From cpardo at cable.net.co Mon Apr 4 12:50:57 2005 From: cpardo at cable.net.co (Carlos F. Pardo) Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:50:57 +0700 Subject: [sustran] New BRT resources subpage Message-ID: <0IED006VVTLDMV00@epicac.cable.net.co> Due to the increasing interest around the world on BRT projects and the different projects that have been developed in many developing cities, SUTP has developed a BRT subpage with training material, documents, presentations and web links about this topic. In the near future, pictures of BRT sytsems around the world will be readily available for download as well. The subpage can be accessed at the following link: http://www.sutp.org/newweb/brt/brtress.htm Best regards, Carlos F. Pardo Project Coordinator GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP ESCAP UN Building Rajadamnern Nok Rd. Bangkok 10200, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2 - 288 2576 Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280 6042 Mobile: +66 (0) 1 - 772 4727 e-mail: carlos.pardo@sutp.org Website: www.sutp.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050404/b8666ece/attachment.html From Manfred.Breithaupt at gtz.DE Mon Apr 4 20:29:19 2005 From: Manfred.Breithaupt at gtz.DE (Breithaupt Manfred GTZ 4413) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 13:29:19 +0200 Subject: [sustran] AW: New BRT resources subpage Message-ID: thks. are u pl anouncing also via CAI-Asia list? thks. Best regards, Manfred Breithaupt ***************************************************************************** Manfred Breithaupt Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (German Technical Cooperation) Transport and Mobility Division 44 - Environment and Infrastructure P.O. Box 5180 65726 Eschborn Tel. + 49 6196 79-1357 Fax + 49 6196 79-7194 E-Mail: manfred.breithaupt@gtz.de http://www.gtz.de/transport gtz ***************************************************************************** -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: sustran-discuss-bounces+manfred.breithaupt=gtz.de@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+manfred.breithaupt=gtz.de@list.jca.apc.org]Im Auftrag von Carlos F. Pardo Gesendet: Montag, 4. April 2005 05:51 An: 'Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport' Betreff: [sustran] New BRT resources subpage Due to the increasing interest around the world on BRT projects and the different projects that have been developed in many developing cities, SUTP has developed a BRT subpage with training material, documents, presentations and web links about this topic. In the near future, pictures of BRT sytsems around the world will be readily available for download as well. The subpage can be accessed at the following link: http://www.sutp.org/newweb/brt/brtress.htm Best regards, Carlos F. Pardo Project Coordinator GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP ESCAP UN Building Rajadamnern Nok Rd. Bangkok 10200, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2 - 288 2576 Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280 6042 Mobile: +66 (0) 1 - 772 4727 e-mail: carlos.pardo@sutp.org Website: www.sutp.org ________________________________________________________ 30 Years GTZ. Partner for the Future. Worldwide. GTZ Spotlight 2005: Focus - Fascination - Future: Designing tomorrow's cities. http://www.gtz.de/spotlight -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050404/74b7ac2b/attachment.html From sujit at vsnl.com Tue Apr 5 13:03:39 2005 From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan) Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:33:39 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: New BRT resources subpage In-Reply-To: <0IED006VVTLDMV00@epicac.cable.net.co> References: <0IED006VVTLDMV00@epicac.cable.net.co> Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.0.20050404114503.0306a300@mail.vsnl.com> 4 March 2005 Dear Carlos, Congratulations! This is excellent. Pune, where we are pushing for BRT, the progress is very slow and decision makers and stakeholders alike need to be constantly reminded about how important it is to demonstrate that we too can run our public transport efficiently. This is in spite Enrique Penalosa's visit to the city, a public lecture attended by over 650 citizens and a cycle rally of over 6,500 people, flagged off by him in December 2004. So your page will be most useful for keeping the BRT plan (initially on two major routes) in Pune on the move, and one day not too distant in the future, we hope to be able to send you some photographs and progress reports on it. With good wishes, -- Sujit Patwardhan Parisar, PTTF Pune India At 09:20 AM 4/4/2005, you wrote: > >Due to the increasing interest around the world on BRT projects and the >different projects that have been developed in many developing cities, >SUTP has developed a BRT subpage with training material, documents, >presentations and web links about this topic. In the near future, pictures >of BRT sytsems around the world will be readily available for download as >well. The subpage can be accessed at the following link: > >http://www.sutp.org/newweb/brt/brtress.htm > >Best regards, > > >Carlos F. Pardo >Project Coordinator >GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) >Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP >ESCAP UN Building >Rajadamnern Nok Rd. >Bangkok 10200, Thailand >Tel: +66 (0) 2 - 288 2576 >Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280 6042 >Mobile: +66 (0) 1 - 772 4727 >e-mail: carlos.pardo@sutp.org >Website: www.sutp.org > > > >================================================================ >SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, >equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries >(the 'Global South'). Because of the history of the list, the main focus >is on urban transport policy in Asia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sujit Patwardhan PARISAR "Yamuna", ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411007 Telephone: +91 20 255 37955 Email: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sustainable Urban Transport --------------------------------------------------- Sujit Patwardhan Member PTTF Pune Traffic & Transportation Forum, c/o Parisar, "Yamuna", ICS Colony,Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007 Tel: +91 20 25537955 Cell: +91 98220 26627 Email: contact@pttf.net, sujit@vsnl.com ----------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(352)257-1310 > -----Original Message----- > From: Becky Russell [mailto:becky@perfectgroup.nl] > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 2:42 PM > To: et3@et3.com > Subject: >> Dutch Ministry's Shared Spaces CLIMATE CHANGE edition online! > << > > Hello Mr. Oster, > > > > As a member of the ECO Industries Organisation, we thought you may be > interested in the latest edition of Shared Spaces (www.sharedspaces.nl), > which focuses on the challenges of developing effective Climate Change > policy and abatement measures. Shared Spaces is the international online > quarterly from the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the > Environment. In this edition the State Secretary, Pieter van Geel, talks > about the state of national and international climate change policy, > politicians and scientisits talk about how climate change policy develops, > and experts from the Small Island States, Nepal, Kazakhstan and Australia > discuss how climate change is already affecting their regions. > > We would very much appreciate if you could forward this announcement to > anyone in your network who you think may be interested. In this way, the > Ministry hopes to help share ideas and generate discussion. > > > > Kind regards, > > Becky Russell > > > > > > > > > > > > Announcement > April 2005 > > > > Climate Change > > > > The current edition of Shared Spaces , the > online English-language quarterly from the Dutch Ministry of Housing, > Spatial Planning and the Environment, explores the challenges of > developing effective climate change policy and abatement measures. > > > > State Secretary Pieter van Geel talks about the current state of Dutch > climate change policy and the urgent need for international action. Dutch > policy negotiator, Henri?tte Bersee, discusses the relationship between > policy and science with academics from the Netherlands Environmental > Assessment Agency. And experts from the Small Island States, Australia, > Nepal and Kazakhstan talk first hand about their experiences with the > devastating effects of climate change. > > > > Shared Spaces is available online at > www.sharedspaces.nl from Friday, 1 April. > > > > > Notes for Editors > > > > > > About Shared Spaces > > > Shared Spaces is an online forum for sharing ideas and opinions outside > the confines of strict governmental policy. Shared Spaces is an initiative > of the Dutch Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Spatial Planning, > more commonly known by its Dutch acronym, VROM. Please visit VROM?s > English language site and Shared Spaces at: > > www.vrom.nl/international > > www.sharedspaces.nl > > > > > Contact > > > For further information please contact: > > international@minvrom.nl > > > > > > > > > > This is a publication from the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning > and the Environment (VROM) > Centrale Directie Communicatie - Rijnstraat 8 - 2515 XP Den Haag > > > > Ministerie van VROM > Where the rural and urban environment as well as government buildings > really matter. > > Where policies are developed, implemented and enforced. > Knowing that in a small country like the Netherlands, it pays to think > big. > > > > > > > > From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Wed Apr 6 10:03:24 2005 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:03:24 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Sustainable Transport E-Update 16, April 2005 Message-ID: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A282B07@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> The latest from ITDP (forwarding this simple text version, stripped of the nice formatting and pictures). See http://www.itdp.org/STe/ste16/ for the full stories. From: ITDP Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2005 3:21 AM To: Paul Barter Subject: Sustainable Transport E-Update 16, April 2005 ________________________________ The Bulletin of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP ________________________________ Dakar Catches Car-Free Bug Dakar, Senegal, which has organized two car-free events in recent months, is planning to host a third in April. The city celebrated its first Car Free Day on December 19, allowing 600 people to enjoy the waterfront drive Corniche Ouest without car traffic. FULL STORY ________________________________ Dar DARTs Ahead with BRT Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has secured funding to complete detailed system design and planning for its Bus Rapid Transit system, DART. During a March 29 ceremony, the City Council awarded Brazil-based consulting firm Logit with a contract to oversee planning, physical design and operational design with funding from the World Bank. FULL STORY ________________________________ California Bikes Brighten South African City Zenzele workers use California Bikes for work, recreation and household mobility. Based on the success of a pilot project in Calitzdorp, the Western Cape Provincial Government has announced it will provide California Bikes to 120 workers in four new project locations. Workers who were previously walking up to 20 km to reach their jobs now save time and energy by bicycling, and get the added benefits of cycling for recreation and household needs. FULL STORY ________________________________ World Bank Says Dhaka Rickshaw Ban Should Not Go Forward The World Bank has spoken out against the systematic ban of cycle rickshaws on major arterials in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The ban was initially implemented on one major corridor in 2002, and spread to a second corridor last December. The city was poised to expand the ban to cover a total of 120 km over the next several months. FULL STORY ________________________________ Monorail Companies Pressing for Contracts in Asian Cities In the last few months, monorail companies have been heavily marketing their projects in Indonesia, China, and India. There are two main monorail manufacturers pushing projects: Hitachi of Japan and MTrans Holding of Malaysia. New monorails were built recently in Chengdu, China, and in Kuala Lumpur. FULL STORY ________________________________ Editor: Lisa Peterson Contributor: Bertie Phillips Executive Director: Walter Hook ________________________________ Sustainable Transport e-Update is published by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP ) mobility@itdp.org From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Apr 15 18:23:38 2005 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:23:38 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore??? Message-ID: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> Dear Friends, Can anyone help Steve out in this for his Singapore leg? If you want to see more on his work plan, there?s an article at http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00064.htm the text of which I reproduce for you below. All the best, Eric PS. And don?t forget to check out the FAQs on the Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge at http://kyotocities.org . DO you have any for us? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Abley [mailto:steve@abley.com] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 1:03 AM Hi Eric, I have recently been awarded a scholarship to travel the world and learn about sustainable transport initiatives that could potentially transfer to New Zealand. I will be travelling from 25 April to 12 July and I'm interested in speaking to transport professionals about initiatives that have been implemented in various cities/towns, how they were undertaken, their success, problems encountered and problems overcome. I will be visiting: - Curitiba, Brazil - Bogot?, Columbia - Boulder, Colorado, USA - Portland, Oregon, USA - Amsterdam, Houten and Delft, Netherlands - London, UK - Copenhagen, Denmark - Singapore - Perth, Australia I?ve made contacts in London, Bogot?, Boulder and Perth and I?m frantically looking for contacts in + Curitiba, + Amsterdam, Houten and Delft + Copenhagen and + Singapore. I?m in a mild panic as it is only two weeks before I depart New Zealand so ANY help you could offer would be fantastic! I look forward to hearing from you. Regards...Steve Look overseas to solve NZ transport congestion Monday, 11 April 2005, 5:30 pm Press Release: Institute of Professional Engineers Media Release - www.ipenz.org.nz/media Monday, 11 April 2005 Look overseas to solve NZ transport congestion problems says engineer A proposal to travel for over two months to study nine cities? transportation solutions, and bring home suggestions for New Zealand?s increasing congestion and transportation problems has won Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) member Steve Abley the 2005 Hume Fellowship worth $25,000 - one of the premier awards available to the engineering profession in New Zealand. Steve intends to leave his home in Christchurch to begin his ?Sustainable Transport Tour? on April 25. He has identified nine key cities for investigation, chosen for their innovative sustainable transport initiatives which could potentially be applied in New Zealand. ?Transport is a changing landscape in New Zealand and sustainable transport, although a key objective of New Zealand?s Land Transport Strategy is difficult for practitioners to envisage without practical, real and feasible examples,? said Steve. Most of the cities Steve will visit have huge populations surpassing New Zealand cities, or have extremely different landscapes, such as Curitiba in Brazil with a population of over 1.6 million, and Copenhagen Denmark which due to its flat terrain successfully runs a free City Bike programme for six months each year providing 2,000 bikes for public use. ?If these cities, with vastly more complex problems than ours can solve their problems, then why can?t we?? said Steve. All nine cities have a common denominator. They have all put in place transportation solutions that are friendly, sustainable and efficient. ?Cities in New Zealand are at the beginning of some real congestion and transportation problems so it is a timely opportunity to collect first-hand knowledge of the world?s best practice of sustainable transport systems that could be applied in New Zealand,? said Steve. ?New Zealand is a small country with limited resources, and we therefore have a requirement to look outwards to discover areas of best practice. We should learn