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

[aables at adb.org]

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" <eric.britton at ecoplan.org> 
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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 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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