From debi at beag.net Thu Aug 1 01:14:56 2002 From: debi at beag.net (Debi Goenka) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:44:56 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: Emissions from Trucks in New Delhi References: <000001c23808$962c3a90$6501a8c0@home> <5.1.0.14.0.20020731191206.01eb3060@202.54.10.1> Message-ID: <00cc01c238ad$699d2840$179944ca@powersurfer.net> Hi Sustraners I fully agree with Sujit and Dinesh, but I think we should also realise that the Supreme Court is passing orders on a petition filed about 15 years ago (or more!) . The Bombay High Court has also not yet got around to the other issues listed in the Lal committee report which deal with these other issues. I am sorry to say that we have yet to make a beginning in educating the public about public transport priorities, and until we can get our act together, the flyover, highway, expressway and automobile lobby will have a field day. Isn't it ironical that in the largest democracy in the world, public transport gets the least priority? 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20020731/f4f70fe0/attachment.htm From ecoplan.adsl at wanadoo.fr Thu Aug 1 01:52:06 2002 From: ecoplan.adsl at wanadoo.fr (Eric Britton) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:52:06 +0200 Subject: [sustran] MacDemocracy In-Reply-To: <00cc01c238ad$699d2840$179944ca@powersurfer.net> Message-ID: <000a01c238b2$9a97f7e0$6501a8c0@home> "Isn't it ironical that in the largest democracy in the world, public transport gets the least priority?" Oh dear Debi and all. To which I believe the relevant answer is another question: "And what indeed do you mean by democracy?" I do not say this lightly, since it is the subject of much of my work and thought in all I do. The joke on us is that we simply have not questioned the received wisdom about democracy. And to get that one straight, I believe that the proper point of departure is to look back and consult with wonderful people like Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke who considered it frankly as inflammatory and dangerous. Then once we have worked our way through that one, it leads us to question today's prevailing practices, which I propose we call until a better word that can be found MacDemocracy. In MacDemocracy, the citizen obediently goes to the polls (cash register) at regular intervals, puts down his money (vote), and is served another tasty meal from the same old kitchen and expected to sit there obediently and swallow. You just can't have real democracy and a passive citzenry. Sorry. eric britton PS. We need you to go to http://www.ngroups.com/stockholm/index.php?body=faq#about3 and make your voice heard. 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The controversial scheme, billed as congestion charging, passed the last legal hurdles (on Wednesday) and is considered an important test case for big cities all over the world. There is a lot at stake for London, say city planners, who bewail the laughable official figures, which put the average London car speed at marginally slower than the 19th century horse and cart. A spokewoman for London mayor Ken Livingstone's office told this paper the scheme was "the first of its kind and different from the two others existing, Singapore and Oslo". Both Singapore and Oslo use 'smartcards', automated booths and road sensors to harvest tolls, which in Oslo's case run to millions of pounds a year in revenue. London's camera-policed charging is thought likely to be even more accurate, and deadly. On Wednesday, a triumphant Livingstone declared that the world's eyes would be on London with a view to introducing copycat plans if his were successful. Last week, on a visit to London, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit expressed interest in Livingstone's scheme, even as she admitted it was impractical for the Indian capital. The scheme envisages a five-pound daily charge for motorists driving into a designated central London zone between 7 am and 6.30 pm Mondon to Friday. Motorists, who will be able to buy daily, weekly, monthly or even annual passes, will have to pay a hefty fine for dodging charges. The scheme will be enforced by means of Automatic Number Plate Recognition, a system routinely employed by London police to address the risk of terrorist attacks. London's proposed congestion charges, which are just seven months away, have been described by some city planners as all for a good cause. The scheme is meant to address the British capital's multiple woes - traffic jams; air that smells of exhaust fumes and frayed tempers. But, many Londoners are worried, particularly those within the golden congestion charging zone, an area roughly equivalent to Delhi's Connaught Place, old Delhi and Defence Colony areas, all of which would henceforth become unfashionably expensive to drive in, though Livingstone insists it would be easier to breathe and heaven for pedestrians and cyclists. ------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. -------------------------------------------------------- Debi Goenka Bombay Environmental Action Group e-mail: debi@beag.net /&\ debi@powersurfer.net Environmental Education Office Kalbadevi Municipal School # 54, 2nd floor, Mumbai 400002 Tel:91-22-2423126 Tfax:91-22-2426385 Residence B 502 Glengate, Hiran Gardens Powai Mumbai 400076 Tel:91-22-5700638 Tfax:91-22-5701459 ---------------------------------------------- From kisansbc at vsnl.com Thu Aug 1 18:21:44 2002 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:51:44 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Fw: World Bank assisted MUMBAI URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT Message-ID: <004101c2393c$daaeb960$3226020a@im.eth.net> Dear Sustran Colleagues, The World Bank has sanctioned a loan of US $ 542 million for the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) in Mumbai estimated to cost $ 945 million. Though claimed to have been evolved to support public transport, pedestrian safety and poverty reduction, the MUTP includes two super highways and three road overbridges having 6 and 8 lane carriageways passing through