From kisansbc at vsnl.com Fri Jul 4 15:35:49 2003 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (KISAN MEHTA) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 12:05:49 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: [cai-asia] Re: PSI References: Message-ID: <002701c341f6$828f5e60$3226020a@im.eth.net> Dear Friends, Sorry for late entry into this discussion. Study of SPM whether PM 25, PM 10 or PM2.5 or any other pollutant for that matter, has ultimately to have programmes to control them. Our observations are that our authorities get studies made just to meet the growing citizen concern but never to take up sincere mitigation action. Let us record our experience in Mumbai, India's second largest city with 12 million population (Census of India 2001). The authorities took up Mumbai Urban Transport Project costing appro a 1,000 million US Dollars involving 8 lane roads with flyovers through slum localities where the poor are made to face poisonous discharges from speeding vehicles and . Construction of pavements not included so vehicles zoom through unpaved side walks hardly 5 m away for slums. The World Bank has supported such roads by extending loan upto 86% for roads against 46% for the railway component. When citizen groups drew the attention of the authorities and the Bank, the number of carriageways has increased with the Bank blessing from 6 to 8 with no commitment on constructing of pavements. Automobiles contribute the maximum to the SPM yet there is no restriction on the movement of vehicles. All this in Mumbai having an average population density of 27,000 per sq km, the highest in the world. Mumbai has also the highest road accident rate in the world. The Bank records in its document that 95% of accident victims are pedestrians. Yet no corrective measures. Probably as the Bank motto is to support motorisation, it is natural that it cannot do anything to reduce SPM levels. The authorities are not concerned by Court orders, The Mumbai High Court has directed the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to construct pavements where they do not exist and restore where they are in bad shape. The BMC spends on average Rs 3 billion (Rs 47 make one US $) annually on road construction but pavement construction is not included in the programme. Not a sinble pavement is constructed. The BMC and State Govt Pollution Control Authorities maintain SPM upto PM 10 levels but what is the use? Sometimes we feel that studies are carried out to silence the law abiding citizens. Best wishes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prakash Doraiswamy" To: "Clean Air Initiative -- Asia" Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: [cai-asia] Re: PSI > That is interesting to know that there is a website that would tell us what > the AQI is in different parts of India. I was thinking, however, that while > US and other areas are now into fine particles (PM2.5) and ultrafine > particles, India is still sticking to suspended PM (SPM) and I guess PM10 > for selected areas (?). Does anyone know if the pollution control board is > thinking of monitoring PM2.5 ? I am actually glad to know that monitoring > sites exist for monitoring air quality and that information is available to > the public. However, I am just raising the question if any progress is > being made towards considering fine particle monitoring? > > Thanks, > Prakash > > Prakash Doraiswamy > Ph.D. Candidate > 70, Perkins Hall, > Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, > University of Tennessee, > Knoxville, TN - 37996 > > Email: pdorai@utk.edu > Ph: (865) 974-4785 (office) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Mukesh Sharma fc ce [mailto:mukesh@iitk.ac.in] > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 6:54 AM > To: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia > Cc: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia > Subject: [cai-asia] Re: PSI > > > Dear Viv Shekhar: > > As mentioned by Mr. N.V. Iyer, it is true that we have developed an AQI at > IIT Kanpur. For the purpose of AQI information dissemination, we have > developed the website - visit the site > you will get some useful information. > > You may also look into the following references for better understanding of > AQI and what other countries have done about AQI. > > Babcock, L.R. and Nagda, N.L. 1972. Indices of Air Quality. In Indicators > of Environmental Quality (Ed) W.A. Thomas, Plenum Press, New York > > GVAQI.1997. Greater Vancouver Regional District Air Quality and Source > Control Department, Burnaby, BC, Canada > > Malaysia. 1997. A Guide to Air Pollutant Index in Malaysia. Department of > Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > > Ontario. 1991. A Guideline to the Ontario Air Quality Index System. ISBN > 0-7729-8230-9 Air Resource Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, > Toronto, Ont. Canada > > Sharma M., Maheshwari, M. And Pandey R. 2001, Development of Air Quality > Index for Data Interpretation and Public Information. Department of Civil > Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Report submitted to CPCB, Delhi. > > UK (1998). Air Pollution - what it means for your health. Department the > Environment, Transport and the Regions. PO BOX No 236, Wetherby LS23 7NB, > UK > > USEPA (1976). Federal Register, Vol41 No 174- Tuesday September 7, 1976 > > USEPA (1998). Federal Register Vol.63 No. 236/Wednesday, December 9, 1998 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > As far I know no AQI has incorporated synergistic effects of pollutants as > these effects are not fully understood and there are no criteria > developed for synergistic effects of air pollutants.. > > Hope this is useful to you.. > > Dr. Mukesh Sharma > Associate Professor > Department of Civil Eng. > IIT Kanpur > Kanpur 208016, India > ------------------------------------ > Phone: +91 (512)2597759 (work) > +91 (512) 2591297/2598231 (resi) > Fax: +91 (512) 2597395/2590260 > E-mail: mukesh@iitk.ac.in > ------------------------------------ > > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, NARAYAN V IYER wrote: > > > Dear Viv Shekhar, > > The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has proposed Indian Air Quality > Index > > (IND-AQI) based on health effects through a project sponsored by the > Central > > Pollution Control Board (CPCB). You may find the details in the website > > . > > You may also look at the cpcb website > > Best regards, > > N.V.Iyer > > > > viv shekhar wrote: > > > > > Hello Friends!! > > > > > > I am a researcher working in the field of air > > > pollution. I think many Asian countries do not use air > > > quality index for smog or as a health alert system . > > > Could any body please guide me, which are the best and > > > realistic methods that reflect the actual health > > > concerns and impacts of air pollutants on health? I > > > sense so many pollutants might be reaching to high > > > levels so the Index would have to take care of the > > > synergistic effect also. > > > > > > With warm regards, > > > > > > Viv Shekhar > > > Mumbai, India > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > SBC Yahoo! 