[sustran] Re: Low Car Diet?

[Carlos F. Pardo SUTP]

The mere experience of taking a policymaker through one poor person’s
transport itinerary from his home to his job (which sometimes will take 2
hours or more) may make him aware of the fact that there should be something
done about it. After that first (and impressive ride), he/she may be
motivated to leave the car for a couple of days a month. Then a couple of
days a week, then every day of the week. If you arrive at this last step,
you have an ally. But, you need to get to that point progressively, just as
Darwin explained it.

 

Best regards, 

 

Carlos F. Pardo 
Coordinador de Proyecto 
GTZ - Proyecto de Transporte Sostenible (SUTP, SUTP-LAC) 
Cl 125bis # 41-28 of 404
Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Tel:  +57 (1) 215 7812

Fax: +57 (1) 236 2309  
Mobile: +57 (3) 15 296 0662
e-mail:  <mailto:carlos.pardo at sutp.org> carlos.pardo at sutp.org 
Página:  <http://www.sutp.org/> www.sutp.org

 

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De: sustran-discuss-bounces+carlos.pardo=sutp.org at list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+carlos.pardo=sutp.org at list.jca.apc.org] En
nombre de Eric Britton
Enviado el: Lunes, 14 de Agosto de 2006 01:06 a.m.
Para: 'Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport'
CC: NewMobilityCafe at yahoogroups.com; LotsLessCars at yahoogroups.com
Asunto: [sustran] Low Car Diet?

 

Joselito Lomada Guevarra writes on this date on the subject of Carlos
Prado’s suggestion that we somehow get policy makers to use cycles and/or
public transport themselves to better understand the possibilities and needs
of us ordinary people in our day to day lives: "And how do you intend to do
this? Riding bicycles or public transport once or twice won't sway them that
easily...they need to do it over a long period of time...continuously.

 

 

Indeed that’s where we think that a concept like the Low-Car Diet might be
put to use with real results. 

 

Low Car Diet? Never heard of it? Well click
<http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGL
G%3A2006-25%2CGGLG%3Aen&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Low+car+diet&as_oq=&as_eq=
carb&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i
&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images>
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG
%3A2006-25%2CGGLG%3Aen&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Low+car+diet&as_oq=&as_eq=c
arb&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&
as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images  60,000 (SIXTY THOUSAND) entries in
Google.

 

Pressure your political representatives and candidates for public office to
go on a public low car diet. Help them. Organize a local event and gets lots
of people to give it a try.  As you can see through Google, here is a New
Mobility concept for which it is easy to get media attention. 

 

What a simple concept!  A full month. That is a real commitment to
sustainability. No matter what the final decision of that individual might
be. Not to worry, they will be changed in some fundamental ways for life.

 

PS. IN the New Mobility Briefs ( <http://newmobilitypartners.org/>
http://newmobilitypartners.org) we are going to do a special issue on Low
Car Diets. Stay tuned. 

 

PPS. What about this as a project that can be announced in your city for
your next Car Free Day? That’s exactly what they are for by the way. 

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