From carlos.pardo at gtz.de Mon Dec 1 05:49:39 2008
From: carlos.pardo at gtz.de (Pardo Carlosfelipe GTZ CO)
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:49:39 +0000
Subject: [sustran] Re: R2W and increase in business incomes
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Dear Kanthi,
Please find detailed information of impacts and characteristics of
various pedestrian zones in the 180- page module "Carfree development"
by Lloyd Wright, published by GTZ SUTP. You can download it from
www.sutp.org (you must register first, at no cost) - sourcebook section.
Best regards,
Carlosfelipe Pardo
Coordinador de Proyecto- Project Coordinator
GTZ - Proyecto de Transporte Sostenible (SUTP, SUTP-LAC)
Mobile: +44 (0) 7954 251 709
carlos.pardo@gtz.de www.gtz.de
(carlos.pardo@sutp.org www.sutp.org )
skype: carlosfpardo
Kanthi Kannan wrote:
> Dear all
>
>
>
> We in the Right to Walk Foundation are trying to get 'Evidence' that benefit
> of sidewalks reach all sections of society. We are trying to get therefore
> evidence regarding China and the effect of pedestrianisation there. In our
> city the politicians would be against sidewalks because they will get the
> traders to go on a strike if we get sidewalks made.
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> Can any of you help us in this endeavour? We are trying to submit a petition
> to the Chief Minister of our State regarding the necessity of having
> sidewalks and pedestrian crossings.
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> Thanks and Warm Regards
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> Kanthi Kannan
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> The Right to Walk Foundation
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> www.right2walk.com
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From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Mon Dec 1 08:46:51 2008
From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:46:51 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Ending fuel price controls in Asia?
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Subject: [sustran] Re: Ending fuel price controls in Asia?
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Dec 2 00:31:07 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:31:07 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Nudging People to Make Better Choices: Transport
Applications
Message-ID: <007101c953c9$da381450$8ea83cf0$@britton@ecoplan.org>
This to my mind is my mind one of the very important tool sets for creating
a New Mobility Agenda that works. We hope that Erel will be sharing with us
the key papers and results of this session.
Transport Studies Unit Open Seminar
Wednesday 10 December 2008 - 3pm, Boardroom, OUCE, Dyson Perrins Building,
South Parks Road, Oxford
Nudging People to Make Better Choices: Transport Applications
Dr Erel Avineri, Reader in Travel Behaviour, Centre for Transport & Society,
University of the West of England, Bristol.
Abstract
Travel behaviour has been an area of great interest to practitioners and
researchers ever since forecasting user choice was identified as crucial in
the planning and management of transport systems. Travel behaviour arising
from the choices of individuals is perhaps the most significant determinant
of performance of transport systems and effectiveness of transport schemes.
Realising that individuals' travel behaviour and choices do not necessarily
lead to economic, social and environmental wellbeing, governments all over
the world have been taking measures to change travel behaviour for the
benefit of society - usually by regulating the transport market, reform
pricing to improve efficiency, or (more recently) changing attitudes towards
transport alternatives.
Much of the behavioural theories in transport context are based on the
assumption the individual traveller is a 'homo economicus', a rational
economic human beings who, through choice-making, maximise her utilities. On
the other hand, recent empirical studies provide much evidence that in real
life the behaviour of travellers is typified by bounded rationality ('homo
psychologicus'). It has been argued that travellers' limited cognitive
resources have a strong effect on their travel-choice behaviour.
Inspired by the works of cognitive psychologists (such as Tversky &
Kahneman) and behavioural economists (such as Thaler & Sunstein) Dr Avineri
and his colleagues tested some of the paradigms in travel behaviour and
developed alternative models of travel-choice behaviour that can incorporate
awkward but important aspects of travel behaviour. It was found that while
travellers' choices can not be anticipated in a standard economic framework,
they can be explained and predicted by cognitive psychology models.
Moreover, it opens the opportunity to change travellers' behaviour towards
better alternatives - in a way that does not limit their freedom of choice
(or, as it is fashionable to say, people are 'nudge-able'). The seminar will
provide theoretical background, empirical findings and potential
applications in areas such as demand management, travel information systems,
travel plans and traffic calming.
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From whook at itdp.org Tue Dec 2 00:50:34 2008
From: whook at itdp.org (Walter Hook)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:50:34 -0500
Subject: [sustran] Re: BRT plans in Xian
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References:
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Dongquan, Karl, and Shomik,
Do you know of the status of BRT in Xian, as per the request for info below?
Thanks
Walter
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[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf
Of Sudhir
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:42 PM
To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport
Cc: Cornie Huizenga
Subject: [sustran] BRT plans in Xian
Dear All,
We are updating our records on BRT and were interested on information on BRT
plans in Xian, China?
Does any body know about the status?
best regards
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
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From sudhir at cai-asia.org Tue Dec 2 15:49:13 2008
From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:49:13 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Flexible Working Hours from Jakarta?
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From: Puput
Date: 2008/11/28
Subject: [cai-asia] Flexible Working Hours from Jakarta?
To: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia
Dear all,
With regard to solve the problem of traffic jam and to reduce its impact on
the air pollution, Governor of the Greater Jakarta set to implement new
(flexible?) working hours system (see the article bellow:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/21/jakarta-set-new-school-and-working-hours.html).
Any experience in other countries/cities toward the effectiveness of the
system? Please your feedback. Thank you.
Regards,
Puput
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Jakarta to set new school and working hours
*The Jakarta Post* | Fri, 11/21/2008 5:58 PM | Jakarta
Jakarta city administration is set to issue a regulation to make school
hours begin half an hour earlier (6.30 a.m.) as of Jan. 1, to ease morning
and noon traffic congestion around the city.
"We will propose this new arrangement to Governor Fauzi Bowo. If he
approves, it will take effect in Jan. 1," Vice Governor Prijanto said after
a meeting with related city agencies on Friday.
The administration will also issue a non-mandatory instruction for private
companies in Jakarta to rearrange their operating hours according to the
location of their offices.
"For private offices, we urge those located in North and Central Jakarta to
begin at 7.30 a.m.; 8 a.m. for offices in West and East Jakarta and 9 a.m.
for those in South Jakarta," Prijanto
said. The starting time for civil servants would remain at 7.30, he said.
According to a recent survey commissioned by the city administration, some
20.7 million people travel through the city every day, with about 3 percent
relying on trains, 40 percent on bicycles or on foot, and 57 percent on
motorized vehicles.
They survey also showed that about 32 percent of all the destinations were
workplaces, 30 percent schools, 12 percent shopping malls and 26 percent
others. (anb)
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From Patrick.Daude at stuttgart.de Tue Dec 2 22:54:30 2008
From: Patrick.Daude at stuttgart.de (Patrick.Daude at stuttgart.de)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:54:30 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Antwort: Re: CDM Projects (Clean Development Mechanism) -
public tran
In-Reply-To: <492FD6EC.2070105@greenidea.eu>
Message-ID:
Hi Todd,
thanks for your answer and your comments. At first view I understand that
it might appear unusual the way these companies are involved in the
network. But you should take into account that the automobile companies in
Stuttgart have invested over the years enormous amounts of money in the
development of environmentally-friendly technologies, also for public
transport. Besides, Stuttgart and its region are traditionally linked to
the topic of mobility. So when our city started "Cities for Mobility" we
did not have to make a huge effort to convince these companies and the
other actors to support the network. In the region of Stuttgart there is
also a large number of research institutes and other organizations from
the private sector that are active in the field of mobility and support
our city. Stuttgart offers these actors a platform for establishing new
contacts and exchanging experiences with their counterparts world wide.
Contrary to other networks and international organisations, Cities for
Mobility doesn't have any bureaucratic structure (like steering groups or
committees) where these companies could take a decisive role in
determining the strategy and topics of the network. If you have a look at
our website, especially at our last World Congress (
http://www.cities-for-mobility.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=93&Itemid=131)
you will notice that the topics ranged from the promotion of bicycles and
pedestrian to traffic management at mega events, motorized individual
transport and public transport. So if we were making lobby for the
automobile industry I would say that we are not doing a good job.
BR,
Patrick
Coordinator Global Network "Cities for Mobility"
City Hall of Stuttgart, Germany
Mayor's Policy Office
Policy Coordination and Planning
Rathaus, Marktplatz 1
D-70173 Stuttgart
Telephone: +49 711/ 216 - 85 01
Fax: +49 711/ 216 - 61 05
E-Mail: patrick.daude@stuttgart.de
Website: http://www.cities-for-mobility.org
"Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory"
28.11.2008 12:33
Bitte antworten an
edelman@greenidea.eu
An
Patrick.Daude@stuttgart.de, Sustran Resource Centre
Kopie
rothfuss@cities-for-mobility.net, N.Leyva@stuttgart.de,
Wolfgang.Forderer@stuttgart.de
Thema
Re: [sustran] Re: CDM Projects (Clean Development Mechanism) - public tran
Hi Patrick, hi all,
I thank you for the invite to Stuttgart. I believe I understand how it
works there, and I have been to a lot of professional sustainable
transport-related events, and I know people who attend CfM events. I have
already explained my reasons for opting out, and will hopefully explain
this more precisely in my delayed response to Rainer. Just one comment for
now, see below.
Patrick.Daude@stuttgart.de wrote:
Dear Todd,
[...]
Our Premium Partners do note have any influence on the topics that are
treated within the network.
[...]
PLEASE, can you help explain their rationale for being involved?
Successful businesses don't just randomly create and place imagery related
to their brand and products. I may ask Rainer the same question - and I
encourage others on this List etc. to answer it - but I will keep this
email short.
Thanks,
T
Best wishes,
Patrick Daude
Coordinator Global Network "Cities for Mobility"
City Hall of Stuttgart, Germany
Mayor's Policy Office
Policy Coordination and Planning
Rathaus, Marktplatz 1
D-70173 Stuttgart
Telephone: +49 711/ 216 - 85 01
Fax: +49 711/ 216 - 61 05
E-Mail: patrick.daude@stuttgart.de
Website: http://www.cities-for-mobility.org
----- Weitergeleitet von Patrick Daude/OB-S/LHS/DE am 27.11.2008 11:30
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"pdaude78"
Gesendet von: notify@yahoogroups.com
27.11.2008 10:33
An
patrick.daude@stuttgart.de, wolfgang.forderer@stuttgart.de,
n.leyva@stuttgart.de
Kopie
Thema
Fwd: Re: [sustran] Re: CDM Projects (Clean Development Mechanism) -
public tran
--- In Cities-for-Mobility@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Rainer Rothfuss"
wrote:
Dear Todd Edelmann,
sorry for expressing myself so directly but your evaluation of
"Cities for Mobility" has absolutely nothing to do with the reality:
You say: "I am convinced that the whole project - no matter how
inclusive-seeming - is in large part a greenwashing exercise for the
Stuttgart-based automobile industry"
CfM is a municipal initiative and we, as masterminds behind the
network, feel 100% committed to greening urban mobility and not
feeding any kind of industry. But, to be honest, without the money we
receive from some private firms, including our local car producers, we
could not work without membership fees and invite members from Africa,
Asia and Latina America for free (other city networks charge 8.000
Euros per year, no matter from where you are!).
The companies that help us to finance the work of the Municipality
of Stuttgart within the framework of CfM have agreed to give us their
support without asking anything in return. There is not even a council
or something where they could bring in their views or make their
voices heard in order to influence the work of the network. To be
honest, our somewhat depressing perception was that they don't even
care about us as we, with our almost 500 partners from over 60
countries, are not at all important for companies that have an annual
turnover bigger than several small national economies together!!
But, yes you are rigth, we also work on the topic of motorized
individual mobility. But we don't tell anyone what Stuttgart's car
makers would like to hear but just what we need in order to achieve
real benefits for the environmental situation in cities. To cover 100%
of all mobility demands by non-motorized mobility would be ideal - you
may be right! But the fact is that motorized individual mobility will
allways be there. So the crucial question is how we can green it (e.g.
electric mobility with light vehicles and renewable energies - that's
what we are dealing with in ongoing projects). We just dare facing
this up to now inevitable motorized 90% share of the mobility reality
that many others seem to ignore thinking that this way it will
disappear... How about you?
In general, I'm convinced it's better to go there and ask people
what they think and want and really do before you judge them in
public...
But yes, I agree, it's good to have different platforms for working
on the same issues. Each one will bring in new and valuable aspects.
The big question for me just is whether we shall stick to a typical
German way of thinking, I would say, that there is only one right
answer and only one solution to such a complex problem and reality as
is mobility, asking the rest of the world to obey, stop thinking and
to follow it... So I'd be glad if you acknowledged also the value of
the work we have been doing in the past years within CfM for the same
cause as yours. Thanks!
Regards,
Rainer Rothfuss
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Coordinator of International Relations
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Cities for Mobility
State Capital Stuttgart
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rothfuss@...
www.cities-for-mobility.netMessage from "Todd Edelman, Green Idea
Factory" :
> Hi Aashish,
>
> This is an important question - which could perhaps include "Lots Less
> Cars" - and I am sure the three different
> administrator/co-administrators will answer it soon.
>
> For me it is clear that Sustran is about developing world/Global South
> issues. Very often the same messages go out on both New Mobility Cafe
> and Lots Less Cars, and while there are guidelines to make it simple
> for me what I usually do is if it something interesting and useful I
> send it to Lots Less and if even more exciting, revolutionary and
> important/critical I also send to New Mobility. And of course also to
> Sustran if applicable.
>
> I know that Eric works very hard at keeping the discussion lean and
> focused and while I sometimes object if a post I make - especially if
> I take a lot of time with it - is rejected, I see the reason for this.
> We can always post anything we want on our own Blogs, or of course
> start our own discussions.
>
> Sustran, New Mobility/Lots Less and Sustran also originate in three
> different institutions/entities, and perhaps some differences between
> them are fundamental. As for me, I do not participate in Cities for
> Mobility. It seems that the discussions held there could be useful but
> I am convinced that the whole project - no matter how inclusive-seeming
> - is in large part a greenwashing exercise for the Stuttgart-based
> automobile industry. Cities for Mobility has as one of its "mobility
> columns" the private urban car, and in (not just) my eyes this is Old
> Mobility and thus presents a fundamental difference from - and
> obviously a challenge to - the philosophy behind/purpose of the other
> lists.
>
> Regards,
> T
>
>
>
>
>
> Aashish Gupta wrote:
>> Dear Eric
>> I have gained much from the discussions at New moility cafe,
>> Cities-for-Mobility and sustrans. I have a suggestion. Cant we
integrate all
>> the lists, since all of them have a common focus. It would be much
easier,
>> as well as enlarge the discussion.
>>
>> Aashish Gupta
>> Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
>> Indian Institute of Technology Madras
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Eric Britton
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> That's a good question Roland. I just tried Knoogling it and came
up with
>>> some interesting responses. You might wish to give it a try at
>>> http://knoogle.net . (And if you have suggestions for us as to
sources or
>>> other details to improve its operation ,please do . . . Eric Britton
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Behalf Of Roland Sapsford
>>> Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2008 00:11
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Is anyone aware of any work underway through the CDM, or in
negotiations
>>> around its successors, to make it easier for transport projects to be
>>> included.
>>>
>>> As far as I know, the only public transport project so far granted CDM
>>> credits is the TransMilenio busway in Bogota. The main barrier is
that
>>> transport projects usually involve policy and planning changes as
well as
>>> projects, and the methodological tests for additionality are hard
to meet.
>>>
>>> Curiously yours
>>> Roland Sapsford
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Roland Sapsford
>>> Sustainability Solutions Consulting
>>>
>>> Climate Change, Cities, Energy, Transport
>>>
>>>
>>> PO Box 11-708, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand
>>> +64-4-9341106(w); +64-4-3851105(h); +64-21-651105(m)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Rainer Rothfuss wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> A trav?s del instrumento CDM se pueden financiar proyectos para
reducir
>>> emisiones de CO2 - tambi?n en el ?rea del transporte.
>>>
>>>
>>> M?s informaciones: http://www.cdm-cooperation.de/7.0.html
>>>
>>> Para saber m?s del los proyectos ya implementados en los
diferentes pa?ses
>>> de Am?rica Latina hay que registrarse como usuario (gratuito).
>>>
>>>
>>> Clean Development Mechanism
>>>
>>>
>>> The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a project-based
mechanism, laid
>>> down in the Kyoto Protocol within the United Nations Framework
Convention
>>> on
>>> Climate Change (UNFCCC ) in 1997. On the one
>>> hand,
>>> it serves as a tool for the achievement of companies? or state?s
emission
>>> targets under minimum costs. On the other hand, it provides an
economic
>>> incentive for investments in technologies aiming at climate
protection.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Rainer Rothfuss
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------------------
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From litman at vtpi.org Wed Dec 3 01:37:16 2008
From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman)
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:37:16 -0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Flexible Working Hours from Jakarta?
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20081202083207.109f8350@mail.islandnet.com>
See the "Alternative Work Schedules"
(http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm15.htm ) chapter of our Online TDM
Encyclopedia (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm ). Many organizations have
staggered work hour (for example, factories with various shifts) to
reduce congestion, and some allow or require condensed workweeks
(such as four 10-hour days instead of five 8-hour days per week).
Even better is flextime, which allows individual worker flexibility
in their schedules, if feasible with their particular jobs.
It is generally ineffective to force schedule changes on
organizations or individuals. Doing so tends to create problems and
inefficiencies.
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:49 PM 01/12/2008, Sudhir wrote:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Puput <puput@kpbb.org>
>Date: 2008/11/28
>Subject: [cai-asia] Flexible Working Hours from Jakarta?
>To: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia
><cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org>
>
>
>Dear all,
>
>With regard to solve the problem of traffic jam and to reduce its
>impact on the air pollution, Governor of the Greater Jakarta set to
>implement new (flexible?) working hours system (see the article
>bellow:
>http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/21/jakarta-set-new-school-and-working-hours.html).
>Any experience in other countries/cities toward the effectiveness of
>the system? Please your feedback. Thank you.
>
>Regards,
>Puput
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>
>Jakarta to set new school and working hours
>
>
>
>The Jakarta Post | Fri, 11/21/2008 5:58 PM | Jakarta
>Jakarta city administration is set to issue a regulation to make
>school hours begin half an hour earlier (6.30 a.m.) as of Jan. 1, to
>ease morning and noon traffic congestion around the city.
>
>"We will propose this new arrangement to Governor Fauzi Bowo. If he
>approves, it will take effect in Jan. 1," Vice Governor Prijanto
>said after a meeting with related city agencies on Friday.
>
>The administration will also issue a non-mandatory instruction for
>private companies in Jakarta to rearrange their operating hours
>according to the location of their offices.
>
>"For private offices, we urge those located in North and Central
>Jakarta to begin at 7.30 a.m.; 8 a.m. for offices in West and East
>Jakarta and 9 a.m. for those in South Jakarta," Prijanto
>said. The starting time for civil servants would remain at 7.30, he said.
>
>According to a recent survey commissioned by the city
>administration, some 20.7 million people travel through the city
>every day, with about 3 percent relying on trains, 40 percent on
>bicycles or on foot, and 57 percent on motorized vehicles.
>
>They survey also showed that about 32 percent of all the
>destinations were workplaces, 30 percent schools, 12 percent
>shopping malls and 26 percent others. (anb)
>---
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From sudhir at cai-asia.org Wed Dec 3 09:30:58 2008
From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:30:58 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Hyderabad Metro and BRTS
Message-ID:
Dear All,
Just to update more on Hyderabad Public Transportation Improvements.
Few months back they started planning metro with private sector
involvement and and now the city will also have a BRTS.
( make sure you have a look at this article especially the end portion and
try to understand the "media factor" )
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Govt_plans_BRTS_to_connect_ring_roads/articleshow/3771047.cms
HYDERABAD: With road widening being the main problem among others for a Bus
Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the city, the state government has now
proposed a BRTS in the surrounding areas of the city to ease congestion
and improve connectivity.
A BRTS has been proposed from Rethibowli to Kukatpally via Gachibowli
covering about 19 km and another from Mehdipatnam to Uppal, a distance of
about 20 km to connect the Inner Ring Road (IRR) and Outer Ring Road (ORR).
The state government has decided to have BRTS only on ORR and IRR where the
roads are 150 ft wide as the city roads are congested.
For starters, BRTS is a dedicated bus corridor on the road for special
buses. The project has been a success in cities like Bogota, capital of
Colombia, and is cited as a model the worldover.
As part of the proposal, the GHMC has proposed BRTS in seven routes in the
city. Moosarambagh bridge to Chaderghat Bridge along Musi South Bank (3.5
km), Punjagutta to Erragadda (4.5 km), Mehdipatnam to Uppal (17 km),
Moosarambagh Bridge to Chaderghat North Bank of Musi (3.5 km), Owaisi
Hospital-Chandrayanagutta, Bandlaguda and Aramghar junction (9.5 km) and
Bapughat to Chaderghat (12 kms). The estimated project cost is Rs 496 crore.
The GHMC has sent the proposal to the Centre to get funds under the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The corporation has asked traffic experts of IIT Delhi and the
Administrative Staff College of India to study a corridor - Uppal to
Mehdipatnam - and submit a report on the viability.
*Under the BRTS model, a dedicated lane with 63 ft width should be left for
BRTS buses. However, most of the city roads are 100 ft wide except some
roads like SP Road where the width is 150 ft. If 63 ft are left for BRTS
buses, hardly 40 ft is left for two wheelers and four wheelers including RTC
buses, insufficient to take normal traffic.
Sources said the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is proposing
BRTS on some more roads on the IRR which will be finalised soon.
**It may be recalled that the BRTS project in the city was shelved after
accidents were reported in BRTS corridors in New Delhi and Pune a few months
ago. After that the government put off proposals in New Delhi except a pilot
road.*
--
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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From whook at itdp.org Wed Dec 3 09:38:25 2008
From: whook at itdp.org (whook at itdp.org)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:38:25 -0500
Subject: [sustran] Re: Hyderabad Metro and BRTS
Message-ID: <380-22008123303825349@M2W037.mail2web.com>
they have been talking about brt on these outer ring roads for a long time.
there is no congestion, very few origins and few destinations. the
attitude of the govt seems to be that they can only build BRT where it is
not needed.
w
Original Message:
-----------------
From: Sudhir sudhir@cai-asia.org
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:30:58 +0800
To: sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org
Subject: [sustran] Hyderabad Metro and BRTS
Dear All,
Just to update more on Hyderabad Public Transportation Improvements.
Few months back they started planning metro with private sector
involvement and and now the city will also have a BRTS.
( make sure you have a look at this article especially the end portion and
try to understand the "media factor" )
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Govt_plans_BRTS_to_connect_ring
_roads/articleshow/3771047.cms
HYDERABAD: With road widening being the main problem among others for a Bus
Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the city, the state government has now
proposed a BRTS in the surrounding areas of the city to ease congestion
and improve connectivity.
A BRTS has been proposed from Rethibowli to Kukatpally via Gachibowli
covering about 19 km and another from Mehdipatnam to Uppal, a distance of
about 20 km to connect the Inner Ring Road (IRR) and Outer Ring Road (ORR).
