference on "urban public transport and sustainable livelihoods" began on 6 September and will continue until 20 October 2000. The conference will also present experience gained from a DFID research project, "Partnerships to Improve Access and Quality of Public Transport for the Urban Poor", which involved a case study of Karachi, Pakistan. The organisers hope to bring together a wide range of stakeholders - NGO's, researchers, government staff, consultants - to discuss practical elements behind urban transport provision. To join this e-conference, send a message to the organisers via: transport-partnerships-request@mailbase.ac.uk. Other information and resources about the e-conference can be found at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/wedc/projects/ptup/index.htm or contact Dr. M.Sohail, Research Manger, Institute for Development Engineering, Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK Tel: +44 1509 222890; Fax: +44 1509 211079, email: m.sohail@lboro.ac.uk 5. BANGALORE BUSWAY PROJECT? Bangalore in Southern India is reported (by The Hindu newspaper on July 30, 2000) to be considering implementing a dedicated busway project using bi-articulated buses similar to those popularised in Curitiba's famous "surface metro". Karnataka 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 made by Volvo have three articulated compartments and can carry up to 270 passengers. However, the state of funding for the project appears to be uncertain as the Minister was quoted as saying that the Government plans to seek the assistance of the Swedish Development Agency for the project. A similar project is under way in Bogot? in Colombia (where it is known as Transmilenio - see http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/transmilenio/index.html - the site is in Spanish). 6. BREMEN AWARDS The bremen initiative is inviting submissions of best practices involving partnerships between business and municipalities (local government) that offer tangible solutions for urban quality of life and which are favourable to economic activities and above all sustainable. Applications must be jointly submitted by the business and municipality partners. The closing date is 15 January 2001. See also bremen initiative's website for application forms http://www.bremen-initiative.de/award. Contact: Jana Ludmann at the bremen partnership award office c/o ecolo, Fax +49(0)421 23001118 or email award@bremen-initiative.de. 7. INFORMATION RESOURCES AND LINKS Sustran-discuss list If you find the SUSTRAN News Flashes useful then you might enjoy a more interactive forum, the sustran-discuss list (for announcements and discussions on sustainable and people-centred transport issues with a focus on the South). For more information see http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/discussion.htm Community Action Guide to Urban Transport The SUSTRAN Network book (TAKING STEPS: A Community Action Guide to People-Centred, Equitable and Sustainable Urban Transport) is now more affordable than before: US$7 in developing countries, US$12 for those in OECD countries, RM20 inside Malaysia. Several sections can also be downloaded for free via http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/actionguide/outline.htm. Details on how to order are at http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/actionguide/AGorder.htm. E-discussion (in Spanish) on Sustainable Transport for Santiago For more information see the Transporte Agenda page, at http://www.ciudadviva.cl. Contact: Ciudad Viva, Fax: 562 732 3079, Email: info@cuidadviva Report on Japanese Motorcycles in Indonesian Urban Transport A new report entitled, "The Role of Japanese Motorcycle in Urban Transport in Indonesia: Past and the Future" funded by the Sumitomo Foundation has been produced by the Center for Transport and Communication Research at the Institute of Technology Bandung. Contact: Harun A Sorah Lubis, Center for Transport and Communication Research, ITB / Bandung, Indonesia. Email: halubis@trans.si.itb.ac.id SIDA Report on Urban Transport and Development Assistance The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has identified urban transport as an area of strategic importance. Sida's policy study on urban transport is available in pdf-format http://www.sida.se/Sida/articles/500-599/514/pdf/UrbanTransp.pdf (warning - this link will immediately begin downloading the document) and hard copies of the report may be ordered from Ms Madeleine Goetzinger (e-mail: madeleine.goetzinger@sida.se). Delft Low-cost Mobility Statement In June 2000 an Expert Group Meeting on Low-Cost Mobility in African Cities was held in Delft, The Netherlands. It was organised by IHE Delft on behalf of the World Bank. Proceedings will soon be available. The meeting also produced the 'Delft Low-Cost Mobility Statement'. Contact: Mrs T. van der Klis, Tel: +31 15 2151896; fax +31 15 2122921; E-mail kli@ihe.nl. Book on Planning in Hong Kong "Land-use/Transport Planning in Hong Kong: The End of an Era: A review of principles and practices" (Edited by Harry Dimitriou and Alison Cook, 1998, Ashgate). Discussion paper: Can Rail Pay? Discussion paper from the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP), entitled 'Can Rail Pay? - Light Rail Transit and Urban Redevelopment with Value Capture Funding and Joint Development Mechanisms' by Jan Scheurer, Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy and Thomas Gallagher. It can be downloaded at http://wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au/lightrail/istp.html World Transport Policy & Practice journal goes online This quarterly journal edited by John Whitelegg, is now available free of charge as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Several issues are now available via http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm Online Sustainable Urban Travel Resources - New Web Address The Comprehensive Sustainable Urban Travel bibliographies have moved to http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/planbiblios/ then click on 'Planning Bibliographies' and then 'Sustainable Urban Travel'. Contact: Hugh McClintock, Institute of Urban Planning, School of the Built Environment, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. Email: Hugh.McClintock@nottingham.ac.uk Online Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment ARIC has produced a one-stop source of information on a range of atmospheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion at http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/ Contact: Sue Hare / Joe Buchdahl - Coordinators, E-mail: aric@mmu.ac.uk 8. COMING EVENTS "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 "Asia Pacific Conference on Tourism for Persons with Disabilities", September 24-28, 2000 in Bali, Indonesia. Contact: conference secretariat, cbr@indo.net.id or see http://www.aptpwd.com "Accessible Transportation Seminar", October 12, 2000, Petaling Jaya Community Library, Selangor, Malaysia. Keynote speaker is Dr Kit Mitchell, an international expert on access to transport for people with disabilities. Co-organised by Petaling Jaya City Hall and the Access Initiative Group (AIG). Contact: Mr LEE Lih Shyan, Local Agenda 21 Officer, MPPJ. Tel: +60 3 7563544 x351, lee@mppj.gov.my or Ms Lily Wong, Community Liaison, MPPJ, Tel: +60 3 7563544 x364, wdmlilly@mppj.gov.my "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. See http://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 "Seminar Workshop on Accessible Transportation" on October 16-17, 2000organised by DPI-Thailand, in collaboration with DPI-A/P Regional Office. Contact to Ms.Wannao dpith@loxinfo.co.th "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: tra@ozaccom.com.au or see http://www.transportroundtable.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, Web-site: 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. 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Tel: +81 3 32651774, Fax: +81 3 32215489, Email: easts@sa2.so-net.ne.jp, http://ichini.cv.titech.ac.jp/~easts/ 9. LIGHTER SIDE For a light hearted column that asks the question "Is there a conspiracy to eliminate all pedestrians in Malaysia?" see http://www.malaysiakini.com/archives_news/2000/aug/aug9/news4.htm I am told by an unreliable source that Clinton and Gore are two neighbouring towns in New Zealand's South Island. The road between the two has been officially named the President's Highway. Another less direct road, that takes half an hour longer to travel, has been named the Monica Lewinski Highway - the Alternative Route. ----------------------------------------------------- We welcome your news and announcements. Thank you to all who have contributed. 