From bogus@does.not.exist.com Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 Subject: No subject Message-ID: From Brian.Williams at unchs.org Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: Brian.Williams at unchs.org (Brian.Williams@unchs.org) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 07:20: 5 GMT Subject: [sustran] TDM Policy in the city, states, nation Message-ID: <9708270720.0524F8@unchs57.unep.org> Dear Mr. Inoue [and other SUSTRAN-discuss subscribers], The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) in Nairobi, Kenya has recently issued a publication on Transport Demand Measures in both the developing and developed country contexts entitled "Economic Instruments and Regulatory Measures for the Demand Management of Urban Transport." I would be happy to send you or anyone else interested in these issues a copy for your review. Regards, Brian Williams, Human Settlements Officer United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Research and Development Division P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya TEL: (254 2) 623-916 FAX: (254 2) 624-265 EMAIL: brian.williams@unchs.org From Brian.Williams at unchs.org Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: Brian.Williams at unchs.org (Brian.Williams@unchs.org) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:31: 1 GMT Subject: [sustran] TDM Policy in the city, states, nation Message-ID: <9708280831.012540@unchs57.unep.org> Dear Setty, Yes it is that paper. i don't know how much re-writing he actually did since it was before my time...I'll bring one to Florence for you. By the way, you should be getting a new invitation with the new dates by fax very soon. Regards, Brian Brian Williams, Human Settlements Officer United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Research and Development Division P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya TEL: (254 2) 623-916 FAX: (254 2) 624-265 EMAIL: brian.williams@unchs.org From Brian.Williams at unchs.org Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: Brian.Williams at unchs.org (Brian.Williams@unchs.org) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:48: 4 GMT Subject: [sustran] Urban Poverty and Transport Message-ID: <9711200848.0423E8@unchs57.unep.org> Dear Colleagues, As many of you are aware (as many of you were in attendance), the kick-off meeting for the International Forum on Urban Poverty recently concluded in Florence, Italy. It was sponsored and organized by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) in Nairobi. "Access to Affordable Transport for the Urban Poor" was one of the topics for discussion. In conjunction with the larger meeting (in which we were successfully able to convince the "powers that be" that transport is an absolutely crucial issue when attempting to tackle poverty...no small task) a transport working group convened as well. This group consisted primarily of NGO representatives, academic researchers and local authorities who have done work in this area (poverty, transport, gender etc.). Other organizations included the ILO, World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF and UNCHS. As a follow-up to this meeting, a number of global initiatives are currently in formulation in a number of quarters. However as a first step, I would like to provide all of you with the text from the final presentation on Transport given to the Plenary of the forum on the final day. It represents the collective efforts of the entire working group and was presented by Dr. John Howe of IHE in Delft, The Netherlands (statement included below). Brian Williams, Human Settlements Officer United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Research and Development Division P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya TEL: (254 2) 623-916 FAX: (254 2) 624-265 EMAIL: brian.williams@unchs.org --- Begin Included Message --- TRANSPORT WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION/INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON URBAN POVERTY, FLORENCE 9-13 NOVEMBER Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen This is the report of the Transport Working Group. The discussion of the Working Group took place under the theme of Access to Affordable Transport for the Urban Poor The working group discussions built on the major themes of the keynote speeches held in plenary held on Monday morning. these were taken to be: FIRSTLY, lack of recognition of the relationship between transport and the eradication of poverty. In fact the word TRANSPORT tends to have negative connotations. The important relationships are those between poverty access and immobility. SECONDLY, and as a guiding principle for governments and aid agencies ... "if you cannot increase the income of the poor, do not, by your transport policies and interventions, increase the poor's expenditure on travel". The most important lessons from the case study were that: Firstly, that it is crucial to identify what poor people want and can do for themselves; Secondly that we must work out the other ingredients that are required to implement these solutions; and Thirdly, that it is necessary to locate the institutions that can deliver the ingredients that are outside the control of poor people. Nobody who was present at the plenary presentation of the Bombay transport case study can have failed to have been impressed by the positive outcome of involving the poorest groups. Discussions in the working group took place under four main themes, with the fifth summarizing discussion of practical approaches and implementation strategies. These four themes were: 1. Transport, Poverty and Sustainable Human Settlements 2. Gender and Transport 3. International Institutions and NGO Relations 4. Poverty, Infrastructure Provision and Employment THEME ONE: TRANSPORT, POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Two main questions were raised: 1. How best to involve the poor in the transport decision-making process? 2. How to facilitate a decision-making process whose outcome actually assists the poor? As a result of case study experience, it was suggested that effective action is often possible by the formation of coalitions of the most affected local groups and interests. Where these groups represent people living in poverty, assistance is usually required with media relations, technical transport issues, and with mobilizing resources. However, it was pointed out that coalitions of groups may also lead to other problems and conflicts. They sometimes comprise conflicting interests, and mechanisms to resolve these conflicts so that people living in poverty are best served, must be developed and disseminated. THEME TWO: GENDER AND TRANSPORT The main theme was that women have very different travel needs deriving from the multiple tasks they must perform in their households and in their communities. Little recognition of this difference has been paid in conventional transport planning methodologies which was seen as deriving both from the lack of disaggregated data on travel needs and a lack of a gender-focused perspective. One theme of discussion was that much could be learnt from research into rural travel and transport where a gender-focus has been established for some years. However, these methods remain to be adapted and used in urban areas. THEME THREE: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION AND NGO RELATIONS The crucial role transport plays in sustainable human settlements and improving the lives of those living in poverty has been widely acknowledged at a number of previous Habitat meetings, particularly during Habitat II. NGO groups have played a key role in gaining this recognition. However, it was agreed that strategies and mechanisms for turning recognition into effective action need to be substantially strengthened. Discussion raised the important issue of recognizing both social as well as economic sustainability. Recent research was tabled showing that in fact, those interests can be reconciled., That is providing efficient transport to the poorest groups actually makes good economic sense, since it improves the competitiveness and productivity of urban areas. THEMES FOUR: TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION AND EMPLOYMENT: The main theme of discussion was how to involve communities in the planning and labour- intensive provision of transport infrastructure provision, which is characteristically deficient in unplanned settlements. Emphasis on involvement and labour-intensive methods were seen as tools for community empowerment, employment and asset creation. The modes of transport used and operated by the poorest groups makes a significant contribution to employment but this is seldom acknowledged and their interests are too often jeopardized by conventional transport policies. THEME FIVE: PRACTICAL APPROACHES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES Activities under the Forum will focus on changing current practices to favour those which will promote the rights of people living in poverty, particularly women and children, in order to achieve equitable levels of accessibility. This will be done by ensuring the active participation of the poor in the transport planning process. The activities will include; capacity-building of local groups by enhancing and extending the SUSTRAN information and exchange network; through provision for resources and technical assistance; and by developing gender-aware methodologies for planning and evaluating investment in transport infrastructure and other access-promoting initiatives. These activities will be explored throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America, however, on- going activities in the cities of Kathmandu, Nepal, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Quito, Ecuador will be strengthened. --- End Included Message --- From Brian.Williams at unchs.org Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: Brian.Williams at unchs.org (Brian.Williams@unchs.org) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:15: 0 GMT Subject: [sustran] Re: ESCAP Committee on Transport and Communications Message-ID: <9801200815.002540@unchs57.unep.org> Dear Setty, I'm back in Nairobi after my home leave in the US. How was TRB? Regards, Brian Brian Williams, Human Settlements Officer United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Research and Development Division P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya TEL: (254 2) 