The state government has decided to have BRTS only on ORR and IRR where the
roads are 150 ft wide as the city roads are congested.
For starters, BRTS is a dedicated bus corridor on the road for special
buses. The project has been a success in cities like Bogota, capital of
Colombia, and is cited as a model the worldover.
As part of the proposal, the GHMC has proposed BRTS in seven routes in the
city. Moosarambagh bridge to Chaderghat Bridge along Musi South Bank (3.5
km), Punjagutta to Erragadda (4.5 km), Mehdipatnam to Uppal (17 km),
Moosarambagh Bridge to Chaderghat North Bank of Musi (3.5 km), Owaisi
Hospital-Chandrayanagutta, Bandlaguda and Aramghar junction (9.5 km) and
Bapughat to Chaderghat (12 kms). The estimated project cost is Rs 496 crore.
The GHMC has sent the proposal to the Centre to get funds under the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The corporation has asked traffic experts of IIT Delhi and the
Administrative Staff College of India to study a corridor - Uppal to
Mehdipatnam - and submit a report on the viability.
*Under the BRTS model, a dedicated lane with 63 ft width should be left for
BRTS buses. However, most of the city roads are 100 ft wide except some
roads like SP Road where the width is 150 ft. If 63 ft are left for BRTS
buses, hardly 40 ft is left for two wheelers and four wheelers including RTC
buses, insufficient to take normal traffic.
Sources said the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is proposing
BRTS on some more roads on the IRR which will be finalised soon.
**It may be recalled that the BRTS project in the city was shelved after
accidents were reported in BRTS corridors in New Delhi and Pune a few months
ago. After that the government put off proposals in New Delhi except a pilot
road.*
--
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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From sujitjp at gmail.com Thu Dec 4 15:30:42 2008
From: sujitjp at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:42 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Crisis and Opportunity
In-Reply-To: <49371c35.0603c00a.21fc.ffffa976SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
References: <49371c35.0603c00a.21fc.ffffa976SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0812032230y28991332w614e6f646fd19ceb@mail.gmail.com>
I think this is relevant to the SUSTRAN list.
--
Sujit
In the Public Interest
by Ralph Nader
In ancient China, the character for "crisis" was associated with
"opportunity." This month Congress will be faced with both challenges from
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, whose CEOS are begging for a very rapid
$34 billion in emergency government loans.
The three auto giants have few cards to play other than the domino effect on
the economy, should they collapse into bankruptcy and liquidation. Once
Congress signals that, on behalf of its sullen taxpayers, going into this
abyss will not happen, our national legislature will hold all the cards.
So if Congress and George W. Bush agree to have Uncle Sam bail out the auto
bosses and their tanking companies, important reforms and models can emerge
from this multi-faceted mega rescue.
Let it be called the coming of a vigorous government capitalism, based on
rigorous conventional reciprocity. First, since the government is
contributing tax dollars, taxpayers should receive taxpayer warrants and
preferred shares held by the Treasury Department, for stock in the
companies. Second, since the government would be a senior creditor, it
should exercise restructuring powers to remove the top executives and the
Boards of Directors along with other functional re-alignments.
Third, since the government is essentially performing as an insurer, basic
standards of loss prevention should be applied. In this context, this means
stronger fuel efficiency, emission-control and safety standards to enhance
sales and increase the pressure on foreign auto companies. This
insurance-driven requirement would further long-existing federal statutory
missions in three areas of engineering performance.
In the past ten weeks, "government capitalism" has been a patsy, absorbing
huge taxpayer dollars and liabilities to save an assortment of Wall Street
financial corporations. Washington is guaranteeing a clutch of securitized
mortgages and consumer loans and even guaranteeing, for the first time, 4
trillion dollars of money market funds.
The bailout of Citigroup illustrates the paucity of reciprocity. It is a
sweetheart deal. With Citigroup's co-executive. Robert Rubin rushing to
Washington to structure the deal to save his bank and his own stock
portfolio, the Bush regime took on $20 billion in preferred shares and put
taxpayers at risk for over $300 billion in the big bank's loan portfolio.
Earlier in October, taxpayers were compelled to buy $25 billion in Citi
preferred shares.
Whereas the Feds earlier took a potential 79% ownership of Freddie Mac and
Fannie Mae to save those companies, for Citi the government only took 7.8%
stake and left the management and board of directors intact.
Since these enormous bailouts and revisions of bailouts largely occur over
weekends in frantic secret huddles between government officials formerly
from Wall Street and their former colleagues from Wall Street, the actual
agreements are not disclosed. They are considered official secrets, assuming
they even have been finalized beyond mere memoranda of understanding.
Since all these deals, and more seem to be coming from other commercial and
industrial pleaders, are general and appear to be open-ended, resourceful
government capitalism can advance shareholder rights across the board and
compel a variety of corporate reforms and accountabilities long-desired by
progressives and conservatives alike.
At least the auto companies are being subjected to public Congressional
hearings for this latest bailout round. In contrast, the CEOs of the
financial goliaths got private roundtable treatment at the Treasury
Department and the Federal Reserve for far greater rescue packages, revealed
in brief statements on Monday morning.
Let's have a level playing field here and treat all corporate welfare
demanders under equal procedural rules shaped on Capitol Hill. Remember the
Constitution. It says all spending bills start with the House of
Representatives and then go to the Senate and then to the President. Secret
taxpayer bailouts by Executive Branch press releases are not what the
framers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution.
With the installation of a new president and a new Congress next month, the
process must be reversed and these White House-corporate "understandings"
have to be reconsidered and, if maintained, revised.
This is a rare moment in American economic history. Just as the
multinational corporations were about to complete the entrenchment of the
corporate state in Washington, D.C., -- what President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt described in 1939 as a condition of fascism?their speculative
greed, recklessness, mismanagement and de-regulatory license turned them
into massive supplicants at the taxpayers' trough.
In early October, Washington has Wall Street over a Congressional barrel.
Still, Wall Street rolled Washington into a $700 billion bailout barrel and
rolled it back to New York City.
With a supposedly reformist Democratically dominated Congress and Obama in
the White House, the balance of power for the people of our country can
turn. But it will take prompt new exertions by the people, citizen groups,
organized investors, taxpayers and workers. Seize the moment.
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From sujitjp at gmail.com Thu Dec 4 15:57:16 2008
From: sujitjp at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:27:16 +0530
Subject: [sustran] George Monbiot on Climate Change
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0812032257sa5c1f8sbf6983f68f44bf4a@mail.gmail.com>
4 December 2008
Do read.
George Monbiot is always worth reading....
--
Sujit
*Long, detailed, impressive ? *
*but futile in the face of runaway climate change*
This environmental state of emergency demands a bolder answer than Lord
Turner's. We could start by taking six critical step
*George Monbiot*
The Guardian, Tuesday December 2
2008
Lord Turner has two jobs. The first, as chair of the Financial Services
Authority, is to save capitalism. The second, as chair of the committee on
climate change, is to save the biosphere from the impacts of capitalism. I
have no idea how well he is discharging the first task, but if his approach
to the second one is anything to go by, you should dump your shares and buy
gold.
His climate change report, published yesterday, is long, detailed and
impressive. It has the admirable objective of trying to cap global warming
at two degrees or a little more. This, it says, means that greenhouse gas
pollution in the UK should fall by 80% by 2050 and by 31% by 2020. But
there's a problem. There is no longer any likely relationship between an 80%
cut and two degrees of warming. This gets a little complicated, but please
bear with me while I explain why Turner's proposal is about as likely to
stop runaway climate change as the Maginot Line was to hold back the
Luftwaffe.
The 80% cut he recommends for the UK more or less matches a global target of
50% by 2050. A 50% global cut, the report says, would make roughly two
degrees of warming a "central expectation" and would reduce the probability
of four degrees (which it calls "extremely dangerous climate change") to
less than 1%.
Turner claims that to keep the temperature rise close to two degrees, the
world's greenhouse gas emissions must peak in 2016 then fall by either 3% or
4% a year. A 3% rate of decline is most likely to deliver a temperature rise
of 2.2 degrees this century; a 4% annual cut would produce about a 2.1
degree rise. That's more or less consistent with his 2050 targets.
So far so good. But a recent paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society, using the same sources, comes to completely different
conclusions. It agrees that to deliver a reasonable chance of preventing
more than two degrees of warming, greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to
stabilise at a maximum of 450 parts per million, carbon dioxide equivalent
(ppmCO2e). But it shows that to achieve this, global emissions of greenhouse
gases from the parts of the system we can control need to peak by 2015, then
fall by 6%-8% a year between 2020 and 2040, leading to "full decarbonisation
sometime soon after 2050". Even this, it shows, relies on an optimistic
reading of the current data. Turner's suggested cuts are more likely to
produce four degrees of warming than two degrees.
The difference between the two reports comes down to this: Turner assumes
that greenhouse gases can rise to 500 ppmCO2e before falling back to 450.
The other paper shows that this is a dangerous assumption. Not only does
this mean that the cut comes far too late but, far from falling back, the
enhanced levels in the atmosphere are likely to trigger more emissions as
the biosphere starts producing more greenhouse gases than it absorbs. We
cannot afford to overshoot.
Last week a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters produced what
could be the first hard evidence that runaway global feedback has begun. In
2007 methane levels in the atmosphere, which had previously levelled off,
began rising again. The most likely reason is that the Siberian permafrost
is melting, as a result of the runaway warming of the Arctic. This wasn't
supposed to begin for another 80 years. The great global meltdown appears to
have started, yet Turner proposes that we carry on with the old plan as if
nothing has changed. We're still digging trenches, even as the sky fills
with bomber planes.
My reading of the new projections suggests that to play its part in
preventing two degrees of global warming, the UK needs to cut greenhouse
gases by roughly 25% from current levels by the end of 2012 - a quarter in
four years. But how the heck could this be done? Here is a list of measures
that could be enacted almost immediately. They require no economic or
technological miracles; but they do demand that the government is brave
enough to govern.
*1* Immediately renegotiate the European Emissions Trading Scheme, imposing
a lower cap on carbon pollution and the mandatory sale of all emissions
permits to the industries covered by the scheme (currently over 90% are
given away).
*2 *Use the money this raises for:
a. A crash programme for training builders. As the major component of a
green new deal - delivering jobs as well as carbon cuts - the government
will immediately launch training schemes for tens of thousands of specialist
builders, insulators, window-fitters, plasterers and decorators.
b. A home improvement scheme like Germany's, but twice as fast. Every year
between January 2010 and 2020, 10% of homes will be fully insulated and
fitted with good windows or secondary glazing, at state expense. Landlords
will have a legal obligation to join, or lose their right to take tenants.
Announce that when the scheme is complete, gas and electricity bills will be
subject to an escalating tariff: the more you use, the more you will have to
pay for every unit.
*3 *Announce that incandescent lightbulbs will no longer be sold in
the UKfrom next April. Announce that no fridge or freezer with an
energy rating
below grade A++, and no other appliance rated below grade A, will be sold
from next July.
*4* Increase vehicle excise duty for the most polluting cars to ?3,000 a
year (from the current ?400). Use the money this raises to:
a. Start closing key urban streets to private cars and dedicating them to
public transport and cycling.
b. Increase the public subsidy for bus and train journeys. Oblige the bus
companies to sign contracts providing a wider range of services. Give us the
integrated low-carbon transport we have long been promised, in which buses
are scheduled to meet trains, buses and trains carry bicycles, and safe
cycle lanes connect with each other across entire cities.
c. Train thousands of new coach drivers and public transport operators.
Create coach lanes on all motorways and start moving coach stations from the
city centres to the motorway junctions, to enable coach travel to become as
fast and efficient as car travel. Link them to city centres with dedicated
bus lanes.
d. Scrap the airport expansion programme. Set a cap on the number of landing
slots, which will fall every year until it reaches 5% of current capacity.
*5 *Stop the burning of moorland because this exposes and oxidises peat.
Grouse shoots (which are mostly responsible) produce a staggering proportion
of the UK's emissions.
*6 *Stop all opencast coal mining and rescind planning permission for new
works. Impose stonking taxes on the extraction of all fossil fuels.
Is this enough? No. But it puts us on the right track. It's all a gamble
from now on: the only reliable advice is that we shouldn't start from here.
But two decades of procrastination ensure that only emergency measures now
have a chance of preventing a climate disaster. What Turner's report -
polite, measured and impressive as it is - proposes is more procrastination.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/02/climate-change-lord-turner
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"Yamuna",
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India
Tel: +91 20 25537955
Cell: +91 98220 26627
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From sudhir at cai-asia.org Thu Dec 4 17:54:55 2008
From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:54:55 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Motorized Two and Three Wheelers
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID:
Dear All,
During the recently held Better Air Quality (BAQ) workshop 2008 (
http://www.baq2008.org/), there were lot of discussions on the role of
motorized two and three wheelers. The aspects considered were their growth,
their role and their impact on the quality of life of people. Two and Three
wheelers often have been neglected by policymakers and many contradictory
actions have been taken across Asia.
Please visit links
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73129_wheelers.pdf &
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-21710.html and
to access the discussion paper & some of the presentations.
We would require your inputs on this discussion paper. what do you think
about the two and three wheelers? Would they continue to dominate? Are they
part of problem or solution? What kind of technological and traffic
solutions can help in making them more safer and efficient mode of
Transportation? How to prevent the jump of NMT users to two and three
wheelers? Would you allow them in bike lanes? How do you solve these
problems???
there are lot of questions which needs to be answered and many stakeholders
like CAI-Asia,PCFV, ITDP and ICCT are looking in this issue. please help us
know your views on this so that proper policies can be framed for two and
three wheelers.
best regards
Sudhir Gota
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From rothfuss at cities-for-mobility.net Thu Dec 4 17:29:35 2008
From: rothfuss at cities-for-mobility.net (Dr. Rainer Rothfuss)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:29:35 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: Cities for Mobility strategy discussion
In-Reply-To: <492FD6EC.2070105@greenidea.eu>
References:
<492FD6EC.2070105@greenidea.eu>
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Dear Todd:
let me answer your question ("PLEASE, can you help explain their
rationale for being involved? Successful businesses don't just
randomly create and place imagery related to their brand and
products.") briefly:
There are different reasons, I suppose:
a) Mayor Dr. Schuster urged the CEOs of these companies from
Stuttgart to support this initiative of the City of Stuttgart, so they
hardly could say no;
b) These companies have also understood that new solutions to
mobility problems need to be found - we seek those solutions within
Cities for Mobility;
c) These companies surely hope to have a sort of greenwashing
effects and a contribution to their corporate social responsibility
efforts from being Premium Partner of Cities for Mobility.
No matter what reasons exactly made them join our network, the
important thing is what we are doing here. CfM is an open platform,
i.e. means you are invited to enrich it with your (better)
initiatives. But if you're not interested in CfM then please stop also
drawing a negative picture of our work without knowing it.
I liked that saying that I heard once as it perfectly fits to the
decentralised approach of a network where many pro-active leaders are
needed:
"Either lead, follow, or get out of my way!"
;-)
Regards,
Rainer
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rothfuss@cities-for-mobility.net
www.cities-for-mobility.netMessage from "Todd Edelman, Green Idea
Factory" :
> Hi Patrick, hi all,
>
> I thank you for the invite to Stuttgart. I believe I understand how it
> works there, and I have been to a lot of? professional sustainable
> transport-related events, and I know people who attend CfM events. I
> have already explained my reasons for opting out, and will hopefully
> explain this more precisely in my delayed response to Rainer. Just one
> comment for now, see below.
>
> Patrick.Daude@stuttgart.de wrote:
>>
>> Dear Todd,
>>
>> [...]
>
>> Our Premium Partners do note have any influence on the topics that?
>> are treated within the network.
>
> [...]
>
> PLEASE, can you help explain their rationale for being involved?
> Successful businesses don't just randomly create and place imagery
> related to their brand and products. I may ask Rainer the same question
> - and I encourage others on this List etc. to answer it - but I will
> keep this email short.
>
> Thanks,
> T
>
>
>> Best wishes,
>> Patrick Daude
>>
>>
>> Coordinator Global Network "Cities for Mobility"
>> City Hall of Stuttgart, Germany
>> Mayor's Policy Office
>> Policy Coordination and Planning
>> Rathaus, Marktplatz 1
>> D-70173 Stuttgart
>>
>> Telephone: +49 711/ 216 - 85 01
>> Fax: +49 711/ 216 - 61 05
>> E-Mail: patrick.daude@stuttgart.de
>> Website: http://www.cities-for-mobility.org
>>
>> ----- Weitergeleitet von Patrick Daude/OB-S/LHS/DE am 27.11.2008 11:30 -----
>> *"pdaude78" *
>> Gesendet von: notify@yahoogroups.com
>>
>> 27.11.2008 10:33
>>
>>
>> An
>> ? ? ? ? patrick.daude@stuttgart.de,
>> wolfgang.forderer@stuttgart.de,? n.leyva@stuttgart.de
>> Kopie
>>
>> Thema
>> ? ? ? ? Fwd:? Re: [sustran] Re: CDM Projects (Clean Development
>> Mechanism)? - public tran
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In Cities-for-Mobility@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Rainer Rothfuss"
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> ? Dear Todd Edelmann,
>>
>> ? sorry for expressing myself so directly but your evaluation of? ?
>> "Cities for Mobility" has absolutely nothing to do with the reality:
>>
>> ? You say: "I am convinced that the whole project - no matter how? ?
>> inclusive-seeming - is in large part a greenwashing exercise for?
>> the? Stuttgart-based automobile industry"
>>
>> ? CfM is a municipal initiative and we, as masterminds behind the? ?
>> network, feel 100% committed to greening urban mobility and not? ?
>> feeding any kind of industry. But, to be honest, without the money?
>> we? receive from some private firms, including our local car?
>> producers, we could not work without membership fees and invite?
>> members from Africa,? Asia and Latina America for free (other city?
>> networks charge 8.000? Euros per year, no matter from where you?
>> are!).
>>
>> ? The companies that help us to finance the work of the
>> Municipality? ? of Stuttgart within the framework of CfM have
>> agreed to give us? their? support without asking anything in
>> return. There is not even? a council or something where they could
>> bring in their views or? make their? voices heard in order to
>> influence the work of the? network. To be? honest, our somewhat
>> depressing perception was that? they don't even? care about us as
>> we, with our almost 500 partners? from over 60? countries, are not
>> at all important for companies? that have an annual? turnover
>> bigger than several small national? economies together!!
>>
>> ? But, yes you are rigth, we also work on the topic of motorized? ?
>> individual mobility. But we don't tell anyone what Stuttgart's car? ?
>> makers would like to hear but just what we need in order to
>> achieve? ? real benefits for the environmental situation in cities.
>> To cover? 100% of all mobility demands by non-motorized mobility
>> would be? ideal - you? may be right! But the fact is that
>> motorized? individual mobility will? allways be there. So the
>> crucial question? is how we can green it (e.g.? electric mobility
>> with light vehicles? and renewable energies - that's? what we are
>> dealing with in? ongoing projects). We just dare facing? this up to
>> now inevitable? motorized 90% share of the mobility reality? that
>> many others seem? to ignore thinking that this way it will?
>> disappear... How about you?
>>
>> ? In general, I'm convinced it's better to go there and ask people? ?
>> what they think and want and really do before you judge them in? ?
>> public...
>>
>> ? But yes, I agree, it's good to have different platforms for?
>> working? on the same issues. Each one will bring in new and?
>> valuable aspects.? The big question for me just is whether we
>> shall? stick to a typical? German way of thinking, I would say,
>> that there? is only one right? answer and only one solution to such
>> a complex? problem and reality as? is mobility, asking the rest of
>> the world? to obey, stop thinking and? to follow it... So I'd be
>> glad if you? acknowledged also the value of? the work we have been
>> doing in the? past years within CfM for the same? cause as yours.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ? Regards,
>>
>> ? Rainer Rothfuss
>>
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>> Dr. Rainer Rothfuss
>> Coordinator of International Relations
>> -----------------------
>> Coordination Office
>> Cities for Mobility
>> State Capital Stuttgart
>> -----------------------
>> Postal address:
>> D-70161 Stuttgart
>> GERMANY
>> Tel.: +49-8381-891-68 38
>> Fax: +49-8381-891-68 39
>> Mob: +49-177-894 08 04
>> Skype: rainer.rothfuss
>> rothfuss@...
>> www.cities-for-mobility.netMessage from "Todd Edelman, Green Idea? ?
>> Factory" :
>>
>>> Hi Aashish,
>>>
>>> This is an important question - which could perhaps include "Lots Less
>>> Cars" - and I am sure the three different
>>> administrator/co-administrators will answer it soon.
>>>
>>> For me it is clear that Sustran is about developing world/Global South
>>> issues. Very often the same messages go out on both New Mobility Cafe
>>> and Lots Less Cars, and while there are guidelines to make it simple
>>> for me what I usually do is if it something interesting and useful I
>>> send it to Lots Less and if even more exciting, revolutionary and
>>> important/critical I also send to New Mobility. And of course also to
>>> Sustran if applicable.
>>>
>>> I know that Eric works very hard at keeping the discussion lean and
>>> focused and while I sometimes object if a post I make - especially if
>>> I take a lot of time with it - is rejected, I see the reason for this.
>>> We can always post anything we want on our own Blogs, or of course
>>> start our own discussions.
>>>
>>> Sustran, New Mobility/Lots Less and Sustran also originate in three
>>> different institutions/entities, and perhaps some differences between
>>> them are fundamental. As for me, I do not participate in Cities for
>>> Mobility. It seems that the discussions held there could be useful but
>>> I am convinced that the whole project - no matter how inclusive-seeming
>>> - is in large part a greenwashing exercise for the Stuttgart-based
>>> automobile industry. Cities for Mobility has as one of its "mobility
>>> columns" the private urban car, and in (not just) my eyes this is Old
>>> Mobility and thus presents a fundamental difference from - and
>>> obviously a challenge to - the philosophy behind/purpose of the other
>>> lists.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> T
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Aashish Gupta wrote:
>>>> Dear Eric
>>>> I have gained much from the discussions at New moility cafe,
>>>> Cities-for-Mobility and sustrans. I have a suggestion. Cant we
>> integrate all
>>>> the lists, since all of them have a common focus. It would be much
>> easier,
>>>> as well as enlarge the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> Aashish Gupta
>>>> Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
>>>> Indian Institute of Technology Madras
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Eric Britton? >> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> That's a good question Roland. I just tried Knoogling it and came
>> up with
>>>>> some interesting responses. You might wish to give it a try at
>>>>> http://knoogle.net . (And if you have suggestions for us as to
>> sources or
>>>>> other details to improve? its operation ,please do . . . Eric Britton
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Behalf Of Roland Sapsford
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2008 00:11
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone aware of any work underway through the CDM, or in
>> negotiations
>>>>> around its successors, to make it easier for transport projects to be
>>>>> included.