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La larga noche que pasamos en la casa de Rosamar y Manolo, en las afueras de Lima, entre amigos, en medio del silencio campestre, escuchando m?sica brasile?a, diciendo todo y nada. La ma?ana siguiente con ese sabor a pueblo peque?o que tiene Chaclacayo salimos a comprar pan y Manolo intenta poner en marcha la camioneta y yo le pregunto qu? tan lejos queda la panader?a, a unas pocas cuadras me dice, y entonces le digo y caminamos nom?s. Mientras vamos ?l saluda se?ora buenos d?as y m?s all? mucho gusto y un poco m?s lejos inclina la cabeza para reconocer al vecino y otra vez al amigo de m?s all?. Al regreso de pan caliente le pregunt? s? de haber ido en auto habr?a encontrado a todas esas personas en el camino. Se da cuenta y me sonr?e. Ayer nom?s caminaba con esta mujer de piel esperanza que notaba lo poco que se camina en Lima, mientras descubr?a la extra?a arquitectura de una casa rural en medio de la ciudad y sonre?a recordando la visita de su madre y lo f?cil que le fue reconocer las calles y las bodegas en tan poco tiempo. Creo que fue ayer pero mientras camin?bamos despacio en la noche, me pareci? que hab?an pasado muchos a?os. La ciudad del nombre confundido Yo quer?a escribir unas palabras sobre R?o, esa ciudad de nombre confundido, ese enero fluvial, mezcla enorme de playa y monta?a peque?a, de verde y sol, de pobreza y alegr?a, de riqueza y violencia, de contrastes marcados como la arena en la piel. Y quer?a escaparme de esa postal congelada por el tiempo, de la eterna melod?a de una muchacha que camina por Ipanema. Pero no siempre se puede y a veces hay que irse antes de tiempo, esperar el borde de la ma?ana, ver pasar Copacabana cuando la luz no termina de hacerse y volver a casa, pensando que si las im?genes que uno tiene deban explicar algo. Cartelito viajero Este cartelito contiene un ticket con el cual se puede uno subir y bajar a todos los tranv?as y buses de la ciudad durante un mes. Si en la esquina lleva una manzana amarilla, quiere decir que tambi?n puedes subir y bajar con tu bicicleta. Desafortunadamente el ticket ya venci? y no corresponde a nuestra ciudad. Una l?stima, para otra ser?. Motu propio Persigo el inalcanzable movimiento, entremezclado con los alumnos, uno, dos, tres, inhala y exhala. Lo busco, inasible, entre el caucho del piso y el rumor de la noche. Lo pienso, atisbo apenas las maneras del cuerpo para obedecer y hasta sugerir sus propios desplazamientos, la relaci?n intr?nseca entre ir, respirar y permanecer. En medio de cuatro paredes el experimento, la ausencia de contacto entre el movimiento propio y el rodeo social, el extra?o matrimonio que existe entre lo ca?tico individual y el arm?nico conjunto, ese orden que afuera en la calle apenas se percibe, nacido de un desorden vuelto a su origen. Despu?s la clase termina y entonces, ahora s?, la calle, la noche de Lima, el movimiento de las luces quietas y las que pasan, el tr?nsito an?nimo, la energ?a que va y viene entre un paso y otro, el p?ndulo que todos tenemos por piernas, el principio de todo. Es entonces cuando no necesitas buscarlo y te alcanza, te encuentra y lo saludas. El viejo amigo que te va y te viene. Y ya no piensas m?s en el movimiento y s?lo eres. Cartelito 24 Este cartelito es conocido entre sus pares por seguir inmediatamente al cartelito 23 de naturaleza impar. A prop?sito de ambos y en general de las especies num?ricas, se ha llegado a establecer que son pareja pero que nunca van juntos por la vida. Por ejemplo el cartelito 24 es alternativamente pareja del 22 o del 26. Ha de notarse que en su relaci?n con el primero siempre se interpone el 23 y, en su relaci?n con el segundo, "el otro en cuesti?n" es el 25. Esta suerte de "doble tri?ngulo amoroso num?rico" es objeto de una conocida telenovela que disfruta de gran rating entre los matem?ticos. Punto de vista puntocom le dice a puntogob que la exoneraci?n al impuesto a las ventas para los espect?culos culturales deber?a ser retirado, que puntogob necesita m?s finanzas para desarrollar el pa?s. puntoorg piensa que el pa?s tambi?n necesita identidad, que los artistas que nunca le pidieron nada a puntogob esta vez le piden trabajar sin el estorbo de un impuesto rid?culo. Una parte de puntocom reconoce que el impuesto en t?rminos de recaudaci?n es min?sculo y puntoorg a?ade que devastador para la moral de la cultura y para los que apuestan por hacer arte en un pa?s sin espejos, sin lugar para mirarse, un pa?s de teatros incendiados e inexistentes. Entonces puntoorg sale a protestar a la calle y puntogob retrocede: la injusta propuesta es retirada y no pretender? m?s convertirse en ley. Pero eso no cambia nada hasta que puntogob y puntocom entiendan que hacer arte no es como hacer n?meros, sino m?s bien como detr?s del tel?n y semanas antes del estreno, una creaci?n colectiva. Vadem?cum ciclista (Cachitis) Perm?taseme una breve digresi?n. Entre las enfermedades profesionales - la silicosis de los mineros, el c?lico saturnino de los pintores, la gota del holgaz?n - no suele considerarse la que pudi?ramos llamar cachitis o inflamaci?n de las cachas, enojosa dolencia que ataca a jinetes, ciclistas y escritores. El sieso del homo sapiens, contra lo que pudiera pensarse al escucharlo nombrar de posaderas, no fue inventado para servir de permanente soporte a sus miserias, sino, antes el contrario, para posarlas a veces y con intermitencias cautelosamente medidas y sabiamente calculadas; a la hora de comer, por ejemplo, en los toros y en el teatro, en parte de la misa, en un alto en el paseo, etc. Pues bien, los mortales que abusamos del sedentarismo (sedentario, etimol?gicamente, quiere decir el que est? sentado: en un silla de estar , en una silla de montar o en un sill?n de bicicleta, que a estos efectos tanto vale) acabamos con hinchaz?n de las asentaderas, que en recta ley e higiene no son - repito - sino asentaderas para de vez en cuando y no para siempre. Los m?dicos hacen terminar en itis - colitis, cistitis, hepatitis, laringitis - los nombres de las enfermedades inflamatorias, y de ah? la cachitis que propongo para bautizar el t?mido nalgatorio de quienes, por raz?n de oficio, abusamos de su resistencias. (Camilo Jos? Cela, La Colmena) Manifiesto de los viandantes La libertad elemental de andar, de elegir el rumbo de nuestros pasos, la libertad para ir al encuentro de los otros es el fundamento de la vida en com?n. Las ciudades y los pueblos se han fundado sobre esta libertad. Necesitamos la calle, los caminos, las plazas, el espacio p?blico, para que nos permitan no olvidar que los dem?s existen... Ninguna situaci?n humana es gratuita: cuando se obliga a una mujer mayor a quedarse en su casa porque no puede sortear las aceras altas, los coches mal aparcados, la prisa de los sem?foros , se est? eligiendo una sociedad injusta con los d?biles. Cuando se convierte la calle en un lugar de grave riesgo f?sico para los ni?os y se les fuerza a permanecer aislados en sus casas a la vuelta del colegio, se est? negando el aprendizaje de lo comunitario... ...No hay edificio ni calle ni acera que no haya sido decidido por alguien . La realidad se construye y si los peatones permanecemos callados, si permanecemos inm?viles, ser?n otros los que perseveren en el dise?o de un mundo que niegue la equidad, que niegue los espacios comunes, que busque s?lo la satisfacci?n de los intereses particulares. El inter?s del peat?n es siempre el inter?s general, porque el peat?n no tiene nada que sea suyo. La acera de un peat?n es la acera de todos los ciudadanos. El peat?n no es ruidoso e insolente, no amenaza n atropella. El peat?n no bloquea las esquinas, no pudre la atm?sfera, la energ?a del pat?n es renovable...La libertad de andar es el punto de partida irrenunciable de nuestro derecho a elegir por qu? camino y hacia d?nde vamos. (A pie, Asociaci?n de Viandantes, Madrid) El Tipo del traje negro (El Dec?logo de Kieslowski) Hay un tipo que da vueltas en todas las pel?culas. No s? qui?n es. Es un tipo que viene, mira. Nos observa, observa nuestra vida. No est? muy contento con nosotros. Viene, observa y se aleja. (...) Al principio este tipo no estaba en los guiones. En nuestro equipo cont?bamos con Witek Zalewski como jefe literario, un hombre muy sabio a quien tuve, y sigo teniendo, una gran confianza, y cuando est?bamos escribiendo los guiones para El Dec?logo ?l sol?a repetir: -Algo me falta, se?or Krzysztof, aqu? algo falta. -Pero ?qu? le falta, se?or Witek? -No puedo explicarlo, pero siento que algo falta. Y as? repet?amos y repet?amos y repet?amos. Finalmente me cont? una an?cdota sobre un escritor polaco llamado Wilhelm Mach. Pues bien, este Mach, estaba presente en la proyecci?n de una pel?cula, y al acabarse coment?: -Me gust? bastante la pel?cula, sobre todo la escena en el cementerio. Me impresion? much?simo el tipo de traje negro que particip? en el entierro. -Perdone usted, se?or, pero all? no hab?a ning?n tipo de traje negro -contest? el director. A lo que replic? Mach: -?C?mo que no hab?a? Si estaba parado en el primer plano del lado izquierdo del fotograma, vestido de traje negro, camisa blanca y corbata negra. Luego pas? al lado derecho y se alej?. -No hubo nadie as?