[sustran] Re: UN "ambassador" for public transport?

[Sujit Patwardhan]

Enrique Penalosa. Agree 100% with Dr Pendakur.
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On 5/13/07, Pendakur <pendakur at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
> Absolutely, Enrique Penalosa.  He is articulate, has professional and
> political experience in "making things happen" and to boot it, he is
> absolutely attention catching.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Setty
> Dr. V. Setty Pendakur
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> Subject: [sustran] Re: UN "ambassador" for public transport?
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> Enrique Penalosa?
>
> >>> Lew Fulton <Lew.Fulton at unep.org> 5/10/2007 8:31:51 AM >>>
> Hello all,
>
> A UN colleague of mine is interested in exploring finding someone with
> star
> power who is (or could logically be) an advocate for public transport and
> might be interested in becoming a "UN Ambassador" on the topic.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lew
>
> Lew Fulton
> Program Officer, Sustainable Transport
> Division of GEF Coordination
> UN Environment Programme
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