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I know, the only public transport project so far granted CDM
>>>>> credits is the TransMilenio busway in Bogota.? The main barrier is
>> that
>>>>> transport projects usually involve policy and planning changes as
>> well as
>>>>> projects, and the methodological tests for additionality are hard
>> to meet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Curiously yours
>>>>> Roland Sapsford
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Roland Sapsford
>>>>> Sustainability Solutions Consulting
>>>>>
>>>>> Climate Change, Cities, Energy, Transport
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> PO Box 11-708, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand
>>>>> +64-4-9341106(w); +64-4-3851105(h); +64-21-651105(m)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr. Rainer Rothfuss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A trav?s del instrumento CDM se pueden financiar proyectos para
>> reducir
>>>>> emisiones de CO2 - tambi?n en el ?rea del transporte.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> M?s informaciones: http://www.cdm-cooperation.de/7.0.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Para saber m?s del los proyectos ya implementados en los
>> diferentes pa?ses
>>>>> de Am?rica Latina hay que registrarse como usuario (gratuito).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Clean Development Mechanism
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a project-based
>> mechanism, laid
>>>>> down in the Kyoto Protocol within the United Nations Framework
>> Convention
>>>>> on
>>>>> Climate Change (UNFCCC ) in 1997. On the one
>>>>> hand,
>>>>> it serves as a tool for the achievement of companies? or state?s
>> emission
>>>>> targets under minimum costs. On the other hand, it provides an
>> economic
>>>>> incentive for investments in technologies aiming at climate
>> protection.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rainer Rothfuss
>>>>>
>>>>>
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From Chris.Dias at EMITEC.COM Thu Dec 4 18:29:16 2008
From: Chris.Dias at EMITEC.COM (Chris.Dias at EMITEC.COM)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:29:16 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: Motorized Two and Three Wheelers
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <4937F044.5707.002C.0@EMITEC.COM>
Dear Sudhir.
Thank you for your note & mail.
As was seen at the BAQ2008, 2&3-wheelers are here to stay in Asia and moreover offer a number of benefits both in terms of transport effeciency, per capital fuel effeciency & CO2 emissions, and overall emission loads.
There is of course some ground to cover with tightening legislation in many asian countries. But I do not see any concern in meeting tighter emission legislation with the availability of improved powertrain & cost effective after-treatment technology solutions.
One issue that will remain is the treatment of the existing vehicle population. Here too retro-fitted after-treatment technology solutions & devices are available. All that is required is a workable policy to be mandated with a supporting control infrastructure.
The other issue that will need to be resolved lies in the domain of traffic management experts as to how to best integrate this cheap, efficient and clean transport mode into the existing traffic system. As I have always said, the solution to this too can be more easily found if we start to accept that all other modes of transport are in conflict with the motorcycle and not vice-versa.
In case any of your readers desire, I would be happy to circulate details of after-treatment technology solutions available in the EMITEC product program and how these can effectively benefit cost & clean mobility.
With Regards.
Chris Dias
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>>> Sudhir 12/4/2008 2:22 PM >>>
Dear All,
During the recently held Better Air Quality (BAQ) workshop 2008 (
http://www.baq2008.org/), there were lot of discussions on the role of
motorized two and three wheelers. The aspects considered were their growth,
their role and their impact on the quality of life of people. Two and Three
wheelers often have been neglected by policymakers and many contradictory
actions have been taken across Asia.
Please visit links
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73129_wheelers.pdf &
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-21710.html and
to access the discussion paper & some of the presentations.
We would require your inputs on this discussion paper. what do you think
about the two and three wheelers? Would they continue to dominate? Are they
part of problem or solution? What kind of technological and traffic
solutions can help in making them more safer and efficient mode of
Transportation? How to prevent the jump of NMT users to two and three
wheelers? Would you allow them in bike lanes? How do you solve these
problems???
there are lot of questions which needs to be answered and many stakeholders
like CAI-Asia,PCFV, ITDP and ICCT are looking in this issue. please help us
know your views on this so that proper policies can be framed for two and
three wheelers.
best regards
Sudhir Gota
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From tom.godefrooij at cycling.nl Thu Dec 4 18:41:15 2008
From: tom.godefrooij at cycling.nl (Tom Godefrooij)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:41:15 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Betr.: Motorized Two and Three Wheelers
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <4937B3CA.8C05.0045.0@cycling.nl>
Dear Sudhir,
Thank you for your invitation to participate in the exchange on the position of Motorized Two and Three Wheelers. An important issue indeed, and very complex as well. The position of this category of road users and related policy choices will also have an impact on the posistion of non motorised (human powered) transport. Therefore we would be happy to contribute. Do you have any timeline in mind for this debate? Is there a specific deadline for contributions?
Best regards,
Tom
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>>> Op Donderdag 4 December 2008 om 9:52 is in bericht
door Sudhir
geschreven:
> Dear All,
>
> During the recently held Better Air Quality (BAQ) workshop 2008 (
> http://www.baq2008.org/), there were lot of discussions on the role of
> motorized two and three wheelers. The aspects considered were their growth,
> their role and their impact on the quality of life of people. Two and Three
> wheelers often have been neglected by policymakers and many contradictory
> actions have been taken across Asia.
>
> Please visit links
> http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73129_wheelers.pdf &
> http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-21710.html and
> to access the discussion paper & some of the presentations.
>
> We would require your inputs on this discussion paper. what do you think
> about the two and three wheelers? Would they continue to dominate? Are they
> part of problem or solution? What kind of technological and traffic
> solutions can help in making them more safer and efficient mode of
> Transportation? How to prevent the jump of NMT users to two and three
> wheelers? Would you allow them in bike lanes? How do you solve these
> problems???
>
> there are lot of questions which needs to be answered and many stakeholders
> like CAI-Asia,PCFV, ITDP and ICCT are looking in this issue. please help us
> know your views on this so that proper policies can be framed for two and
> three wheelers.
>
> best regards
> Sudhir Gota
From edelman at greenidea.eu Thu Dec 4 22:21:12 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:21:12 +0100
Subject: [sustran] European Union and French Presidency seek to push forward
with destructive and unsustainable biofuel target
Message-ID: <4937D948.6030904@greenidea.eu>
Hi all,
It seems clear to me that this
"getting-fuels-from-wherever-we-can-never-mind-the-consequences"
mentality - for public transport, too - is VERY Old Mobility and not
sustainable at all.
- T
***
Press release by Biofuel Watch, Corporate Europe Observatory,
Econexus, Grupo de Reflexi?n Rural, Rettet den Regenwald and Watch
Indonesia! [weblinks below]
Immediate release: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
European Union and French Presidency seek to push forward with
destructive and unsustainable biofuel target
Campaigners today (Tuesday) accused the French Presidency and the
European Union of pushing ahead with dangerous and unsustainable
agrofuel targets, with a view to reaching a deal on the Renewable
Energy Directive on Wednesday. The target as proposed [1] would
greatly increase the use of agrofuels (biofuels from crops and trees)
in Europe, with no credible protection for food supplies, climate,
people and the environment.
Campaigners are alarmed that current proposals which have been put
forward by the Commission and the Presidency not only endorse a 10%
biofuel target by 2020, but even remove the possibility of a reviewing
this in 2014. The proposals seek to further manipulate greenhouse gas
balances of agrofuels by omitting any references at all to the major
carbon emissions caused by indirect land use change. As recent
peer-reviewed studies have shown, once indirect land use change is
taken into account, virtually all agrofuels are worse for the climate
than the fossil fuels they replace [2].
The proposal comes shortly after organisations sent an Open Letter to
all MEPs in which they warned that eight governments of major agrofuel
producer countries had made it clear that they do not accept proposed
EU sustainability standards and that even the most basic
sustainability ?guarantees? could clearly not be met [3].
Amaranta Herrero, agrofuel campaigner at Corporate Europe
Observatory, said:
?A 10% target regardless of impacts would be a disaster for millions
of people, exacerbating world hunger and causing untold environmental
damage. Demand for agrofuels is already pushing small farmers off
their land, affecting food production and aggravating environmental
pollution, causing the destruction of natural ecosystems which are
essential carbon sinks, including rainforests and peat swamps. The
proposals will send signals to the agrofuel developers to expand,
whatever the human and environmental cost.?
Guadalupe Rodriguez of Rettet den Regenwald added:
?The EU must not ignore calls by hundreds of civil society groups,
social movements, politicians and academics for an immediate
moratorium on monoculture agrofuels in order to protect climate,
people and the environment?
.
The Brazilian government is already calling for forests with less than
30% canopy cover to be converted for agrofuels - which would lead to a
rapid increase in rates of deforestation [4]. Half of the world?s
forests currently have canopy cover of less than 20% - and so would be
eligible for conversion.
Campaigners are calling for the target to be dropped and warn that a
deal will lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions as more and
more forest and pasture land are converted to make way for displaced
farmers.
The consequences will be disastrous for indigenous people, local
communities, and for climate change - as carbon stored in forests and
soils is released, campaigners said.
Notes:
[1] The French presidency is proposing to exclude the possibility of a
review of the 2020 biofuel target in 2014, and not to include any
emissions from indirect land use change into greenhouse gas
calculations from biofuels into the Renewable Energy Directive.
[2] Peer-reviewed studies by Timothy Searchinger, Joseph Fargione,
Holly Gibbs and others show that the carbon emissions linked to direct
and indirect land use change for agrofuels can be so high that, in
some cases it would take many centuries of agrofuel use to repay that
carbon debt. See
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/features/art23819.html
for comments by one of the lead authors, Joseph Fargione.
[3] www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/open_letter_to_meps_020808.pdf
[4] Dossier interinstitutionnel: 2008/0016 (COD). Article 15, para. 4
(page 121). 25th November 2008
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From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:02:38 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Transforming Transportation 2009
Message-ID:
Transforming Transportation 2009 This year EMBARQ, the World Bank, Clean Air
Initiative - Asia, Clean Air Initiative - Latin America, and the Asian
Development Bank will host Transforming Transportation, a multi-day event
featuring transport and planning experts from around the world. This year's
event focuses on three topics: Bus Rapid Transit, safety and security, and
climate change.
please find more details @
http://www.embarq.org/en/transforming-transportation-2009
To register for the event- click here http://jotform.com/form/82764514375
For more information, contact
Day 1 - TT2009@worldbank.org
Day 2 - TT2009@worldbank.org
Day 3 - ssanchez@cleanairinstitute.org
best regards
Sudhir
Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
CAI-Asia Center
Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
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From edelman at greenidea.eu Wed Dec 10 22:41:40 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:41:40 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: Transforming Transportation 2009
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <493FC714.2030202@greenidea.eu>
Hi all fans of real transformation,
At this event please sure to ask people from Shell-funded EMBARQ - or
any Shell representatives themselves who show up - about the "safety and
security" and "climate change" effects of their oil sands projects in
Alberta, Canada.
The latest:
Canada's black gold oil rush
- T
Sudhir wrote:
>
>
> Transforming Transportation 2009
>
> This year EMBARQ, the World Bank, Clean Air Initiative - Asia, Clean
> Air Initiative - Latin America, and the Asian Development Bank will
> host Transforming Transportation, a multi-day event featuring
> transport and planning experts from around the world. This year's
> event focuses on three topics: Bus Rapid Transit, safety and security,
> and climate change.
>
> please find more details @
> http://www.embarq.org/en/transforming-transportation-2009
>
> To register for the event- click here http://jotform.com/form/82764514375
>
> For more information, contact
>
> Day 1 - TT2009@worldbank.org
> Day 2 - TT2009@worldbank.org
> Day 3 - ssanchez@cleanairinstitute.org
>
>
>
> best regards
> Sudhir
>
>
>
> 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
> http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
> Skype : sudhirgota
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From: sutp at sutp.org (Sustainable Urban Transport Project- SUTP)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:00:31 +0000
Subject: [sustran] SUTP update - September to November 2008
Message-ID: <49401FDF.6040302@sutp.org>
/*Sustainable Urban Transport Project (GTZ SUTP) Update*/* *
September - November*, 2008*
This newsletter gives updates on the SUTP resources, news and events
related to our topic of interest. For more information or feedback,
please contact sutp@sutp.org , or visit our
website at www.sutp.org (China users go to www.sutp.cn
).
/******Project related News******/
/(For greater detail of the news below, please click the link below
each item)/
GTZ Workshop in Cochin, India
26 November 2008
GTZ-Advisory Services in Environmental Management (ASEM), an
environmental program with the Indian government, along with Cities
Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), conducted a workshop titled
"Support of GTZ to JNNURM - Focus Urban Transport". The event was
conducted on the 24-25th November 2008 in Cochin, Kerala at the Taj
Ernakulam.
Former Bogot? mayor Mr. Enrique Penalosa addressed the workshop as the
chief guest. Dr. Axel Friedrich, Advisor for GTZ, also participated in
the workshop and conducted a presentation entitled "Sustainable
Transport, Public Transport Institutions and Integration".
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1335&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ at BAQ2008
14 November 2008
The Better Air Quality 2008 Workshop was held in Bangkok, Thailand
during 12-14th November, 2008. As pre-events to this workshop GTZ SUTP
conducted two training courses and one pre-event. The training courses
were on ?Mass Transit and Bus Rapid Transit Planning? and ?Travel Demand
Management? respectively, while the pre-event was on ?Climate and
Transport?. Reports on these courses are available upon request.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1331&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
Overview on Transport Policy and Planning Documents
14 November 2008
GTZ compiled on overview on transport policy and planning documents. The
compilation aims at assisting practitioners and decisions-makers in
benchmarking and developing sustainable policies in the transport sector.
Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1345&Itemid=1&lang=uk
GTZ SUTP at CODATU XIII, Vietnam
12 November 2008
Mr. Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ Senior Transport Advisor and Project
Director of SUTP, presented at CODATU XIII conference held in Ho Chi
Minh City on the 12th November, 2008. His presentation was entitled
?Capacity building and awareness raising on sustainable urban transport
in Asia? and is available for download here (registered users).
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1330&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
Kyoto Declaration Signing by Asian Mayors
12 November 2008
The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), Ministry of
the Environment- Government of Japan, and the Clean Air Initiative for
Asian Cities (CAI-Asia), jointly organized the Special Event for the
Signing of the Kyoto Declaration by Asian Mayors for the Promotion of
EST in Cities,? during the Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2008 Workshop, 12
November 2008. In the Special Event, twelve more Asian cities - Bangkok
(Thailand), Baguio (Philippines), Cebu (Philippines), Colombo (Sri
Lanka), Batam (Indonesia), Guwahati (India), Karachi (Pakistan),
Kathmandu (Nepal), Makassar (Indonesia), Makati (Philippines), Palembang
(Indonesia), and Surat (India), signed the Kyoto Declaration.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1334&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ-Discussion paper: EXPLOIT FALLING MARKETS ? a contribution to the
debate on fuel pricing mechanisms
The current phase of sharply declining crude oil and petroleum product
prices offers an opportunity for a critical investigation of the
absolute level of pump prices for fuel and the nature and manner of
adjustment of the price level. This includes the opportunity to move
from ad hoc pricing towards formula-based automatic pricing at
relatively low political cost. The same applies to the elimination of
direct and indirect subsidies which should continue in parallel, and to
the imposition of (possibly earmarked) tax on fuel. The discussion paper
provides an overview of forms of fuel pricing in the transport sector.
Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1341&Itemid=69&lang=uk
GTZ at the GTS08 Symposium
10 November 2008
Mr. Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ Senior Transport Advisor, participated and
presented at the German Thai Symposium (GTS) 08
held in Bangkok on 10th November 2008. The presentation was titled
"Capacity Building and Awareness Raising on Sustainable Urban Transport
in Asia" and can be downloaded here. Mr. Torsten Fritsche, GTZ-
Thailand, also presented at the event with a presentation titled "Clean
Development Mechanism in India ? Preparing a country for a complex
global market"
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1333&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
SUTP brochures in Bahasa Indonesia and Thai online
04 November 2008
SUTP users can now download the project brochures in Bahasa Indonesia
and Thai. Further, users can also download the International Fuel Prices
2007 and Tackling Climate Change in the Transport Sector brochures in
English. Links to download are available here.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1326&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ-SUTP training course in Jakarta
23 October 2008
GTZ-SUTP conducted a training course at the Ministry of Transportation,
Jakarta, Indonesia on 23rd October 2008. Course participants were
invited from various Indonesian cities. The participants were chiefly
people working in the city governments responsible for initiating and
implementing urban transport projects and policies.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1323&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ and Metropolis International Institute - MoU signed
21 October 2008
GTZ signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Metropolis
International Institute on 22nd October 2008 in Sydney on the event of
the 9th World Congress of Metropolis
.
The principal objective of the MoU was to collaborate on building and
strengthening capacities for local authorities in the field of
sustainable mobility. Both organisations will address the objective
through assistance to cities in developing and emerging countries by
activities such as training, technical assistance and dissemination of
international experiences and targeted work.
Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1332&Itemid=1&lang=uk
GTZ-SUTP training at Metropolis, 2008 Sydney
20 October 2008
GTZ-SUTP in cooperation with Interface for Cycling Enterprise (I-CE) and
Technical University Berlin (TU Berlin) offered a 2 day training course
titled "Non-Motorised transport in metropolises - the undervalued urban
mobility" from 20-21.10.2008, being part of Metropolis 2008. This
training course was focussed towards planners, engineers and experts
related to urban planning. The course was opened by the Lord Mayor of
Sydney Ms. Clover Moore.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1299&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
Memorandum of Cooperation between GTZ-SUTP and CEPT
26 September 2008
GTZ-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) and the Center for
Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT, Ahmedabad) have signed a
memorandum of cooperation at Visakhapatnam on the 26th September, 2008.
Under this agreement, both organisations will strengthen cooperation in
the area of urban transport development in the South-Asian region. It is
also envisaged under this agreement that new programs/training courses
and/or material development will be undertaken.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1307&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ-SUTP participates at BRTS conference in Visakhapatnam, India
26 September 2008
Mr. Manfred Breithaupt, Senior Transport Advisor and Project Director of
the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP), and Mr. Santhosh
Kodukula, Urban Transport Expert of the SUTP participated in a Seminar
cum Workshop on Bus Rapid Transit held between 24th to 26th September
2008 at Visakhapatnam, India.
The conference was organised by the Indo-German Institute of Advanced
Technology and the Gayatri Vidya Parishad Engineering College. It was
mainly sponsored by the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ), the
Federal Transport Administration (FTA) of the United States of America,
the Greater Visakhapatanam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), as well as
other sponsors. More than 150 participants attended the event.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1306&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ SUTP participates at energy efficiency conference in Sao Paulo
19 September 2008
Carlosfelipe Pardo, project coordinator of GTZ SUTP, delivered a
presentation on "Revitalization of public transport in Latin America -
some lessons learnt" during the Energy Efficiency and Competitiveness
Conference, organized jointly by IDB and GTZ Brazil.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1297&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ SUTP hosts a meeting on Ecomobility for Brazil
16 September 2008
GTZ SUTP held a meeting with Brazilian stakeholders from government,
NGOs, academia and international organizations to discuss the potential,
activities and timeline for an initiative on Ecomobility for Brazil, in
partnership with ICLEI Ecomobility Alliance, GTZ Brazil, Secretaria de
Verde y Meio Ambiente Sao Paulo, Interface for Cycling Expertise,
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Clinton Climate
Initiative, Pedala Brasil, and other key actors of the topic in Brazil.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1298&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
Quarterly Newsletter of JIKO
09 September 2008
The quarterly newsletter of the Joint Implementation and Clean
Development Mechanism project (JIKO) development 2007-2009) from the
Wuppertal Institute is available for download. The project aims at
supporting the development of the national organisational structure and
procedures that will be necessary for processing future CDM and JI
projects. For this reason, the project works close together with JIKO in
the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1293&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
Presentation in Cartagena
04 September 2008
Carlos Felipe Pardo from GTZ SUTP gave a presentation on Sustainable
Financing for Public Transport, as part of the CONALTUR National
Congress in Cartagena on August 29, 2008. The event was held with
participation from various international organizations as well as the
Colombian President, its Minister of Transport and the Secretary of
Mobility of Bogot?.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1289&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
GTZ at Plock 2008
02 September 2008
Armin Wagner (Transport Policy Advisor GTZ) participated in a joint
UNITAR/GTZ workshop on Sustainable Urban Transportation: Transit
Options" in Plock / Poland. In his presentation he gave an overview on
recent international trends and developments in respect to bus planning.
The workshop was attended by participants from local transport
authorities from various cities in Central- and Eastern Europe.
Link:
*http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1294&Itemid=1&lang=uk*
/****Upcoming Events about Sustainable Urban Transport*****//
//*segregated chronologically/
/Date : 15-12-2008/
/Venue : Beijing, China/
/Title : International workshop on integrated transport and sustainable
urban development/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=283&lang=uk/
/Date : 18-12-2008/
/Venue : Bucharest, Romania/
/Title : Spicycles Bucharest Conference/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=285&lang=uk/
/Date : 05-01-2009/
/Venue : Mauritius/
/Title : Sustainability Conference 2009/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=291&lang=uk/
/Date : 14-01-2009/
/Venue : Washington DC, USA/
/Title : Transforming Transportation 2009/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=286&lang=uk/
/Date : 20-01-2009/
/Venue : Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates/
/Title : Global City/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=255&lang=uk/
/Date : 21-01-2009/
/Venue : Amsterdam, Netherlands/
/Title : The Permanent Oil Crisis /
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=289&lang=uk/
/Date : 22-01-2009/
/Venue : New Mexico, USA/
/Title : 8^th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=292&lang=uk/
/Date : 26-01-2009/
/Venue : Zurich, Switzerland/
/Title : AGS Annual Meeting 2009: //Urban Futures: the Challenge of
Sustainability/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=293&lang=uk/
/Date : 26-01-2009/
/Venue : Brussels, Belgium/
/Title : CAST Final Conference: Final results presentation/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=294&lang=uk/
/Date : 28-01-2009/
/Venue : Dhaka, Bangladesh/
/Title : Climate Change and Urban Poverty/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=298&lang=uk/
/Date : 29-01-2009/
/Venue : Mumbai, India/
/Title : 6^th //International Conference on Good Urban Governance for
Inclusive and Sustainable Cities/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=297&lang=uk/
/Date : 29-01-2009/
/Venue : Mumbai, India/
/Title : International Conference on Humane Habitat (ICHH) 2009/
/Link :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=296&lang=uk/
*More events can be viewed from the link below *
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&lang=uk
/IMPORTANT NOTE/
/If you haven?t registered to our site or were only registered to the
previous website, we would be pleased if you can validate your email and
account info just by going to
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details to /sutp@sutp.org / and we?ll send you
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From sudhir at cai-asia.org Thu Dec 11 11:37:01 2008
From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:37:01 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Excellent article on City of Flyovers- Delhi
Message-ID:
Dear All,
Excellent article - worth reading and sharing . Please share this
*
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20081209&fname=debarshi&sid=1&pn=1
*
*City Of Flyovers*
When I first heard this epithet to describe Delhi's growth aspirations, I
laughed it off. But six years on, as I see that vision turning into reality
I have frightfully realised how revealing that is of our model of
development and how harmful it has been for a vast majority of us....