-se obstin? el director. -Lo hubo. Yo lo vi. Adem?s, fue lo que m?s me gust? en esta pel?cula -se empe?? Mach. Diez d?as despu?s muri?. En el momento en que Witek Zalewski me cont? esta an?cdota entend? lo que faltaba. Hac?a falta ese tipo de traje negro, a quien no todos ven, y que ni el mism?simo director sabe que aparece en la pel?cula. S?lo algunos perciben c?mo mira, c?mo observa. No tiene influencia alguna sobre lo que est? ocurriendo y, sin embargo, constituye algo como una se?al o un aviso para quienes lo miran, en caso de que lo vean. Entonces introduje a este personaje, a quien, aunque algunos lo llamaban ?ngel, los taxistas que lo tra?an al set gritaban: ``hemos tra?do al diablo''. En el gui?n siempre fue designado como un hombre joven. (...) Mirada de viaje Cuando vas al banco la c?mara te mira y otra te espera a la salida, cuando posas tu tarjeta de pl?stico en el mostrador alguien sabe qu? y cu?ndo y cu?nto compras. El IP de tu computadora les dice que p?ginas visitas. La tarjeta del supermercado qu? te gusta. Pero puedes tambi?n ir menos en el gran supermercado y m?s en la bodega que hasta ayer parec?a tan antigua. Mirar y que te miren pero de una manera diferente, a los ojos, saludando, reconociendo. Mirar al cash y menos al cr?dito. Mirar los rostros de los que pasan sin saberle los bolsillos. 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 paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Tue Jul 8 16:12:34 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:12:34 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Sustainable Transport E-Update 8 Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F5187026@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Forwarding this one slightly late, sorry. The original had lovely colour formatting with pictures but I'm forwarding as plain text. See www.itdp.org for the full stories. Paul Dr Paul A. Barter Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore 5 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 Tel: +65-6874 3324; Fax: +65-6778 1020 Email: paulbarter@nus.edu.sg ----------------------------------- The Bulletin of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) Jakarta Governor Visit to Bogot? Jumpstarts TransJakarta Busway Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso visited Bogot?'s TransMilenio bus system in May. After the trip, Sutiyoso reconfirmed his commitment to seeing the Trans- Jakarta busway open by year end, and set up a management team headed by Assistant to the City Secretary, Irzal Jamal. In May, ITDP, Pelangi and other partners worked with the design team on pedestrian facilities in the corridor, and the Governor has now committed to much improved pedestrian access facilities and nicer, more comfortable stations. FULL STORY Governor Sutiyoso during his visit to TransMilenio Dar es Salaam Announces Bus Rapid Transit Project Dar es Salaam Mayor Kleist Sykes, together with City Director Wilson Mukama, announced that the city will begin developing a new city-wide mobility blueprint. Speaking at a May 13 workshop organized by the Dar es Salaam City Council, Locomotives, the Association for the Advancement of Low Cost Mobility and ITDP, the Mayor said that the blueprint will include plans for a world-class Bus Rapid Transit system. FULL STORY and PROJECT WEBSITE Accra Mayor Darko Leads Bicycle Caravan On Saturday, June 7th, 2,000 cyclists converged on the streets of Accra, Ghana to participate in the city's second bicycle caravan - an event designed to promote and celebrate cycling. The caravan, which opened 13 km of car-free streets to bicyclists, was sponsored by Promasidor Ltd., the manufacturer and distributor of Cowbell milk and other dairy products. Based on the success of the event, Promasidor now plans to expand the caravans to other countries in Africa, beginning in Burkina Faso. FULL STORY Mayor Darko celebrates cycling on ITDP's new "California Bike". World Bank Policy Documents Draw Praise, Criticism Two important documents were recently released by the World Bank. The first document outlines the World Bank's priorities for the transport program (OP11) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The paper, largely based on a 2001 meeting of the GEF's Standing Technical Advisory Panel in Nairobi, is the first official policy statement to reflect the GEF's new commitment to Bus Rapid Transit, non-motorized transport and traffic demand management strategies. The second document is a draft of the upcoming Mobile Source Handbook being developed by the World Bank Air Quality Thematic Group, which received extensive comments from ITDP, Lloyd Wright, the Center for Science and Environment, and other leading experts. FULL STORY Modern Rickshaw Credit Plan Unveiled in Jaipur ITDP recently unveiled a new revolving credit fund to support the purchase of modern cycle rickshaws in Jaipur, India. The fund will allow rickshaw operators to purchase modern vehicles at a very low interest rate. The first 20 vehicles sold under this program, which were co-financed by a local charity organization, were distributed during a public event in Jaipur on May 11. FULL STORY Dakar Embraces Busways The Minister of Transport of Senegal, Mr. Mamadou Seck, has decided to begin a pilot Bus Rapid Transit project to develop two corridors in Dakar. The Minister's decision came after he received a report from Mr. Malick Ndiaye, one of his most senior advisors. Mr. Ndiaye's report was informed by his recent study tour to Paris and Rouen, undertaken with Colonel Mbareck Diop, ITDP's Senegal Country Director. The tour was organized by SYSTRA, CONNEX, and ITDP. New Jersey Case Sets Transportation Funding Priorities Straight Across the world, deferred maintenance of existing roadways costs billions of dollars in safety hazards, lost time and wasted fuel. The South African National Consumer Union recently estimated that deferred maintenance costs the country US$1/2 billion a year, according to the Cape Times. Three years ago, a group of local advocacy organizations succeeded in pressuring the state of New Jersey to pass a law requiring that maintenance be given priority over spending funds to build new highways. A recent court victory should ensure that their efforts translate into concrete results. FULL STORY Editor: Lisa Peterson Executive Director: Walter Hook Sustainable Transport e-Update is published by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) mobility@itdp.org From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Sat Jul 12 11:38:06 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 10:38:06 +0800 Subject: [sustran] TRANSED 2004 call for papers Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F5187060@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> http://www.icat-ciat.org/outreachdesk.htm TRANSED 2004 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People Theme: Universal Transportation and Road Design: Strategies for Success Conference in: Hamamatsu ? Japan May 23 ? May 26, 2004 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND INVITATION TO PRE-REGISTER The 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People is being organized under the general auspices of the Transportation Research Board. The International Centre for Accessible Transportation (ICAT) is designated as the Official TRANSED 2004 Outreach Desk. If you need assistance in English, French, Spanish, German and Chinese, please send your enquiries by e-mail to ICAT at access@icat-ciat.org quoting TRANSED 2004 Enquiry as the E-mail subject title. A. TRANSED BACKGROUND The TRANSED series of conferences has taken place every three years since 1978 in England (3 times), USA, Canada, Sweden, France and Australia. The last conference, held in Warsaw Poland, had over 200 participants from 29 countries and 5 continents. 