From sri at giaspn01.vsnl.net.in Tue Feb 1 13:14:56 2005 From: sri at giaspn01.vsnl.net.in (Systems Research Institute) Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 09:44:56 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: [SPAM SOSPECHOSO] SUTP updated website In-Reply-To: <0IB500CGIDQVWW30@epicac.cable.net.co> References: <0IB500CGIDQVWW30@epicac.cable.net.co> Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.0.20050201094400.0284d8c0@pn1.vsnl.net.in> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050201/09d4b4fa/attachment.html From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Thu Feb 3 14:28:00 2005 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:28:00 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys Message-ID: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A2829B3@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Something from another list (gender and transport) that might be of interest to some here on sustran-discuss. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: hafiza@bangla.net [mailto:hafiza@bangla.net] > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:59 AM > To: Gender and Transport > Subject: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys > > > > Dear Priyanthy > The teen age tempo boys are still there working in Dhaka. As > you know government has withdrawn the two stroke Engine > tempos from Dhaka city, these are being replaced by four > stroke engine tempos run by CNG. These tempos are operating > not at the central part of the city but certainly in > different routes connecting nodal points of Dhaka with its > fringe areas. Tempo bys are still working there. On the other > hand the two stroke engine tempos are operating in district > towns (small towns) or the suburban areas at the periphery of > Dhaka city (out side the City Corporation). > These tempo boys are still there. Over time many of them have > eventually became driver of tempo or some other vehicle, > operator of mini or big buses. Some of them became the > workers indifferent workshops. In other words most of them > are still involved with transport related activities directly > or indirectly. > However it is remarkable that average age of the tempo boys > has increased than the previous ones but still most of them > are in teen age. > Regards Hafiza > > Quoting Priyanthi : > > > A question for our Bangladeshi friends,.but one that might interest > > everyone on this list. > > > > > > > In the February 2001 issue of IFRTD's Forum News (check out our > > website www.ifrtd.org for a copy) > we had an > > article about the tempo boys. Four years later, do you still find > > them? Would like to know - as they raise issues relating > to children as transporters. > > > > > > > > Priyanthi From mohsin_jp at yahoo.com Thu Feb 3 15:24:24 2005 From: mohsin_jp at yahoo.com (Mohsin J. Sarker) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:24:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys In-Reply-To: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A2829B3@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <20050203062425.91395.qmail@web53702.mail.yahoo.com> Hello I am a Bangladeshi and a transportation planner, now working in Japan. The matter regarding Tempo boys or children involved in work is a concern of many of us. From my point of view and experience, we should first ask ourselves that why they are working. It is not a game so they are enjoying. Working is hard for children. Why mothers or fathers are sending or forcing their children to work, where parents are concerned about safety and health of their loving children in developed countries. Of course parents of under developed countries also love their children; they also don't want their loving children to work instead playing and study. But unfortunately, they have no other alternative to urged their children to work. As we know there is very job scarcity in Bangladesh. Moreover the earning of parents only is not enough to bear family expenses including school cost of their children. Children are working for food and to help their parents. So, instead of providing scope to earn more for parents, preventing children from work, will increase crime, worsen the social condition more. Children in Bangladesh are working very hard. There are many street children who work in day and study at night. In oder to put them out of work automatically, we need to provide more job and scope of better earning for their parents. Dr. Mohsin J. Sarker Transportation Planner CIS, Utsunomiya, Japan. --- Paul Barter wrote: > Something from another list (gender and transport) > that might be of > interest to some here on sustran-discuss. > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hafiza@bangla.net [mailto:hafiza@bangla.net] > > > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:59 AM > > To: Gender and Transport > > Subject: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys > > > > > > > Dear Priyanthy > > The teen age tempo boys are still there working > in Dhaka. As > > you know government has withdrawn the two stroke > Engine > > tempos from Dhaka city, these are being replaced > by four > > stroke engine tempos run by CNG. These tempos are > operating > > not at the central part of the city but certainly > in > > different routes connecting nodal points of Dhaka > with its > > fringe areas. Tempo bys are still working there. > On the other > > hand the two stroke engine tempos are operating in > district > > towns (small towns) or the suburban areas at the > periphery of > > Dhaka city (out side the City Corporation). > > These tempo boys are still there. Over time many > of them have > > eventually became driver of tempo or some other > vehicle, > > operator of mini or big buses. Some of them became > the > > workers indifferent workshops. In other words most > of them > > are still involved with transport related > activities directly > > or indirectly. > > However it is remarkable that average age of the > tempo boys > > has increased than the previous ones but still > most of them > > are in teen age. > > Regards Hafiza > > > > Quoting Priyanthi : > > > > > A question for our Bangladeshi friends,.but one > that might interest > > > everyone on this list. > > > > > > > > > > > In the February 2001 issue of IFRTD's Forum News > (check out our > > > website www.ifrtd.org > for a copy) > > we had an > > > article about the tempo boys. Four years later, > do you still find > > > them? Would like to know - as they raise issues > relating > > to children as transporters. > > > > > > > > > > > > Priyanthi > > > ================================================================ > 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. > ===== Mohsin J. Sarker Kenei Hiramatsu Jutaku 5-24 HIramatsu Honcho 780 Utsunomiya, Tochigi Japan 321-0932 Tel: +81-(0)28-661-9019 (res) +81-(0)90-3543-3595 (mob) Email: bado@athena.ocn.ne.jp __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From kviethung at gmx.de Thu Feb 3 22:25:47 2005 From: kviethung at gmx.de (Viet Hung Khuat) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:25:47 +0100 (MET) Subject: [sustran] Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi! References: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A2829B3@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <29190.1107437147@www32.gmx.net> Dear Hafiza, Thank for the information, if any of you have information about the Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi and Taipei, Please kindly provide me. Thank you for help! Khuat Viet Hung > Something from another list (gender and transport) that might be of > interest to some here on sustran-discuss. > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hafiza@bangla.net [mailto:hafiza@bangla.net] > > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:59 AM > > To: Gender and Transport > > Subject: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys > > > > > > > Dear Priyanthy > > The teen age tempo boys are still there working in Dhaka. As > > you know government has withdrawn the two stroke Engine > > tempos from Dhaka city, these are being replaced by four > > stroke engine tempos run by CNG. These tempos are operating > > not at the central part of the city but certainly in > > different routes connecting nodal points of Dhaka with its > > fringe areas. Tempo bys are still working there. On the other > > hand the two stroke engine tempos are operating in district > > towns (small towns) or the suburban areas at the periphery of > > Dhaka city (out side the City Corporation). > > These tempo boys are still there. Over time many of them have > > eventually became driver of tempo or some other vehicle, > > operator of mini or big buses. Some of them became the > > workers indifferent workshops. In other words most of them > > are still involved with transport related activities directly > > or indirectly. > > However it is remarkable that average age of the tempo boys > > has increased than the previous ones but still most of them > > are in teen age. > > Regards Hafiza > > > > Quoting Priyanthi : > > > > > A question for our Bangladeshi friends,.but one that might interest > > > everyone on this list. > > > > > > > > > > > In the February 2001 issue of IFRTD's Forum News (check out our > > > website www.ifrtd.org for a copy) > > we had an > > > article about the tempo boys. Four years later, do you still find > > > them? Would like to know - as they raise issues relating > > to children as transporters. > > > > > > > > > > > > Priyanthi > > > ================================================================ > 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. > -- **************************************** Khuat Viet Hung, M.Eng (C/o: Prof. Manfred Boltze) Institut fuer Verkehr, TU Darmstadt Petersenstrasse 30, 64287 Darmstadt, Deutschland Tel. : + 49-6151-16 2026 Fax: + 49-6151-16 2045 Sparen beginnt mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl From whook at itdp.org Fri Feb 4 02:02:46 2005 From: whook at itdp.org (Walter Hook) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:02:46 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi! References: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A2829B3@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> <29190.1107437147@www32.gmx.net> Message-ID: <012701c50a12$2f7a9920$6501a8c0@WALTER> I know that the Bajaj company makes a reasonably ok CNG three wheeled motorcycle taxi that is all over Delhi now, and also they did a prototype for LPG and for electric. The electric one works fine but its more expensive particularly when replacing the battery pack. if you want detailed info you can try contacting Bajaj directly,. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viet Hung Khuat" To: "Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport" Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:25 AM Subject: [sustran] Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi! > Dear Hafiza, > Thank for the information, if any of you have information about the > Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi and Taipei, Please kindly provide me. > Thank you for help! > Khuat Viet Hung >> Something from another list (gender and transport) that might be of >> interest to some here on sustran-discuss. >> Paul >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: hafiza@bangla.net [mailto:hafiza@bangla.net] >> > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:59 AM >> > To: Gender and Transport >> > Subject: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys >> > >> > >> > > Dear Priyanthy >> > The teen age tempo boys are still there working in Dhaka. As >> > you know government has withdrawn the two stroke Engine >> > tempos from Dhaka city, these are being replaced by four >> > stroke engine tempos run by CNG. These tempos are operating >> > not at the central part of the city but certainly in >> > different routes connecting nodal points of Dhaka with its >> > fringe areas. Tempo bys are still working there. On the other >> > hand the two stroke engine tempos are operating in district >> > towns (small towns) or the suburban areas at the periphery of >> > Dhaka city (out side the City Corporation). >> > These tempo boys are still there. Over time many of them have >> > eventually became driver of tempo or some other vehicle, >> > operator of mini or big buses. Some of them became the >> > workers indifferent workshops. In other words most of them >> > are still involved with transport related activities directly >> > or indirectly. >> > However it is remarkable that average age of the tempo boys >> > has increased than the previous ones but still most of them >> > are in teen age. >> > Regards Hafiza >> > >> > Quoting Priyanthi : >> > >> > > A question for our Bangladeshi friends,.but one that might interest >> > > everyone on this list. >> > > >> > >> > > >> > > In the February 2001 issue of IFRTD's Forum News (check out our >> > > website www.ifrtd.org for a copy) >> > we had an >> > > article about the tempo boys. Four years later, do you still find >> > > them? Would like to know - as they raise issues relating >> > to children as transporters. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Priyanthi >> >> >> ================================================================ >> 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. >> > > -- > **************************************** > Khuat Viet Hung, M.Eng > (C/o: Prof. Manfred Boltze) > Institut fuer Verkehr, TU Darmstadt > Petersenstrasse 30, 64287 Darmstadt, Deutschland > Tel. : + 49-6151-16 2026 > Fax: + 49-6151-16 2045 > > Sparen beginnt mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl > > > ================================================================ > 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 sam_aminul at yahoo.com Fri Feb 4 23:43:59 2005 From: sam_aminul at yahoo.com (SAM Aminul Hoque) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:43:59 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [sustran] Tempo Boy Message-ID: <20050204144359.15886.qmail@web53509.mail.yahoo.com> Hafiza and Priyanthy Thank you for this information on Dhaka Cities Tempo (orginal design was three wheelers now available in both 3 and 4 wheelers with or without CNG). Has the supply and availability from those CNG stations improved in Dhaka city since 2002? Is there any figures how many tempoes are now working in Dhaka City after those "Govt's ban" on environmental reason? I am not clear why the Govt allowing them to operate outside the Metropolitan area. Why the same environmental reason is not applied in those outside city areas? I know, it is difficult to give exact tempo numbers but if possible any recent data from the Transport Authority or from the Tempo Operators Associations. Thank you again. SAM > -----Original Message----- > From: hafiza@bangla.net [mailto:hafiza@bangla.net] > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:59 AM > To: Gender and Transport > Subject: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050204/cb595d2a/attachment.html From kviethung at gmx.de Fri Feb 4 23:47:59 2005 From: kviethung at gmx.de (Viet Hung Khuat) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:47:59 +0100 (MET) Subject: [sustran] Re: Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi! References: <012701c50a12$2f7a9920$6501a8c0@WALTER> Message-ID: <30687.1107528479@www36.gmx.net> Dear Dr. Hook, Thank you very much for your kind recommendation. I will try to contact the company. I read some of your publications about the transport crisis in Jakarta and Asia. I am really want to have more knowloedge from you in order to do my Ph.D. thesis. I am looking forward to have further support from you. Yours sincerely, Khuat Viet HUng I know that the Bajaj company makes a reasonably ok CNG three wheeled > motorcycle taxi that is all over Delhi now, and also they did a prototype > for LPG and for electric. The electric one works fine but its more > expensive particularly when replacing the battery pack. if you want > detailed info you can try contacting Bajaj directly,. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Viet Hung Khuat" > To: "Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport" > > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:25 AM > Subject: [sustran] Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi! > > > > Dear Hafiza, > > Thank for the information, if any of you have information about the > > Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi and Taipei, Please kindly provide me. > > Thank you for help! > > Khuat Viet Hung > >> Something from another list (gender and transport) that might be of > >> interest to some here on sustran-discuss. > >> Paul > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: hafiza@bangla.net [mailto:hafiza@bangla.net] > >> > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:59 AM > >> > To: Gender and Transport > >> > Subject: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys > >> > > >> > > >> > > Dear Priyanthy > >> > The teen age tempo boys are still there working in Dhaka. As > >> > you know government has withdrawn the two stroke Engine > >> > tempos from Dhaka city, these are being replaced by four > >> > stroke engine tempos run by CNG. These tempos are operating > >> > not at the central part of the city but certainly in > >> > different routes connecting nodal points of Dhaka with its > >> > fringe areas. Tempo bys are still working there. On the other > >> > hand the two stroke engine tempos are operating in district > >> > towns (small towns) or the suburban areas at the periphery of > >> > Dhaka city (out side the City Corporation). > >> > These tempo boys are still there. Over time many of them have > >> > eventually became driver of tempo or some other vehicle, > >> > operator of mini or big buses. Some of them became the > >> > workers indifferent workshops. In other words most of them > >> > are still involved with transport related activities directly > >> > or indirectly. > >> > However it is remarkable that average age of the tempo boys > >> > has increased than the previous ones but still most of them > >> > are in teen age. > >> > Regards Hafiza > >> > > >> > Quoting Priyanthi : > >> > > >> > > A question for our Bangladeshi friends,.but one that might interest > >> > > everyone on this list. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > In the February 2001 issue of IFRTD's Forum News (check out our > >> > > website www.ifrtd.org for a copy) > >> > we had an > >> > > article about the tempo boys. Four years later, do you still find > >> > > them? Would like to know - as they raise issues relating > >> > to children as transporters. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Priyanthi > >> > >> > >> ================================================================ > >> 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. > >> > > > > -- > > **************************************** > > Khuat Viet Hung, M.Eng > > (C/o: Prof. Manfred Boltze) > > Institut fuer Verkehr, TU Darmstadt > > Petersenstrasse 30, 64287 Darmstadt, Deutschland > > Tel. : + 49-6151-16 2026 > > Fax: + 49-6151-16 2045 > > > > Sparen beginnt mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl > > > > > > ================================================================ > > 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. > > > > ================================================================ > 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. > -- **************************************** Khuat Viet Hung, M.Eng (C/o: Prof. Manfred Boltze) Institut fuer Verkehr, TU Darmstadt Petersenstrasse 30, 64287 Darmstadt, Deutschland Tel. : + 49-6151-16 2026 Fax: + 49-6151-16 2045 Lassen Sie Ihren Gedanken freien Lauf... z.B. per FreeSMS GMX bietet bis zu 100 FreeSMS/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail From whook at itdp.org Wed Feb 9 05:45:49 2005 From: whook at itdp.org (Walter Hook) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:45:49 -0500 Subject: [sustran] info on monorails and post traffic calming References: <012701c50a12$2f7a9920$6501a8c0@WALTER> <30687.1107528479@www36.gmx.net> Message-ID: <002c01c50e1f$2c6f16a0$6501a8c0@WALTER> I am wondering if anyone knows any details about the new monorails built in Qiongqing in China and the one in Malaysia, particularly with regard to their capacity pphpd and their capital cost per kilometer and their profitability and the conditions of the BOT contracts. The monorail folks seem to be selling the products hard in Asia these days. I am also wondering if anyone knows anything about how the recent work on "Post Traffic Calming" deals with parking, whether these completely undefined streetscapes have completely deregulated parking or whether the parking is still somehow regulated. finally, i am wondering if there are any good studies of the process by which pedestrian zones have been developed in different countries. best walter hook From etts at indigo.ie Wed Feb 9 14:05:16 2005 From: etts at indigo.ie (Brendan Finn) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 05:05:16 -0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: info on monorails and post traffic calming In-Reply-To: <002c01c50e1f$2c6f16a0$6501a8c0@WALTER> Message-ID: In reply to Walter Hook, There is a monorail in Kuala Lumpur, which I presume is the one you mean. This is basically an elevated down-town people-mover. It starts at the Central Station, goes east through the main shopping drag (Jalan Bukit Bintang) then heads north and veers north west to connect with STAR LRT at Titiwangsa station. This serves the 'Golden Triangle', although it doesn't actually serve the Petronas Towers/KLCC complex. Actually, it doesn't quite serve the Central Station either, since it stops across the road with about 300m walk across a car park. Apparently there was an issue with the owner, so the monorail was not able to link across as originally planned/hoped for. I visited three facilities in late November for comparative purposes : the Brisbane Busway, the PUTRA LRT lines in KL, and the monorail in KL. I have requested the capacity and cost data, so your e-mail reminds me to chase that. I'll share it with you when/if I receive it. From previous information and discussions, I believe that the KL monorail has low actual capacity, and had a high capital cost. >From travelling on the three systems, and discussions with the facility owners, I would make the following observations : * PUTRA LRT has the highest carryings at the moment. However, Brisbane Busway is also moving quite a lot of people and has plenty of additional capacity. The monorail is way below either of them in terms of capacity or of actual carryings. * The capacity of PUTRA is very respectable, although it's well below the original forecasts (let's blame that on the promoters and their consultants). They are at peak capacity at the moment, but they could take more trains on the system if they can cut a deal with the car manufacturer. * Ride quality is smoothest on the Brisbane Busway (excellent), and next best is PUTRA (very good). The monorail is rough by comparison. Non-scientific comparison method is how easy it is to hold the video-cam still while filming the drive through the front window, and observation on the playback. * Operations on both Brisbane Busway and PUTRA are slick and professional, although the Busway can be more flexible about dwell times at stops at the outer end. This reflects the heavy throughput pressure both on PUTRA systemwide, and at Brisbane near the centre. The monorail does not have the same feel about it. Overall, both Brisbane Busway and PUTRA LRT have been designed as serious transportation elements, and this is apparent not only in the technical design, but also in the organisational capability. (I make a clear distinction for PUTRA between how it functions and the funding/buyout history). By contrast, the monorail is more like a theme park element (such as the one on Sentosa, Singapore). If anyone else has observations or hard data on monorail systems - good or otherwise - I would be very interested. I'm currently working on transport policy in a Central Asia country where the two main cities have had some 'hard sell' on monorails and are talking about building them as the core elements of the transit infrastructure, and quite independently of the rest of the transit system. If someone knows of cases where monorails can actually function as a high volume transit element, then I would be quite willing to visit it and change my views. In the meantime, they look to me like vehicles for mobilisation of funds rather than of people. With best wishes, Brendan Finn, ETTS Ltd, Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________ Tel : +353.87.2530286 e-mail : etts@indigo.ie -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+etts=indigo.ie@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+etts=indigo.ie@list.jca.apc.org]On Behalf Of Walter Hook Sent: 08 February 2005 20:46 To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport Subject: [sustran] info on monorails and post traffic calming I am wondering if anyone knows any details about the new monorails built in Qiongqing in China and the one in Malaysia, particularly with regard to their capacity pphpd and their capital cost per kilometer and their profitability and the conditions of the BOT contracts. The monorail folks seem to be selling the products hard in Asia these days. I am also wondering if anyone knows anything about how the recent work on "Post Traffic Calming" deals with parking, whether these completely undefined streetscapes have completely deregulated parking or whether the parking is still somehow regulated. finally, i am wondering if there are any good studies of the process by which pedestrian zones have been developed in different countries. best walter hook ================================================================ 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 karl at dnet.net.id Wed Feb 9 14:35:53 2005 From: karl at dnet.net.id (Karl Fjellstrom) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:35:53 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: info on monorails and post traffic calming In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050209053618.215292DAA0@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> Dear all, I've gathered some information on the KL monorail as follows. Projected ridership announced at the opening of the 8.6km, 11 station Monorail system in August 2003 was 80,000 passengers per day by the end of 2003. In September 2003 the system averaged slightly over 11,000 passengers per day. By August 2004 ridership was averaging 39,000 passengers per day, around half the amount that was projected to be carried by the end of 2003. It was built for RM1.18 billion by KL Infrastructure Group Berhad that holds a 40-year concession to operate the monorail. This works out to around $38 million per kilometre. However, other cost figures I've seen for the system put it at $55 million per kilometre. The latter figure is more likely to be accurate, as it includes components like the monorail cars, signalling system, etc, which may not have been included in the capital cost cited of RM1.18 billion. It's a low capacity system. The official KL monorail website says the maximum theoretical capacity is 5,000 pphpd, which would mean 125 people per carriage. "The KL Monorail is currently capable of handling up to a maximum 5,000 passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD), operating at 3 minutes headway with 12 numbers of 2-car trains." http://www.monorail.com.my/monorail-info.htm But my observation is that the figure of 125 is very high for such small carriages, so they are really talking about an extreme crush loading, in both carriages on every train, when they talk about a capacity of 5000. Regards, Karl Fjellstrom -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+karl=dnet.net.id@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+karl=dnet.net.id@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Brendan Finn Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2005 1:05 PM To: Walter Hook; Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport Subject: [sustran] Re: info on monorails and post traffic calming In reply to Walter Hook, There is a monorail in Kuala Lumpur, which I presume is the one you mean. This is basically an elevated down-town people-mover. It starts at the Central Station, goes east through the main shopping drag (Jalan Bukit Bintang) then heads north and veers north west to connect with STAR LRT at Titiwangsa station. This serves the 'Golden Triangle', although it doesn't actually serve the Petronas Towers/KLCC complex. Actually, it doesn't quite serve the Central Station either, since it stops across the road with about 300m walk across a car park. Apparently there was an issue with the owner, so the monorail was not able to link across as originally planned/hoped for. I visited three facilities in late November for comparative purposes : the Brisbane Busway, the PUTRA LRT lines in KL, and the monorail in KL. I have requested the capacity and cost data, so your e-mail reminds me to chase that. I'll share it with you when/if I receive it. From previous information and discussions, I believe that the KL monorail has low actual capacity, and had a high capital cost. >From travelling on the three systems, and discussions with the facility owners, I would make the following observations : * PUTRA LRT has the highest carryings at the moment. However, Brisbane Busway is also moving quite a lot of people and has plenty of additional capacity. The monorail is way below either of them in terms of capacity or of actual carryings. * The capacity of PUTRA is very respectable, although it's well below the original forecasts (let's blame that on the promoters and their consultants). They are at peak capacity at the moment, but they could take more trains on the system if they can cut a deal with the car manufacturer. * Ride quality is smoothest on the Brisbane Busway (excellent), and next best is PUTRA (very good). The monorail is rough by comparison. Non-scientific comparison method is how easy it is to hold the video-cam still while filming the drive through the front window, and observation on the playback. * Operations on both Brisbane Busway and PUTRA are slick and professional, although the Busway can be more flexible about dwell times at stops at the outer end. This reflects the heavy throughput pressure both on PUTRA systemwide, and at Brisbane near the centre. The monorail does not have the same feel about it. Overall, both Brisbane Busway and PUTRA LRT have been designed as serious transportation elements, and this is apparent not only in the technical design, but also in the organisational capability. (I make a clear distinction for PUTRA between how it functions and the funding/buyout history). By contrast, the monorail is more like a theme park element (such as the one on Sentosa, Singapore). If anyone else has observations or hard data on monorail systems - good or otherwise - I would be very interested. I'm currently working on transport policy in a Central Asia country where the two main cities have had some 'hard sell' on monorails and are talking about building them as the core elements of the transit infrastructure, and quite independently of the rest of the transit system. If someone knows of cases where monorails can actually function as a high volume transit element, then I would be quite willing to visit it and change my views. In the meantime, they look to me like vehicles for mobilisation of funds rather than of people. With best wishes, Brendan Finn, ETTS Ltd, Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________ Tel : +353.87.2530286 e-mail : etts@indigo.ie -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+etts=indigo.ie@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+etts=indigo.ie@list.jca.apc.org]On Behalf Of Walter Hook Sent: 08 February 2005 20:46 To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport Subject: [sustran] info on monorails and post traffic calming I am wondering if anyone knows any details about the new monorails built in Qiongqing in China and the one in Malaysia, particularly with regard to their capacity pphpd and their capital cost per kilometer and their profitability and the conditions of the BOT contracts. The monorail folks seem to be selling the products hard in Asia these days. I am also wondering if anyone knows anything about how the recent work on "Post Traffic Calming" deals with parking, whether these completely undefined streetscapes have completely deregulated parking or whether the parking is still somehow regulated. finally, i am wondering if there are any good studies of the process by which pedestrian zones have been developed in different countries. best walter hook ================================================================ 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. ================================================================ 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 townsend at alcor.concordia.ca Thu Feb 10 00:21:24 2005 From: townsend at alcor.concordia.ca (Craig Townsend) Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:21:24 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: info on monorails and post traffic calming In-Reply-To: References: <002c01c50e1f$2c6f16a0$6501a8c0@WALTER> Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20050209093549.0c384410@alcor.concordia.ca> Brendan, In North America, a Las Vegas monorail recently opened (http://www.lvmonorail.com/). As in Kuala Lumpur, it serves more as a local people mover serving a specialized business area. It was paid for by hotel/casino owners to serve Las Vegas' increasingly busy commercial strip. In the state of Washington, the city of Seattle which is a metro area of about 3.5 million and has relatively little rail in comparison to other large US cities (although there are some distance commuter rail services, a new 2.5 km streetcar line in another of the Seattle region's centres, a 2.5 km elevated monorail downtown, and a downtown bus tunnel) is planning a monorail (http://www.elevated.org/) system which would extend the city's short, two station "theme park" monorail system which was built for a World's Fair in the 1960s. (They are also planning a more "serious" LRT system - for some more information, see http://www.lightrailnow.org/news/n_sea003.htm.) It's my relatively uninformed impression that monorails are quite expensive given the carrying capacity and are being built for special purpose areas where private business interests are interested in financing them. Are there any good quality transit systems in the world where a monorail is acting as a trunk or a spine of a large system? Perhaps Vuchic's new book will help. His Transit Systems Operations, Planning and Economics is due out this month. Hopefully this will prove to be the kind of reliable reference that his 1981 Urban Public Transportation: Systems and Technology, has been. Regards, Craig At 12:05 AM 09/02/2005, you wrote: >In reply to Walter Hook, > >There is a monorail in Kuala Lumpur, which I presume is the one you mean. >This is basically an elevated down-town people-mover. It starts at the >Central Station, goes east through the main shopping drag (Jalan Bukit >Bintang) then heads north and veers north west to connect with STAR LRT at >Titiwangsa station. This serves the 'Golden Triangle', although it doesn't >actually serve the Petronas Towers/KLCC complex. Actually, it doesn't quite >serve the Central Station either, since it stops across the road with about >300m walk across a car park. Apparently there was an issue with the owner, >so the monorail was not able to link across as originally planned/hoped for. > >I visited three facilities in late November for comparative purposes : the >Brisbane Busway, the PUTRA LRT lines in KL, and the monorail in KL. I have >requested the capacity and cost data, so your e-mail reminds me to chase >that. I'll share it with you when/if I receive it. From previous information >and discussions, I believe that the KL monorail has low actual capacity, and >had a high capital cost. > > >From travelling on the three systems, and discussions with the facility >owners, I would make the following observations : > >* PUTRA LRT has the highest carryings at the moment. However, Brisbane >Busway is also moving quite a lot of people and has plenty of additional >capacity. The monorail is way below either of them in terms of capacity or >of actual carryings. >* The capacity of PUTRA is very respectable, although it's well below the >original forecasts (let's blame that on the promoters and their >consultants). They are at peak capacity at the moment, but they could take >more trains on the system if they can cut a deal with the car manufacturer. >* Ride quality is smoothest on the Brisbane Busway (excellent), and next >best is PUTRA (very good). The monorail is rough by comparison. >Non-scientific comparison method is how easy it is to hold the video-cam >still while filming the drive through the front window, and observation on >the playback. >* Operations on both Brisbane Busway and PUTRA are slick and professional, >although the Busway can be more flexible about dwell times at stops at the >outer end. This reflects the heavy throughput pressure both on PUTRA >systemwide, and at Brisbane near the centre. The monorail does not have the >same feel about it. > >Overall, both Brisbane Busway and PUTRA LRT have been designed as serious >transportation elements, and this is apparent not only in the technical >design, but also in the organisational capability. (I make a clear >distinction for PUTRA between how it functions and the funding/buyout >history). By contrast, the monorail is more like a theme park element (such >as the one on Sentosa, Singapore). > >If anyone else has observations or hard data on monorail systems - good or >otherwise - I would be very interested. I'm currently working on transport >policy in a Central Asia country where the two main cities have had some >'hard sell' on monorails and are talking about building them as the core >elements of the transit infrastructure, and quite independently of the rest >of the transit system. If someone knows of cases where monorails can >actually function as a high volume transit element, then I would be quite >willing to visit it and change my views. In the meantime, they look to me >like vehicles for mobilisation of funds rather than of people. > >With best wishes, > > >Brendan Finn, >ETTS Ltd, Ireland >____________________________________________________________________________ >_______________________ >Tel : +353.87.2530286 e-mail : etts@indigo.ie > >-----Original Message----- >From: sustran-discuss-bounces+etts=indigo.ie@list.jca.apc.org >[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+etts=indigo.ie@list.jca.apc.org]On Behalf Of >Walter Hook >Sent: 08 February 2005 20:46 >To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport >Subject: [sustran] info on monorails and post traffic calming > >I am wondering if anyone knows any details about the new monorails built in >Qiongqing in China and the one in Malaysia, particularly with regard to >their capacity pphpd and their capital cost per kilometer and their >profitability and the conditions of the BOT contracts. The monorail folks >seem to be selling the products hard in Asia these days. > >I am also wondering if anyone knows anything about how the recent work on >"Post Traffic Calming" deals with parking, whether these completely >undefined streetscapes have completely deregulated parking or whether the >parking is still somehow regulated. > >finally, i am wondering if there are any good studies of the process by >which pedestrian zones have been developed in different countries. > >best >walter hook > > > >================================================================ >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. > > > > >================================================================ >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. > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 07/02/2005 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050209/949af5a3/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 07/02/2005 From jbs at u.washington.edu Thu Feb 10 01:27:22 2005 From: jbs at u.washington.edu (Jerry Schneider) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:27:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: [sustran] Re: info on monorails and post traffic calming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Information about monorails is available at www.monorails.org,www.elevated.org (Seattle monorail project) and http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/monolink.htm Reliable cost and use data are very difficult to find. - Jerry Schneider, Prof. Emeritus - Home page: http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs - Innovative Transportation Technologies website: http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans From cpardo at cable.net.co Fri Feb 11 18:53:18 2005 From: cpardo at cable.net.co (Carlos F. Pardo) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:53:18 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Asia transport indicators Message-ID: <0IBP00J4NZPDAP10@epicac.cable.net.co> Dear Sustran readers, Does anybody know anything where we could find Asian transport = indicators? I seem to have seen some of it a while back but I can't find it anywhere. = Is there anyone already doing this? I think CAI-Asia has a project but they don't seem to have indicators yet. I would appreciate any information on this. Thank you, Carlos F. Pardo GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP ESCAP UN Building Rajadamnern Nok Rd. Bangkok 10200, Thailand Tel:=A0 +66 (0) 2 - 288=A0 2576 Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280=A0 6042 Website: www.sutp.org From aables at adb.org Fri Feb 11 19:10:38 2005 From: aables at adb.org (aables@adb.org) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:10:38 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Asia transport indicators Message-ID: Dear Carlos, CAI-Asia has city indicators work under the PSUTA project (Hanoi, Xi'an, and Pune). The partial results of the efforts were presented at BAQ 2004 last December in Agra, India. This page has links to the presentations http://www.cleanairnet.org/baq2004/1527/propertyvalue-21243.html Regards, Au Aurora Fe (Au) A. Ables Transport Researcher Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Asian Development Bank Tel (632) 632-4444 local 70820 www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia www.cleanairnet.org/psuta www.adb.org "Carlos F. Pardo" Sent by: sustran-discuss-bounces+aables=adb.org@list.jca.apc.org 11/02/2005 05:53 PM Please respond to Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport To: 'Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport' cc: Subject: [sustran] Asia transport indicators Dear Sustran readers, Does anybody know anything where we could find Asian transport indicators? I seem to have seen some of it a while back but I can't find it anywhere. Is there anyone already doing this? I think CAI-Asia has a project but they don't seem to have indicators yet. I would appreciate any information on this. Thank you, Carlos F. Pardo 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 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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050211/82129515/attachment.html From aables at adb.org Fri Feb 11 19:50:08 2005 From: aables at adb.org (aables@adb.org) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:50:08 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Review of BRT experience in Asia Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia (PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The FGD concluded that BRT is a viable option in addressing transport problems in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We are interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes or which cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how comprehensive the schemes are, whether there is documentation available and who are the contact persons. As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where these are available. We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. Sincerely, Cornie Huizenga Head of Secretariat Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Asian Development Bank Phone ++ 632 632 5047 Fax ++ 632 636 2198 chuizenga@adb.org PO Box 789 0980 Manila http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Pardo 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 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. From catcar38 at charter.net Fri Feb 11 23:26:43 2005 From: catcar38 at charter.net (Walter Brewer) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:26:43 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: [atraPolicy] Review of BRT experience in Asia References: Message-ID: <001201c51045$b66928a0$9865fea9@yourkkxx5rxwd9> It would be interesting to know what criteria you are using, or intend to use in the evaluation of BRT. Ditto on sustainability. What characteristics are you using to distinguish BRT from other forms of bus transit? Walt Brewer catcar38@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: aables@adb.org To: cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org ; Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport ; policy@advancedtransit.org Cc: partnershipforcleanair@yahoogroups.com ; bus_transport_service@yahoogroups.com ; usapanghangin@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 2:50 AM Subject: [atraPolicy] Review of BRT experience in Asia Dear Colleagues, One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia (PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The FGD concluded that BRT is a vi! able option in addressing transport problems in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We are interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes or which cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how comprehensive the schemes are, whether there is documentation available and who are the contact persons. As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where these are available. We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. Sincerely, Cornie Huizenga Head of Secretariat Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Asian Development Bank Phone ++ 632 632 5047 Fax ++ 632 636 2198 chuizenga@adb.org PO Box 789 0980 Manila http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050211/7dc97f9a/attachment.html From skchang at ntu.edu.tw Sun Feb 13 21:09:00 2005 From: skchang at ntu.edu.tw (S.K. Jason CHANG) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:09:00 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Review of BRT experience in Asia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20050213200900.sbecm8fkgcc4w0kk@wmail6.cc.ntu.edu.tw> Hi Cornie, Enclosed please find a briefing on BRT developments in China presented in Environment05 Conference. My colleague will send you a report related to Taiwan BRT development. Jason -- ??????? ????? Dr. Shyue Koong (Jason) CHANG Professor, Department of Civil Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei, 10617, Taiwan voice:+886-935178543 fax:+886-2236369990 skchang@ntu.edu.tw skchang2020@yahoo.com.tw Quoting aables@adb.org: > Dear Colleagues, > > One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia > (PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities > (CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable > transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, > CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass > Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land > Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from > government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups > (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation > Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], > Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural > Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for > Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The > FGD concluded that BRT is a viable option in addressing transport problems > in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. > > To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended > that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) > meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA > office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the > Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of > Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and > development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to > come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. > > We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT > developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact > information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We > are interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes > or which cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how > comprehensive the schemes are, whether there is documentation available > and who are the contact persons. > > As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to > the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where > these are available. > > We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. > > Sincerely, > > Cornie Huizenga > Head of Secretariat > Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) > Asian Development Bank > Phone ++ 632 632 5047 > Fax ++ 632 636 2198 > chuizenga@adb.org > PO Box 789 > 0980 Manila > > http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BRT Development in China.