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 howesap at saptco.com.sa Thu Sep 21 16:38:04 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:38:04 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fatima Mansions References: <001401c022e1$57ee60c0$3b646464@alanhowes> Message-ID: <009b01c0239e$e18700e0$3b646464@alanhowes> Well, thanks for a scholarly and interesting reply, Pascal - I trust the other Sustran-ers don't mind it being just slightly off topic! Sounds to be an excellent name for the band in question - must look out for their stuff. I'd heard of this shrine in Portugal - but of course Fatima is also a common name in this neck of the woods. The Prophet Mohammed had a daughter Fatimah - married Ali, the Caliph who is followed by the Shia'. (CMIIW) And as for "The obedience of the citizens is the happiness of the city", that really ought to be the motto for Riyadh - or any other city in the Magic Kingdom. Has no-one ever suggested to Dublin Corp that it is a tad 1984-ish? How about "The city is devoted to the happiness of the citizens"? -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pascal Desmond" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 7:52 PM Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Re: Quote - and Help Wanted (Indonesia) > >Fatima Mansions? Who They? > > In the 1950s and early 1960s it was the fashion for local authorities > in Ireland to name their social housing estates/ housing projects > after Catholic religious events / saintly people. Hence, you will > find 'St Kevin's Park', 'St Bridgid's Parade', 'Colmcille Terrace', > etc. in many towns and villages. In the 1960s the fashion was for > freedom fighters/ terrorists such as Pearse, Connolly, Clarke, et al. > > Fatima Mansions [named after the place in Portugal where there was > some religious vision] is a massive housing project in Dublin, owned > by the Corporation [whose motto is Obedentia civium urbis > felicitas*]. Fatima Mansions had a reputation for being a hard place. > Sadly it gained notoriety in the early 1980s as one of the places > where heroin took a frightening grip on a population without hope, > comfort or joy in their lives. Sean Flynn's 'Smack: the criminal drug > racket in Ireland' is an excellent read on this subject. > > A rock band decided to name themselves after the place where they > lived. I'm not familiar with their music/lyrics, but would not be > surprised if it is 'gritty urban realism'. Somehow, I can't imagine > Celine or Whitney covering their songs. > > * The obedience of the citizens is the happiness of the city. > -- > Kind regards > Pascal Desmond. > From farheen at riet.org.sg Thu Sep 21 18:01:58 2000 From: farheen at riet.org.sg (Farheen Mukri) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:01:58 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fatima Mansions Message-ID: > ---------- > From: Alan P Howes[SMTP:howesap@saptco.com.sa] > > And as for "The obedience of the citizens is the happiness of the city", > that really ought to be the motto for Riyadh - or any other city in the > Magic Kingdom. Has no-one ever suggested to Dublin Corp that it is a tad > 1984-ish? How about "The city is devoted to the happiness of the > citizens"? > Hahahaha. Sorry I just have to laugh at your suggestion. Being in Singapore, it just reads hilariously in a wierd oxymoronic way. probably the former (ala 'obedience' is very typical of Singapore.) And yes I guess we're going way off track... well as long as it's a walking track... From a.j.plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk Fri Sep 22 03:53:15 2000 From: a.j.plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk (Antony J Plumbe) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:53:15 +0000 () Subject: [sustran] Assistance Wanted (Indonesia) Message-ID: Alan, Apparently this was rejected by the sustrans system first time round owing to the title starting with 'help'. So here is the second attempt. Tony Plumbe --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:59:34 +0000 () From: Antony J Plumbe Subject: Help Wanted (Indonesia) Sender: ajplumbe@bradford.ac.uk To: alanhowes@usaksa.com, howesap@saptco.com.sa Cc: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Reply-To: Antony J Plumbe Message-ID: Alan, Re. Malang PT, I think you will find ocek is usually spelt ojek. It is a motorcycle taxi where the passenger hires the back seat. Ojeks cluster at road junctions especially to provide local feeder services to other forms of public transport such as bemos (small minibuses), colts and various larger buses. They compete directly with becaks (bicycle-taxis for 2-3 pax) and have seen much increase in numbers with the post 1998 'monetary crisis'. Basically they are young men with access to a motorcycle and are otherwise unemployed. There may be a few 6-8 seat horse drawn passenger carrying carts operating short distances like bemos still left in Malang - may be called andong or another name in East Java. If you need other input in Malang, let me know. I did some PT investigations in Surabaya in 1995-6. Tony Plumbe On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:01:19 +0300 Alan P Howes wrote: > Fatima Mansions? Who They? > > Anyway, I will try to dig out my Jonathon Ross quote that I used to put in > my sig in the good old days of Usenet. (Access to which I am now denied - > and anyway it's got rather flaky.) > > Something like "No man should be allowed behind the wheel of a car until he > is old enough to appreciate a fine cigar, a glass of port, and the company > of a woman who does not look like Pamela Anderson". (I _have_ heard of her.) > In fact, I think that's pretty close to the original. Class of alcohol may > be wrong. > > BTW, I may well be doing some work in the heart of SUSTRAN territory > shortly. Sorting out buses in Malang, Java, starting November. About 8 > weeks, but yet to be confirmed. I've dug through the Sustran archive, but > would welcome any other offers of advice (Paul?). For a start, what is an > ocek? (Not mentioned in Lonely Planet!) Oops! Found it. Motorbike-taxi. But > there must be plenty else I need to learn. > > Cheers, Alan. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hayes, Paul (TSA)" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:24 AM > Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > The Fatima Mansions coined a song entitled "Only Losers take the bus" - I > > can send you the schizophrenic lyrics if you like. Perhaps an example of > > the individual / frontier ethic in pop/rock ... Of course, the are plenty > of > > ripostes in popular culture (Gridlock etc) > > > > Paul Hayes > > -- > howesap@saptco.com.sa > Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh > +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 > Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com > ---------------------- A. J. Plumbe, Director, Outside Programmes, Co-ordinator M.Sc. in Project Planning and Management, email: a.j.plumbe@bradford.ac.uk Fax: International: +44-1274-235280 Domestic : 01274-235280 Phone: International : +44-1274-235264 Domestic : 01274-235264 Mailing Address: DPPC, Bradford University, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., BD7 1DP. --- End Forwarded Message --- ---------------------- A. J. Plumbe, Director, Outside Programmes, Co-ordinator M.Sc. in Project Planning and Management, email: a.j.plumbe@bradford.ac.uk Fax: International: +44-1274-235280 Domestic : 01274-235280 Phone: International : +44-1274-235264 Domestic : 01274-235264 Mailing Address: DPPC, Bradford University, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., BD7 1DP. From matt.burke at mailbox.uq.edu.au Fri Sep 22 11:39:51 2000 From: matt.burke at mailbox.uq.edu.au (Matthew Burke) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:39:51 +1000 Subject: [sustran] Re: Help Wanted (Indonesia) Message-ID: <200009220246.MAA28202@mailbox.uq.edu.au> Dear Alan, I've been through Java a couple of times scoping out public transport operations as part of some previous research. I've never spent any time in Malang [travelled through once in '97 and didn't stop] but I assume the chaotic vitality and despite-everything-effectiveness of the operations elsewhere around Java will be the norm. The variety of paratransit is enormous, ranging from three wheeled pedicab 'becak' [the 'Gondola of the East' - well almost - do take a ride on a nice boulevarde at night some time when the traffic is scarce and the lights are out], the 'ojek', the 'andong' or 'delman' horse-drawn carts [rare nowadays in most centres but often found on the fringe and in small towns], regular taxis for the bourgiousie the 'mikrolet' medium-sized vans [Colts, Diahatsus, etc.] seating around 12 pax., some larger minibuses [20 pax], and the like. In Jakarta they also have the horrid little bajaj of South Asia - dirty, expensive little three wheeled motortrikes. Only mikrolettes and up have 'fixed' routes, the rest are for hire services. Then there are the bus companies, Govt and non-government [ususally you can tell the difference right away and the fares correspond somewhat to maintenance and service levels]. Traffic flows are something to behold. Reg's are almost never enforced and with highly varying traffic speeds the usual Two-Thirds-World mayhem results. The corruption is so endemic, so open and yet so impenetrable in society that almost nothing can change without paybacks to everyone in the food chain. Desk job public servants in transport and planning agencies usually receive two paychecks. The first is their meagre 'formal' wages. The second, coming around in bags the next week, is the distribution of the much larger 'informal' income - what they actually live on - collected from 'levies', bribes, kickbacks and so on. Even the way that pt fares are collected is a way to lessen the damage of corrupt driver crews. Permits are 'user-pays' of a sort. Monies are routinely misappropriated across agencies and at many levels. And economically they still haven't really come out of the shock of '97 with wild times ahead as the puppet-plays continue in Jakarta. But I love the place! Two tips: try and understand the particular characteristics of the local operator associations for the mikrolettes pretty quickly - they can have the often violent turf wars and other activities that happen in Africa and the sub-Continent. The