[sustran] Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest : Vol. 5 Issue 12

Sudhir sudhir at cai-asia.org
Fri Aug 1 12:51:57 JST 2008


Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest
Vol. 5 Issue 12
1 August 2008

SUMA News Digest is a free weekly e-mail publication that features
news, information, and events related to sustainable urban
transportation in Asia.

*** VISIT THE SUMA PAGES:
http://www.cleanairnet.org/suma ***

*SUMA PARTNERS ON THE MOVE! *

*GTZ-SUTP: **GTZ delivers 2-day and 6-day training courses on Mass Transit
in Indore (India)***
*GTZ SUTP has delivered training courses on Mass Transit in Indore (India)
from June 26 to July 1, as part of the SUMA* project. The training courses
were held in cooperation with WRI-Embarq and ITDP, and *
*main trainers were Darío Hidalgo (WRI), Shreya Gadepalli (ITDP),
Carlosfelipe Pardo (GTZ). Read More*

*
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1201&Itemid=132&lang=uk
*

*ADB: **Asia on the Move: Energy Efficient and Inclusive Transport***

*The Forum is organized by ADB and co-sponsored by the global Transport
Knowledge Partnership. The Resource Speakers would be renowned experts* from
governments, financial institutions, civil society, academia, and
international organizations. Visit the link to know more about the workshop

*http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2008/ADB-Transport-Forum-2008/*

*NEWSREPORTS*

*South Korea promoting bicycle use*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72912.html

*Philippines: Higher Transport Fares Demanded*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72907.html

*Bangladesh: **Mindset Change A Must For Woman-Friendly Bus Journey: Study**
*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72913.html

*India:Tata Motors To Roll out Electric Cars:*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72921.html

*India : From Busway to BRT*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72904.html

*Why readers aren't overjoyed at travelling by bus in Viet Nam*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72914.html

*Malaysia : Gas for Buses*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72908.html

*Sri Lanka seeks to improve Public Transport to cut fuel costs and fuel.*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72930.html

*Chinese cities overhaul transport systems for Olympics*

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72931.html

*China: **Urban Thinker: GZ BRT Should be Integrated with Metro*

*http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72890.html*

*Combodia : **Road deaths soar in first four months of 2008***

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72932.html

** * * **

*INTERESTING FINDS/SEMINARS *

*Freight Transport in a Carbon Constrained Economy: *National Transport
Commission and Rare Consulting



Global concerns about the potential impact of climate change on human
civilisation have given rise to an international policy debate about ways to
deliver significant and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas
emissions. Currently, no country has a detailed strategy or plan for cutting
freight transport emissions over the longer term. The aim of this discussion
paper is to start to plan ways in whichemissions from freight transport can
be cut over the longer term. Indeed, there are many measures that can be
taken now to start reducing emissions. Many of these measures are
productivity reforms which have the double benefit of reducing greenhouse
gas emissions and reducing the cost of transport. This report contains a set
of proposals for comment that will start focusing actions on ways to reduce
freight transport emissions over the longer term. Read more…

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72916.html

*Fuel Quality seminar – **Japan Automobile Research Institute*

JARI China Roundtable 2008 focused how local government introduced vehicle
emission regulation of national plan at local level.
  In order to reduce emission from vehicles, improvement of vehicle fuel
quality is considered as a prerequisite. Improvement of fuel quality is
effective for not only new vehicle but also vehicle in-use. It is important
to introduce appropriate fuel quality with emission regulation level in
advance or in the same timing of introduction of vehicle emission
regulation. Contact: khirota at jari.or.jp for more details

http://www.jari.or.jp/en/rt_en/rt0806_en.html

*2007- WORKSHOP ON **TRANSPORT, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND EQUITY IN INDIAN
CITIES***

The workshop which was funded by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, the
Canadian International Development Agency, and the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada,  and was held December 17-19, 2007,
brought together 60-70 persons, including academic researchers, senior
government decision makers, and private sector, industry, and NGO
representatives, from India, Canada, and other countries. Five graduate
students from Canada, and more from India, participated. Access the
presentations at

http://www.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning/research/projects/indiancities/

MOUD: INDIA – STUDY IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES IN URBAN AREAS
IN INDIA

The final report has been uploaded in the internet and it contains a wide
spectrum of issues pertaining to urban transport in Indian Cities.

http://urbanindia.nic.in/moud/programme/ut/main.htm

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
·  *In South Korea, women constitute 38% of Total Vehicle Registrations *(
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/life/news/article_1389304.php/Women_driving_car_sales_in_South_Korea
)
**

· *In India, there is One Road Accident Death every 5 minutes *(
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/One_fatal_accident_every_five_minutes_on_Indian_roads/articleshow/3138719.cms
)**

   - *With 50% increase in fuel price, modal change from car to bus or
   subway is expected at minimum 3.9% to maximum 8.5% (*www.international
   transportforum.org/Topics/Workshops/WS2LeeSlides.ppt<http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/Topics/Workshops/WS2LeeSlides.ppt>
   )**
   - *If 100% public transit user subsidy is implemented, 18% of current
   private vehicle user will switch over to public transport (*
   www.internationaltransportforum.org/Topics/Workshops/WS2LeeSlides.ppt<http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/Topics/Workshops/WS2LeeSlides.ppt>
   )**



*CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS*

We in CAI-Asia are looking for good analytical/research papers on
Sustainable Transport and Air Pollution. If you would like your paper to be
linked/ published in the CAI website, please let us know…

* * * *
*MARK YOUR CALENDARS *

ADB: Asia on the Move: Energy Efficient and Inclusive Transport,
September-9-12/2008

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2008/ADB-Transport-Forum-2008/

"BRT Systems in India and Abroad" from 24 to 26 September, 2008 at
Visakhapatnam, India.

http://www.gvpcoeedu.org/brts.html



Fourteenth International Conference on Urban Transport and the
Environment in the 21st Century, 1 - 3 September 2008, Malta,
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/urban08/

PODCAR City Sustainable Transport Conference,
14-16 September 2008, Ithaca,  New York,
http://www.podcar.org/ithacaconference/

UITP 2nd Sustainable Development Conference
Making tomorrow today
22-24 October 2008, Milan, Italy
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72425.html

Better Air Quality (BAQ) Workshop 2008
12-14 November 2008 Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72312.html

See more SUT events
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-27089.html

See CAI-Asia's events calendar
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-13577.html

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* * * ABOUT SUMA * * *

The Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program of the Clean Air
 Initiative
for Asian Cities

 ( www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia), Asian Development Bank   ( www.adb.org),
EMBARQ-the World Resources Institute Center  for Sustainable Transport  (
http://embarq.wri.org ), GTZ  Sustainable Urban Transport Project (
www.sutp.org), Interface for Cycling Expertise ( www.cycling.nl), Institute
for Transportation and Development Policy (www.itdp.org), and United Nations
Center for Regional Development (www.uncrd.or.jp/est) is made possible
through  the generous support of the Swedish International Development
 Cooperation
Agency ( www.sida.se). SUMA works with Asian countries and cities to
strengthen then formulation and implementation of sustainable urban
transportation
policies, specifically in

(i) Improving urban air quality by adopting AQM planning in sustainable
transport policies and promoting public transportation,
(ii) Improving road safety by encouraging non-motorized transport and public
transport, and
(iii) Reducing transport's contribution to climate change by adopting a
co-benefits approach with urban air quality management.




-- 
Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
CAI-Asia Center
Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
Tel: +63-2-395-2843
Fax: +63-2-395-2846
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