From litman at vtpi.org Sat Jun 7 00:21:05 2003 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 08:21:05 -0700 Subject: [sustran] VTPI News - Spring 2003 Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20030606082056.026ded40@mail.highspeedplus.com> ----------- VTPI NEWS ----------- Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" ------------------------------------ Spring 2003 Vol. 6, No. 2 ---------------------------------- The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transportation problems. The VTPI website (http://www.vtpi.org) has many resources addressing a wide range of transport planning and policy issues. VTPI also provides consulting services. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRANSPORTATION COST AND BENEFIT ANALYSIS GUIDEBOOK ================================================== VTPI continues to update the Online edition of "Transportation Cost And Benefit Analysis: Techniques, Estimates And Implications" (www.vtpi.org/tca). This free guidebook provides comprehensive information on transportation economic impacts for use in planning and policy analysis. Chapters on user, congestion, air pollution and water pollution/hydrologic costs have recently been updated. We also provide a Cost Analysis Spreadsheet (www.vtpi.org/tca/tca.xls) that automates costing calculations and allows values to be easily modified to reflect a particular situation or analysis perspective. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VTPI ONLINE TDM ENCYCLOPEDIA ============================ The VTPI "Online TDM Encyclopedia" (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm) 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. Below are highlights: * Public Transport Encouragement (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm112.htm) Describes various ways of encouraging public transit ridership, including marketing, service improvements and user incentives. Includes case studies. * Prioritizing Transportation (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm110.htm) Discusses principles that can be used to prioritize transportation activities and investments, and how this can help achieve TDM objectives. * Parking Management (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm28.htm) - Describes various methods of using existing parking facilities more efficiently, including shared parking, more accurate parking requirements, regulating parking, develop overflow parking plans, and much more. * Road Pricing (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm35.htm) Discusses various types of road pricing, including congestion pricing, road tolls, cordon pricing, mileage-based fees and HOT lanes. Discusses how these strategies are implemented. Describes case studies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW AND UPDATED REPORTS ======================= The following new documents are posted at the VTPI website. "London Congestion Pricing: Implications for Other Cities" (www.vtpi.org/london.pdf) -------------------------------------------------------- Starting 17 February 2003 the city of London began charging a fee for driving private automobiles in its central area during weekdays as a way to reduce traffic congestion and raise revenues to fund transport improvements. This program has significantly reduced traffic congestion, improved bus and taxi service, and generates substantial revenues. Public acceptance has grown and there is now support to expand the program to other parts of London and other cities in the U.K. This is the first congestion pricing program in a major European city, and its success suggests that congestion pricing may become more politically feasible elsewhere. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Social Inclusion As A Transport Planning Issue in Canada" (www.vtpi.org/soc_ex.pdf) -------------------------------------------------------- Social exclusion refers to constraints that prevent people from participating adequately in society, including education, employment, public services and activities. Inadequate transport sometimes contributes to social exclusion, particularly for people who live in an automobile dependent community and are physically disabled, low income or unable to own and drive a personal automobile. This paper discusses the concept of social exclusion as it relates to transport, how it is currently incorporated in Canadian transport planning, and the research needed to better address social exclusion. It was one of several papers that examine transport social exclusion issues in individual countries, presented at the "Transport and Social Exclusion G7 Comparison Seminar" held in London, April, 2003. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Active Transportation Policy Issues" (www.vtpi.org/act_tran.pdf) ------------------------------------------------- Active transportation consists of human-powered forms of travel such as walking, cycling, skating, skiing, and manual wheelchairs. Active transportation supports public health objectives including increased fitness, reduced pollution and reduced crashes, and provides other economic, social and environmental benefits. This paper provides background information on active transportation to facilitate discussion of Canadian national active transportation policy at the Active Transportation Roundtable held April, 2003. Also see our paper "If Health Matters" (http://www.vtpi.org/health.pdf). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vancouver Region Mobility Management ------------------------------------ VTPI is providing support for an Environment Canada sponsored project to evaluate the role that mobility management strategies can play to help achieve sustainable transportation objectives. We have recently completed a draft report that identifies potential mobility management strategies, evaluates their potential impacts on regional sustainability, discusses their current status, and what can be done to help implement them in the region. These documents are available at the URLs below. Summary Report: http://www.vtpi.org/mm_sum.pdf Full Report: http://www.vtpi.org/mm_rpt.