from the experience of other countries and cities, rather than making our own mistakes which can be costly. ?There is substantial benefit in seeing the systems in action rather than reading about them in text books and journals, as we can learn from the problems encountered in implementing and administering these systems which will provide New Zealand with enormous benefits,? he said. Steve hopes his findings will be valued by MPs, government department?s and key stakeholders as the Ministry of Transport?s vision for 2010 says New Zealand will have ?an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive, and sustainable transport system?. ?The Policy is the ?what? but often at the grass routes the ?how? of implementation is very difficult, especially since New Zealand?s transport vision is very high on ideal but the ?how? is generally untested by local authorities who support the theory but currently only at a strategic level. ?I hope my work can provide local authorities with the tools to meet New Zealand?s transport vision,? he said. When Steve returns home he plans to visit IPENZ branches and discuss his findings with other engineers that are ultimately charged with designing New Zealand?s transport solutions. This isn?t the first time New Zealand has benefited from Steve?s international knowledge. During his time in London he worked with Living Streets, a charity promoting sustainable travel and the transformation of poor road environments. Living Streets appointed Steve as their Honourable Technical Consultant in 2002, and in 2004 Steve co-authored and published a manual entitled ?Designing Living Streets? which was launched at the House of Commons in the UK last September. ENDS Notes to journalists Steve Abley?s chosen cities include: Curitiba, Brazil ? One of the world?s best public transport systems in its Bus Rapid Transit network, done on the cheap Bogot?, Colombia - With a population of 7 million the city recently introduced a Bus Rapid Transit system, one of the busiest bus systems in the world and also constructed Boulder, Colorado, USA - their Transportation Management Plan has been a key factor in the successful development of an integrated transport system using alternative modes of transport. Portland, Oregon, USA - The Transportation System Plan aims to make it more convenient to walk, bike, bus and drive. Copenhagen, Denmark - Free City Bike programme. London, UK - In 2003 the Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, implemented a congestion charge zone to reduce congestion by discouraging private vehicle traffic in central London. Houten, Netherlands - In 1974 the city council of Houten decided the city should increase five fold and that the bicycle would play an important role in the urban master plan. Singapore - Singapore has had congesting charging systems in place since 1975. Perth, Australia - Urban Rail Development and TravelSmart programme Notes on Hume Fellowship The Hume Fellowship was established in 1988 by Henrietta Hume and her late husband Harry Lancelot Hume, a fellow of IPENZ who led a distinguished career in the Ministry of Works until his retirement in 1966. As former Harkness Fellows, both Harry and Henrietta studied in USA, their hope for the Hume Fellowship was for international understanding to be forwarded through the provision of international opportunities for education and travel to young men and women of character and ability. About IPENZ The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) is the professional body which represents professional engineers from all disciplines in New Zealand. The Institution sets internationally bench-marked qualifying standards for degree qualifications in engineering, and serves engineers by securing formal recognition for their professional standing. IPENZ provides services for about 10,000 members. The New Mobility Agenda is permanently at http://NewMobility.org To post messages to list: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com To unsubscribe: NewMobilityCafe-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Free group video/voice-conferencing via http://newmobilitypartners.org _____ Yahoo! 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050415/6a5a76d0/attachment-0001.html From caj24 at cornell.edu Fri Apr 15 18:39:36 2005 From: caj24 at cornell.edu (Craig August Johnson) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 05:39:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Street Commerce banned in Hanoi In-Reply-To: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> References: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> Message-ID: <52755.203.160.1.71.1113557976.squirrel@203.160.1.71> Dear All, I just arrived in Hanoi Vietnam and I noticed that the People's Committee of Hanoi has banned and are rigoursly enforcing a ban on all pavement-based commerce and most pavement motorbike/bicycle parking (yet somehow cars can still park without penalty in the World Bank funded and clearly marked bike lanes) I dug around and found this article which claims that the government is spending millions of dollars to clear the pavement in hopes of improving traffic. Does anyone have any more substantial information regarding the impact and/or the public reaction to this street-commerce clearing initiative in Hanoi? Also, can anyone explain or provide data on how pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow? It seems to me that pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow about as much as street trees... Thank you, Craig Johnson HEADLINE: CULTURE & SOCIETY: HANOI TO CRACK DOWN ON STREET COMMERCE BODY:In an unprecedented move to win back order on streets and pavements in the inner-city, Hanoi authorities are set to enact strict rules and earmark substantial funding to remove pavement-based kiosks and stalls throughout the city in August.The authority plans to spend a total of VND80 billion ($ 5.16 million) building 119 markets, including VND27 billion ($ 1.74 million) from the city budget to relocate street vendors to new markets.Under the plan, vendors will be resettled at 175 markets to be built from now until 2020 by Hanoi People's Committee. The markets, to be added to the existing three wholesale agricultural markets and 10 newly built retail markets, will have sufficient space for all street vendors. In addition to financial support measures, the city government has set strict rules in recently issued Decree 63 to curb people from acquiring sidewalks for placing kiosks and stalls. Under the decree, no person is allowed to use sidewalks for setting up kiosks or stalls. Any front-street house owner who wishes to use footpaths must seek permission from local authorities.Approval from the municipal Service of Transport and Public Works is also mandatory for entities and individuals operating parking spaces on pavements, and can only be on pavements of three meters in width or more. Sidewalks of no less than one meter width are mandatory for every street. Eateries permitted to do business can run only at regulated hours.The crack-down, to begin in August, will sweep out not just inner-city streets, but also arteries and ring-roads, according to Hanoi authorities.In enforcing these strict rules, authorities hope to put an end to the nagging problem of street vendors, long blamed for exacerbating traffic disorder.According to the local Service of Trade, there are now tens of thousands of street vendors and pavement-based family kiosks that are considered as major contributors to Hanoi's already chaotic traffic and pollution.While Hanoi has already adopted measures to remove street vendors, Ho Chi Minh City has not yet reached any final solution over the thorny issue, which remains controversial among city regulators and local social researchers. (Pioneer Jul 17 p3, VNS Jul 15 p3) JOURNAL-CODE: VNBLOAD-DATE: July 18, 2003 From caj24 at cornell.edu Fri Apr 15 18:39:36 2005 From: caj24 at cornell.edu (Craig August Johnson) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 05:39:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Street Commerce banned in Hanoi In-Reply-To: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> References: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> Message-ID: <52755.203.160.1.71.1113557976.squirrel@203.160.1.71> Dear All, I just arrived in Hanoi Vietnam and I noticed that the People's Committee of Hanoi has banned and are rigoursly enforcing a ban on all pavement-based commerce and most pavement motorbike/bicycle parking (yet somehow cars can still park without penalty in the World Bank funded and clearly marked bike lanes) I dug around and found this article which claims that the government is spending millions of dollars to clear the pavement in hopes of improving traffic. Does anyone have any more substantial information regarding the impact and/or the public reaction to this street-commerce clearing initiative in Hanoi? Also, can anyone explain or provide data on how pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow? It seems to me that pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow about as much as street trees... Thank you, Craig Johnson HEADLINE: CULTURE & SOCIETY: HANOI TO CRACK DOWN ON STREET COMMERCE BODY:In an unprecedented move to win back order on streets and pavements in the inner-city, Hanoi authorities are set to enact strict rules and earmark substantial funding to remove pavement-based kiosks and stalls throughout the city in August.The authority plans to spend a total of VND80 billion ($ 5.16 million) building 119 markets, including VND27 billion ($ 1.74 million) from the city budget to relocate street vendors to new markets.Under the plan, vendors will be resettled at 175 markets to be built from now until 2020 by Hanoi People's Committee. The markets, to be added to the existing three wholesale agricultural markets and 10 newly built retail markets, will have sufficient space for all street vendors. In addition to financial support measures, the city government has set strict rules in recently issued Decree 63 to curb people from acquiring sidewalks for placing kiosks and stalls. Under the decree, no person is allowed to use sidewalks for setting up kiosks or stalls. Any front-street house owner who wishes to use footpaths must seek permission from local authorities.Approval from the municipal Service of Transport and Public Works is also mandatory for entities and individuals operating parking spaces on pavements, and can only be on pavements of three meters in width or more. Sidewalks of no less than one meter width are mandatory for every street. Eateries permitted to do business can run only at regulated hours.The crack-down, to begin in August, will sweep out not just inner-city streets, but also arteries and ring-roads, according to Hanoi authorities.In enforcing these strict rules, authorities hope to put an end to the nagging problem of street vendors, long blamed for exacerbating traffic disorder.According to the local Service of Trade, there are now tens of thousands of street vendors and pavement-based family kiosks that are considered as major contributors to Hanoi's already chaotic traffic and pollution.While Hanoi has already adopted measures to remove street vendors, Ho Chi Minh City has not yet reached any final solution over the thorny issue, which remains controversial among city regulators and local social researchers. (Pioneer Jul 17 p3, VNS Jul 15 p3) JOURNAL-CODE: VNBLOAD-DATE: July 18, 2003 From caj24 at cornell.edu Fri Apr 15 18:39:39 2005 From: caj24 at cornell.edu (Craig August Johnson) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 05:39:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Street Commerce banned in Hanoi In-Reply-To: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> References: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> Message-ID: <24285.203.160.1.71.1113557979.squirrel@203.160.1.71> Dear All, I just arrived in Hanoi Vietnam and I noticed that the People's Committee of Hanoi has banned and are rigoursly enforcing a ban on all pavement-based commerce and most pavement motorbike/bicycle parking (yet somehow cars can still park without penalty in the World Bank funded and clearly marked bike lanes) I dug around and found this article which claims that the government is spending millions of dollars to clear the pavement in hopes of improving traffic. Does anyone have any more substantial information regarding the impact and/or the public reaction to this street-commerce clearing initiative in Hanoi? Also, can anyone explain or provide data on how pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow? It seems to me that pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow about as much as street trees... Thank you, Craig Johnson HEADLINE: CULTURE & SOCIETY: HANOI TO CRACK DOWN ON STREET COMMERCE BODY:In an unprecedented move to win back order on streets and pavements in the inner-city, Hanoi authorities are set to enact strict rules and earmark substantial funding to remove pavement-based kiosks and stalls throughout the city in August.The authority plans to spend a total of VND80 billion ($ 5.16 million) building 119 markets, including VND27 billion ($ 1.74 million) from the city budget to relocate street vendors to new markets.Under the plan, vendors will be resettled at 175 markets to be built from now until 2020 by Hanoi People's Committee. The markets, to be added to the existing three wholesale agricultural markets and 10 newly built retail markets, will have sufficient space for all street vendors. In addition to financial support measures, the city government has set strict rules in recently issued Decree 63 to curb people from acquiring sidewalks for placing kiosks and stalls. Under the decree, no person is allowed to use sidewalks for setting up kiosks or stalls. Any front-street house owner who wishes to use footpaths must seek permission from local authorities.Approval from the municipal Service of Transport and Public Works is also mandatory for entities and individuals operating parking spaces on pavements, and can only be on pavements of three meters in width or more. Sidewalks of no less than one meter width are mandatory for every street. Eateries permitted to do business can run only at regulated hours.The crack-down, to begin in August, will sweep out not just inner-city streets, but also arteries and ring-roads, according to Hanoi authorities.In enforcing these strict rules, authorities hope to put an end to the nagging problem of street vendors, long blamed for exacerbating traffic disorder.According to the local Service of Trade, there are now tens of thousands of street vendors and pavement-based family kiosks that are considered as major contributors to Hanoi's already chaotic traffic and pollution.While Hanoi has already adopted measures to remove street vendors, Ho Chi Minh City has not yet reached any final solution over the thorny issue, which remains controversial among city regulators and local social researchers. (Pioneer Jul 17 p3, VNS Jul 15 p3) JOURNAL-CODE: VNBLOAD-DATE: July 18, 2003 From caj24 at cornell.edu Fri Apr 15 18:39:39 2005 From: caj24 at cornell.edu (Craig August Johnson) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 05:39:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Street Commerce banned in Hanoi In-Reply-To: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> References: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> Message-ID: <24285.203.160.1.71.1113557979.squirrel@203.160.1.71> Dear All, I just arrived in Hanoi Vietnam and I noticed that the People's Committee of Hanoi has banned and are rigoursly enforcing a ban on all pavement-based commerce and most pavement motorbike/bicycle parking (yet somehow cars can still park without penalty in the World Bank funded and clearly marked bike lanes) I dug around and found this article which claims that the government is spending millions of dollars to clear the pavement in hopes of improving traffic. Does anyone have any more substantial information regarding the impact and/or the public reaction to this street-commerce clearing initiative in Hanoi? Also, can anyone explain or provide data on how pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow? It seems to me that pavement-based street commerce affects traffic flow about as much as street trees... Thank you, Craig Johnson HEADLINE: CULTURE & SOCIETY: HANOI TO CRACK DOWN ON STREET COMMERCE BODY:In an unprecedented move to win back order on streets and pavements in the inner-city, Hanoi authorities are set to enact strict rules and earmark substantial funding to remove pavement-based kiosks and stalls throughout the city in August.The authority plans to spend a total of VND80 billion ($ 5.16 million) building 119 markets, including VND27 billion ($ 1.74 million) from the city budget to relocate street vendors to new markets.Under the plan, vendors will be resettled at 175 markets to be built from now until 2020 by Hanoi People's Committee. The markets, to be added to the existing three wholesale agricultural markets and 10 newly built retail markets, will have sufficient space for all street vendors. In addition to financial support measures, the city government has set strict rules in recently issued Decree 63 to curb people from acquiring sidewalks for placing kiosks and stalls. Under the decree, no person is allowed to use sidewalks for setting up kiosks or stalls. Any front-street house owner who wishes to use footpaths must seek permission from local authorities.Approval from the municipal Service of Transport and Public Works is also mandatory for entities and individuals operating parking spaces on pavements, and can only be on pavements of three meters in width or more. Sidewalks of no less than one meter width are mandatory for every street. Eateries permitted to do business can run only at regulated hours.The crack-down, to begin in August, will sweep out not just inner-city streets, but also arteries and ring-roads, according to Hanoi authorities.In enforcing these strict rules, authorities hope to put an end to the nagging problem of street vendors, long blamed for exacerbating traffic disorder.According to the local Service of Trade, there are now tens of thousands of street vendors and pavement-based family kiosks that are considered as major contributors to Hanoi's already chaotic traffic and pollution.While Hanoi has already adopted measures to remove street vendors, Ho Chi Minh City has not yet reached any final solution over the thorny issue, which remains controversial among city regulators and local social researchers. (Pioneer Jul 17 p3, VNS Jul 15 p3) JOURNAL-CODE: VNBLOAD-DATE: July 18, 2003 From dedyg at engineer.com Fri Apr 15 21:02:34 2005 From: dedyg at engineer.com (Dedy Gunawan) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:02:34 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore??? Message-ID: <20050415120234.72D2F86ADF@cal1-1.us4.outblaze.