[sustran] RE: [sustran-discuss] Digest Number 440

Alan Patrick Howes APHOWES at dm.gov.ae
Sat Nov 2 13:00:05 JST 2002


(Sorry, Aminul - just sent you a blank email)

I'd like a link to Walter's data too - though it's the Bus Priority info I
am really after. But the UITP data looks to be just what we need (I thgink).
The info about their database can be found at 
http://www.uitp.com/publications/index4.cfm#statistics
- but to get the database itself, you have to buy the CD-ROM (Eur. 1000 to
non-members).

-- 
Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor, 
     Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
aphowes at dm.gov.ae
Tel:    +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
Mobile: +971 50 5989661


> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAM Aminul Hoque [mailto:sam_aminul at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wed, 30 October, 2002 15:34
> To: Lake Sagaris
> Cc: Alan Howes; Chris
> Subject: Re: [sustran-discuss] Digest Number 440
> 
> 
> Could u please tell me what is the web link to get the
> information u have mentioned? 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Message: 1
> >    Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:11:25 -0300
> >    From: Lake Sagaris <sagaris at terra.cl>
> > Subject: [sustran] Re: Bus Priority in Cities
> > worldwide
> > 
> > Hi Alan
> > 
> > Walter Hook has a table that would at least serve as
> > a good starting point 
> > for this, in a power point presentation he made at
> > the Global Environment 
> > Fund Scientific and Technical Panel meeting in
> > Nairobi at the end of March 
> > this year, with a list of some ten cities and a
> > summary of their bus 
> > systems (km and passenger capacities).
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> > Lake
> > 
> > 
> > At 01:47 PM 10/27/2002 +0400, you wrote:
> > >I am looking for a "league table" or something
> > similar, showing the extent
> > >of Bus Priority implementation worldwide. Ideally,
> > it would be a table of a
> > >raft of cities showing population, some measure of
> > bus service provided
> > >and/or consumed (buses operated, bus-kms per annum,
> > passenger trips per
> > >annum?), and a measure of bus priority implemented.
> > (Length of bus lanes,
> > >number of junctions with priority, whatever?)
> > >
> > >Can anyone point me to a suitable resource? I feel
> > it's something someone,
> > >somewhere must have collected at some point.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
> > >      Dubai Municipality Public Transport
> > Department
> > >aphowes at dm.gov.ae
> > >Tel:    +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
> > >Mobile: +971 50 5989661
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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> > Message: 2
> >    Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:34:16 -0500
> >    From: czegras at mit.edu
> > Subject: [sustran] Re: Bus Priority in Cities
> > 
> > This should be derivable from the Millenium database
> > (produced by the folks at 
> > Murdoch University (Australia) for UITP).  It's not
> > entirely clear how reliable 
> > or complete the relevant data is, but it contains
> > several Public transport 
> > infrastructure and service indicators (including
> > buses operated, bus-kms, 
> > priority in infrastructure, etc.).
> > 
> > You should try to get a copy of the database from
> > UITP.  Else, perhaps you can 
> > get it from ISTP, Murdoch.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > > Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:47:14 +0400
> > > From: Alan Patrick Howes <APHOWES at dm.gov.ae>
> > > Subject: [sustran] Bus Priority in Cities
> > worldwide
> > > 
> > > I am looking for a "league table" or something
> > similar, showing the extent
> > > of Bus Priority implementation worldwide. Ideally,
> > it would be a table of a
> > > raft of cities showing population, some measure of
> > bus service provided
> > > and/or consumed (buses operated, bus-kms per
> > annum, passenger trips per
> > > annum?), and a measure of bus priority
> > implemented. (Length of bus lanes,
> > > number of junctions with priority, whatever?)
> > > 
> > > Can anyone point me to a suitable resource? I feel
> > it's something someone,
> > > somewhere must have collected at some point.
> > > 
> > > - -- 
> > > Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor, 
> > >      Dubai Municipality Public Transport
> > Department
> > > aphowes at dm.gov.ae
> > > Tel:    +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
> > > Mobile: +971 50 5989661
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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> > Message: 3
> >    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 03:16:23 +0000
> >    From: "Regina Manzo" <reginamanzo at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [sustran] Assistance Requested - Cincinnati
> > Light Rail Proposal
> > 
> > Hello Sustran -
> > 
> > There's been a request for info to help support a
> > proposed light rail line 
> > in Cincinnati, Ohio - part of hard-fought efforts to
> > get more transport 
> > options in a typical American metropolitan area. 
> > The request has come to me 
> > in a roundabout way, and the letter is below.  If
> > anyone can share 
> > statistics about property values and rail lines
> > (that they don't drop), and 
> > other positive information about rail, please pass
> > them on directly to:
> > 
> > Glen Brand at the Sierra Club
> > email:glen.brand at sierraclub.org
> > ph: country code 1-513-861-4001
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Gina Manzo
> > urban planner
> > Singapore
> > ph +65 6738-6698