By Debarshi
Dasgupta
The first time ? as an undergraduate student in 2002 ? when I heard the
epithet "city of flyovers" being used by government officials to describe
Delhi's growth aspirations, I laughed it off. I credited the uninspiring and
dull description of my city to our bureaucrats and their political bosses.
But six years on as I see that vision turning into reality ? Delhi since
then either has or is building close to 80 flyovers ? I have frightfully
realised how revealing that epithet is of our model of development and how
harmful it has been for a vast majority of us.
It tells us the story of an India that skirts problems rather than find
sustainable solutions for them in pursuit of rapid development. Of how the
country has opted for quick-fix solutions that benefit a few in the
short-run but end up being problems for most in the long-run. This has led
to a model of urban planning that has largely pre-empted the majority of the
city's population from developing any stakes in Delhi's well-being. This is
equally true of any other Indian city.
To go back to Delhi's flyovers, the government has delightedly realised that
they are the best way to get rid of the urban chaos that has arisen out of
absence of any planning and abundance of greed. Befittingly, public
transport in Delhi has always got the short end of the stick. Bus routes
were contracted out in return for a certain commission to influential
individuals rather than being run by one consortium. This has led to the
killer phenomenon we only know so well ? Bluelines, competing buses that run
over people as they race on Delhi's congested roads to rake in more
passengers. Am I to believe that a government that seeks to build and
operate new-age nuclear reactors cannot operate an efficient and safe fleet
of buses? Try telling that to the families of hundreds killed by Bluelines.
The government may have now gone ahead with the gradual introduction of
low-floor buses but it is too late. Cars and two wheelers have already taken
over our roads. Jams are inevitable given the vehicular growth and
irrespective of the number of flyovers built. A Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE) survey found that while private vehicles account for 67.6%
of the vehicles in India and occupy 67.1% of the road width, they carry only
37% of the commuters. Buses, on the other hand, make up 24.4% of the
vehicles and occupy 38% of the roads. They, however, carry 61% of the
commuters. Likewise, blueprints of rotary mode separators, with traffic
separation at distinct vertical axes and designed around the comfort of
pedestrians, have not been looked at as an alternative to flyovers by the
Delhi government..... contd
--
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
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From: eric.britton at newmobility.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:17:32 +0100
Subject: [sustran] New Mobility Media 2008 + Knoogle + The year ahead
Message-ID:
Dear Colleagues,
?
The purpose of this holiday mailing is to share with you a small handful ?things
that I very much hope you will find interesting and possibly even useful. ?Quickly
now:
?
1.? New Mobility Media 2008: Over the last several years we have been increasingly
engaged in working with expanding group of international partners to create
engaging new media in order to advance the sustainable transportation agenda
worldwide.? The attached PDF file presents some of the latest films, videos
and clips in this collaborative series, together with one-click links which
allow you to go directly to each. ?(If you would prefer to pick up the full
PowerPoint version, you will find that at www.media-presentation.newmobility.org
)
?
2.? New mobility knowledge environment:With all of the conferences and discussions
that are going on these days, one of the things that strikes us most is that,
although there are many programs and organizations concerned with the issues
of sustainable transportation in the broader climate, resource and economic
environments within which they are placed, (a) we are still in most dramatically
losing this war on virtually all fronts and (b) the level of creative synergy
between all of these programs is impaired by the fact that they are, as the
expression goes, overly "siloed".? This is not to argue for centralization
or "rationalization" with the thought of removing redundancies, since in fact
what may appear to be redundancies are in fact a signal of the richness of
the work that is going on to remedy the problems we are addressing.? Redundancy
is in any event a necessary condition of robustness. ?And we very much need
robust solutions and processes.? With this challenge in mind we set out early
last summer under the framework of an informal brainstorming effort which we
called the "New Mobility Knowledge Environment" to see if we could get some
kind of useful handle on the problem of excessive fragmentation of effort and
insufficient interaction, exchange and co-learning.
?
3.? Knoogle New Mobility 1.1. :The only specific advance that we have made
thus far has been in a collaborative project undertaken with the help of a
small team at theCenter for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society of
University of Michigan, which is aimed at creating a handy tool which will
allow researchers, policymakers and others concerned to reach across some of
the thick walls that separate many of these programs and projects.? The tool
is called Knoogle New Mobility 1.1.? It is still in beta form but a number
of us are finding it useful for following developments in the field.? I would
like to invite you to have a look and should you find it useful to put it to
work for your own purposes.? The URL is www.Knoogle.net.
?
4.? The year ahead: there is no doubt in my mind, and I am sure yours, that
2009 is going to be a very important year for new thinking around the world,
and certainly I very much hope in the United States. ?I would almost say that
this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.? So this is the time to make sure
that everything we have done over these last years to create both a vision
and the tools needed to move toward a more sustainable future for the planet,
the people who live on it, for cities, and for our transportation systems,
takes a strong, I would hope a leading role in debate and in the actions to
follow.
?
As a contribution from here, in early January we shall be sending you the 2009
State of the Commons Message, which as in last year's is largely devoted to
outlining progress and intended future work in collaboration for the year ahead.
I very much hope you will keep us informed of your projects and programs for
the new year, and if you have any thoughts about possible collaboration or
exchange, I want you to know that these will be warmly received here.
?
It is time to act.
?
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From bayk_aksyon at yahoo.com Fri Dec 12 12:08:55 2008
From: bayk_aksyon at yahoo.com (Ramon Fernan)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:08:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [sustran] Better Place sustainable transportation and business model
Message-ID: <706937.31700.qm@web56004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Don't know if this topic has been discussed here but what do people think of Shai Agassi's Better Place business model for promoting electric cars? More junk on the road? Not even worth considering? Better Place has a website: www.betterplace.com and Agassi has a blog to promote his ideas: http://shaiagassi.typepad.com/. Thomas Friedman of the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin) has lately been promoting his plan to rid the world of dependence on (Arab) oil. (Agassi is Israeli).
From peter at googlemapsbikethere.org Fri Dec 12 13:45:10 2008
From: peter at googlemapsbikethere.org (Peter Smith)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:45:10 -0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Better Place sustainable transportation and business
model
In-Reply-To: <706937.31700.qm@web56004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
References: <706937.31700.qm@web56004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
I have a view! :) i don't like it.
http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/12/02/just-so-were-not-confused/
saving cars is bad, and i'm also thinking of the Jevons Paradox, named after
William Stanley Jevons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
less energy on the micro-scale, but much more energy on the macro scale.
boo.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Ramon Fernan wrote:
>
> Don't know if this topic has been discussed here but what do people think
> of Shai Agassi's Better Place business model for promoting electric cars?
> More junk on the road? Not even worth considering? Better Place has a
> website: www.betterplace.com and Agassi has a blog to promote his ideas:
> http://shaiagassi.typepad.com/. Thomas Friedman of the NYT (
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin)
> has lately been promoting his plan to rid the world of dependence on (Arab)
> oil. (Agassi is Israeli).
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Dec 12 17:11:13 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:11:13 +0100
Subject: [sustran] RTC Seeks Active Transportation Projects- Funding and
Training Opportunities!
Message-ID: <000401c95c31$418a10d0$c49e3270$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Quick <> Timeline Funding
Training <> Opportunities
RTC Seeks Active Transportation Projects
Submissions Due Monday, 12/15/08 - 12:00pm ET
In Alta's October
eNewsletter we told you about RTC's Campaign for Active
Transportation. Here's an update from RTC and a new goal for project
submissions:
Thank you for the strong response to our October
call for ready-to-go bicycle or pedestrian
projects for possible inclusion in the federal economic recovery package.
With our national partners, we collected hundreds of projects that total
$1.2 billion. Parameters have since expanded, and we are again seeking
active transportation project submissions
.
The recovery package will likely be $700 billion or more, aiming to create
and maintain 2.5 million jobs over the next two years. This framing is
significantly different than previous estimates of $300 billion over a few
months-hence our renewed call for projects.
Please submit projects to Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) by visiting our
online submission page
:
http://support.railstotrails.org/submissions
Guidelines:
1. Projects should be at least $100,000;
2. RTC must receive submissions by Dec. 15 at noon, eastern time;
3. There is no need to resubmit projects already proposed; and
4. Projects should be able to be completed between four months and two
years.
Political Background:
Congress is considering multiple scenarios for how to distribute the
infrastructure funds in this economic recovery package (expected to pass in
late January). The House approach simply passes all the money to state
Departments of Transportation (DOTs). This course of action will not yield
optimal results for active transportation. We face the threat of being left
out by funding priorities that follow the mistakes of the past half-century.
Your submissions help us make the case with congressional leaders that
active transportation projects are in high demand and deserve to be a
priority.
Thank you.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
P.S. You can help in another way. RTC is currently running an online
petition
encouraging Congress to specifically fund
active transportation projects in the recovery package. We have one week
left to hit our target of 10,000 signatures, and we are very close! Please
use all applicable lists or newsletters to encourage others to sign the
petition-after doing so yourself! You can find the petition online at:
http://support.railstotrails.org/recovery
_____
SmartTrips Webinar
Please join us on December 17th for Jessica Roberts' virtual presentation
"Bring SmartTrips Home," hosted by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle
Professionals (APBP). SmartTrips is a great program model that can reduce
drive-alone trips by 10% at a cost of about $20 per household.
SmartTrips programs use individualized marketing to change trip behavior by
offering information and support for shifting some car trips to walking,
bicycling and transit trips. Webinar participants will learn about
evaluating their communities, resources to find out if SmartTrips is the
right approach, which materials, maps and incentives are most effective and
why, how to find the right tone and message, evaluation instruments, and how
to modify Portland's program for other locales. Webinar presenters are Linda
Ginenthal, who oversees Portland's SmartTrips program from her post as
manager of the Transportation Options Division at Portland DOT, and Jessica
Roberts, Alta Planning + Design, who is working to implement SmartTrips for
NTPP communities.
More information:
APBP webinar "Bring SmartTrips Home"
Wednesday, December 17, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Register for webinars at http://www.bikewalk.org/webinar.php
.
Cost is $50 per site for APBP members; $60 per site for non-APBP members.
You can arrange payment with Deb Goeks at the APBP office at (262) 228-7025,
or e-mail her at deb@apbp.org.
_____
Cycle Zones Webinar
On January 21st Mia Birk will join Portland Bicycle Coordinator Roger Geller
for "Cycle Zone Analysis (CZA), A New Bicycle Transportation Planning Tool,"
discussing how this tool helps Portland planners more accurately assess and
improve cycling conditions.
The Cycle Zones Analysis webinar looks at a tool used by planners in
Portland (Ore.) as they moved away from that city's eight traditional
planning areas - defined largely by political boundaries - and instead
divided the city into 32 "cycle zones" which describe distinct
micro-environments for bicycling. Participants will learn how to define
cycle zones, develop a bikeway rating index, and use the resulting analysis
to improve cycling conditions. Geller and Birk will discuss adapting the
Cycle Zone Analysis tool to other locales, and what would be required to
implement this planning tool in your community.
More information:
APBP webinar "Cycle Zone Analysis (CZA), A New Bicycle Transportation
Planning Tool"
Wednesday, January 21, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Register for webinars at http://www.bikewalk.org/webinar.php
.
Cost is $50 per site for APBP members; $60 per site for non-APBP members.
You can arrange payment with Deb Goeks at the APBP office at (262) 228-7025,
or e-mail her at deb@apbp.org.
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From edelman at greenidea.eu Fri Dec 12 22:52:10 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:52:10 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: Better Place sustainable transportation and business
model
In-Reply-To:
References: <706937.31700.qm@web56004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <49426C8A.7010102@greenidea.eu>
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Ramon Fernan > wrote:
Don't know if this topic has been discussed here but what do people think of Shai Agassi's Better Place business model for promoting electric cars? More junk on the road? Not even worth considering?
Better Place has a website: www.betterplace.com and Agassi has a blog to promote his ideas: http://shaiagassi.typepad.com/. Thomas Friedman of the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin ) has lately been promoting his plan to rid the world of dependence on (Arab) oil. (Agassi is Israeli).
***
In response, Peter Smith wrote:
I have a view! :) i don't like it.
http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/12/02/just-so-were-not-confused/
saving cars is bad, and i'm also thinking of the Jevons Paradox, named after William Stanley Jevons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
less energy on the micro-scale, but much more energy on the macro scale. boo.
***
To which I add,
Hi all,
Peter is right, and the one extra thought I had is that - to paraphrase
someone whose name is presently elusive - if you keep on repeating the
word "sustainable" over and over people will start believing it. George
Orwell would be impressed or depressed, depending on how you look at things.
The future these folks propose will seem to have just as much
congestion, obesity and social isolation in places which are
automobile-centred now and of course more in the rest of the world which
is still not automobilised. Deaths of vulnerable road users per capita
might go down in automobilised countries (because the cars are lighter
than current ones) but will go up everywhere else.
They talk about renewable energy grids but it will be years before these
exist en masse, and as we know current plug-in hybrids take advantage of
a network not designed for vehicle use (in regards to taxation), and
which in many places is powered by coal.
If I may be so bold:
"Dear Better Place,
We are sorry to report that your project in its current form will not be
permitted to carry the New Mobility* label.
However, if you propose urban vehicles only for use for carshare, paying
a individual motorised transport tax on distance travelled, and with
active and passive safety features to protect vulnerable road users as
well as speed limiters, in addition to further measures which will
define this solution as a minority-partner in a sustainable mobility
plan focused strategically on reducing the need for mobility, and
tactically on construction of dense housing, de-centralised services,
shopping and entertainment plus walking, cycling and mass public
transport vehicles, we may reconsider your proposal.
Kind regards,
People of Earth"
* This label does not exist; I am just trying to make a point and would
not be the one to authorise its use. For more info please see
www.newmobility.org
- T
p.s. I am half-Israeli
--
--------------------------------------------
Todd Edelman
Green Idea Factory
Urbanstr. 45
D-10967 Berlin
Germany
Skype: toddedelman
Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081
Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001
edelman@greenidea.eu
www.greenidea.eu
www.flickr.com/photos/edelman
Green Idea Factory is a member of World Carfree Network
www.worldcarfree.net
CAR is over. If you want it.
"Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!"
- B. Brecht (with slight modification)
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sat Dec 13 00:08:07 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:08:07 +0100
Subject: [sustran] USA - "How Should the (Transportation) Infrastructure
Stimulus Be Spent?"
Message-ID: <05c201c95c6b$76af3620$640da260$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Michael Replogle, Transportation Director Environmental Defense Fund, draws
our attention to an article and "insider discussion" on the topic of "How
Should the (Transportation) Infrastructure Stimulus Be Spent?". You can see
the discussions thus far, including his submittal to it, if you click to
http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2008/12/how-should-infrastructure-
stimulus-be-spent.php
I invite you to have a look and if you have any thoughts on the overall
thrust of the articles and comments, it would be good to hear from you here
on the New Mobility Caf?. You may wish to try as well to see if you can
post them to their program site. (I could not see quite how that works.)
A quick comment if I may: Clearly when you have the title "infrastructure"
right in the middle it more or less automatically channels people's thoughts
to I infrastructure, and with the exception of Michael?s submittal and
possibly one or two others, just about every one of those insiders is
focusing on what we might call the product end as opposed to the service end
of our mobility systems. Something like supply-siders if you will. Thus you
have lots of talk about the importance of roads, highways, bridges, and
various permutations of transportation hardware, along with the occasional
call for support to "transit agencies". I for one would like to see this
debate -- but more important the much broader debate which is taking place
in the run-up to the new administration in the United States -- expand to
take a new mobility perspective as we understand it here.
To make this point let me close this out with a quick report on a word count
exercise that I ran over the content of this article and various
contributors. Just below I have taken some of the terms that cropped up
most frequently in their home page. Not surprisingly the word
infrastructure is right up there at the top of the list. And then . . .
? Infrastructure (46)
? Investment (29)
? Road (19)
? Highway (18)
? Billion (18)
? Transit (15)
? Energy (12)
? Bridges (5)
? Clean (5)
Then I have run a quick frequency count for the kinds of things that we talk
about most in these new mobility conversations. Here is how this end of the
list looked:
? Alternatives (1)
? Biking (1
? Bus (1)
? Railways (1)
? Sidewalk (1)
? Carshare
? Child, children
? Elderly
? Handicap
? Man
? Needy
? Neighborhood
? Pedestrian
? People
? Public space
? Tram
? Walk
? Women
Now, does that mean anything? Perhaps I am being unfair and beside the
point. I count on you to put me straight.
Once again, comments and suggestions on this are welcome.
Eric Britton
PS. The above exercise is not quite complete, though I certainly feel that
the thrust of the arguments holds overall. Because of the page layout those
frequency scans were run only on the opening half of the articles in all
cases. One exception is Michael Replogle?s full piece, in which he looks
specifically at the question ?Will reckless stimulus investment threaten to
undo the cap?? In his piece you will see references to sidewalks, bike
lanes, light rail, local street and transit improvements, and emphasis on
supporting local government in its key role. So all is not lost but it
certainly points up the extent to which this debate is, may I say, being
pretty heavily dominated by the old thinking. Hmm. Best we find a way to
edge in here?
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From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Sat Dec 13 06:14:50 2008
From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:14:50 +0000
Subject: [sustran] Re: Better Place sustainable transportation and business
model
In-Reply-To: <49426C8A.7010102@greenidea.eu>
References: <706937.31700.qm@web56004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
<49426C8A.7010102@greenidea.eu>
Message-ID: <4942D44A.6090008@gmail.com>
Maybe the "letter" from the People of the Earth could state that we (who
would we be?) are open to cooperate, rather than say that they should do
all the work of the overall sustainable mobility plan... but that they
should help finance it (at least partially! hehe).
Carlos.
Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Ramon Fernan > wrote:
>
>
> Don't know if this topic has been discussed here but what do people think of Shai Agassi's Better Place business model for promoting electric cars? More junk on the road? Not even worth considering?
>
> Better Place has a website: www.betterplace.com and Agassi has a blog to promote his ideas: http://shaiagassi.typepad.com/. Thomas Friedman of the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin ) has lately been promoting his plan to rid the world of dependence on (Arab) oil. (Agassi is Israeli).
>
> ***
>
> In response, Peter Smith wrote:
>
> I have a view! :) i don't like it.
>
> http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/12/02/just-so-were-not-confused/
>
> saving cars is bad, and i'm also thinking of the Jevons Paradox, named after William Stanley Jevons:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
>
> less energy on the micro-scale, but much more energy on the macro scale. boo.
>
> ***
>
> To which I add,
>
> Hi all,
>
> Peter is right, and the one extra thought I had is that - to
> paraphrase someone whose name is presently elusive - if you keep on
> repeating the word "sustainable" over and over people will start
> believing it. George Orwell would be impressed or depressed, depending
> on how you look at things.
>
> The future these folks propose will seem to have just as much
> congestion, obesity and social isolation in places which are
> automobile-centred now and of course more in the rest of the world
> which is still not automobilised. Deaths of vulnerable road users per
> capita might go down in automobilised countries (because the cars are
> lighter than current ones) but will go up everywhere else.
>
> They talk about renewable energy grids but it will be years before
> these exist en masse, and as we know current plug-in hybrids take
> advantage of a network not designed for vehicle use (in regards to
> taxation), and which in many places is powered by coal.
>
> If I may be so bold:
>
> "Dear Better Place,
>
> We are sorry to report that your project in its current form will not
> be permitted to carry the New Mobility* label.
>
> However, if you propose urban vehicles only for use for carshare,
> paying a individual motorised transport tax on distance travelled, and
> with active and passive safety features to protect vulnerable road
> users as well as speed limiters, in addition to further measures which
> will define this solution as a minority-partner in a sustainable
> mobility plan focused strategically on reducing the need for mobility,
> and tactically on construction of dense housing, de-centralised
> services, shopping and entertainment plus walking, cycling and mass
> public transport vehicles, we may reconsider your proposal.
>
> Kind regards,
> People of Earth"
>
> * This label does not exist; I am just trying to make a point and
> would not be the one to authorise its use. For more info please see
> www.newmobility.org
>
> - T
>
> p.s. I am half-Israeli
> --
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Todd Edelman
> Green Idea Factory
>
> Urbanstr. 45
> D-10967 Berlin
> Germany
>
> Skype: toddedelman
> Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081
> Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001
>
> edelman@greenidea.eu
> www.greenidea.eu
> www.flickr.com/photos/edelman
>
> Green Idea Factory is a member of World Carfree Network
> www.worldcarfree.net
>
> CAR is over. If you want it.
>
> "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!"
> - B. Brecht (with slight modification)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via YAHOOGROUPS.
>
> Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The yahoogroups version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement.
>
> ================================================================
> SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South').
From edelman at greenidea.eu Sat Dec 13 15:02:13 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:02:13 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: Better Place sustainable transportation and business
model
In-Reply-To: <4942D44A.6090008@gmail.com>
References: <706937.31700.qm@web56004.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <49426C8A.7010102@greenidea.eu>
<4942D44A.6090008@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <49434FE5.7000700@greenidea.eu>
Carlos,
Creating a sustainable mobility plan requires cooperation of all actors
-- and having them plan or finance it beyond their share in it just
gives them the opportunity to greenwash their contribution.
But I am not naive and realise that the most important part of my
proposal - proposing this solution only for carshare - will not be
accepted on their part. Their vision is based on sales to individuals in
cities. The private urban car industry is inherently and fundamentally
unsustainable. Does anyone disagree?
In the medium- to long-term I would argue that only carfree cities,
rather than simply carshare cities or carfree neighbourhoods, are
sustainable. Any car still takes up too much space and even if tamed in
regards to safety and emissions still creates too much road chaos. But
key is that a lot of the tasks assigned to carshare cars such as "big
shopping" or carrying big things across town, etc can eventually be
solved by de-centralisation and localisation and also by automated urban
cargo networks. I left the carfree part out of my letter from the
"People of Earth" because it seems to go a little beyond the New
Mobility agenda and the scope of these lists.
- T
Until Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote:
> Maybe the "letter" from the People of the Earth could state that we (who
> would we be?) are open to cooperate, rather than say that they should do
> all the work of the overall sustainable mobility plan... but that they
> should help finance it (at least partially! hehe).
>
> Carlos.
>
> Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Ramon Fernan > wrote:
>>
>>
>> Don't know if this topic has been discussed here but what do people think of Shai Agassi's Better Place business model for promoting electric cars? More junk on the road? Not even worth considering?
>>
>> Better Place has a website: www.betterplace.com and Agassi has a blog to promote his ideas: http://shaiagassi.typepad.com/. Thomas Friedman of the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin ) has lately been promoting his plan to rid the world of dependence on (Arab) oil. (Agassi is Israeli).
>>
>> ***
>>
>> In response, Peter Smith wrote:
>>
>> I have a view! :) i don't like it.
>>
>> http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/12/02/just-so-were-not-confused/
>>
>> saving cars is bad, and i'm also thinking of the Jevons Paradox, named after William Stanley Jevons:
>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
>>
>> less energy on the micro-scale, but much more energy on the macro scale. boo.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> To which I add,
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Peter is right, and the one extra thought I had is that - to
>> paraphrase someone whose name is presently elusive - if you keep on
>> repeating the word "sustainable" over and over people will start
>> believing it. George Orwell would be impressed or depressed, depending
>> on how you look at things.
