[sustran] Re: Survey on public battles against road construction

[Maria Figueroa]

Dear Sustran friends;

Greetings everyone. I am doing a study of what goes on in the battles
against new road construction. Big battles against new roads we all have
heard of  with increasing frequency during the last 10 years or more. Even
though I am concentrating my research in three specific cases in
Scandinavia, I think it will be (very) interesting to have a sense of the
extent of these practices around the world. This kind of information
(battles against roads) are not much of interest to the normal media, and I
have not seen yet a good study about this. (Perhaps if any of you knows of
one?) I believe that gap could start to be filled out with my research.

So, in concrete terms I would like to pose the question to you, if you could
help me start up with this survey. Just name the battle and I will follow
the track you suggest. If you know of a road decision that has been
contested by collective action (successfully or not), let me know the
location, country and any contact information (name of organization or
website, or else).

Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. I promise I will share my
results with Sustran at a later date. But you are welcome to contact me
directly to the address below both to give or ask for information.

Best regards,

Maria Josefina Figueroa
Ph.D Candidate
Flux Center for Transport Research,
TekSam, Roskilde University and
National Environmental Research Institute
Hus 12.1
Roskilde Universitetscenter
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
(+45) 4674 2568
figueroa at ruc.dk
http://www2.teksam.ruc.dk/staff.cgi?initials=mjf