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 15322 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050213/79714100/BRTDevelopmentinChina.pdf From jsun at ms1.thi.com.tw Mon Feb 14 15:33:10 2005 From: jsun at ms1.thi.com.tw (=?big5?B?rl2lSMDgKFkuIEpvaG4gU3VuKQ==?=) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:33:10 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Review of BRT experience in Asia Message-ID: Dear Cornie, As requested by Prof. Jason Chang, I am transmitting to you a document entitled "Progress and Prospect of BRT in Taiwan". Due to the large size of the electronic pdf file, I have uploaded the file under http://mis.thi.com.tw/link1.htm , so that you can download the file directly by entering into this webpage. Please let me know if you encounter any problems in downloading this file. We have been working with Prof. Chang on several BRT projects in Taiwan as well as mainland China cities. I wish you success in your upcoming meeting concerning BRT in Manila. John Sun Chairman THI Consultants Inc. Taipei, Taiwan -----Original Message----- From: S.K. Jason CHANG [mailto:skchang@ntu.edu.tw] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 8:09 PM To: chuizenga@adb.org Cc: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport; aables@adb.org Subject: Re: [sustran] Review of BRT experience in Asia Hi Cornie, Enclosed please find a briefing on BRT developments in China presented in Environment05 Conference. My colleague will send you a report related to Taiwan BRT development. Jason -- ??????? ????? Dr. Shyue Koong (Jason) CHANG Professor, Department of Civil Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei, 10617, Taiwan voice:+886-935178543 fax:+886-2236369990 skchang@ntu.edu.tw skchang2020@yahoo.com.tw Quoting aables@adb.org: > Dear Colleagues, > > One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia > (PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities > (CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable > transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, > CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass > Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land > Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from > government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups > (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation > Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], > Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural > Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for > Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The > FGD concluded that BRT is a viable option in addressing transport problems > in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. > > To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended > that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) > meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA > office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the > Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of > Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and > development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to > come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. > > We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT > developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact > information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We > are interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes > or which cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how > comprehensive the schemes are, whether there is documentation available > and who are the contact persons. > > As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to > the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where > these are available. > > We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. > > Sincerely, > > Cornie Huizenga > Head of Secretariat > Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) > Asian Development Bank > Phone ++ 632 632 5047 > Fax ++ 632 636 2198 > chuizenga@adb.org > PO Box 789 > 0980 Manila > > http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia > From aguilar713 at yahoo.com Mon Feb 14 16:34:09 2005 From: aguilar713 at yahoo.com (voi aguilar) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:34:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: [sustran] BRT in MM :comment from voi aguilar In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050214073409.86835.qmail@web52107.mail.yahoo.com> dear all. we fully support BRT in metro manila, i attended the seminar with distinguished mayor of Bogota at ADB last december. we can help to implement this project, by providing CNG BRT's and aircon state of the art terminals, fully automated card payment system and insfrustracture. All we need are serious and receptive LGU's, govt support policies, and the whole gang of this yahoo groups and we will achieve CLEAN AIR n less traffic. fyi, we ordered already CNG buses for june operations! regards to all, voi aguilar NGV ADbus Corp. aables@adb.org wrote: Dear Colleagues, One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia (PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The FGD concluded that BRT is a vi! able option in addressing transport problems in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We are interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes or which cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how comprehensive the schemes are, whether there is documentation available and who are the contact persons. As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where these are available. We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. Sincerely, Cornie Huizenga Head of Secretariat Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Asian Development Bank Phone ++ 632 632 5047 Fax ++ 632 636 2198 chuizenga@adb.org PO Box 789 0980 Manila http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT document.write(''); --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bus_transport_service/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bus_transport_service-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050213/4e347754/attachment-0001.html From townsend at alcor.concordia.ca Mon Feb 14 23:38:53 2005 From: townsend at alcor.concordia.ca (Craig Townsend) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:38:53 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Review of BRT experience in Asia In-Reply-To: <20050213200900.sbecm8fkgcc4w0kk@wmail6.cc.ntu.edu.tw> References: <20050213200900.sbecm8fkgcc4w0kk@wmail6.cc.ntu.edu.tw> Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20050214093528.0266f740@alcor.concordia.ca> Dear Jason, I'm also interested in your paper on BRT developments in China, but the the PDF I received on the sustran list is blank. I would greatly appreciate if you could send me the paper. Best regards, Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Craig Townsend, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Concordia University, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montr?al, Qu?bec, Canada, H3G 1M8 Tel.: (514) 848-2424 ext. 5191 Fax: (514) 848-2032 Email: townsend@alcor.concordia.ca At 07:09 AM 13/02/2005, you wrote: >Hi Cornie, > >Enclosed please find a briefing on BRT developments in China presented in >Environment05 Conference. My colleague will send you a report related to >Taiwan BRT development. > >Jason >-- >?x?j?g???t???? ?i???????h Dr. Shyue Koong (Jason) CHANG >Professor, Department of Civil Engineering >National Taiwan University >Taipei, 10617, Taiwan >voice:+886-935178543 fax:+886-2236369990 >skchang@ntu.edu.tw skchang2020@yahoo.com.tw > > >Quoting aables@adb.org: > >>Dear Colleagues, >> >>One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia >>(PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities >>(CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable >>transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, >>CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass >>Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land >>Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from >>government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups >>(Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation >>Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], >>Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural >>Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for >>Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The >>FGD concluded that BRT is a viable option in addressing transport problems >>in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. >> >>To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended >>that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) >>meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA >>office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the >>Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of >>Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and >>development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to >>come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. >> >>We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT >>developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact >>information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We are >>interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes >>or which cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how >>comprehensive the schemes are, whether there is documentation available >>and who are the contact persons. >> >>As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to >>the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where >>these are available. >> >>We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Cornie Huizenga >>Head of Secretariat >>Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) >>Asian Development Bank >>Phone ++ 632 632 5047 >>Fax ++ 632 636 2198 >>chuizenga@adb.org >>PO Box 789 >>0980 Manila >> >>http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia > > > > > > > >================================================================ >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. > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 10/02/2005 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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My colleague will send you a report related to >Taiwan BRT development. > >Jason >-- >?x?j?g???t???? ?i???????h Dr. Shyue Koong (Jason) CHANG >Professor, Department of Civil Engineering >National Taiwan University >Taipei, 10617, Taiwan >voice:+886-935178543 fax:+886-2236369990 >skchang@ntu.edu.tw skchang2020@yahoo.com.tw > > >Quoting aables@adb.org: > >>Dear Colleagues, >> >>One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia >>(PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities >>(CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable >>transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, >>CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass >>Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land >>Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from >>government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups >>(Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation >>Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], >>Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural >>Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for >>Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The >>FGD concluded that BRT is a viable option in addressing transport problems >>in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. >> >>To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended >>that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) >>meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA >>office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the >>Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of >>Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and >>development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to >>come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. >> >>We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT >>developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact >>information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We are >>interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes >>or which cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how >>comprehensive the schemes are, whether there is documentation available >>and who are the contact persons. >> >>As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to >>the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where >>these are available. >> >>We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Cornie Huizenga >>Head of Secretariat >>Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) >>Asian Development Bank >>Phone ++ 632 632 5047 >>Fax ++ 632 636 2198 >>chuizenga@adb.org >>PO Box 789 >>0980 Manila >> >>http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia > > > > > > > >================================================================ >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... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050214/afe279ad/attachment.html From itdpasia at adelphia.net Wed Feb 16 00:13:55 2005 From: itdpasia at adelphia.net (John Ernst) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:13:55 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Review of BRT experience in Asia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050215210941.01f14660@pop.abs.adelphia.net> Dear Cornie, Please accept my apologies for a slow response as I have been on a mission in Indonesia. I can give you a quick update of BRT activities there. I wrote a brief summary of the Jakarta BRT system for the Transportation Research Board last month. I will send this to you "off list" as these lists are not meant to carry attached files. The report was accurate as of August, 2004. The Jakarta busway system is planned to expand to roughly 14 corridors in Jakarta. Corridor 2 & 3 began construction last year, though this has recently been suspended -- perhaps for a few months -- while they are waiting for the 2005 budget allocation to come through. There is a TransJakarta agency which oversees operations. However, planning and construction of the system are still under control of the DKI-Jakarta government, primarily implemented through the transportation and public works agencies. I would suggest contacting City Secretary Ritola for further information. I will send you his contact information. Jakarta maintains a website for TransJakarta, however the last I checked this was in Indonesian only. An NGO we work closely with in Indonesia, Instrans, has some video footage of the busway, but it is fairly basic. They can be contacted at . In addition to Jakarta, the City of Yogyakarta is planning a demonstration busway project that has some of the elements of BRT -- primarily platforms in the center of the road. This is still in the early planning stages. For further information, I would suggest contacting Dr. Heru Sutomo at Gadjah Mada University . Very glad to hear that Manila is considering BRT. Good luck with the meeting. Best regards, John Ernst At 02:50 AM 2/11/2005, aables@adb.org wrote: >Dear Colleagues, > >One of the aims of Partnership for Sustainable UrbanTransport in Asia >(PSUTA) as a pilot project of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities >(CAI-Asia) is to broaden our knowledge base with respect to sustainable >transport and promote technologies where applicable. In this regard, >CAI-Asia presented "Bus Rapid Transit: A Win-Win Solution for Mass >Transport in Manila" in a focused group discussion (FGD) at the Land >Transportation Office in Manila that was attended by representatives from >government agencies, research institutes, and advocacy groups >(Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], Land Transportation >Office [LTO], Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board [LTFRB], >Environmental Management Bureau of Department of Environment and Natural >Resources [DENR-EMB], University of the Philippines National Center for >Transportation Studies [UP-NCTS] and Partnership for Clean Air [PCA]). The >FGD concluded that BRT is a vi! able option in addressing transport >problems in Manila without sacrificing air quality and costs. > >To further lobby BRT and as follow up to the FGD, the group recommended >that a similar presentation be given before the Metro Manila Council (MMC) >meeting that is scheduled next week, 17 Feb 2005 10:30h at the MMDA >office. The MMC meeting gathers city mayors and representatives from the >Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of >Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to tackle urban planning and >development. To prepare for this, CAI-Asia is gathering information to >come up with a review on bus rapid transit (BRT) experience in Asia. > >We would greatly appreciate if you could give us information on BRT >developments in Asia, successful or otherwise, or give us contact >information of those who do, preferably by 15 Feb 2004 (Tuesday). We are >interested in hearing which cities are implementing BRT schemes or which >cities are planning to do so. It would be good to know how comprehensive >the schemes are, whether there is documentation available and who are the >contact persons. > >As video clips (preferably in English) would make a stronger impression to >the audience, kindly courier them to us or direct us to webpages where >these are available. > >We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you. > >Sincerely, > >Cornie Huizenga >Head of Secretariat >Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) >Asian Development Bank >Phone ++ 632 632 5047 >Fax ++ 632 636 2198 >chuizenga@adb.org >PO Box 789 >0980 Manila > >http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia > > >================================================================ >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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Ernst - Director, Asia Region ITDP - The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Subscribe to ITDP's Sustainable Transport e-update at www.itdp.