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050415/cd470aa1/attachment.html From cpardo at cable.net.co Fri Apr 15 22:22:57 2005 From: cpardo at cable.net.co (Carlos F. Pardo V.) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:22:57 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore??? Message-ID: <0IEY00F27XBQ3S20@epicac.cable.net.co> Dr. Paul Barter also lives in Singapore. Actually, he?s the list administrator of this group, so I guess he?s received these emails. Carlos F. Pardo Project Coordinator GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP ESCAP UN Building Rajadamnern Nok Rd. Bangkok 10200, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2 - 288 2576 Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280 6042 Mobile: +66 (0) 1 - 772 4727 e-mail: carlos.pardo@sutp.org Website: www.sutp.org _____ De: sustran-discuss-bounces+sutp=sutp.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+sutp=sutp.org@list.jca.apc.org] En nombre de Dedy Gunawan Enviado el: Friday, April 15, 2005 7:03 AM Para: eric.britton@ecoplan.org; Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport CC: teres Asunto: [sustran] Re: Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore??? Hi Eric, May you can contact my friend Teresia, (this her e-mail address : t27a_s@yahoo.com0 in fact she is an Indoneisan who living there. She is an civil engineer and also graduated from transport engineering from Delft who concern also in sustainable transport development, for living in Delft you can contact Dr. E.O. Akinyemi (aki@ihe.nl), he also concerns in your matter Good luck Dedy Gunawan MPW Indonesia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Britton" To: Sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Subject: [sustran] Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore??? Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:23:38 +0200 Dear Friends, Can anyone help Steve out in this for his Singapore leg? If you want to see more on his work plan, there?s an article at http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00064.htm the text of which I reproduce for you below. All the best, Eric PS. And don?t forget to check out the FAQs on the Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge at http://kyotocities.org . DO you have any for us? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Abley [mailto:steve@abley.com] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 1:03 AM Hi Eric, I have recently been awarded a scholarship to travel the world and learn about sustainable transport initiatives that could potentially transfer to New Zealand. I will be travelling from 25 April to 12 July and I'm interested in speaking to transport professionals about initiatives that have been implemented in various cities/towns, how they were undertaken, their success, problems encountered and problems overcome. I will be visiting: - Curitiba, Brazil - Bogot?, Columbia - Boulder, Colorado, USA - Portland, Oregon, USA - Amsterdam, Houten and Delft, Netherlands - London, UK - Copenhagen, Denmark - Singapore - Perth, Australia I?ve made contacts in London, Bogot?, Boulder and Perth and I?m frantically looking for contacts in + Curitiba, + Amsterdam, Houten and Delft + Copenhagen and + Singapore. I?m in a mild panic as it is only two weeks before I depart New Zealand so ANY help you could offer would be fantastic! I look forward to hearing from you. Regards...Steve Look overseas to solve NZ transport congestion Monday, 11 April 2005, 5:30 pm Press Release: Institute of Professional Engineers Media Release - www.ipenz.org.nz/media Monday, 11 April 2005 Look overseas to solve NZ transport congestion problems says engineer A proposal to travel for over two months to study nine cities? transportation solutions, and bring home suggestions for New Zealand?s increasing congestion and transportation problems has won Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) member Steve Abley the 2005 Hume Fellowship worth $25,000 - one of the premier awards available to the engineering profession in New Zealand. Steve intends to leave his home in Christchurch to begin his ?Sustainable Transport Tour? on April 25. He has identified nine key cities for investigation, chosen for their innovative sustainable transport initiatives which could potentially be applied in New Zealand. ?Transport is a changing landscape in New Zealand and sustainable transport, although a key objective of New Zealand?s Land Transport Strategy is difficult for practitioners to envisage without practical, real and feasible examples,? said Steve. Most of the cities Steve will visit have huge populations surpassing New Zealand cities, or have extremely different landscapes, such as Curitiba in Brazil with a population of over 1.6 million, and Copenhagen Denmark which due to its flat terrain successfully runs a free City Bike programme for six months each year providing 2,000 bikes for public use. ?If these cities, with vastly more complex problems than ours can solve their problems, then why can?t we?? said Steve. All nine cities have a common denominator. They have all put in place transportation solutions that are friendly, sustainable and efficient. ?Cities in New Zealand are at the beginning of some real congestion and transportation problems so it is a timely opportunity to collect first-hand knowledge of the world?s best practice of sustainable transport systems that could be applied in New Zealand,? said Steve. ?New Zealand is a small country with limited resources, and we therefore have a requirement to look outwards to discover areas of best practice. We should learn from the experience of other countries and cities, rather than making our own mistakes which can be costly. ?There is substantial benefit in seeing the systems in action rather than reading about them in text books and journals, as we can learn from the problems encountered in implementing and administering these systems which will provide New Zealand with enormous benefits,? he said. Steve hopes his findings will be valued by MPs, government department?s and key stakeholders as the Ministry of Transport?s vision for 2010 says New Zealand will have ?an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive, and sustainable transport system?. ?The Policy is the ?what? but often at the grass routes the ?how? of implementation is very difficult, especially since New Zealand?s transport vision is very high on ideal but the ?how? is generally untested by local authorities who support the theory but currently only at a strategic level. ?I hope my work can provide local authorities with the tools to meet New Zealand?s transport vision,? he said. When Steve returns home he plans to visit IPENZ branches and discuss his findings with other engineers that are ultimately charged with designing New Zealand?s transport solutions. This isn?t the first time New Zealand has benefited from Steve?s international knowledge. During his time in London he worked with Living Streets, a charity promoting sustainable travel and the transformation of poor road environments. Living Streets appointed Steve as their Honourable Technical Consultant in 2002, and in 2004 Steve co-authored and published a manual entitled ?Designing Living Streets? which was launched at the House of Commons in the UK last September. ENDS Notes to journalists Steve Abley?s chosen cities include: Curitiba, Brazil ? One of the world?s best public transport systems in its Bus Rapid Transit network, done on the cheap Bogot?, Colombia - With a population of 7 million the city recently introduced a Bus Rapid Transit system, one of the busiest bus systems in the world and also constructed Boulder, Colorado, USA - their Transportation Management Plan has been a key factor in the successful development of an integrated transport system using alternative modes of transport. Portland, Oregon, USA - The Transportation System Plan aims to make it more convenient to walk, bike, bus and drive. Copenhagen, Denmark - Free City Bike programme. London, UK - In 2003 the Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, implemented a congestion charge zone to reduce congestion by discouraging private vehicle traffic in central London. Houten, Netherlands - In 1974 the city council of Houten decided the city should increase five fold and that the bicycle would play an important role in the urban master plan. Singapore - Singapore has had congesting charging systems in place since 1975. Perth, Australia - Urban Rail Development and TravelSmart programme Notes on Hume Fellowship The Hume Fellowship was established in 1988 by Henrietta Hume and her late husband Harry Lancelot Hume, a fellow of IPENZ who led a distinguished career in the Ministry of Works until his retirement in 1966. As former Harkness Fellows, both Harry and Henrietta studied in USA, their hope for the Hume Fellowship was for international understanding to be forwarded through the provision of international opportunities for education and travel to young men and women of character and ability. About IPENZ The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) is the professional body which represents professional engineers from all disciplines in New Zealand. The Institution sets internationally bench-marked qualifying standards for degree qualifications in engineering, and serves engineers by securing formal recognition for their professional standing. IPENZ provides services for about 10,000 members. The New Mobility Agenda is permanently at http://NewMobility.org To post messages to list: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com To unsubscribe: NewMobilityCafe-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Free group video/voice-conferencing via http://newmobilitypartners.org _____ Yahoo! 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050415/5776339b/attachment-0001.html From richmond at alum.mit.edu Sun Apr 17 18:59:48 2005 From: richmond at alum.mit.edu (Jonathan E. D. Richmond) Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:59:48 +0700 (SE Asia Standard Time) Subject: [sustran] LA Times Special Section on Transportation Message-ID: For anyone interested, the Los Angeles Times has a special set of editorials today on the theme of how to solve congestion for that city. They contacted me recently and asked me to provide an answer in 500 words, no easy task! Don Shoup, Jim Moore, and Bill Fulton also have columns. One thing that was interesting is that I supported Don Shoup's position on parking in my column -- because it is in line with the other things I want to do and makes a lot of sense -- but The Times deleted that agreement. Perhaps they wanted us to all sound different. However, building consensus on sensible ways to go is really the only way to reach agreement on what to do. Best, --Jonathan To read all columns on transportation, go to: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/?track=mainnav-sundayopinion THINKING OUT LOUD / TRAFFIC Derail Trains and Ding Drivers By Jonathan Richmond, Jonathan Richmond, a visiting fellow at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, is the author of "Transport of Delight -- The Mythical Conception of Rail Transit in Los Angeles." To defeat gridlock, Southern Californians must elect better-educated politicians and together accept sometimes-painful solutions. Like a beautifully wrapped toy train at Christmas, shiny new light-rail projects offer an excuse to cut ribbons. But this symbolic mode of transportation will lead Los Angeles nowhere. L.A. is too dispersed for a rail system to take most people where they want to go, nor can rail's relatively low rider capacity influence urban development in significant and desirable ways. Meanwhile, rail's huge construction costs and operating subsidies divert resources from more suitable transit projects. Advocates of rail transit say it would siphon excess traffic from roads and freeways. But the proportion of travelers riding rail is invariably minuscule, and any increase in freeway speeds is fleeting, as new drivers fill the available space. The same is true of another perennial favorite among vote-seeking politicians: road building. At first, new boulevards and freeways cut travel time, but as soon as drivers notice the renewed convenience, they'd motor onto the added asphalt and restore congestion. That's why the main goal of L.A. public transportation should not be to reduce congestion but to provide more mobility. That means supplying transit service to as many people as possible. For example, L.A.'s small Metro Rapid bus system is speedy, well-managed and attracts riders. It holds the promise of far more extensive service than rail at a fraction of the cost. Planning agencies should extend the system regionwide, keep fares low and give priority to these buses when deciding how to move traffic. As more resources become available, sections of the network could be upgraded to dedicated right-of-way rapid bus transit. But the only way to dramatically improve traffic flow in Los Angeles is to charge tolls. Ideally, as traffic congestion worsens during the peak hour, transportation agencies will charge higher tolls for road use, with lower fees at other times. This would encourage motorists either to travel at less-congested hours or take routes that cost less. Singapore has adopted this approach. The government determines the high congestion spots on city streets and freeways and installs gantries over them. When motorists pass a gantry, "they feel the pain," a system designer told me. The beep they hear signifies the value of their prepaid toll card falling. Coupled with high auto costs, this pricing scheme has eliminated most congestion in Singapore. Public transportation is available for those who cannot afford cars. Converting L.A.'s highways into a pay-as-you-go system might seem a political pipe dream. But motorists in many states, including California, already pay freeway and bridge tolls. There are also creative ways to charge for road use without seeming punitive. The high-occupancy-toll lanes on the Riverside Freeway offer motorists an opportunity to escape congestion at a price, which improves overall traffic flow, paid and non-paid. This approach should be extended as much as possible so drivers would have the option of buying a faster trip when they really need it. Economics teaches that nearly everyone is better off when tolls create freely flowing roads and that a comprehensive, high-quality bus system takes more people to more places at lower subsidy cost. These ideas are harder to grasp than a glamorous rail system. The challenge for L.A. politicians is to learn the hard concepts, and then change voters' thinking on how to make the region run more smoothly. ----- Jonathan E. D. Richmond 02 524-5510 (office) Visiting Fellow Intl.: 662 524-5510 Urban Environmental Management program, School of Environment, Resources and Development Room N260B 02 524-8257 (home) Asian Institute of Technology Intl.: 662 524-8257 PO Box 4 Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120 02 524-5509 (fax) Thailand Intl: 662 524-5509 e-mail: richmond@ait.ac.th Secretary: Kuhn Vantana Pattanakul richmond@alum.mit.edu 02 524-6368 Intl: 662 524-6132 http://the-tech.mit.edu/~richmond/ From aables at adb.org Mon Apr 18 15:10:42 2005 From: aables at adb.org (aables@adb.org) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:10:42 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore??? In-Reply-To: <009101c5419c$d00613d0$6501a8c0@jazz> Message-ID: Eric, Maybe Mr. Ang Beng Wa of National University of Singapore can help Steve. I am copying him in this email. Aurora Ables Consultant Asian Development Bank Tel (632) 632-4444 www.adb.org "Eric Britton" Sent by: sustran-discuss-bounces+aables=adb.org@list.jca.apc.org 15-04-2005 05:23 PM Please respond to eric.britton@ecoplan.org; Please respond to Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport To cc steve@abley.com Subject [sustran] Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore??? Dear Friends, Can anyone help Steve out in this for his Singapore leg? If you want to see more on his work plan, there?s an article at http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00064.htm the text of which I reproduce for you below. All the best, Eric PS. And don?t forget to check out the FAQs on the Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge at http://kyotocities.org. DO you have any for us? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Abley [mailto:steve@abley.com] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 1:03 AM Hi Eric, I have recently been awarded a scholarship to travel the world and learn about sustainable transport initiatives that could potentially transfer to New Zealand. I will be travelling from 25 April to 12 July and I'm interested in speaking to transport professionals about initiatives that have been implemented in various cities/towns, how they were undertaken, their success, problems encountered and problems overcome. I will be visiting: - Curitiba, Brazil - Bogot?, Columbia - Boulder, Colorado, USA - Portland, Oregon, USA - Amsterdam, Houten and Delft, Netherlands - London, UK - Copenhagen, Denmark - Singapore - Perth, Australia I?ve made contacts in London, Bogot?, Boulder and Perth and I?m frantically looking for contacts in? + Curitiba, + Amsterdam, Houten and Delft + Copenhagen and + Singapore. I?m in a mild panic as it is only two weeks before I depart New Zealand so ANY help you could offer would be fantastic! I look forward to hearing from you. Regards...Steve Look overseas to solve NZ transport congestion Monday, 11 April 2005, 5:30 pm Press Release: Institute of Professional Engineers Media Release - www.ipenz.org.nz/media Monday, 11 April 2005 Look overseas to solve NZ transport congestion problems says engineer A proposal to travel for over two months to study nine cities? transportation solutions, and bring home suggestions for New Zealand?s increasing congestion and transportation problems has won Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) member Steve Abley the 2005 Hume Fellowship worth $25,000 - one of the premier awards available to the engineering profession in New Zealand. Steve intends to leave his home in Christchurch to begin his ?Sustainable Transport Tour? on April 25. He has identified nine key cities for investigation, chosen for their innovative sustainable transport initiatives which could potentially be applied in New Zealand. ?Transport is a changing landscape in New Zealand and sustainable transport, although a key objective of New Zealand?s Land Transport Strategy is difficult for practitioners to envisage without practical, real and feasible examples,? said Steve. Most of the cities Steve will visit have huge populations surpassing New Zealand cities, or have extremely different landscapes, such as Curitiba in Brazil with a population of over 1.6 million, and Copenhagen Denmark which due to its flat terrain successfully runs a free City Bike programme for six months each year providing 2,000 bikes for public use. ?If these cities, with vastly more complex problems than ours can solve their problems, then why can?t we?? said Steve. All nine cities have a common denominator. They have all put in place transportation solutions that are friendly, sustainable and efficient. ?Cities in New Zealand are at the beginning of some real congestion and transportation problems so it is a timely opportunity to collect first-hand knowledge of the world?s best practice of sustainable transport systems that could be applied in New Zealand,? said Steve. ?New Zealand is a small country with limited resources, and we therefore have a requirement to look outwards to discover areas of best practice. We should learn from the experience of other countries and cities, rather than making our own mistakes which can be costly. ?There is substantial benefit in seeing the systems in action rather than reading about them in text books and journals, as we can learn from the problems encountered in implementing and administering these systems which will provide New Zealand with enormous benefits,? he said. Steve hopes his findings will be valued by MPs, government department?s and key stakeholders as the Ministry of Transport?s vision for 2010 says New Zealand will have ?an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive, and sustainable transport system?. ?The Policy is the ?what? but often at the grass routes the ?how? of implementation is very difficult, especially since New Zealand?s transport vision is very high on ideal but the ?how? is generally untested by local authorities who support the theory but currently only at a strategic level. ?I hope my work can provide local authorities with the tools to meet New Zealand?s transport vision,? he said. When Steve returns home he plans to visit IPENZ branches and discuss his findings with other engineers that are ultimately charged with designing New Zealand?s transport solutions. This isn?t the first time New Zealand has benefited from Steve?s international knowledge. During his time in London he worked with Living Streets, a charity promoting sustainable travel and the transformation of poor road environments. Living Streets appointed Steve as their Honourable Technical Consultant in 2002, and in 2004 Steve co-authored and published a manual entitled ?Designing Living Streets? which was launched at the House of Commons in the UK last September. ENDS Notes to journalists Steve Abley?s chosen cities include: Curitiba, Brazil ? One of the world?s best public transport systems in its Bus Rapid Transit network, done on the cheap Bogot?, Colombia - With a population of 7 million the city recently introduced a Bus Rapid Transit system, one of the busiest bus systems in the world and also constructed Boulder, Colorado, USA - their Transportation Management Plan has been a key factor in the successful development of an integrated transport system using alternative modes of transport. Portland, Oregon, USA - The Transportation System Plan aims to make it more convenient to walk, bike, bus and drive. Copenhagen, Denmark - Free City Bike programme. London, UK - In 2003 the Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, implemented a congestion charge zone to reduce congestion by discouraging private vehicle traffic in central London. Houten, Netherlands - In 1974 the city council of Houten decided the city should increase five fold and that the bicycle would play an important role in the urban master plan. Singapore - Singapore has had congesting charging systems in place since 1975. Perth, Australia - Urban Rail Development and TravelSmart programme Notes on Hume Fellowship The Hume Fellowship was established in 1988 by Henrietta Hume and her late husband Harry Lancelot Hume, a fellow of IPENZ who led a distinguished career in the Ministry of Works until his retirement in 1966. As former Harkness Fellows, both Harry and Henrietta studied in USA, their hope for the Hume Fellowship was for international understanding to be forwarded through the provision of international opportunities for education and travel to young men and women of character and ability. About IPENZ The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) is the professional body which represents professional engineers from all disciplines in New Zealand. The Institution sets internationally bench-marked qualifying standards for degree qualifications in engineering, and serves engineers by securing formal recognition for their professional standing. IPENZ provides services for about 10,000 members. The New Mobility Agenda is permanently at http://NewMobility.org To post messages to list: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com To unsubscribe: NewMobilityCafe-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Free group video/voice-conferencing via http://newmobilitypartners.org Yahoo! 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Richmond 02 524-5510 (office) Visiting Fellow Intl.: 662 524-5510 Urban Environmental Management program, School of Environment, Resources and Development Room N260B 02 524-8257 (home) Asian Institute of Technology Intl.: 662 524-8257 PO Box 4 Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120 02 524-5509 (fax) Thailand Intl: 662 524-5509 e-mail: richmond@ait.ac.th Secretary: Kuhn Vantana Pattanakul richmond@alum.mit.edu 02 524-6368 Intl: 662 524-6132 http://the-tech.mit.edu/~richmond/ From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Tue Apr 19 11:02:43 2005 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:02:43 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Seeking inputs for Transport Sector Indicators Workshop Message-ID: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A046897@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Dear sustran-discuss friends Later this week (Friday to Sunday) I will be attending a CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON TRANSPORT SECTOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS in Sri Lanka. The workshop is hosted by the Lanka Forum on Rural Transport Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport Sri Lanka and the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) and is sponsored by the World Bank. I am down as 'representing' this strange ethereal entity, the SUSTRAN Network Asia-Pacific. Of course I will not presume to speak for you all, and will make that clear (it is not that kind of organisation). But (belatedly) I thought that I should post a quick message here seeking input from any of you with strong feelings or special insight on this issue. I SUSPECT THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE STRONG VIEWS ON THIS. So please do respond within the next few days and I will consider your inputs as I finalise my preparations for the workshop. Beyond that, I am sure that the World Bank's Transport and Urban Division (TUDTR) would welcome your further inputs on this. This in an ongoing effort and they are seeking to raise awareness about it. Below is some more information on the workshop and its background. See also the link "Transport Results Measurement" from the World Bank transport homepage (http://www.worldbank.org/transport/) for more background. Paul ------------ CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON TRANSPORT SECTOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 22-24th April 2005, Marawila, Sri Lanka BACKGROUND NOTE TO WORKSHOP PROGRAMME. 1.0 Introduction The Transport and Urban Division (TUDTR) of the World Bank's Infrastructure Vice Presidency has started to develop a comprehensive draft set of "transport performance and impact indicators". The indicators cover all the main transport sub-sectors, namely roads, railways, air travel, waterways, ports as well as transport and trade. The purpose of the Transport Sector Performance Indicators initiative is: * Facilitate the management of various sub-sectors so that they can effectively deliver transport services cost-effectively; * Help in the monitoring of the sectors' performance in respect of its contribution to the implementation of agreed national policies; * Provide better insights into regional and global perspectives of transport activity and trends This initiative is related to several World Bank activities including the Infrastructure Action Plan which aims to strengthen the commitment for collecting and maintaining accurate and timely transport sector data at country and regional levels, in a way that strengthens evidence-based analysis and decision making at different levels. 2.0 Asia Consultative Workshop This workshop is part of ongoing consultations. It intends to broaden awareness of the initiative among key stakeholders, and to invite contributions on how the process could be strengthened in a way that takes into account national priorities and long-term sustainability. It is envisaged that this workshop will enable stakeholders drawn from a variety of countries, institutions and transport disciplines to consult on their main sources of transport sector data, and the capacities and constraints that currently exist in collecting, analysing, storing and using high quality data various transport sub-sectors. 2.1 Workshop Purpose To promote awareness among primary and other key stakeholders on the current Transport Indicators Initiatives, giving them the scope to dialogue and give inputs to the draft indicators. 2.2 Objectives a) To identify critical aspects of need for reliable data in the transport sector. b) To analyse the sector data presently available in relation to national, regional and global priorities and identify shortfalls. c) Determine national and sub-national responsibilities and capacity to update, analyse and report transport sector statistics in a sustainable manner and the scope for strengthening capacity to improve and sustain the publication of national sector data. 2.3 Outputs a) Raise awareness of the current Transport Results Initiative b) Prepare a country responsive matrix for filling gaps for transport sector data indicators c) Draw a country specific action plan for implementation of comprehensive transport data collection. d) Feedback to strengthen the purpose, form and sustainability of the initiative. 2.4 Draft Workshop programme The workshop will consist of about 20 participants (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia and Indonesia have been invited with majority participants from Sri Lanka along with representatives from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank etc)), meeting over three days. The programme will comprise four main Blocks (not necessarily of equal duration), each consisting of short presentations, group discussions and plenary sessions. There will also be introductory and concluding sessions. Please note that what is here is a draft which will be subject to further development and change. Block 1: Analysis of the context of the initiative. In this block, participants will be encouraged to discuss the priorities for transport planning in the different countries and institutions represented at the meeting, the key indicators, diagnostic measures etc currently used. Participants will evaluate the strengths and usefulness of existing processes and identify the gaps i.e. where there is insufficient knowledge/information to plan for policy priorities Block 2: Discuss and agree key indicators (headline, diagnostic) that would be useful for the countries (at both national and sub-national levels) and for the financing institutions, including the World Bank. Block 3: Look at existing ways in which data is collected, stored, shared and analysed. Identify the typical chain of responsibility between institutions in each sub-sector. For each sub-sector, what is the relationship with key cross-sectoral agencies such as the National Statistics Office and the Ministry of Finance. Discuss the strengths in each country and identify the weaknesses. Block 4: The way forward. Sketching out key country and regional transport data gaps, and action plans for addressing the gaps. 3.0 Participant contributions The success of the workshop will depend on the active contributions of all participants. Given the constraints of the short lead time to the workshop, participants have been selected on the basis of their involvement in developing and using indicators for planning transport sector policies and investments. The methodology and design of the workshop is designed to maximise discussion, debate, and building synergies. There will be key country/institutional presentations to focus the discussions. The organisers will contact participants that are selected to make these presentations, and provide them with guidelines for structuring their input. All participants need to come prepared with: - a good understanding of the transport policy-making environment in their countries - information about what indicators are needed for management and decision making in the transport sector in their countries - information on what data is currently available and/or being collected and which institutions are responsible - information about what methodologies are used for data collection - an assessment of what capacities are needed for quality level collection, analysis, storage and use in planning, management, policy and operations in the transport sector - an assessment of the gaps in capacity All participants need to be prepared to present, as far as possible, a multi-sectoral approach to the issues - so please take time to consult with colleagues in the key transport sectors a) Road networks and services. b) Rail transport. c) Air transport. d) Ports and waterways Please also bring with you any background papers, power point presentations, OHPs etc that you might think would be useful to the discussions. Obviously we cannot spend all of the three days listening to presentations from participants so it is required to see that the organisers receive electronic copies of full papers of all country presentations by 15th April 2005. The participants will be called to make presentations only on key points of their papers, but there maybe times during discussions, or in the feedback sessions, that you will want to illustrate your point with more details. The full paper should not exceed 10 A4 size pages and the fonts should be Arial 11 point. 