circumstances, rules and reg's differ from city to city but the mikrolettes often form the backbone of the pt system, and not the regular buses. Secondly, make sure you determine who owns the different bus companies in Malang - you might be surprised how various high-ranking army groups, Chinese interests and old Suharto cronies can all be key players in the pt industry. Fare structures, route declarations and the like for all vehicle types are locally controlled with governor veto being a prominent element - a recipe for decision-making favouring certain vested interests. For assistance from some of the main researchers who have done a great deal of previous research contact Prof. Kusbiantoro and the others [Soegijoko etc.] at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies / Centre for Research on Transportation and Communcation at Institut Teknologi Bandung [his e-mail is something like p3wkitb@melsa.net.id; ph. +62 221 250 7069 - Indonesian business cards are generically unreadable]. Then there's Dr Danung Parikesit and friends at the Civil Engineering dept at Gadja Madha University in Yogyakarta [only number I have is +62 274 512796 but it might also not be accurate]. Finally, can I recommend you read one book before heading there. And it's not a text on Indonesian transport. Friends [including members of my own Department here at UQ] have come to grief by not understanding the institutional mayhem of Indonesian nepotism and corruption - afterall, CorporateWatch did place Indonesia in the top three 'most corrupt' nations on the planet, alongside Nigeria and Cameroon recently! Try and read a copy of Michael Backman (1999) "Asian eclipse : exposing the dark side of business in Asia", John Wiley & Sons; New York. All the best with it and if you wish to contact me again, please don't hesitate to either call or reply e-mail. Though from what I gather, you should be fine. Yours truly, Matt --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Matthew Burke Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning University of Queensland BRISBANE QLD 4072 [w] +61 7 3365 3836 e-mail: matt.burke@mailbox.uq.edu.au --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---------- > From: Alan P Howes > To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org > Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote - and Help Wanted (Indonesia) > Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2000 19:01 > > Fatima Mansions? Who They? > > Anyway, I will try to dig out my Jonathon Ross quote that I used to put in > my sig in the good old days of Usenet. (Access to which I am now denied - > and anyway it's got rather flaky.) > > Something like "No man should be allowed behind the wheel of a car until he > is old enough to appreciate a fine cigar, a glass of port, and the company > of a woman who does not look like Pamela Anderson". (I _have_ heard of her.) > In fact, I think that's pretty close to the original. Class of alcohol may > be wrong. > > BTW, I may well be doing some work in the heart of SUSTRAN territory > shortly. Sorting out buses in Malang, Java, starting November. About 8 > weeks, but yet to be confirmed. I've dug through the Sustran archive, but > would welcome any other offers of advice (Paul?). For a start, what is an > ocek? (Not mentioned in Lonely Planet!) Oops! Found it. Motorbike-taxi. But > there must be plenty else I need to learn. > > Cheers, Alan. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hayes, Paul (TSA)" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:24 AM > Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > The Fatima Mansions coined a song entitled "Only Losers take the bus" - I > > can send you the schizophrenic lyrics if you like. Perhaps an example of > > the individual / frontier ethic in pop/rock ... Of course, the are plenty > of > > ripostes in popular culture (Gridlock etc) > > > > Paul Hayes > > -- > howesap@saptco.com.sa > Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh > +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 > Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com > > From matt.burke at mailbox.uq.edu.au Fri Sep 22 13:24:07 2000 From: matt.burke at mailbox.uq.edu.au (Matthew Burke) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:24:07 +1000 Subject: [sustran] Apology Message-ID: <200009220424.OAA12686@mailbox.uq.edu.au> Dear All, Apologies for the mistake in transmission. A friend has just notified me of my error. My last communication was obviously meant to be a personal response to Alan. Please disregard. Cheers, Matt --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Matthew Burke Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning University of Queensland BRISBANE QLD 4072 [w] +61 7 3365 3836 e-mail: matt.burke@mailbox.uq.edu.au --- --- --- --- --- --- --- From pascal at pop.gn.apc.org Fri Sep 22 18:21:42 2000 From: pascal at pop.gn.apc.org (Pascal Desmond) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:21:42 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Obedientia civium urbis felicitas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Steady now! Hands off! That motto belongs to Dublin! [and most likely has since the city was incorporated some 7 or 8 centuries ago]. >Has no-one ever suggested to Dublin Corp that it is a tad 1984-ish? The Irish Times [http://www.ireland.com] environment correspondent, Frank McDonald, has written 3 books on planning matters in Dublin: "The Destruction of Dublin" in 1985 [isbn 07171 1386 8, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin] which details the mass destruction of [in particular] the Georgian heriatage since the 1950s. He followed this with "Saving the City" in 1989 [isbn 18717 9303 3, Tomar Publishing, Dublin] which is more a manifesto. He has just written "The Construction of Dublin" which documents some of the corruption in planning matters [no further details at present -- I've only read a review which suggests that it has been written a bit prematurely as there are many ongoing Tribunals of Inquiry in Ireland into brown envelope payments to politicians and public servants]. Movie fans will remember a 1960s film featuring George Peppard as a WW1 German flying ace aiming for "The Blue Max". Ursula Andress was the love interest. It was filmed in Ireland. Towards the close of the film, Peppard goes to Berlin to receive the medal. We see a bombed out Berlin and some fine riverside Georgian buildings [Dublin's Four Courts]. Whether Berlin was bombed in WW1, I do not know. Be that as it may, the bombed out bit is a view from near St Patrick's Cathedral through the arch over the road at Christchurch Cathedral [the arch links CC to the Synod Hall] towards the River Liffey. Between Christchurch and the river is a very stressed streetscape. This area is Wood Quay where the Vikings settled down beside a "Dubh Linn" [Gaelic for Black Pool] in 836 or 988 [both years are quoted in official Corporation literature]. The Corporation acquired Wood Quay bit by bit between 1950 and 1975. They announced that it would be the location of their new offices, ignored public opinion [a massive 'Save Wood Quay' campaign with all the usual petitions sought legal clarification, etc., managed to delay the construction] and all those concerned about the heritage value/ tourism potential of the site, performed a minimal architectural dig, thoroughly trashed the site and poured in plenty of concrete to ensure that the remaining viking remnants can never be recovered. In Saving the City, McDonald quotes from "Wood Quay: The clash over Dublin's Viking past" by Thomas Farel Heffernan, 1988, a lecturer in English Literature somewhere in Texas [afaik]. McDonald writes ... He ends his book by recalling an encounter with the Corporation's PRO, Noel Carroll, in the rotunda of City Hall where Dublin's official seal Obedientia civium urbis felicitas -- the obedience of the citizens is the happiness of the city, "probably the most totalitarian motto adopted by any body of government anywhere" -- is set in the stone floor. "That's the city motto?" [Heffernan remaked], 'Yes', Carroll replied with a contented smile, 'that's what it's all about'. It is ironic, given Ireland's literary strengths, that it required someone from the wild west to enlighten us about our cowboys. When I mentioned the motto at a full meeting of Lancaster City Council a few years ago [where I now live], I got the impression that some councillors were more than a little envious of Dublin. My feeling is that most politicians the world over would be equally covetous. Dublin has moved a long way from the attitudes of the 1960s when one politician remarked that he hoped to see all of Georgian Dublin torn down because it was a symbol of English imperialism. Nowadays, what little remains is valued as "heritage" [unless it is in a developer's way]... just like the motto -- so Hands Off!. -- Kind regards Pascal Desmond. From craig_townsend at hotmail.com Fri Sep 22 17:59:48 2000 From: craig_townsend at hotmail.com (Craig Townsend) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:59:48 WST Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Bangkok Car Free Day Message-ID: Although it is not yet over, Bangkok’s first “car-free day” seems to have been a success in many respects. Although to many people the day was a “protest” against Thailand’s “high” fuel prices (which are actually close to the lowest in the world) some people in government and the public seem to have made the connection between reliance on private automobiles, the economic