[sustran] Re: Review of BRT experience in Asia

[Craig Townsend]

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

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Craig Townsend, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Concordia University, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
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Email: townsend at 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
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>¥x¤j¤g¤ì¨t±Ð±Â  ±i¾Ç¤Õ³Õ¤h Dr. Shyue Koong (Jason) CHANG
>Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
>National Taiwan University
>Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
>voice:+886-935178543 fax:+886-2236369990
>skchang at ntu.edu.tw  skchang2020 at yahoo.com.tw
>
>
>Quoting aables at 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 at adb.org
>>PO Box 789
>>0980 Manila
>>
>>http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
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