623-916 FAX: (254 2) 624-265 EMAIL: brian.williams@unchs.org From Brian.Williams at unchs.org Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: Brian.Williams at unchs.org (Brian.Williams@unchs.org) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:12: 3 GMT Subject: [sustran] transport article solicitation Message-ID: <9801290812.0324A4@unchs57.unep.org> --- Begin Included Message --- 29 January 1998 Dear Colleagues, The publication "Habitat Debate" is published four times a year from the headquarters of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) based in Nairobi, Kenya. Every issue focuses on a particular development agenda item in human settlements together with a comprehensive listing of upcoming events, other publications, etc., etc in that area. For those of you involved in Habitat II preparations, you may have used it quite extensively as it was and is probably the best source of information on UN activities in the area of human settlements, broadly defined. It's circulation numbers about 10,000 and is subscibed by a wide cross-section of individuals and development organizations including bi-lateral aid organizations, multi-lateral development banks, local and national authorities, NGO representatives, etc. For the first time ever, one of the upcoming issues of "Habitat Debate" will be on transport. As designated editor for this issue, I am solicitng articles from all of you for inclusion in it. As "transport" is a rather broad subject, I (and the editorial board) are requesting articles focusing exclusively on transport and human settlements in developing countries. These articles are to be relatively short (1200 words or less) and hopefully accompanied by graphics, photographs, etc. The deadline for submission is 30 April, 1998 and text may conveniently be sent by electronic mail to the address below for preliminary evaluation. Should you have need of any further clarification, do not hesitate to contact me at any time. Regards,  --- End Included Message --- Brian Williams, Human Settlements Officer United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Research and Development Division P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya TEL: (254 2) 623-916 FAX: (254 2) 624-265 EMAIL: brian.williams@unchs.org From Brian.Williams at unchs.org Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: Brian.Williams at unchs.org (Brian.Williams@unchs.org) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:28: 4 GMT Subject: [sustran] Advisory Meeting for Shell Sustainable Energy Initiative Message-ID: <9803031228.04240C@unchs57.unep.org> Dear Friends, Having recently received some corporate money from Daimler-Benz AG in Germany (on behalf of my agency, I assure you) to do a meeting on sustainable transport entitled "Transport for the 21st Century" at the Habitat II conference in Istanbul, I feel compelled to comment on Mr. Whitelegg's comments on corporate "greenwashing" and this Shell "sustainable energy initiative" generally. In my view, 95% of "corporate sustainable anything" initiatives are PR smoke and mirrors operations. I think in transport, there is one glaring exception (Toyota Motors Foundation in Japan...see me for data) but by and large, it is all image-building. In the case of Shell, my independent sources tell me it is closer to 100% smoke and mirrors, and I believe them. And I happen to agree 100% with Mr. Whitelegg's substantive assessment of the problems here with this particular initiative. However, having said that, I believe that it is all too easy to become apalled at the deceit and more difficult to channel the energy such a controversial meeting engenders and put it to good use. In the case of Istanbul (as many of you recall) 500 people (activists, academics, local authorities etc., etc.) got together for one entire day and gave one of the senior vice-presidents representing the company a pretty good tongue-lashing the entire time. I recall at one point, one person reminded the audience that if it wasn't for Daimler-Benz's financial contribution, we wouldn't be having a dialogue on the global problems in transport and somebody then responded, "If it wasn't for Daimler-Benz, we wouldn't NEED this dialogue on transport!" Needless to say, they weren't amused. Of course the meeting was not pure vitriol and there were some good discussions of a substantive nature, particularly on the role of technology (Daimler-Benz's obvious agenda) as well as some other issues. Did the meeting change their corporate policy? Probably not. Where they happy they were involved? Yes, as a matter of fact, they were. I heard later they actually got a great deal of mileage out of being affiliated (as a private sector company) with a UN initiative. But what it DID do for many of us collectively was to greatly expand our contacts with others working in the sustainable transport arena. And for that, I genuinely appreciate Daimler-Benz's financial inputs and strongly doubt the opportunity would have arisen without them. I guess my point is that meetings of this sort do provide opportunities. In particular, for example, this meeting in Bangkok may: 1) Provide the opportunity to raise the points John made to the source itself. It may or may not help (probably wouldn't) but it certainly wouldn't hurt; 2) An opportunity to "know the enemy" as it were; 3) An opportunity to informally network and form strategic alliances with other who are likely to be in attendance for work to change the initative itself or for work in other areas. 4) An opportunity for a free trip to Bangkok to work on whatever is your own agenda. For those of you involved in sustainable transport, the City of Bangkok is like a living laboratory of how not to do things. In conclusion, I think accepting money from a suspect private-sector operation doesn't mean you endorse the company or the initiative. Boycotting events of this sort do send a message and a valuable one, at times. However, they are also opportunities missed. In weighing the costs and benefits of whether or not to participate, let's not forget that no matter how flawed the forum, it probably would not have occurred at all unless somebody came up with the money. I am of the view that there is "value-added" in practically any opportunity for dialogue and we should seize these opportunities whenever possible. John, I do not know if, in fact, you were suggesting Paul not go. Perhaps you were just alerting him, and all of us, to the hidden agenda and for that, I am appreciative. This Shell initiative may be particularly suspect and onerous, but I would argue that is all the more reason to go. I agonized and wrestled with this same issue during Habitat II (taking private money) and (very reluctantly, believe me) came up with the general conclusions above vis-a-vis events of this sort. I think for those of you in attendance there, we didn't go wrong. I therefore felt compelled to give my two-cents worth on this issue, for what it's worth. Regards to all, Brian Williams, Human Settlements Officer United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Research and Development Division P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya TEL: (254 2) 623-916 FAX: (254 2) 624-265 EMAIL: brian.williams@unchs.org From je at swisscontact.ph Sun Aug 31 13:09:13 2003 From: je at swisscontact.ph (Kisan Mehta) Date: 9 Jan 2003Reply-To: Kisan Mehta Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security Message-ID: <200301100018.h0A0ID185671@mail.jca.apc.org> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20030110/e09a1c55/attachment.htm From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Sat Aug 2 12:17:00 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:17:00 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Fwd: CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN #49 Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DAEA@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> From: "Car Busters" To: carbusters_bulletin_eng@lists.riseup.net Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 00:17:38 +0200 List-Archive: Subject: [carbusters_bulletin_eng] CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN #49 _________________________ CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN >>> ____________________________________ Edition no. 49 - August 2003 - English version ........................................................... * DEAR BULLETIN READERS AND SUPPORTERS, * Car Busters (currently transforming into World Carfree Network) needs your help. To ensure that our office and projects run smoothly in the coming months, we are in great need of your financial support. Funding that we expected to come through has either not materialised or has been delayed. In the month of August, we need to raise an extra 2,000 EUR/USD on top of our normal income. A little goes a long way in the Czech Republic. By contributing 160 EUR/USD, you would pay our office rent for one month. By giving 375 EUR/USD, you would pay for a full- time staff member's monthly wages. You can also join us at one of three membership levels: 30, 50 or 100 EUR/USD. Payment options can be found here: . Credit card orders can be made here: (the 'donations' field is towards the bottom). Thank you very much for your support. - The Car Busters/World Carfree Network team Contents: BOXERS AND BRIEFS ACTION ALERT - HELP SAVE U.S. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT FUNDING WORLD NEWS - CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE CONTINUES - BRITISH GOVERNMENT DROPS SUPPORT FOR ARUNDEL BYPASS - EU BEHIND ON KYOTO GOAL, TRANSPORT EMISSIONS TO BLAME - HORRIFIC TRAFFIC CRASHES IN USA RAISE IMPORTANCE OF CARFREE AREAS - BLACK STARS ON BOGOTA STREETS CAR BUSTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS - WORLD CARFREE DAY 2003 - JOIN THE DISCUSSION - CAR BUSTERS PRESS: BARGAIN BASEMENT BOOKS DISCLAIMER __________________ BOXERS AND BRIEFS >> __________________________ - The Ford Excursion - the world's largest regular SUV at 19 feet in length (5.8 meters), averaging 10 mpg (16 kpg), carrying nine people, unable to fit into conventional US garages, and requiring two parking spaces on city streets - is rumoured to be discontinued in 2004 as reported by the BBC. - In contrast to statements made by Bush administration officials, the United States Environmental Protection Agency found that a plan to reduce emissions linked to global warming could be carried out at little cost. _______________ ACTION ALERT >> __________________ HELP SAVE U.S. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT FUNDING [compiled from various sources] On July 24, the US House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriations unveiled its 2004 Transportation & Treasury Spending Bill. If it passes without modification through a number of stages in both houses of Congress, it would: - cut passenger rail (AMTRAK) to half its minimum operating budget (to $900 million from the $1.8 billion it needs to maintain its skeletal existing services); - eliminate the popular Transportation Enhancements programme; and - boost highway spending to $33.8 billion, an increase of $4.5 billion over the President's request and $6.1 billion over the 2003 budget. The bill would direct AMTRAK to eliminate its national passenger rail system. A few profitable corridors in the Northeast and the West Coast would be maintained but possibly privatised. This would leave the United States as the only industrialised nation without national passenger rail service. One major problem is that Congress members see support for AMTRAK as a "subsidy" - rail is expected to somehow turn a profit - while the much larger expenditures on highways and air-industry bail-outs are couched in the more neutral or positive language of "expenditures" or "economic investment" and have no profit-making expectations. Another problem is that Congress members still think that more money spent on highways will help solve road congestion. This is no longer a credible argument. As various studies on traffic generation have shown, road building would in most cases have the opposite effect: The more road capacity is increased, the more traffic expands to fill the available space. To solve traffic congestion, we would do better to reduce road capacity than to expand it. Bare-bones highlights of the bill can be found here: . Analysis regarding the slashing of Transportation Enhancements can be found here: . Since 1991, the Transportation Enhancements program has built 8,000 bicycle and pedestrian projects in communities large and small across the US. "Transportation Enhancements account for less than two cents of every Federal surface transportation dollar," says Keith Laughlin, President of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. "For less than two cents per dollar we get a popular program that supports locally-initiated transportation projects in communities across America. Those who would eliminate this program believe that every single Federal penny should be spent on highways. I urge Congress to reject such short-sighted thinking." If you are a US citizen, please call or write your congressional representatives as soon as possible and urge them to cut highway spending, fund AMTRAK for at least $1.8 billion and preserve and expand the Transportation Enhancements programme. (Congressional Switchboard number: (202) 224-3121; President Bush: (202) 456-1111.) But don't stop there; it's even more important to join organised political efforts to save and expand US alternative transport. _______________ WORLD NEWS >> __________________ CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE CONTINUES [from London Rising Tide] In the early morning of July 10, Earth First! and other concerned individuals blockaded AMEC's office in Warrington, UK for three hours, demanding that the company pull out of the Baku pipeline project. AMEC has a 200- million-pound contract to build the Georgian part of the pipeline. The activists mounted a large tripod and a chain of people locked themselves together across the entrance. The action prevented around 250 vehicles from entering the complex, causing deliveries to be cancelled and making company workers climb over locked-on people and a banner proclaiming "Stop Baku Pipeline" to get to work. After three hours and absolutely no action on the part of the three baffled and slightly bored police, the protest packed up and went to the pub, retrieving the materials, with no arrests. One week before, an AMEC construction site in Manchester mysteriously sprouted slogans all over the hoardings, such as "AMEC Murderers," "AMEC Out of Baku," "Stop the Baku pipeline," as well as the entrance being liquid-metalled shut. On Monday, July 14, Friends of the Earth and European Green MP Jean Lambert presented a section of pipeline to the Department For International Development covered with over 4,000 letters from members of the public protesting against the Baku Ceyhan pipeline. For background information on the Baku-Ceyhan-Tbilisi Pipeline go to www.baku.org.uk or www.risingtide.org.uk. BRITISH GOVERNMENT DROPS SUPPORT FOR ARUNDEL BYPASS [spotted by Richard Lane] A victory has been won by the campaign to halt the second Arundel Bypass, west of Brighton, UK. At the last minute, and against all expectations, the British Government dropped its support for the environmentally destructive scheme, as well as for the equally disastrous proposed Worthing Bypass across the South Downs behind Cissbury Ring. Arundel and South Downs MP Howard Flight was certainly caught by surprise, having sent out a statement to local press earlier in the week welcoming 'the government announcement to proceed with a bypass for Arundel.' Early July saw a flurry of media interest in the Arundel protest camp at Tortington Common, with reports everywhere from BBC TV and Meridian to the Evening Argus, The Times and The Guardian. A hint as to the reasons why the government backed down in West Sussex, while ploughing ahead with road plans elsewhere in the country, came in a report on the Evening Standard website. Written before the announcement, and seemingly expecting the Arundel road to be given the green light, it added: "The government will be desperate to avoid clashes with committed activists such as 'Swampy' - so-called 'king of the eco-warriors.' It is still nervous of provoking the kind of confrontations that created ugly scenes at Twyford Down and the Newbury Bypass in the late nineties." We've said it before and we'll say it again: direct action works! EU BEHIND ON KYOTO GOAL, TRANSPORT EMISSIONS TO BLAME [from ITDP's Sustainable Transport e-Update] The European Environmental Agency found that greenhouse gas emissions rose for the second year in a row, moving the EU further away from meeting its emissions reductions commitment under the Kyoto Protocol. Emissions from the transport sector, paired with a cold winter that led to more electricity use, were blamed for the increase. While the results are certainly disappointing, at least the EU is participating in the Kyoto Protocol and performing yearly monitoring studies that point to the specific areas where emissions targets are not being met. HORRIFIC TRAFFIC CRASHES IN USA RAISE IMPORTANCE OF CARFREE AREAS On July 16, an 86-year-old man drove his vehicle into an outdoor market in Santa Monica, USA killing 10 people and injuring 69 others. Eleven days later in Florida, a 79-year- old man drove his vehicle into an outdoor market, sending six people to the hospital. Instead of these events creating political pressure to redesign communities for people - ensuring independent mobility for all, regardless of age or physical ability - the overwhelming response has been limited to having people take car keys away from their elderly parents and instructing physicians to report to authorities people who should no longer be driving. However, there is now some awareness of the need for making some public spaces carfree. BLACK STARS ON BOGOTA STREETS More than 1,500 black stars have been painted on the streets of Bogota, Colombia, as a stark reminder of each pedestrian death caused by car crashes over the last five years. The educational campaign asks Bogota, "We are getting used to this; what's the matter with us?" The campaign aims to reduce the death rate by 10%. ___________________ CAR BUSTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS >> __________________________________ WORLD CARFREE DAY 2003 September 22 is World Carfree Day - less than two months away! We have big plans for local activities in Prague, but we haven't had the resources to provide much infrastructure and global coordination. So we encourage you to organise locally and independently, and to report back with your plans and post-event reports. As for 2004, we have been providing significant input on the direction of the EU and UN carfree day programmes, and we will let you know when we have good news to report. In the meantime, join the listserve below to share carfree day organising ideas with others around the world. All the best and good luck! JOIN THE DISCUSSION Are you interested in having a say in the transformation of Car Busters into a more decentralised international network? Might your local organisation want to be a part of it all and gain a voice at the international level? If so, you may want to join the discussion at carfree_network@lists.riseup.net. The listserve, rather than a place for general postings, is devoted to discussing/organising current and future projects of the network and the global carfree movement. Those interested in getting more involved in World Carfree Network projects are especially encouraged to join. To subscribe, just send an e-mail to . CAR BUSTERS PRESS: BARGAIN BASEMENT BOOKS [bulk discounts on 'CARtoons' and 'Roadkill Bill'] It's Summer Cleaning Time at Car Busters - we are trying to clean up our cluttered office and raise extra money to cover our operating costs. How can you help? Carbusters publishes two books - Andy Singer's 'CARtoons' and Ken Avidor's 'Roadkill Bill' - and these books are piled up in our office - under desks, on top of bookshelves, in every corner, we are even resting our monitors on them. Why not purchase a bunch from us? You could give them to friends as gifts, or your organisation could sell them to your members or to the public at community events. (World Carfree Day is coming in September!) If you order more than ten copies, we'll let you have them for half-price. That's 5 EUR/USD per book, instead of the normal 10 EUR/USD. You can then sell them at the cover price. And you won't have to pay extra for shipping. A description of the books and more info can be found at . 