highly congested and poor slum areas. Yet there is no provision to build pavements even though road width proposed can easily accommodate pavements of 5 m width on two sides. Mumbai has very high SPM and PM10 levels. Auto exhaust forms 80% of emissions to air. About 65% of Mumbai's 12 million citizens live in slums facing zooming vehicles on roads and public places. The project is developed by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority with active help of the World Bank. . The Bank policy does not allow assistance to projects that do not include pavements along with carriageways on roads . We give hereunder a news report of a meeting where Mr.A.V.Ghangurde, Chief Traffic Planner for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Developement Authority and also the Chief Planner for the MUTP speaks on pavements. It would appear that the World Bank and Indian authorities have two sets of teeth like the elephant- one for showing and another for eating. Best wishes. Kisan Mehta and Priya Salvi *********************************************** Mr P.G. Patankar, a former director of the Central Institute of Road Transport, said the pedestrian should be made the kingpin of the traffic system.But instead, priority was being given for motor cars which inflicted severe damage to the environment and the traffic system. "The Indian Road Congress has laid down guidelines providing for footpaths of a particular width on roads. But these were not being followed, not even looked at by civic engineers in the country," said Mr.A.V. Ghangurde, Chief Traffic Planner for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Developement Authority. While constructing new roads, footpaths should be built first and then the portion for the vehicular traffic, he said. Planning at railway stations showed no concern for pedestrians, there were no proper connections of footover bridges, particularly to the bus stops, Mr.Ghangurde said. The flyovers constructed in Mumbai have also not integrated movement for pedestrians, now they are catering only to motor cars, he said. Moreover, 110 pedestrian subways should have been provided for 55 flyovers. But not a single pavement is provided. The proximity of two flyovers to each other increased hazards for pedestrians, he said." **************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20020801/8516a95c/attachment.htm From kisansbc at vsnl.com Thu Aug 1 19:25:14 2002 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:55:14 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Fw: [sustran] Re: FW: WSSD Johannesburg - WBCSD Sustainable Mobility Event Message-ID: <008a01c23945$b95e8020$3226020a@im.eth.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: kisan mehta To: Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [sustran] Re: FW: WSSD Johannesburg - WBCSD Sustainable Mobility Event > Dear John and Sustran Colleagues, > > It is clear that the people not owning vehicles have to suffer with the increase in car ownership in any given region. Public bus services suffer and there is no relief in railway commutation. Have-nots have no access to international bodies. While car will sponsor a meet at the WSSD, non-car owners will hardly have a chance to participate in the WSSD. > In Mumbai 88% of journeys (6 million by train and 4.6 million by bus) are provided by suburban railways and public road buses. Motor cars look after 7%. Yet under the pressure of car makers, the government constructs more roads having 4-6-8 carriageway lanes but no pavements. Flyovers are made at public cost and yet public road buses are not allowed to use flyovers. Bus passenger pays equivalent to 15% as tax and charges while cars owners are not taxed even a rupee to cover the cost of roads and flyovers. > In the Mumbai Urban Transport Project, the World Bank could not provide more funds to ease crowding but had enough for roads. In a 1500 capacity train, 5400 on average are huddled. Indian authorities and World Bank claim that this figure will decline to 4500 by the year 2008. Yes this marginal reduction in crowding can happen if we can like the authorities and the World Bank keep eyes closed to the increased demand due to population increase of about 20%. > The proposed meeting, we are sure automobie makers would tell us on promoting sustainability through more personal cars for the meagre minority World Bank discloses that small > Automobile manufacturers have every reason to feel happy as the World Bank is promiting motorisation at the cost of sutainable transport. Best wishes Kisan Mehta and Priya Salvi > ----- Original Message From: John Whitelegg > > Dear Colleagues, These discussions are not much use until real people get a voice. At the very least a discussion of this kind should give a right of reply to those for whom car ownership is an impossibility eg > > The 1-2 million people who arrive at Calcutta's 2 main railway stations every day and struggle with the appalling road traffic environment to get to their final destination. > > Who is speaking for children, the elderly, the mobility disadvantaged and those who want to live a quiet life away from the noise, danger and stink of the cars produced by Renault and fuelled by Royal Dutch Shell? This meeting is part of the problem. > > very best wishes > > > > John Whitelegg > > Editor > > World transport Policy and Practice From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Sat Aug 3 17:07:11 2002 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:07:11 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Sustainable Transport e-update (text only) Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD207D2B@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> (Here is a text only version of ITDP's latest e-update. Sorry for some formatting problems resulting from conversion from the original graphics rich version, Paul). ------------------------ From: "ITDP" Subject: Sustainable Transport E-Update No. 2 Sustainable Transport e-update August/September 2002 No. 2 The Bulletin of the Institue for Transportation & Development Policy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue Latin America The Highway to Inequality Santiago Fights the 'Constanera Norte' Will Mexico City's 'Segundo Piso' Crumble Under Its Own Weight? Quito Paves Over Good Intentions Green Fund Switches to Sustainable Transport Lima's New Direction Clearing the Air in Santiago Asia Riding for the Return of Manila's Fireflies Neither Reason Nor Snipers Can Stop It The Trans-Israel Highway Lurches Forward Central and Eastern Europe New Remedies for 'Big Box' Syndrome Exposed: Massive Corruption in Polish Hypermarkets The EBRD's New Property Policy Africa South Africa's High-Speed, High-Risk Rail Project Bikes Empower Girls and Fight Aids in West Africa Basic Mobility Now Costs Less Kenya and Tanzania Reduce Bike Tariffs And: WBCSD: 'Catalyst for Change' or Green Wash? Segway Corp. Stalks Pedestrians Upcoming Events ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Highway To Inequality The Citizens of Santiago Fight the 'Constanera Norte' By Patricio Lanfranco, Ciudad Viva Despite years of spirited resistance from outraged citizens groups, the C= onstanera Norte highway, which cuts through the heart of Santiago de Chil= e, has begun construction. Citizens groups have not given up yet, and alr= eady have won some important victories. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#highway ----------------------------------------------------------- Will The 'Segundo Piso' Crumble Under Its Own Weight? A referendum will determine the fate of Mexico City's double-decker flyov= ers =A0=09 At the end of last year, Mayor L=F3pez Obrador announced plans for what h= e called the most important construction of his tenure, the "Segundo Piso= " (second deck) to the city's busiest roadways. Thanks to pressure from e= nvironmental groups and the allure of superior alternatives, the project = is in trouble. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#segundo ----------------------------------------------------------- Good Lip Service; Poor Transit Service Quito Paves Over Good Intentions By Ricardo Buitr=F3n, Acci=F3n Ecol=F3gica=09 The new Master Transport Plan for Quito, Ecuador says all the right thing= s, but parking lots and flyovers are getting all the money. With no inves= tment to back up the plan's goals for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructu= re, Quito is sowing an unsustainable future. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#quito ---------------------------------------------------------- Green Fund Switches to Sustainable Transport ....But Future Funding Is Threatened With an initial focus on expensive tailpipe technologies, the well-endowe= d Global Environmental Facility (GEF) spent millions on a handful of hydr= ogen fuel-cell buses. Now, just as two new initiatives in Lima and Santia= go herald a welcome shift towards more viable solutions, the whole GEF pr= ogram is stalled. Once again, the US is in arrears on its dues, and its e= fforts to cut the GEF budget dramatically prompted an outraged EU to put = off further negotiations on the third GEF replentishment until at least t= he fall. Click here (http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#lima) for a summary o= f the Lima, Peru project By Carlos Cordero, CICLORED=20 Click here (http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#santiago) for a summa= ry of the Santiago, Chile project By Rodrigo Quijada, Ciudad Viva ----------------------------------------------------------- Riding for the Return of Manila's Fireflies Submitted by the Firefly Brigade The day before Earth Day, over 2000 cyclists took to the streets in Manil= a to "bring back Manila's fireflies." In 1999, a group of environmental a= ctivists and cyclists started the annual "Tour of the Fireflies", which h= as now grown into a national phenomenon in the Philippines.=20 Their website (www.fireflybrigade.org) explains the origin of their notab= le name: The fireflies have all fled because of air pollution. All of us, cyclists= , walkers, runners, pedestrians, commuters, even those of us who ride car= s... we can choose to fight for clean air and bring the fireflies back.=20= FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#manila ----------------------------------------------------------- Neither Reason Nor Snipers Can Stop It The Trans-Israel Highway Lurches Forward By Noam Segal=20 Delayed by protests, snipers, and mounting debt, the first section of the= Trans- Israel Highway opens this summer. While the environmentally disas= trous mega-highway is being billed as a private-sector toll road, the gov= ernment has agreed to cover 80% of contractor losses if revenues fail to = cover construction and maintenance costs. Already on tenuous ground (see = Sustainable Transport #6, Fighting the Trans-Israel Highway) the project = now faces increasing political instability, an economy on the slide, and = new questions about contractors who have direct ties to housing and big-b= ox retail interests. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#israel ----------------------------------------------------------- New Remedies for 'Big Box' Syndrome By Yaakov Garb "Big Box" retailers conquered the US and then spread to Western, Central,= and Eastern Europe, where they are knows as "hypermarkets". Now they're = expanding into developing countries. Auchan, Carrefour, Metro, and Tesco = offer low prices, but they also currently head the list of our Campaign f= or Smart Retail Hall of Shame. Bribing local officials, locating on green= fields far from the nearest bus stop, making infrastructure investment pr= omises to local governments they don't keep, building more parking than a= llowed by their building permits, and crushing local shopkeepers, are jus= t a few of the things these companies are doing in Central Europe and els= ewhere. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#bigbox Click here for a short summary of NGO and press comments about=20 Carrefour (http://www.itdp.org/SR/read_SR/Carrefour.doc), Auchan (http://www.itdp.org/SR/read_SR/Auchan.doc), Metro (http://www.itdp.org/SR/read_SR/Metro.doc), and=20 Tesco (http://www.itdp.org/SR/read_SR/Tesco.doc).