>>
>> The future these folks propose will seem to have just as much
>> congestion, obesity and social isolation in places which are
>> automobile-centred now and of course more in the rest of the world
>> which is still not automobilised. Deaths of vulnerable road users per
>> capita might go down in automobilised countries (because the cars are
>> lighter than current ones) but will go up everywhere else.
>>
>> They talk about renewable energy grids but it will be years before
>> these exist en masse, and as we know current plug-in hybrids take
>> advantage of a network not designed for vehicle use (in regards to
>> taxation), and which in many places is powered by coal.
>>
>> If I may be so bold:
>>
>> "Dear Better Place,
>>
>> We are sorry to report that your project in its current form will not
>> be permitted to carry the New Mobility* label.
>>
>> However, if you propose urban vehicles only for use for carshare,
>> paying a individual motorised transport tax on distance travelled, and
>> with active and passive safety features to protect vulnerable road
>> users as well as speed limiters, in addition to further measures which
>> will define this solution as a minority-partner in a sustainable
>> mobility plan focused strategically on reducing the need for mobility,
>> and tactically on construction of dense housing, de-centralised
>> services, shopping and entertainment plus walking, cycling and mass
>> public transport vehicles, we may reconsider your proposal.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> People of Earth"
>>
>> * This label does not exist; I am just trying to make a point and
>> would not be the one to authorise its use. For more info please see
>> www.newmobility.org
>>
>> - T
>>
>> p.s. I am half-Israeli
>> --
>> --------------------------------------------
>>
>> Todd Edelman
>> Green Idea Factory
>>
>> Urbanstr. 45
>> D-10967 Berlin
>> Germany
>>
>> Skype: toddedelman
>> Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081
>> Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001
>>
>> edelman@greenidea.eu
>> www.greenidea.eu
>> www.flickr.com/photos/edelman
>>
>> Green Idea Factory is a member of World Carfree Network
>> www.worldcarfree.net
>>
>> CAR is over. If you want it.
>>
>> "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!"
>> - B. Brecht (with slight modification)
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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>>
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Todd Edelman
Green Idea Factory
Urbanstr. 45
D-10967 Berlin
Germany
Skype: toddedelman
Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081
Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001
edelman@greenidea.eu
www.greenidea.eu
www.flickr.com/photos/edelman
Green Idea Factory is a member of World Carfree Network
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CAR is over. If you want it.
"Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!"
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sat Dec 13 21:23:03 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:23:03 +0100
Subject: [sustran] BIKE-BOGOTA
Message-ID: <006401c95d1d$92067020$b6135060$@britton@ecoplan.org>
On Behalf Of Carlosfelipe Pardo
Spanish original follows untouched Google translation:
Below deputy news on the progress of the draft agreement on
Bicycle public in Bogota. My only three critical comments to
respect:
- Wanted to charge an annual fee to users. This is in Europe,
but not in Bogota. The value of the annual fee will discourage the
Users with low incomes, and even then this is laughable annual fee
is half the value of a new bike in Bogota. This is because in
Bogota bicycles are produced at very low cost.
- Is being justified by comparing the proposed investment in
infrastructure for bicycles and their use in terms of travel / users.
If the same comparison with the infrastructure for automobiles,
conclusion would be that we must put a system CarSharing (orders
shared) or that the investment is very high ...
- It is promising to implement a 3 months after the signing of the
agreement. This is not possible, there is lack of efficiency but
planning. If so, the system will have huge problems of
implementation.
However, at least is getting on the table and promoting
an option like this. What we cannot leave is that bad
Implementation sink the image of cycling as a means of transportation
(even more).
Sincerely,
Carlos.
pd: In addition to the summary below, other news-related
information:
http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/bogota/articulo97998-se-alquilarian-bicicletas-bogota-50-mil-al-ano
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Subject: "FRIENDS OF BICIN-BOGOTA" sent you a message on Facebook ...
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:10:31 -0800
From: Facebook
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To: Carlos Pardo F
Carlos Orlando Ferreira Pinzon sent a message to the members of BICIN-FRIENDS OF BOGOTA.
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Subject: PENALTY TO THE MAYOR: PROPOSED AGREEMENT "BIKE-BOGOTA"
The Plenary of the Council of Bogota approved the Draft Agreement authorship of Councilman Carlos Ferreira Orlando, which aims to implement the service transport biking called "BIKE-BOGOTA" to facilitate the exchange modal, as a non-motorized, the Integrated System Public transport in the Capital District, in accordance with the Master Plan for Mobility DC experience that began to deploy with great success in recent years in cities such as Barcelona, Paris, Antwerp, Basel, Berlin, London and Buenos Aires.
Cabildante Ferreira's proposal for the case of Bogota, is seeking to be installed bicycle collection stations, where there is greater demand for users (whereabouts of Transmilenio, a future in subway stations, light rail, universities, colleges, malls , Stations neighborhoods, among others), and become part of the 350 miles of bike paths in the city, on the other they reach built and the roads that are empowered for that purpose, constituted in this manner in addition to the system of Public transport in the capital of the Republic.
To access this service users must acquire before a prepaid card recharging, could be done through an annual subscription with a fixed fee, which will be deducted from the time of use, an example is that Barcelona has a cost of 24 euros per year. This system will allow them to take rent a bike and go to their intended destination, and then return it at another station or terminal collection.
Within the first phase will be made to the bike-Bogota, the urban revolution of two wheels, fits and fit in our capital, taking into account that there is already an infrastructure of bike paths that must be seized as a basis for development since in these is currently underutilized, after which the District Administration from 1998 to date has been investing about $ 124,000 million pesos, so that only 83,436 people use daily, in a city of eight million.
The importance of Integrated Bicycles, is ratified with the experiences of different cities such as Buenos Aires reported figures of 30,000 trips by bike on weekdays and 20,000 on holidays, likewise, have traveled 18 million miles (equivalent 45 times to make the journey between the earth and the moon); Barcelona which has an average of 39,500 trips per day (7.8% per cycle) and each bicycle travels about 100,000 miles a year in Paris every day traveling by bike around 400,000 people , A figure that rises on weekends; in Amsterdam 75% of the nearly 750,000 inhabitants has a bicycle and 50% use it daily, also in Stockholm on 10% of urban travel is by bicycle and in some cities Holland, the figure is 50% and in Denmark more than 30% of the population uses it as a means of locomotion daily statistics taken from different observatories that make tracking
such systems.
This new fashion of the bike includes Bogota as the main purpose that the bicycle is used by citizens of all ages and social classes as a means of transport usual, and daily Mass, while recognizing that it must be an economic, simple, practical, ecological and sustainable over time, where the resident can make short shipments, combined with other mass transit alternatives that will work in the city, creating a security identity, solidarity and rapprochement within the social fabric that is for everything above that for Councilor Carlos Orlando Ferreira this is a useful initiative for the city, which will become a reality for the next 2009.
Press Office Tel Councilman Carlos Orlando Ferreira 2 08 82 68 - 69
Marcela Espitia Cel. 310 2 92 00 50
Original text:
Abajo adjunto noticias sobre el avance del proyecto de acuerdo sobre
bicicletas p?blicas en Bogot?. Mis ?nicos tres comentarios cr?ticos al
respecto:
- Se busca cobrar una cuota anual a los usuarios. Esto sirve en Europa,
pero no en Bogot?. El valor de la cuota anual va a desmotivar a los
usuarios de bajos recursos, e incluso es risible pues esta cuota anual
es la mitad del valor de una bicicleta nueva en Bogot?. Esto porque en
Bogot? se fabrican bicicletas de muy bajo costo.
- Se est? justificando el proyecto comparando la inversi?n en
infraestructura para bicicletas y su uso en t?rminos de viajes/usuarios.
Si la misma comparaci?n con la infraestructura para autom?viles, la
conclusi?n ser?a que hay que poner un sistema de carsharing (autos
compartidos) o que la inversi?n es muy alta...
- Se est? prometiendo una implementaci?n 3 meses despu?s de la firma del
acuerdo. Esto no es posible, no es eficiencia sino falta de
planificaci?n. Si es as?, el sistema tendr? problemas gigantescos de
implementaci?n.
No obstante, por lo menos se est? poniendo sobre la mesa y promoviendo
una opci?n como esta. Lo que no podemos dejar es que una mala
implementaci?n hunda la imagen de la bicicleta como medio de transporte
(a?n m?s!).
Cordialmente,
Carlos.
pd: Adem?s del resumen de abajo, otra noticia relacionada con
informaci?n al respecto:
http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/bogota/articulo97998-se-alquilarian-bicicletas-bogota-50-mil-al-ano
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Subject: "AMIGOS DEL BICIN- BOGOT?" sent you a message on Facebook...
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:10:31 -0800
From: Facebook >
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To: Carlos F Pardo >
Carlos Orlando Ferreira Pinz?n sent a message to the members of AMIGOS DEL BICIN- BOGOT?.
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Subject: A SANCI?N DEL ALCALDE MAYOR: PROYECTO DE ACUERDO ?BICI-BOGOT??
La Plenaria del Concejo de Bogot? aprob? el Proyecto de Acuerdo de autor?a del Concejal Carlos Orlando Ferreira, el cual pretende implementar el servicio de transporte en bicicleta denominado ?BICI-BOGOTA? para facilitar el intercambio modal, como medio no motorizado, al Sistema Integrado de Transporte P?blico del Distrito Capital, de conformidad con el Plan Maestro de Movilidad D.C. experiencia que se comenz? a implementar con gran ?xito en estos ?ltimos a?os en ciudades tan importantes como Barcelona, Paris, Amberes, Basilea, Berlin, Londres y Buenos Aires.
La propuesta del Cabildante Ferreira para el caso de Bogot?, es buscar que se instalen estaciones de acopio de bicicletas, donde existe mayor demanda de usuarios (paraderos de transmilenio, a futuro en estaciones de metro, tren de cercan?as, universidades, colegios, centros comerciales, estaciones de barrios, entre otros), y se integren a los 350 kil?metros de ciclorutas existentes en la ciudad, en las dem?s que lleguen a construirse y en las v?as que se habiliten para tal fin, constituy?ndose de esta forma en complemento del sistema de transporte p?blico de la Capital de la Rep?blica.
Para acceder a este servicio los usuarios deben adquirir con anterioridad una tarjeta prepago recargable, podr?a hacerse a trav?s de una suscripci?n anual con un cargo fijo, desde la cual se descontar? el tiempo de uso, un ejemplo es Barcelona que tiene un costo de 24 euros por a?o. Este sistema les permitir? tomar en alquiler una bicicleta y dirigirse a su destino previsto, para despu?s devolverla en otra estaci?n o terminal de acopio.
Dentro de la primera fase se buscar? que el Bici- Bogot?, esta revoluci?n urbana de dos ruedas, se adapte y adecue en nuestra capital teniendo en cuenta que ya existe una infraestructura vial de cicloruta que deber? ser aprovechada como base del desarrollo ya que en estos momentos se encuentra subutilizada, despu?s que la Administraci?n Distrital desde el a?o 1998 hasta la fecha ha venido invirtiendo cerca de $124.000 millones de pesos, para que tan solo 83.436 personas la utilicen diariamente, en una ciudad de ocho millones de habitantes.
La importancia del sistema Integrado de Bicicletas, se ratifica con las experiencias de diferentes ciudades como lo son Buenos Aires que reporta cifras de 30.000 viajes en bici en d?as laborales y 20.000 en feriados, de igual forma, se han recorrido 18 millones de kil?metros (equivalente a realizar 45 veces el trayecto entre la tierra y la luna); Barcelona que tiene una media de 39.500 viajes diarios (7.8% por bicicleta) y cada bicicleta recorre unos 100.000 kil?metros al a?o; en Paris cada d?a se desplazan en bicicleta unas 400.000 personas , cifra que aumenta los fines de semana; en ?msterdam un 75% de los casi 750.000 habitantes posee una bicicleta y un 50% la usa a diario; as? mismo en Estocolmo el 10% de los desplazamientos urbanos se realiza en bicicleta y en algunas ciudades de Holanda la cifra llega al 50% y en Dinamarca m?s del 30% de la poblaci?n la utiliza como medio de locomoci?n diario, estad?sticas tomadas de diferentes observatorios que hacen seguimiento a
este tipo de sistemas.
Esta nueva moda del Bici-Bogot? contempla como principal fin que la bicicleta sea utilizada por los ciudadanos de todas las edades y clases sociales como un medio de transporte habitual, cotidiano y masivo; sin desconocer que debe ser un servicio econ?mico, sencillo, pr?ctico, ecol?gico y sostenible en el tiempo, donde el residente pueda realizar traslados cortos, combinarlo con las dem?s alternativas de transporte masivo que funcionar?n en la ciudad, generando una identidad de seguridad, solidaridad y acercamiento dentro del tejido social; es por todo lo anterior que para el Concejal Carlos Orlando Ferreira esta es una iniciativa ?til para la ciudad, la cual ser? una realidad para el pr?ximo 2009.
Oficina de prensa Concejal Carlos Orlando Ferreira Tel 2 08 82 68 ? 69
Marcela Espitia Cel. 310 2 92 00 50
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From hghazali at gmail.com Sun Dec 14 18:21:44 2008
From: hghazali at gmail.com (Hassaan Ghazali)
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:21:44 +0500
Subject: [sustran] Transport professionals in Singapore
Message-ID:
*Apologies for cross postings
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Pakistan!
I seek your assistance in gathering contacts for professionals working in
the transport sector in Singapore, especially in the *Land Transport
Authority*, who would be able to meet with a delegation from the Lahore
Development Authority--scheduled to visit Singapore from 17th to 18th
December.
I would really appreciate it if you could directly forward me the required
information.
Many thanks,
Hassaan Ghazali
--
Institutional Development Specialist
Urban Sector Policy and Management Unit (The Urban Unit)
Planning & Development Department,
Government of the Punjab
A: 4-B Lytton Road, Lahore, Pakistan
T: 9213579-84 (Ext.116)
F: 9213585
M: 0345 455 6016
Skype: halgazel
http://hghazali.googlepages.com
*When conditions are right, everything will go wrong*
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From murakami at forhuman-asia.com.hk Sun Dec 14 15:47:32 2008
From: murakami at forhuman-asia.com.hk (Murakami)
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:47:32 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Motorized Two and Three Wheelers
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <20081214064743.788812C53F@mx-list.jca.ne.jp>
Dear Sudhir-san,
Thank you very much for your following up.
As I mentioned to some of participants there, I am working on development of
Low cost catalyst. And some of my friend has also an idea of alternative two
wheeler and three
wheeler. I will communicate to you as soon as it is ready.
Best Regards,
Y. Murakami
ForHuman Asia Co., Ltd.
_____
From: Sudhir [mailto:sudhir@cai-asia.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:53 PM
To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport
Cc: Narayan Iyer; Bert Fabian
Subject: Motorized Two and Three Wheelers
Dear All,
During the recently held Better Air Quality (BAQ) workshop 2008
(http://www.baq2008.org/), there were lot of discussions on the role of
motorized two and three wheelers. The aspects considered were their growth,
their role and their impact on the quality of life of people. Two and Three
wheelers often have been neglected by policymakers and many contradictory
actions have been taken across Asia.
Please visit links
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73129_wheelers.pdf &
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-21710.html and
to access the discussion paper & some of the presentations.
We would require your inputs on this discussion paper. what do you think
about the two and three wheelers? Would they continue to dominate? Are they
part of problem or solution? What kind of technological and traffic
solutions can help in making them more safer and efficient mode of
Transportation? How to prevent the jump of NMT users to two and three
wheelers? Would you allow them in bike lanes? How do you solve these
problems???
there are lot of questions which needs to be answered and many stakeholders
like CAI-Asia,PCFV, ITDP and ICCT are looking in this issue. please help us
know your views on this so that proper policies can be framed for two and
three wheelers.
best regards
Sudhir Gota
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From kanthikannan at gmail.com Mon Dec 15 13:24:31 2008
From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:54:31 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: News from India Reg Car curbs
Message-ID: <4945dc1d.1c048e0a.704b.7462@mx.google.com>
Dear all
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Climate_plan_wants_drastic_curbs_on_priva
te_cars/articleshow/3837279.cms
It is interesting that there is a move to limit parking on the roads. In
fact according to Wilbur Smith Study 2008, "Indian City Roads are all set to
become parking lots"
Regards
Kanthi Kannan
The Right to Walk Foundation
Hyderabad
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From roadnotes at freenet.de Mon Dec 15 18:51:03 2008
From: roadnotes at freenet.de (Robert Bartlett)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:51:03 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Motorized Two and Three Wheelers
Message-ID: <49462887.5090303@freenet.de>
Motorised 2- and 3-wheelers are often significant in other parts of
the world too (for example in terms of traffic volume and
disturbance). The motocarros of Peru are one example. I worked on a
document on these with Gregorio Villacorte Alegria of Peru. You are
welcome to download a free version from the webpage :
http://www.globaltransportatlas.de/GTA_documents/gta-007/gta-007.html
reb
From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Dec 15 19:51:26 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:51:26 +0100
Subject: [sustran] "eternal vigilance".
Message-ID: <00b601c95ea3$16fb54e0$44f1fea0$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Dear Friends,
This (just below) is an interesting letter which has come in this morning
in response to that mailing hear you received last week on New Mobility
Media. It is of course encouraging to hear those good words about our
collaborative work, but it is that fourth paragraph to which I would
particularly draw your attention.
When we look around our troubled world in the hope of finding some
inspiration for ourselves in the form of cities that are getting it right,
there are certain number of examples which many of us look at with
appreciation -- and of course the city of Copenhagen is all it has
accomplished over the last four decades to create a sustainable city is one
of those right up at the top.
But this word of caution is not just about Copenhagen. The point I think
that Aase makes in such a telling everyday manner here, is similar to
insider criticisms that come in over the last months from those who really
do care about and understand the complexities of sustainable cities in
sustainable transportation, but who also live in a place to which many in
the world look on as an example. We have received similar critical
commentaries from insiders concerning current backsliding trends and actions
in Curitiba, Bilbao, and Portland, just to take three stellar examples out
of a hat.
What's the point? Well the point is that clearly good ideas are not enough,
successful implementations are not enough. It is quite one thing to get a
terrific project or program off the ground, and quite another for these
successes to be sustained year after year after year. As we can see in city
after city, in case after case, after the first rounds of success it can be
so easy to backtrack and let slip even the best projects, policies and
actions. What is called for in addition to all the great things that take
place to make the good project happen -- but this is perhaps something that
we are not so good at, yet -- is no less than "eternal vigilance".
Citizens, groups, watchdogs, who do not accept complacency as their role,
but rather who understand that continuous attention to detail and
performance is vital if the city really is to be a sustainable place. If I
were to see an analogy, would be very much that of the responsibility of
parents.
One of the underlying problems with the transportation sector wherever you
happen to be this morning is that it has such a long past and during much of
that decisions and actions have been focused for the most part on
"infrastructure", the physical rather than the human side of the sector.
This more or less magic word which is receiving a lot of attention in
transportation circles in the United States these days as the various
interests fight for what they believe is the correct path for the incoming
Obama administration, tends to equate mobility with construction and
hardware. Many of the transportation experts are claiming that what we
need is more money for highways, roads and bridges, metros and rolling
stock, and in expanded deficit support for traditional public transit
operations. This plus a "get the job done" attitude is insufficiently
attentive to what is actually going on at the people and actual performance
end, including in the long-term. This is not, I maintain, the mindset that
is appropriate for 21st-century cities given the very large challenges and
constraints that surround our transportation and mobility choices. We need
to do a lot better than that.
Which brings me back to Sujit Patwardhan's famous words to this forum of
almost a decade ago now: "we are in this for the long slog". Well if we are
in this for the long slog we better be eternally vigilant too. Aase. Thank
you
Eric Britton
- - - -
From: Aase Harrekilde-Petersen [mailto:aase@harrekilde.dk]
Sent: Monday, 15 December 2008 00:58
Dear Eric!
I got around to read the lot yesterday, and I must say - I am very impressed
by the huge amount of important work you have done in regard to the New
Mobility. In the middle of the reading it, I sort of got completely
sidetracked by finding myself getting involved with other videos as well -
like World Made by Hand, by James Howard Kunstler and the almost 30 minute
long speech by Stephen Petranek: 10 Ways the World Could End. I didn't know
of these two guys beforehand, and they both show (in the midst of their
serious matter)a peculiar sense of humour that I like!
But most of all, I was impressed of all that has been done in Paris! Both
the Velib/Velo Liberte idea and the Mobilien, would be of major importance
for any city world wide - if only the politicians could get their .. in gear
- so to speak, we could all benefit from it.
Really many years ago, I read about a politician, a mayor of a medium big
city in the Netherlands, who dared both his collages and the public by doing
the opposite of what they all expected from him: Instead of giving them the
second autobahn they wanted to and from the city, he declared: All busses
from the suburbs into the city and vice versa, will be free of charge! As a
result, they didn't have the need for an extra motor highway. Everybody
thought the mayor to be a bit of a nut, but at the end, they loved him!
Sorry I can't remember his name nor which city he came from.
We are struggling by massive problems by the car traffic from the suburbs
into Copenhagen every single morning - and of course the other way in the
after-work-hours-times. Still, they haven't done enough by lowering the
ticket price for a train ride or to ride the busses - rather the opposite!
Oh yes, Copenhagen was one of the first cities to make "walking streets"
which from day one have been extremely popular, but the traffic on our
roads, nope sir!
I admire the work you and your new mobility partners are doing, but I am not
doing much myself. Oh yes, I walk or bike to the supermarket though, and use
the car only when going the 100 -125 km from where I live to Copenhagen - or
when going north of the city - like maybe 4-5 times per year. I am involved
in a holistic non-profit association I was a co-founder of, back in 1995.
Best regards, from Aase (a Norwegian in Denmark)
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Dec 15 21:16:03 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:16:03 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Fuel Consumption and Environmental Impact of Rickshaw Bans
in Dhaka
Message-ID: <010201c95eae$e96f5d80$bc4e1880$@britton@ecoplan.org>
From: Syed Saiful Alam Shovan
Volunteer of Save Environment Movement? shovan1209@yahoo.com
Fuel Consumption and Environmental Impact of Rickshaw Bans in Dhaka
Most trips in Dhaka are short in distance, usually one to five kilometers. These trips are perfect of Rickshaws. Rickshaws are cheap and popular mode of transport over short distances. Rickshaws are safe, environmentally friendly and do not rely on fossil fuels. Rickshaws support a significant portion of the population, not only the pullers, but also their families in the villages, the mechanics who fix the rickshaws, as well as street hawkers who sell them food. From the raw materials to the finished product the Rickshaw employs some 38 different professions. Action needs to be taken to support the Rickshaw instead of further banning it in Dhaka. The combined profits of all Rickshaws out earn all other passenger transport modes (bus, rail, boats and airlines) combined. In Dhaka alone, Rickshaw pullers combine to earn 20 million taka a month.
