From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Sat Jan 6 10:29:37 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:29:37 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Get Involved in Earth Day 2001! Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0A00923F@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Please note below the Car Free Day component of the Earth Day efforts this year. -----Original Message----- From: World Wide [mailto:worldwide@earthday.net] Sent: Saturday, 6 January 2001 2:39 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; Subject: Get Involved in Earth Day 2001! Built up over its 30 year history, the Earth Day movement involves millions and millions of people across the planet. Owned by no one and open to everyone, Earth Day is a vehicle to create change on a massive, global scale. Join with us in celebrating Earth Day 2001. Together we are stronger than any of us could ever be on our own. YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO EARTH DAY Earth Day Network is committed to supporting the diverse range of groups that celebrate Earth Day each year. That's why we encourage you to take whatever Earth Day action is most appropriate for your organization and community. Whatever you decide to do for Earth Day, we value your efforts. To make the biggest impact possible, each year's Earth Day will have a theme. This helps to unite our voices, and provides a rallying point around which groups can come together in truly global actions. For 2001, our theme is energy and global warming. We've developed an exciting campaign around this (see below), and hope you will become involved. In future years, we will focus on other critical environmental issues. Regardless of the theme, and whether or not you decide to tie your Earth Day efforts to that theme, we value your important work. WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN the Earth Day 2001 Clean Energy Campaign! Working with our Network's 5,000 member groups in 184 countries, the Earth Day 2001 campaign will focus worldwide attention on energy and global warming - a problem that is so severe that only international cooperation can solve it. No other issue touches a wider variety of environmental problems than what kind of energy we employ to power society, where we get it from, and how efficiently we use it. For Earth Day 2001, we are running a high-profile energy campaign. Join with others around the world in a global demand for clean energy. Every voice counts, and every action matters! EARTH DAY CLEAN ENERGY CAMPAIGN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS Across the world, individuals have been tortured, imprisoned and even killed for speaking up in defense of their communities and their land. Join us in protest against the human rights and environmental abuses associated with fossil fuel extraction projects worldwide. With Amnesty International and Sierra Club. GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS TO A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE Our partners are working with governments to foster substantive commitments to renewable energy, particularly by island nations, whose very existence is threatened by global warming and rising sea levels. Commitments by these nations provide a strong example to leaders everywhere that combating global warming is not only necessary, but possible. Encourage your government to commit to clean energy. With Climate Institute, Counterpart International, and Winrock International. CLEAN ENERGY FUNDING Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars are injected into unsustainable energy projects in developing countries, destroying eco-systems and displacing people and other species. Call for major international funders to channel more money into renewable energy projects, especially in developing countries. With Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, and Oilwatch. SAFE POWER - LEAVING NUCLEAR BEHIND When the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 9) convenes in April 2001 to discuss whether nuclear power warrants its stamp of approval, we will be there to expose the dangers of nuclear power. Join us in demanding that only genuinely clean technologies, such as solar, wind and hydrogen, be accepted as solutions to global warming. With World Information Service on Energy (WISE) and Nuclear Information and Research Service (NIRS). POWER SAVE - HABITS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY Call for corporations, governments and individuals in energy-guzzling industrialized nations, particularly the USA, to use less energy, and to use it more wisely. Far from what those with a vested interest would have you believe, cutting fossil fuel use and increasing energy efficiency is good for the climate and makes good economic sense. Take responsible corporations and individuals such as yourself to be more energy efficient. CAR-FREE DAY Cars pollute our air, contribute to global warming and cause asthma and other serious respiratory ailments. On April 19th 2001, people all around the world will stay out of cars as part of a coordinated global statement to leaders everywhere that we need viable transportation alternatives and a transition to a clean energy future. Do your part by pledging to stay out of cars on 19 April 2001. With The Commons. For more details on how you can be involved, please visit our website, at http://www.earthday.net/goals or email us at worldwide@earthday.net We look forward to hearing your plans for Earth Day 2001. Whatever you choose to do for Earth Day, Earth Day Network will strengthen your efforts by linking them to the wider environmental community, and by promoting them to the rest of the world. Thank you for being part of the Earth Day Network. Best regards, Serryn Janson, International Director Vickery Prongay, Deputy Director, International Helen Couture Rodriguez Maria Elena Rodriguez Sierra James Leigh-Anne Havemann *********** ..... Earth Day Network 811 First Avenue, Suite 454 Seattle, WA 98104 USA Tel: + 1.206.876.2002 Fax: + 1.206.876.2015 worldwide@earthday.net http://www.earthday.net From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Sat Jan 6 10:37:45 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:37:45 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Feb 12-14 - The Clean Air Workshop in Bangkok - the second an nouncement andregistration Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0A009240@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Note the change of dates for this workshop below. Dr Paul Barter Visiting Fellow Department of Geography National University of Singapore 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 Tel: +65-874 3860; Fax: +65-777 3091 E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg I'm also known as A Rahman Paul Barter > -----Original Message----- > From: Jxie@worldbank.org [mailto:Jxie@worldbank.org] > Sent: Saturday, 6 January 2001 4:38 > Subject: Feb 12-14 - The Clean Air Workshop in Bangkok - the second > announcement andregistration > > > > Dear all. > > Thank you for your interests in and supports to the workshop. > Due to a public > holiday and the unavailability of some key BMA officials in > the week of Feb 5, > the workshop date has changed to Feb 12-14 (Mon-Wed). Please > take a note and, > if you have planned to attend, adjust your travel plans > accordingly. Sorry for > any inconvinence. > > The following is the second announcement of the workshop. > The preliminary > program and registration form of the workshop are enclosed in > the attached file. > Please help distribute it wherever appropriate. > > ********** > Second Announcement and Call for Participation > > Regional Workshop > Fighting Urban Air Pollution: From Plan to Action > > Bangkok, Thailand > February 12-14, 2001 > > Organized by > Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) > > Co-sponsored by > The World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Ford