=20 Click here to learn more about ITDP's Campaign for Smart Retail (http://www.itdp.org/SR/SR4.html) Exposed: Massive Corruption in Polish Hypermarkets Building permits were issued illegally The Polish Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) recently released a report o= n hypermarket zoning which found widespread corruption at the local gover= nment level. Of 54 building permits issued to hypermarkets, 14 were issue= d illegally. Nearly half of all zoning changes made to allow hypermarkets= were also found to be illegal. The auditing agency also found that the h= ypermarkets had frequently reneged on promised infrastructure investments= and evaded taxes. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#exposed ----------------------------------------------------------- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Issues New Property Policy The EBRD released a new Property Policy this spring. The EBRD has moved h= eavily into real estate investments in the last few years. Only two organ= izations participated in the public review process on this document: ITDP= and CEE Bankwatch. For the full policy and their summary of public comme= nts, please see: http://www.ebrd.com/new/index.htm The final Property Policy accepted certain changes suggested by ITDP and = CEE Bankwatch. These include an increased focus on brownfield redevelopme= nt and corporate governance, agreeing to have the Environmental Appraisal= Unit review the current environmental protocols to be used when doing du= e diligence on property projects, and a more careful assessment of their = lending's impacts on small business. We were disappointed that the increa= sed lending for residential real estate development is not better targete= d to low-income beneficiaries and the reconstruction of deteriorating hou= sing estates.=20 For a full review of ITDP comments on the new policy, click here (http://www.itdp.org/read/EBRD Review.PDF). ----------------------------------------------------------- South Africa's High-Speed, High-Risk Rail Project By Madeleine Costanza, CERF/IIEC-Africa Plans for an expensive high-speed rail link between Pretoria and Johannes= burg are moving forward, but with existing public transport in a shambles= , activists are questioning the government's priorities.=20 FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#SA ----------------------------------------------------------- Bikes Empower Girls and Fight AIDS in West Africa A New Social Marketing Tool is Born=20 =A0 Bike tours organized by US Peace Corps Volunteers are turning heads and p= roving effective and novel tools for AIDS prevention and girls' access to= education. Reports from Senegal's Tour des Femmes and Ghana's HIV/AIDS E= ducation Bike Ride.=20 FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#bikeride ----------------------------------------------------------- Basic Mobility Now Costs Less Kenya and Tanzania Reduce Bike Tariffs In light of rising petrol prices, advocacy groups in Kenya and Tanzania a= re changing the public perception of the bicycle as vital tool for develo= pment, and convincing their governments to make bicycles less costly. Ken= ya recently eliminated the import tariff on bicycles, and Tanzania reduce= d the duty on bicycle tires. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#tariffs ----------------------------------------------------------- 'Catalyst for Change' or Green Wash? NGOs Respond to Mobility 2001 Report =A0=09 In the Spring of 2002, ITDP, acting on behalf of the United Nations NGO C= aucus for Sustainable Transportation, coordinated NGO reaction to the WBC= SD's (World Business Council for Sustainable Development ) 'Mobility 2001= Report'. The WBCSD, a self-professed 'catalyst for change', is composed of Mitsubi= shi, Conoco, and 158 other multinationals.=20 The million =96 dollar Mobility 2001 study mostly covers familiar territo= ry. While not as biased as one would expect given its sponsors, it genera= lizes too much from US experience. It also lacks insights into the very s= ubjects these corporations should be strongest, such as projections for f= uture oil reserves, and trends in cleaner vehicle technology development.= As the project moves into its second phase, recent PR reports from the M= obility 2001 web site, plugging products from Renault and Volkswagen, hav= e re-awakened NGO fears that the Mobility 2001 project is becoming primar= ily a tool for 'green marketing' and 'greenwashing.=20 www.wbcsdmobility.org/news/cat_1/news_109/index.asp and: www.wbcsdmobility.org/news/cat_1/news_106/index.asp The Full Mobility 2001 Report is available at www.wbcsdmobility.org/publications/mobility2001.asp The full text of ITDP's criticism is available at www.itdp.org The WBCSD's summary of these comments is available at: www.wbcsdmobility.org/news/cat_2/news_84/index.asp The WBCSD's reaction to these comments is available at: www.wbcsdmobility.org/news/cat_2/news_85/index.asp ----------------------------------------------------------- Segway Corp. Stalks Pedestrians The Segway Corporation, the well-heeled entity behind the much-hyped "sel= f-balancing, personal transportation device that's designed to operate in= any pedestrian environment", wants their 70-pound motor-scooters to be u= sed on sidewalks. This would of course take habitat away from more practi= cal modes of conveyance. To accomplish their goal they are lobbying hard,= and changing state and federal laws at a breakneck pace. FULL STORY: http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe2/index.html#segway ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sustainable Transport E-Update is published by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) mobility@igc.org From Yewlett at Cardiff.ac.uk Sun Aug 4 02:06:03 2002 From: Yewlett at Cardiff.ac.uk (Chris Yewlett) Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 18:06:03 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: sustran-discuss V1 #1065 (Away) Message-ID: I am away until 20 August. Please refer urgent items as follows: MSc Transport & Planning to Isabel Sawyer SawyerI@cf.ac.uk (tel 02920876131) Examination and