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[end] ____________________________________________ CAR BUSTERS Kratka 26, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic tel: +(420) 274-810-849 - fax: +(420) 274-816-727 - ____________________________________________ From tk at thomaskrag.com Sat Aug 2 18:01:17 2003 From: tk at thomaskrag.com (Thomas Krag) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:01:17 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fwd: CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN #49 References: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DAEA@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <004301c358d4$a9254950$e26f9dd9@packbell> Dear Carbusters, I just sent you a donation amounting 160 USD (https://secure.kagi.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/PQ.woa/wa/t?t=CH7P8ATH77H3ADHKD ). I was rather surprised to find that in practice this meant that I had to pay 200 USD due to 25% VAT for Denmark (on only found out after I had pressed the "confirm" button). It is probably unavoidable that VAT has to be added for products like books etc. It is, on the other hand, not necessary for donations. In my case I can probably manage it as I am registered as a private company. But for others it will be an unnecessary extra expenditure (or meaning that you get less). I recommend you find out how to avoid this automatic VAT'ing for the donations. Best regards Thomas Krag ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barter, Paul" To: Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 5:17 AM Subject: [sustran] Fwd: CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN #49 From: "Car Busters" To: carbusters_bulletin_eng@lists.riseup.net Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 00:17:38 +0200 List-Archive: Subject: [carbusters_bulletin_eng] CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN #49 _________________________ CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN >>> ____________________________________ Edition no. 49 - August 2003 - English version ........................................................... * DEAR BULLETIN READERS AND SUPPORTERS, * Car Busters (currently transforming into World Carfree Network) needs your help. To ensure that our office and projects run smoothly in the coming months, we are in great need of your financial support. Funding that we expected to come through has either not materialised or has been delayed. In the month of August, we need to raise an extra 2,000 EUR/USD on top of our normal income. A little goes a long way in the Czech Republic. By contributing 160 EUR/USD, you would pay our office rent for one month. By giving 375 EUR/USD, you would pay for a full- time staff member's monthly wages. You can also join us at one of three membership levels: 30, 50 or 100 EUR/USD. Payment options can be found here: . Credit card orders can be made here: (the 'donations' field is towards the bottom). Thank you very much for your support. - The Car Busters/World Carfree Network team Contents: BOXERS AND BRIEFS ACTION ALERT - HELP SAVE U.S. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT FUNDING WORLD NEWS - CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE CONTINUES - BRITISH GOVERNMENT DROPS SUPPORT FOR ARUNDEL BYPASS - EU BEHIND ON KYOTO GOAL, TRANSPORT EMISSIONS TO BLAME - HORRIFIC TRAFFIC CRASHES IN USA RAISE IMPORTANCE OF CARFREE AREAS - BLACK STARS ON BOGOTA STREETS CAR BUSTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS - WORLD CARFREE DAY 2003 - JOIN THE DISCUSSION - CAR BUSTERS PRESS: BARGAIN BASEMENT BOOKS DISCLAIMER __________________ BOXERS AND BRIEFS >> __________________________ - The Ford Excursion - the world's largest regular SUV at 19 feet in length (5.8 meters), averaging 10 mpg (16 kpg), carrying nine people, unable to fit into conventional US garages, and requiring two parking spaces on city streets - is rumoured to be discontinued in 2004 as reported by the BBC. - In contrast to statements made by Bush administration officials, the United States Environmental Protection Agency found that a plan to reduce emissions linked to global warming could be carried out at little cost. _______________ ACTION ALERT >> __________________ HELP SAVE U.S. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT FUNDING [compiled from various sources] On July 24, the US House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriations unveiled its 2004 Transportation & Treasury Spending Bill. If it passes without modification through a number of stages in both houses of Congress, it would: - cut passenger rail (AMTRAK) to half its minimum operating budget (to $900 million from the $1.8 billion it needs to maintain its skeletal existing services); - eliminate the popular Transportation Enhancements programme; and - boost highway spending to $33.8 billion, an increase of $4.5 billion over the President's request and $6.1 billion over the 2003 budget. The bill would direct AMTRAK to eliminate its national passenger rail system. A few profitable corridors in the Northeast and the West Coast would be maintained but possibly privatised. This would leave the United States as the only industrialised nation without national passenger rail service. One major problem is that Congress members see support for AMTRAK as a "subsidy" - rail is expected to somehow turn a profit - while the much larger expenditures on highways and air-industry bail-outs are couched in the more neutral or positive language of "expenditures" or "economic investment" and have no profit-making expectations. Another problem is that Congress members still think that more money spent on highways will help solve road congestion. This is no longer a credible argument. As various studies on traffic generation have shown, road building would in most cases have the opposite effect: The more road capacity is increased, the more traffic expands to fill the available space. To solve traffic congestion, we would do better to reduce road capacity than to expand it. Bare-bones highlights of the bill can be found here: . Analysis regarding the slashing of Transportation Enhancements can be found here: . Since 1991, the Transportation Enhancements program has built 8,000 bicycle and pedestrian projects in communities large and small across the US. "Transportation Enhancements account for less than two cents of every Federal surface transportation dollar," says Keith Laughlin, President of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. "For less than two cents per dollar we get a popular program that supports locally-initiated transportation projects in communities across America. Those who would eliminate this program believe that every single Federal penny should be spent on highways. I urge Congress to reject such short-sighted thinking." If you are a US citizen, please call or write your congressional representatives as soon as possible and urge them to cut highway spending, fund AMTRAK for at least $1.8 billion and preserve and expand the Transportation Enhancements programme. (Congressional Switchboard number: (202) 224-3121; President Bush: (202) 456-1111.) But don't stop there; it's even more important to join organised political efforts to save and expand US alternative transport. _______________ WORLD NEWS >> __________________ CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE CONTINUES [from London Rising Tide] In the early morning of July 10, Earth First! and other concerned individuals blockaded AMEC's office in Warrington, UK for three hours, demanding that the company pull out of the Baku pipeline project. AMEC has a 200- million-pound contract to build the Georgian part of the pipeline. The activists mounted a large tripod and a chain of people locked themselves together across the entrance. The action prevented around 250 vehicles from entering the complex, causing deliveries to be cancelled and making company workers climb over locked-on people and a banner proclaiming "Stop Baku Pipeline" to get to work. After three hours and absolutely no action on the part of the three baffled and slightly bored police, the protest packed up and went to the pub, retrieving the materials, with no arrests. One week before, an AMEC construction site in Manchester mysteriously sprouted slogans all over the hoardings, such as "AMEC Murderers," "AMEC Out of Baku," "Stop the Baku pipeline," as well as the entrance being liquid-metalled shut. On Monday, July 14, Friends of the Earth and European Green MP Jean Lambert presented a section of pipeline to the Department For International Development covered with over 4,000 letters from members of the public protesting against the Baku Ceyhan pipeline. For background information on the Baku-Ceyhan-Tbilisi Pipeline go to www.baku.org.uk or www.risingtide.org.uk. BRITISH GOVERNMENT DROPS SUPPORT FOR ARUNDEL BYPASS [spotted by Richard Lane] A victory has been won by the campaign to halt the second Arundel Bypass, west of Brighton, UK. At the last minute, and against all expectations, the British Government dropped its support for the environmentally destructive scheme, as well as for the equally disastrous proposed Worthing Bypass across the South Downs behind Cissbury Ring. Arundel and South Downs MP Howard Flight was certainly caught by surprise, having sent out a statement to local press earlier in the week welcoming 'the government announcement to proceed with a bypass for Arundel.' Early July saw a flurry of media interest in the Arundel protest camp at Tortington Common, with reports everywhere from BBC TV and Meridian to the Evening Argus, The Times and The Guardian. A hint as to the reasons why the government backed down in West Sussex, while ploughing ahead with road plans elsewhere in the country, came in a report on the Evening Standard website. Written before the announcement, and seemingly expecting the Arundel road to be given the green light, it added: "The government will be desperate to avoid clashes with committed activists such as 'Swampy' - so-called 'king of the eco-warriors.' It is still nervous of provoking the kind of confrontations that created ugly scenes at Twyford Down and the Newbury Bypass in the late nineties." We've said it before and we'll say it again: direct action works! EU BEHIND ON KYOTO GOAL, TRANSPORT EMISSIONS TO BLAME [from ITDP's Sustainable Transport e-Update] The European Environmental Agency found that greenhouse gas emissions rose for the second year in a row, moving the EU further away from meeting its emissions reductions commitment under the Kyoto Protocol. Emissions from the transport sector, paired with a cold winter that led to more electricity use, were blamed for the increase. While the results are certainly disappointing, at least the EU is