Motor Company, > and the Government > of Japan > through > the Clean Air Initiative in East Asian Cities > > > Background > > Human exposure to air pollution has caused thousands of > cases of premature > death and respiratory illness in urban areas. This is > particularly acute among > the urban poor in many developing countries. East Asia is > one of the regions > suffering the most from urban air pollution. > > In many East Asia cities, governments have already > recognized that a high > concentration of air pollution is threatening public health, > productivity in > urban areas, and the quality of life. Fighting air pollution > has become a top > priority of government policies as well as that of many donor > agencies' > assistance strategies. For instance, in recent years the > Government of Bangkok > attaches a high priority to reducing vehicular emissions in > the city. The World > Bank has also identified air pollution as one of key > environmental issues in its > recent Environmental Strategy for East Asia and proposed to > expand urban > environmental projects to include cross-sectoral > collaboration on urban air > quality management throughout the region. > > Most studies and projects to date on urban air quality > management have > looked at the problem from a sectoral perspective. An integrated, > multidisciplinary, and action-oriented approach involving the > public and private > sectors would provide the political-technical interface > needed for municipal > governments to be more effective. This, therefore, calls for > the involvement of > the Clean Air initiative in East Asian Cities. The goal of > the Initiative is to > assist developing country governments in the region to > effectively manage urban > air quality and protect public health. By bringing together > stakeholders, both > public and private, the Initiative will help build a > consensus for actions. > > Objectives of the Workshop > > ? to foster discussions and the exchange of experiences > among cities and > different stakeholders and promote air pollution reduction > action planning and > project preparation in the host city Bangkok and other > participating cities > ? to encourage the establishment of a team of focal points > representing > relevant government agencies, civil society groups, the > private sector, and > donor agencies to fully develop the Clean Air Initiative and > coordinate future > activities > > Organizers and Sponsors > > The workshop will be organized by the Bangkok > Metropolitan Authorities in > collaboration of the Bangkok Air Quality Management Project > and the World Bank > Institute and co-sponsored by the World Bank, Asian > Development Bank, Ford Motor > Company, and the Government of Japan through the Clean Air > Initiative in East > Asian Cities. Other participating agencies include key > government agencies in > Thailand, U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership, Development > Bank of Japan, > GTZ/ESCAP, USEPA, AusAID, International Energy Agency, and > Shell International. > Other donor agencies and private companies are welcome to > join in the workshop > and/or the Clean Air Initiative in East Asia Cities as a sponsor. > > Participants > > The workshop will be attended by participants > representing government > agencies and civil society groups in Bangkok and other > selected cities in > Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China as well as > representatives and experts of international organizations, > donor agencies, and > the private sector. > > Registration and Fees > > All participants should complete the registration form > (attached at the end > of the announcement) and send back to contact persons listed below. > Participants, except for those sponsored by organizing or > sponsoring agencies, > should be responsible for their own travel, food and lodging > costs. The > workshop (including lunches and materials) will be free for registered > participants. > > Language > > The workshop will be conducted in English and Thai. Simultaneous > translation between English and Thai will be provided. > > Venue and Hotel Reservation > (To be determined soon) > > Contact Persons > > For the registration of participants in Thailand and local > logistics (hotel, > etc.): > Mr. Thanaphol Udomthanakij > World Bank Thailand Office > 14/F Diethelm Tower A, 93/1 Wireless Road > Bangkok 10330 > Tel: 662-2567792 Ext. 3394, Fax: 662-2567794/5 > Email: kchambundabongse@worldbank.org > Or BMA contacts (tbd) > > For the registration of international participants and the > travel arrangement of > participants sponsored by the World Bank: > Ms. Vanessa D. Posey > Environment and Natural Resources Division > World Bank Institute, The World Bank > 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. > Phone: 202-473-6395, Fax: 202-676-0977, E-mail: vposey@worldbank.org > or Ms. Nelvia Hayme Diaz > Phone: 202-458-9277, Fax: 202-676-0977, E-mail: ndiaz@worldbank.org > or Ms. Maria Rosa Schwartz > Phone: 202-473-8782, Fax: 202-676-0977, E-mail: > mschwartz@worldbank.org > > For general information on the workshop, presentations, and > sponsorships, please > contact > Mr. Jian Xie, World Bank Institute, The World Bank > 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. > Phone: 202-473-2766, Fax: 202-676-0978, E-mail: jxie@worldbank.org > > (See attached file: CAI BKK Wshop Anno&Registration.doc) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ > Jian Xie > Environmental Specialist > Environment and Natural Resources > World Bank Institute > The World Bank, Rm J4-009 Phone: 202-473-2766 > 1818 H Street, N.W. Fax: > 202-676-0978 > Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. E-mail: > jxie@worldbank.org > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Jan 10 03:40:18 2001 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:40:18 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Earth Car Free Day/Sustainable Development Conferences sysnergies Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, April 19th, only 99 days from today, is the date for Earth Car Free Day, and if you would like to see the state of play in preparations for it, we invite you to visit us at www.carfreeday.com. As you will note, it's a wide open project and there is a huge amount of room for people and groups to try and demonstrate ideas and concepts about sustainable transportation and more sustainable lives. But the reason for this note today is to ask if any of you might know about sustainable transport conferences of any sort that might be taking place on or close to that date. We are hoping to see if we can create some interesting synergies. We are already in contact with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, who are taking a lead role in the United Nations meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Development that week, and they are in the process of organizing a high visibility public bike ride in support of the concept. But what about other places? And in the Third World? Finally, let me mention that our friends in Bogot? are hard at work in laying the base for their second car-free day, which is going to take place on Thursday, the 1st of February. There are several interesting wrinkles on that which we should like to share with you. The first is that it is also serving as a test bed for a number of the concepts that we plan to push further in Earth Car Free Day. The second is that the new mayor of Bogot?, Antanas Mockus, is inviting the mayors of all the Latin American capitals to come to Bogot? and observe their day. We think this is a terrific initiative and look forward to following it closely and learning from it. To follow it, we propose that you keep an eye on the Earth Car Free Day site. Kind thanks for your ideas and suggestions on all this. With all good wishes, Eric Britton ecopl@n___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL ecoplan.org Day phone: +331 4326 1323 Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 Voice/Videoconference/Data +331.4441.6340 (1-4) 24 hour Voicemail/Fax hotline: +331 5301 2896 From rajendra.aryal at undp.org Fri Jan 12 19:16:54 2001 From: rajendra.aryal at undp.org (Rajendra Aryal) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:46:54 +0530 Subject: [sustran] International Driving License: Nepal References: <3.0.6.32.20000504210940.008bf5c0@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <3A5ED996.E076FFA1@undp.org> Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am happy to inform you all that a initiative has been taken in Nepal by the Senior Superintendent of Police for Kathmandu Metrololitan City, Mr. Kumar Koirala to issueinternational driving license for the Nepalese citizens for the first time in Nepal. As a transport guy, I had a very good and encouraging discussion with him today afternoon. In fact, this is a new initiative for our country and we feel that we need to share and exchange a lot of information and experience from other parts of the world. I would thus like to request all SUSTRAN members to share the experience they have in this sector. It would also be useful if you could throw some light on the existing system in your respective countries, which could be highly beneficial for us here in Nepal, mainly the baisc aspects such as criteria for application, test procedures, validity of the license, process of renewal, acceptance in other countries, and of course a sample of the driving license if possible (scanning could be done and sent as an attachment). I would like to thank all the SUSTRAN members for their cooperation and support in advance and hope that we will be able to get your knowledge and experience in this context. With warm regards. Rajendra Aryal From Pguitink at worldbank.org Sat Jan 13 02:25:20 2001 From: Pguitink at worldbank.org (Pguitink@worldbank.org) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:25:20 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: International Driving License: Nepal Message-ID: Dear Rajendra: I am not sure what you mean by 'issueing international driver licenses', so my response is rather general. Although ,any countries issue 'international driver licenses', these are mostly for touristic purposes and based on an multilateral or bilateral agreement to accept these licenses for temporary driving in a foreign country. However, the underlying document is your national driver license: there is no testing of driver skillls or medical examination attached to obtaining an international license, just a valid license in your home country. Apart from that, some regions have agreements that an international license is not necessary: in the European Union for example, there is a mutual recognition of national driver licenses from the country in which you live. This residence requirement is important, however, because if you move permanently to another country, you will have to obtain a driver license in that country, which can be 'just' an administrative procedure, or include a test of skills, medical, etc. Since the international driver licenses are based on the underlying national driver licensing system, I do not see much of a contribution to improving traffic safety through this system, but maybe somebody can correct me? best regards, Paul Guitink Sr. Transport Specialist Latin America and the Caribbean Region The World Bank From kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz Sun Jan 14 15:21:17 2001 From: kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz (Kerry Wood) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:21:17 +1300 Subject: [sustran] New Zealand driving licence References: <3.0.6.32.20000504210940.008bf5c0@relay101.jaring.my> <3A5ED996.E076FFA1@undp.org> Message-ID: <3A614559.1F60E24A@paradise.net.nz> Dear Rajendra New Zealand has just introduced a new driving licence. The old licences for existing drivers expired one month after each driver's birthday, so the new licences were phased in over about 13 months. The new licence is the size of a credit card and gives Family name; Personal names; Date of birth (used to tell the driver's age, and also to separate people with the same names); Date of issue; Date of expiry (Age 65 for most drivers - they need regular medical checks and driving tests after that, which get more frequent with increasing age); Licence number; Signature; Vehicle types (mine is for 'Car' which means up to 3.5 tonne); and Conditions (I have to wear glasses). An important feature of the new licence is a photo (22 x 19 mm), which is repeated under the name, as a precaution against tampering. The main reason for the new licence was to introduce something that was hard to forge. The easiest and most common way of cheating the old licence system was to give a Friend's name if you were stopped by police (carrying the old licence while driving was not compulsory, but carrying the new one is). If you could not show a licence you had to show it at any Police station within 2-3 days - plenty of time to borrow your friend's licence. At around the same time, a new driving licence testing system was introduced: 1 Get hold of a copy of the printed rules of the road, learn them, and then sit a driving theory and eyesight test. If you pass you get a learner licence, which allows you to drive under the control of a supervisor, who must have had a full licence for at lest 2 years. When driving you must display a yellow sign at the front and back, with a large black L on it. If you fail the leaner licence test (or any other test) you have to pay a new fee and try again. 2 Take a practical driving test, which is administered by the Police and takes about 20 minutes, after holding a learner licence for at least 6 months. If you pass you get a restricted licence. You can drive then yourself or your family members by day, but if your passengers are friends, or you are driving between 22.00 and 05.00, you must still have a supervisor. 3 After 18 months (or 6 months if the driver is aged over 25) on a restricted licence a driver can get a full licence. These times can be shortened if an approved training course is done. Perhaps I should explain that New Zealand allows driving at 15 years, and has a problem with drink-driving. If you would like more information, I suggest you contact Land Transport Safety Authority P O Box 2840 Wellington Or try www.ltsa.govt.nz Regards Kerry -- Kerry Wood Sustainable Transport Consulting Engineer 1 McFarlane St, Wellington 6001, NZ Phone +64 4 971 5549 Mobile +64 21 115 9346 From bfinn at singnet.com.sg Mon Jan 15 13:15:15 2001 From: bfinn at singnet.com.sg (Brendan Finn) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:15:15 +0800 Subject: [sustran] International Driving License - Ireland and Singapore References: <3.0.6.32.20000504210940.008bf5c0@relay101.jaring.my> <3A5ED996.E076FFA1@undp.org> Message-ID: <002f01c07eaa$002a82e0$51c815a5@bfinn> Dear Rajendra, In answer to your situation about issuing of international driver licences, the general situation in Ireland is as follows (there is a note on Singapore at the end of the message) : 1) An international driver's licence is issued based on an existing Irish driver licence. It is primarily an administrative document for driving in other countries, and is subject to whatever rules apply in that country. The issue of these licences is handled by the AA (Automobile Association) in Dublin and they can be issued on-the-spot for the payment of a small administration fee. 2) Testing of the driver's skill and knowledge is only carried out for the issue of the national driving licence. The test is a one-off activity based on a knowledge test, followed by a driving competence test on the public road. The test is carried out by trained officials under the Department of the Environment. The result (pass/fail) is given immediately after the test and the successful applicant can then acquire a full driving licence. Applicants are tested on the category of vehicle for which they seek the licence, and will need to undergo a further test for a more qualified licence (e.g. you may initially get a licence entitling you to drive a car, and later seek to extend your licence for bus or heavy truck). An applicant is not required to have attended any formal training course or completed a minimum number of hours of supervised training. Licences are typically issued on a 10-year basis, and renewal is a straightforward matter. 