Departmenal matters to Angela Evans (evansa9@cardiff.ac.uk, telephone 029 2087 4022) to see if an alternative member of staff can assist. AUT matters to AUT Office AUT-Office@Cardiff.ac.uk 02920 87 4443 From kisansbc at vsnl.com Sun Aug 4 01:41:51 2002 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 22:11:51 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Fw: First benefits of the MUTP to Mumbai Message-ID: <000001c23b4d$1846aa00$3226020a@im.eth.net> Dear Colleagues, The Mumbai Urban Transport Project approved by the World Bank in June 2002 has started showering benefits(?) on Mumbai residents. Following the Bank insistence, the Government formed Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation a 50:50 joint venture company legally empowered to charge taxes and levies on commuters. Even before the rail services show signs of improvement, the fares have been increased. This has reduced the number of commuters using suburban rail service (though revenues have increased due to the railways extracting higher amouint through steep fare rise). This would mean that the railway, the cheapest mode of traffic, is being snatched away from the poor. The Bank claims that the MUTP is mooted on the objective of reducing the poverty. It only can explain as to how fare rise reduces poverty and hardship of the poor. This is the first salvo We do not know as to where this would end. Best wishes. Priya Salvi and Kisan Mehta Fare hike hits suburban train traffic TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ FRIDAY, AUGUST 02, 2002 11:29:38 PM ] MUMBAI: Passenger traffic on Mumbai suburban trains dropped 4.2 per cent on the Western Railway and 2.6 per cent on the Central Railway after the fare increase that came into effect in April. Western Railway's traffic fell to 24.60 crore passengers between April and June 2002 from 25.68 crore passengers in the corresponding period last year. Central Railway's traffic fell to 24.74 crore passengers from 25.40 crore passengers over the same period, railway officials said. Approximately 60 lakh passengers use the suburban network every day. Still, the drop in traffic has not cut into revenues. In fact, WR's and CR's earnings from ticket sales shot up in that quarter. The CR's revenue during the quarter ended June 2002 rose Rs 13 crore over the corresponding period last year to Rs 108.51 crores. The WR's revenues increase by approximately Rs 7 crore to around Rs 100 crore over the same period. But some of the decline in passenger traffic could simply be due to the method used to compute traffic. Rail traffic is calculated on the basis of ticket sales. The sale of a monthly season ticket is counted as 50 passengers, while the sale of a quarterly season ticket is counted as 150 passengers in the month of purchase. But it isn't counted in the next two months in which the quarterly ticket is used. Railway officials explain that the sale of quarterly season tickets increased considerably in March, especially in the last week, in anticipation of the fare increase. Many commuters who usually purchase monthly season tickets opted for quarterly season tickets,which they could buy at lower rates in March, a CR official said. This led to a 52 per cent rise in the sale of quarterly season tickets in March 2002 over the corresponding period the previous year. While the sale of season and card tickets dipped in April and May, sales picked up again in June and have already increased in the first ten days of July. However, railway officials say that some suburban commuters travelling short distances of up to 10 kms have switched to relatively cheaper modes of transport, like BEST buses. A minimum BEST ticket costs Rs 3, Rs 2 less than the minimum rail fare. Taxis and autorickshaws that operate on a shared basis are also believed to have lured away train passengers. 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Paul -----Original Message----- From: "Glynda Bathan" Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:07:56 +0800 Subject: Better Air Quality in Asia and Pacific Rim Cities, 16-18 December 2002, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Better Air Quality in Asia and Pacific Rim Cities (BAQ) 2002 16-18 December, 2002 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre You are invited to participate in the largest regional event in 2002 on air quality management in Asia. Over 600 senior policymakers and stakeholders will meet from 16-18 December to review the current status of air quality management in Asia and to formulate recommendations on how Asian cities can improve their air quality. The program includes sub-workshops on: --Strategic Air Quality Management --Management, Operation & Data Dissemination for Air Quality Monitoring --Control of Stationary Sources of Pollution --Control of Motor Vehicle Emissions --Institutional Arrangements for Air Quality Management --Climate Change Poster sessions will be held in the morning of 18 December 2002. Presentors during these sessions will visually present their papers on a poster for viewing by workshop participants. Presentors will make themselves available to answer questions from participants. Authors who want to present their paper(s) in the poster session are invited to submit abstract(s) to: Dr. Chun-shun Cheung c/o Department of Mechanical Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong,China Fax: (852) 2365-4703 E-mail: mmcsc@polyu.edu.hk Abstracts should reach the above address before end of 31 August 2002. Please view the attached workshop announcement for an overview of other parts of the program such as the City Focus, Exhibit, and Technical Visits. Do forward this announcement to your network of air quality advocates. For more information, visit the BAQ 2002 website- http://www.cse.polyu.edu.hk/~activi/BAQ2002 Best regards, Glynda Bathan ******************************************************** Because life depends on clean air ... Glynda E. Bathan Secretariat Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Asian Development Bank Phone: +632 632 5151 Fax: +632 636 2198 Email: gbathan@adb.org, cleanair@adb.org Websites: http://worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia http://adb.org/vehicle-emissions From carbusters at ecn.cz Thu Aug 15 23:10:08 2002 From: carbusters at ecn.cz (Car Busters) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:10:08 +0200 Subject: [sustran] CALL TO ACTION: WORLD CAR-FREE DAYS 2002! Message-ID: <200208151418.g7FEINB13441@ecn4.ecn.cz> [please distribute far and wide] CALL TO ACTION: WORLD CAR-FREE DAYS 2002! It's coming! It's coming! World Car-Free Days is less than a month away. All that's needed now is for you or your group to plan and take action. People from Catalonia to Cameroon, from Tajikistan to Texas will be joining together for two weeks of actions and events calling for an end to the hundred-year reign of the automobile?"Fifteen Days to End the Auto Age"?September 13-27. You have lots of flexibility in the style, target, timing and theme of your action or event (see for the two-week schedule). But in order to make World Car-Free Days the massive success it deserves to be, three things are needed now: ? groups to make plans and register their events at so we can tell the international media what's going on (and chase up reports after the event); ? people to spread the word via word of mouth, via listserves and web sites, to the media, and directly to the public (on-line we have downloadable press releases and posters, as well as logos you can put on your homepage with a link to the World Car-Free Days web site); and ? self-proclaimed autoholics to step forward, make a Car-Free Pledge and follow our Autoholics Anonymous programme over the two-week period. Above all, anyone considering action of any kind should contact Car Busters (carbusters@ecn.cz) as soon as possible. Thanks, and good luck with your plans! - The Car Busters team ____________________________________________ CAR BUSTERS Magazine and Resource Centre Kratka 26, 100 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic tel: +(420) 2-7481-0849 - fax: +(420) 2-7481-6727 - ____________________________________________ World Car-Free Days: September 13-27! Car Busters Worldwide Contact Directory Register your group on-line now: From ecoplan.adsl at wanadoo.fr Fri Aug 23 18:48:08 2002 From: ecoplan.adsl at wanadoo.fr (Eric Britton) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:48:08 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Volume 8, Number 2, 2002 of World Transport Policy & Practice In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <003301c24a8a$300484e0$6501a8c0@home> ************************************************************************ ************************ Lancaster & Paris, 21 August, 2002 Volume 8, Number 2, 2002 of World Transport Policy & Practice, a quarterly journal edited by Professor John Whitelegg, is now available at http://wTransport.org This edition of the journal is dedicated to the memory of Louise Darracott Britton (1916-2000) Contents: * Editorial, John Whitelegg * Toward a New World of Fair Mobility? Or is it true that you can't get there, until you have been there?, Eric Britton * Compromise & constraint: Examining the nature of transport disability in the context of local travel, Alison Porter * Older people & road safety: Dispelling the myths, Kit Mitchell * 'Enabling' transport for mobility-impaired people: the role of Shopmobility, Robert Gant * Concessionary fares in Britain: what we need to know, Tom Rye, David Seaman, David McGuigan & David Siddle * The Disability Discrimination Act & developments in accessible public transport in the U.K., Bryan Matthews * Evaluating Transportation Equity, Todd Litman * Notes for contributors ************************************************************************ ************************ World Transport Policy & Practice, ISSN 1352-7614 Eco-Logica Ltd., 53 Derwent Road, Lancaster, LA1 3ES. U.K. Telephone +44 1524 63175 Fax +44 1524 848340 Editor: Professor John Whitelegg Business Manager: Pascal Desmond The Journal is free of charge as Adobe Acrobat PDF files at http://wTransport.org . This policy of free distribution is intended to help the Journal reach a wider readership, encompassing advocates and activists, as well as policy makers, operators, suppliers, academics, and advisers. If you have difficulty in downloading, please contact [mailto:eric.britton@ecoplan.org]. It is recommended that you use MS Internet Explorer or Netscape 6.1 to access the website. The Electronic Edition is Letters and comments to: WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com The Commons __ technology, economy, society__ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France http://ecoplan.org/ IP Videoconference: 81.65.50.49 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20020823/17830c4e/attachment.htm From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Wed Aug 28 09:53:23 2002 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:53:23 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Error or Lie? Cost overrun in transportation projects Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD20815A@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> This looks interesting and important. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: Bent Flyvbjerg [mailto:flyvbjerg@I4.AUC.DK] Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2002 6:42 PM To: UTSG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Cost overrun in transportation projects Dear colleagues. I thought you might be interested to know about the article "Underestimating Costs in Public Works Projects: Error or Lie?", published in the Summer Issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association (abstract included below). You can download a copy of the article and read more about it at APA's site http://www.planning.org/japa/publicworks.htm or http://www.planning.org/japa/pdf/JAPAFlyvbjerg.pdf Empirically and constructively, the article presents data, which make possible for the first time statistically valid risk assessment and benchmarking of cost overrun in major transport infrastructure projects. Theoretically, and in the tradition of critical reflexivity, the article forms part of a research