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

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

Hi,

How about if they are just stars on one continent or for example North 
America and Europe... or something like France and Francophone countries 
in Africa?

They might make the search easier...

T

Lew Fulton wrote:
> I think Enrique Penalosa is perfect in the sense that he is the real deal,
> is a visionary, is inspiring and is fluent in key languages. But he's not
> widely known outside of transport and urban sustainability circles.  If we
> could have him star in a major hollywood film, that would do the trick,
> though I tend to doubt that's on his agenda, or theirs...
>
> Probably the key is to get in touch with some big agents and see what stars
> take transit (obviously they don't live in LA) and would be interested.
> I'll look into our ambassador system doing this, but in the mean time, if
> anyone finds out about any stars who have even once in their life been on a
> bus, let me know :-).
>
> Lew
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> Hi,
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> 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
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>   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
>> Professor Emeritus, University of BC
>> Honorary Professor, China National Academy of Sciences;
>> Director, ITDP (NY) & Secretary, ABE90-TRB
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>> 702- 1099 Marinaside Cresecent, Vancouver, BC
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>> ] On Behalf Of Lee Schipper
>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:15 AM
>> To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport
>> 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 >>>
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>>>>>           
>> 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
>> PO Box 30552-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
>> tel: +254 20 762 3257 (From Europe and N.America, you can dial via Italy,
>> often a better connection: +39 0831 24 3000, wait for voice then dial 124
>> 3257)
>> fax: +254 20 762 4041/42
>> lew.fulton at unep.org
>> www.unep.org/gef
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