3) Although there have been promises of immediate action, we still await a penalty point system for traffic violations and driving offences. This may be introduced in 2001-2. However, the Courts have the right to suspend a driver's licence, or even disqualify them from driving for a lengthy period. This is now routine whenever a person is convicted of drink-driving (usually a one-year suspension), and disqualifications are related to serious negligent driving, or driving while under suspension. All such records are added to the driver's licence (an "endorsement"). 4) An interim ("Provisional") driving license can be issued to anyone over the age of 17 for cars, and this entitles them to drive under supervision, and is intended to allow a restricted permission to drive during the learning phase. These are issued for a limited period, and you have to submit proof of application for a driving test in order to get a renewal. However, on the second and subsequent provisional licences, the holder is allowed to drive unaccompanied. This means that drivers with little experience, as well as drivers that have failed previous tests, are out there driving on their own. In part, this reflects the dreadful backlog for testing, and in part the unwillingness of politicians to prioritise safety ahead of personal mobility and convenience. The very high cost of insurance for young drivers reduces the numbers, but often they are "named" drivers on a parent's or older brother/sister's insurance, and use the car when it is available. For contacts and for the regulations governing such licences, I suggest you access the Department of Environment through the Irish Government website at http://www.irlgov.ie Finally, for information, the situation for foreigners in Singapore is : Visitors can drive on the basis of an international driving licence supported by a current valid national driving licence, and are allowed to do so for a period not exceeding one year. After that, they must apply for a Singaporean driving licence. This involves sitting a Basic Theory (written) test. It is not necessary to take a practical test on the road. Yours sincerely, Brendan Finn. ______________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajendra Aryal" To: Cc: Sent: 12 January 2001 18:16 Subject: [sustran] International Driving License: Nepal > Dear Friends and Colleagues, > > I am happy to inform you all that a initiative has been taken in Nepal by the > Senior Superintendent of Police for Kathmandu Metrololitan City, Mr. Kumar > Koirala to issueinternational driving license for the Nepalese citizens for the > first time in Nepal. As a transport guy, I had a very good and encouraging > discussion with him today afternoon. > > In fact, this is a new initiative for our country and we feel that we need to > share and exchange a lot of information and experience from other parts of the > world. I would thus like to request all SUSTRAN members to share the experience > they have in this sector. It would also be useful if you could throw some light > on the existing system in your respective countries, which could be highly > beneficial for us here in Nepal, mainly the baisc aspects such as criteria for > application, test procedures, validity of the license, process of renewal, > acceptance in other countries, and of course a sample of the driving license if > possible (scanning could be done and sent as an attachment). > > I would like to thank all the SUSTRAN members for their cooperation and support > in advance and hope that we will be able to get your knowledge and experience in > this context. > > With warm regards. > > Rajendra Aryal > > From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Fri Jan 19 10:43:27 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:43:27 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: E-conference on 'Knowledge and Information Systems of the Urb an Poor in Developing Countries' Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0A009275@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> -----Original Message----- From: Julie Woodfield [mailto:J.Woodfield@lboro.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2001 11:07 To: ... Subject: E-conference on 'Knowledge and Information Systems of the Urban Poor in Developing Countries' E- CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT This is an invitation to zubscribe to an electronic conference on the topic of 'Knowledge and Information Systems of the Urban Poor in Developing Countries'. This is part of the research study undertaken by ITDG http://www.oneworld.org/itdg/ and funded by DFID, on ways in which the information systems and knowledge of poor urban dwellers can be strengthened. It is hoped that this e-mail conference will allow fellow researchers, policy makers, donors, people working with poor communities, teachers or trainers, communications specialists and other people interested in issues around poor people's information needs, access and knowledge acquisition, to provide inputs into the current research phase and that it will also be of benefit to zubscribers' own work. We would be particularly interested if you could help to identify specific activities or projects which have helped to inform poor people better or to strengthen their information systems. We would like to write up the best examples of these and disseminate them more widely as part of this project. The conference will run over ten weeks, in five two weekly sessions which will aim to consider the following themes: 1. Where and How Do Poor People Get Information? (22/1/2001 to 4/2/2001) 2. The Role of Information in the Development of Settlements and Livelihoods (5/2/2001 to 18/2/2001) 3. Modelling / Analysing Information Flows (19/2/2001 to 4/3/2001) 4. Strengthening Systems and Processes (5/3/2001 to 18/3/2001) 5. Outstanding Issues and Conclusions (19/3/2001 to 30/3/2001) More detailed information on these themes and further background to the project is available in the conference background paper attached. WHAT TO DO NEXT? To zubscribe online, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=urban-poor-info&A=1. Complete your email address and your name only, then choose 'join the list'. To zubscribe by email, send the following message to jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk join URBAN-POOR-INFO FIRSTNAME LASTNAME (replacing FIRSTNAME LASTNAME with your own names). You will be sent an automated Welcome message, with further details and instructions. Julie Woodfield E-conference editor +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. Julie Woodfield, Research Associate Urban Services Unit Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Loughborough University, Leics, LE11 3TU England, UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 222393 Fax: +44 (0) 1509 211079 http://www.lboro.ac.uk/wedc/ (WEDC) http://www.lboro.ac.uk/garnet/ (GARNET) From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Mon Jan 22 18:10:03 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:10:03 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Conf - SEA's Quality of Life in the New Millennium Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0A009288@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Conference Announcement "Southeast Asia's Quality of Life in the New Millennium" 12th -15th November 2001, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA. A conference for researchers, academics, decision-makers, planners, NGO's