participating in the Kyoto Protocol and performing yearly monitoring studies that point to the specific areas where emissions targets are not being met. HORRIFIC TRAFFIC CRASHES IN USA RAISE IMPORTANCE OF CARFREE AREAS On July 16, an 86-year-old man drove his vehicle into an outdoor market in Santa Monica, USA killing 10 people and injuring 69 others. Eleven days later in Florida, a 79-year- old man drove his vehicle into an outdoor market, sending six people to the hospital. Instead of these events creating political pressure to redesign communities for people - ensuring independent mobility for all, regardless of age or physical ability - the overwhelming response has been limited to having people take car keys away from their elderly parents and instructing physicians to report to authorities people who should no longer be driving. However, there is now some awareness of the need for making some public spaces carfree. BLACK STARS ON BOGOTA STREETS More than 1,500 black stars have been painted on the streets of Bogota, Colombia, as a stark reminder of each pedestrian death caused by car crashes over the last five years. The educational campaign asks Bogota, "We are getting used to this; what's the matter with us?" The campaign aims to reduce the death rate by 10%. ___________________ CAR BUSTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS >> __________________________________ WORLD CARFREE DAY 2003 September 22 is World Carfree Day - less than two months away! We have big plans for local activities in Prague, but we haven't had the resources to provide much infrastructure and global coordination. So we encourage you to organise locally and independently, and to report back with your plans and post-event reports. As for 2004, we have been providing significant input on the direction of the EU and UN carfree day programmes, and we will let you know when we have good news to report. In the meantime, join the listserve below to share carfree day organising ideas with others around the world. All the best and good luck! JOIN THE DISCUSSION Are you interested in having a say in the transformation of Car Busters into a more decentralised international network? Might your local organisation want to be a part of it all and gain a voice at the international level? If so, you may want to join the discussion at carfree_network@lists.riseup.net. The listserve, rather than a place for general postings, is devoted to discussing/organising current and future projects of the network and the global carfree movement. Those interested in getting more involved in World Carfree Network projects are especially encouraged to join. To subscribe, just send an e-mail to . CAR BUSTERS PRESS: BARGAIN BASEMENT BOOKS [bulk discounts on 'CARtoons' and 'Roadkill Bill'] It's Summer Cleaning Time at Car Busters - we are trying to clean up our cluttered office and raise extra money to cover our operating costs. How can you help? Carbusters publishes two books - Andy Singer's 'CARtoons' and Ken Avidor's 'Roadkill Bill' - and these books are piled up in our office - under desks, on top of bookshelves, in every corner, we are even resting our monitors on them. Why not purchase a bunch from us? You could give them to friends as gifts, or your organisation could sell them to your members or to the public at community events. (World Carfree Day is coming in September!) If you order more than ten copies, we'll let you have them for half-price. That's 5 EUR/USD per book, instead of the normal 10 EUR/USD. You can then sell them at the cover price. And you won't have to pay extra for shipping. A description of the books and more info can be found at . Contact us if you're interested, at . _____________________ DISCLAIMER >> _____________________________ Despite the existence of the web page, the aforementioned Car Busters Press announcement should in no way be construed as an endorsement of excessive personal consumption. Bulletin recipients who purchase Car Busters Press products are encouraged to distribute and dispense with said products forthwith. [end] ____________________________________________ CAR BUSTERS Kratka 26, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic tel: +(420) 274-810-849 - fax: +(420) 274-816-727 - ____________________________________________ From info at carbusters.org Mon Aug 4 23:50:43 2003 From: info at carbusters.org (Car Busters) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:50:43 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Car Busters Bulletin on [sustran-discuss] Message-ID: <3F2E8EE3.5723.3B590C@localhost> Dear [sustran-discuss] recipients, On our own initiative, we at Car Busters/World Carfree Network just removed sustran-discuss from the recipients list of our monthly e-bulletin. It seemed not the most appropriate use of the sustran listserve. Therefore, individuals who want to receive the bulletin (one e-mail per month) should simply send a message to carbusters_bulletin_eng-subscribe@lists.riseup.net. (See our website for info on other language versions.) Also, in response to Thomas Krag's recent message, for those who are interested, we have contacted our credit card service provider to have them remove the VAT taxes that have recently started appearing on orders. Apologies, and we'll try our best to have the charges reversed. Best wishes, The Car Busters/World Carfree Network team ____________________________________________ CAR BUSTERS Kratka 26, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic tel: +(420) 274-810-849 - fax: +(420) 274-816-727 - ____________________________________________ From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Fri Aug 8 09:50:09 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 08:50:09 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Fwd: beijing shanghai vehicle policy contrast Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DB0C@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Dear sustran-discussers, Interesting to see the contrast in policies towards private vehicles in Shanghai and Beijing. This will be a useful comparison to watch closely. I believe the consequences will be significant and I suspect that Shanghai will emerge with many long-term benefits from its early restraint of cars. Paul >From China's People's Daily http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200308/06/eng20030806_121763.shtml Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, August 06, 2003 Beijingers Go Car Crazy The number of vehicles in Beijing surpassed 2 million on Monday, raising new questions about the capital city's transportation system. The number of vehicles in Beijing surpassed 2 million on Monday, raising new questions about the capital city's transportation system. But Shanghai has kept vehicle numbers below 1.4 million through strict controls over private cars. It took Beijing only six years to go from having 1 million motor vehicles to 2 million, according to Zhang Jingli, vice-director of the Beijing Municipal Traffic Management Bureau. "Out of last year's increase of 276,000 motor vehicles, 90 per cent are private cars. The percentage is 30 points higher than the national figure,'' Zhang said. The Beijing authorities have expressed concern at the continued increase in the number of motor vehicles. Zhang predicted that there could be 3.5 million cars in Beijing by 2008 if the current rate of increase continues. "This will adversely affect the city's transport. Traffic jams will even get worse,'' he said. The municipal government will adopt various measures to solve the problems of a lack of parking space and traffic jams by charging vehicle owners higher fees, Zhang said. For example, parking fees were raised last year for vehicles in the city centre. Zhang also said strict measures will be adopted to reduce the air pollution caused by the large number of vehicles. A total of 300,000 coaches will be banned from driving on three major streets -- Chang'an, Ping'an and Guang'an avenues -- after next month due to the large amount of gas they emit. By contrast, the traffic authority in Shanghai -- China's largest city -- issues only 2,000 to 3,000 licence plates per month through public auction, each plate costing more than 20,000 yuan (US$2,420). Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng said last month that the city will gradually loosen restrictions on the purchase of private vehicles in the long run but further restrict the use of saloon cars in central areas. To relieve the traffic pressure, Shanghai is encouraging the development of public transport, to which Beijing has also given priority. Shanghai has, a population of more than 16 million, with around 1.4 million vehicles. The number of vehicles is expected to top 1.5 million by the end of 2005, according to the Shanghai Planning and Development Commission. Some experts previously predicted that transport in Beijing would come to a complete standstill once the city had 2 million vehicles. The Beijing authorities have attributed the current "normal'' traffic conditions to the fast development of road construction and the implementation of the so-called intelligent transport systems (ITS). The systems are expected to take shape in Beijing by 2007 and enhance efficiency. ITS facilities already in use in Beijing include the road-traffic monitoring and management system, the intelligent control headquarters for public transport and the intelligent operational control system for taxis, according to sources with the Beijing Transport Development Research Centre. (chinadaily) Copyright by People's Daily Online, all rights reserved Forwarded for the purposes of education and research. From gbathan at adb.org Fri Aug 8 12:48:19 2003 From: gbathan at adb.org (gbathan@adb.org) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:48:19 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Better Air Quality 2003 Message-ID: BETTER AIR QUALITY 2003 17-19 December 2003 EDSA Shangri-la Hotel Manila, Philippines http://worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia/baq2003 --------------------------------------------- After the successful Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2002 workshop in December 2002 in Hong Kong, BAQ 2003 will take place in Manila, Philippines from 17-19 December 2003. 