[sustran] Re: (fwd) [UTSG] transport strategy transfer

[Alan P Howes]

It's worth noting, Gabby, that in the UK the government is now
restricting funding for new tram/metro schemes because of doubts about
the socio-economic returns, and encouraging bus-based alternatives
instead.

A policy that perhaps would benefit from being transferred?

(Mind you, there has also been a case of a local council effectively
turning down government money to build a busway because they want
trains - which there is little realistic hope of their being able to
fund. Blame local politics!)

Alan

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:14:44 -0700 (PDT), Gabrielle Hermann
<gabbyherm at yahoo.com> wrote to Asia and the Pacific sustainable
transport <sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>, Walter Hook
<whook at itdp.org>:

>Hi Walter and others,
>
>Quick follow-up question.  What cities have changed
>their minds about building a highway or metro system
>upon hearing about (from Penalosa and others) or
>seeing Transmilenio? I know that Lima did, and I seem
>to remember hearing about a few African cities doing
>the same. 
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gabrielle 
>--- Walter Hook <whook at itdp.org> wrote:
>> i think we developed countries have transferred most
>> of our problems to
>> developing countries, starting with the automobile
>> and the auto-dominated
>> highway capacity manual, for example, out of date
>> versions still used
>> despite very different conditions.  green wave area
>> traffic control signals,
>> killing a lot more pedestrians, highway overpasses,
>> transferred from
>> developed world, disrupting transit  and pedestrian
>> and bicycle flows,
>> metros disrupting bus-based transit systems and
>> trapping countries in
>> perpetual debts, etc. the big innovations came from
>> curitiba, singapore (now
>> developed), and china.
>> 
>> w.
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Alan P Howes" <alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk>
>> To: <sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
>> Cc: "Fatima Elaiab" <elaiabf at TCD.IE>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:37 PM
>> Subject: [sustran] (fwd) [UTSG] transport strategy
>> transfer
>> 
>> 
>> Hi sustranners -
>> 
>> Can anyone help Fatima (who is at Trinity College,
>> Dublin) with this
>> request?  Seems one that should be appropriate to
>> this group.
>> 
>> Replies direct to Fatima please, <elaiabf at TCD.IE> -
>> if you cc to me as
>> well, I will know if it was worth forwarding!
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:49:24 +0100, Fatima Elaiab
>> <elaiabf at TCD.IE>
>> wrote to UTSG at JISCMAIL.AC.UK:
>> 
>> >Dear all.
>> >
>> >I am looking for studies, researches or papers that
>> have considered the
>> >posibiliaity of transfer transport strategies from
>> developed countries
>> >(experienced in transport filed) to less developed
>> countries. The transfer
>> >or apply the experience may be in one side of the
>> strategy such as
>> >technology, transport management, control car
>> ownership level strategy or
>> >other. I do appreciate any help in this side.
>> >Thank you.
>> 

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