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Feb 16 20:48:15 2005 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (EcoPlan, Paris) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:48:15 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Partnership call for emergency program to show World Cities how to become "Kyoto Compliant" Message-ID: <001801c5141d$6ad37fe0$6501a8c0@jazz> Wednesday, February 16, 2005, Paris, France, Europe Dear Sustran Friends, It is only fitting that we make this first international announcement and partnership call to our dear friends and Sustran, certainly the group to which I feel the greatest affinity and affection. Let me make a long story short on this, with the most efficient being for me to refer you directly to the web site that sets out a complete set of background and working materials - at http://newmobilitypartners.org . You will see. To get you going on this, I attach below a text version of the Letter of Transmittal that you will find when you open the site, replete with a careful set of supporting links which you will see when you get there. To close this out for now, let me repeat the core of the "What can you do to help/join?) section that closes out the main letter. 1. Associate your group, program: Let the world know that you think these issues require high visibility and attention. Add you name and link to our listing here. 2. Comment on the draft materials & program: Intensive group discussions are going to be a big help in firming up this program, and in setting the stage for the specific pioneering city projects that now need to follow. 3. Identify cities, allies: You may already have some ideas about next steps, cities, projects, allies -- and we very much hope that you will share these with the groups, since any specific initiatives that you might take will serve to encourage others to get actively involved on their side. 4. Pass on the message: Please pass on this letter and related materials to your colleagues, contacts and discussion groups working in these areas. We are going to need to get the news out to many thousands of our colleagues and connections world wide if this is to gain the necessary momentum and support. 5. Get the media involved: And let the print and electronic media know as well about what we are trying to do and where to come for more. High international visibility is part of the toolkit we need to put in place to make this work. (Click here for latest Media Release). I very much hope that you will join us in this international campaign for a more sustainable planet, and that you will find that it also provides a good way to support and gain attention for your own programs and work. With warm wishes from a sunny and clear Paris. (And may we keep it that way.) Eric Britton Subject: Partnership call to help create an emergency program to show World Cities how to become "Kyoto Compliant" Wednesday, 16 February 2005 Subject: Partnership call to help create an emergency program to show World Cities how to become "Kyoto Compliant" Dear World Transport Colleagues, Today, after the better part of a decade of very hard work on many sides, the Kyoto Treaty finally enters into effect and with it the obligation of some 140 nations on this beleaguered planet to do something about their emissions. For the advanced industrial economies, the 1990 targets are going to be very hard to meet: but at least there is now a process in place which is starting to point the way. In some parts of the economy. However when it comes to transport in cities, there can be no grounds for optimism. To the contrary, despite the many useful point improvements made by the leading edge cities in recent years, the trend overall is harshly moving in the wrong direction: in each we are seeing year after year more traffic, more pollution, more accidents, more lost time, more unnecessary deficits, and more urban amenity and quality of life washed away by our aimless short-sighted policies. The challenge in brief Against this background, this is an open invitation to an independent, open, world-wide partnership, collaboration and exchange in the area of sustainable mobility. And specifically to put before you a working outline of a proposed innovative public policy action program in the field of city transportation improvement still in its very early stages of development, which has we sincerely believe real potential in the until now hopelessly unequal struggle to move our cites toward something much closer to sustainable mobility -- or, let us say, "Kyoto Compliance". What is useful about this concept is that it is at once short term results oriented, far-reaching, affordable and realistic. No less important, it targets highly ambitious near term efficiency and visible environmental improvements without requiring massive injections of hard earned taxpayer money. It also, with the right kind of preparatory work and support, can offer a very powerful political tool for mayors and city counsels who wish to offer a better, safer, cleaner and more affordable city to their electorate. Since you are experts in all this I do not need to waste your time in trying to convince or educate you on all these details. You know them as well or better than I. But what I can draw to your attention is a reminder that we now, in fact, have over all these years of piecemeal improvements and innovations arrived at a point where we can in fact face this challenge and do something about it. If indeed we chose to. Which is what this letter and challenge is all about. So, under these conditions what better can those of us who care do than to put our heads together and see how we might begin to shape an action agenda and by our combined skills, contacts and resources carry out the following three step problem-solving process? * Clarify in no uncertain terms the crisis before us * Develop an action plan that will give visible short term results * And place all this firmly in a long term strategic framework that is going to move us, move our cities to the underlying goals of sustainable development and social justice. How to achieve this? Here is the core of the strategy that we now propose for your consideration, comment, and action: 1. Set out clear, explicit, understandable, ambitious but safely meetable performance targets in the participating city. 2. Make sure you have total commitment of local leaders from the top -- at least to take this through the first Blueprint Go/No-Go phase. 3. And a very broad base of public support and participation. 4. Highly committed local implementation partners with the technical virtuosity needed to get the fine detail planned carefully, executed and then consistently fine-tuned -- and the open community spirit and orientation needed to get the job done. We are confident that once a leading group of pioneer cities show the way, this approach will catch the attention of many others and will spread like wild fire. Why? Well, because it will have very high public visibility and because too over these last several decades we have built up our shared knowledge and competence at the leading edge to make it work. All that is needed now is a this first set of high visibility, high impact programs: the rest will follow. All that of course is still entirely abstract. Let's see if we can be more focused and useful on this. Next steps We today, with this letter and the website behind it at http://newmobilitypartners.org, invite you and the more than one thousand international figures with whom we have been in contact on these matters over the years, to consider how you might get involved in or support the Kyoto New Mobility Challenge Program. Specifically, we invite you to go through your files and contacts to see if there is some city or existing program that you know well that might be brought into the challenge as set out here. You will find fairly copious background information on how this works in the Challenge site, starting with the Execut8ive Summary that directly follows this letter of invitation. The idea behind this Call is to see what we can now get together to create a voluntary international program to encourage and support cities world wide to take major and massive focused programs to reduce traffic and air pollution in their area in a very short period of time. The proposal involves a two step process. The immediate first step, once we have organized ourselves and got our base materials and arguments fully in order, will be to find a certain number of cities and teams ready to show the way by preparing intensive local reviews to determine what can be done across the transportation sector and in the surrounding areas to achieve in the city major targeted reductions (we have chosen the target of 20% for examination in each case) within a very short (20 month?) period (after all this is an emergency). We feel that with strong local support at all levels and the necessary know-how, each city team will be able to come up with a strong local program that is going to succeed in showing the way. Step 2 is the actual program, which will take place within the twenty month (or whatever you decide) target period. What you can do to help Why are we contacting you on this today? Well, because we know from years of international experience that programs such as this require highly qualified, energetic, well placed local partners who know the issues and the trade-offs well and have the technical capacities and networks to tailor and make this approach work in their city. At the end of the day this approach is as much political as it is technical, and its pioneering nature makes it rather more than just one more transportation project. And it is for this reason that we have set out to look for partners capable of facing these challenges in a first handful of cities ready to move ahead to prove these ideas for themselves and as pioneers showing the way to sustainable mobility when it is needed (i.e., now!). If you are one of our informed international colleagues or someone who knows these issues and the problems behind them, you can quite possibly do a great deal. And while you will of course have your own ideas on all this, here is a very short list to get you going: 6. Associate your group, program: Let the world know that you think these issues require high visibility and attention. Add you name and link to our listing here. 7. Comment on the draft materials & program: Intensive group discussions are going to be a big help in firming up this program, and in setting the stage for the specific pioneering city projects that now need to follow. 8. Identify cities, allies: You may already have some ideas about next steps, cities, projects, allies -- and we very much hope that you will share these with the groups, since any specific initiatives that you might take will serve to encourage others to get actively involved on their side. 9. Pass on the message: Please pass on this letter and related materials to your colleagues, contacts and discussion groups working in these areas. We are going to need to get the news out to many thousands of our colleagues and connections world wide if this is to gain the necessary momentum and support. 10. Get the media involved: And let the print and electronic media know as well about what we are trying to do and where to come for more. High international visibility is part of the toolkit we need to put in place to make this work. (Click here for latest Media Release). There are many ways now for you to get in touch, including one Click for direct browser contact which will link you directly via your browser to our offices here. Try it. Or come to Paris and let's talk about it. Click here for details on organizing your trip and stay here. Even without leaving the city we can show you some of the interesting things that are going on here . . . including not least the results of our mayor's commitment to cut private car use in the city by a steady 3% per year. Come and have a look at how this is working. It may give you some ideas. With all good wishes and kindest thanks for your collaboration, Eric Britton New Mobility Agenda Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara 75006 Paris, France E: postmaster@newmobility.org T: +331 4326 1323 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050216/eafd7bdf/attachment-0001.html From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Thu Feb 17 11:32:38 2005 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:32:38 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share your Beijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda Message-ID: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A282A01@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Dear sustran-discuss folks Maybe some here will be interested in this posting i just sent to the Gender and Transport list. Paul Dear gatnet folks This concept of mobility as a human right is very interesting but slightly troubling. I think i would agree that some notion of transport as a human right could be a powerful argument. However may i beg to differ on the terminology. Can i suggest instead 'basic accessibility' as a human right? (or just 'accessibility' as a human right), NOT 'mobility'. The distinction between accessibility and mobility is important. I am following some of Todd Litman's ideas here. He identifies three perspectives on "defining success" in transport policy: 1. 'Traffic': in this perspective vehicle movement and speed are beneficial; congestion or inadequate roads are seen as the problem. The old roads-focussed approaches in rural transport could be seen as analogous to a traffic focus. 2. 'Mobility': in this perspective it is the efficient movement of people and goods that is seen as beneficial or as they key aim of policy. This is much wiser than a traffic focus because at least it helps move attention to more efficient ways of moving people and goods. This would put a high priority on collective modes of transport (eg buses, rail). 3. 