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

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

Hi,

Again, I think there is a reason many or perhaps all of these Goodwill 
Ambassadors are not current, former or future political figures. I am 
not hiding any bias against Penalosa and I wish that more politicians of 
all genders had his cajones, but he is perhaps too obvious a supporter 
of whatever we end up telling UNEP what we want to call "appropriate, 
desirable and sustainable transport solutions (ADSTS) for cities and 
regions which are designed to decrease the need for mobility (DDNM)".

In regards to the oft-heard and generally reasonable complaint about 
underground metros costing the equivalent of one million years worth of 
GNPs of every developing country in the universe, don't you think we 
need someone who is powerful enough to tell various parties that he or 
she thinks they might want to consider shifting some dineros, shekels, 
sea dollars or salt wafers from their military spending - usually way, 
way-ay-ay more absurd than an inappropriate metro - to ADSTS and DDNM?

- T

  Pendakur 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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> Honorary Professor, China National Academy of Sciences; 
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> Subject: [sustran] Re: UN "ambassador" for public transport?
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> Enrique Penalosa?
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>>>> 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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