and others concerned with the challenges and the quality of life in Southeast Asia at the turn of the millennium Please forward any inquiry or/and submission to: SEAGA 6, 2001 Conference Secretariat, Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA. Phone: 603 -89293973,89292677,89292683 Fax No: 603 - 89293334 E-mail: ybmjani@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my / shah@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my / asm@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my Conference website: http://members.tripodasia.com.my/SEAGA_6/index.html Mirror site: http://www.ukm.my/2001/seminar/default.htm From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Mon Jan 22 20:32:29 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:32:29 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Training course: Managing & Financing Rural Transport Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0A009289@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> -----Original Message----- From: To promote discussion, research and exchange of information into rural tran [mailto:RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On Behalf Of Priyanthi Fernando Sent: Monday, 22 January 2001 6:30 To: RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Training course: The Managing and Financing of Rural Transport Thought list members maybe interested in this course Priyanthi Fernando IFRTD Secretariat TRAINING COURSE: THE MANAGING AND FINANCING OF RURAL TRANSPORT 04 - 15 JUNE 2001. CAMBODIA This training programme, organised by the International Division of TRL Limited, is one which the Transportation Division of the Transport, Water and Urban Development Department (TWUTD) at the World Bank are currently promoting. Following earlier programmes in the USA, UK and South Africa, this programme is being held in Cambodia, with the co-operation of the ILO. The World Bank, Bi-lateral donors and developing country governments have always invested heavily in rural roads believing them to be a fundamental prerequisite for increasing agricultural production and reducing poverty through improving access to services, opportunities and markets. Yet time after time, evaluation of rural roads projects has shown them to be unsustainable. The programme will draw on the experience of leading professionals from around the world to determine the reasons for the success and failure of rural roads projects. The focus will be on factors which need to be addressed if rural transport investments are to be successful in combating rural poverty. These include the provision of transport services, off-road transport infrastructure and the appropriate planning of transport interventions. The programme will largely revolve around case study material and a high degree of discussion and participation. A facilitator will ensure that discussion sessions are well focused and deliver firm action plans. Presentations will be made by key specialists in the field of rural transport from TRL, the World Bank and other organisations such as the ILO. The course is aimed at senior officials from road authorities and planning ministries. It may also be of interest to donors, consultants and academics who are concerned in sustainable rural transport systems in developing countries and countries in transition. The course will be conducted in English. To derive maximum benefit from attendance, all participants should be proficient in written and spoken English. OUTLINE PROGRAMME POLICIES AND STRATEGIES Rural roads and poverty alleviation; rural transport policy formulation; formulation of rural safety plans; programme for reform TRANSPORT SERVICES Promotion of the use of NMT and IMT; transport and agricultural marketing; provision of rural transport services; reform of the transport industry FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT Problems associated with designated and undesignated rural roads; creation and management of road funds; approaches to strengthening institutional capacity to manage and finance; community participation; other financing possibilities; improved funds allocation PLANNING, DESIGN, EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Importance of maintaining basic vehicle access; appraisal and evaluation of rural transport interventions; appropriate design standards; planning rural transport interventions SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Identification and valuation of social benefits; gender issues; livelihood issues; environmental impact assessments Course Fee in the region of ?3,400 includes: The cost of accommodation in single ensuite rooms & all meals Technical programme and course notes Daily transport to course venue Social activities including reception & course dinner Certificate and group photograph Experienced manager in daily attendance For further information and booking forms please contact Course Coordinator Miss Dawn A Gould Email: dgould@trl.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1344 770399 Fax: +44 (0) 1344 770356 International Division, TRL Limited, Old Wokingham Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 6AU, United Kingdom. www.trl.co.uk ________________________________________________________________________ Priyanthi Fernando Executive Secretary International Forum for Rural Transport and Development 2 Spitfire Studios 63-71 Collier Street London N1 9BE UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7713 6699 Fax: +44 (0)20 7713 8290 email: ifrtd@gn.apc.org OR priyanthi.fernando@mcmail.com Web page: http://www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Wed Jan 24 17:36:37 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:36:37 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Call For Paper of ICTTS'2002 Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0A009290@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> -----Original Message----- From: MGHB [mailto:M.G.H.Bell@NCL.AC.UK] Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2001 7:48 To: UTSG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Call For Paper of ICTTS'2002 Dear Colleagues, CALL FOR PAPERS The third international conference on traffic and transportation studies (ICTTS'2002) will be hold in Guilin, a famous scenic city of China, July 23-25, 2002. Attached is the Call For Paper of ICTTS'2002, which is also available in the following web site: http://www.njtu.edu.cn/depart/xyjtys/ictts If possible, please help to release this information to your friends. Look forward to meeting you in Guilin. Yours sincerely, Guiping XIAO Ph.D.,Associate Professor of Traffic Safety, Associate Dean and Secretary-General of ICTTS 2002 School of Traffic and Transportation Northern Jiaotong University Beijing,100044,P.R. China Tel:86-10-63240314 Fax:86-10-63240308 email:gpxiao@center.njtu.edu.cn From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Wed Jan 31 09:59:10 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:59:10 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: [transport-csd] Gender Perspectives Workshop Jan 2001: Co-Cha irs Summary Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0A0092A3@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> This will be of interest to many sustran-discussers I have forwarded only the plain text email here.. not the Word attachment that is mentioned below. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Minush@aol.com [mailto:Minush@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2001 11:48 To: transport-csd@yahoogroups.com Subject: [transport-csd] Gender Perspectives Workshop Jan 2001: Co-Chairs Summary Dear friends and colleagues, please find enclosed and attached the co-chair's summary by Minu Hemmati (UNED Forum) and Barbara Schaefer (German Ministry forthe Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety). It aims to summarise the discussions an drecommendations from the International Workshop "Gender Perspectives for Earth Summit 2002 - Energy; Transport; Information for Decision-Making", held in Berlin, 10-12 January 2001. We have attached the document as a WORD DOC file, and also copied it into this mail (see below) for those of you who may have problems opening DOC files. The summary will also be downloadable from the workshop website at www.earthsummit2002.org/workshop (in txt and pdf format). This website also has all the background papers, participants list, CSD and 2002 infos, etc. Our thanks go to all the participants at the workshop who contributed their expertise and put a lot of effort into the work at the various sessions!. We hope you will find the summary useful for your work. Please disseminate it to your networks as you see fit. A full workshop report will be available in February. Findings and recommendations from the workshop will be discussed at a Side Event at the CSD Intersessional meeting in New York in March. Best regards, Minu Hemmati & Jasmin Enayati UNED Forum ______________________________________ International Conference "Gender Perspectives for Earth Summit 2002 - Energy; Transport; Information for Decision-Making Berlin, 10-12 January 2001 Co-Chair's Summary of the Discussions Conference hosts: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin, and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin Substantive coordination: UNED Forum, London Conference Co-Chairs: Minu Hemmati, UNED Forum; and Barbara Schaefer, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety 55 participants from 12 countries, including 13 representatives from Developing Countries and Coun-tries in Transition, brought together a wealth of knowledge and expertise from various backgrounds - women's organisations, grass roots activists, professionals, academics, policy-makers. The conference was part of the preparatory process towards CSD-9 and the World Summit on Sus-tainable Development, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002 (Earth Summit 2002). It focussed on ? Three of the CSD-9 topics - energy, transport, information for decision making - as regards their gender aspects (see background papers at the workshop website); ? Preparations for Earth Summit 2002 with regard to women's priorities and activities. The conference was opened by high-level representatives: Gila Altmann, Parliamentary State Secre-tary from the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety; Dr Uschi Eid, Parliamentary State Secretary from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development; and Dr. Renate Augstein from the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senor Citizens, Women and Youth. The present co-chairs' summary will serve as an input to both these UN processes. A full report will be made available in February 2001. Over-arching Themes Several fundamental questions and challenges were brought into the fore at various points: There is a need to develop a concrete and lively common vision of sustainable development and gender justice, based on a shared set of values; an issue which is also concerning the relationship between the three pillars of sustainability. Arguing on the basis of various theoretical approaches as well as concerns about uncontrolled globalisation, participants expressed the need for developing new economic models which would serve to overcome women's poverty, where women would not be marginalised and social and environmental costs would not be externalised. Many participants expressed the need to contribute their expertise in an enlarged framework of policy-making. Current policy-making is based within the dominating paradigm of neoclassical economics - "all that counts is what can be counted in monetary terms" -, and the prevalence of analytic rather than holistic approaches to policy. This paradigm is seen to have significantly contributed to the current environmental, social and economic crises all over the world. However, a dual approach seems to be prudent: arguing for a different framework as well as working for change within the present framework. Building the institutional capacities for gender justice and sustainability was also perceived as an important tool towards change: Gender mainstreaming policies and procedural rules need to be integrated into the work of all government departments, and adequate monitoring mechanisms should be established. Gender mainstreaming and gender justice is an integral part of all dimensions of sustainable development - ecology, economy, society and institutional structures. Therefore, policy-making within all these areas need to explicitly reflect gender issues. As laid down in numerous international agreements - declarations of political as well as legally binding instruments - women need to be increasingly involved in decision-making processes in sustainable development. Creating opportunities for meaningful participation and increasing the effectiveness of women's involvement is an important goal. Participants raised the need to learn from the various strategies of advocacy to identify more clearly what can work toward change. Energy Participants raised a number of key issues, which were reflected in their recommendations for future action: ? Develop a gender analysis of all international energy-related processes and develop a gender analysis for the Climate Change Convention process, G8 and world energy reports. Immediate steps are to organize a Women and Climate Change Forum at COP-6 (resumed) and at sub-sequent COPs as well as a workshop on women and energy politics during the NGO forum parallel to the G8 meeting in Genoa, July 2001; ? Develop a North South critique of the energy industry, analysing distorting influences of the Northern-dominated energy industry on energy development in the South, based on work currently being done by NGOs and a comprehensive sustainability perspective. ? Develop guidelines for investment policies in the energy sector from a gender perspective; ? Seek commitment from shareholders of all Multilateral Development Banks to ensure gender mainstreaming in energy policies, programmes and projects so as to achieve sustainable energy development; ? Analyse the missing gender analysis in NGOs and campaigns on energy and develop strategies to promote them; ? Ensure that all energy-related research includes a gender and sustainable development analysis produced by gender-balanced teams, for example: o testing assumptions on gender differences regarding energy needs, use, planning and policy; o analysing cultural differences towards energy issues; o developing gender specific strategies towards behavioural changes in energy use; o Analysing current energy production and consumption models; o Analysing impacts of energy-related projects on women's and local communities' control over their land and water resources; o Analysing effectiveness of renewable energy policies and projects in the South; ? Develop advocacy tools to link poverty, energy and gender; ? The idea of an international tribunal at the Summit in 2002, organised by Women's groups and NGOs, was discussed, providing testimonies from victims of large energy projects and showcasing successful gender and sustainable development projects; ? Request additional resources for national and regional processes to implement the above recommendations; Transport Participants raised a number of key issues: Equity vs. environmental protection: Does creating gender equity mean to create the same mobility conditions for women as there are for men? Does global equity mean to close the gaps between developing and developed countries by increasing mobility in the South through introducing 'traditional', developed countries systems? The number of cars in the developed countries is increasing at a higher rate than population in the developing countries. Therefore, addressing problems of mobility will require not only to ask how to increase access for the under-privileged but how to decrease consumption of the over-privileged. It will also