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20030808/3688d681/attachment.htm From reginamanzo at hotmail.com Fri Aug 8 15:42:03 2003 From: reginamanzo at hotmail.com (Regina Manzo) Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 06:42:03 +0000 Subject: [sustran] [sustran] Bus Rapid Transit system case studies Message-ID: Sustran members - Below is a link to Vol.1 of a report on Bus Rapid Transit systems from the US Transportation Research Board - geared to US decision-makers, but has useful comparisons of systems (costs, features, etc.) including Curitiba, Bogota, Adelaide, Vancouver and others. If you have trouble accessing it let me know - the file itself was too large to attach, even in zipped format. http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10289&rf=e Best regards, Gina Manzo Singapore _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From jfdoulet at yahoo.com Fri Aug 8 23:59:36 2003 From: jfdoulet at yahoo.com (jean-francois doulet) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 07:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [sustran] The Automobile in Chinese Cities: a (geo)political issue? Message-ID: <20030808145936.74601.qmail@web12405.mail.yahoo.com> Hello, I would like to react to the paper from People's daily that Paul Barter sent us. The difference we note in the way the automobile issue is managed by Beijing and Shanghai is indeed very interesting to analyze. To understand this contrast we should take into consideration at least two aspects : 1/ the decentralized decision process in China has an impact on the automobile sector. Despite a national strategy to reorganize the automobile industry, the automobile sector still suffers in China from a lack of cohesion. Every local authorities wants to get its own automobile industry and when they succeed they try to protect it through commercial tools. Even if things are changing, we still note a strong presence of Santana taxis in Shanghai where VW has set up its JV and a very strond presence of ZX taxis in Wuhan where Citroën has its factory...Along with those commercial measures go along more local measures related to purchase of automobiles, parking policy, support to investment in public transport, etc. All this explain the differences in the relationship between cities and automobile in China. For those who can read french, here are the references of two papers I wrote on this topic : - DOULET, JF, "L’automobile dans les métropoles chinoises. Comprendre les nouveaux enjeux de la mobilité urbaine" (The Automobile in Chinese Metropoles. How to Understand The New Challenges of Urban Mobility). Paris : 2001 Plus, n°60. 2002. 23-34. - DOULET, JF and JIN, MJ, "Le marché automobile chinois : vingt ans d’évolution" (The Chinese Automobile Market: an Evolution of 20 Years), in Dupuy, G. and Bost, F., eds. L’automobile et son monde (The Automobile and Its World). La Tour d’Aigues: Edition de l’Aube, 2000. 181-192. For those who can read chinese : -DOULET, JF, 1998, "Zhongguo Qiche Fazhan Tiaozhan Chengshi" (Automobile Development in China Challenges Cities), Beijing : Qiche yu Shehui (Automobile and Society), Oct. 1998. 12-16. 2/ Beijing, as the capital city of China, has a a very specific position in the political and institutional framework of the country. Obviously, the automobile industry in China has been a hot topic those last 10 years. In the first half of the 90s, national support in favor the development of a national automobile industry based on the demand from the domestic market was a key element to understand why Beijing is today more motorized than any other cities in China. The reason is quite simple : Beijing, as the capital city, was never allowed to take measures that could have had a negative effects on the purchase of automobiles. Why ? Because Beijing is by essence a "modele city" in China : if Beijing would have been allowed to apply measures to put quotas on the purchase of automobiles then every cities in China would have seen a sign that they could have done so. For those who are interested and who can read french, I recently published a book with a colleague in which I develop this topic: - DOULET, JF and FLONNEAU, M, Paris-Pékin, civiliser l'automobile (Paris-Beijing, civilizing the automobile), Paris : Edition Descartes et compagnie, 2003. In this book (I hope that we'll be able to publish an english version soon...) we try to compare the automobilisation process in Paris and Beijing in emphasizing on the specific position of those two cities as capital cities. Don't hesitate to contact me. I would be glad to give more information : jfdoulet@yahoo.com Jean-Francois Doulet, PhD Paris Institute of Political Studies, Lecturer Consultant __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com From Alan.Howes at cbuchanan.co.uk Wed Aug 20 20:25:09 2003 From: Alan.Howes at cbuchanan.co.uk (Alan Howes) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:25:09 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Achieving Modal Shift - Market Research - another thought Message-ID: [Re-sending now I am properly subscribed again!] A further point on the above - I'm now using public transport regularly for the first time in about 30 years. One of the things I find most annoying is the journey on foot to and from the station. Edinburgh is quite a good place to be a pedestrian. But nevertheless, if you are hurrying for a train, problem #1 is narrow footways, obstructed by bus shelters / tourists / slow walkers. Problem #2 is probably more widely felt - if it's wet, walking near the kerb carries a high risk of being soaked as (mainly) buses splash through puddles. Then there's uneven paving, lack of pedestrian crossing facilities, etc. But none of the research I have seen so far seems to look at this aspect - how much people are put off public transport by the pedestrian experience at either end. (I consider the pluses, e.g. view of Edinburgh Castle, or at the other end the trees and the birdsong, to be ample compensation - but others may think differently.) Cheers, Alan -- Alan Howes Associate Transport Planner Colin Buchanan and Partners PLEASE NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS from 4 Aug 2003 4 St Colme Street Edinburgh EH3 6AA Scotland email: alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk tel: (0)131 240 2892 (direct) (0)131 226 4693 (switchboard) fax: (0)131 220 0232 _______________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses. _______________________________ From ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe Tue Aug 26 00:25:49 2003 From: ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Cordero_Vel=E1squez?=) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:25:49 -0500 Subject: [sustran] agosto a escala humana Message-ID: <005201c36b1e$1e723d20$33b701c8@ccordero> CICLORED El bolet?n del transporte a escala humana Agosto - Setiembre 03 Domingos de f?tbol Volver a las ma?anas de balones corriendo, al malec?n, tarde a penas, temprano siempre, nunca en tiempo. Aparcas tu bicicleta, te sientas a esperar amigos y turno, que te llegue la hora. Escuchar a los muchachos gritarse por la pelota, recriminarse el gol perdido. El bajito le grita al delantero fallido: ?insiste, insiste! Y ?ste le responde: ?de eso se trata la vida, no? . El joven lavacarros al borde de la cancha, ante la jugada desleal, reclama al del equipo contrario: ?crees que todav?a estamos en la inquisici?n?. Prosigue el partido y mientras uno se percata de la filosof?a intr?nseca de los reclamos y los gritos: la b?squeda de actitudes que sirvan al colectivo, una equidad b?sica que nos permita seguir en el juego, sea cual fuere. Pero m?s all? de las voluntades hervidas al calor del juego, est? el juego mismo que contiene todas las actitudes ante la vida, el ataque frontal, el despliegue defensivo, los laterales acerc?ndose al centro, la cooperaci?n y la competencia, la inteligencia grupal, adornada por la virtud individual y su reverso; las limitaciones colectivas, penalizadas por el desgano y la incapacidad. Pero todos danzan detr?s del ef?mero bal?n, buenos y malos, artistas y aprendices, en juego sus esperanzas. Despu?s los amigos llegan y te toca a ti. Las damas aman a los ciclistas Al verdadero ciclista no le ofende en lo m?s m?nimo que le cierren las puertas en la cara, pero s? que se las abran. Sobre todo de golpe. Esas puertas traidoras de los autos, estacionadas en aparente calma, silenciosos como animales muertos, pueden ser en cuesti?n de segundos una trampa mortal. Basta que alg?n chofer inepto o cruel (para el caso es lo mismo) gire sin miramientos la manija y el honrado ciclista acabar?, con toda su alegr?a ma?anera, estampado en la pista. En este rubro seamos precisos: los automovilistas, sin ninguna excepci?n, son nuestros enemigos. Y como tal debemos tratarlos. No caben diferencias ingenuas, por ejemplo, entre un piloto raudo y avezado que , casi siempre, sabe bien lo que hace y uno err?tico y lento de indudable manejo oriental. Por distintas razones, ambos son peligrosos. De ah? que los ciclistas, con frecuencia , terminan relegados a los oscuros caminos marginales, las veredas (repletas de transe?ntes distra?dos) o las indignas bermas. Y en ciertas ocasiones, vergonzantes y cautos, no tienen m?s remedio que remar contra el tr?fico para salvar sus huesos. Aunque ?sta es, al fin y al cabo, la modesta patente de corso sobre la cual, m?s mal que bien, los indefensos pueden reposar. Hasta aqu? los lamentos. El ciclista de ley tiene, ante todo, que hacerse respetar. Est? obligado a combatir cual Sandok?n, Tigre de Malasia, por su derecho en las rutas, los cruces, los sem?foros y, de refil?n, la vida en general. Retroceder nunca, rendirse jam?s. Observe al velocista derrotado. Torpe, meditabundo, opaco y manso como una piedra p?mez, temiendo lo peor, mientras respira , sin el menor remilgo, el mon?xido vil de una combi asesina. Est? en una avenida principal, el sem?foro en verde lo favorece y, sin embargo, se detiene aterrado, ante cualquier ga?an de cuatro ruedas que aparece del aire. Estas historias deben terminar . Yo tambi?n fui un alfe?ique de 40 kilos, hasta que hall? mi personalidad. Personalidad. He aqu? la madre del cordero. ? Qu? es lo que diferencia, hablando en oro, al usuario de un Porsche Turbo Carrera 911 de aquel que luce una bicicleta monta?era, made in china y ensamblaje local ? Simple y llanamente la personalidad. El del Porsche tiende a ser agresivo, petulante tal vez, siempre seguro. Seguridad es entonces la voz. Am?n de cierta alegr?a de vivir. Ahora, observemos de nuevo al buen ciclista. Nada lo arredra en su marcha veloz. Una mirada repleta de personalidad le basta para fulminar al insolente chofer