[sustran] Re: sorry, and a question

[Lew Fulton]

Thanks for these ideas and information sources folks.  Indeed, security
(apart from traffic safety) at this particular location is a major concern,
so it will probably quite limit the willingness of management to encourage
cycling. But we'll push it and see if we can at least get cycle lanes put
in in the immediate vicinity. Commuter minivans that serve specific
neighborhoods may aslo be cost-effective -the trick will be having them run
often enough so that people feel confident they will be able to get to
work/home when they want to each day. I agree that traffic calming is also
a very important component.

Lew



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Sometimes employees give bonuses (or some sort of point system) to workers
who arrive by bicycle, which could result in a day off or so at the end of
the month. However, if infrastructure and security are great concerns, it
might not be relevant... unless they arrange groups in which people arrive
at the same time to their office on their bikes. It might sound too utopic
for this situation, but some variations could be developed.

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 (during August- September: +57 1 635 9048)
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Asunto: [sustran] Re: sorry, and a question

i think i am familiar with the compoound of which you speak.  i should
think that shared minivan service organized by the large institutions
should be quite simple to organize, and like the idea of charging for
parking.  at least you are only dealing with a limited numbef of
institutions to negotiate with!  regarding bike lanes, they are desperately
needed but my recollectoin is that the security concerns are more than just
traffic accidents.

w.

Original Message:
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From: Lew Fulton Lew.Fulton at unep.org
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:18:09 +0300
To: sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org
Subject: [sustran] sorry, and a question


Whoops - sorry about that last email folks!

I'll take the opportunity to make a real post - a request for info. A
particular employer just outside Nairobi, I won't say who, is in dire need
of some traffic control measures around their large suburban compound.
Given the suburban, fairly car-dependent location, they are not surprsingly
experiencing a choking surge in single-occupant vehicles (SOVs) (not to
mention SUVs) comming to work each day. There is increasingly bad traffic
in the area and the expansive parking lot is getting pretty full.  I would
like to help them out with developing a plan to alleviate the problems, and
so I am looking for ideas.

I have seen many studies and policy papers on this type of situation in the
places like the US, but not for a developing country context. Maybe the
solution isn't very different - the primary difference, I think, is that
here only about half the employees own a car - the other half already come
to work by bus.

The basic ideas I'm starting with are:

-start charging for parking
- use the funds to pay for:
      - minivan commuter service for nearby neighborhoods
      - bike lane construction where possible in vicinity. Would be a first
for Nairobi.
      - car ride matching service on their intranet

Thanks for any other suggestions, or any relevant analyses and experiences
you can point me toward...

Lew



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