consequences of relying on imported fuel to keep the city moving, and environmental problems. The other major success in my opinion is that many government officials and politicians took public transport, walked, or cycled to work this morning which is quite a departure from their usual mode of travel which is by large motorcades which don’t have to stop at traffic lights. (In fact, while Bangkok has an ATC, it is usually not switched on because automatic traffic light control does not respect the right of Thai politicians and government officials to move without having to stop while the rest of the motorists, pedestrians, and public bus users have to wait!) Ministers and other politicians using alternative means of transport today received heavy media coverage and for some it was the first time they had used public transport since childhood. Below are a some relevant articles from today’s papers: --------------------------------------------------------- >From the Nation Internet Edition, September 22, 2000 PM, ministers set to abandon cars PRIME Minister Chuan Leekpai, who will either walk or cycle to Government House today to observe Car-Free Day, wants the campaign to become a regular event. "If the result is satisfactory, I think we should do it twice a month or maybe once a week," Chuan said, adding that the National Energy Policy Office (Nepo) would assess the results of today's campaign in planning further energy-saving measures. Chuan said he would either walk or cycle to work to highlight the significance of the event and make it a starting point for Thais to conserve energy. "I'd like to set an example for people to save energy, which in turn saves them money," he said. Many ministers have also promised not to use their cars today. PM's Office Minister Savit Bhotiwihok and Deputy Interior Minister Chamni Sakdiseth vowed to take a bus to the office, while Industry Minister Suwat Liptapanlop planned to cycle. Interior Minister Banyat Bantadtan and Deputy Interior Minister Vatana Asavahame have arranged to meet at a skytrain station and ride to the office together. Government spokesman Akapol Sorasuchart will stay home and handle his work via e-mail. The PM's Office yesterday issued a statement asking reporters not to use cars while covering the prime minister's activities today. As a first step to energy conservation, reporters should use public transport or share vans, the statement said. PM's Office Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the campaign was aimed at achieving long-term results rather than being a one-day phenomenon. Meanwhile, the Thai Farmers Bank Research Centre has projected that the country would save Bt7.94 million in petrol costs if just 10 per cent of Bangkok's motorists leave their cars at home today. The country can save Bt2.9 billion if the 10-per-cent participation rate is maintained for a whole year, the centre said. However, many high-profile figures voiced scepticism about the campaign and said they would use their cars as normal. Bangkok Governor Samak Sundaravej declined to comment on the Car-Free Day campaign, but said he would drive his car to office as usual. "I don't want to criticise it. But I don't think that I should take a bus to attend the many events scheduled," he said. Education Minister Somsak Prissanananthakul said the campaign was more of an image-building attempt rather than an energy-saving measure. Senator Somkiat Sornlam agreed, and attacked the government for not preparing the public for the surge in fuel prices. "This is image-building. The government tries to portray that it is attempting to tackle the oil price problem but in reality, it only wants to get by for another day," he said. --------------------------------------------------------- >From the Bangkok Post Internet Edition, 22 September 2000 Chuan likely to walk or cycle to work Campaign could run on weekends as well Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai will walk or cycle to parliament today, joining the Car-free Day campaign. Mr Chuan said two mountain bikes were available at Ban Phitsanulok, his official residence. Alternatively, he could walk the kilometre or so to work. The campaign, in 24 countries, is intended to raise awareness about energy saving. Several cabinet ministers have also said they will leave their cars at home today and get around by public transport. Mr Chuan said it would be a good idea to extend the campaign to weekends on a trial basis and if it proved popular, and could even be introduced more frequently on given days. The setbacks, he noted, were the heat as well as the shortage of cycle lanes. Even where there were cycle lanes, they were often blocked by garbage bins and other objects. Mr Chuan said he was thinking of switching to smaller, fuel-economical cars. The premier is ususally driven in a van. He has advised cabinet ministers to avoid using motorcades unless on urgent official engagements. His own motorcade has been downsized. Banyat Bantadtan, the interior minister, said after today, his motorcade would be reduced to a single police motorcycle. Many other ministers were taking the bus today, he said. From his home off Sukhumvit road, Mr Banyat plans to catch a bus to the nearest skytrain station for travel to Victory Monument, and then by another bus to parliament. Pinit Charusombat, deputy interior minister, said he would also co-operate in the campaign, which should give the oil-producing countries some idea of what might happen to them if the world were less dependent on petroleum. For now, it may well pressure them to increase production in order to stabilise the price of crude. Mr Pinit said he would hail a taxi to the airport this morning and take the airport bus on his return to parliament. Suwat Liptapallop, industry minister, said he did not mind cycling to parliament from his home less than 1km away. The campaign, however, was ridiculed by Thai Rak Thai Party as nothing but government window-dressing. Surakiat Suthirathai, deputy leader, said his party had proposed more effective measures to oversome the oil crisis but they fell on deaf ears. While he was fully supportive of its cause, the campaign would not scare Opec into reducing the price of crude. The Car-free Day campaign was not even the beginning of a solution. --------------------------------------------------------- CAR-FREE DAY Many leaders make other transport arrangements While others reject a 'Western idea' Post Reporters Cabinet ministers, top civil servants and many private business executives say they'll park their cars at home to join the Car-free Day today. Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda said he would take a cab to the office from his residence on Sukhumvit Road. Deputy Finance Minister Pisit Leeahtam said he would walk the two kilometres from his home to Parliament. Industry Minister Suwat Liptapallop said he would ride a bicycle since he lived only about 700 metres from the ministry headquarters. Satit Limpongphun, the new director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office, said he and a number of colleagues would pool a car to get to work. Bangkok Bank chairman Chatri Sophonpanich said he would share a car with his son, Chartsiri, president of the bank. He said the bank also encouraged its employees to join the campaign. Siam Commercial Bank will arrange vans to transport its employees from Central Lat Phrao to the bank headquarters, according to Staporn Jinachitr, the executive vice-president. Mr Staporn himself plans to take a bus to work. Thai Farmers Bank will arrange buses to ferry its employees from its Phahon Yothin office to the headquarters in Rat Burana. Bangchak Petroleum Plc will also use buses for its staff travelling to its refinery in Bangchak and to corporate headquarters on Srinakarin Road. The company also distributed handbooks on how to save fuel to its employees, and suggested they avoid outside appointments. The Petroleum Authority of Thailand is encouraging its staff to use public transport. Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), operator of the skytrain, will award Skycards worth 100 baht each to 10,000 lucky commuters. The company expects its ridership to increase to 200,000 people today from the average of 160,000. The Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT), meanwhile, is encouraging people to do more business over the telephone instead of driving to appointments. But Virabongsa Ramangkura, a former deputy prime minister, said he would drive his car to work as usual as he believed the Car-free Day was initiated by Western countries. "Why do we have to follow them?" he asked. To no one's surprise, high oil prices helped to slow Thailand's consumption of refined oil products by 2.7% in the first seven months of this year compared with the same period last year, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand said yesterday. Average demand for all petroleum products during the period was the equivalent to 622,600 barrels per day, the PTT said. Use of gasoline dropped 2.8% to 118,800 barrels, diesel was down 0.1% to 267,900, and fuel oil down 13.5% to 120,900. However, consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) jumped 9.8% to the equivalent of 54,900 barrels a day, and aviation fuel by 5.1% to 59,300. Demand for fuel oil was lowered by substitution by natural gas, especially in power generation and plants. The surge in LPG consumption came as more taxis switched to cheaper subsidised LPG from gasoline. Demand for indigenous natural gas soared by 