'Accessibility' or an 'access focus': In this perspective it is the ability to REACH opportunities that is beneficial, not movement itself. In remote rural contexts gaining access to services, goods and contacts will often require a lot of mobility. However, in many urban contexts accessibility might involve very short trips. And in places like suburban USA policy to enhance accessibility might actually require that we reduce traffic or even reduce the need to travel (or reduce mobility). In the rural transport context, an example would be non-transport interventions such as efforts to bring water supply and fuel supply to houses (instead of forcing people - especially women - to walk long distances for them). This is an excellent example of an effort to increase accessibility of services without the need to increase mobility. With an accessibility perspective, both traffic and mobility are obviously still important. But they are seen as 'means' not 'ends in themselves'. Other ways to enhance accessibility would include planning for proximity, improved communications systems, bringing services closer, etc. So maybe we could instead push for a 'right to accessibility' of goods, services and contacts. I would strongly oppose any suggestion that we have a 'right to mobility'. Unfortunately part of the problem is confusion over the terminology. I notice that some people mean the same thing as my 'accessibility' when they say 'mobility'. In Europe especially, 'mobility' seems to often be used in a way that suggests it includes accessibility thinking. I think it important to make the distinction. Please note that I am not saying that it is bad to increase mobility for low-income people, especially low-income women. What I am saying is that mobility is only one of the means for people to achieve the more fundamental end of gaining access to things. In many cases it is an important means, and we certainly should be helping people living in poverty to increase their mobility, in order to increase their accessibility. In rural contexts this will indeed be the main way to do so. Sorry to be so long-winded and argumentative on my very first posting to the list. A wonderful list by the way!! All the best, Paul Dr Paul A. Barter Assistant Professor, LKY School of Public Policy National University of Singapore, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119620 Tel: +65-6874 3324; Fax: +65-6778 1020 Email: paulbarter@nus.edu.sg I am speaking for myself, not for my employers. Are you interested in urban transport in developing countries? Then consider joining the SUSTRAN-DISCUSS list, an email discussion and announcements list devoted to people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries. Visit http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join or http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/ for more background information. _____ From: Kate Czuczman [mailto:p3_22981@ifrtd.org] Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 6:52 PM To: Gender and Transport Subject: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share your Beijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda It would be good to submit a piece on mobility as a human right. Coudou and Pri wrote something for the IFRTD website which could be adapted. Kate Czuczman Editor & Communications Coordinator IFRTD Secretariat Web: www.ifrtd.org and www.ruralwaterways.org Email: kate.czuczman@ifrtd.org "The IFRTD is a global network of individuals and organisations working together towards improved access and mobility for the rural poor in developing countries" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050217/1c2970eb/attachment.html From cpardo at cable.net.co Thu Feb 17 11:43:51 2005 From: cpardo at cable.net.co (Carlos F. Pardo) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:43:51 +0700 Subject: [sustran] [SPAM SOSPECHOSO] Re: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share yourBeijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda In-Reply-To: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A282A01@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <0IC0005X8JTO96E0@epicac.cable.net.co> First of all, I have little idea of the context in which you are discussing this. Nonetheless, I agree with the idea that you should be talking about accessibilty, and I've always thought that mobility in itself has been always thought of as a need for human beings. I have to explain myself: Human beings need to move, that is right basically because we have legs and arms, and if we don't move we will get a heart attack. But, once we have means of transport that may facilitate mobility, people start thinking that mobility is a need to a greater extent than it was before. Cities have increasing mobility, but also because of the ever-increasing availability of means of transportation. This is a vicious circle: more means to move = more mobility = more means to support that mobility, and so on. Thus, the idea of mobility as a human right is very troubling because of its lack of a clear definition in people's minds, but also because it has taken a right on its own. We need to get to places and things, so we need mobility. Maybe it's not so the other way around. I think I just went around your argument and made little contributions. Anyway, I hope it helps. 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 _____ De: sustran-discuss-bounces+cpardo=cable.net.co@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+cpardo=cable.net.co@list.jca.apc.org] En nombre de Paul Barter Enviado el: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:33 AM Para: sustran discuss Asunto: [sustran] Re: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share yourBeijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda Dear sustran-discuss folks Maybe some here will be interested in this posting i just sent to the Gender and Transport list. Paul Dear gatnet folks This concept of mobility as a human right is very interesting but slightly troubling. I think i would agree that some notion of transport as a human right could be a powerful argument. However may i beg to differ on the terminology. Can i suggest instead 'basic accessibility' as a human right? (or just 'accessibility' as a human right), NOT 'mobility'. The distinction between accessibility and mobility is important. I am following some of Todd Litman's ideas here. He identifies three perspectives on "defining success" in transport policy: 1. 'Traffic': in this perspective vehicle movement and speed are beneficial; congestion or inadequate roads are seen as the problem. The old roads-focussed approaches in rural transport could be seen as analogous to a traffic focus. 2. 'Mobility': in this perspective it is the efficient movement of people and goods that is seen as beneficial or as they key aim of policy. This is much wiser than a traffic focus because at least it helps move attention to more efficient ways of moving people and goods. This would put a high priority on collective modes of transport (eg buses, rail). 3. 'Accessibility' or an 'access focus': In this perspective it is the ability to REACH opportunities that is beneficial, not movement itself. In remote rural contexts gaining access to services, goods and contacts will often require a lot of mobility. However, in many urban contexts accessibility might involve very short trips. And in places like suburban USA policy to enhance accessibility might actually require that we reduce traffic or even reduce the need to travel (or reduce mobility). In the rural transport context, an example would be non-transport interventions such as efforts to bring water supply and fuel supply to houses (instead of forcing people - especially women - to walk long distances for them). This is an excellent example of an effort to increase accessibility of services without the need to increase mobility. With an accessibility perspective, both traffic and mobility are obviously still important. But they are seen as 'means' not 'ends in themselves'. Other ways to enhance accessibility would include planning for proximity, improved communications systems, bringing services closer, etc. So maybe we could instead push for a 'right to accessibility' of goods, services and contacts. I would strongly oppose any suggestion that we have a 'right to mobility'. Unfortunately part of the problem is confusion over the terminology. I notice that some people mean the same thing as my 'accessibility' when they say 'mobility'. In Europe especially, 'mobility' seems to often be used in a way that suggests it includes accessibility thinking. I think it important to make the distinction. Please note that I am not saying that it is bad to increase mobility for low-income people, especially low-income women. What I am saying is that mobility is only one of the means for people to achieve the more fundamental end of gaining access to things. In many cases it is an important means, and we certainly should be helping people living in poverty to increase their mobility, in order to increase their accessibility. In rural contexts this will indeed be the main way to do so. Sorry to be so long-winded and argumentative on my veryfirst posting to the list. A wonderful list by the way!! All the best, Paul Dr Paul A. Barter Assistant Professor, LKY School of Public Policy National University of Singapore, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119620 Tel: +65-6874 3324; Fax: +65-6778 1020 Email: paulbarter@nus.edu.sg I am speaking for myself, not for my employers. Are you interested in urban transport in developing countries? Then consider joining the SUSTRAN-DISCUSS list, an email discussion and announcements list devoted to people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries. Visit http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join or http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/ for more background information. _____ From: Kate Czuczman [mailto:p3_22981@ifrtd.org] Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 6:52 PM To: Gender and Transport Subject: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share your Beijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda It would be good to submit a piece on mobility as a human right. Coudou and Pri wrote something for the IFRTD website which could be adapted. Kate Czuczman Editor & Communications Coordinator IFRTD Secretariat Web: www.ifrtd.org and www.ruralwaterways.org Email: kate.czuczman@ifrtd.org "The IFRTD is a global network of individuals and organisations working together towards improved access and mobility for the rural poor in developing countries" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050217/384122c2/attachment.html From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Thu Feb 17 18:56:36 2005 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (EcoPlan, Paris) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:56:36 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Kyoto World Cities Challenge - Follow-up In-Reply-To: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A282A01@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <00d201c514d6$fd973830$6501a8c0@jazz> Dear Sustran and GATNET friends, I have several notes and calls from some of you since sending out our broadside announcing this new collaborative project yesterday. And apparently I made the mistake of crowding in so much detail that the central message at this point got lost in the woods. Let me see if I can rectify this quickly now. As you may recall, full information on the program and work plan is at http://newmobilitypartners.org . So let me leave all the background at this point at that. Here are the handful of points concerning which we would be most interested to hear from you individually and collectively. 1. Associate your group, program with the Kyoto cities Initiative: Let the world know that you think these issues require high visibility and attention. Add you name and link to our listing here. Also let us know if you are ready to work with us directly in any specific region or city in order to turn this from an abstract idea into a positive reality. 2. Comment on the draft materials & program: Intensive group discussions are going to be a big help in firming up this program, and in setting the stage for the specific pioneering city projects that now need to follow. 3. Identify target cities, allies: You may already have some ideas about next steps, target cities for us to work with, projects, allies -- and we very much hope that you will share these with the groups, since any specific initiatives that you might take will serve to encourage others to get actively involved on their side. 4. Pass on the message: Please pass on this letter and related materials to your colleagues, contacts and discussion groups working in these areas. And let us know about others whom we might usefully contact from here. We are going to need to get the news out to many thousands of our colleagues and connections world wide if this is to gain the necessary momentum and support. 5. Get the media involved: And let the print and electronic media know as well about what we are trying to do and where to come for more. High international visibility is part of the toolkit we need to put in place to make this work. (Click here for latest Media Release). And perhaps you might write an editorial to get the news out. (And should you wish I would be pleased to pitch in and do this with you.) I hope this is focused enough this time, but of course here we are as ever not only willing but also most enthusiastic about finding ways in which we can put our ideas and energies to work in the interest of sustainable development and social justice. And this program gives us a very concert way to start. And start now! I very much hope you agree. With all good wishes, Eric Britton Technology, Economy, Society Francis Eric Knight Britton Innovation consultancy/advisory EcoPlan International 8/10, rue Joseph Bara 75006 Paris, France eric.britton@ecoplan.org IM: Skype - ericbritton www.ericbritton.org tel: mobile: +331 4326 1323 +336 7321 5868 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050217/3dc01e06/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We are looking for naiotnal and city partners to get this project moving. Might you have some ideas from South Africa or Africa more gernally for this. Pleas be sure that they will recive our keenest attention. -----Original Message----- From: Universities Transport Study Group [mailto:UTSG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of David King Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:50 AM To: UTSG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [UTSG] Activity-based travel behaviour studies in the developing world Hi I'm currently conducting a literature review on activity-based travel behaviour analysis in developing countries, but as you might guess there doesn't seem to be a multitude of examples or papers on this subject. I've found a number of papers on the theory of activity-based modelling, but only one or two regarding practical implementation. Also examples of conceptual models seems to be scarce. Could anyone please assist, direct me? 