81 papers were presented and 21 posters were exhibited. Considerable progress has been made in improving the lives of people with mobility handicaps. Progress now must be made to improve the lives of people who are visually, cognitively or hearing impaired. This is the first time the conference will be held in the Asia Pacific region. The organisers of TRANSED 2004 hope that the 10th International Conference in Japan will attract a greater number of delegates from the countries of Eastern and Southern Asia than before, which will result in increased number of participants. Universal transportation and road design: strategies for success Previous TRANSED conferences have promoted national and local transportation and development policies to include objectives relating to the needs of people with mobility handicaps. The 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People is designed to help to turn these objectives into action. As the conference motto "Universal Transportation and Road Design: Strategies For Success" implies, TRANSED 2004 serves the purpose of enabling international delegates to exchange experiences of strategies. By reporting on successful accessible transportation strategies, plans, and implementations for all, all participants will be able to apply this knowledge to their own country. Being the first TRANSED conference ever held in Asia, this milestone event will act as a catalyst to accelerate developments of accessible transportation and road design in Asian countries. Innovative strategies and plans for Asia will be expected and encouraged from participants in the Pacific region. B. TOPICS The following topics will be given particular importance in the discussions: -Policies and Strategies 1. Policies and strategies for social/ environmental /economic sustainability -Planning, Design and Maintenance 2. Universal, inclusive and accessible design in public transportation 3. Universal, inclusive and accessible design on roads, signals and vehicles 4. Standardization and advanced universal design -Mobility 5. Local mobility, community transportation like taxis, buses & Special Transport Service 6. Accessible tourism, major events: Olympics, expositions and conventions 7. Safe mobility for the seniors and drivers -Advanced Technology 8. Advanced technologies for accessible transportation and road design -Partnership 9. Public/Private/NPO?NGO partnership -Area wide, Comprehensive and Integrated 10. Area wide, comprehensive and integrated transportation planning -Asian development 11. Policies and strategies for accessible transportation and road design in Asia. The conference language is English. The debates will be interpreted simultaniously into Japanese. See http://www.icat-ciat.org/outreachdesk.htm for more information and relevant application forms. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20030712/f2749f12/attachment.htm From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Mon Jul 14 11:23:46 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:23:46 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F518706D@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Dear sustran-discussers I thought this would be of interest to many of you. I have obtained Ayad Altai's permission to share this. Also, apologies for sending a message last week in mime format - those of you using the digest version of the list would have seen only hex code. Sorry! As mentioned before, this list copes best with plain text only. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Ayad Altaai [mailto:aaltaai@erwda.gov.ae] Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 7:38 PM To: sustran@po.jaring.my Subject: Re: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Hi I had the opportunity to scan through your new publication "People-centered, Equitable and Sustainable Transport." I congratulate you on this excellent effort. My immediate comment is to do with reference to the total number of people killed in road accidents. In para. 4 of Basic Principles..... the report states a figure of 500,000 people killed. Let me list the controversial figures that have been going around for many years: 1. WHO reported that in 1993 the annual road accident fatalities were 895,000. This figure was quoted by WRI Report in 1996. 2. Allan Ross (WB Consultant) presented an annual figure of 700,000 fatalities on 2 Feb 1999 at the launch of the GRSP Initiative at the World Bank in Washington D.C. 3. After perhaps a year of work the GRSP issued a figure of about 1.1 million fatalities. 4. The World recently stated that there the global death toll is 500,000 fatalities. 5. Another department within the WB is stating that the annual figure of global road fatalities is 1.17 million. 6. Years ago IATSA newsletter quoted the late Clinton Admin Transportation Secretary using a figure of 500,000 fatalities. I responded to the Editor-in-Chief that the figure was not valid. 7. Finally if we accept the 500,000 fatalities for the globe, it means the world average is similar to Sweden or Japan. Think about it. The 50 million injuries mentioned in para 4 is much closer to reality that the fatality number. The debate on this number is much wider than the fatality figure. However, a number of organisations still use a range of 10-30 million. We should always remind the experts and the public that there is a high percentage of unreported road fatalities and injuries. This percentage reaches 50% in some countries, but never been reported. My humble conservative estimates for 2002 are as follows: Global Road Accident Fatalities: 1.2 million Global Road Accident Injuries: app 60 million. Best regards, Ayad Altaai General Coordinator Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) Abu Dhabi UAE Phone: +971-50-668 2616 Fax: +971-2-681 4262 From pendakur at interchange.ubc.ca Mon Jul 14 12:42:08 2003 From: pendakur at interchange.ubc.ca (pendakur) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:42:08 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents References: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F518706D@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <000801c349b9$e816eda0$145d4540@novustelecom.net> Paul, thanks. Somehow, I have missed this. Can you kindly provide me a reference to this publication of re-send the sustran release on traffic safety? Thanks. Setty. Dr. V. Setty Pendakur President Pacific Policy and Planning Associates 702--1099 Marinaside Crescent Vancouver, BC. Canada V6Z 2Z3 Voice:604-263-3576, Fax:604-263-6493 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barter, Paul" To: Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 7:23 PM Subject: [sustran] FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Dear sustran-discussers I thought this would be of interest to many of you. I have obtained Ayad Altai's permission to share this. Also, apologies for sending a message last week in mime format - those of you using the digest version of the list would have seen only hex code. Sorry! As mentioned before, this list copes best with plain text only. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Ayad Altaai [mailto:aaltaai@erwda.gov.ae] Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 7:38 PM To: sustran@po.jaring.my Subject: Re: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Hi I had the opportunity to scan through your new publication "People-centered, Equitable and Sustainable Transport." I congratulate you on this excellent effort. My immediate comment is to do with reference to the total number of people killed in road accidents. In para. 4 of Basic Principles..... the report states a figure of 500,000 people killed. Let me list the controversial figures that have been going around for many years: 1. WHO reported that in 1993 the annual road accident fatalities were 895,000. This figure was quoted by WRI Report in 1996. 2. Allan Ross (WB Consultant) presented an annual figure of 700,000 fatalities on 2 Feb 1999 at the launch of the GRSP Initiative at the World Bank in Washington D.C. 3. After perhaps a year of work the GRSP issued a figure of about 1.1 million fatalities. 4. The World recently stated that there the global death toll is 500,000 fatalities. 5. Another department within the WB is stating that the annual figure of global road fatalities is 1.17 million. 6. Years ago IATSA newsletter quoted the late Clinton Admin Transportation Secretary using a figure of 500,000 fatalities. I responded to the Editor-in-Chief that the figure was not valid. 7. Finally if we accept the 500,000 fatalities for the globe, it means the world average is similar to Sweden or Japan. Think about it. The 50 million injuries mentioned in para 4 is much closer to reality that the fatality number. The debate on this number is much wider than the fatality figure. However, a number of organisations still use a range of 10-30 million. We should always remind the experts and the public that there is a high percentage of unreported road fatalities and injuries. This percentage reaches 50% in some countries, but never been reported. My humble conservative estimates for 2002 are as follows: Global Road Accident Fatalities: 1.2 million Global Road Accident Injuries: app 60 million. Best regards, Ayad Altaai General Coordinator Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) Abu Dhabi UAE Phone: +971-50-668 2616 Fax: +971-2-681 4262 From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Mon Jul 14 14:12:56 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:12:56 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DA6D@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Dear Setty and sustran-discussers I think he was referring to some material in the not-so-new publication, 'Taking Steps: A community action guide to people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport' written by myself and Tamim Raad. It is out of print but all chapters can be downloaded in PDF format via the sustran-discuss website http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/. I hope this helps. Paul -----Original Message----- From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org [mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of pendakur Sent: Monday, 14 July 2003 11:42 AM To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Paul, thanks. Somehow, I have missed this. Can you kindly provide me a reference to this publication of re-send the sustran release on traffic safety? Thanks. Setty. Dr. V. Setty Pendakur President Pacific Policy and Planning Associates 702--1099 Marinaside Crescent Vancouver, BC. Canada V6Z 2Z3 Voice:604-263-3576, Fax:604-263-6493 From lfwright at usa.net Mon Jul 14 17:58:18 2003 From: lfwright at usa.net (Lloyd Wright) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 04:58:18 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: [[sustran] FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents] Message-ID: <569HgNi7s9680S06.1058173098@cmsweb06.cms.usa.net> WHO's Injury Chartbook for 2002 lists deaths from automobile accidents at 1.194 million which by the way is higher than the estimated deaths from malaria (1.124 million), measles (0.745 million), and breast cancer (0.479 million). "Barter, Paul" wrote: Dear sustran-discussers I thought this would be of interest to many of you. I have obtained Ayad Altai's permission to share this. Also, apologies for sending a message last week in mime format - those of you using the digest version of the list would have seen only hex code. Sorry! As mentioned before, this list copes best with plain text only. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Ayad Altaai [mailto:aaltaai@erwda.gov.ae] Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 7:38 PM To: sustran@po.jaring.my Subject: Re: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Hi I had the opportunity to scan through your new publication "People-centered, Equitable and Sustainable Transport." I congratulate you on this excellent effort. My immediate comment is to do with reference to the total number of people killed in road accidents. In para. 4 of Basic Principles..... the report states a figure of 500,000 people killed. Let me list the controversial figures that have been going around for many years: 1. WHO reported that in 1993 the annual road accident fatalities were 895,000. This figure was quoted by WRI Report in 1996. 2. Allan Ross (WB Consultant) presented an annual figure of 700,000 fatalities on 2 Feb 1999 at the launch of the GRSP Initiative at the World Bank in Washington D.C. 3. After perhaps a year of work the GRSP issued a figure of about 1.1 million fatalities. 4. The World recently stated that there the global death toll is 500,000 fatalities. 5. Another department within the WB is stating that the annual figure of global road fatalities is 1.17 million. 6. Years ago IATSA newsletter quoted the late Clinton Admin Transportation Secretary using a figure of 500,000 fatalities. I responded to the Editor-in-Chief that the figure was not valid. 7. Finally if we accept the 500,000 fatalities for the globe, it means the world average is similar to Sweden or Japan. Think about it. The 50 million injuries mentioned in para 4 is much closer to reality that the fatality number. The debate on this number is much wider than the fatality figure. However, a number of organisations still use a range of 10-30 million. We should always remind the experts and the public that there is a high percentage of unreported road fatalities and injuries. This percentage reaches 50% in some countries, but never been reported. My humble conservative estimates for 2002 are as follows: Global Road Accident Fatalities: 1.2 million Global Road Accident Injuries: app 60 million. Best regards, Ayad Altaai General Coordinator Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) Abu Dhabi UAE Phone: +971-50-668 2616 Fax: +971-2-681 4262 From ghawkes at sover.net Mon Jul 14 19:41:30 2003 From: ghawkes at sover.net (Gerry Hawkes) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 05:41:30 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Message-ID: <007601c349f4$7ff730a0$f0b572d8@vectra> What are the estimates of non-human deaths and injuries? "Road Kill" is a common sight along our highways. Gerry Hawkes Eco Systems, Inc. & Bike Track R&D 796 Wayside Road Ext. Woodstock, Vermont 05091 Email: ghawkes@sover.net Tel. 802-457-2669 (direct line) or 802-457-4703 (Eco Systems) Web: www.biketrack.com Fax 802-457-2483 www.eco-systems.org -----Original Message----- From: Barter, Paul To: sustran-discuss@jca.apc.org Cc: aaltaai@erwda.gov.ae Date: Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:54 PM Subject: [sustran] FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents >Dear sustran-discussers > >I thought this would be of interest to many of you. I have obtained Ayad >Altai's permission to share this. > >Also, apologies for sending a message last week in mime format - those >of you using the digest version of the list would have seen only hex >code. Sorry! As mentioned before, this list copes best with plain text >only. > >Paul > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ayad Altaai [mailto:aaltaai@erwda.gov.ae] >Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 7:38 PM >To: sustran@po.jaring.my >Subject: Re: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents >Hi > >I had the opportunity to scan through your new publication >"People-centered, Equitable and Sustainable Transport." I congratulate >you on this excellent effort. My immediate comment is to do with >reference to the total number of people killed in road accidents. In >para. 4 of Basic Principles..... the report states a figure of 500,000 >people killed. Let me list the controversial figures that have been >going around for many years: > >1. WHO reported that in 1993 the annual road accident >fatalities were 895,000. This figure was quoted by WRI Report in 1996. >2. Allan Ross (WB Consultant) presented an annual >figure of 700,000 fatalities on 2 Feb 1999 at the launch of the GRSP >Initiative at the World Bank in Washington D.C. >3. After perhaps a year of work the GRSP issued a >figure of about 1.1 million fatalities. >4. The World recently stated that there the global >death toll is 500,000 fatalities. >5. Another department within the WB is stating that >the annual figure of global road fatalities is 1.17 million. >6. Years ago IATSA newsletter quoted the late Clinton >Admin Transportation Secretary using a figure of 500,000 fatalities. I >responded to the Editor-in-Chief that the figure was not valid. >7. Finally if we accept the 500,000 fatalities for the >globe, it means the world average is similar to Sweden or Japan. Think >about it. > >The 50 million injuries mentioned in para 4 is much closer to reality >that the fatality number. The debate on this number is much wider than >the fatality figure. However, a number of organisations still use a >range of 10-30 million. We should always remind the experts and the >public that there is a high percentage of unreported road fatalities and >injuries. This percentage reaches 50% in some countries, but never been >reported. > >My humble conservative estimates for 2002 are as follows: > >Global Road Accident Fatalities: 1.2 million >Global Road Accident Injuries: app 60 million. > > >Best regards, > >Ayad Altaai >General Coordinator >Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) >Abu Dhabi >UAE >Phone: +971-50-668 2616 >Fax: +971-2-681 4262 > > > > From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Tue Jul 15 10:24:22 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:24:22 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: IEA BRT emissions analysis project outline - for review and comment Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DA71@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Dear sustran-discussers Lew Fulton and Lloyd Wright are developing a project outline for funding from the GEF to study the potential CO2 impacts of Bus Rapid Transit systems, using Bogota's TransMilenio system as a case study. It would be very helpful to them if some of us could review it. Below is a more detailed description of their plan. If you are interested in reviewing the project outline then please contact Lew at Lew.FULTON@iea.org to request the document (an approximately 500K zipped document). Paul --------------------------- Dear ____, Lloyd Wright and I are developing the attached project outline to study the potential CO2 impacts of Bus Rapid Transit systems, using Bogota's TransMilenio system as a case study. The project concept has been accepted into the project development stage of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). We are now finalising the Brief for submission to the GEF. As funding permits, we intend to collect data and conduct analysis on TransMilenio's impacts on overall travel, mode choice, the energy efficiency of the transport system, and its net emissions of CO2 and air pollutants. The goal is to develop an "emissions calculator" that other cities can use in designing BRT systems, and that the GEF and other agencies can use in estimating the potential CO2 impacts of bus projects. We would greatly appreciate your comments on this proposal and how it could be strengthened. We are also looking for information (e.g. reports on similar analyses for other cities, potentially relevant data) that could be relevant to this study, as we try to gather as much information as possible up front. Additionally, we would appreciate suggestions on the names of organisations and individuals that could help conduct some of the research components (please see work plan in document). Finally, we are seeking expressions of interest in co-funding any parts of the project of interest to other groups. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Best regards, Lew Fulton International Energy Agency Office of Energy Efficiency, Technology and R&D 9, Rue de la Federation Paris 75015 France 33-1-4057-6756 fax-4057-6749 lew.fulton@iea.org Lloyd Wright University College London Bartlett School of Planning Wates House, Room 423 22 Gordon Street London WC1H 0QB UK tel. +44 20 7679 4943 fax +44 20 7679 7502 email lfwright@usa.net From kisansbc at vsnl.com Tue Jul 15 01:03:33 2003 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (KISAN MEHTA) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:33:33 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents References: <007601c349f4$7ff730a0$f0b572d8@vectra> Message-ID: <000001c34aa6$77846de0$3226020a@im.eth.net> Dear Friends, Paul and Ayyad, Thanks for furnishing the global data on death and injury due to road accidents. It is a fact that humans or their relations who have not faced the toll do not realise the gravity on road accidents on human life. Those who have suffered can never get out of the trauma. This is why we take this data as acedemic and impersonal. At one time, it used to quoted that road fatality on the US roads during the World War II period was higher than than the number dying on the front for the same period. Despite this reality, authorities have never considered avoiding such predicament. Conditions on the road have worsened since the WWII. The World Bank while extending a loan of over US $ 500 million+ for the Mumbai Urban Transport Project bemoans that Mumbai has a very high road fatality rate in the world and pedestrians form 95% of these fatalities. Yet it has extended loan upto 85% on eight lane road cost (sans pavements) in the centre of the city while no effort is made to reduce motorised traffic from congested roads. Motorists do not pay and will not be required to contrubute cost of the MUTP while bus and railway fares are being increased for repatriation the loan. When the World Bank claiming to be working for the poor take such stand, how can there be any benefit the poor. Too many cars on congested roads have affected the air quality which increases the human morbidity further. But this would not put as a result of too many cars. Best wishes. Kisan Mehta Tel: 00 91 22 2414 9688 > -----Original Message----- > From: Barter, Paul > To: sustran-discuss@jca.apc.org > Cc: aaltaai@erwda.gov.ae > Date: Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:54 PM > Subject: [sustran] FW: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents > > Dear sustran-discussers I thought this would be of interest to many of you. I have obtained Ayad Altai's permission to share this. Also, apologies for sending a message last week in mime format - those of you using the digest version of the list would have seen only hex code. Sorry! As mentioned before, this list copes best with plain text only. > > > >Paul > > > >-----Original Message----- From: Ayad Altaai [mailto:aaltaai@erwda.gov.ae] Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 7:38 PM To: sustran@po.jaring.my Subject: Re: Annual Death Toll of Global Accidents Hi I had the opportunity to scan through your new publication "People-centered, Equitable and Sustainable Transport." I congratulate you on this excellent effort. My immediate comment is to do with reference to the total number of people killed in road accidents. In para. 4 of Basic Principles..... the report states a figure of 500,000 people killed. Let me list the controversial figures that have been going around for many years: > > 1. WHO reported that in 1993 the annual road accident fatalities were 895,000. This figure was quoted by WRI Report in 1996. 