[sustran] Kyoto World Cities Challenge - Next steps at Sustran

[Administrative User]

Full program background at http://kyotocities.org <http://kyotocities.org/>


 

Dear Sustran Friends,

 

Well while there is still work to be done, we have now made enough progress
in laying the base for the Kyoto World Cities Challenge Initiative that I
can decently put what we have before you and ask you for your ideas,
reactions and suggestions.

 

You will find the whole story at http://kyotocities.org
<http://kyotocities.org/> , and I do hope that you not only find it a fair
beginning but also that perhaps in time it will prove of use to many of you.
The idea that we are now bringing together an extremely distinguished
collection of experts, doers and authorities on sustainability
transportation will, I firmly hope, be a stepping stone in getting our
movement into the first ranks of policy council and practice
internationally. 

 

Here are a couple of immediate questions to you:

 

1.	Should we be encouraging discussions of this project, its ideas and
future developments here - or is it out of the mainstream of your interests.
(This is an important point for me, because I value your time and do not
wish to dilute it with anything that might be less than potentially useful
for you).


2.	Any suggestions about what you see thus far?


3.	Nominations for people and groups that will draw attention to the
quality and coverage of the program.


4.	Ideas for specific cities that we can somehow target. since that in
the final analysis is what this whole thing is all about: demonstrating that
very large significant improvement can be made in the short term without
recourse to magic bullets, huge piles of taxpayer money, building new
anything (that is big), and the list goes on.

 

I look forward with real interest to hearing what you have to say and
suggest on this.  I think it's in a fine cause and hope you agree.

 

With all good wishes,

 

Eric Britton

 

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Kyoto World Cities Challenge - Abstract

 

Despite the fact that the transport sector is responsible for at least half,
often more, of all CO2 production in most cities, there is no provision
under the Kyoto Protocols to provide guidelines, mechanisms or incentives to
attack these problems.  Transport in cities was the "
<http://ecoplan.org/wtpp/challenge/empty-chair.pdf> Empty Chair in Kyoto".  

 

The Kyoto World Cities Challenge Initiative has been created to provide an
open platform of expert guidance and peer support for groups and cities
anywhere in the world wishing to attack these problems, and in the process
move toward being "Kyoto Compliant".  

 

The three main pillars of this collaborative Open Society initiative are: 

 

(a)   An aggressive proposal for practical remedial action at the level of
the city in a 20 month target period starting in 2005,  supported by . . . 

 

(b)   A distinguished International Advisory Panel which brings together a
high level group of recognized experts and leaders in the several fields
being brought together here, and 

 

(c)   A multi-level information and IP communications platform making
state-of-the-arts use of low cost high quality internet tools to knit the
network and the interested cities together.  

 

For full background: http://kyotocities.org <http://kyotocities.org/> 

 

 

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