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > As you may know, in Cincinnati there
> > is an initiative on the ballot in November to enact
> > a sales tax to support
> > the construction of a light rail system in Hamilton
> > County, Ohio.  A
> > description of the system is shown in this link:
> > 
> >
> http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/08/21/rail600x559.jpg
> > 
> > The initiative has the broad support of a coalition
> > of the business and
> > civic community and was developed, in part, by the
> > Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana
> > Council of Governments.  If built, it would be the
> > second light rail system
> > in Ohio; the only other one is in Shaker Heights, in
> > the Cleveland area, and
> > it dates from the 1920s.
> > 
> > Glen Brand of the Sierra Club's Ohio chapter in
> > Cincinnati sent a request to
> > APA's Research Department, asking for some
> > supportive comments.  His message
> > related that, over the next several weeks, the usual
> > opponents of such
> > projects--Randall O'Toole, Sam Staley, and Wendell
> > Cox--will be in
> > Cincinnati to condemn the proposal on behalf of a
> > coalition to stop it.
> > 
> > This coalition is said to have made a number of
> > questionable claims about
> > the proposal. Among them: that the state and federal
> > government would
> > acquire zoning period over transit-oriented zoning
> > districts along the rail
> > route (not true); and that light rail causes drops
> > property values on
> > adjacent parcels (not true--if it were true, Shaker
> > Heights would have
> > disappeared from the tax rolls long ago).
> > 
> > Which leads to this question: Would the
> > Transportation Planning Division, or
> > some of its leaders or Ohio members, want to offer
> > some more enlightened
> > views, representing the state of the art in thinking
> > about these issues?
> > 
> > I spoke to Glen last week and I know he would be
> > happy to hear from you.
> > 
> > Sam Staley's work is available online at:
> > www.buckeyeinstitute.org
> > Wendell Cox's at www.demographia.com.
> > 
> > -------------------
> > Please respond to:
> > Glen Brand, the Sierra Club
> > email:glen.brand at sierraclub.org
> > ph: country code 1-513-861-4001
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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> > Message: 4
> >    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:26:03 +1030
> >    From: "Perkins, Alan (TSA)"
> > <Alan.Perkins at transport.sa.gov.au>
> > Subject: [sustran] Light Rail Energy Consumption
> > 
> > Dear Sustraners-
> > 
> > Does anyone have information on the energy
> > consumption of light rail?
> > 
> > I need energy consumption in Kwh or MJ per vehicle
> > kilometre (often referred
> > to as the energy intensity).  I have energy
> > consumption per passenger
> > kilometre for a few Australian networks eg.
> > Adelaide's tram = 1.2 MJ per
> > passenger km (full fuel cycle).  However, figures
> > based on passenger
> > kilometres assume certain passenger loadings, which
> > can vary widely between
> > systems and dramatically alter the energy efficiency
> > compared with other
> > modes.
> > 
> > Also, any information on greenhouse gas emissions
> > per vehicle kiloemtre
> > would be welcome (although this varies with the fuel
> > mix used in generated
> > the electricity used by each particular system).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Alan Perkins
> > 
> > Dr Alan Perkins
> > Senior Transport Policy Analyst
> > Transport Policy Group
> > Transport SA
> > Room 702
> > PO Box 1
> > Walkerville
> > South Australia
> > 5081
> > ph +61 8 8343 2436
> > fax +61 8 8343 2939
> > alan.perkins at transport.sa.gov.au
> > http://www.transport.sa.gov.au 
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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> > Message: 5
> >    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 05:47:35 -0800
> >    From: Todd Alexander Litman <litman at vtpi.org>
> > Subject: [sustran] Re: Light Rail Energy Consumption
> > 
> > 
> > There is a nice new report that has some information
> > on transit vehicle 
> > emissions:
> > 
> > ECONorthwest and PBQD, Estimating the Benefits and
> > Costs of Public Transit 
> > Projects, TCRP Report 78, 
> >
> (http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/tcrp/tcrp78/index.htm),
> > TRB 
> > (www.trb.org), 2002.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 04:26 PM 10/29/2002 +1030, you wrote:
> > >Dear Sustraners-
> > >
> > >Does anyone have information on the energy
> > consumption of light rail?
> > >
> > >I need energy consumption in Kwh or MJ per vehicle
> > kilometre (often referred
> > >to as the energy intensity).  I have energy
> > consumption per passenger
> > >kilometre for a few Australian networks eg.
> > Adelaide's tram = 1.2 MJ per
> > >passenger km (full fuel cycle).  However, figures
> > based on passenger
> > >kilometres assume certain passenger loadings, which
> > can vary widely between
> > >systems and dramatically alter the energy
> > efficiency compared with other
> > >modes.
> > >
> > >Also, any information on greenhouse gas emissions
> > per vehicle kiloemtre
> > >would be welcome (although this varies with the
> > fuel mix used in generated
> > >the electricity used by each particular system).
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Alan Perkins
> > >
> > >Dr Alan Perkins
> > >Senior Transport Policy Analyst
> > >Transport Policy Group
> > >Transport SA
> > >Room 702
> > >PO Box 1
> > >Walkerville
> > >South Australia
> > >5081
> > >ph +61 8 8343 2436
> > >fax +61 8 8343 2939
> > >alan.perkins at transport.sa.gov.au