project in which we explore the role of deception, lying, and power in policy making and planning (as a supplement to theories that emphasize truth, rationality, and democracy). We have in the pipeline several more articles plus a book about the issues involved. A description of the book, Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition, may be found at Cambridge University Press' website at: http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521804205#top. I would value any comments you may have on the article. Please feel free to forward this email and the article to any interested colleagues. If this mail is of no interest to you, I apologize for the inconvenience. Also apologies for any cross posting. I hope your summer is fine. Cheers, Bent -- Bent Flyvbjerg, Dr. Techn. & Ph.D. Professor, Research Director Aalborg University, Dept. of Development and Planning Fibigerstraede 11, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark Phone: +45 9816 9084, Fax: +45 9815 3537 (or call +45 9816 9084 and ask for fax) Email: flyvbjerg@i4.auc.dk Homepage: http://www.i4.auc.dk/flyvbjerg ABSTRACT This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of cost escalation in transportation infrastructure projects. Based on a sample of 258 transportation infrastructure projects worth $90 billion (U.S.), it is found with overwhelming statistical significance that the cost estimates used to decide whether important infrastructure should be built are highly and systematically misleading. The result is continuous cost escalation of billions of dollars. The sample used in the study is the largest of its kind, allowing for the first time statistically valid conclusions regarding questions of cost underestimation and escalation for different project types, different geographical regions, and different historical periods. Four kinds of explanation of cost underestimation are examined: technical, economic, psychological, and political. Underestimation cannot be explained by error and is best explained by strategic misrepresentation, i.e., lying. The policy implications are clear: In debates and decision making on whether important transportation infrastructure should be built, those legislators, administrators, investors, media representatives, and members of the public who value honest numbers should not trust the cost estimates and cost-benefit analyses produced by project promoters and their analysts. Independent estimates and analyses are needed as are institutional checks and balances to curb deception. From priyanthi.fernando at ifrtd.org Fri Aug 30 03:41:28 2002 From: priyanthi.fernando at ifrtd.org (priyanthi.fernando@ifrtd.org) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:41:28 +0100 Subject: [sustran] (Fwd) [RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT] The Value of Time in Least Message-ID: <3D6E78E8.4012.171CEF0@localhost> Dear all, with apologies to those who have seen this on other website, I thought this will be of interest to many of you, and therefore worth sharing. Best wishes Priyanthi ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:45:51 +0100 Send reply to: Rural transport and development mailing list From: Farhad Ahmed Organization: I.T. Transport Ltd. Subject: [RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT] The Value of Time in Least Developed Countries : Final Report To: RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Dear colleagues, I T Transport has just completed a research project entitled "The Value of Time in Least Developed Countries." The project was financed by the Department for International Development, UK under its Knowledge and Research (KaR) Programme. The final report of the research project is available now. You can download the report using the following link: http://www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/ 13 9_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf We will appreciate if you kindly provide us any feedback on the report. Sincerely yours, Farhad Ahmed I T Transport Ltd. ===================================================== ==== I.T. Transport Ltd. Consultants in Transport for Development. 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Name: - Type: application/octet-stream Size: 992 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20020829/787300b3/-.bin From sujit at vsnl.com Sat Aug 31 02:46:41 2002 From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 23:16:41 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: (Fwd) [RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT] The Value of Time in Least In-Reply-To: <3D6E78E8.4012.171CEF0@localhost> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020830231028.03592ec0@202.54.10.1> 30 August 2002 Dear Priyanthi, There seems to be some problem. The link does not work. http://www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/ 13 9_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf I get the following message:- You are not authorized to view this page Could you please check and let us all know the correct link? Thanks, -- Sujit At 07:41 PM 8/29/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Dear all, with apologies to those who have seen this on other >website, I thought this will be of interest to many of you, and therefore >worth sharing. > >Best wishes > >Priyanthi > > >------- Forwarded message follows ------- >Date sent: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:45:51 +0100 >Send reply to: Rural transport and development mailing list > >From: Farhad Ahmed >Organization: I.T. Transport Ltd. >Subject: [RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT] The Value of Time in >Least Developed > Countries : Final Report >To: RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > >Dear colleagues, > >I T Transport has just completed a research project entitled "The >Value of Time in Least Developed Countries." The project was >financed >by the Department for International Development, UK under its >Knowledge and Research (KaR) Programme. > >The final report of the research project is available now. You can >download the report using the following