4.0 The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development is a global network of individuals and organisations working towards improved access and mobility for poor people in developing countries. It provides a framework for collaboration, information sharing, debate and advocacy that bridges traditional geographic, disciplinary and institutional boundaries. Facilitating this dialogue enables us to provide the World Bank's TUDTR with a 'reality check' and validate and strengthen the initiative by bringing to the drawing board of the Transport Sector Performance Indicators initiative perspectives from developing country transport sector professionals. We hope this will contribute to synergies between expectations of countries and the Bank, and long-term, sustainable partnerships. From esg at esgindia.org Tue Apr 19 12:33:25 2005 From: esg at esgindia.org (ESG India S2L) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:03:25 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Tree-cutting: public meeting today, 4 pm, BMP gates, Bangalore Message-ID: <20050419033904.D7DAF2D58C@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> --------------------------------- 4 pm, 19th April, Tuesday DO COME TO THE BMP GATES! Corporation office (Hudson Circle) --------------------------------- Over the last week, trees are being chopped everywhere in Bangalore. Several concerned citizens and organizations of Bangalore have stopped the tree cutting, only to see them being cut in the night or the wee hours of the morning. Chopping down trees is not the solution to Bangalore's traffic woes! The longer you wait, the more trees will Bangalore lose! (Note: BMP = Bangalore Mahanagara Palike) **************************************************************************** ** IF YOU ... **************************************************************************** ** If you are wondering how cutting roadside trees will help ease traffic congestion, then please come to the BMP at 4pm on the 19th April. If there are a few hours you are going to spare for the green cover of Bangalore, its tree-lined avenues, their shade and cool, then 4pm on the the 19th April, let it be! If you think there should be greater public participation and input in addressing the matter of the city's traffic problems, then please do come at 4 pm on the 19th April to the BMP. If you have read the Tree Act and are wondering how come the BMP has the authority to cut trees without approval from the Forest Department, then do come on the 19th of April, 4 pm to the BMP. If you are concerned about traffic congestion in Bangalore, then please do come on the 19th April, 4 pm to the BMP. If you love trees, then please do come on the 19th April, 4 pm to the BMP. If you are wondering how come 15+ trees have been given to a contractor to be cut for only about 30,000 rupees when the value of the wood is far far higher, then do come at 4 pm on the 19th April to the BMP. If there are other reasons why you think you should be there at 4pm on the 19th of April, then please please do come and tell the Commissioner and everyone else why you are there! If you ... **************************************************************************** ** COME AND ASK ... **************************************************************************** ** Come and ask the Commissioner why there is so much tree-cutting going on in Bangalore. Come and ask the Commissioner how come the Forest Department is not approving the tree cutting and yet the BMP is still going ahead with it. Come and ask the Commissioner if it will really solve the city's traffic problems. Come and ask the Commissioner why the trees being cut are seriously undervalued before allowing contractors to cut them. Come and ask why the Task Force on Traffic Management is not engaging the public seriously. Come and ask .... **************************************************************************** ** As many of you are aware, the BMP has been cutting trees stating that they want to widen the roads in order to solve the traffic problems of Bangalore. But, as you might also be aware, there has been a growing movement of people who are protesting this felling of the trees by the BMP on ethical and legal grounds. At the same time, the movement has the support of a large number of urban planners, traffic managers and citizens who are putting forward alternative plans to solve the traffic problem without cutting trees in the city. Will the tree cutting really solve the traffic problems? Why is not there greater citizen input in the process? What other avenues to traffic management are being considered? Many questions and few answers. Bring your family, friends, and a poster or two to share your thoughts. Abraham, Arun, Arvind, Anjan, Aalok, Benson, Bhargavi, Clifton, Dinesh, Divya, Divya, Francis, Gaurav, Jacob, Jai Krishna, Kedar, Kishen Das, Leigh, Leo, Nagarajan, Rohan, Santhosh, Shilpa, Sowmya, Sriniranjan, Subbu, Swetha, Thangamma, Vishwas and several other individuals .... Environment Support Group, Alternative Law Forum, Greenpeace Environment Support Group (R) S-3, Rajashree Apts. 18/57, 1st Main, SRK Gardens Bannerghatta Road, Jayanagar Bangalore 560041. INDIA Telefax: 91-80-26341977/26531339/26534364 Fax: 91-80-51179912/26341977 Email: esg@esgindia.org; esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in Web: www.esgindia.org From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Apr 19 23:08:00 2005 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:08:00 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Steve Abley field trip querying sustainable transport initiatives world wide - Your help in organizing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <013a01c544e9$335bf360$6501a8c0@jazz> Kind thanks to Aurora Ables, Paul Barter, Dedy Gunawan, Stefan Langeveld, Carlos F. Pardo, Jonathan Richmond, Z? Lobo and I am sure one or two more whose names have somehow got lost in the email confusion here, for so kindly lending a hand to help Steve Abley plan his trip top sound out some of the leading players world wide on the topic of sustainable transport policies and practices. Our pound of flesh will be his final report which he has kindly agreed to share with us all. Better yet, Steve has signed into the International Advisory Council for the Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge program and has volunteered to bring this up in his many contacts over the coming several months. (I do have this right Steve, I hope?) Ain?t it grand to be young and on the road? And in such a good cause. Tell us what you learn Steve. Eric Britton Convener, Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge The Kyoto World Cities Challenge is at http://kyotocities.org The Commons is at http://www.ecoplan.org Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara 75006 Paris, France T: +331 4326 1323 Via Skype.com Click here (callto://ericbritton) E: secretariat@kyotocities.org Backup: fekbritton@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050419/88f6e6c9/attachment-0001.html From alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk Wed Apr 20 05:34:33 2005 From: alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk (Alan P Howes) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:34:33 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: Steve Abley field trip querying sustainable transport initiatives world wide - Your help in organizing In-Reply-To: <013a01c544e9$335bf360$6501a8c0@jazz> References: <013a01c544e9$335bf360$6501a8c0@jazz> Message-ID: Just a semi-serious point - :-) How sustainable is Steve's trip? We have a guy in our office keeps banging on about the horrendous greenhouse effects of long-haul air travel - and to be honest he does have a point. (Not that it would stop me emulating Steve if I had half a chance.) Perhaps Steve is travelling by ship though ... Cheers, Alan On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:08:00 +0200, "Eric Britton" wrote to "'Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport'" : >Kind thanks to Aurora Ables, Paul Barter, Dedy Gunawan, Stefan Langeveld, >Carlos F. Pardo, Jonathan Richmond, Z? Lobo and I am sure one or two more >whose names have somehow got lost in the email confusion here, for so kindly >lending a hand to help Steve Abley plan his trip top sound out some of the >leading players world wide on the topic of sustainable transport policies >and practices. Our pound of flesh will be his final report which he has >kindly agreed to share with us all. > > > >Better yet, Steve has signed into the International Advisory Council for the >Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge program and has volunteered to bring this >up in his many contacts over the coming several months. (I do have this >right Steve, I hope?) > > > >Ain?t it grand to be young and on the road? And in such a good cause. Tell >us what you learn Steve. > > > > > >Eric Britton > >Convener, Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge > > > > > >The Kyoto World Cities Challenge is at http://kyotocities.org > > >The Commons is at http://www.ecoplan.org > >Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara 75006 Paris, France > >T: +331 4326 1323 Via Skype.com Click here >(callto://ericbritton) > >E: secretariat@kyotocities.org Backup: fekbritton@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Alan P Howes, Perthshire, Scotland alan@ourpeagreenboat.co.uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/ [Needs Updating!] From steve at abley.com Wed Apr 20 05:21:35 2005 From: steve at abley.com (Steve Abley) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:21:35 +1200 Subject: [sustran] Re: Steve Abley field trip querying sustainable transport initiatives world wide - Your help in organizing In-Reply-To: <013a01c544e9$335bf360$6501a8c0@jazz> Message-ID: <20050419202139.75CA6828A4@smtp-1.paradise.net.nz> Eric, Absolutely right. I?m exceptionally grateful for all the people who have contacted me either through Eric or direct and I intended sending you an email taking you up on your offer of hospitality regarding people to talk to and experiences to undertake. At the moment I?m working fairly hard making sure the mortgage continues to be paid while my wife and I are overseas and I expect to sit on an airplane next Monday tapping out emails in response to all your kind invitations. At the conclusion of my trip I?m preparing a report of my experiences and undertaking a national dissemination tour so other transport professionals and decision makers can benefit from my knowledge gained from spending time with you. Again thank you for your offers of support and I?ll be in touch very soon. Eric you are exceptionally connected! Regards Steve _____ From: Eric Britton [mailto:eric.britton@ecoplan.org] Sent: Wednesday, 20 April 2005 2:08 a.m. To: 'Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport' Cc: Steve Abley; newman@central.murdoch.edu.au Subject: Steve Abley field trip querying sustainable transport initiatives world wide - Your help in organizing Kind thanks to Aurora Ables, Paul Barter, Dedy Gunawan, Stefan Langeveld, Carlos F. Pardo, Jonathan Richmond, Z? Lobo and I am sure one or two more whose names have somehow got lost in the email confusion here, for so kindly lending a hand to help Steve Abley plan his trip top sound out some of the leading players world wide on the topic of sustainable transport policies and practices. Our pound of flesh will be his final report which he has kindly agreed to share with us all. Better yet, Steve has signed into the International Advisory Council for the Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge program and has volunteered to bring this up in his many contacts over the coming several months. (I do have this right Steve, I hope?) Ain?t it grand to be young and on the road? And in such a good cause. Tell us what you learn Steve. Eric Britton Convener, Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge The Kyoto World Cities Challenge is at http://kyotocities.org The Commons is at http://www.ecoplan.org Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara 75006 Paris, France T: +331 4326 1323 Via Skype.com Click here (callto://ericbritton) E: secretariat@kyotocities.org Backup: fekbritton@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050420/f92b3190/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Velo-city takes place in Dublin > this year from May 31st to June 3rd 2005. > > > > What is Velo-city Dublin all about? > > All you need to know about the city and the conference's > exciting 4-day pro= gramme of events, site visits, keynote > speakers and technical presentations is available on a > downloadable= > "http://www.velo-city2005.com/pdf/velocity_registration.pdf"http://www.v elo-city2005.com/pdf/velocity_registration.pdf or on the Velo-city > "http://www.velo-city2005.com/"www.velo-city2005.com > > > > Who should go to Velo-city Dublin? > > Velo-city Dublin 2005 is essential for planners, engineers, > architects, tra= nsportation companies, local authority > officials, bicycle users and politicians who want to learn > more a= bout sustainable transportation, land use, city > planning and technical design, where the bicycle is the cent= > ral theme and springboard for debate. > > > > Anything special about this Velo-city conference? > > The Dublin conference includes first-class speakers from > around the world, = and is the first summertime Velo-city > conference. The host city, Dublin, is at the centre of > Ireland's = economic surge, and is tackling the problems of > rapid expansion through an integrated transportation strate= > gy. The conference will be looking at the role of the bike > within that strategy, as well as bicycle tr= ansport > developments from around the globe. > > Uniquely, Dublin also offers the delegates the chance to see > the Dublin Por= t Tunnel under construction, visit the > recently opened two line Tram system and control centre, or > exper= ience the Dublin Regional Traffic Management Centre in > operation. Delegates can also buy a superb city bike a= t a > knockdown price, as part of the conference package. > > > > Any special deals? > > There is a special discount fee for delegates from 2004 > Enlargement and Acc= ession applicant countries, and for > non-EU developing countries, as well as cycle advocacy > members. For ord= inary delegates who register before March > 11th, there is EUR100 saving on the standard delegate fee for > = the conference. Don't leave it to the last minute - book > now on > "http://www.velo-city2005.com/registration.html"http://www.velo-city2005 .com/registration.html and start > looking forward to a great week in Dublin! > > > > Velo-city Dublin: Tuesday May 31st to Friday June 3rd 2005. From cpardo at cable.net.co Wed Apr 20 21:35:45 2005 From: cpardo at cable.net.co (Carlos F. Pardo V.) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:35:45 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Asia Workshop on Cycling and BRT integration Message-ID: <0IF8004274GN4X10@nexus.cable.net.co> On the 4th of October, SUTP will co-organize with I-ce, CAI-Asia, ITDP, Locomotives and TRIPP an Interactive workshop on combined planning for bus rapid transport, cycling and walking, in order to develop a better knowledge of the non motorised integration with a Bus Rapid Transit System. Please go to the following address for more (preliminary) information. Suggestions and/or comments are welcome: http://www.sutp.org/ICEWS/asia_workshop.htm Best regards, Carlos F. Pardo Project Coordinator GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP ESCAP UN Building Rajadamnern Nok Rd. Bangkok 10200, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2 - 288 2576 Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280 6042 Mobile: +66 (0) 1 - 772 4727 e-mail: carlos.pardo@sutp.org Website: www.sutp.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050420/759306ea/attachment.html From et3 at et3.com Fri Apr 22 04:30:18 2005 From: et3 at et3.com (Daryl Oster) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:30:18 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: Steve Abley field trip querying sustainable transportinitiatives world wide - Your help in organizing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050421193049.6AA572BEE5@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> Alan, Jet aircraft can fly just fine on biodiesel. The main modification needed would be to insulate and or heat the fuel to avoid gelling due to cold temperature at altitude. The cost of biodiesel is about double the cost of fossil jet fuel. Since biodiesel is renewable, there is no net increase in CO2. Other emissions are also significantly less. Presently, financial and social sustainability is more of a consideration than environmental or energy sustainability. As far as ultimate sustainability goes, if we switched from fossil fuel to biodiesel there would be a food shortage UNLESS about half the world's meat eaters became vegetarian. It takes about 7kg of grain to produce one kg of beef; so present grain production could be diverted to vegetable oil production for bio-fuels. The best solution by far is to make quantum improvements in energy efficiency of transportation methods. ETT for instance is capable of providing 50 times more transportation for a given energy input. Daryl Oster (c) 2004? all rights reserved.? ETT, et3, MoPod, "space travel on earth" e-tube, e-tubes, and the logos thereof are trademarks and or service marks of et3.com Inc.? For licensing information contact:??? et3@et3.com , www.et3.com? POB 1423, Crystal River FL 34423-1423? (352)257-1310 > -----Original Message----- > From: sustran-discuss-bounces+et3=et3.com@list.jca.apc.org > [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+et3=et3.com@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of > Alan P Howes > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:35 PM > To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport > Subject: [sustran] Re: Steve Abley field trip querying sustainable > transportinitiatives world wide - Your help in organizing > > Just a semi-serious point - :-) > > How sustainable is Steve's trip? We have a guy in our office keeps > banging on about the horrendous greenhouse effects of long-haul air > travel - and to be honest he does have a point. (Not that it would > stop me emulating Steve if I had half a chance.) > > Perhaps Steve is travelling by ship though ... > > Cheers, Alan > > > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:08:00 +0200, "Eric Britton" > wrote to "'Asia and the Pacific sustainable > transport'" : > > >Kind thanks to Aurora Ables, Paul Barter, Dedy Gunawan, Stefan Langeveld, > >Carlos F. Pardo, Jonathan Richmond, Z? Lobo and I am sure one or two > more > >whose names have somehow got lost in the email confusion here, for so > kindly > >lending a hand to help Steve Abley plan his trip top sound out some of > the > >leading players world wide on the topic of sustainable transport policies > >and practices. Our pound of flesh will be his final report which he has > >kindly agreed to share with us all. > > > > > > > >Better yet, Steve has signed into the International Advisory Council for > the > >Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge program and has volunteered to bring > this > >up in his many contacts over the coming several months. (I do have this > >right Steve, I hope?) > > > > > > > >Ain?t it grand to be young and on the road? And in such a good cause. > Tell > >us what you learn Steve. > > > > > > > > > > > >Eric Britton > > > >Convener, Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge > > > > > > > > > > > >The Kyoto World Cities Challenge is at http://kyotocities.org > > > > > >The Commons is at http://www.ecoplan.org > > > >Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara 75006 Paris, France > > > >T: +331 4326 1323 Via Skype.com Click here > >(callto://ericbritton) > > > >E: secretariat@kyotocities.org Backup: fekbritton@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Alan P Howes, Perthshire, Scotland > alan@ourpeagreenboat.co.uk > http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/ [Needs Updating!] > > > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). Because of the history of the list, the main focus > is on urban transport policy in Asia. From cpardo at cable.net.co Sat Apr 23 06:22:57 2005 From: cpardo at cable.net.co (Carlos F. Pardo V.) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:22:57 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Asia Video Contest on Urban Transport Message-ID: <0IFC00CZPI7HAR50@nexus.cable.net.co> SUTP has launched the contest for best video on urban transport trip documentary in an Asian city as a part of the project's intention to diffuse information and knowledge about sustainable transport. The basic idea behind the video is to show a typical transport itinerary of a working person in a large size city in Asia, from the moment he/she leaves his/her house to the moment he/she arrives at work. More details on the contest can be read in www.sutp.org/newweb/videoterms.htm Additional comments can be addressed at sutp@sutp.org . Best regards, Carlos F. Pardo Project Coordinator GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP ESCAP UN Building Rajadamnern Nok Rd. Bangkok 10200, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2 - 288 2576 Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280 6042 Mobile: +66 (0) 1 - 772 4727 e-mail: carlos.pardo@sutp.org Website: www.sutp.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050422/2d31ec32/attachment.html From clovisco at gmail.com Sun Apr 24 04:11:27 2005 From: clovisco at gmail.com (C B) Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:11:27 +0100 Subject: [sustran] measuring air pollution Message-ID: <505d09970504231211553c1d36@mail.gmail.com> Does anyone know if there is a simple way of measuring air pollution from motor vehicles in a city? Thank you, Clovis From pascaldesmond at eircom.net Tue Apr 26 21:37:05 2005 From: pascaldesmond at eircom.net (Pascal Desmond) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:37:05 +0100 Subject: [sustran] "World Transport Policy & Practice" Volume 11, Number 1 (2005) now available In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Lancaster, April 26, 2005 Volume 11, Number 1 (2005) 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 Contents of Volume 11, Number 1, 2005: Editorial Allocating aircraft carbon dioxide emissions to airports on the basis of passenger share: scenarios for Manchester Airport BY Paul Upham, Sarah Butlin, Maxwell Davis, Ulrika Nilsson?& Tim Smith A Sustainability risk analysis of the Low Cost Airline sector BY Duncan J. Gordon, Andrew Blaza?& William R. Sheate Sustainable mobility in metropolitan environments in developing countries?? Metropolitan Beirut case study BY Hicham H. Akkaoui, Hartmut Topp & Aly A. Hassan Cycling trends & policies in Canadian cities BY John Pucher & Ralph Buehler ***** DOWNLOAD ADVICE If you are using Windows, please ensure that you 'right click' your mouse. This will download the file to your desktop for viewing off-line. This is standard Windows procedure for downloading files. ***** World Transport Policy & Practice ISSN 1352-7614 Eco-Logica Ltd., 53 Derwent Road, LANCASTER, LA1 3ES. U.K. telephone +44 1524 63175 Editor: Professor John Whitelegg Business Manager: Pascal Desmond http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/WTPPhome.html From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Wed Apr 27 10:14:13 2005 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:14:13 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: draft Indian National Road Safety Policy Message-ID: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A0468A4@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Dear sustran-discussers Forwarding some hot road safety news from India. Community groups there need feedback to assist them in engaging in the debate on this that is now heating up. Apologies that this is long. Paul _____ From: Vinay Baindur [mailto:yanivbin@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, 27 April 2005 12:37 AM To: Paul Barter Subject: draft NRSP GOI NOTIFICATION : URGENT IMMEDIATE AND QUICK ACTION REQUIRED Citizens Road Safety Group CIROS C/O Indexco, Raheja Arcade, Commissariat Road, Bangalore 26.04.2005 Dear friends, The GoK in the last month since 28th March 2005 has adopted three measures for increasing road safety, which we need to appreciate and support as well. These are: 1) Notification prescribing speed limits for all categories of vehicles 2) Notification mandating installation of SPEED GOVERNORS by 1st May 2005 on vehicles listed 3) The COMPULSORY HELMET RULE for 6 corporation limits Already there is rising opposition and we need to work closely with all NGOs to coordinate a strategy which will not allow the GoK to roll back these initiatives. The former PM Mr Deve Gowda has been criticising the rule for pillion riders and some other political party members have been asking for the helmet rule to be withdrawn. Though these have been announced in the newspapers only the first two are available yet which we can soon upload on the ciros website. SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DEMANDED FOR LONG HAS NOW HAPPENED. BUT, we have almost been caught napping. The MOST IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION is from GOI which is giving time for OBJECTIONS and COMMENTS on draft NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY POLICY (NRSP). CIROS will convene a brainstorming this week on Saturday 30th April to discuss the NRSP and hope many of you will be able to come. Following this we will have a meeting with concerned officials after the 6th of May 2005 so that the Transport Dept and the GoK also prepares a response. We need to disseminate this very quickly using many yahoo groups / distribution lists to many people all over the country, including journalists, NGOs', IRTE, SIAM, academics, researchers and IIT and IIM Profs all over the country, Transport depts from all states, their state road safety committees, city level road safety committees if we can access them and finally in our responses also ask the MORTH to organize a consultation involving representatives of NGOs', civil society, industry and officials, in a few regions / cities. Please send in a cc of your comments to CIROS by email to yanivbin@yahoo.com so that we can generate a comprehensive critique of the policy and coordinate a response. Andrew Downing & Paul barter please respond with some quick comments. Below is the text of the draft NRSP for your reference and comments best wishes and warm regards, and looking forward to your early response, Vinay Baindur draft National Road Safety Policy Sub: Draft National Road Safety Policy - Inviting comments/ suggestions reg. Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Department of Road Transport & Highways have formulated a draft National Road Safety Policy in consultation with road safety experts and other departments. The same was placed before the National Road Safety Council, an apex Body, constituted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. 2 It has been decided to place the National Road Safety Policy on the website of this Ministry for inviting comments/ suggestions. 3 The comments/ suggestions may be sent to any of the following officers in hard copy or through email by 30th April 2005. Sl.No Name Designation Email 1 Shri A.P. Bahadur Chief Engineer (PIC), Transport Bhavan, 1-Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001 cep3 @nic.in 011-23725478 (FAX) 2 Shri Pankaj Aggarwal Executive Engineer (PIC), Transport Bhavan, 1-Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001. ee-pic1@nic.in 011-23710211 (Tel. No.) PREAMBLE The rapid development and expansion of the road network and the increase in number of motor vehicles have led to a substantial rise in levels of both passenger and freight movement. Concomitantly safety related issues have emerged. 2 The number of road accidents and fatalities have been growing in recent years, which call for concerted and multi-disciplinary preventive and remedial efforts. 3 As road accidents involve roads, motor vehicles as also the human being, the National Road Safety Policy needs to address on a holistic basis, issues covering road engineering, signage, vehicle design, education of road users and enforcement of traffic safety measures. It is also recognized that regardless of jurisdictions, the Central and State Govts have a joint responsibility in making a dent on the incidence of road accidents and fatalities. 4 In the light of this, the Govt of India has considered it relevant to frame a draft National Policy on Road Safety covering both preventive and post-accident aspects of Road Safety encompassing initiatives of public policy as well as implementation aspects, as also the responsibilities of various stakeholders. 1 RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT ROAD SAFETY ISSUES Current Status It has been experienced all over the world that the countries which are undergoing increasing and rapid motorisation face proportionately higher number of road accidents. At the earliest stages of road safety development, little or no safety awareness may exist and efforts will first need to be made to enhance the awareness of key decision-makers to the scale and nature of the problem and the actions that are necessary to alleviate the situation. The situation in India is somewhat better than a country, which may be at the earliest stage of safety development but still far less satisfactory than those countries, which have proven records of road safety improvements. However, in India the situation varies from state to state and within a state from district to district and within a district from one department to another and within a department from one office to another. Policy Statement The government will make increased efforts to promote awareness about the seriousness of the road accident problem, its social and economic implications and the necessity to curb the rising menace of road accidents. This will facilitate various stakeholders to play their rightful role in promoting road safety. Strategies to Implement Policy 1.1 Raising awareness among key decision-makers, and stakeholders and NGOs to facilitate them for planning and promoting road safety. 1.2 Raising awareness about the gravity of road safety issues amongst all citizens of the country and particularly the young, elderly and the infirm. 1.3 To enlighten various road user groups with respect to their roles and responsibilities. 2 PROVIDING ENABLING LEGAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ROAD SAFETY Current Status Road Safety is a complex process involving different sectors of the economy and various elements of the society. The responsibility for improving the safety on the roads and reducing accidents is shared by many governmental departments and public and private agencies at National, State and Local levels. To function smoothly there must be proper legal, institutional and financial environments. The authority, responsibility and accountability of various stakeholders must be made clear and proper coordination between agencies should be developed at National, Regional and Local levels. Road safety is a highly cost effective activity involving the saving of human lives and the reduction of economic losses. Policy Statement The government will spell out the institutional responsibilities of the various stakeholders of road safety and take appropriate measures to ensure that the required legal, institutional and financial environment for road safety is put in place. The reforms in these areas would take into account an active and extensive participation of the community at large and of private and business sector as well as of NGOs for raising awareness about the road safety issues like behavioural pattern, the human factor, issues of risk perception as also building up of an environment for a minimum acceptable level of safe behaviour on roads etc . Strategies to Implement Policy 2.1 To strengthen the legal framework for road safety at various levels. 