We think that over the coming holiday of Eid du Ajah, new Rickshaw bans will be put into action on roads in Dhaka. Eid was used in the past to place new bans on roads in Dhaka. Last Eid many roads were declared Rickshaw free without public support or approval. By banning Rickshaws roads are clogged with increased private car use as well as increased parking by cars. Banning of Rickshaws on major roads increases the transportation costs for commuters. Not only due to longer trips to avoid roads with bans in effect, but also due to actually having to take more expensive forms of transport such as CNG or Taxi, where in the past a Rickshaw would suffice. The environmental impact of banning Rickshaws is obvious because it exchanges a non-motorized form of transport for a motorized form of transport, thus increasing the pollution and harming the environment. Rickshaw bans harm the most vulnerable in society, mainly the sick, poor, women, children and the elderly; generally those who can not afford or do not feel comfortable on other forms of public transport. To ban Rickshaws also hurts small businesses that rely on them as a cheap and reliable form of transporting their goods. Rickshaws are ideal for urban settings because they can transport a relatively large number of passengers while taking up a small portion of the road. In 1998 the data showed that Rickshaws took up 38% of road space while transporting 54% of passengers in Dhaka . The private cars on the other hand, took up 34% of road space while only transporting 9% of the population (1998 DUTP). This data does not include the parking space on roads that cars take up in Dhaka . If included this would further raise the amount of space taken up by private cars. Every year the Rickshaw saves Bangladesh 100 billion taka in environmental damage.
The government makes many efforts to reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka but with no success. Blaming Rickshaws for traffic congestion and subsequently banning them from major roads has not had the desired affect. Traffic is still as bad now as it was before the Rickshaws were banned on major roads. Rickshaws thus can not be seen as the major cause of traffic congestion. Instead one should look towards private cars and private car parking on roads as the major cause of traffic congestion. The space gained by banning Rickshaws is often used for private car parking. The current trend in transport planning reduces the mobility of the majority for the convenience of the minority. The next time a ban on Rickshaws on another road is discussed please take into consideration who is being hurt and who is being helped. For a better transport system in Dhaka we need to create a city wide network of Rickshaw lanes. If this is done Dhaka can reduce its fuel usage dramatically as well its pollution. We ask your help in our fight to keep Dhaka a Rickshaw city. Any information or help is very much appreciated and sought after. I write you this letter to describe the difficulties we are facing and some solutions but they are by no means exhaustive and we look forward to your help and input.
Syed Saiful Alam Shovan
Volunteer of Save Environment Movement? shovan1209@yahoo.com
http://voiceofsouth.org/2008/01/03/rickshaw_bans/#comment-4383
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From sujitjp at gmail.com Tue Dec 16 05:27:52 2008
From: sujitjp at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:57:52 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Climate plan wants drastic curbs on private cars
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0812151227g7cf4f0cfu4137459b5d9bc71e@mail.gmail.com>
This should be of interest.
--
Sujit
Times of India, Pune
December 15, 2008
*Climate plan wants drastic curbs on private cars*
15 Dec 2008, 0006 hrs IST, Nitin Sethi & Mahendra Kumar Singh, TNN
NEW DELHI: Owning and using private vehicles could become a lot tougher
if proposals made by the National Action Plan on Climate Change are
implemented.
Alarmed by the burgeoning growth of private vehicles in Indian cities and
the resultant rise in fuel emissions, a panel under the action plan has
suggested a slew of measures that promise to change the face of urban
transport.
At the heart of these recommendations is the understanding that all-round
costs of using personal vehicles need to be raised even as public transport
is strengthened.
The measures - proposed by the Mission on Sustainable Habitat under the
action plan being prepared by the urban development ministry -include making
ownership of parking space compulsory for those wishing to buy new private
vehicles, making parking fee reflect the cost of land, imposing a congestion
charge and making parts of the city off limits for cars.
The mission document is being prepared to detail what the PM's council on
climate change had passed in principle a few months ago. The report notes
that growth of registered vehicles is four times the rate of growth of
population in six major metros - Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Mumbai and Chennai.
Simultaneously the share of public transport has declined from 69% to 38% in
the 1994-2007 period in cities with population above 4 million.
It warns that the fuel consumption for road vehicles, if unchecked, would be
six times the 2005 level by 2035 and greenhouse gas emissions would go up
5.8 times in the 30-year period.
The mission has recommended dedicating select corridors to only public
transport, limiting the availability of parking space in city centres,
banning parking on arterial roads, charging higher parking rates at peak
hours, make street parking steep and reducing the use of diesel propelled
private vehicles besides other measures.
While this may seem like a wish list many experts have recommended before,
as part of the climate change action plan, many of these ideas have a good
chance of getting implemented for the first time. The mission document is to
be shared with the PM's climate change council before it gets operational.
"The Centre provides funds for urban development. We would build these into
the city and municipal plans that we fund in consultation with states and
the respective cities," said a senior official in the urban development
ministry, explaining how the recommendations would be turned into
regulations.
The mission document also recommends creation of a regulatory body which
will lay down minimum basic service standards for the industry, impose heavy
fines, suspend or even cancel licenses and prosecute the erring agencies or
individuals.
There's also a proposal for a dedicated urban transport fund to pump money
into running public transport better in urban areas.
Endorsing the moves by the power ministry, it has also backed the imposition
of tough fuel efficiency norms for vehicles and gone further to recommend
that government's purchase of vehicles should be done keeping fuel
efficiency in mind.
To back innovation and improvement in technology the mission has asked for
fiscal incentives linked to fuel economy of the vehicles.
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Dec 16 20:04:01 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:04:01 +0100
Subject: [sustran] "The answer is: raise the price of gasoline and give all
the money back, "
Message-ID: <024701c95f6e$03115a80$09340f80$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Lee Schipper on this day at least, as the Duke famously said, "can to a
thing cause he do got that swing". Bravo Lee. On the button. Thank you Lee.
Eric Britton
Obama Energy Pick Backs Higher Gas Tax
December 15, 2008 4:54 PM
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2008/12/obama-energy-pi.html
ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Barack Obama's pick for Department of
Energy secretary
Dear All,
**
Do you know about this Committee Report? please read the shaded section with
'interest".
**
*Delhi should abandon its 'failed BRT' model: panel*
**
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/delhi-should-abandon-its-failed-brt-model-panel/399389/
Indian Express -
**
*New Delhi* The Parliamentary Standing Committee on urban transport said on
Tuesday that despite the "potential benefits of BRTS", the Bus Rapid Transit
System BRTS has been a failure in the Capital.
The Standing Committee report says that in view of the city's experience,
the Delhi government should "abandon the other five BRT corridors as
approved earlier". Instead, the government should strengthen the Delhi Metro
rail service with a strong feeder bus network, covering all bus networks in
the city, the expert panel suggests.
The Standing Committee report says, "If the mass transportation is improved
integrating MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) and feeder bus service with
high reliability, good frequency of service and easy accessibility,
personalised vehicle users will no doubt switch over to public transport
system." Such a switchover among car-users, the report says, has been seen
in New York, Toronto and London, "where the public transport system is very
predominant".
The Standing Committee observation came in the light of a report submitted
by School of Planning and Architecture head Prof P K Sarkar, who has
highlighted a number of "loopholes" in the Delhi model of BRT. In his
observations, Prof Sarkar has pointed out that one of the major failures of
this transport model in Delhi has been to take away seven metres of road
width from the already inadequate right of way of the road.
According to the expert's observations, even before the BRT system was
implemented, the road, divided into six lanes, experienced very heavy
traffic volume for most part of the day. The stretch needed to be widened to
handle that traffic volume even before the BRT idea was implemented, the
report says. But instead of adding width, two lanes were taken out of the
corridor, the report points out.
According to the committee, the passenger carrying capacity of the BRT model
in Bogota (Colombia) is higher due to more road space given to cars. But in
Delhi, "even movement of pedestrian traffic across the BRT corridor is not
well planned". Result: pedestrians have to walk comparatively longer
distances to cross the corridor, the report says.
--
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Dec 17 16:25:23 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:25:23 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Heads-up on machine translations
Message-ID: <011d01c96018$a261cd90$e72568b0$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Well, dear friends, I never thought I would end up pushing technology or
software per se on all of you out there. And certainly not from the folks
from Google. But the time has come for me to share my best thoughts with
you about their and other's translation engines.
We have been using, normally struggling, with machine translation gizmos for
more than a decade now, as you will see if you go to any of our websites, we
attempt to provide one click translation to each page's content in half a
dozen languages. While this takes time here, I am able to note that about
one in 10 of the people who come into our sites actually make use of the
machine translations. And since we are addressing a world in which not
everyone is all that easy in English, especially for longer documents, this
is always seemed like a reasonable way for me to spend a bit of time and
effort to make us all into better and more effective neighbors in an ever
smaller world.
But real breakthroughs have been made over the course of the last year or
so, to the extent in which some of these translation engines (and they do
compete with each other which of course is a fine thing) have developed to
the point in which they provide an entirely workable draft versions of the
original text. Of course, this is not "translation" as one might hope that
best. But if you are curious and have a certain mental agility, they can
tell you a great deal about what the original text is saying.
So here is my recommendation to you for the easiest way to handle this at
least for the time being. If you use the latest versions of either Internet
Explorer or Firefox, you can go to www.google.com and download their
toolbar (it is free, quick and safe). And once you have done that, all you
have to do is add their translate utility to the toolbar. Thus far all that
particular arrangement will do for the English language speaker is, when
you are looking at some language other than English, to provide you with a
quick working version of the text in English, whether the original is in
Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or any of a surprising number of other
languages.
For two-way translations you can call up
http://translate.google.com/translate_t# into your browser and off you go
for either a pretty good translation of selected text for websites. You
will see how that works on the site itself, though I am sure a number of you
are well aware of this and use either the Google engine or some other when
it comes to dealing with text in languages that you may not entirely master.
I know I do.
Here are the Languages currently available for translation: Arabic,
Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish,
Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish,
Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
For testing purposes I have tried out several combinations with colleagues
working in more need exotic languages (Slovenian, Hebrew, Arabic, Finnish,
Danish) and though they have told me with a smile that this is not exactly
their equivalent of Shakespeare, they nonetheless get the gist of what I am
trying to say. (On the other hand my Japanese and Chinese friends were far
more puzzled, and reserved. But let's give the translators time. I have
confidence that they will continue to shrink the planet in for once what are
benevolent ways)
I very much hope you find some use of this, and that may be in one more
small way we are together taking steps toward a more unified, sustainable
and democratic world.
With all good wishes,
Eric Britton
The New Mobility Agenda
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:28:13 -0800 (PST)
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Dear All,
Just want to share some of my thoughts
"If the mass transportation is improved integrating MRTS (Mass Rapid
Transit System) and feeder bus service with high reliability, good
frequency of service and easy accessibility, personalised vehicle users
will no doubt switch over to public transport system." <- I disagree with this.
The problem of building metro/subway lies on the targeted number of people using it. Metro pushers often claim from 30% to 60% of the city's trips will be served by this high-end transportation means. However, if the metro/subway is so good that it can attract, lets say 50% of the current road users to travel underground, the city's streets (in future) will only bear half of its users compared to now. In other words, half of every street will be freed from vehicles. So there is no reason not to build something cheaper (i.e. good BRT routes) on that "free" half to obtain the same target of 50% trips served by public transport in stead of metro/subway.
If the city's streets after building metro will still be full of vehicles, then who gonna use the metro?
According to the
committee, the passenger carrying capacity of the BRT model in Bogota
(Colombia) is higher due to more road space given to cars. I just don't really get this explanation. Why more road space given to cars can help increase the number of bus riders? I reckon the opposite.
But in Delhi, "even movement of pedestrian traffic across the BRT corridor is not well planned". But I do agree that a thorough plan to improve walking condition for pedestrian should be carried out for the success of any BRT project.
Nguyen Anh Dung
Department of Ocean Mechanics and Environment.
Institute of Applied Mechanics and Informatics
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: +84 1227428742
________________________________
From: Sudhir
To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport ; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:22:09 AM
Subject: [sustran] Delhi should abandon its ?failed BRT? model: panel
Dear All,
Do you know about this Committee Report? please read the shaded section with 'interest".
Delhi should abandon its 'failed BRT' model: panel
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/delhi-should-abandon-its-failed-brt-model-panel/399389/
Indian Express -
New Delhi The Parliamentary Standing Committee on urban transport said on Tuesday that despite the "potential benefits of BRTS", the Bus Rapid Transit System BRTS has been a failure in the Capital.
The Standing Committee report says that in view of the city's experience, the Delhi government should "abandon the other five BRT corridors as approved earlier". Instead, the government should strengthen the Delhi Metro rail service with a strong feeder bus network, covering all bus networks in the city, the expert panel suggests.
The Standing Committee report says, "If the mass transportation is improved integrating MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) and feeder bus service with high reliability, good frequency of service and easy accessibility, personalised vehicle users will no doubt switch over to public transport system." Such a switchover among car-users, the report says, has been seen in New York, Toronto and London, "where the public transport system is very predominant".
The Standing Committee observation came in the light of a report submitted by School of Planning and Architecture head Prof P K Sarkar, who has highlighted a number of "loopholes" in the Delhi model of BRT. In his observations, Prof Sarkar has pointed out that one of the major failures of this transport model in Delhi has been to take away seven metres of road width from the already inadequate right of way of the road.
According to the expert's observations, even before the BRT system was implemented, the road, divided into six lanes, experienced very heavy traffic volume for most part of the day. The stretch needed to be widened to handle that traffic volume even before the BRT idea was implemented, the report says. But instead of adding width, two lanes were taken out of the corridor, the report points out.
According to the committee, the passenger carrying capacity of the BRT model in Bogota (Colombia) is higher due to more road space given to cars. But in Delhi, "even movement of pedestrian traffic across the BRT corridor is not well planned". Result: pedestrians have to walk comparatively longer distances to cross the corridor, the report says.
--
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:49:23 +0100
Subject: [sustran] The Year of the Woman in Transportation
Message-ID: <001401c960fe$64e13410$2ea39c30$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Dear friends,
Directly below you will find an advance draft for an article which I intend
to submit on Monday to a high-profile forum of transportation insiders who
have been invited to provide ideas and counsel to the incoming Obama
administration. I think you will find that together with the short
introductory note you have in hand everything you need to understand
context, etc.
In a way this is a message from many of us who have been discussing and
exchanging issues and views on these matters over the last years, so I
thought it might be appropriate to put it before you for your eventual
comments and suggestions prior to "going public" with that on Monday.
As always, your critical comments and suggestions will be very welcome. I
hope you find some interest in this and that you think that it is possible,
if we put our heads together, to make important changes in our sector and in
society more generally. If we can make 2009 the Year for the Woman in
Transportation, that will I think make a huge difference for us all. Thanks
for your patience and your views. Eric Britton
What is this?
The following is intended as my first invited contribution to an ongoing
"insider policy discussion" sponsored by the National Journal , which has as
its intention to provide expert ("insider") counsel to guide the incoming
Obama administration on matters involving policy and investments in the
transportation sector for the years immediately ahead. You can access the
discussions at
http://transportation.nationaljournal.com. Here are three further
references that may help orient you in this:
1. The infrastructure discussions and recommendations::
http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2008/12/how-should-infrastructure-
stimulus-be-spent.php
2. My contributor profile:
http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/contributors/Britton.php
3. Links to feeds permitting you to follow discussions and new
contributions. http://feeds.feedburner.com/njgroup-transportation
Your critical comments and eventual suggestions both on improving the
readability and impact of the following are very much appreciated. Also, it
would be great if you might have any ideas concerning where to take this
next. Eric Britton. Eric.Britton@newmobility.org Skype: newmobility Tel: 1
(310) 601-8468 or +331 4326 1323
Discussion topic, December 2008: How should the infrastructure stimulus be
spent?
"President-elect Obama has made a hefty economic stimulus the first item on
his legislative agenda and signaled that he wants a significant
infrastructure component. How should the money for transportation
infrastructure be distributed to maximize job creation in the short run
while ensuring that the projects deliver the greatest benefit for the
public? And who gets to decide which projects move first?"
-- Lisa Caruso, NationalJournal.com
2009: The Year of the Woman in Transportation
Eric Britton
EcoPlan International - New Mobility Partnerships
Paris and Los Angeles
Summary: The author argues first that the key to infrastructure is not
physical objects but people. Not physical products but services. Second,
that the present transportation system has been designed almost exclusively
by males, and, worse, for males of a certain exclusive, privileged category
of our society . And that as a result of this historic imbalance at the
top, the designers have failed to create a system which serves the majority
of Americans in a full and fair way. To rectify this historic imbalance
without delay, Britton urges that we immediately start build in a policy of
full gender equality in all transport planning and decision making
processes. Beginning with this distinguished expert panel.
Before writing this piece, I gave quite a bit of thought as to how I can
make the most useful contribution to these important discussions. And I
have made the decision that probably the most useful thing I can do at this
early stage in the process will be to swim a bit against the current here.
Let me try to clarify:
I have two big problems with what I see here thus far, and so once I have
sketched out my understanding of these briefly , I would like to go on to
propose one big, if not a remedy at least a path toward a remedy or
solution. May we start with my first issue?
1. What is infrastructure?
When I look at the twenty eight thoughtful contributions and recommendations
for the incoming administration thus far logged under this heading, the
first thing that strikes me right between the eyes is that all but one or
two of the people who have checked in on this topic thus far have
interpreted the key word "infrastructure" as primarily a physical entity.
So to an extent, this being a common interpretation of the word by many of
those working in the transportation sector, the cards were a bit stacked in
advance.
This is not only problematic; it is fundamentally biased against most forms
of social and behavioral "infrastructure". However this is precisely what
we need when we are looking at a future in which virtually all of the past
patterns are being challenged. One thing we can say for sure about the
future, and that is that it will be very very different from the past. So
let us make sure we are peering deeply into these foundation issues and
making the fundamental adjustments which are going to be required if our
transportation arrangements are to be sustainable, fair, and contributes to
a healthy economy.
Let me see if I can make this point with reference to what I found when
running a quick word-frequency check this morning of those first 28
contributions thus far. Here are a dozen of the words and phrases that turn
up most often and which I believe give us a fair feel for the focus and
concerns of the group:
. Infrastructure >100
. Highways/roads/bridges -102
. Aviation/Airport/airline/aircraft - 79
. Trucks/trucking/freight/goods - 59
. Energy/gas/oil - 53
. Investment -46
. Billion - 46
. Public transport/mass transit - 12
. Marine/river/water/canal - 12
. Climate - 10
. Congestion - 7
Interesting for sure. But also to my mind highly disturbing.
It certainly leads me to wonder if the physical infrastructure is really the
appropriate starting place, when we have been asked to provide policy
counsel for the incoming administration at this extremely important time and
opportunity to change historic patterns and come up with something better.
Hopefully much better.
2. Transport in Cities:
That after all is where the people are. More than 80% of all Americans live
in or around our towns and cities. And that's where all those people move
most in their day to day lives, which makes it to my mind the main target of
transportation policy and practice, now and for the future. .
In our collaborative work under the New Mobility Agenda over the last two
decades which has been informed by the active contributions of
transportation planners, academics, policymakers, activists, as well as
those who create and operate the transportation systems themselves for not
only across North America but also in more than 30 countries in all parts of
the world (see www.newmobility.org), we have consistently taken as our
starting place not the physical manifestations of the transportation system
, but rather people and community.
To help with imaging and imagining this, consider the idea of carrying out a
comprehensive social-technical audit of our cities and towns where BOTH
safety AND convenience for people of all ages and abilities (i.e., not just
motorists) was the criterion for assessing what else could be done. This
can be done, we know how to do it, and I would therefore like to suggest
that this is worthy of closer consideration to create a consensus here.
It really does matter what you take as your starting place. And just to
give a feel for what happens if we shift this basic focus I have also run
the same first commentaries through frequency counts for the kinds of
people-oriented issues which we believe to be the real starting place. And
we really cannot afford to ignore them at this time when we have this
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to redefine our transportation system.
Here is what I came up with this time around (and where no number is
indicated that means there were zero references found for that word or
phrase):
. Bicycle/Bike/Biking/Cycle (16)
. Walking (7)
. Bus (8)
. Mobility (4)
. Sidewalk (4)
. Pedestrian (3)
. Bus rapid transit/BRT (2)
. Transportation Alternatives (2)
. Child, children (1)
. Land use (1)
. Carshare/ carsharing
. Elderly
. Free
. Handicapped
. isolated
. Job creation
. Needy
. Neighborhood
. Poor
. Public space
. Small
. Subway/metro
. Taxes
. Telecommuting/ telework
. Tram/LRT
. Woman/Women
Now I for one find this absence of attention to daily life concerns and
practices highly disturbing.
And if we have learned one thing about transportation over the last decades,
it is that only a portion of the solutions of the transport related problems
can be solved within the sector itself. This means that we must be
aggressively inclusive in all respects
Fair enough but now how do we get from there to here? From where we were,
to where we want to be? Well I have an idea which I would like to propose
to all of you for your consideration and critical commentary. But first let
us have a look at the panel and ask us one more question.
3. Physician heal thyself!
I would like to propose that as the first and really rather simple step in
this direction to shake up the players and the priorities. And we do not
have to look very far to do it. Let us have a look.
We can get a helpful clue if we look closely at our list of contributors
thus far waiting in on this topic. 28 in all, of which 24 male. It is more
or less exactly in line with prevailing practices in the sector. Oops.
Clearly we have to do a lot better than that if our charge is to provide
wise counsel concerning the future, which by definition at this juncture
needs to be very different from the past.
So let me be a little bit more politically incorrect than that -- if that is
possible -- and I might also add that my guess is that our population here
is not exactly representative of America today. At least not yet. But, if
we look at the sub-title of this discussion, namely "Our panel of insiders
discusses key issues", it might be that the beginning of the solution lies
in the title itself.
If we take a people-centric view of transportation, and of course the
infrastructure whether physical or social, it is clear that what we need to
do is shift our population of "transportation insiders" so as to better
reflect the reality of our communities and day to day lies.
How to rectify this imbalance? We could make it very complicated if we
wanted to, but there is also a solution which is at once obvious, easy and
ready for implementation as soon as we decide to do it. Here is a proposal
that I will leave with you today, and that if I have any positive (or even
negative in fact) reactions on this intend to come back to you here with a
more detailed proposal about how to get this particular job done.
4. Let us make 2009: The Year of the Woman in Transportation
I propose here with that all of us here break with the past by joining our
voices to propose that 2009, the first year of this incoming and extremely
important administration and cultural change for America, be celebrated as
the first Year of the Woman in Transportation.
To my mind this calls for a pattern break. A big one. And if the above is
a critical part of the old pattern, the new one is quite simply to move away
from that historic imbalance, that stasis which is keeping us from adapting
and moving ahead. That is to move to something very close to full gender
parity immediately in all our councils of decision and planning. Starting
this forum.
