[sustran] Re: Small surprises. Getting messages across - Think about this

[Prof J G Krishnayya]

Dear Eric,
 
What a nice way to start out the New Year!  Many thanks, and may 2007 be
another Breakthrough year for you and for all of us in Sustran!!
 
I went over to the site, and took a look especially at Brainfood.  It
was most ingenious how you have incorporated YouTube into the site in a
totally seamless manner. How you have made each video short enough to be
seen in snatches, and also how you have sequenced the videos (for
automatic display) in each department.   I was particularly interested
in the BRT series, and would like to say that the first one – about
Curitiba, Bogota and Brisbane was just excellent.  However, I was less
pleased with the lengthy Eindhoven video which appeared really to be too
much of a PR job – even though the technology described was impressive. 
 
What intrigued me was the comment from Brisbane that BRT could be built
in “just” three years, allowing for all the detailed planning and
coordination with Police, Roads, Transportation authorities, with very
strong Political support.  Ironically, Pune city has proved that it can
be done – once and for all – in 6 months, in a manner that will most
probably kill off BRT and bring on Rail instead!!  
 
Thanks for creating an excellent site, for making full use of available
(free) technology, and for your interesting introduction videos.
 
Sincerely,
 
J G Krishnayya
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Subject: [sustran] Small surprises. Getting messages across - Think
about this
 
A civil society “project”:
 
So our dear friend Robert Stussi goes to Groningen to spend a few ways
with Hans Monderman last summer and at one point walks out onto the
street, pulls out his ancient video camera, and films ninety seconds of
unexpectedly commented street life in that wonderful place that has
actually decided what kind of community it wants to be. 
 
But what to do with it?  Well, Robert modestly pipes it over to me to
have a look, and I say, terrific! let’s pop it over to both Google Video
and YouTube, and then get out the word and set up a few links on the New
Mobility Agenda site (you can check it out if you have not already seen
it, via http://www.newmobility.org then Brainfood on the bottom left
menu) and see what happens. Well before you can blink your eyes no less
than (as of today) 1384 people visit the Google version and 465 from
YouTube.  Hmm.  
 
What’s the point? Well, here is one small almost costless move on the
part of, I really think we can call it civil society – Monderman, all
those who he has managed to convince with his work over the years,
Stussi, the two guys in the street, all those others out their walking
and on their bikes, and even the drivers who nicely become part of a new
fabric of society, and you and me  --  and I just have to believe that
it is going to have its own bit of impact. We have to do this one small
step at a time. And here is one great example.
 
Next?
 
Eric Britton 
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