2. Allan Ross (WB Consultant) presented an annual figure of 700,000 fatalities on 2 Feb 1999 at the launch of the GRSP Initiative at the World Bank in Washington D.C. 3. After perhaps a year of work the GRSP issued a figure of about 1.1 million fatalities. 4. The World recently stated that there the global death toll is 500,000 fatalities. 5. Another department within the WB is stating that the annual figure of global road fatalities is 1.17 million. 6. Years ago IATSA newsletter quoted the late Clinton Admin Transportation Secretary using a figure of 500,000 fatalities. I responded to the Editor-in-Chief that the figure was not valid. 7. Finally if we accept the 500,000 fatalities for the globe, it means the world average is similar to Sweden or Japan. Think about it. > > The 50 million injuries mentioned in para 4 is much closer to reality that the fatality number. The debate on this number is much wider than the fatality figure. However, a number of organisations still use a range of 10-30 million. We should always remind the experts and the public that there is a high percentage of unreported road fatalities and injuries. This percentage reaches 50% in some countries, but never been reported. > > > >My humble conservative estimates for 2002 are as follows: > > > >Global Road Accident Fatalities: 1.2 million > >Global Road Accident Injuries: app 60 million. > > > > > >Best regards, > > > >Ayad Altaai > >General Coordinator > >Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) > >Abu Dhabi > >UAE > >Phone: +971-50-668 2616 > >Fax: +971-2-681 4262 From brent.efford at techmedia.co.nz Wed Jul 16 05:51:21 2003 From: brent.efford at techmedia.co.nz (Brent Efford) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:51:21 +1200 Subject: [sustran] RE: sustran-discuss V1 #1146 In-Reply-To: <200307151702.h6FH2AN32786@mail.jca.apc.org> Message-ID: <004601c34b12$d9121000$0161fea9@techmedia> .......... "Too many cars on congested roads have affected the air quality which increases the human morbidity further. But this would not put as a result of too many cars. Best wishes. Kisan Mehta" .... In New Zealand (pop 4M, high car usage) the crash toll has been reducing while the death rate from emissions is trending up. Both now = 400 deaths pa each. I believe we can identify three levels of road death and injury toll: Primary = crashes Secondary = motor vehicle emissions Tertiary = death and disability from inactivity, obesity etc in a car-dependent environment. Has anyone done research on a casualty model for road traffic combining these three factors? Brent Efford User rep, Wgtn Regional Land Transport Cttee Co-ordinator, Transport 2000+ NZ brent.efford@techmedia.co.nz From litman at vtpi.org Sat Jul 19 08:38:24 2003 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:38:24 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: sustran-discuss V1 #1146 In-Reply-To: <004601c34b12$d9121000$0161fea9@techmedia> References: <200307151702.h6FH2AN32786@mail.jca.apc.org> Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20030718163218.04ae49c0@mail.highspeedplus.com> See "If Health Matters" (www.vtpi.org/health.pdf), "Active Transportation Policy Issues" (www.vtpi.org/act_tran.pdf) and the "Safety Evaluation" chapter of our Online TDM Encyclopedia (www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm58.htm) which compare these risks. Best wishes, -Todd At 08:51 AM 7/16/2003 +1200, Brent Efford wrote: >.......... >"Too many cars on congested roads have affected the air quality which >increases the >human morbidity further. But this would not put as a result of too many >cars. >Best wishes. > >Kisan Mehta" .... > >In New Zealand (pop 4M, high car usage) the crash toll has been reducing >while the death rate from emissions is trending up. Both now = 400 deaths pa >each. > >I believe we can identify three levels of road death and injury toll: >Primary = crashes >Secondary = motor vehicle emissions >Tertiary = death and disability from inactivity, obesity etc in a >car-dependent environment. > >Has anyone done research on a casualty model for road traffic combining >these three factors? > >Brent Efford >User rep, Wgtn Regional Land Transport Cttee >Co-ordinator, Transport 2000+ NZ >brent.efford@techmedia.co.nz 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 From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Thu Jul 24 12:11:12 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:11:12 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Fwd: Noise-polluted Bangkok plans to curb vehicles Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DAA7@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Can anyone in Bangkok or who knows Bangkok better than me comment on this? It looks like just a proposal at the moment, but what are the chances of any serious Transport Demand Management (TDM) in Bangkok? Over the years I guess we have seen a lot of TDM proposals that have come to nothing. Maybe now there is a chance (by some miracle)? Do the new rail systems make it more likely? Or London's famous efforts? Paul ----------------------------------- The Straits Times (Singapore) JULY 24, 2003 Noise-polluted Bangkok plans to curb vehicles With noise levels at dangerous levels, the city is considering controversial measures to ease its congested roads By Nirmal Ghosh INDIA CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK - Thai motorists may have to pay a fee to enter a designated zone in the city, and drive in on alternate days based on their licence plate numbers, under a plan being drafted to cut noise pollution. The acceptable limit of 70 decibels is regularly exceeded in the capital's busy streets. The roar of one-tonne pickups and fashionable SUVs and the snarl of motorbikes - underpinned by surging vehicle sales - have converted most of Bangkok's streets into deafening avenues that are affecting the health of citizens, the government says. The problem has been building up for a long time. Research in the late 1990s showed that all traffic police officers who had held their job for more than 10 years had hearing problems. The hearing of around 70 per cent of all traffic policemen was affected due to almost continuous exposure to noise levels above 70 decibels. And it is not only the streets that have this problem. People living along Bangkok's navigable canals, or klongs, are often woken up at 5am by the rumble of commuter boats which ply the waterways all day. The Anti-Air Pollution and Environmental Protection Foundation said in a recent report that boat noise was found to measure 80-90 decibels on average at major piers. The government was lax in cracking down on this because it was wary of a backlash from commuters who use the water taxi system to avoid rush hour traffic jams on the streets, the private foundation said. In May, Air Quality and Noise Management Bureau director Mingkuan Wichayarangsaridh said some two dozen major Bangkok streets, where noise measuring equipment had been installed, recorded levels above 70 decibels. Measurements taken this year in the Siam Square area, a shopping, hotel and entertainment hub, recorded noise levels between 83 and 94 decibels. On major streets such as Sukhumvit, Ploenchit and Silom, the overhead rapid transit rail system creates a tunnel-like effect, trapping the noise from vehicles below. In such conditions, it is difficult to hear someone calling over a mobile phone or have a normal conversation with a companion on the roadside without having to shout. The proposed measures are aimed at reducing traffic volume in a 113-sq-km zone to achieve the goal of cutting noise levels by three decibels. Officials say the area's traffic volume would have to be halved to achieve that goal. 