We must be aware however that surface parity while a start, is likely to be
insufficient. Many women who do get into key roles very rapidly begin
behaving like or reflect the behavior and values, of men. Examples would be
very dangerous ... but try to think of women in such powerful positions who
HAVE acted differently to the males in previous or similar positions of
influence and power. It's just that the worldviews and values are in
general, very male! And this is precisely what we need to change to realize
our very different future.
Why should we do this? Well for starters we should shake ourselves harder
and in the process come to an explicit understanding that we have created a
whole nexus of transportation arrangements that reflect the values of not
only males, but, worse yet in this particular context, for the most part
males with jobs, more or less good university educations , a full place in
the community, and a generally serene view of the future. And oh yes, to a
man, owners and drivers of cars. Hmm.
Much like the popular expression that you are what you eat, when it comes to
transportation it turns out that you understand and accommodate best that
which you do most of. All you have to do is look around and you will see
plenty of evidence of that.
But is it that women are for some reason better, smarter or more noble than
we Y chromosome-encumbered males. Quite possibly not. However it is my
experience that women often have a different view of the world in many
respects, not all women perhaps but most of those whom I know and have
worked with and learn from in the past. It is this differentness that we
need to bring in and profit from.
There are also I am told a number of fundamental cultural, behavioral, and
perception differences between the sexes, but since I truly want to avoid
the fate of Larry Summers when he lost his last job, I will not undertake
here to venture such a qualitative analysis. But it is relevant, and I will
leave it for later for some of my better qualified colleagues to fill in
this part of the argument.
Now I do not pretend that this is going to be easy, or that it will be a
magic wand in itself. But if we get it right, believe me this will get us
going and going fast on the much needed new track for the future.
I should say in closing that based on my own long experience of trying to
achieve this in our work, trying to get something like full gender parity in
policy discussions and projects in terms of having full and fair
presentation of women in the various transportation panels, conferences,
etc. has proven no easy task. Try as I have, I have to admit that , other
than in one or two rare cases, we have never got anywhere near to full
parity in any of our projects. Shame on me.
And since we have such a terrific collection of thinkers and doers here, in
such a high public profile, what could be better than starting with this
right now ourselves. To this end I invite each of you to reach out into
your networks to find at least one of your highly qualified female
colleagues, including especially those who have worked directly with less
advantages groups and communities including in the developing world. Within
a few days, weeks at most, we will have our balance panel and surely some
very different ideas and counsel for the future.
Indeed perhaps we should be reaching out beyond "our" traditional networks
... and THAT really implies creating an opportunity for "others" to step
forward while "we" (males) step back a bit. Can "we" do that? "The Year of
the Woman in Transportation" creates THAT opportunity, but could you, could
I, could we support THAT? For my part I am ready to start on this tomorrow
morning. (In fact I just started today.)
One final excellent thing that this forced, high priority network expansion
can help us achieve is to expand the range of backgrounds and skills which
we need to bring into the various transportation fora, That is to say, this
gives us an additional opportunity to rectify some of the other debilitating
historical inadequacies in the sector that have led to its underperformance
in many areas. So as we look to bring in more women, in addition to the
more traditional transportation circles, we need to bring in more expertise
in such areas as behavioral psychology, community relations, social services
, education, childcare, public health, job creation , poverty reduction and
all those other key areas of our daily lives which thus far have not
received the necessary attention in the transport discussions and
decision-making process.
Our future transportation arrangements are going to look very different from
those of the past. A lot of us are going to continue to own and drive cars,
which is just fine. But if you do the sums the great majority of our
population would like to have a choice. And that Is what the Year of the
Woman in Transportation can be all about.
I propose that we now make this a major discussion topic for the group in
the weeks immediately ahead.
Eric Britton, 18 December 2008
Email: Eric.Britton@newmobility.org
Skype: newmobility
Tel: 1 (310) 601-8468 or +331 4326 1323
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From kanthikannan at gmail.com Fri Dec 19 15:20:24 2008
From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:50:24 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: R2W and Pedestrian Safety Plan
Message-ID: <494b3d5a.16098e0a.3c17.ffff9cd6@mx.google.com>
Dec 19, 2008
Dear all
Greetings!!
In the last week there has been some progress in the R2W Campaign. What we
need at this stage is to give the GHMC a document with a clear cut plan on
Pedestrian Safety.
The Commissioner and the Special commissioner seem to be interested in
taking Pedestrian Safety as an issue. Please do send in your thoughts to
make this document comprehensive and implementable.
I am also involved in the joint inspection with the planning wing of the
GHMC to look at Retail Outlets that do not have parking space. Yesterday, I
went with the Engineering wing of the GHMC on an inspection of the footpaths
around GHMC that are going to be taken up in the first phase of pedestrian
safety.
Regards
Kanthi Kannan
The Right to Walk Foundation
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From sudhir at cai-asia.org Fri Dec 19 20:19:44 2008
From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:19:44 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Sustainable Urban Transport in Review - 2008
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID:
Dear All,
We hope you have enjoyed this year and taken many sustainable transport
activities in 2008.
Year 2008, from the urban transport perspective, can be considered as a
pivotal year as many countries began to realize the impact of transport on
quality of life. The issues concerning urban transport received good media
coverage thanks to Beijing Olympics, fuel price hike, continued air
pollution and congestion problems, as well as climate change. In order to
get results quickly, many cities are contemplating on a mix of carrot and
stick policies such as increasing investments both on roads and public
transport, fuel subsidies and congestion charging, and tightening new
tail-pipe emissions standards while still struggling to implement in-use
emissions standards, etc. The impact of such actions would be more visible
and measurable in the future years but considering the year 2008, what is
the status of urban transport? How did year 2008 rate on sustainable urban
transport in Asia? What were the issues and the challenges?
*Please find the link/attachment for the short review of SUT in Asia for the
year 2008. Hope this document would inspire us to do more in 2009 !!*
*http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73177_review08.pdf*
best regards
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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From yanivbin at gmail.com Fri Dec 19 23:13:10 2008
From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:43:10 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Wheeling,
dealing Reform Of Urban Transport Essential But Utopian
Message-ID: <86b8a7050812190613r247ade40w28c72557ca682526@mail.gmail.com>
Wheeling, dealing
Reform Of Urban Transport Essential But Utopian
Suhit Sen
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=3&theme=&usrsess=1&id=236316
For once the Centre has been presented with a plan that can go a long way
towards decongesting our cities, improving urban air quality and meeting the
challenge of climate change. The question is will the Centre accept the
recommendations made under the National Action Plan on Climate Change and
move fast to implement them.
Let's take a look at the recommendations, which, let us also remember are
not particularly radical or novel. Advocacy groups like the Centre for
Science and Environment have been pushing a similar policy frame for years.
At the heart of the recommendations lies the realisation that the state must
adopt a policy that increasingly discourages the use of private vehicles by
imposing costs that approximate more closely the real public costs and
"externalities" ~ mainly environmental and health costs ~ involved in
operating a private vehicle, while making the use of public mass transit
systems more attractive. This is essential given that in Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai ~ the number of private
vehicles is increasing four times faster than population, with the share of
public transport falling from 69 per cent to 38 per cent between 1994 and
2007 in cities with 4 million people or more.
Congestion charge
In keeping with this realisation, a panel has suggested for now that
congestion charges be imposed, parking fees be hiked to reflect the true
cost of the use of space and remove hidden subsidies, corridors be dedicated
to public-transport vehicles, the mass transport sector be made more
competitive by reducing taxes and duties on them relative to those on
private vehicles (in Delhi, for instance, private vehicles pay a lower road
tax) and people be forced to prove that they have access to parking space
before acquiring a vehicle. This is a good beginning, though many more
recommendations can be added to the list ~ fiscal disincentives for sports
utility vehicles and other gas-guzzlers, similar disincentives for private
diesel vehicles along with more stringent emissions norms not just for
vehicles but also for fuel (mainly to phase out low-grade diesel, which is
absurdly polluting). Hopefully the final recommendations of the panel ~ the
Mission on Sustainable Habitat ~ will be more comprehensive.
What will it take to put in place a policy that will move people into mass
transportation away from personal vehicles and bring clean fuels and engines
on to the roads? Simple: an uphill struggle to cut the massive power of the
automobile and oil industries and its lobbyists down to size. The world
over, these two industries have persistently blocked all attempts to reduce
dependence on hydrocarbons through the implementation of fiscal and other
measures that penalise fuels and technologies responsible for greenhouse-gas
emissions and help the development of technologies that are not or less
dependent on fossil fuel ~ hybrids, hydrogen-based fuel cells and so on.
Nowhere have the oil and automobile industries been as powerful as they have
in the US, as a recent book by two staffers of The Economist unpicks in
great detail. While Japanese companies ~ principally Toyota ~ have gone
ahead with innovative emissions-control technologies, the US's big three
automakers have been as dinosaur-like in their approach as the US federal
government has been till date. For this they have been rewarded with
repeated bailouts ~ the mother of which is in the pipeline.
In India too, however, state policy has failed to encourage alternative
technologies and mass rapid transport systems, by and large, though some
take an inordinately rosy view of the country's ability to "leapfrog". The
CNG story is just getting off the ground ~ of which more later ~ but, for
instance, the Reva, an electrically powered car, has hardly made any impact
on Indian cities. Part of the reason is poor marketing ~ but, equally, it
has received no state support in the shape of fiscal breaks or the kind of
patronage that Hindustan Motors continues to get in the shape of government
orders. Small is not sexy, environment-friendly is even less so. Policy
initiatives to encourage public transport or discourage emissions haven't
gone down too well. The vehicle-owning class in Delhi has gone ballistic
about the bus rapid transport corridor that the Delhi government has begun
experimenting with. While it may be true that the project was not designed
ideally, the point Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit made ~ don't throw the baby
out with the bathwater ~ has received very little sympathy. A differential
fiscal regime sought to be introduced by Ms Dikshit's government to control
emissions was almost blocked by the automobile lobby. The Delhi
administration still remains somewhat enlightened. Elsewhere the dinosaurs
still stalk the earth.
Take the West Bengal government. Kolkata is in an ironically enviable
situation. Public transport, from intuitive and tendentious evidence, seems
to have a bigger constituency in the city even among the kind of people who
can afford private vehicles compared to other big cities, if only as a
result of the state's steady deindustrialisation and relative poverty. The
state government could have turned this into an opportunity ~ making a
virtue of necessity, if you will ~ to aggressively push mass transport and
emissions control. It hasn't, because it is a prisoner of corrupt,
self-serving syndicates and unions it has promoted for three decades, which
means public, mass transport remains mired in a huge mess.
Despite being the first city to get metro services, Kolkata has not seen an
expansion of the network largely because an inept government couldn't be
bothered to push ahead. Recently mooted extensions are behind schedule,
badly conceived or so ambitious in scope as to attract derision from
citizens who still remember the fiasco of the disruptive construction that
blighted the city for years. The circular railway is an expensive bauble
that makes a very small impact on the city's transportation needs. No one
who has an option would like to use the city's bus system because that,
currently, is life-threatening. There has been no attempt to discipline the
system so to make it a comfortable and safe commute, which, moreover, does
not create mayhem on the roads.
Public initiative
The shuttle autorickshaw network connecting to the Metro line was an
innovation that could have worked wonders ~ come to think of it, it still
does, despite the odds ~ if, again, some policing had been in evidence. What
is desperately needed is the simple enforcement of traffic and safety rules
to begin with. Then, of course, is the question of clean fuel and technology
for emissions control. The government brought forward a high court directive
to phase out polluting two-stroke engines for both two-wheelers and
three-wheelers and specified that autorickshaws would have to convert to LPG
or CNG mode by the end of this year. Pressure from owners' syndicates and
unions on the specious plea that livelihoods would be affected ~ specious
because the scheme envisages generous support from the government,
automakers and banks ~ has meant that the plan has gone into deep
hibernation. Don't hold your breath for change, though you really should in
India's most polluted city.
Citizens, governments and advocacy groups must come together to propagate
some simple ideas about transportation. First, owning and operating a car is
all about mobility and "liberation" ~ US-style. This objective is defeated
if private cars choke the roads so badly that the best you can do is 10-15
km/hr, depending on the city you are in. A comfortable mass transport
network would help; citizens have to push for it.
Second, pollution is a reality that affects everyone ~ again, a cross-class
citizens' initiative is needed to force governments to take action. Third,
climate change is not a figment of some extra-terrestrial green imagination.
Without compromising development, emissions control has to be prioritised ~
and transportation is the easiest sector to start with. Any takers?
The writer is Senior Editor, The Statesman
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sun Dec 21 00:56:48 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:56:48 +0100
Subject: [sustran] 2009: The Year of the Woman in Transportation
Message-ID: <00ec01c962bb$92c8a840$b859f8c0$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Dear Friends,
My contribution to the current National Journal's "insider panel", whose
goal it is to provide expert counsel to orient and guide the incoming Obama
administration on matters involving policy and investments in the
transportation sector for the years immediately ahead, is now on line. You
can find the full text at
http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2008/12/how-should-infrastructure-
stimulus-be-spent.php#1201951.
I might mention one point the article make. Specifically my proposition that
what is needed to create an altogether different perspective on these
matters is not just to bring a couple of females on board, but to create a
very strong plurality.
It's rather like cycling in cities I would say. If there are no cyclists out
there, no one sees a problem. If there are a few, it really changes little
if anything. But when the cyclists start hit the street in real numbers,
when they begin to populate the environment, things then have an entirely
different momentum. And so, I believe, is the case with the impact of women
in these largely male-culture fora. Once we get beyond that tipping point -
what is it, 50%, 40, 30 ?? -- we find a very different situation as
emerged. And so I hope it will be.
But there is an anomaly there, one that you can if you wish help us with.
In my piece I claim that as a first step this panel should immediately set
out to create a far more balanced gender composition than that which they
have at present, which is very male top heavy.
However as I look at the composition of most of our new mobility fora what
strikes me immediately is that we are hardly better. We are female-lite
here, and the only way I can think of to rectify this imbalance will be to
ask each person here to reach out to find a female colleague, policy maker,
activist or concerned citizen whom we can then invite to join us and get on
the side of new mobility for all. I am sure it will make a big
difference.
Thanks for helping out on this. You'll see. It will be worth it.
Eric Britton
The New Mobility Agenda
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From shovan1209 at yahoo.com Mon Dec 22 21:12:25 2008
From: shovan1209 at yahoo.com (Saiful Alam)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:12:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [sustran] Invite to Roundtable Meeting on Urban Transportation System
In-Reply-To: <20081220030114.E4FEA2C838@mx-list.jca.ne.jp>
Message-ID: <280534.42883.qm@web57106.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Roundtable meeting on Expectations for the Quality Urban Transportation System
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Dear Colleague,
Greetings. URP Department of BUET, Poribesh Bachao Andolon POBA and WBB Trust is going to organize a Roundtable meeting on Expectations for the Quality Urban Transportation System at VIP lounge of national press club, Dhaka on Tuesday, 23 December 2008, at 11 a.m. International transport specialist Dr Mahabubul Bari will be present as keynote speaker. Please follow the attach file for letter and paper for this program.
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I warmly invite you to attend this important meeting.
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With thanks,
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Maruf Rahman
Project Officer, WBB Trust
House # 49, Road # 4/A
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: 9669781, Cell: 01712034915
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From shovan1209 at yahoo.com Mon Dec 22 21:12:46 2008
From: shovan1209 at yahoo.com (Saiful Alam)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:12:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [sustran] Invite to Roundtable Meeting on Urban Transportation System
In-Reply-To: <20081220030114.E4FEA2C838@mx-list.jca.ne.jp>
Message-ID: <642908.42587.qm@web57106.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Roundtable meeting on Expectations for the Quality Urban Transportation System
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Dear Colleague,
Greetings. URP Department of BUET, Poribesh Bachao Andolon POBA and WBB Trust is going to organize a Roundtable meeting on Expectations for the Quality Urban Transportation System at VIP lounge of national press club, Dhaka on Tuesday, 23 December 2008, at 11 a.m. International transport specialist Dr Mahabubul Bari will be present as keynote speaker. Please follow the attach file for letter and paper for this program.
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I warmly invite you to attend this important meeting.
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With thanks,
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Maruf Rahman
Project Officer, WBB Trust
House # 49, Road # 4/A
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: 9669781, Cell: 01712034915
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shovan1209@yahoo.com
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:50:24 +0530
From: "Kanthi Kannan"
Subject: [sustran] Re: R2W and Pedestrian Safety Plan
To: "'Global 'South' Sustainable Transport'"
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Dec 19, 2008
Dear all
Greetings!!
In the last week there has been some progress in the R2W Campaign. What we
need at this stage is to give the GHMC a document with a clear cut plan on
Pedestrian Safety.
The Commissioner and the Special commissioner seem to be interested in
taking Pedestrian Safety as an issue. Please do send in your thoughts to
make this document comprehensive and implementable.
I am also involved in the joint inspection with the planning wing of the
GHMC to look at Retail Outlets that do not have parking space. Yesterday, I
went with the Engineering wing of the GHMC on an inspection of the footpaths
around GHMC that are going to be taken up in the first phase of pedestrian
safety.
Regards
Kanthi Kannan
The Right to Walk Foundation
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:19:44 +0800
From: Sudhir
Subject: [sustran] Sustainable Urban Transport in Review - 2008
To: "Global 'South' Sustainable Transport"
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Dear All,
We hope you have enjoyed this year and taken many sustainable transport
activities in 2008.
Year 2008, from the urban transport perspective, can be considered as a
pivotal year as many countries began to realize the impact of transport on
quality of life. The issues concerning urban transport received good media
coverage thanks to Beijing Olympics, fuel price hike, continued air
pollution and congestion problems, as well as climate change. In order to
get results quickly, many cities are contemplating on a mix of carrot and
stick policies such as increasing investments both on roads and public
transport, fuel subsidies and congestion charging, and tightening new
tail-pipe emissions standards while still struggling to implement in-use
emissions standards, etc. The impact of such actions would be more visible
and measurable in the future years but considering the year 2008, what is
the status of urban transport? How did year 2008 rate on sustainable urban
transport in Asia? What were the issues and the challenges?
*Please find the link/attachment for the short review of SUT in Asia for the
year 2008. Hope this document would inspire us to do more in 2009 !!*
*http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73177_review08.pdf*
best regards
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
--
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:43:10 +0530
From: "Vinay Baindur"
Subject: [sustran] Wheeling, dealing Reform Of Urban Transport
Essential But Utopian
To: "Hasiru Usiru" , CAF2
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From shovan1209 at yahoo.com Mon Dec 22 21:12:56 2008
From: shovan1209 at yahoo.com (Saiful Alam)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:12:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [sustran] Invite to Roundtable Meeting on Urban Transportation System
In-Reply-To: <20081220030114.E4FEA2C838@mx-list.jca.ne.jp>
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Roundtable meeting on Expectations for the Quality Urban Transportation System
?
Dear Colleague,
Greetings. URP Department of BUET, Poribesh Bachao Andolon POBA and WBB Trust is going to organize a Roundtable meeting on Expectations for the Quality Urban Transportation System at VIP lounge of national press club, Dhaka on Tuesday, 23 December 2008, at 11 a.m. International transport specialist Dr Mahabubul Bari will be present as keynote speaker. Please follow the attach file for letter and paper for this program.
?
I warmly invite you to attend this important meeting.
?
With thanks,
?
Maruf Rahman
Project Officer, WBB Trust
House # 49, Road # 4/A
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: 9669781, Cell: 01712034915
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: R2W and Pedestrian Safety Plan (Kanthi Kannan)
2. Sustainable Urban Transport in Review - 2008 (Sudhir)
3. Wheeling, dealing Reform Of Urban Transport Essential But
Utopian (Vinay Baindur)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:50:24 +0530
From: "Kanthi Kannan"
Subject: [sustran] Re: R2W and Pedestrian Safety Plan
To: "'Global 'South' Sustainable Transport'"
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Dec 19, 2008
Dear all
Greetings!!
In the last week there has been some progress in the R2W Campaign. What we
need at this stage is to give the GHMC a document with a clear cut plan on
Pedestrian Safety.
The Commissioner and the Special commissioner seem to be interested in
taking Pedestrian Safety as an issue. Please do send in your thoughts to
make this document comprehensive and implementable.
I am also involved in the joint inspection with the planning wing of the
GHMC to look at Retail Outlets that do not have parking space. Yesterday, I
went with the Engineering wing of the GHMC on an inspection of the footpaths
around GHMC that are going to be taken up in the first phase of pedestrian
safety.
Regards
Kanthi Kannan
The Right to Walk Foundation
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:19:44 +0800
From: Sudhir
Subject: [sustran] Sustainable Urban Transport in Review - 2008
To: "Global 'South' Sustainable Transport"
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Dear All,
We hope you have enjoyed this year and taken many sustainable transport
activities in 2008.
Year 2008, from the urban transport perspective, can be considered as a
pivotal year as many countries began to realize the impact of transport on
quality of life. The issues concerning urban transport received good media
coverage thanks to Beijing Olympics, fuel price hike, continued air
pollution and congestion problems, as well as climate change. In order to
get results quickly, many cities are contemplating on a mix of carrot and
stick policies such as increasing investments both on roads and public
transport, fuel subsidies and congestion charging, and tightening new
tail-pipe emissions standards while still struggling to implement in-use
emissions standards, etc. The impact of such actions would be more visible
and measurable in the future years but considering the year 2008, what is
the status of urban transport? How did year 2008 rate on sustainable urban
transport in Asia? What were the issues and the challenges?
*Please find the link/attachment for the short review of SUT in Asia for the
year 2008. Hope this document would inspire us to do more in 2009 !!*
*http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73177_review08.pdf*
best regards
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
--
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
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:43:10 +0530
From: "Vinay Baindur"
Subject: [sustran] Wheeling, dealing Reform Of Urban Transport
Essential But Utopian
To: "Hasiru Usiru" , CAF2
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Wheeling, dealing
Reform Of Urban Transport Essential But Utopian
Suhit Sen
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=3&theme=&usrsess=1&id=236316
For once the Centre has been presented with a plan that can go a long way
towards decongesting our cities, improving urban air quality and meeting the
challenge of climate change. The question is will the Centre accept the
recommendations made under the National Action Plan on Climate Change and
move fast to implement them.
Let's take a look at the recommendations, which, let us also remember are
not particularly radical or novel. Advocacy groups like the Centre for
Science and Environment have been pushing a similar policy frame for years.
At the heart of the recommendations lies the realisation that the state must
adopt a policy that increasingly discourages the use of private vehicles by
imposing costs that approximate more closely the real public costs and
"externalities" ~ mainly environmental and health costs ~ involved in
operating a private vehicle, while making the use of public mass transit
systems more attractive. This is essential given that in Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai ~ the number of private
vehicles is increasing four times faster than population, with the share of
public transport falling from 69 per cent to 38 per cent between 1994 and
2007 in cities with 4 million people or more.