en las esquinas. Hay un toque de gracia en cada movimiento del pedal, las aves agoreras escapan a su paso y los mirlos cantan sus haza?as. Por lo dem?s, es verdad comprobada, las muchachas m?s bellas y de buen coraz?n aman hasta el delirio a los ciclistas. (Antonio Cisneros, El Libro del Buen Salvaje, Lima, 1994, ed. Peisa). Reporte En lugar de decir: " 18 grados cent?grados con tendencia a la baja" o " nubes pasajeras en el frente mar?timo " El locutor dijo: " la stranezza di un cielo che non e il tuo " para despu?s a?adir: "ni el m?o tampoco". Se puso de pie y se alej? caminando despacio. El Servicio de Metereolog?a nunca fue el mismo desde de aquella tarde. El altavoz y los commons El reci?n nacido super? milagrosamente los pron?sticos. Antes de cumplir tres meses emprendi? el primer viaje por su patria, primero en tren y despu?s en barco, para ser llevado bajo el cuidado de una enfermera hacia la costa de Dalmacia, tierra de sus ancestros, a fin de ser bendecido por su abuelo como el primog?nito que era. En una conferencia titulada "Silence is a commons" presentada en Tokio el 21 de marzo de 1982, Iv?n Illich rememora aquellos d?as: "despu?s de mi nacimiento fui puesto en un tren, despu?s en un barco y llevado a la Isla Brac. All?, en un pueblo de la costa d?lmata, mi abuelo me bendijo. El abuelo vivi? en la casa donde hab?a vivido mi familia desde la ?poca en que Muromachi gobern? Kyoto. Desde entonces muchos gobernantes llegaron y partieron de la costa d?lmata; los duques de Venecia, los sultanes de Estambul, los corsarios de Dalmacia, los emperadores de Austria y los reyes de Yugoslavia. Pero estos m?ltiples cambios en el uniforme y el idioma de los gobernantes cambiaron poco de la vida cotidiana de estos quinientos a?os. Los mismos postes de madera de olivo sosten?an la casa del abuelo. El agua segu?a recolect?ndose en las mismas losas de piedra sobre el techo. "Mi abuelo recib?a noticias dos veces al mes. Entonces llegaban en tres d?as transportadas en vapor; anteriormente llegaban en barcazas, tardaban cinco d?as en llegar. Cuando yo nac?, para la gente que viv?a en los costados de los caminos principales la vida transcurr?a pausada y cambiaba imperceptiblemente. La mayor parte del ambiente segu?a siendo del dominio com?n, parte de los commons. La gente viv?a en casas hechas por ellos mismos, transitaba por calles apisonadas por sus animales, era aut?noma para conseguir y usar el agua, pod?a disponer de su voz para hablar. Todo esto cambi? con mi llegada a Brac. En el mismo barco en el que llegu? a la isla, en 1926, se transport? el primer altavoz. Pocos hab?an o?do hablar de tal cosa. Hasta ese d?a todos los hombres y mujeres hab?an hablado en un volumen de voz m?s o menos igual. De ah? en adelante todo cambiar?a; el acceso al micr?fono determinar?a cu?les voces ser?an amplificadas. El silencio dej? de ser parte de los commons; se convirti? en un recurso por el que compiten los altavoces. El idioma mismo dej? de ser parte de los commons para convertirse en un recurso nacional para la comunicaci?n. Del mismo modo que los cercos de los lores aumentaron la productividad nacional al negar al campesino la posibilidad de tener unas cuantas ovejas." (Bernardo Hornedo, "Semblanza a Ivan Ilich") Cartelito de otra historia Este cartelito contiene otra historia. Una bonita. El cuento empieza un domingo 13, el d?a que la muchacha de trenzas largas encuentra una mariposa revoloteando en la plaza del pueblo. Ninguna historia termina de verdad, pero en la ?ltima p?gina la muchacha est? debajo del roble inmenso y la mariposa en la copa del ?rbol. El resto de la historia depende de usted, en realidad por eso es tan bonita. La dualidad a piedales Esas distancias ya las conoc?a: pedales en paralelo, abrazos al manubrio, ambas ruedas acompasadas al asfalto, la calle y los otros, en fin, la m?quina veloz y t?. Pero no la comuni?n: mientras pedaleo vivo abrigado por el viento. Turbulencias Un viaje es siempre una casualidad convertida en destino. Iba de subida, de Madrid a Berl?n, traqueteado por las turbulencias del avi?n hasta la escala en Munchen, cuando finalmente la parada nos deja en una tarde brumosa de sur alem?n y el bus nos traslada del avi?n hasta el hangar y la zona de tr?nsito. Uno de esos buses que parecen ascensores gigantes con nadie que mire al otro, esa transitoriedad tan parecida a lo precario y ef?mero de la vida. Iba yo entre muchos, dec?a, cuando veo a esa mujer entrada en a?os, cuyo rostro familiar me llama poderosamente la atenci?n. La mir?, con esas miradas atrevidas que los europeos no tienen o no quieren, con la abismal sem?ntica entre look y stare, la veo y de pronto en esa mirada recuerdo una m?s antigua, sentado en un cine de barrio y adolescencia. La miro y casi estoy seguro de revivir el instante febril, la pasi?n juvenil de una butaca ahora inexistente. Despu?s observo a los otros pasajeros y nadie parece notar su presencia y tal vez me equivoque y no sea ella, esa italiana imposible, sentada esperando en las puertas del Vaticano una audiencia tambi?n improbable. Despu?s bajamos del bus y sin querer, en la ruta de todos, la persigo y veo al se?or, impecablemente vestido que parece su esposo, al joven alto que parece su hijo y todav?a no estoy seguro, pero el hombre en alem?n le dice: Claudia, vamos. Entonces el viaje de Munchen a Berl?n tiene otras turbulencias mayores, la resaca de la memoria, los ojos del primer amor, la sombra de los ?rboles de mora y una adolescencia extraviada. Y de pronto anochece... Cada uno est? solo sobre el coraz?n de la tierra traspasado por un rayo de sol: y de pronto anochece. (Salvatore Quasimodo, De ?Aguas y Tierras?, 1920-1929) El ciclista Las estad?sticas mienten. Es un solo ciclista el que recorre la ciudad. Invisible entre el tr?fico, cabalgando entre los autos, esquivando peatones, mont?ndose la ciudad encima. Espectro entre el humo y el ruido. Uno s?lo entre miles, despojado de atav?os, espejo de su persistencia. Esta ma?ana despu?s de buscarlo entre pol?ticas posibles, en infinitas reuniones de trabajo, escrito en informes y propuestas por fin lo veo y despacio, como quien no quiere la cosa, a su lado pedaleo. Cartelito tres Este cartelito sirve para pegarlo cuando uno decide todav?a de qu? color pintara la pared. Normalmente lleva unas letras peque?as que dicen "l?cuma" o "azul", indicando el futuro crom?tico del muro casero. Usted puede incluir muchos colores en este cartelito, tantos como le alcance el gusto o la imaginaci?n, pero recuerde que esos tonos s?lo alcanzan para esa habitaci?n. En la siguiente ya hay otra persona pensando " a este cuarto le vendr?a bien una mezcla de bermejo y crema" y no se trata de influenciar divagaciones crom?ticas ajenas. Carlos Cordero Vel?squez CICLORED - Centro de Asesor?a y Capacitaci?n para el Transporte y Ambiente Pasaje Lavalle 110 - Lima 04 Per? telf: (51 1) 4671322 From litman at vtpi.org Fri Aug 29 23:46:43 2003 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:46:43 -0700 Subject: [sustran] VTPI News - Summer 2003 Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20030829074635.03a6b9f8@mail.highspeedplus.com> ----------- VTPI NEWS ----------- Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" ------------------------------------ Summer 2003 Vol. 6, No. 3 ---------------------------------- The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transportation problems. The VTPI website (www.vtpi.org) has many resources addressing a wide range of transport planning and policy issues. VTPI also provides consulting services. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PARKING MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES ================================= Our latest major project is to coordinate development of a parking management technical report for the Institute of Transportation Engineers Parking Council (www.ite.org), and to write a "Parking Management Best Practices" book oriented toward a more general audience to be published by Planners Press. A 125-page draft is now available for review, please contact us if you would like to receive a copy. We appreciate feedback, and are particularly interested in finding good case studies and practioners? experience. This report provides guidance on nearly two dozen parking management strategies. It describes each strategy, discusses its impacts on parking and travel demand, identifies benefits and costs, describes suitable applications, offers recommendations on how it can be implemented, and includes resources for more information. The report discusses how to evaluate parking management strategies, and how to develop an integrated parking management plan that includes the most appropriate combination of strategies for implementation in a particular situation. It also describes examples of successful parking management programs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW AND UPDATED DOCUMENTS ========================= The following documents are posted at the VTPI website. "Evaluating Criticism of Smart Growth" (www.vtpi.org/sgcritics.pdf) ------------------------------------- This paper evaluates criticisms of Smart Growth land use policies. It defines the concept of Smart Growth, contrasts it with sprawl, and describes common Smart Growth strategies. It examines various criticisms of Smart Growth, including the claim that it does not reflect consumer preferences, infringes on freedom, increases traffic congestion and air pollution, reduces housing affordability, results in socially undesirable levels of density, increases public service costs, requires wasteful transit subsidies and is unjustified. This analysis indicates that many claims by critics reflect an incomplete understanding of Smart Growth, and inaccurate analysis. This paper was written to provide technical background for the "Smart Growth Pro or Con" debate between VTPI Executive Director Todd Litman and Wendell Cox at the 2nd Urban Street Symposium held in Anaheim, California, July 30, 2003. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Socioeconomics of Urban Travel: Evidence from the 2001 NHTS" (www.vtpi.org/TQNHTS.pdf) ------------------------------------------------------------- By John Pucher and John Renne This article analyzes the 2001 National Household Travel Survey and compares its results with previous personal transportation surveys to identify trends and differences in travel behavior among various socioeconomic groups in the U.S. during the last four decades. This analysis investigates variations in vehicle ownership, mobility trends, travel mode (driving, walking, cycling and public transit), trip purpose and travel schedule. The authors discuss the implications of this analysis for public policies, particularly efforts to address equity objectives. Posted with author?s permission. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health: Lessons from The Netherlands and Germany," (www.vtpi.org/AJPHpucher.pdf) ----------------------------------------------------------- by John Pucher and Lewis Dijkstra, originally published in the American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 93, No. 9. This article examines the public health consequences of unsafe and inconvenient walking and cycling conditions in American cities and suggests improvements based on successful policies in The Netherlands and Germany. Whereas walking and cycling account for less than a tenth of all urban trips in U.S. cities, they account for a third of trips in Germany and half of trips in The Netherlands. American pedestrians and cyclists are more likely to be killed or injured in traffic than in the Netherlands or Germany, both on a per-trip and per-km basis. The authors propose various strategies to improve walking and cycling safety in the U.S. in order to reduce risks and encourage more walking and cycling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Does Public Transit Raise Site Values Around Its Stops Enough To Pay For Itself (Were The Value Captured)?" (www.vtpi.org/smith.htm) -------------------------------------------------------------- by Jeffery J. Smith. This report has been significantly updated. We believe that this is the most comprehensive summary currently available of studies on the impacts of public transit accessibility on nearby property values. It has been significantly expanded, now including references to 85 existing studies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VTPI Online TDM Encyclopedia (www.vtpi.org/tdm) ------------------------------------------------ The VTPI "Online TDM Encyclopedia" is the most comprehensive resource available anywhere to help identify and evaluate innovative solutions to transport problems. It has dozens of chapters with hundreds of pages of text and thousands of Internet links, providing convenient information for Transportation Demand Management (TDM) planning, evaluation and implementation. We continue to expand and update the Encyclopedia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transportation Cost And Benefit Analysis (www.vtpi.org/tca) ----------------------------------------------------------- The "Transportation Cost And Benefit Analysis Guidebook" is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource available on the Internet to help define and quantify the full costs and benefits from transportation facilities and activities. It includes chapters on 16 cost categories, with extensive references and default cost values for 11 travel modes under three travel conditions. Several chapters have been recently updated, including the Congestion, Roadway Costs and Water Pollution chapters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE =================== "Sustainable Transport: A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in Developing Cities," --------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project Asia (www.sutp-asia.org) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (www.gtz.de), 2003. This set of 20 modules (including one written by VTPI Director Todd Litman) provides comprehensive information on sustainable transportation policy and planning for developing country cities. The Sourcebook is intended for policy-makers and their advisors, and as a curriculum for planning courses and professional development workshops. The Sourcebook provides: ? A practical orientation, focusing on best practices. ? Where possible, successful examples from developing countries. ? An attractive, easy-to-read color layout. ? Information for a general audience, with technical terms explained. ? Updates via internet. Modules: 1. Institutional and Policy Orientation 1a. The role of Transport in Urban Development Policy (Enrique Penalosa) 1b. Urban Transportation Institutions (Richard Meakin) 1c. Private Sector Participation in Transport Infrastructure Provision (Christopher Zegras, MIT) 1d. Economic Instruments (Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ) 1e. Raising Public Awareness About Sustainable Urban Transportation (Karl Fjellstrom, GTZ) 2. Land Use Planning and Demand Management 2a. Land Use Planning and Urban Transport (Rudolf Petersen, Weppernal Institute) 2b. Mobility Management (Todd Litman, VTPI) 3. Transit, Walking and Cycling 3a. Mass Transit Options (Lloyd Wright, ITDP; Karl Fjellstrom, GTZ) 3b. Bus Rapid Transit (Lloyd Wright, ITDP) 3c. Bus Regulation & Planning (Richard Meakin) 3d. Preserving and Expanding the Role of Nonmotorized Transportation (Walter Hook, ITDP) 4. Vehicles and Fuels 4a. Cleaner Fuels and Vehicle Technologies (Michael Walsh; Reinhard Kolke, Umweltbundesamt UBA) 4b. Inspection, Maintenance and Roadworthiness (Reinhard Kolke, UBA) 4c. Two- and Three-Wheelers (Jitendra Shah, World Bank; N.V. Iyer, Bajaj Auto) 4d. Natural Gas Vehicles (MVV InnoTech) 5. Environmental and Health Impacts 5a. Air Quality Management (Dietrich Schwela, World Health Organization) 5b. Urban Road Safety (Jacqueline Lacroix, DVR; Daivd Silcock, GRSP) 5c. Noise and its Abatement (Civic Exchange Hong Kong; GTZ, UBA) 6. Resources of Policy Makers The sourcebook can be ordered by emailing transport@gtz.de Prices: OECD countries: EUR 50, + mailing expenses Non-OECD countries: EUR 25, + mailing expenses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "American Journal of Public Health," (www.ajph.org/future/93.9.shtml) and the "American Journal of Health Promotion" (www.healthpromotionjournal.com) are publishing special issues on Smart Growth community design and health, including Todd Litman?s editorial "Integrating Public Health Objectives in Transportation Decision-Making" (www.vtpi.org/AJHP.pdf). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Todd Litman, "The Online TDM Encyclopedia: Mobility Management Information Gateway," Transport Policy, Vol. 10, 2903, pp. 245-249. (http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0967070X03000258) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Whitelegg and Gary Haq (eds), "Earthscan Reader on World Transport Policy & Practice," Earthscan (www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3890), 2003. This book includes chapters on a diverse range of transportation policy and planning issues throughout the world, including "Regional Transport Issues in North America" by VTPI Director Todd Litman. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEEN THERE - DONE THAT ====================== * TRB We presented our paper "London Congestion Pricing: Implications for Other Cities" (www.vtpi.org/london.pdf) at the Transportation Research Board Summer Session, held July 15-18 in Portland, Oregon. Because of the interest in this issue, we are now organizing a full session on this subject for the 2004 TRB Annual Meeting, January 12, in Washington DC. * Kingston, Jamaica In July, VTPI Director Todd Litman visited Kingston, Jamaica to help develop policy recommendations to create more sustainable transportation and land use patterns in the region, drawing on world-wide experiences in sustainable transportation planning. * Complex Systems Approach To Sustainable Mobility VTPI participated in an interesting and unique conference, "Mobility in a Sustainable World: A Complex Systems Approach", sponsored by the Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (www.cscs.umich.edu). Complex systems are composed of many, diverse components that interact in nonlinear ways. Scientists are now developing new techniques for modeling complex systems that may have applications to transport planning, particularly for creating more sustainable transportation systems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING EVENTS =============== CONNECTING CYCLING CONFERENCE ----------------------------- Thursday 20th and Friday 21st November 2003, Canberra, Australia, sponsored by the Bicycle Federation of Australia (www.bfa.asn.au/conference/index.htm). This conference will expose policy makers, practitioners, cycling groups and enthusiasts to current thinking and best practice in travel behaviour change, and provide information & resources on how to develop cost/effective programs to increase cycling and public transport usage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USEFUL RESOURCES ================ Latest on Pay-As-You-Drive Vehicle Insurance -------------------------------------------- Oregon State House Bill 2043, recently signed into law, will encourage auto insurance companies to "test drive" cents-per-mile premiums. The new law provides a limited tax credit to companies that offer per-mile insurance premiums to customers in Oregon. Auto insurers are interested in providing "pay-as-you-drive" insurance (PAYD) premiums, but face the costs of setting up a new system and tracking mileage. This tax credit will provide additional incentive to create the necessary infrastructure. A few of the many organizations that endorsed HB 2043 are the Oregon Environmental Council, the American Lung Association of Oregon, Better World Club, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Community Action Directors of Oregon, City of Portland, Commute Options Central Oregon, Lane Transit District, Oregon Business Association, Oregon Consumer League, Oregon Interfaith Global Warming Campaign, Rogue Valley Transit District, United Seniors of Oregon, and the Women's Rights Coalition. For more information see the "Pay-As-You-Drive" information on the Oregon Environmental Council?s website (www.orcouncil.org/Pollution/PAYD.htm) or our Online TDM Encyclopedia chapter (www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm79.htm). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please let us know if you have comments or questions about any information in this newsletter, or if you would like to be removed from our mailing list. And please pass this newsletter on to others who may find it useful. NOTE: Please use our current email address (litman@vtpi.org or info@vtpi.org), rather than litman@islandnet.com, which will be discontinued in the future. 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