'I'm not confident that we can reach the target, but at least we should be able to bring the level down,' said Mr Thalearngsak Petchsuwan, head of the noise pollution and vibration section of the Pollution Control Department, after a meeting last week. A consultancy firm has been hired to draft an action plan for cutting street noise levels by up to three decibels within three years. Proposals include controlling the number of vehicles and imposing a speed limit on the congested Silom, Sathon, Yaowarat and Charoenkrung roads. Vehicles would be charged a fee to enter the restricted zone. In addition, vehicles would only be allowed to enter on alternate days based on licence plate numbers. The speed limit would also be fixed at 30kmh to keep noise levels down. Mr Thalearngsak conceded that some of the the proposed measures might be impossible to implement because of strong public resistance. The proposals are expected to be ready next month and will then be considered for implementation by the city authorities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Copyright @ 2003 Singapore Press Holdings. All rights reserved. From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Thu Jul 24 12:14:31 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:14:31 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: [cai-asia] Sustainable Multi-Modal Transportation for Chinese Cities International Seminar - Shanghai, 20-21 October 2003 Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DAA8@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Sorry if you have already seen this. Looks interesting because I believe that Shanghai's experience is a particularly important example. Paul -----Original Message----- From: hfabian@adb.org [mailto:hfabian@adb.org] Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 5:06 PM To: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia Cc: tclegg@multilogik.com; Liguang@sjtu.edu.cn Subject: [cai-asia] Sustainable Multi-Modal Transportation for Chinese Cities International Seminar - Shanghai, 20-21 October 2003 Sustainable Multi-Modal Transportation for Chinese Cities International Seminar The objective of this conference is to review international urban transportation plans and examine potential development models for China's mega cities, specifically Shanghai. The theme of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai is "Better City, Better Life." How to realize a consumer-friendly green urban transportation system in time for the Expo will be a key challenge for the future development of Shanghai. The rapid development of China's economy over the past decade has created a development boom nationwide. This boom represents an opportunity to create a modern, effective multi-modal urban transportation management system for Chinese cities, which are characterized by high population density, low incomes and dense traffic. China also needs to find a way to improve the quality of its urban air substantially polluted by vehicle exhaust. Time: October 20-21, 2003 Venue: Room 102, Haoran Building Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai Language: Chinese or English (simultaneous interpretation) Registration fee : $100.00 USD Organizer: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Supporter: Shanghai Urban Transport Bureau Shanghai Economic Commission Co-supporter: DuPont Fuel Cells The Energy Foundation East Asia Society of Trans. Studies For more information and submission of papers, please click on this link ____________________________________________________ Herbert G. Fabian Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Asian Development Bank, Manila tel: + 63 2 632 4444 loc. 7666 fax: + 63 2 636 2198 http://www.adb.org/vehicle-emissions http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/cleanair/caiasia/ From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Fri Jul 25 11:01:47 2003 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Barter, Paul) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:01:47 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Sustainable Transport E-Update No. 9 Message-ID: <42F08B8662756D428F2811F53C6A93F579DAAC@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg> Again I am forwarding a plain text version of the ITDP Sustainable Transport E-Update No. 9. To see the full articles go to http://www.itdp.org/STe/ste9/index.html Paul -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, 25 July 2003 4:47 AM To: List Member Subject: Sustainable Transport E-Update No. 9 The Bulletin of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) Manila's Fireflies Ride Again, Celebrating "Peace and Pedals" The Firefly Brigade, a bicycle advocacy organization in Manila, recently organized its fifth successful Tour of the Fireflies. Over 2,000 cyclists rode in the 50-km bike ride through seven cities of Metro Manila. In addition to promoting "clean air and a habitable, people-friendly environment" the Firefly Brigade hopes to make Manila safe for its name sake by promoting bicycle use and pressuring for cycle-friendly policies. FULL STORY The California Bike: Model Urban Bicycle Reaches Africa Mention "bicycle" to most Africans and they think of the dull, black, old English roadsters their grandfathers used to ride to market on Saturday morning. With this month's arrival of 2,000 "California Bikes" in Senegal, Ghana and South Africa, ITDP and the Trek Bicycle Corporation hope to change that image. FULL STORY or www.californiabike.com U.S. Bill Could Eliminate Funds for Cycling, Safety and Transit The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a transportation funding bill that would dramatically reduce funding for sustainable and equitable transportation projects in fiscal year 2004. At stake are funds that support the national intercity rail system, bike paths, Safe Routes to School, low-income mobility projects, and local public transit projects. FULL STORY EU Behind on Kyoto Goal, Transport Emissions to Blame The European Environmental Agency (EEA) 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 lead 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. FULL STORY For Cape Town, 60 is Too Much By Paul Steely White and Bertie Phillips In June, the Bicycling Empowerment Network (BEN) and ITDP launched a campaign to reduce traffic speeds on Cape Town roads. Based on successful campaign in the Netherlands, Australia, and Switzerland, the campaign has received good press coverage over the past week and attracted the attention of senior transportation officials. FULL STORY Segway Inventor Dean Kamen and Sustainable Transport Groups Clash The inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen, met with ITDP and Transportation Alternatives, a NY-based pedestrian and bicycle advocacy group in July. Mr. Kamen evidently believes that Segway belongs on the sidewalk and that they are not safe to operate in the street in mixed traffic. Having made this decision, the Segway Corporation placed itself into direct conflict with pedestrians and sustainable transport advocacy groups who are trying to protect already scarce public pedestrian space. FULL STORY Black Stars on Bogot? Streets More than 1,500 black stars have been painted on the streets of Bogot? - a stark reminder of each pedestrian death caused by car crashes in the last five years. The educational campaign - which asks "Bogot?, we are getting used to this, what's the matter with us?" - aims to decrease the death rate for pedestrians by 10%. The campaign, however, focuses solely on educating pedestrians. FULL STORY Editor: Lisa Peterson Contributing: Paul White, Bertie Phillips, Walter Hook Executive Director: Walter Hook Sustainable Transport e-Update is published by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) mobility@itdp.org