12.9% to the equivalent of 286,300 barrels, driven up mainly by the power-generation sector. ******************************************************* Craig Townsend, PhD Candidate & Researcher Apt. 35, Krisda Mansion 11/26 Sukhumvit Soi 1, Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Thailand tel: (66 2) 251-6472 fax: (66 2) 255-5933 Institute for Sustainability & Technology Policy (ISTP) Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch Perth, Western Australia 6150 tel: (61 8) 9360-6293 fax: (61 8) 9360-6421 email: townsend@central.murdoch.edu.au _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. From howesap at saptco.com.sa Sun Sep 24 15:50:41 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 09:50:41 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: Assistance Wanted (Indonesia) References: Message-ID: <008d01c025f3$c1a6f940$3b646464@alanhowes> Tony - Many thanks for your help^H^H^H^H assistance! Cheers, Alan. -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:59:34 +0000 () > From: Antony J Plumbe > Subject: Help Wanted (Indonesia) > Sender: ajplumbe@bradford.ac.uk > To: alanhowes@usaksa.com, howesap@saptco.com.sa > Cc: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org > Reply-To: Antony J Plumbe > Message-ID: > > > Alan, > > Re. Malang PT, I think you will find ocek is usually spelt ojek. It From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sun Sep 24 15:46:34 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 08:46:34 +0200 Subject: [sustran] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Car_free_days_-_City_and_country_reports?= Message-ID: This is to invite you to share with @World Car Free Day reports on how the Day went in your city, country, neighborhood or family. The email address is of course carfreeday@egroups.com. If available, it will be good to have photos, graphics (e.g., the logo if any), newspaper reports, poll results and other forms of feedback including personal commentaries If you send the larger graphics to me separately, I can load them into the Library so that they can be downloaded by those who may be interested (bearing in mind that file size is a problem for some of us). Also if there is anything which we can all see via Links, that is the most efficient *(especially when the linked materials are explained by a line or two of background so that the reader knows what it is and why it's going to be worth the trip). As an example, I spent the day and the week in Bilbao as a guest of the city observing, interacting and commenting on the day, its preparations and follow-up intentions. Hope to get a report to the group on this over the weekend. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Because it's the feedback cycle that the whole Car Free Day thing is really about. Both the feedback from the people in the streets to the political authorities and demonstrators (our elected and paid for by us public SERVANTS), and to the community as a whole (which is thus empowered by this cooperative exercise). Then too there is the whole wonderful process of 'cross-learning' as we look at and learn from each other (which of course is why we are all here in this forum in the first place, n'est-ce pas?). I think we all look forward to this. Cordially, 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 Telephone +331 4326 1323 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Fax + Voicemail: +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) From howesap at saptco.com.sa Sun Sep 24 15:19:24 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 09:19:24 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Re: Obedientia civium urbis felicitas References: Message-ID: <003001c025ef$635992c0$3b646464@alanhowes> Great stuff! One wonders why the Corp needs a PRO at all. A useful reminder that the failure of politicians to listen to the people is a problem the world over. So if Dubh Linn is Black Pool, what is Baile Atha Cliath (IIRC), and why replace one perfectly respectable Gaelic name with another. (I bet those English imperialists come into it somewhere ... just as well I can say my home is in Scotland!). -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pascal Desmond" To: Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:21 PM Subject: [sustran] Obedientia civium urbis felicitas > Steady now! Hands off! That motto belongs to Dublin! [and most likely > has since the city was incorporated some 7 or 8 centuries ago]. From Mark.Diesendorf at uts.edu.au Mon Sep 25 11:08:22 2000 From: Mark.Diesendorf at uts.edu.au (Mark Diesendorf) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:08:22 +1000 Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Strategy for 50% greenhouse gas reduction Message-ID: MEDIA RELEASE Embargo Monday 25 September 2000, 1600 hours Strategy for 50% Greenhouse Gas Reduction An expert on sustainable energy today challenged all levels of government in Australia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, saying that we could cost-effectively make enormous savings with only small improvements in technology. Over the next 30 years Australia could reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from energy and transport by 50%, compared with the 1990 level, and by 2010 could meet its "weak" Kyoto Protocol commitment to an 8% increase compared with the 1990 level. These claims are made in a discussion paper circulated today by Professor Mark Diesendorf, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney. In the run up to the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention, to be held in The Hague in mid-November, Professor Diesendorf proposes that a number of key actions be adopted by Federal, State and Local Governments. "My overall strategy is that the economic savings achieved by substantial increases in the efficiency of energy use and the removal of subsidies to inefficient energy use be used to fund the transition to an energy supply system based on a mix of renewable energy and natural gas sources for electricity, heating and cooling, and a greater role for public transport, cycling and walking in cities", he says. He suggests that over a billion dollars a year could be redirected from tax concessions and other de facto subsidies by Federal and State Governments that currently encourage greenhouse gas emissions, including: o tax deductions for the purchase and use of company and government cars; o very low import duty on 4-wheel drive vehicles compared with that on cars; o subsidies to oil exploration and to the production of shale oil, a fuel with double the GHG emissions of petrol; o cheap electricity and infrastructure received by aluminium smelting; o biased funding of roads compared with infrastructure for public transport, cycling and walking; o failure to follow New Zealand's lead and implement mass-distance charges for heavy trucks in populous areas of Australia; o inadequate taxes on car parking in city centres and sub-centres. Using the revenue obtained from eliminating these and other concessions, Professor Diesendorf proposes a number of key actions to reduce emissions, for instance: o Increase the funding to local governments from the Cities for Climate Protection program of the Australian Greenhouse Office by a factor of 10. The present funding, he says, only provides the "microscopic" average amount of about $3,500 p.a. per Council. o With this and other funding, Councils would develop integrated local transport and land use plans and implementation programs, including demand management of traffic, improved facilities for cyclists and pedestrians, orientation of streets and blocks in new subdivisions, and incentive programs for local businesses to monitor and reduce GHG emissions. o Increase the modest target for new renewable electricity generation from 2% to 5% of total electricity demand in 2010 and set a similar target for renewable sources of heat. o Mandate energy ratings and energy performance standards for all homes, equipment and appliances. o Adopt legislation similar to the USA's Transportation Equity Act, which requires roads to compete with rail for federal funding, and includes environmental impacts in assessments of proposals. o Ensure that new investments in major transport links, suburbs, power stations, shopping centres and employment centres are planned to minimise GHG emissions, as partially implemented in the UK. In practise, this could mean a ban on new urban freeways, new coal-fired power stations and new shopping malls located outside walking distance of public transport nodes. o Remove subsidies from electricity and fuel prices in rural areas, and replace them with equivalent rural-area location allowances. This would enable country people to invest in cost-effective energy efficiency measures, solar hot water and small-scale solar and wind power. o Remove incentives for selling excessive electricity from electricity retailers in all States. The goal should be the reduction of energy bills, not the price of a unit of electricity. Professor Diesendorf points out that most of these proposed actions would involve institutional change and so would be inexpensive to implement. A few would require "real funding". "For Australia's international credibility, something similar to this package of key actions is essential", he says. Further information: Professor Mark Diesendorf Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney phone (02) 9209 4353 bh direct; fax (02) 9209 4351; email: Mark.Diesendorf@uts.edu.au The complete discussion paper can be viewed on http://www.isf.uts.edu.au/, see under News. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type text/enriched From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Sep 26 23:59:08 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:59:08 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Car free day reports - ex. Europe Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We have been asked by our good friends at the Italian Ministry of the Environment if we lend a hand and cobble together for them a short note summarizing the state of play on the car free day front, ex. Europe. For some reason when they called this morning I said yes -- and then they added ?can we have it by tomorrow night?? Aaarrgh. Anyway, if you happen to have any information or links which report on car free day initiatives outside of the European Union area, I would be grateful to hear from you so that we can fold this information into the overview that they are presently working on and which is to be shortly posted on the CFD Web site. * * * More ambitiously, and if available, it will be good to have handouts, announcements, instructions, photos, graphics (e.g., the logo if any), newspaper reports, poll results and other forms of feedback including personal commentaries Also if there is anything which we can all see via Links, that is the most efficient (especially when the linked materials are explained by a line or two of background so that the reader knows what it is and why it's going to be worth the trip). If you go to the @World CarFree Day site at http://ecoplan.org/carfreeday and click the CFD 2000 Inventory link, you will see that some information has already been posted on the Bangkok experience and a few other, and while all of it comes from the media, it has been filtered by someone with deep knowledge of the local scene so makes interesting reading. For my part, I spent the Day and the week in Bilbao as a guest of the city observing, interacting and commenting on the day, preparations, accomplishments and follow-up intentions there. Hope to get a report to the group on this over the weekend. * * * WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Because it's the feedback cycle that the whole Car Free Day thing is above all really about. Both the feedback from the people in the streets to the political authorities and demonstrators (our elected and paid for by us public SERVANTS), and to the community as a whole (which is thus empowered by this cooperative exercise). Then too there is the whole wonderful process of 'cross-learning' as we look at and learn from each other (which of course is why we are all here in this forum in the first place, n'est-ce pas?). Until now, most of the car free day projects known to us have been very short indeed on good feedback, and that is a real problem. Our hope is that this inventory and its contents will not only be useful for you, but will also encourage you to post the results of your Day or program. I would like to think that in due course we will have several dozen entries here so that anyone who wishes to consider a car free day in their city or neighborhood in the future will have this as a firm base for understanding better how to go about it. I think we all look forward to this. Regards, 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 Telephone +331 4326 1323 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Fax + Voicemail: +1 888 522 6419 (toll free) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20000926/2fe42f05/attachment.htm From craig_townsend at hotmail.com Wed Sep 27 10:32:18 2000 From: craig_townsend at hotmail.com (Craig Townsend) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:32:18 WST Subject: [sustran] Re: Car free day reports - ex. Europe Message-ID: Eric, Below is another news item of Bangkok's first car free day. For information on the Thai car free day go to: http://www.nepo.go.th/index-E.html There is a light blue circular background with some Thai text and "22" on it. Click and it will take you to the car free day home page. Most of it is in Thai but if you click around a bit you should find the main logo which also includes the English "In town, without my car!" Some of the Thai text will translate into symbols unless your browser can encode Thai text. Best wishes, Craig ______________________________________________________________ >From the Nation (Thailand) Internet Edition, 27 September 2000 Car-free day a breath of fresh air DECREASED traffic congestion and air pollution in Bangkok last Friday, Thailand's first Car-Free Day, was a direct result of fewer cars on the roads, PM's Office Minister Savit Bhotiwihok told Cabinet yesterday. Savit, in charge of the National Energy Policy Office (Nepo), said the Car-Free Day campaign successfully persuaded about 8 per cent of the capital's motorists to leave their cars at home, an estimated decrease of 104,000 vehicles. Fewer vehicles meant improved air quality, he said. According to a Nepo study, traffic congestion on expressways eased between 10 to 20 per cent and traffic flow on ordinary roads was 5 to 10 per cent better than a week before. "The number of vehicles on the second-stage expressway approximately reduced by 50,000, to only 340,000 cars when compared to September 15," Savit said. He said the campaign had effectively encouraged more people to use public transport - the number of train passengers increased by 35.8 per cent and Microbus passengers increased by 3.9 per cent. "The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority also had 6.9 per cent more passengers," said Savit. And the Bangkok Transit System, the Skytrain operator, reported a 14.9 per cent increase in passengers. Savit said air-quality tests on Friday revealed the Car-Free Day had had an immediate effect on air pollution levels. Pollution Control Department monitoring stations tracked significant decreases in the levels of carbon monoxide and PM-10, another major pollutant produced by cars. The campaign's success has prompted Nepo to draft measures aimed at encouraging people to use public transport more in the future. ******************************************************* Craig Townsend, PhD Candidate & Researcher Apt. 35, Krisda Mansion 11/26 Sukhumvit Soi 1, Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Thailand tel: (66 2) 251-6472 fax: (66 2) 255-5933 Institute for Sustainability & Technology Policy (ISTP) Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch Perth, Western Australia 6150 tel: (61 8) 9360-6293 fax: (61 8) 9360-6421 email: townsend@central.murdoch.edu.au _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. From sagaris at lake.cl Wed Sep 27 19:11:35 2000 From: sagaris at lake.cl (Lake Sagaris) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 06:11:35 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: Car free day reports - ex. Europe References: Message-ID: <008701c0286b$69495840$031f1dc8@computer> Hi -- Just a note of encouragement. The Car-Free day received a rapid but interesting and heartening news report on one of the Chilean TV channels the other day. It looked good and sounded good. We'll see if Santiago can get its act together to do something for next year (we need a long lead time!). Best, Lake ----- Original Message ----- From: Craig Townsend To: Sent: September 27, 2000 6:32 AM Subject: [sustran] Re: Car free day reports - ex. Europe > Eric, > > Below is another news item of Bangkok's first car free day. > > For information on the Thai car free day go to: > > http://www.nepo.go.th/index-E.html > > There is a light blue circular background with some Thai text and "22" on > it. Click and it will take you to the car free day home page. Most of it is > in Thai but if you click around a bit you should find the main logo which > also includes the English "In town, without my car!" Some of the Thai text > will translate into symbols unless your browser can encode Thai text. > > Best wishes, > > Craig > > ______________________________________________________________ > >From the Nation (Thailand) Internet Edition, 27 September 2000 > > Car-free day a breath of fresh air > > > DECREASED traffic congestion and air pollution in Bangkok last Friday, > Thailand's first Car-Free Day, was a direct result of fewer cars on the > roads, PM's Office Minister Savit Bhotiwihok told Cabinet yesterday. > > Savit, in charge of the National Energy Policy Office (Nepo), said the > Car-Free Day campaign successfully persuaded about 8 per cent of the > capital's motorists to leave their cars at home, an estimated decrease of > 104,000 vehicles. Fewer vehicles meant improved air quality, he said. > > According to a Nepo study, traffic congestion on expressways eased between > 10 to 20 per cent and traffic flow on ordinary roads was 5 to 10 per cent > better than a week before. > > "The number of vehicles on the second-stage expressway approximately reduced > by 50,000, to only 340,000 cars when compared to September 15," Savit said. > > He said the campaign had effectively encouraged more people to use public > transport - the number of train passengers increased by 35.8 per cent and > Microbus passengers increased by 3.9 per cent. > > "The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority also had 6.9 per cent more passengers," > said Savit. And the Bangkok Transit System, the Skytrain operator, reported > a 14.9 per cent increase in passengers. > > Savit said air-quality tests on Friday revealed the Car-Free Day had had an > immediate effect on air pollution levels. Pollution Control