[sustran] Re: Fw: UN News: ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK TO SPREAD ACROSSCONTINENTSAFTER LANDMARK DEAL

[Karl Fjellstrom]

I currently have an office at the UN ESCAP division which is working on
this, though I'm not involved with the Asian Highway work. It has a web
site at http://www.unescap.org/tctd/ah/index.htm.
Regards, Karl

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Subject: [sustran] Fw: UN News: ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK TO SPREAD
ACROSSCONTINENTSAFTER LANDMARK DEAL


Dear Regina and colleagues,

Citizens are not involved in such high sounding projects.  Their views
are
ignored and discouraged.   This is our experience even in Wolrd Bank
assisted projects.

These highways are primarily restricted to personal cars, heavy duty
trucks. Other modes are not allowed. Even public road buses are not
allowed.

Instead of highways, efficient railway
network can do better for people in countries having low car ownership.
The UN idea is not for providing transport to common people.  Best
wishes.

Kisan Mehta
Tel/Tax: 00 91 33 2414 9688

----- Original Message -----
From: "Regina Manzo" <reginamanzo at hotmail.com>
To: <sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 6:49 AM
Subject: [sustran] UN News: ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK TO SPREAD ACROSS
CONTINENTSAFTER LANDMARK DEAL


 See news story below regarding highway network in Asia.
>
> Anyone aware of whether the other modes were part of consideration for

> the "strong transport links" that are sought?  Anyone in Sustrans 
> involved in related negotiations?
>
> best,
> Gina Manzo
> Singapore
> > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:00:49 -0500
>
> ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK TO SPREAD ACROSS CONTINENT AFTER LANDMARK DEAL -

> UN New York, Nov 21 2003  1:00PM The Asian Highway network will be 
> extended across 32 countries over the whole of the continent after 
> delegates to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for 
> Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) reached a landmark agreement this week.
>
> During a two-day a meeting in Bangkok, ESCAP developed its first 
> intergovernmental agreement - a deal it said in a statement would 
> realize "the vision of an efficient, reliable regional transport 
> network" for the continent.
>
> The Asian highway route AH1 currently runs from Pusan in the Republic 
> of Korea to Fukuoka and Tokyo in Japan. The new agreement means the 
> network will eventually extend to 32 member countries of ESCAP with 
> more than 140,000 kilometres of highways.
>
> ESCAP Executive Secretary Kim Hak-Su told the meeting that strong
transport
> links are crucial if countries want to advance in a globalized 
> economy.
The
> agreement will be formally signed in Shanghai in April.
>   2003-11-21 00:00:00.000
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