[sustran] Does anyone else have any suggestions for "must read" resources that are right on target for Sustran-discuss?

[Eric Britton]

Excellent and timely question Paul. Indeed we have been asking ourselves the
same for some time.

 

So . . . . we have been working on it for the last month under our New
Mobility Partnerships  program, and if you click to
http://www.knowledge.newmobility.org  you will see our present take. (Give
it a bit of time to load since the PowerPoint presentation is pretty
hefty.).  I have cut out the 'contents' and placed them at the end of this
note, in case you are not able to access the full (big and slow, sorry!)
site

 

Big as it is - and I am trying very hard to keep it clean of programs and
site that do not fit our (a) very practical, (b) low carbon/environmentally
kind, (c) resource economical, (d) space efficient,  (e) near term, (f)
present technology, (g) relatively low-cost, (h) social equity,  and of
course (i) international policy and practice orientation - there are still
some great sources out there that we still need to put our fingers on. 

 

My hope is, above all, that you will find some use in this - and every bit
as much that all of you will come back with your additions, suggestions and
critical remarks. 

 

I intend to keep working on this and you will always have the latest version
at your service at http://www.knowledge.newmobility.org.

 

Thanks for your help in this.

 

Eric Britton

 

 

On Behalf Of Paul Barter
Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2008 10:47
To: sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org
Subject: [Sustran] The City Fix Blog - well worth a read

 

I have nothing to do with the City Fix Blog, in case you think this

message is going to sound like an advertisement. 

 

But I think it should be a "must read" for anyone interested in urban

transport policy in developing countries (the same focus as

sustran-discuss in other words). Even though it has been going since Jan

2007, I only found out about it a few months ago.

 

Check it out at http://thecityfix.com/. It is a group blog with varied

writers and was created by the folks at EMBARQ. 

 

Some notable recent items there include: 

*      Why Is TransMilenio Still So Special?

< http://thecityfix.com/why-is-transmilenio-still-so-special  /> 

*      Towards a Better BRT Taxonomy

< http://thecityfix.com/towards-a-better-brt-taxonomy > 

*      The Amazing Egg Laying Wool Milk Sow

< http://thecityfix.com/the-amazing-egg-laying-wool-milk-sow > 

*      A Look Inside Beijing's Subway

< http://thecityfix.com/a-look-inside-beijings-subway  

*      From Busway to BRT < http://thecityfix.com/from-busway-to-brt > 

 

Does anyone else have any suggestions for "must read" resources that are
right on target for sustran-discuss?

 

Paul

 

Paul A. Barter | Assistant Professor | LKY School of Public Policy

National University of Singapore | 469C Bukit Timah Road | Singapore

259772 | 

Tel: +65-6516 3324 | Fax: +65-6778 1020 | paulbarter at nus.edu.sg |

http://www.spp.nus.edu.sg/Faculty_Paul_Barter.aspx

 

Policy issues in urban transport:

http://reinventingtransport.blogspot.com/

 

 

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Building a Learning Community

-          Http://www.knowledge.newmobility.org  

Contents: (Program links are clickable)

1.  C40 - Large Cities Climate Leadership <http://www.c40cities.org/>  

2.  City Fix <http://www.thecityfix.com/>  

3.  CIVITAS <http://www.civitas-initiative.org/>  

4.  Clean Air Initiative (CAI) <http://www.cleanairnet.org/>  

5.  Climate Alliance of European <http://www.klimabuendnis.org/>  Cities 

6.  Clinton Climate <http://www.clintonfoundation.org/cf-pgm-cci-home.htm>
Initiative  

7.  Development Gateway <http://www.developmentgateway.org/>
<http://clintonfoundation.org/cf-pgm-cci-home.htm> 

8.  ELTIS <http://www.eltis.org/>  

9.  Embarq - Center for Sustainable Transport  <http://embarq.wri.org/>  

10. European Federation for Transport <http://www.transportenvironment.org/>
& Environment

11. Global Alliance for EcoMobility  <http://www.ecomobility.org/>  

12. global Transport Knowledge Partnership <http://www.gtkp.org/>  

13. GTZ <http://www.gtz.de/en/index.htm>   <http://www.gtz.de/en/index.htm>


14. iNSnet Foundation <http://www.insnet.org/>    

15. International Transport Forum <http://internationaltransportforum.org/> 

16. Institute for Transportation  <http://itdp.org/> & Development Policy  

17. KonSULT <http://www.konsult.leeds.ac.uk/>
<http://www.livablestreets.com/> 

18. Livable Streets Network <http://www.livablestreets.com/>  

19. New Mobility Agenda <http://www.newmobility.org/>  

20. New Urbanism  <http://www.newurbanism.org/>  

21. Polis <http://www.polis-online.org/>  

22. Sustainable Cities Net <http://www.sustainablecitiesnet.com/>  

23. Sustainable Urban Transport Project <http://www.sutp.org/>  

24. The PEP  <http://www.thepep.org/> - Transport, Health & Environment  

25. Transport <http://www.transport-research.info/>   Research Knowledge
Centre 

26. Transumo <http://www./transumo.nl>  

27. Victoria Transport Policy Institute <http://www.vtpi.org/>  

28. WHO  <http://www.euro.who.int/transport> - Transport and Health 

29. World Business Council for Sustainable Development
<http://www.wbcsd.org/>  

30.  Next steps 

31.  Annexes 

 

 

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