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It may also be useful to explore some of the substantial body of time-use literature from developing countries particularly Africa, in this respect. Hope this helps Cheers Jeff Turner Jeff Turner Transport & Social Development Consultancy Ltd 2 Parkside Ave Leeds LS6 4JD Tel +44 (0)113 278 1994 Web: hhtp://www.geocities.com/transport_research From dking at csir.co.za Thu Feb 17 19:31:25 2005 From: dking at csir.co.za (David King) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:31:25 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Activity-based travel behaviour studies in the developing world Message-ID: Hi (I have been directed by Eric Britton to this discussion list) I'm currently conducting a literature review on activity-based travel behaviour analysis in developing countries, but as you might guess there doesn't seem to be a multitude of examples or papers on this subject. I've found a number of papers on the theory of activity-based modelling, but only one or two regarding practical implementation. Also examples of conceptual models seems to be scarce. Could anyone please assist, direct me? Much appreciated David King From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Fri Feb 18 20:00:51 2005 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:00:51 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: [gatnet] Mobility as a human right Message-ID: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A282A1A@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Sorry for cross-posting but to be fair to Priyanthi i feel i should share her response, which went to gatnet, in sustran-discuss too. _____ From: Priyanthi [mailto:priyanthi.fernando@ifrtd.org] Sent: Friday, 18 February 2005 6:57 PM To: Gender and Transport Subject: [gatnet] Mobility as a human right Dear Paul, Carlos and gatnet members It's interesting, this revisit to the debate on mobility and access. The way I understand the rural transport discourse on mobility is that there is a growing emphasis on the provision of rural transport services, not just 'infrastructure' - and also a realisation that providing basic services and reducing the need to travel, is not always the most feasible option, especially in low density areas. The concept of mobility as a human right however, moves beyond the debate on access to goods and services and argues that without the means and the freedom to be mobile, women and men cannot exercise the other widely accepted human rights. It focuses on people and the obstacles that prevent their movement, it talks about people having the power to be autonomous and taking control over their own lives. In this wider sense improving mobility is not just about developing transport infrastructure and services but also about overcoming the social, economic, political and physical constraints to movement that women and men face. These constraints are influenced by class, gender relations, poverty, physical disabilities, affordability, public policy, etc. Mobility is about removing these obstacles. The concept also takes into account the rights of women as recognized in the international human rights instruments. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees women's right to personal freedom of movement. However, gender relations and the unequal status of women results in gender discrimination and restricts women's ability to enjoy this right. From our experiences in rural areas, we can say that this is more so where whole communities are isolated and their rights to mobility are not recognised. In the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) women are ensured equal participation in political life, and the right to education, employment, health and economic and social activities. Several studies as well as the Platform for Action show that the lack of access to transport and gender discrimination on women's mobility, severely constrain women's ability to attend school, access health services or participate in political, social and economic activities. In our concept note, Codou Bop and I were arguing that without ensuring women's right to mobility their ability to enjoy these other rights will be impossible. The full concept note was shared with gatnet on the 2nd of August 2004. Best wishes Priyanthi _____ From: bounce-gatnet-161226@dgroups.org [mailto:bounce-gatnet-161226@dgroups.org] On Behalf Of Paul Barter Sent: 17 February 2005 02:24 To: Gender and Transport Subject: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share your Beijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda Dear gatnet folks This concept of mobility as a human right is very interesting but slightly troubling. I think i would agree that some notion of transport as a human right could be a powerful argument. However may i beg to differ on the terminology. Can i suggest instead 'basic accessibility' as a human right? (or just 'accessibility' as a human right), NOT 'mobility'. The distinction between accessibility and mobility is important. I am following some of Todd Litman's ideas here. He identifies three perspectives on "defining success" in transport policy: 1. 'Traffic': in this perspective vehicle movement and speed are beneficial; congestion or inadequate roads are seen as the problem. The old roads-focussed approaches in rural transport could be seen as analogous to a traffic focus. 2. 'Mobility': in this perspective it is the efficient movement of people and goods that is seen as beneficial or as they key aim of policy. This is much wiser than a traffic focus because at least it helps move attention to more efficient ways of moving people and goods. This would put a high priority on collective modes of transport (eg buses, rail). 3. 'Accessibility' or an 'access focus': In this perspective it is the ability to REACH opportunities that is beneficial, not movement itself. In remote rural contexts gaining access to services, goods and contacts will often require a lot of mobility. However, in many urban contexts accessibility might involve very short trips. And in places like suburban USA policy to enhance accessibility might actually require that we reduce traffic or even reduce the need to travel (or reduce mobility). In the rural transport context, an example would be non-transport interventions such as efforts to bring water supply and fuel supply to houses (instead of forcing people - especially women - to walk long distances for them). This is an excellent example of an effort to increase accessibility of services without the need to increase mobility. With an accessibility perspective, both traffic and mobility are obviously still important. But they are seen as 'means' not 'ends in themselves'. Other ways to enhance accessibility would include planning for proximity, improved communications systems, bringing services closer, etc. So maybe we could instead push for a 'right to accessibility' of goods, services and contacts. I would strongly oppose any suggestion that we have a 'right to mobility'. Unfortunately part of the problem is confusion over the terminology. I notice that some people mean the same thing as my 'accessibility' when they say 'mobility'. In Europe especially, 'mobility' seems to often be used in a way that suggests it includes accessibility thinking. I think it important to make the distinction. Please note that I am not saying that it is bad to increase mobility for low-income people, especially low-income women. What I am saying is that mobility is only one of the means for people to achieve the more fundamental end of gaining access to things. In many cases it is an important means, and we certainly should be helping people living in poverty to increase their mobility, in order to increase their accessibility. In rural contexts this will indeed be the main way to do so. Sorry to be so long-winded and argumentative on my veryfirst posting to the list. A wonderful list by the way!! All the best, Paul Dr Paul A. Barter Assistant Professor, LKY School of Public Policy National University of Singapore, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119620 Tel: +65-6874 3324; Fax: +65-6778 1020 Email: paulbarter@nus.edu.sg I am speaking for myself, not for my employers. Are you interested in urban transport in developing countries? Then consider joining the SUSTRAN-DISCUSS list, an email discussion and announcements list devoted to people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries. Visit http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join or http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/ for more background information. _____ From: Kate Czuczman [mailto:p3_22981@ifrtd.org] Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 6:52 PM To: Gender and Transport Subject: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share your Beijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda It would be good to submit a piece on mobility as a human right. Coudou and Pri wrote something for the IFRTD website which could be adapted. 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Paris, 20 February 2005 Empty Chair in Kyoto Open Society program sets out to help world cities become "Kyoto Compliant" Source: The New Mobility Agenda at http://newmobility.org, Paris, France Kyoto Treaty Needs Help in Cities After years of hard work on many sides, the Kyoto Protocols finally entered into effect on 16th February. And with it the obligation of 140 nations to do something about their greenhouse gas emissions. For the advanced industrial economies, the targets are going to be extremely hard to meet. But at least there is now a process in place which is starting to point the way. In some parts of the economy that is. However when it comes to transport in cities, there can be no grounds for optimism. 140 countries may have signed the Treaty, but not one city even initialed it. Transportation was the empty chair in Kyoto. How is that possible? It is well known that transport accounts for as much as 50%, and often more, of all air pollution being cranked out in our cities. However, and despite the many useful improvements made in recent years a number of leading innovating cities and projects, all the trends are harshly moving in the wrong direction. Each year and in every single city on the planet we are seeing more traffic, more lost time, more pollution, more accidents, more unnecessary deficits, and more urban amenity and quality of life washed away by aimless short-sighted policies. How can we move ahead on the challenges of Kyoto unless we figure out how to fill the missing chair? Kyoto Cities Challenge On the day the Kyoto Protocols entered into international law, the New Mobility Agenda, a Paris-based NGO, together with a world wide network of distinguished colleagues and organizations, announced a voluntary program and strategy to address this alarming oversight: the Kyoto Cities Challenge. The groundwork for this cooperative effort had been carefully laid over the last months with a series of internet discussions and in-person and videoconference exchanges which in time reached out to more than a thousand international experts and leading groups in the fields that need to be part of the solution. The new program has been carefully shaped through these expert exchanges and is now ready to go. The Challenge goals are exceptionally ambitious -- as indeed they must be under the circumstances. It not only invites each participating city to set exceptionally tough performance targets for itself to move toward "Kyoto Compliance", but also to do this in terms of a very tight timetable of less than two years. One variant receiving especially close attention is the 20/20 Challenge. The goal is to create a high profile city-wide action program to achieve some form of 20% reduction in a target period of 20 months. The question comes up of course "20% of what". And this is something that needs to be sorted out by the planning teams in each city. Thus one city might target a 20% reduction of CO2 emissions, another of some indicator of motorized traffic, a third perhaps some pubic health metric such as pulmonary infections. But in each case these need to be set carefully during the intense three month blueprint stage. The international expert group is confident that this challenge can be met, but is well aware that this is going to require exceptionally strong local leadership, considerable technical virtuosity and a broad base of public support if it is to work The cooperating experts are confident that once a first group of pioneer cities show the way, this approach will capture the attention of many others and spread like wildfire. What is needed now is that first set of high visibility, high impact city programs. The rest will follow. And in this way we will have at last filled that empty chair in Kyoto. *** END 613 WORDS END *** For more information on the Kyoto Cities Challenge go to http://newmobility.org. Contact: Eric Britton The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative at http://ecoplan.org Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara 75006 Paris, France E: postmaster@newmobility.org T: +331 4326 1323 Skype: ericbritton IP video: SightSpeed: ericbritton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050220/a009660f/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Empty-Chair.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 17206 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050220/a009660f/Empty-Chair-0001.pdf From cpardo at pardinus.org Mon Feb 21 12:37:53 2005 From: cpardo at pardinus.org (Carlos Felipe Pardo) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:37:53 +0700 Subject: [sustran] SUTP new downloadable documents on web site Message-ID: <20050221033920.9117C2BC9F@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> Dear sustran members, This is to inform you that our sutp.org website has been updated with a download section that can be accessed at the following address: http://www.sutp.org/download/index.php . (note: during the previous week, some of you may have experienced trouble logging in. This was due to the new arrangements of the website). In this section we have uploaded 10 more modules of the sourcebook on sustainable transport for policy makers in the developing world. The modules available for download (once logged in) currently include the following: 0. Introductory module (available in English, Spanish, Chinese). Topic 1: Institutional and Policy Orientation 1a: "The role of transport in urban development policy" by Enrique Pe?alosa Available in Spanish 1b: "Urban transport institutions" by Richard Meakin Available in English, Spanish, Romanian 1c: "Private sector participation in urban transport infrastructure provisions" by Chris Zegras Available in English, Spanish 1d: "Economic Instruments" by Manfred Breithaupt Available in English, Spanish 1e: "Raising public awareness about sustainable urban transport" by Karl Fjellstrom Available in English, Spanish Topic 2: Land Use planning and demand management 2a: "Land use planning and urban transport" by Rudolf Petersen Available in English, Spanish 2b: "Mobility management" by Todd Litman Available in English, Spanish, Chinese Topic 3: Transit, Walking and Cycling 3a: "Mass transit options" by Lloyd Wright and Karl Fjellstrom Available in Spanish, Indonesian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Chinese 3b: "Bus Rapid Transit" by Lloyd Wright Available in English, Spanish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese 3c: "Bus regulation and planning" by Richard Meakin Available in English, Spanish, Romanian, Vietnamese, Thai 3d: "Preserving and expanding the role of non-motorised transport" by Walter Hook Available in English, Spanish Topic 4: Vehicles and Fuels 4a: "Cleaner fuels and vehicle technologies" by Michael Walsh and Reinhard Kolke Available in Spanish 4b: "Inspection and maintenance and Roadworthiness" by Reinhard Kolke Available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese 4c: "Two- and three-wheelers" by Jitendra Shah and N.V. Iyer Available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese 4d: "Natural gas vehicles" by MVV Innotec Available in Spanish, Indonesian Topic 5: Environmental and Health Impacts 5a: "Air quality management" by Dietrich Schwela Available in English, Spanish, French 5b: "Urban road safety" by Jacqueline Lacroix and Davd Silcock Available in English, Spanish 5c: "Noise and its abatement" by Civic Exchange Available in English, Spanish Topic 6: Resources 6. "Resources for policy- makers" by GTZ Available in English, Spanish If you are interested in downloading any of these documents, please go to http://www.sutp.org/download/index.php Any other comments will be gladly received 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 From sujit at vsnl.com Mon Feb 21 15:26:54 2005 From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:56:54 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: SUTP new downloadable documents on web site In-Reply-To: <20050221033920.9117C2BC9F@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> References: <20050221033920.9117C2BC9F@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.0.20050221115245.03475940@mail.vsnl.com> 21 February 2005 Dear Carlos, This is wonderful. I've been forwarding Enrique Penalosa's tlak at Berkeley to anyone who wants to know more about Sustainable transport, but your list looks good. Will go through it an give you my feedback if any. Regards, -- Sujit Patwardhan At 09:07 AM 2/21/2005, you wrote: >Dear sustran members, > >This is to inform you that our sutp.org website has been updated with a >download section that can be accessed at the