2.2 To strengthen the institutional framework for managing road safety. 2.3 To strengthen the financial framework for road safety. 3. ROAD SAFETY INFORMATION DATABASE Current Status Detailed analyses of road accidents are essential if the causes of the accidents are to be fully understood. At the present time the police prepare a report for the accidents that they are aware of. The accident report requires the precise location of the accident, details of the people involved in the accident, details of vehicles involved in the accident, details of the road network at and near to the location of the accident, conditions at the time of the accident e.g.: weather, road surface. This daunting task would be that much easier if the details of the vehicles stored on the vehicle register, details of the drivers stored on the license register and road details stored on digital plans and maps were readily accessible. If these basic data could be brought together in a comprehensive database, the police report could give more attention to the causes of the accident. Policy Statement The government will significantly increase help and assistance to enhance data collection and analysis systems in states, union territories, districts, metropolitan cities as the components of a national road safety information system. Strategies to Implement Policy 3.1 Improve the reporting of important details at the scene of accident shortly after the occurrence of the accident. 3.2 Improve the storage and accessibility of all data relevant to an accident such as vehicles involved, road environment etc. 3.3 Development of a comprehensive road safety information database needed for operating effective safety management systems/programmes at National, State and City levels. 4. SAFER ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE Current Status Road infrastructure has a strong influence on the perception of drivers, including their understanding of the way the road operates and consequently their behavior. Depending on its design a road may encourage people to drive too fast or without the driver being consciously aware of it, cause him to drive slowly. In India traffic engineering measures are often haphazard and inadequate and thus not effective in tackling road safety problems. Road markings and traffic signage are often not properly implemented and usually are not properly maintained. With present emphasis placed on the development of transportation by both central and state governments, with the construction of road networks and highways, it becomes imperative that the safety of road infrastructure is not compromised for the sake of quantity. Policy Statement The government will undertake additional steps to promote road safety practices at national, state and local levels . Safety conscious planning and design of roads and road networks will be encouraged whilst undertaking new as well as upgradation and rehabilitation road schemes through application of road safety audits. Continuing application of ITS to achieve safe and efficient transport system will be encouraged. Strategies to Implement Policy 4.1 Require all proposed new and rehabilitation road schemes to be checked from a safety perspective for all types of road users during the planning and designing stages through Road Safety Audit and adopt accident reduction strategies for existing roads through black spot improvement programmes. 4.2 Review design standards, codes, guidelines, recommended practices, access control and development control procedures to ensure best global practices for road safety are incorporated wherever appropriate. 4.3 To facilitate quality improvement of practising highway engineers on various road safety aspects through training and dissemination of appropriate road safety knowledge. 5. SAFER VEHICLES Current Status During the last 25 years, numerous improvements to vehicle safety have been made as a result of research. Without vehicle construction regulations governing safety standards for systems such as braking, lightening, signalling there can be little control over the general safety of country's vehicle fleet. In India, vehicle safety standards are specified in Rules 93 to 127 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (1989) but these norms are hardly followed. Old vehicles, which have low safety standards, continue to be used. For many vehicle owners the statutory periodic inspection is considered a troublesome imposition rather than an important "health", check on their vehicles. Furthermore the State Road Transport Authorities lack manpower and equipment to undertake task of vehicle inspection in a comprehensive way. Policy Statement The government will take steps to strengthen the system to ensure that safety aspects are built in at the stage of design, manufacture, usage, operation and maintenance of vehicles in line with prevailing international standards in order to minimize adverse safety and environmental effects of vehicle operation on road users and infrastructure. Strategies to Implement Policy 5.1 To promote safety conscious design of vehicles to ensure safe transport for passengers, drivers and other road users. 5.2 To promote the statutory periodic inspection as an essential check on the road worthiness of vehicles. 5.3 To minimize impact of vehicle operation on roads. 6. SAFER DRIVERS Current Status Motor vehicles should be driven only by those people who have appropriate license. Driving licenses can be issued only to people who have reached prescribed age, are physically and psychologically able to drive a motor vehicle, have gone through the prescribed education and training, have demonstrated ability to drive motor vehicles and have fulfilled other conditions as prescribed for driving particular groups or types of motor vehicles. The driver licensing laws are not uniform and in many instances they are quite lenient. No rigorous standard driving test is given. At present often less than five minutes are devoted to test the ability of a driver. Lack of lane discipline and consideration for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, violation of traffic rules and regulation are just some of the faulty driving traits of many Indian drivers today. Policy Statement The government will strengthen the system of driver licensing and training to improve the competence and capability of drivers . Strategies to Implement Policy 6.1 To facilitate the development of systems which ensure that trained and competent new drivers are permitted to come on the roads. 6.2 To improve the manpower both quantitatively and qualitatively, to test and evaluate the driving ability of all licence applicants. This would be done by a system of accreditation of the quality of testing and evaluation of drivers. 6.3 To assist and encourage setting up of model driving schools with adequate infrastructure and tools in partnership with automobile manufacturers, other private sector participants and NGOs. 7. SAFETY FOR VULNERABLE ROAD USERS Current Status The road users found most vulnerable on Indian roads from a road safety point of view are pedestrians, bicyclists and motorized two wheelers. Special provisions for people on foot include regulations for pedestrian crossings which give legal precedence to pedestrians. However, it is the pedestrians seeking to protect their lives, who almost invariably give way to motor vehicles. Another set of vulnerable road users are the non-motorized handcarts, cycle rickshaws, animal drawn carts etc. In India, there is high degree of heterogeneity of traffic and no segregation of motorised and non-motorised traffic on roads. This often leads to increased conflicts between them and thus reduced safety. There is no appropriate legislation to govern the behaviour of pedestrians and non-motorised traffic on the roads. Policy Statement The design and construction of all road facilities will take into account the needs of vulnerable and physically disadvantaged in an appropriate manner. The government will seek to disseminate 'best practices' in this regard to town planners, architects, highway and traffic engineers Strategies to Implement Policy 7.1 Recognize Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) as being equally important as the motorized vehicle, in the planning, designing, construction and operation of roads and to provide for their special needs and requirements. 7.2 To update existing and develop new standards, guidelines and recommended practices in line with accepted international practices to facilitate safe accommodation of VRUs. 7.3 To encourage NGOs to work with Vulnerable Road Users, to increase their awareness of the dangers. 8. ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION AND TRAINING Current Status In India, like in many developing countries, the lack of knowledge of road safety rules among the population at large is a major factor contributing to the non-observance of such rules in practice. This in turn leads to unsafe road user behaviour and habits. In many areas road safety education and training facilities are not satisfactory. There are some private organizations with the association of voluntary organizations are imparting such training to their employees. The school curricula in India hardly includes a section on road safety. It is only in recent times that the traffic police personnel of some cities have been assigned the job for imparting road safety education to children. Policy Statement Road safety knowledge and awareness will be created amongst the population through education, training and publicity campaigns. Road safety education will also focus on school children and college going students, while road safety publicity campaigns will be used to propagate good road safety practice among the community. The government will encourage all professionals undertaking road design, road construction, road network management, traffic management and law enforcement to attain adequate knowledge of road safety issues. Strategies to Implement Policy 8.1 Encourage inclusion of road safety awareness as part of educational curriculum for students of various age groups. 8.2 To develop and implement road safety publicity campaigns by using the creative resources of both Government and, professional agencies and NGOs for various target groups as per their respective requirements. 8.3 Also Planning and implementing community based road safety programmes to engage local as well as non-governmental partners in the areas of road traffic safety that most affect their daily lives. 8.4 Planning, designing and implementing training programmes for various specific groups involved in road safety management tasks e.g. Traffic Personnel, Highway Engineers, School Teachers, Town Planners, NGOs etc. 9 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT Current Status Enforcement of traffic legislation is aimed at controlling road user behaviour by preventive, persuasive and punitive methods in order to effect the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. The primary objective of traffic law enforcement is the creating of a deterrent to violators and potential violators of traffic laws and to raise the level of compliance among all drivers and road users. In recent years the amount of traffic has increase substantially but the number of traffic police and regional transport officers has not increased proportionately. The consequences are that the quality of enforcement has deteriorated. The enforcement agencies face many practical problems like low priorities being assigned to traffic police departments, inadequacy of funds and lack of coordination among different supporting agencies Policy Statement The government will take appropriate measures to assist various state and other governments to improve the quality of their enforcement agencies. Government will actively encourage the establishment and strengthening of Highway Patrolling on National and State Highways taking the help of the State Government and Union Territories as appropriate. Strategies to Implement Policy 9.1 To take appropriate measures to improve the capacity of concerned state agencies, to affect improvement in their driver testing and vehicle testing to the required standards. 9.2 To take appropriate steps to ensure that the enforcement authorities are adequately manned, trained? and equipped and empowered to carry out their function ensuring safe road use and orderly traffic flow including the traffic situation, land use and road network planning etc. 9.3 To setup a national level Traffic Police Training Institute to serve, motivate and provide incentive and necessary help to each State to set up modern police training schools within their jurisdiction. 10. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR ROAD ACCIDENTS Current Status In the more developed countries the response time of ambulances and the like to reach the scene of an accident are short and many lives are saved as a result. In India, the average response time is much longer with the consequence that some lives are lost that with a quicker response time might have been saved. However response time is not the only important factor. The quality of post-accident treatment also has a bearing on whether or not an accident victim lives or dies. In some areas, Highway Patrol and Traffic Aid Posts have been introduced to improve response time and quality of treatment. To achieve quick response time and prompt high quality medical attention requires a higher degree of co-ordination between the many agencies involved. Policy Statement The Government will strive to achieve its target that all persons involved in road accidents benefit from speedy and effective trauma care and health management. The essential functions of such a service would include the provision of rescue operation and administration of first aid at the site of an accident, the transport of the victim from accident site to an appropriate nearby hospital. Strategies to Implement Policy 10.1 To improve communication system available with police and other emergency services as a means to reduce response times and to assist in planning and implementation of Traffic Aid Post Scheme. 10.2 To train police, fire and other emergency service personnel such as those on ambulances and paramedics in basic first aid for road crash victims. 10.3 To develop local and regional trauma plans based on study of post-accident assistance and consequences for road traffic accident casualties. 11 HRD & RESEARCH FOR ROAD SAFETY Current Status Road Safety research is needed to clarify the current situation in terms of priorities and problem areas. Accurate and comprehensive accident data is required to provide a base comparison for identifying problems evaluating changes and asserting the effectiveness of any countermeasures adopted. A particular deficiency is the lack of research in the field of the development and monitoring of low cost engineering measures. With such developments immediate improvements can be implemented at the known hazardous locations. The dissemination of information on road safety matters amongst professionals and others in the field is very poor. Policy Statement Government will encourage the current road research activities and programmes of road safety research. Priority areas will be encouraged by increased funding. Government will facilitate dissemination of the result of research and identified examples of good practice through publication, training, conferences , workshops and websites. Strategies to Implement Policy 11.1 To set up a system for identifying new areas for research and for extension to ongoing research projects that are likely to be most rewarding with a special attention to safety of the vulnerable road users. 