mean to significantly reduce the need to travel. Sustainable development of transport and mobility requires developing pro-active policies towards reintegration of space / time / caring work. This requires policy shifts within all government departments at national and local levels, a shift away from the dominating technological paradigms of development and of mobility which corresponds to men's rationality and men's values. Gender mainstreaming should mean not only to bring a gender perspective into the mainstream and fit women in or adjust them to the mainstream, but imply questioning of the mainstream from a gender perspective. Addressing gender dimensions within the framework of mobility is particularly important with regard to economic policy: the 'caring economy' needs to be integrated into economic analysis and policy-making as a core component, not an add-on. Women's unpaid caring activities form a crucial basis of what is currently regarded as 'economic activities proper', yet they need to be a starting point of analysis. Women have different (part-time, less paid) and fewer employment options. This is largely due to the sexual division of labour at the household level which affects their economic position and thus their access to transport. Participants suggested the following recommendations for CSD-9: ? The definition and understanding of mobility needs to be revised aiming to reflect women's lives and responsibilities - i.e. diverse patterns of a multitude of tasks and related trips such as transporting loads for sale; accompanying children and elderly, etc. - and enable authorities to design appropriate transport systems; ? In general, measures are necessary which reduce transport burdens and transport expenditures of women and men while creating equitable access and ensuring women's increased opportunities and participation; ? All transport system development should be informed by the lived experience of women; gov-ernments should integrate experts on gender-sensitive transport system planning and decision-making in their planning structures; ? Gender Impact Assessments (GIA) should be integrated into EIAs which would contribute to creating Sustainability Impact Assessments. Sustainability Audits should include Gender Audits addressing the androcentric perspectives reflected in current policies (prioritising men's lives and needs) and Caring Economy Audits; ? Gender budget analyses are an important tool of engendering macro-economic analysis; they should be conducted to provide information about how much women- & men-power, institutional and financial resources, and research funding goes into furthering women's vs. men's interests regarding transport; ? Investigate changes in transport infrastructure for all countries with a gender perspective; ? Governments should introduce participatory, inclusive transport planning methodologies in order to be able to incorporate the social / gender divide of transport and travel needs; ? Governments should commit themselves to guarantee sustainable, gender-sensitive transport systems. If privatisation is an option, governments have to define appropriate conditions; ? Governments, donor agencies and International Financial Institutions (GEF, World Bank, UNDP) should support: o research on women's strategies to cope with transport needs, incl. e-commerce / virtual shopping; community taxis; etc; o infra-structure for non-motorised transport and pedestrians; o initiatives providing more bicycles for women, especially in developing countries; o sustainable, local, small-scale transport development; ? Governments and relevant agencies should conduct improved transport surveys, including gender relevant research and gender sensitive methodologies, including gender sensitive inter-viewing; analysing daily realities of female transport users, women's latent demands and their will-ingness to pay for better transport; documenting transport sharing models at local levels; gender sensitive stakeholder consultation; ? Governments, relevant agencies and research institutions should provide statistics on gender differentiated mobility, including data differentiated by length of trip rather than number of trips; by reasons to travel (men have more choice than women); car drivers vs. passengers; accounting for journeys on foot which are women's; accounting for typical times of travel (rush hours, i.e. men's travel, vs. non-rush hours, i.e. school run); providing figures on health issues, e.g. transport poverty (being marooned in rural areas links with increased use of anti-depressants); ? Governments and donor agencies should support networks addressing working on gender and sustainable transport to develop concrete strategies towards integrating sustainable, gender-equitable development into transport systems development, particularly as part of the prepara-tions towards the Summit in 2002; ? NGOs and women's organisations should o Create a formalised dialogue amongst gender & environment researchers, women's organisa-tions and transport NGOs; o Create a West/East European network on gender & transport issues, e.g. as a component of the global NGO transport network of the CSD NGO Transport Caucus. Indicators and Information For Decision-Making Participants identified three priority areas which need further work with regard to gender considerations: 1. Science and information for decision making: ? Due to the global digital divide there are significant knowledge gaps, particularly between North and South and between women and men. The UNDP Human Development Report 1999, for example, is outlining strategies designed to bridge these gaps. Governments and donor agencies should support projects related to these strategies; ? Gender expertise needs to be integrated into research; scientific advisory bodies; and environ-mental impact assessments (EIAs); for example: o Women and women's NGOs must participate in the development of social-environmental in-formation systems; o Social monitoring must be integrated into environmental monitoring; institutions involved in designing environmental monitoring should collaborate with social scientists and gender ex-perts to further such integration; ? The dominating world-view is comparably science-based and technology-oriented. While this paradigm provides an important tool in order to understand environmental, economic and social inter-linkages, it was felt that this needs to be complemented by the 'human factor', reflecting the diversity of human experiences, e.g. through using quantitative as well as qualitative indicators. 2. Linking information to people and politics ? Equal access by women to information technology and its application in interactive decision-making for sustainable development need to be ensured; ? Public interest groups need to be empowered by funding and capacity building to serve as inter-mediaries of relevant information on gender and sustainable development policies; 3. Developing indicators and indicator systems ? Gender disaggregated data need to be generated on all levels; ? A gender perspective should be integrated into all indicators within the CSD indicator system, where appropriate; ? The CSD indicator system needs to take into account the research done by UNIFEM and other relevant organisations; ? To achieve the above, the CSD should, in consultation with the Women's caucus, conduct a gen-der review of the current CSD set of indicators and produce a revised version. This should build on existing analysis (see workshop background paper) and existing gender sensitive indicators designed for various areas of sustainable development; ? Apart from gender sensitive indicators with regard to issues such as freshwater, human settlements, etc., key issues that need to be integrated into sustainability indicator systems are : o proportion and participation of women in decision-making bodies related to sustainable development; o the gender division of labour (including paid and unpaid work); o