> > >http://www.transport.sa.gov.au
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> > 
> > 
> > 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 at vtpi.org
> > Website: http://www.vtpi.org
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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> > Message: 6
> >    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 06:08:26 -0800
> >    From: Todd Alexander Litman <litman at vtpi.org>
> > Subject: [sustran] Re: Assistance Requested -
> > Cincinnati Light Rail Proposal
> > 
> > 
> > There is considerable research indicating that rail
> > transit stations can 
> > significantly increase nearby property values and
> > support local economic 
> > development, provided that other factors are in
> > place, including consumer 
> > demand for transit-oriented housing and business
> > locations, and appropriate 
> > local development policies.
> > 
> > There are two components of this effect. One is an
> > economic transfer: 
> > people value transit accessible locations more than
> > transit inaccessible 
> > locations for housing and commercial activities. In
> > addition, transit 
> > oriented development can provide efficiencies of
> > agglomeration, that is, 
> > higher density development can increase the
> > productivity of certain types 
> > of business activities (which is why certain types
> > of stores and industries 
> > tend to locate in major commercial centers).
> > Although this second factor is 
> > difficult to measure, it suggests that transit
> > services can provide large 
> > economic benefits if they they provide a catalyst
> > for more clustered 
> > development.
> > 
> > See:
> > 
> > Jeffery J. Smith, Does Mass Transit Raise Site
> > Values Around Its Stops 
> > Enough To Pay For Itself (Were The Value Captured)?,
> > Geonomy Society 
> > (www.progress.org/geonomy), 2001; available at the
> > Victoria Transport 
> > Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org/smith.htm).
> > 
> > "Transit Evaluation" Online TDM Encyclopedia 
> > (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm62.htm)
> > 
> > "Transit Oriented Development" Online TDM
> > Encyclopedia 
> > (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm45.htm)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 03:16 AM 10/29/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Hello Sustran -
> > >
> > >There's been a request for info to help support a
> > proposed light rail line 
> > >in Cincinnati, Ohio - part of hard-fought efforts
> > to get more transport 
> > >options in a typical American metropolitan area. 
> > The request has come to 
> > >me in a roundabout way, and the letter is below. 
> > If anyone can share 
> > >statistics about property values and rail lines
> > (that they don't drop), 
> > >and other positive information about rail, please
> > pass them on directly to:
> > >
> > >Glen Brand at the Sierra Club
> > >email:glen.brand at sierraclub.org
> > >ph: country code 1-513-861-4001
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Gina Manzo
> > >urban planner
> > >Singapore
> > >ph +65 6738-6698
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >
> > >As you may know, in Cincinnati there
> > >is an initiative on the ballot in November to enact
> > a sales tax to support
> > >the construction of a light rail system in Hamilton
> > County, Ohio.  A
> > >description of the system is shown in this link:
> > >
> >
> >http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/08/21/rail600x559.jpg
> > >
> > >The initiative has the broad support of a coalition
> > of the business and
> > >civic community and was developed, in part, by the
> > Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana
> > >Council of Governments.  If built, it would be the
> > second light rail system
> > >in Ohio; the only other one is in Shaker Heights,
> > in the Cleveland area, and
> > >it dates from the 1920s.
> > >
> > >Glen Brand of the Sierra Club's Ohio chapter in
> > Cincinnati sent a request to
> > >APA's Research Department, asking for some
> > supportive comments.  His message
> > >related that, over the next several weeks, the
> > usual opponents of such
> > >projects--Randall O'Toole, Sam Staley, and Wendell
> > Cox--will be in
> > >Cincinnati to condemn the proposal on behalf of a
> > coalition to stop it.
> > >
> > >This coalition is said to have made a number of
> > questionable claims about
> > >the proposal. Among them: that the state and
> > federal government would
> > >acquire zoning period over transit-oriented zoning
> > districts along the rail
> > >route (not true); and that light rail causes drops
> > property values on
> > >adjacent parcels (not true--if it were true, Shaker
> > Heights would have
> > >disappeared from the tax rolls long ago).
> > >
> > >Which leads to this question: Would the
> > Transportation Planning Division, or
> > >some of its leaders or Ohio members, want to offer
> > some more enlightened
> > >views, representing the state of the art in
> > thinking about these issues?
> > >
> > >I spoke to Glen last week and I know he would be
> > >happy to hear from you.
> > >
> > >Sam Staley's work is available online at:
> > www.buckeyeinstitute.org
> > >Wendell Cox's at www.demographia.com.
> > >
> > >-------------------
> > >Please respond to:
> > >Glen Brand, the Sierra Club
> > >email:glen.brand at sierraclub.org
> > >ph: country code 1-513-861-4001
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 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 at vtpi.org
> > Website: http://www.vtpi.org
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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