link: > >http://www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/ >13 9_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf > >We will appreciate if you kindly provide us any feedback on the >report. > >Sincerely yours, > >Farhad Ahmed >I T Transport Ltd. >===================================================== >==== >I.T. Transport Ltd. Consultants in Transport for Development. >T: +44 1235 833753 or 437806 (direct line), F: +44 1235 832186, M: >The Old Power Station, Ardington, Oxon, OX12 8QJ, United >Kingdom. >Registered in England No. 1460021. >===================================================== >==== > >------- End of forwarded message ------- >_______________________________________________________ >_____________ >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 >Web page:www.ifrtd.org > >Content-type: Application/Octet-stream; name="-"; type=Plain text >Content-disposition: attachment; filename="-" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sujit Patwardhan. PARISAR, Yamuna, ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007 Tel: 5537955 Email: sujit@vsnl.com ***************************************************************** In nature there are neither Rewards nor Punishments--- there are Consequences. ***************************************************************** From litman at vtpi.org Sat Aug 31 04:08:28 2002 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:08:28 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: (Fwd) [RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT] The Value of Time in Least In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020830231028.03592ec0@202.54.10.1> References: <3D6E78E8.4012.171CEF0@localhost> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020830120742.01844548@mail.highspeedplus.com> There was an extra page break in the URL. Try: www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/139_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf At 11:16 PM 8/30/2002 +0530, you wrote: >http://www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/ >13 9_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf Sincerely, Todd Litman, Director Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" 1250 Rudlin Street Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 Email: litman@vtpi.org Website: http://www.vtpi.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20020830/a20f4456/attachment.htm From jrm15 at cornell.edu Sat Aug 31 04:55:28 2002 From: jrm15 at cornell.edu (John R. Mbwana) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:55:28 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: (Fwd) [RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT] The Value of Time in Least In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020830231028.03592ec0@202.54.10.1> References: <3D6E78E8.4012.171CEF0@localhost> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020830155322.02dfde58@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu> Dear Sujit Try this one. It is the same as that sent by Priyanthi. http://www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/139_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf John. At 11:16 PM 8/30/2002 +0530, you wrote: >30 August 2002 > > >Dear Priyanthi, >There seems to be some problem. The link does not work. >http://www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/ >13 9_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf > >I get the following message:- >You are not authorized to view this page > > > >Could you please check and let us all know the correct link? >Thanks, >-- >Sujit > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 07:41 PM 8/29/2002 +0100, you wrote: >>Dear all, with apologies to those who have seen this on other >>website, I thought this will be of interest to many of you, and therefore >>worth sharing. >> >>Best wishes >> >>Priyanthi >> >> >>------- Forwarded message follows ------- >>Date sent: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:45:51 +0100 >>Send reply to: Rural transport and development mailing list >> >>From: Farhad Ahmed >>Organization: I.T. Transport Ltd. >>Subject: [RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT] The Value of Time >>in Least Developed >> Countries : Final Report >>To: RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK >> >>Dear colleagues, >> >>I T Transport has just completed a research project entitled "The >>Value of Time in Least Developed Countries." The project was >>financed >>by the Department for International Development, UK under its >>Knowledge and Research (KaR) Programme. >> >>The final report of the research project is available now. You can >>download the report using the following link: >> >>http://www.transport-links.org/transport_links/filearea/documentstore/ >>13 9_Final%20Report%20Value%20of%20Time%20Study.pdf >> >>We will appreciate if you kindly provide us any feedback on the >>report. >> >>Sincerely yours, >> >>Farhad Ahmed >>I T Transport Ltd. >>===================================================== >>==== >>I.T. Transport Ltd. Consultants in Transport for Development. >>T: +44 1235 833753 or 437806 (direct line), F: +44 1235 832186, M: >>The Old Power Station, Ardington, Oxon, OX12 8QJ, United >>Kingdom. >>Registered in England No. 1460021. >>===================================================== >>==== >> >>------- End of forwarded message ------- >>_______________________________________________________ >>_____________ >>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 >>Web page:www.ifrtd.org >> >>Content-type: Application/Octet-stream; name="-"; type=Plain text >>Content-disposition: attachment; filename="-" > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Sujit Patwardhan. >PARISAR, >Yamuna, ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007 >Tel: 5537955 >Email: sujit@vsnl.com >***************************************************************** >In nature there are neither Rewards nor Punishments--- >there are Consequences. >***************************************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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