[sustran] Contacts for visit to . . . Singapore???

[Eric Britton]

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 <http://kyotocities.org/> .  DO you have
any for us?

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Abley [mailto:steve at 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

- Bogotá, 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, Bogotá, 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

Bogotá, 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.






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