Department > monitoring stations tracked significant decreases in the levels of carbon > monoxide and PM-10, another major pollutant produced by cars. > > The campaign's success has prompted Nepo to draft measures aimed at > encouraging people to use public transport more in the future. > > > ******************************************************* > Craig Townsend, PhD Candidate & Researcher > > Apt. 35, Krisda Mansion > 11/26 Sukhumvit Soi 1, Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Thailand > tel: (66 2) 251-6472 fax: (66 2) 255-5933 > > Institute for Sustainability & Technology Policy (ISTP) > Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch > Perth, Western Australia 6150 > tel: (61 8) 9360-6293 fax: (61 8) 9360-6421 > > email: townsend@central.murdoch.edu.au > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. From howesap at saptco.com.sa Wed Sep 27 19:36:50 2000 From: howesap at saptco.com.sa (Alan P Howes) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:36:50 +0300 Subject: [sustran] Bus / Public Transport reading list? Message-ID: <009601c0286e$d88e6c60$3b646464@alanhowes> I am looking for help. We have a new CEO here at SAPTCO. The company being a parastatal (mainly privately owned, mainly government controlled) it is not surprising that he has come from the Saudi Ministry of Finance. He is an Engineer (I think) and he knows nothing about Buses or Public Transport, beyond what any intelligent man-in-the-street knows. He wants me to find him some suitable reading material to fil this gap. Ilhamdul'illah! SAPTCO has 2,600 buses, roughly split between (profitable) Inter-City operation and (loss-making) urban operation. the latter has suffered considerable management neglect of late. (We are now carrying about 10% of the traffic we were 18 years ago, with roughly the same size fleet! Admittedly, our contract business had increased significantly - until this summer, when we lost most of it. Eggs and Baskets come to mind.) What I am looking for is a recent book that gives adequate coverage to the business side of bus operation. It should preferably not be restricted to a particular country, but should look at the revolution in bus operation typified by Deregulation and Privatisation in the UK. The message I am looking to convey is that buses can provide an urban transport system that is well-organised and of good quality, without incurring enormous subsidies. It needs to balance the totally-free-market approach against the totally-planned approach. Does anyone know of a suitable work? Or alternatively, is there on the Web a (Public) Transportation book list? the only title I have come up with so far is Peter White's "Public Transport - Its Planning, Management and Operation". I have to admit that I haven't read it (but I will buy it!), but from what I know it is very UK, and looks from the academic rather than business standpoint. All assistance most welcome. -- howesap@saptco.com.sa Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh +966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com From litman at vtpi.org Wed Sep 27 22:28:50 2000 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Litman) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 06:28:50 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: Bus / Public Transport reading list? In-Reply-To: <009601c0286e$d88e6c60$3b646464@alanhowes> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000927062850.013812d0@pop.islandnet.com> A book that puts public transit into the context of urban planning and development is Vukan R. Vuchic, "Transportation for Livable Cities," URP Books (http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr. It's more about planning than operations, but may be helpful for developing strategic goals and political support. At 01:36 PM 09/27/2000 +0300, you wrote: >I am looking for help. > >We have a new CEO here at SAPTCO. The company being a parastatal (mainly >privately owned, mainly government controlled) it is not surprising that he >has come from the Saudi Ministry of Finance. He is an Engineer (I think) and >he knows nothing about Buses or Public Transport, beyond what any >intelligent man-in-the-street knows. > >He wants me to find him some suitable reading material to fil this gap. >Ilhamdul'illah! SAPTCO has 2,600 buses, roughly split between (profitable) >Inter-City operation and (loss-making) urban operation. the latter has >suffered considerable management neglect of late. (We are now carrying about >10% of the traffic we were 18 years ago, with roughly the same size fleet! >Admittedly, our contract business had increased significantly - until this >summer, when we lost most of it. Eggs and Baskets come to mind.) > >What I am looking for is a recent book that gives adequate coverage to the >business side of bus operation. It should preferably not be restricted to a >particular country, but should look at the revolution in bus operation >typified by Deregulation and Privatisation in the UK. The message I am >looking to convey is that buses can provide an urban transport system that >is well-organised and of good quality, without incurring enormous subsidies. > >It needs to balance the totally-free-market approach against the >totally-planned approach. > >Does anyone know of a suitable work? Or alternatively, is there on the Web a >(Public) Transportation book list? the only title I have come up with so far >is Peter White's "Public Transport - Its Planning, Management and >Operation". I have to admit that I haven't read it (but I will buy it!), but >from what I know it is very UK, and looks from the academic rather than >business standpoint. > >All assistance most welcome. > >-- >howesap@saptco.com.sa >Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh >+966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 >Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com > > > > > 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 a.j.plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk Thu Sep 28 05:29:54 2000 From: a.j.plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk (Antony J Plumbe) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:29:54 +0000 () Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Re: Bus / Public Transport reading list? In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000927062850.013812d0@pop.islandnet.com> Message-ID: Alan, I suggest you look at Hugh McLintock's Planning Bibliographies accesssible at the University of Nottingham. For buses the URLs are: http://omni.ac.uk:8099/0x80f3d2fe_0x00041242 and http://omni.ac.uk:8099/0x80f3d2fe_0x00095491 The contents are UK oriented but do contain some overseas material. Some of the items may be difficult to obtain in Saudi Arabia. A text which is helpful regarding UK tendering practices (but is probably out of print now) is: Huntley, PG. Tendering and Local Bus Operation; The Practical Handbook. Croner Publications Ltd., Kingston upon Thames, 1989. ISBN 1854520059. Tony Plumbe On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 06:28:50 -0700 Todd Litman wrote: > > A book that puts public transit into the context of urban planning and > development is Vukan R. Vuchic, "Transportation for Livable Cities," URP > Books (http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr. It's more about planning than > operations, but may be helpful for developing strategic goals and political > support. > > At 01:36 PM 09/27/2000 +0300, you wrote: > >I am looking for help. > > > >We have a new CEO here at SAPTCO. The company being a parastatal (mainly > >privately owned, mainly government controlled) it is not surprising that he > >has come from the Saudi Ministry of Finance. He is an Engineer (I think) and > >he knows nothing about Buses or Public Transport, beyond what any > >intelligent man-in-the-street knows. > > > >He wants me to find him some suitable reading material to fil this gap. > >Ilhamdul'illah! SAPTCO has 2,600 buses, roughly split between (profitable) > >Inter-City operation and (loss-making) urban operation. the latter has > >suffered considerable management neglect of late. (We are now carrying about > >10% of the traffic we were 18 years ago, with roughly the same size fleet! > >Admittedly, our contract business had increased significantly - until this > >summer, when we lost most of it. Eggs and Baskets come to mind.) > > > >What I am looking for is a recent book that gives adequate coverage to the > >business side of bus operation. It should preferably not be restricted to a > >particular country, but should look at the revolution in bus operation > >typified by Deregulation and Privatisation in the UK. The message I am > >looking to convey is that buses can provide an urban transport system that > >is well-organised and of good quality, without incurring enormous subsidies. > > > >It needs to balance the totally-free-market approach against the > >totally-planned approach. > > > >Does anyone know of a suitable work? Or alternatively, is there on the Web a > >(Public) Transportation book list? the only title I have come up with so far > >is Peter White's "Public Transport - Its Planning, Management and > >Operation". I have to admit that I haven't read it (but I will buy it!), but > >from what I know it is very UK, and looks from the academic rather than > >business standpoint. > > > >All assistance most welcome. > > > >-- > >howesap@saptco.com.sa > >Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh > >+966 1 454 5000 ext. 156 > >Personal email: alanhowes@usaksa.com > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 ---------------------- A. J. Plumbe, Director, Outside Programmes, Co-ordinator M.Sc. in Project Planning and Management, email: a.j.plumbe@bradford.ac.uk Fax: International: +44-1274-235280 Domestic : 01274-235280 Phone: International : +44-1274-235264 Domestic : 01274-235264 Mailing Address: DPPC, Bradford University, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., BD7 1DP. From bayk at quickweb.com.ph Thu Sep 28 12:04:36 2000 From: bayk at quickweb.com.ph (Heckler) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 11:04:36 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Requesting your support Message-ID: <008a01c028fa$7898f8c0$0400a8c0@computer3> Dear Co-Worker for Sustainable Transport and the Environment, The Implementing Rules and Regulations of the recently passed Philippine Clean Air Law and its accompanying Action Plan are being finalized. The draft was presented to local non-government organizations (NGOs) for consultations last July and we proposed that specific language that would promote of non-motorized transport (NMT) as part of air pollution prevention meaasures be included in the draft. At that time, government representatives agreed to do so but when the supposedly updated draft document was presented in final public consultations earlier this month, the provision on NMT was nowhere to be found. The government panel said it was an oversight and would "see what we can do." To help them along in this process we are seeking your support to put some pressure on the government to actually do what they say. Attached below is a letter to the government representatives of the Department of Transportation and Communications and Department of Environment and Natural Resources who are directly involved in writing the IRR. We are asking local and international NGOs and public interest groups to add their names to the letter -- the more the merrier. Of course you could sign on as an individual but we ask that you add information to identify yourself. The final version will be out very soon so please respond as quickly as soon as possible hopefully by September 30 so we can add your name to the signatories' list. We would also be delighted if you could pass this on to others of like mind. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Katti Sta. Ana THE FIREFLY BRIGADE fireflybrigade@mindgate.net Ramon Fernan BAYK AKSYON bayk_aksyon@yahoo.com ------------- September 25, 2000 Mr. Arnel Manresa Chief, Road Transport Planning Division Department of Transportation and Communications Ortigas Ave., Greenhills Mandaluyong City Philippines cc: Mr. Peter Abaya, Director, Environmental Management Bureau Dear Sir, In the just concluded public consultation on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) and Action Plan of the Philippine Clean Air Act, you assured sustainable transport advocates that you agree with the basic principle of promoting non-motorized transport (NMT) as a solution to our air pollution problems. We now write this letter to urge you and the concerned government agency representatives to turn your words into action. The promotion of NMT is already part of several policy documents as well as part of international accords that the Philippine government is signatory to, specifically Philippine Agenda 21 and the Declaration that came out of Habitat II. Specifying the use of NMT in the Clean Air Act IRR as well as the Action Plan will bring this commitment into action. By design or otherwise, the draft documents give priority to technical solutions to a problem (air pollution) that is not purely technical in nature. Cleaner fuels, cleaner engines, less end-of-pipe emissions are all well and good and are important components of an overall strategy towards cleaning up the air. We strongly recommend that the IRR include specific language saying that the promotion of NMT must be part of this overall strategy. It is incumbent upon the IRR to put teeth towards ensuring that stakeholders, particularly the local governments, to take concrete steps towards seriously thinking how cycling, walking, etc. should be promoted locally, how plans should be formulated, what targets should be set and how such initiatives should be funded. These can be done by: 1. making sure that the IRR directs national government agencies directly related to transport and the environment, such as the DOTC, the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and local governments to develop programs and projects for the popular use of non-motorized transport; 2. setting aside national funds to support such NMT initiatives by local government and NMT programs of government agencies; and 3. specifying the ambient air quality standards that local authorities must attain or face censure and the possible loss of resources coming from the national treasury should they fail to do so. In the light of the experience of other countries, compliance requirements have successfully forced local governments to take the issue of clean air seriously and to implement effective measures to curb further pollution for their local communities. The citizen suit provision of the law can only be an effective weapon for enforcement if there are clearly stated mandates in the IRR regarding violations. Going after individual violators through such suits are, at best, stop gap measures. The air we breathe is part of the commons. Both national and local government should be held primarily responsible for its cleanliness and quality. Compliance requirements will give the citizen suits real mandates for going after those government authorities failing to do their job. We hope these recommendations are taken in the spirit in which they are offered, that is, as concrete and doable suggestions to really clean up the air. We are relying on you to include our recommendations in the IRR and Action Plan. Signed: PLEASE INCLUDE YOURSELF HERE: SEND IT BACK TO US THROUGH E-MAIL Name Title Organization e-mail , mailing address, contact numbers, Country base Ramon Fernan III BAYK AKSYON bayk_aksyon@yahoo.com Room 205, National College of Public Administration and Governance University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Tel. 925-4109 Katti Sta. Ana Convenor THE FIREFLY BRIGADE fireflybrigade@mindgate.net 31A Elm Street, San Roque, Marikina, Philippines Tel: 682-4304 / 430-4205 From sustran at po.jaring.my Thu Sep 28 22:12:07 2000 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:12:07 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Velo-city call for papers Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000928211207.00855d20@relay101.jaring.my> I received this from Oliver Hatch who is part of the Velo-city organising group. Paul >The 'Velo-city' international cycle planning conference will be held from >September 17th through 21st, 2001 in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. This >conference series which started in 1980 regularly attracts over 550 >delegates from more than 30 countries. YOU have a chance to be part of the >programme next year in Scotland. A call-for-papers is now in progress with a >deadline date of November 1st. There are five conference themes, which along >with the other conditions are set out in the web site www.velo-city2001.org >Abstracts need be no more than 300 words, and can be submitted on the web >site. Oh! and why the two sites? Because on Monday and Tuesday the event >will be in Edinburgh, Thursday and Friday we will be in Glasgow, and on >Wednesday the whole conference has the opportunity to cycle from one to the >other - a rolling event. Be there From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Sep 29 21:00:15 2000 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:00:15 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Special Journal issue: Walk to School Message-ID: This is to let you know that we have just this week taken the first steps with a fine and fast growing group of international collaborators to prepare a Special Issue of the Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice for the second half of 2001 on the, we think timely and important, topic of "Walk to School". You will find full details on this project on our Children on the Move! site at http://ecoplan.org/children, as well as a short announcement in the Future Editions section of the electronic edition of the Journal itself (at http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp). We invite you to have a look, and of course to share with us your ideas and suggestions for this cooperative effort. Does it touch on anything which is of direct interest to you and your collaborators? Might you somehow wish to get involved in some aspect of the project? Do you have anything on line or planned for which some aspects of the project or the Journal might be of direct use? A high priority concern at this point is to extend coverage to the non-English language world. We are aware that there are some great and interesting things gong on along these lines in other language areas and countries, and we really need to make sure that we get full and fair coverage of these. But for this we are going to need help. So have a look and do let us know what you think. And should you have any ideas for a Special or Joint Edition on some other topic, let us know about that too. With kind regards, 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 Telephone +331 4326 1323 Voice/Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) Fax + Voicemail: +1 888 522 6419 (toll free)