following address: >http://www.sutp.org/download/index.php . >(note: during the previous week, some of you may have experienced trouble >logging in. This was due to the new arrangements of the website). > >In this section we have uploaded 10 more modules of the sourcebook on >sustainable transport for policy makers in the developing world. The modules >available for download (once logged in) currently include the following: > >0. Introductory module (available in English, Spanish, Chinese). > >Topic 1: Institutional and Policy Orientation >1a: "The role of transport in urban development policy" by Enrique Pe?alosa >Available in Spanish > >1b: "Urban transport institutions" by Richard Meakin >Available in English, Spanish, Romanian > >1c: "Private sector participation in urban transport infrastructure >provisions" by Chris Zegras >Available in English, Spanish > >1d: "Economic Instruments" by Manfred Breithaupt >Available in English, Spanish > >1e: "Raising public awareness about sustainable urban transport" by Karl >Fjellstrom >Available in English, Spanish > >Topic 2: Land Use planning and demand management > >2a: "Land use planning and urban transport" by Rudolf Petersen >Available in English, Spanish > >2b: "Mobility management" by Todd Litman >Available in English, Spanish, Chinese > >Topic 3: Transit, Walking and Cycling > >3a: "Mass transit options" by Lloyd Wright and Karl Fjellstrom >Available in Spanish, Indonesian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Chinese > >3b: "Bus Rapid Transit" by Lloyd Wright >Available in English, Spanish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese > >3c: "Bus regulation and planning" by Richard Meakin >Available in English, Spanish, Romanian, Vietnamese, Thai > >3d: "Preserving and expanding the role of non-motorised transport" by Walter >Hook >Available in English, Spanish > >Topic 4: Vehicles and Fuels > >4a: "Cleaner fuels and vehicle technologies" by Michael Walsh and Reinhard >Kolke >Available in Spanish > >4b: "Inspection and maintenance and Roadworthiness" by Reinhard Kolke >Available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese > >4c: "Two- and three-wheelers" by Jitendra Shah and N.V. Iyer >Available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese > >4d: "Natural gas vehicles" by MVV Innotec >Available in Spanish, Indonesian > >Topic 5: Environmental and Health Impacts > >5a: "Air quality management" by Dietrich Schwela >Available in English, Spanish, French > >5b: "Urban road safety" by Jacqueline Lacroix and Davd Silcock >Available in English, Spanish > >5c: "Noise and its abatement" by Civic Exchange >Available in English, Spanish > >Topic 6: Resources > >6. "Resources for policy- makers" by GTZ >Available in English, Spanish > >If you are interested in downloading any of these documents, please go to >http://www.sutp.org/download/index.php > >Any other comments will be gladly received 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 > > > > > >================================================================ >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 sujit@vsnl.com From matthias_mueth at hotmail.com Fri Feb 25 19:58:37 2005 From: matthias_mueth at hotmail.com (matthias mueth) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:58:37 +0100 Subject: [sustran] mobility as a right In-Reply-To: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A282A01@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20050225/071b8ee1/attachment.html From litman at vtpi.org Sat Feb 26 03:09:44 2005 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:09:44 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: mobility as a right In-Reply-To: References: <0C270D0ABD2B8B44900A88DE0887F49A282A01@MBOX01.stf.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20050225094025.04edd670@mail.highspeedplus.com> Dear Sustran Colleagues, Related to this issue, I've recently updated my paper "Evaluating Transportation Equity" (http://www.vtpi.org/equity.pdf). It is intended to provide an overview of transportation equity concepts and practical guidance on how to incorporate equity objectives into transportation planning. It uses a somewhat different approach to addressing the issue of whether mobility and accessibility is a "right". It defines certain types of transport activity to be "basic access", that is, transport that reflects society's priorities. This typically includes access for medical care and other essential services, transport to school and work, public service and freight transport, and HOVs. Basic access is often given priority over other transport activities (which is why emergency vehicles with sirens have priority over other traffic, and some lanes and parking space are reserved for HOV and delivery vehicles), and deserves more public support, including subsidies, than more discretionary and luxury travel. I would greatly appreciate your feedback on this paper. Once I'm satisfied with it I plan to submit a shorter version to the Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal. Best wishes, -Todd Litman At 11:58 AM 2/25/2005 +0100, matthias mueth wrote: >Dear Sustran-Discuss members, > >accessibility as an aspect of gender-equality is doubtless of great >importance and needs to be proclaimed. > >Nevertheless, doing so should distinguish between mobility and >accessibility, as pointed out by Paul Barter. > >Apart from this, accessibility, i.e. the opportunity to reach >opportunities, ought to be declared a fundamental need and possibly a >right. I am strongly opposed to declaring it a "human right", because this >term ought not to be used in an inflatory way, but solely be applied in >its original meaning of the first generation of human rights. Otherwise it >is deemed to lose its force. > >Best regards, > >Matthias Mueth / Hamburg > > > > > >From: "Paul Barter" > >Reply-To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport > > >To: "sustran discuss" > >Subject: [sustran] Re: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share > yourBeijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda > >Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:32:38 +0800 > > > >Dear sustran-discuss folks > > > >Maybe some here will be interested in this posting i just sent to the > >Gender and Transport list. > > > >Paul > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear gatnet folks > > > > > > > >This concept of mobility as a human right is very interesting but > >slightly troubling. I think i would agree that some notion of transport > >as a human right could be a powerful argument. However may i beg to > >differ on the terminology. Can i suggest instead 'basic accessibility' > >as a human right? (or just 'accessibility' as a human right), NOT > >'mobility'. > > > > > > > >The distinction between accessibility and mobility is important. I am > >following some of Todd Litman's ideas here. He identifies three > >perspectives on "defining success" in transport policy: > > > > > > > >1. 'Traffic': in this perspective vehicle movement and speed are > >beneficial; congestion or inadequate roads are seen as the problem. The > >old roads-focussed approaches in rural transport could be seen as > >analogous to a traffic focus. > > > > > > > >2. 'Mobility': in this perspective it is the efficient movement of > >people and goods that is seen as beneficial or as they key aim of > >policy. This is much wiser than a traffic focus because at least it > >helps move attention to more efficient ways of moving people and goods. > >This would put a high priority on collective modes of transport (eg > >buses, rail). > > > > > > > >3. 'Accessibility' or an 'access focus': In this perspective it is the > >ability to REACH opportunities that is beneficial, not movement itself. > >In remote rural contexts gaining access to services, goods and contacts > >will often require a lot of mobility. However, in many urban contexts > >accessibility might involve very short trips. And in places like > >suburban USA policy to enhance accessibility might actually require that > >we reduce traffic or even reduce the need to travel (or reduce > >mobility). > > > > > > > >In the rural transport context, an example would be non-transport > >interventions such as efforts to bring water supply and fuel supply to > >houses (instead of forcing people - especially women - to walk long > >distances for them). This is an excellent example of an effort to > >increase accessibility of services without the need to increase > >mobility. > > > > > > > >With an accessibility perspective, both traffic and mobility are > >obviously still important. But they are seen as 'means' not 'ends in > >themselves'. Other ways to enhance accessibility would include planning > >for proximity, improved communications systems, bringing services > >closer, etc. > > > > > > > >So maybe we could instead push for a 'right to accessibility' of goods, > >services and contacts. I would strongly oppose any suggestion that we > >have a 'right to mobility'. > > > > > > > >Unfortunately part of the problem is confusion over the terminology. I > >notice that some people mean the same thing as my 'accessibility' when > >they say 'mobility'. In Europe especially, 'mobility' seems to often be > >used in a way that suggests it includes accessibility thinking. I think > >it important to make the distinction. > > > > > > > >Please note that I am not saying that it is bad to increase mobility for > >low-income people, especially low-income women. What I am saying is that > >mobility is only one of the means for people to achieve the more > >fundamental end of gaining access to things. In many cases it is an > >important means, and we certainly should be helping people living in > >poverty to increase their mobility, in order to increase their > >accessibility. In rural contexts this will indeed be the main way to do > >so. > > > > > > > >Sorry to be so long-winded and argumentative on my very first posting to > >the list. A wonderful list by the way!! > > > > > > > >All the best, > > > > > > > >Paul > > > > > > > >Dr Paul A. Barter > >Assistant Professor, LKY School of Public Policy > >National University of Singapore, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore > >119620 > >Tel: +65-6874 3324; Fax: +65-6778 1020 > >Email: paulbarter@nus.edu.sg > >I am speaking for myself, not for my employers. > > > >Are you interested in urban transport in developing countries? Then > >consider joining the SUSTRAN-DISCUSS list, an email discussion and > >announcements list devoted to people-centred, equitable and sustainable > >transport with a focus on developing countries. Visit > >http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join or > >http://www.geocities.com/sustrannet/ for more background information. > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: Kate Czuczman [mailto:p3_22981@ifrtd.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 6:52 PM > > To: Gender and Transport > > Subject: [gatnet] Re: FW: [siyanda] Invitation to share your > >Beijing +10 views and resources on Siyanda > > > > > > > > It would be good to submit a piece on mobility as a human right. > >Coudou and Pri wrote something for the IFRTD website which could be > >adapted. > > > > > > > > Kate Czuczman > > Editor & Communications Coordinator > > IFRTD Secretariat > > Web: www.ifrtd.org and www.ruralwaterways.org > > Email: kate.czuczman@ifrtd.org > > > > "The IFRTD is a global network of individuals and organisations > >working together towards improved access and mobility for the rural poor > >in developing countries" > > > > > > > > > > > >================================================================ > >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. > > >================================================================ >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. Sincerely, Todd Litman, Director Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" 1250 Rudlin Street Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 Email: litman@vtpi.org Website: http://www.vtpi.org From fekbritton at gmail.com Sun Feb 27 02:31:24 2005 From: fekbritton at gmail.com (Eric Britton) Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:31:24 +0100 Subject: [sustran] "Best Practices": Source listings for information and comment Message-ID: <3c085bdd05022609317706cf6d@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, In support of our work on the Kyoto World Cities Challenge Initiative ? see http://newmobility.org for the latest on that -- we have prepared the following list of "Best Practices" web sites covering initiatives in the area of sustainable mobility and city transportation improvements more generally. While I am sure that it is still quite incomplete, I do hope that this will be of use for you, and should you have additions or corrections, this would be most appreciated. Why is this important? Because when it comes times for city teams to consider if indeed they are going to be able to make the kind of very ambitious advances the Kyoto Cities Challenge is asking for, they are going to need all the help they can get. You can see how we are handling this on the site. When the listing has been completed it will be posted here for all to consult and use. As always. Kind thanks Eric Britton **************************************** List of "Best Practices" Web Sites and Programs (Draft for information and comment) ACCESS - Eurocities for a New Mobility Culture a local authority network aiming to promote a new mobility culture throughout Europe, in order to combat congestion, improve air quality http://www.access-eurocities.org/ fekbritton Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme(UN-HABITAT) http://www.bestpractices.org/ Best practice for sustainable urban infrastructures Europe, COST program http://www.cf.ac.uk/archi/research/cost8/ Bremen Initiative Best Practice Resources http://www.bremen-initiative.de/links/best_practices.html Case studies on sustainable development 2004 World Health Organization http://www.who.dk/eprise/main/WHO/Progs/HCP/Documentation/20010917_2 ELTIS case study database European Local Transport Information Service http://www.eltis.org/en/indexcse.htm EPOMM - European Platform for Mobility Management examples of successful Mobility Management, collected from all over Europe and beyond http://www.epommweb.org/epomm_examples_all.phtml?sprache=en EURONET/ICLEI Consortium Old but still a reference to consider- 1996 http://www3.iclei.org/egpis/citylist.htm European Database on Good Practice in Urban Management and Sustainability designed to help local authorities to work towards sustainability by disseminating good practice and policy, facilitating the exchange of experience, and raising awareness about how cities and towns can be managed in more sustainable ways http://europa.eu.int/comm/urban/ Gateway to International Best Practices and Innovations EPA National Center for Environmental Innovation http://www.epa.gov/innovation/international/transportation.htm ICLEI Project Summaries - Transport Also see Planning, Tools and Land Use sections http://www.iclei.org/LEICOMM/LEICASES.HTM#transport Model Cities: Urban Best Practices (Volume 1) Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore and The Institute of Policy Studies, 263 pages, ISBN 981-04-2446-9 http://www.ips.org.sg/publications/pub_mc99i.htm Model Cities: Urban Best Practices (Volume 2) Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore and The Institute of Policy Studies, 258 pages, ISBN 981-04-2447-7 http://www.ips.org.sg/publications/pub_mc99ii.htm SMILE - Sustainable Urban Transport Policies and Initiatives "170 successful and replicable European practices for sustainable mobility" http://www.smile-europe.org/frame22.html SURBAN - database on sustainable urban development in Europe Europe, fairllarge http://www.eaue.de/winuwd/list.htm Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities http://www.partnerships.stockholm.se/ UITP Mobility in Cities Database http://www.uitp.com/Project/index29.htm USCM Best Practices Database U.S. Conference of Mayors http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/best_practices/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On-line TDM Encyclopedia Victoria Transport Policy Institute http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/index.php WHO Healthy City Network A source of valuable expertise, legitimacy and continuous learning http://www.who.dk/healthy-cities/CitiesAndNetworks/20010919_1