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING EVENTS =============== Environment in the Balance -------------------------- Urban Air Quality Forum - Energy, Economic and Global Challenges, International Air & Waste Management Association, June 25-27, 2003, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA (www.awma.org/ace2003). This conference includes many sessions related to transportation emission reduction strategies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRB Summer Meeting ------------------ Transportation Research Board, Joint Summer Meeting of the Economics, Planning, Finance, Management, Ports, Waterways, Freight, and Trade Committees, July 13-18, 2003, Doubletree Hotel, Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon (http://gulliver.trb.org/conferences/JM/default.htm). TRB summer meetings include a combination of sessions, committee working meetings and social events. VTPI Director Todd Litman will present a paper, "London's Congestion Pricing Program: Implications for Other Cities." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Urban Street Symposium ---------------------- "Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets that Work" and Smart Growth Debate, July 28-30, 2003, Anaheim, California (http://gulliver.trb.org/conferences/USS2). This 2nd Urban Street Symposium will provide a forum for evaluating alternative urban street design practices, including problems caused by current design practices and potential alternatives; reexamining long-held urban street design practices in light of the "new urbanism" movement; identifying better urban street design practices; sharing experience and innovations; with case studies and workshops on "how to do it". This symposium will close with a debate titled "Smart Growth Pro or Con" between Todd Litman, VTPI Executive Director, and Wendell Cox, a critic of smart growth and mobility management. Symposium sponsors include the Transportation Research Board, Institute of Transportation Engineers, ITE Traffic Engineer Council, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Federal Highway Administration and the US Access Board. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USEFUL RESOURCES ================ Latest on Pay-As-You-Drive Vehicle Insurance -------------------------------------------- Several organizations are now working to promote the introduction of PAYD automobile insurance. For more information see the NorthWest Environment Watch news release: "NEW Facts: Pay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance" (http://www.northwestwatch.org/press/payd_facts.html) Smart Growth Policy Database ---------------------------- The USEPA Smart Growth Policy Database (http://cfpub.epa.gov/sgpdb/browse.cfm) provides information on dozens of policies that encourage more efficient transportation and land use patterns, with hundreds of case studies. Walkability Planning Tools -------------------------- Dan Burden, ""Level of Quality (LOQ) Guidelines," Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (www.tjpdc.org/transportation/walkability.asp), 2003. Illustrates roadway conditions that affect walking, bicycling, traffic calming, transit access and street crossing. Also see, Dan Burden's, "How Can I Find and Help Build a Walkable Community?," Walkable Communities (www.walkable.org/article1.htm), 2003. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 From lpeterson at itdp.org Sat Jun 7 02:52:26 2003 From: lpeterson at itdp.org (Lisa Peterson) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:52:26 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Invite to comment on WB Mobile Source Handbook In-Reply-To: <003101c32600$ce38f2c0$045179a5@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <000501c32c54$648f3e10$6601a8c0@Lisa> Dear all, On June 19th in Bangkok the World Bank is conducting a review of its draft Mobile Source Handbook which focuses on reducing air pollution caused by motor vehicles. They've invited specific reviewers for each chapter to give a presentation, and Karl Fjellstrom (ITDP's new Director for India, China and Bangladesh) has been asked to give the presentation for the traffic management and public transport sections. Please let me or Karl (karl@dnet.net.id) know if you would like a copy of the draft document in order to submit comments on behalf of Sustran. We would need to have your feedback by next Friday, June 13. Best, Lisa Peterson Communications Director Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Subscribe to Sustainable Transport: www.itdp.org 115 West 30th Street, Suite 1205 New York, NY 10001 Ph: 212-629-8001 Fax: 212-629-8033 e-mail: lpeterson@itdp.org From kisansbc at vsnl.com Sat Jun 7 10:28:48 2003 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (KISAN) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 06:58:48 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: Invite to comment on WB Mobile Source Handbook References: <000501c32c54$648f3e10$6601a8c0@Lisa> Message-ID: <003b01c32c94$2597e780$3226020a@im.eth.net> Pls let us have a copy of the draft document. Kisan Mehta Save Bombay Committee 620 Jame Jamshed Road, Dadar East, Mumbai 400 014 India Tel: 00 91 22 2414 9688 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Peterson" To: Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 11:22 PM Subject: [sustran] Invite to comment on WB Mobile Source Handbook > Dear all, > > On June 19th in Bangkok the World Bank is conducting a review of its > draft Mobile Source Handbook which focuses on reducing air pollution > caused by motor vehicles. They've invited specific reviewers for each > chapter to give a presentation, and Karl Fjellstrom (ITDP's new Director > for India, China and Bangladesh) has been asked to give the presentation > for the traffic management and public transport sections. > > Please let me or Karl (karl@dnet.net.id) know if you would like a copy > of the draft document in order to submit comments on behalf of Sustran. > > We would need to have your feedback by next Friday, June 13. > > Best, > Lisa Peterson > > Communications Director > Institute for Transportation and Development Policy > > Subscribe to Sustainable Transport: www.itdp.org > > 115 West 30th Street, Suite 1205 > New York, NY 10001 > Ph: 212-629-8001 > Fax: 212-629-8033 > e-mail: lpeterson@itdp.org > From pascaldesmond at eircom.net Sat Jun 21 03:07:01 2003 From: pascaldesmond at eircom.net (Pascal Desmond) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:07:01 +0100 Subject: [sustran] World Transport Policy & Practice Volume 9, Number 1, 2003 now available Message-ID: Volume 9, Number 1, 2003 of "World Transport Policy & Practice", a quarterly journal edited by Professor John Whitelegg, is available free of charge as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file at http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/WTPPhome.html Please bookmark this URL for future reference. 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