11.2 To develop arrangements for the allocation of funds for research projects to be carried out by Research Institutes, Universities, NGOs. 11.3 To consolidate the results already available from research projects and resource material for widespread dissemination among road safety professionals. _____ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050427/bfee1b2d/attachment-0001.html From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Apr 29 02:57:11 2005 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:57:11 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Cities and towns need sustainable development (Dhaka) In-Reply-To: <20050320150450.632FC2C286@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> Message-ID: <001b01c54c1b$b4c4c6f0$6501a8c0@jazz> >From today's Kyoto Blog of the Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge at http://kyotocities.org . Have you checked it out yet? Editor's note: Where can we look for lessons and guides in the struggle to sustainable cities? What about the following commentary coming in today from Dhaka, a city of 10, 11, 12 million people half of whom living in slums and shanties, most of whom living "off the economy" and with average income on the order of a dollar a day. To get around in their city most people today simply walk or take rickshaws (bicycle taxies). But both these forms of transport, sustainable thought they may be, are coming under pressure from many directions. In order to put the "transportation policy paradox' into contact, we suggest that in parallel with the following you have a look at the challenging synopsis prepared by a joint task force including representatives of the Work for a Better Bangladesh project (www.wbbtrust.org), the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (www.itdp.org), and the World Carfree Network (www.worldcarfree.net) - "Dhaka's Rickshaws Under Threat: Stop the World Bank's War on the Poor" (http://worldcarfree.net/dhaka/). But here is what our friends from Dhaka want us to understand - that whatever we do in the area of transportation must be deeply understood in its full context: "Around the world, environmentalists say that a strong civil society and grassroots initiatives are considered important for lasting solutions to poverty and environmental degradation. Urban transformation cannot take place without changing the old incentive systems. Local innovations can never achieve scale without cross-sectoral partnerships involving government, business, NGOs, academia, media, and grassroots groups. A climate conducive to experimentation, mutual learning, and collaboration needed to be created. The sustainable city of the 21st Century must have social justice, political participation, economic vitality, and ecological regeneration. Only with all these social elements our cities can be truly sustainable." ************************************************************* Cities and towns need sustainable development Syed Ishtiaque Reza, financialexpress.com, 4/28/2005 http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=4/28/2005§ion_id=4&new sid=19971&spcl=no CITY planners on many occasions said that Dhaka is becoming unlivable because of its chaotic growth. Overpopulation, poor civic amenities and environmental degradation are cited as the main problems of the city. The inevitable process of urbanisation has brought with it environmental degradation affecting the quality of life and striking at the root of sustainable development of cities and towns. This is more pronounced in the developing countries like Bangladesh. In such a context, the World Environment Day 2005 will be observed June 5. The slogan of the day this year is "Green Cities: Plan for the Planet". Robust urbanism has resulted in migration of people from villages to cities. Now half of the world population of six billion lives in cities and by 2030 the share will go up to 60 per cent. So it is clear that society's future will largely depend on how urban environmental problems will be addressed. Cities today are the breeding grounds of pollution, poverty, disease and despair and, with careful planning, they can be turned into flagships of sustainable development. This sort of observation is heard from the United Nations and other international bodies. In fact, this is not only a warning, but also a declaration of faith in the ability of nations to turn the expansion of urban centres into an effort that would benefit all. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) believes that providing improved sanitation to the slums will protect freshwater resources and the sea into which all rivers flow, besides helping save the lives of many of the thousands of children who die every day from preventable diseases associated with the lack of safe water and poor hygiene. The challenges presented by growing urbanisation are daunting. But it is also felt that these challenges are not unbeatable. In towns and cities, cars, trucks and industries are causing climate change. These emissions can be drastically cut by a combination of clean energy technologies coupled with enlightened city planning. The degree of urbanisation in Bangladesh has been one of the fastest in the world. The rise of urban population is staggering. The number of towns has risen while Dhaka itself turned into a mega city with more than 10 million people. Yet there seems a sort of complacency everywhere about the consequence of such fast urbanisation. The adverse impact of unregulated growth in urban population on urban infrastructure and services is evident in worsening water quality, excessive air and noise pollution and the problems of disposal of solid wastes and hazardous wastes. In official documents most of the urban households are provided with water supply. But, in reality, the water supply system is very poor and irregular. There is also inequity in distribution. Within cities, poor citizens face the worst environmental consequences. In low-income settlements, services such as water, sewage, drainage and garbage collection are often non-existent. The poorer sections, the slum-dwellers, are the worst sufferers. There is also contamination of water supply owing to poor maintenance and mixing with drainage and sewerage water. Water supply is an important function for a city as sanitation plays a crucial role in public health. The poor sanitary conditions, particularly in slums, lead to outbreaks of cholera and gastroenteritis. It is well known that water-borne diseases are a major cause of mortality. A huge number of urban households, especially slums, are without latrines or connections to septic tanks or sewerage. For them, low-cost sanitation can be a better solution. This is useful not only for the majority of urban centres but also for places where the costly option of underground drainage is not feasible. There should be sufficient awareness among policymakers and administrators about the importance and urgency of taking up measures to improve the management of urban waste water and solid waste. It is recognised that there is no proper system of collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of solid waste in most cities and towns. This has become a cause for concern. Air pollution in cities has been on the increase due to increased number of vehicles and consequent increase in the emission of pollutants. To reduce vehicular pollution, emission standards are being prescribed by donors and international environment bodies. Inadequate housing stock and increase in the number of slums have added to environmental concerns in urban areas. The shortage of housing in urban areas resulted in providing some amount of civic amenities in a non-coordinated fashion. Admittedly, tackling the innumerable problems of urbanisation requires effective urban governance, which is beset by problems such as fragmentation of responsibility, incomplete devolution of functions and funds to the elected urban local bodies, unwillingness to progress towards municipal autonomy, adherence to outmoded methods of property tax and reluctance to levy user charges. The central government (the secretariat based ministries) lacks faith in the capability of urban local bodies to meet their obligations as institutions of local self-governance. Urban environmental, social and economic sustainability is essential for the country's sustainability. Concentrating human population in cities is an environmental necessity to create resource efficiencies. Alleviating urban poverty is essential to ensure urban environmental regeneration. The urban poor tend to occupy the most ecologically fragile and service-deprived areas of our cities. Without alternative locations to settle and sufficient income, their survival will increasingly be eroded against environmental needs. Around the world, environmentalists say that a strong civil society and grassroots initiatives are considered important for lasting solutions to poverty and environmental degradation. Urban transformation cannot take place without changing the old incentive systems. Local innovations can never achieve scale without cross-sectoral partnerships involving government, business, NGOs, academia, media, and grassroots groups. A climate conducive to experimentation, mutual learning, and collaboration needed to be created. The sustainable city of the 21st Century must have social justice, political participation, economic vitality, and ecological regeneration. Only with all these social elements our cities can be truly sustainable. -- Posted by Eric Britton to Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge at 4/28/2005 09:44:00 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050428/681241f0/attachment.html From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Apr 29 20:10:52 2005 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:10:52 +0200 Subject: [sustran] From Kyoto World Cities Blog of 26/04/05. The global transport challenge. John Whitelegg Message-ID: <00d201c54cac$200f0bb0$6501a8c0@jazz> >From Kyoto World Cities Blog of 26/04/05.Check it out at http://kyotocities.org Editor?s note: Our old friend and long time defender of sustainable transport and social justice, Professor John Whitelegg, also a member of our International Advisory Council and Founder and Editor of the important independent Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice, has for some years been busy mining the interface between the more technical aspects of our subject, and the politics of change. This article appeared in today?s openDemocracy?s online debate. ***************************************** The global transport challenge John Whitelegg, 26 - 4 ? 2005, openDemocracy?s online debate Source: http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-6-129-2454.jsp# The world?s transport system wastes lives, health, and money ? and is choking the planet. Citizens need to take control, says John Whitelegg There is a world transport crisis. 3,000 people are killed every day in road-traffic accidents, air pollution from vehicles is bathing most if not all cities in a chemical soup and deaths from respiratory diseases exceed deaths in traffic accidents. This would be a high price to pay for a perfectly functioning transport system that delivers people and goods speedily and efficiently but this is not the case. All countries and cities spend a lot of money for a transport ?solution? that has failed . In a rare example of global unity and shared experience car commuters in Los Angeles are stuck in traffic jams in the same way as they are in Bangkok, Delhi, Beijing and Rio. Our highway-based transport systems purchased at huge expense are failing miserably to deliver anything. We have created a very expensive way of organising transport in cities, one that is grossly inefficient and one that exacts a terrible penalty in deaths , injuries and lifetime disability. This penalty is an affront to human rights. Traffic conditions make it very difficult indeed for children and the elderly to cross roads. Women with childcare duties find public transport difficult to use and the poor who rely on walking and cycling are exposed to more danger than the car occupant. Large sums of money are spent in Delhi and Kolkata on expanding roads, highways and flyovers that can only benefit the richer members of the urban elite. The poor are left to suffer with inadequate pedestrian pavements and polluted air. Donald Appleyard , in his famous book Livable Streets (1981), described how people living on streets with light traffic had more friends and acquaintances than people in cities with heavy traffic. They lived in more sociable, friendly and community-based environments. Citizens know this instinctively and seek out high-quality environments away from the noise, dirt and danger of cars and lorries. The problem is that this privilege is usually only available to the rich, which is why 90% of the people killed in road-traffic accidents are likely to be poor, cyclists, pedestrians or bus users in developing countries. Transport has become a socially polarised experience with poor people living in poor-quality environments whilst richer people drive past them, cocooned in their cars on the way to a rich variety of destinations inaccessible to the poor. The need to lead Meanwhile, cars and lorries account for about 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions and are amongst the fastest growing sources of these gases. This presents politicians with problems. Most politicians would accept that climate change and all its attendant dangers are at or near the top of the list of things that they think are important ? but they dare not ?touch? transport. Most cities, regions and countries want more roads. Beijing would like another five-ring road to add to its existing five-ring roads. Most cities would dearly like an international airport, or a bigger one if they already have one. The World Bank funds new roads in India and China. This locks all cities into higher levels of fossil-fuel dependency and higher levels of greenhouse gas production at the same time as prime ministers make speeches about reducing greenhouse gases. No wonder ordinary citizens are confused about what they should do. It need not be like this. The former mayor of Bogot? in Colombia, Enrique Penelosa , showed the world that a relatively poor city in a relatively poor country can set the highest standards for transport. He declared car-free days, established a highly reliable and cheap to use bus system (TransMillenio ) and built a 17-kilometre bike and pedestrian route to connect poor parts of the city with the downtown area. This stands in stark contrast to most African, Indian and Chinese cities that are investing heavily in new roads and doing nothing for the poor and those who live in polluted conditions. The Bogot? experience is not an isolated one. Curitiba , Brazil has pioneered an outstandingly successful bus ?rapid transit system? and done this, like Bogot?, at much lower cost than a metro rail system and with much wider geographical benefits to the region. London has reduced congestion by 30% with its congestion pricing and Copenhagen has achieved some of the highest bicycle use of any city in the world. The message in global transport patterns is clear. There are no technical, economic or organisational problems in finding solutions but there is an enormous difficulty in achieving political will. Where real progress has been made this has occurred because of strong leadership by key politicians. This presents us all with good news and bad news. The good news is that there are very few, if any, barriers to innovative and successful transport projects aimed at creating liveable and sustainable cities. They are not expensive to achieve and they present few, if any, technological problems. The significant barrier everywhere is political will. The London congestion charge would not have gone ahead were it not for the unusual drive, ambition and single-mindedness of the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. Werner Broeg in Munich has carried out research around the world on politicians and he has found that in most cases politicians have established views about traffic and transport characterised by a belief that everyone wants to drive, that the car is the most desirable mode of transport and that anything perceived of as anti-car will result in loss of political office. Another road is possible Broeg?s work shows that politicians routinely underestimate the appetite of the electorate for radical change. Citizens would like to see more public transport, walking and cycling and would like to see more convivial and sociable use of public space. Citizens are willing to reduce car trips given the right information, incentives and support. In York, England a project aimed at reducing car trips produced a 16% reduction in these trips in a six-month period in its target group. All this points to the need for a change in worldview underwritten by citizen action. It is possible to create highly desirable city living spaces, to eliminate deaths and injuries on the roads and to reduce obesity and greenhouse gases ? and to do this at much lower cost than building roads, which makes the problems worse. The way forward is citizen action and the generation of enlightened politicians. We are still in the foothills of understanding how to move in this direction. This article appears as part of openDemocracy?s online debate on the politics of climate change. 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