[sustran] FW: Smart Urban Transport

[Paul Barter]

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Subject: Smart Urban Transport


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= Smart Urban Transport    Issue #13    October 2002 =
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CONTENTS
- Beijing's car love affair
- KMB buys into Shenzen transport group
- SCATS dominant in Asia
- UK targets air pollutants
- Taiwan freeway management update
- Sydney bus wars
+ lots more ...

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BEIJING'S CAR LOVE AFFAIR
Traffic congestion in Beijing is rapidly rising. Sales of new cars have
risen 20% in the past year. On the back of a growing economy and
reinforced by pro-car policies of the government, taxi fleets are
initially being hit hard reports the South China Morning Post (August
26). Beijing's 60,000 taxis are losing passengers as they purchase their
own cars. And taxi productivity has fallen.

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TOP STRATEGY & POLICY STORIES (at the above link)...
- Local govt impede transport productivity 
- Road and fuel taxes to replace registration charge
- Queensland lifts PPP limit
- New book on bus systems of the future
- World Bank book on urban transport strategy
- Practice note: innovative financing of PT
- Never mind the debate just give dollars
- Car or bus tax


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KMB BUYS INTO SHENZEN TRANSPORT GROUP
Seeking to tap into the growth potential of the Pearl River Delta, one
of the fastest growing regions in mainland China, Hong Kong's Kowloon
Motor Bus Holdings (KMB) is reportedly planning to bid for a 45% stake
in near-monopoly Shenzhen Public Transportation (Group) reported the
South China Morning Post (August 31).

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TOP PEOPLE & COMPANIES STORIES...
- ITS Singapore's new website
- Connex WA sale approved by government
- Aussie Logistics look to SE Asia
- Macquarie enters US toll road market
- Meet ITS Australia's head
- Microlistics snares major Chinese contract
- Philippines LTO website


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SCATS DOMINANT IN ASIA
With new orders for expansion of urban traffic control (UTC) systems in
Hangzhou, Shenyang and Shanghai, China, the pre-eminence within Asia of
Australia's Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) marketed
by Tyco's Sydney office is beyond doubt. 

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TOP TECHNOLOGY STORIES...
- Melbourne joins mobile phone parking plan
- Smart ticket advance in Belo Horizonte
- Electronic surveillance on Penang Bridge
- Real time info coming to Seoul buses
- Beijing's ITS plans
- Technology improves truck turnaround times
- Aussie e-procurement specialist cleans up


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UK TARGETS AIR POLLUTANTS
The United Kingdom set new targets for cutting air pollution. Under the
government's new measures, air pollution from particulate matter would
be reduced by 50% by 2004, to an average of 20 micrograms per cubic
metre over the year.

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TOP ENVIRONMENT STORIES...
- London saves congestion pricing
- Road transport puts case to United Nations
- Stop and go electric cars
- Technology cannot solve it all
- New community carbon fund, Kyoto


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+ INFRASTRUCTURE & OPERATIONS +
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TAIWAN FREEWAY MANAGEMENT UPDATE
Not much new has happened with new freeway management projects since the
"Ramp Metering Project" was initiated and completed over the past five
years. New segments of the Second North-South Freeway are scheduled to
open over the next three years, and freeway to freeway traffic diversion
systems will be implemented over this same period. 

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TOP INFRASTRUCTURE & OPERATIONS STORIES...
- Sydney Spit bridge upgrade
- Now satellites erode Oz road budget
- Edwards promotes 'China+1' strategy
- Motorists hit back
- Qld govt negotiates PPP on busway project
- Kallang/Paya Lebar expressway accelerates
- Berlin's public-private transport centre
- Zuhai bridge of hope


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SYDNEY BUS WARS
Interesting to see the bus wars in Sydney. After Scania achieved some
success having a bodied citybus on their chassis available for free
trials, now everyone is into the 'try before you buy' policy.
 
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TOP BUSINESS INFORMATION STORIES...
- Australia-Singapore trade pact
- Who's liable?
- China's economy on track
- Biz at risk over poor electronic security
- Queensland renews MOU with Central Java
- Gulf Traffic 2002 Convention
- UITP looks east
- Conferences
- Future business opportunities


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ITS in Asia: Market Trends and Prospects to 2010 

A comprehensive three part study of the emerging ITS market.

Part One: ITS in ASEAN: Market Trends and Prospects to 2010 Part Two:
ITS in China: Market Trends and Prospects to 2010 Part Three: Overview

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