budget allocation to gender related issues in the field of sustainable development; o women's health and the environment; ? It was suggested to hold a side event at CSD-9 on gender aspects of sustainable development indicators. Strategies Towards Earth Summit 2002 Participants were presented with a list of thoughts and ideas on how to organize the future work before the Summit which had been collected in conversations with organisations and individuals beforehand, within the CSD Women's Caucus and at the Berlin Conference itself. Topics ranged from the need for an overall global vision as well as ensuring representation of different views from the regions; learning from previous experiences to identify successful strategies; women's involvement in government (and NGO?) reporting reviewing implementation of Agenda 21; involvement in multi-stakeholder processes towards the Summit; media work; and activities in the host country and region. Options for developing the initial collection of ideas and thoughts into a structured strategy were discussed aiming to cluster the ideas so that responsibilities can be assigned. Women's strategies towards Earth Summit 2002 could be facilitated by a small coordinating team of experienced organisations, including the CSD NGO Women's Caucus, with a broader forum of all interested groups around the coordinating team to facilitate effective communication and concerted efforts. Task Forces for certain areas should be formed. The meeting agreed to continue discussions on the basis of the following initial structure of task forces and their proposed activities: Advocacy task force: developing concrete, action-oriented recommendations for policy makers; ensuring that decisions include time-bound targets and monitoring mechanisms; considering women's involvement in government and NGO reporting; working on the Women's Action Agenda for a Healthy Planet (REDEH / WEDO with a small co-ordinating team); forming issue task forces as teams with expertise on the issues, tapping into existing issue specific networks; ensuring women's involvement in multi-stakeholder processes towards the Summit; introducing a multi-stakeholder approach to selected areas of our work; disseminating information & networking. Parallel event task force: working on the Women's Action Agenda for a Healthy Planet; presenting work on women & Local Agenda 21 (WEDO with ICLEI); disseminating information & networking. Host country task force: possibly to be created by host country women's networks (discussions underway); organisations outside South Africa to support women's organisations in SA & the region in their preparations upon request; ensuring that women in the host country & region benefit from the Summit being held in SA; lobbying Northern governments to support South Africa, other African countries and developing countries in general in their efforts to prepare for the Summit, incl. women's organisations & NGOs. Media & communication task force: developing an effective media strategy to ensure clear communication and increased understanding of gender issues; sharing media activities & products; using women's media to provide information & skills training material for women to be effective in the process Resource task force: sharing information about possible funding sources; joint fund raising depending on possible joint efforts Each of the task forces should look into ways to learn from previous experiences and successful strategies. Each of the task forces should work to ensure a global approach, networking and transparency and at the same time ensure appropriate reflection of regional specifics. The conference concluded that this initial structure should be further developed by WEDO and UNED Forum who co-coordinate the women's caucus at this point. Further developments of the strategy shall include information about who is doing what, and shall be published via the women's caucus list serve and all conference participants' networks to ensure transparency, generate opportunities for collaboration and allow for input and involvement from all interested organisations. Discussions also addressed the pro's and con's of operating separately as women's groups or focus on working within the NGO activities, including with regard to events being held around the Summit. It was suggested that the CSD Women's Caucus should convene joint meetings with other NGO caucuses, such as energy and transport, to ensure gender mainstreaming of their work. Finally, conference participants agreed to continue their networking and should aim to become active participants in existing NGO networks on these issues. From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Jan 31 23:46:54 2001 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (ecopl@n.adsl) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:46:54 +0100 Subject: [sustran] A planetary sustainable transport initiative and you! Message-ID: Dear friends and colleagues, It's time to begin to gather your thoughts as to how you are going to support one of the most promising planetary sustainable transport initiatives presently on the horizon - notably Earth Car Free Day 2001 which is going to take place on April 19th this year, barely 77 days, 11 hours and 3 minutes, from the time we pen you this line. What can you do to cooperate and make this work without losing a lot of time? A lot! So, please do take the time to check into www.carfreeday.com and see how this great cooperative can be put to work for you, for your family and city, and for the planet. If you were impressed by the accomplishments in Bogot? over the last year, wait until you see what happens during and in the aftermath of Earth Car Free Day. And by the way, we need you a lot! Your partner is sustainability and social justice, Eric Britton PS. May we ask you to share this message with your networks. Thank you. The Commons __ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL ecoplan.org Day phone: +331 4326 1323 Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 Voice/Videoconference/Data +331.4441.6340 (1-4) 24 hour Voicemail/Fax hotline: +331 5301 2896 From fuenyr at ECU-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK Wed Jan 31 23:54:19 2001 From: fuenyr at ECU-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=E9stor_Y._Rojas?=) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:54:19 GMT Subject: [sustran] Re: A planetary sustainable transport initiative and you! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3A78271A.19915.2035BB3@localhost> Dear Eric, I was a bit surprised you did not mention that Bogot? is having its second Car-Free Day tomorrow... what happened? N?stor > > Dear friends and colleagues, > > It's time to begin to gather your thoughts as to how you are going to > support one of the most promising planetary sustainable transport > initiatives presently on the horizon - notably Earth Car Free Day 2001 > which is going to take place on April 19th this year, barely 77 days, > 11 hours and 3 minutes, from the time we pen you this line. > > What can you do to cooperate and make this work without losing a lot > of time? A lot! So, please do take the time to check into > www.carfreeday.com and see how this great cooperative can be put to > work for you, for your family and city, and for the planet. > > If you were impressed by the accomplishments in Bogot? over the last > year, wait until you see what happens during and in the aftermath of > Earth Car Free Day. And by the way, we need you a lot! > > Your partner is sustainability and social justice, > > Eric Britton > > PS. May we ask you to share this message with your networks. Thank > you. > > The Commons __ technology, economy, society ___ > Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France > Eric.Britton@ecoplan.org URL ecoplan.org > Day phone: +331 4326 1323 Mobile: +336 80 96 78 79 > Voice/Videoconference/Data +331.4441.6340 (1-4) > 24 hour Voicemail/Fax hotline: +331 5301 2896 > >