Congestion charge
In keeping with this realisation, a panel has suggested for now that
congestion charges be imposed, parking fees be hiked to reflect the true
cost of the use of space and remove hidden subsidies, corridors be dedicated
to public-transport vehicles, the mass transport sector be made more
competitive by reducing taxes and duties on them relative to those on
private vehicles (in Delhi, for instance, private vehicles pay a lower road
tax) and people be forced to prove that they have access to parking space
before acquiring a vehicle. This is a good beginning, though many more
recommendations can be added to the list ~ fiscal disincentives for sports
utility vehicles and other gas-guzzlers, similar disincentives for private
diesel vehicles along with more stringent emissions norms not just for
vehicles but also for fuel (mainly to phase out low-grade diesel, which is
absurdly polluting). Hopefully the final recommendations of the panel ~ the
Mission on Sustainable Habitat ~ will be more comprehensive.
What will it take to put in place a policy that will move people into mass
transportation away from personal vehicles and bring clean fuels and engines
on to the roads? Simple: an uphill struggle to cut the massive power of the
automobile and oil industries and its lobbyists down to size. The world
over, these two industries have persistently blocked all attempts to reduce
dependence on hydrocarbons through the implementation of fiscal and other
measures that penalise fuels and technologies responsible for greenhouse-gas
emissions and help the development of technologies that are not or less
dependent on fossil fuel ~ hybrids, hydrogen-based fuel cells and so on.
Nowhere have the oil and automobile industries been as powerful as they have
in the US, as a recent book by two staffers of The Economist unpicks in
great detail. While Japanese companies ~ principally Toyota ~ have gone
ahead with innovative emissions-control technologies, the US's big three
automakers have been as dinosaur-like in their approach as the US federal
government has been till date. For this they have been rewarded with
repeated bailouts ~ the mother of which is in the pipeline.
In India too, however, state policy has failed to encourage alternative
technologies and mass rapid transport systems, by and large, though some
take an inordinately rosy view of the country's ability to
"leapfrog". The
CNG story is just getting off the ground ~ of which more later ~ but, for
instance, the Reva, an electrically powered car, has hardly made any impact
on Indian cities. Part of the reason is poor marketing ~ but, equally, it
has received no state support in the shape of fiscal breaks or the kind of
patronage that Hindustan Motors continues to get in the shape of government
orders. Small is not sexy, environment-friendly is even less so. Policy
initiatives to encourage public transport or discourage emissions haven't
gone down too well. The vehicle-owning class in Delhi has gone ballistic
about the bus rapid transport corridor that the Delhi government has begun
experimenting with. While it may be true that the project was not designed
ideally, the point Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit made ~ don't throw the
baby
out with the bathwater ~ has received very little sympathy. A differential
fiscal regime sought to be introduced by Ms Dikshit's government to control
emissions was almost blocked by the automobile lobby. The Delhi
administration still remains somewhat enlightened. Elsewhere the dinosaurs
still stalk the earth.
Take the West Bengal government. Kolkata is in an ironically enviable
situation. Public transport, from intuitive and tendentious evidence, seems
to have a bigger constituency in the city even among the kind of people who
can afford private vehicles compared to other big cities, if only as a
result of the state's steady deindustrialisation and relative poverty. The
state government could have turned this into an opportunity ~ making a
virtue of necessity, if you will ~ to aggressively push mass transport and
emissions control. It hasn't, because it is a prisoner of corrupt,
self-serving syndicates and unions it has promoted for three decades, which
means public, mass transport remains mired in a huge mess.
Despite being the first city to get metro services, Kolkata has not seen an
expansion of the network largely because an inept government couldn't be
bothered to push ahead. Recently mooted extensions are behind schedule,
badly conceived or so ambitious in scope as to attract derision from
citizens who still remember the fiasco of the disruptive construction that
blighted the city for years. The circular railway is an expensive bauble
that makes a very small impact on the city's transportation needs. No one
who has an option would like to use the city's bus system because that,
currently, is life-threatening. There has been no attempt to discipline the
system so to make it a comfortable and safe commute, which, moreover, does
not create mayhem on the roads.
Public initiative
The shuttle autorickshaw network connecting to the Metro line was an
innovation that could have worked wonders ~ come to think of it, it still
does, despite the odds ~ if, again, some policing had been in evidence. What
is desperately needed is the simple enforcement of traffic and safety rules
to begin with. Then, of course, is the question of clean fuel and technology
for emissions control. The government brought forward a high court directive
to phase out polluting two-stroke engines for both two-wheelers and
three-wheelers and specified that autorickshaws would have to convert to LPG
or CNG mode by the end of this year. Pressure from owners' syndicates and
unions on the specious plea that livelihoods would be affected ~ specious
because the scheme envisages generous support from the government,
automakers and banks ~ has meant that the plan has gone into deep
hibernation. Don't hold your breath for change, though you really should in
India's most polluted city.
Citizens, governments and advocacy groups must come together to propagate
some simple ideas about transportation. First, owning and operating a car is
all about mobility and "liberation" ~ US-style. This objective is
defeated
if private cars choke the roads so badly that the best you can do is 10-15
km/hr, depending on the city you are in. A comfortable mass transport
network would help; citizens have to push for it.
Second, pollution is a reality that affects everyone ~ again, a cross-class
citizens' initiative is needed to force governments to take action. Third,
climate change is not a figment of some extra-terrestrial green imagination.
Without compromising development, emissions control has to be prioritised ~
and transportation is the easiest sector to start with. Any takers?
The writer is Senior Editor, The Statesman
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From: cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org (Cornie Huizenga)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:50:17 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in Japan 2008/2009
Message-ID: <7e2a2770812220150r2d851b1ew642d8a2567002656@mail.gmail.com>
Hi all,
Does anyone have similar statistics for other Asian countries?
Cornie
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December 18, 2008
Forecast for Japan's Passenger Car & Commercial Vehicle Demand in Calendar
Year 2009
*See also: http://www.jama-english.jp/statistics/forecast/2009/081218.html
*
*Motor Vehicles*
*1. Total Demand for Passenger Cars & Commercial Vehicles*
1. Total sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Japan in
calendar 2008 should finish at 5.11 million units, a decline of 4.5% from
the previous year. Demand for passenger cars is estimated at 4.25 million
units (down 3.3% from 2007); for trucks, at 843,000 units (down 10.1%); and
for buses, at 15,400 units (down 1.4%). The decline in sales of both
passenger cars and commercial vehicles is attributable to the economic
slowdown and sinking consumer confidence caused by soaring fuel prices in
the first half of the year, as well as a dramatically deteriorating economy,
starting in autumn, resulting from the U.S.-spawned global financial crisis.
2. The projection for 2009 is that the harsh economic climate prevailing
in late 2008 will continue. Stagnant corporate earnings, sluggish consumer
spending (due to deteriorating employment and income environments) and other
adverse trends are forecast to result in a total demand for passenger cars
and commercial vehicles of 4.86 million units, down 4.9% from 2008.
Passenger car demand should reach 4.05 million units, down 4.8% from 2008,
with demand for trucks and buses totalling 796,000 units and 14,100 units
respectively, down 5.6% and 8.4%.
*2. Standard & Small-Sized Passenger Cars*
1. Sales of standard and small-sized passenger cars in 2008 should total
2.82 million units, a year-on-year decline of 4.7%. While the introduction
of new models yielded positive results in the first half of the year, it is
anticipated that the negative factors mentioned above (high fuel prices and
the economic downturn) will indeed push the total sales figure for these
vehicles below the 2007 level.
2. Demand for standard and small-sized cars in 2009 is forecast at 2.62
million units, down a significant 7.1% from 2008, reflecting the impact of
continued negative trends such as sluggish consumer spending resulting from
weak employment and income environments.
*3. Mini Passenger Cars*
1. Minicar sales in 2008 are estimated at 1,439,000 units, down 0.6% from
the previous year. Despite the favorable impact of new and restyled models
introduced in the autumn, the overall drop is chiefly attributable to
declining consumer confidence in a deteriorating economic climate.
2. In 2009, despite an anticipated continued boost from the new and
restyled models introduced in late 2008, consumer spending is expected to
remain weak owing to the adverse employment and income environments. As a
result, total demand in this category in 2009 is forecast at 1,435,000
units, a dip of 0.3% from 2008.
*4. Standard Trucks*
1. Standard truck demand in 2008 is projected at 147,000 units, down
14.5% from 2007 owing to a combination of factors, including declines in
capital investment, reduced payloads and other trends linked to the surge in
fuel prices and the economic downturn. Demand for heavy-duty and
medium-sized trucks is expected to finish at 74,500 units, a 16.5% plunge
from the 2007 level.
1. In 2009 sales in this category are forecast at 128,000 units, down
12.9% from 2008, reflecting what is projected to be a continued harsh
economic environment. Demand for heavy-duty and medium-sized trucks should
stand at 62,000 units, a year-on-year decline of 16.8%.
*5. Small Trucks*
1. Small truck sales in 2008 are estimated at 252,000 units, down 14.0%
from the previous year owing to various factors including the sharp rise in
fuel prices and the deteriorating economy.
2. Despite the negative economic projections for 2009, the introduction
of new models and other positive factors should help bring demand in this
category to 250,000 units, a dip of only 0.8% compared to 2008.
*6. Mini-Trucks*
1. Mini-truck demand in 2008 should total 444,000 units, down 6.1% from
the previous year. The drop is attributable to changes in market structure
caused by shrinking numbers of small retailers and farmers (the primary
users of these vehicles) as well as an overall decline in business
confidence.
2. In 2009, owing to a continuation of the aforementioned trends, demand
in this category is forecast at 418,000 units, down 5.9% from 2008.
*7. Large Buses*
1. Sales of large buses in 2008 are estimated at 5,300 units, a gain of
2.9% over 2007. Replacement demand for these vehicles is the main factor
behind this growth.
2. In 2009, however, this growth trend is not expected to continue under
the impact of harsh economic conditions. Demand for large buses will likely
not exceed 4,200 units, plummeting 20.8% from the previous year.
*8. Small Buses*
1. Steady replacement demand will have helped sales of small buses in
2008 to finish at a projected 10,100 units, down 3.5% from 2007.
2. In 2009 sales in this category should continue to be buoyed by
replacement demand, resulting in a final annual sales performance of 9,900
units, a 2.0% drop from 2008.
*Motorcycles*
*1. Total Demand for Motorcycles*
A number of negative factors have impacted Japan's motorcycle market this
year, including higher vehicle prices reflecting mandatory compliance with
new emissions regulations (enforced in 2006, 2007 or 2008, depending on
motorcycle type etc.) as well as a deteriorating economic environment
stemming from the global financial crisis. Demand has also declined as a
result of stronger crackdowns on illegal parking (starting in 2006) and the
chronic shortage of motorcycle parking bays in cities and towns. On the
other hand, surging fuel prices have underscored for consumers the economy
and convenience of motorcycles in the 51-to-125cc category (or "Class-2
motor-driven cycles" as they are called in Japan) and smaller models.
Nevertheless, and despite other positive developments such as new product
launches, domestic market conditions are severe. Against this backdrop,
total current and upcoming demand is forecast as follows.
1. Total motorcycle demand in Japan in calendar 2008 is estimated at
570,000 units, down 21.1% from 2007. Declining sales have been recorded in
all motorcycle categories except for the aforementioned 51-to-125cc
category.
2. In 2009 sales declines are projected in all model categories, with
total domestic motorcycle demand expected to drop to 498,000 units, down
12.6% from 2008.
*2. Class-1 Motor-Driven Cycles (50cc & under)*
1. Sales of Class-1 motor-driven cycles in 2008 are estimated at 297,000
units, a 35.2% plunge from the previous year. In addition to higher vehicle
price tags resulting from compliance with stricter emissions regulations,
this major decline also reflects the impact of stronger crackdowns on
illegal parking linked to motorcycle parking bay shortages.
2. In 2009, as a result of the continued impact of higher vehicle prices,
limited parking availability and other negative factors including a shift to
bicycle use, sales in this category will likely not exceed 270,000 units, a
drop of 9.1% from 2008.
*3. Class-2 Motor-Driven Cycles (51cc-125cc)*
1. Demand for Class-2 motor-driven cycles in 2008 should reach 123,000
units, a 22.1% surge over 2007. The factors behind this gain include an
increasingly favorable consumer assessment of their economy in the light of
soaring fuel prices and, therefore, a wider use of these vehicles for
commuting to work or school, as well as a rush of last-minute purchases
prior to scheduled vehicle price hikes.
2. In 2009 demand in this category is expected to plummet 26.8% from 2008
to 90,000 units, as a result of higher vehicle prices caused by mandatory
compliance with emissions regulations and, also, a smaller number of models
on the market.
*4. Mini-Sized Motorcycles (126cc-250cc)*
1. Mini-sized motorcycle sales in 2008 are forecast at 72,000 units, down
12.0% from 2007. Because these motorcycles enjoy particularly high demand in
urban areas, the lack of parking bays in cities and towns has been the
single most important factor in their diminished sales, with an additional
factor being higher vehicle prices resulting from mandatory compliance with
emissions requirements.
2. Because of the continued impact of the aforementioned factors, sales
in this category in 2009 are projected to drop to 64,000 units, down 11.1%
from 2008.
*5. Small-Sized Motorcycles (over 250cc)*
1. Sales of small-sized motorcycles in 2008 should finish at 78,000
units, a drop of 4.7% from the previous year. Although compliance with
emissions regulations also resulted in price hikes for vehicles in this
category, there was a stronger demand for these larger models for the
purpose of recreational use than for models in other categories, especially
among middle-aged riders.
2. In 2009, although demand in this category for recreational purposes is
expected to remain firm, negative factors will include increased price tags
for models in the 400cc-and-over class as a result of emissions regulations
compliance. Overall demand in this category in 2009 is therefore projected
at 74,000 units, down 5.1% from 2008.
[image: PDF][Data chart attached (PDF)]
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Cornie Huizenga
Executive Director
CAI-Asia Center
www://cleanairnet.org/caiasia
cornie.huizenga@cai-asia.org
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From cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org Mon Dec 22 13:55:17 2008
From: cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org (Cornie Huizenga)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:55:17 +0800
Subject: [sustran] CDM Executive Board looking for Transport expert
Message-ID: <7e2a2770812212055m54e205c0t8945551a98827605@mail.gmail.com>
Dear all.
See http://www.climate-l.org/2008/12/cdm-executive-1.html, follow the lead
to http://cdm.unfccc.int/Panels/meth/call_SE_1208.html and apply if you feel
that you can make a useful input for Transport and CDM!
best regards,
Cornie
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www://cleanairnet.org/caiasia
cornie.huizenga@cai-asia.org
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From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Tue Dec 23 22:36:32 2008
From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:36:32 +0000
Subject: [sustran] Re: Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in Japan
2008/2009
In-Reply-To: <7e2a2770812220150r2d851b1ew642d8a2567002656@mail.gmail.com>
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From c_bradshaw at rogers.com Tue Dec 23 06:08:57 2008
From: c_bradshaw at rogers.com (Chris Bradshaw)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:08:57 -0500
Subject: [sustran] Re: R2W and Pedestrian Safety Plan
References: <494b3d5a.16098e0a.3c17.ffff9cd6@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <059401c96513$d67f22d0$0202a8c0@acer56fb35423d>
Kanthi,
> In the last week there has been some progress in the R2W Campaign. What we
> need at this stage is to give the GHMC a document with a clear cut plan on
> Pedestrian Safety.
> The Commissioner and the Special commissioner seem to be interested in
> taking Pedestrian Safety as an issue. Please do send in your thoughts to
> make this document comprehensive and implementable.
I am probably in no position to imagine the walking conditions in your city
and country. There seems to be so much that needs to be done that part of
the problem is to decide what to focus on first. Western countries
definitely haven't got it right yet.
Obviously, focus on the streets with the most traffic and most 'conflicts'.
These streets require the greatest sidewalk widths.
Don't forget to use public education to communicate safe behaviour by all
parties (not just pedestrians), along with effective enforcement.
I would also invite you to post this query to the Pednet listserv (for
pedestrian activists and walking advocates).
Go to www.flora.org to get more information and to subscribe.
Chris Bradshaw
pednet list-owner, Ottawa, Canada
From jbs at u.washington.edu Wed Dec 24 07:26:25 2008
From: jbs at u.washington.edu (Jerry Schneider)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:26:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [sustran] Re: Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in Japan
2008/2009
In-Reply-To: <4950E960.5010106@gmail.com>
References: <7e2a2770812220150r2d851b1ew642d8a2567002656@mail.gmail.com>
<4950E960.5010106@gmail.com>
Message-ID:
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote:
> Cornie and all,
>
> Though not Asian, it may be relevant: In Colombia, car sales have been in
> their 2 best years 2007 (250 thousand units sold) and 2008 (approx 220
> thousand units sold). 2009 is expected to be lower, around 180 thousand.
> So it was an emerging industry that will now "de-emerge"...
>
> These news, along with the recent news from Toyota of their first yearly
> loss in 71 years and the big 3's "bailout" (which may just be a big
> expenditure in a dying sector, like trying to resucitate the typewriter
> industry in the beginning of the computer age), may mean that we're at
> the end of something... or at the beginning of something else? However,
> we were thinking the same with oil barrels at USD 140+, and now they're
> "stabilising".
>
> Any ideas on what may the "something else" may be? It was easier before,
> because we could say it was "The Age of the _____" and fill in the blank
> with a vehicle. What should we say now? A fuel, or a specific mode... or
> plain nothing? Maybe nothing is good.
There are more than 100 possibilities for the "something else" lable
at http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/techtable.htm - all require
"thinking beyond the car". See any that you like?
you like?
- Jerry Schneider, Prof. Emeritus
- Innovative Transportation Technologies website:
http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans
From horst.preschern at avl.com Wed Dec 24 13:16:18 2008
From: horst.preschern at avl.com (Preschern Horst AVL/GRZ)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:16:18 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: [cai-asia] Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in
Japan 2008/2009
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <2CF35090055994438AAFF5984EDC33290839CF33@ATGRZMS002.avl01.avlcorp.lan>
All,
how nice- however it is to fear that all such statistics by now are
becoming scrap.
As my own boss once tought me- when I presented wonderful looking
5-years forecasts to him:
"None of us is able to predict the future- what we can do is to set up
our organization in a way allowing us utmost flexibility to match the
dynamics of market changes...."
Have a nice season!
Horst
AVL
_________________________________________________________________________________________
AVL List GmbH, Firmensitz: Graz, Firmenbuchnummer: FN 53507M, Landesgericht fuer ZRS Graz
________________________________
From: Cornie Huizenga [mailto:cornie.huizenga@cai-asia.org]
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 16:50
To: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia
Cc: sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org; Lee Schipper; Bert Fabian; Sudhir;
jleather@adb.org; Dalkmann, Holger; FULTON Lew, IEA/SPT/ETP; CAZZOLA
Pierpaolo, IEA/SPT/ETP
Subject: [cai-asia] Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in Japan
2008/2009
Hi all,
Does anyone have similar statistics for other Asian countries?
Cornie
------
December 18, 2008
Forecast for Japan's Passenger Car & Commercial Vehicle Demand in
Calendar Year 2009
See also:
http://www.jama-english.jp/statistics/forecast/2009/081218.html
Motor Vehicles
1. Total Demand for Passenger Cars & Commercial Vehicles
1. Total sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Japan
in calendar 2008 should finish at 5.11 million units, a decline of 4.5%
from the previous year. Demand for passenger cars is estimated at 4.25
million units (down 3.3% from 2007); for trucks, at 843,000 units (down
10.1%); and for buses, at 15,400 units (down 1.4%). The decline in sales
of both passenger cars and commercial vehicles is attributable to the
economic slowdown and sinking consumer confidence caused by soaring fuel
prices in the first half of the year, as well as a dramatically
deteriorating economy, starting in autumn, resulting from the
U.S.-spawned global financial crisis.
2. The projection for 2009 is that the harsh economic climate
prevailing in late 2008 will continue. Stagnant corporate earnings,
sluggish consumer spending (due to deteriorating employment and income
environments) and other adverse trends are forecast to result in a total
demand for passenger cars and commercial vehicles of 4.86 million units,
down 4.9% from 2008. Passenger car demand should reach 4.05 million
units, down 4.8% from 2008, with demand for trucks and buses totalling
796,000 units and 14,100 units respectively, down 5.6% and 8.4%.
2. Standard & Small-Sized Passenger Cars
1. Sales of standard and small-sized passenger cars in 2008 should
total 2.82 million units, a year-on-year decline of 4.7%. While the
introduction of new models yielded positive results in the first half of
the year, it is anticipated that the negative factors mentioned above
(high fuel prices and the economic downturn) will indeed push the total
sales figure for these vehicles below the 2007 level.
2. Demand for standard and small-sized cars in 2009 is forecast at
2.62 million units, down a significant 7.1% from 2008, reflecting the
impact of continued negative trends such as sluggish consumer spending
resulting from weak employment and income environments.
3. Mini Passenger Cars
1. Minicar sales in 2008 are estimated at 1,439,000 units, down
0.6% from the previous year. Despite the favorable impact of new and
restyled models introduced in the autumn, the overall drop is chiefly
attributable to declining consumer confidence in a deteriorating
economic climate.
2. In 2009, despite an anticipated continued boost from the new and
restyled models introduced in late 2008, consumer spending is expected
to remain weak owing to the adverse employment and income environments.
As a result, total demand in this category in 2009 is forecast at
1,435,000 units, a dip of 0.3% from 2008.
4. Standard Trucks
1. Standard truck demand in 2008 is projected at 147,000 units,
down 14.5% from 2007 owing to a combination of factors, including
declines in capital investment, reduced payloads and other trends linked
to the surge in fuel prices and the economic downturn. Demand for
heavy-duty and medium-sized trucks is expected to finish at 74,500
units, a 16.5% plunge from the 2007 level.
2. In 2009 sales in this category are forecast at 128,000 units,
down 12.9% from 2008, reflecting what is projected to be a continued
harsh economic environment. Demand for heavy-duty and medium-sized
trucks should stand at 62,000 units, a year-on-year decline of 16.8%.
5. Small Trucks
1. Small truck sales in 2008 are estimated at 252,000 units, down
14.0% from the previous year owing to various factors including the
sharp rise in fuel prices and the deteriorating economy.
2. Despite the negative economic projections for 2009, the
introduction of new models and other positive factors should help bring
demand in this category to 250,000 units, a dip of only 0.8% compared to
2008.
6. Mini-Trucks
1. Mini-truck demand in 2008 should total 444,000 units, down 6.1%
from the previous year. The drop is attributable to changes in market
structure caused by shrinking numbers of small retailers and farmers
(the primary users of these vehicles) as well as an overall decline in
business confidence.
2. In 2009, owing to a continuation of the aforementioned trends,
demand in this category is forecast at 418,000 units, down 5.9% from
2008.
7. Large Buses
1. Sales of large buses in 2008 are estimated at 5,300 units, a
gain of 2.9% over 2007. Replacement demand for these vehicles is the
main factor behind this growth.
2. In 2009, however, this growth trend is not expected to continue
under the impact of harsh economic conditions. Demand for large buses
will likely not exceed 4,200 units, plummeting 20.8% from the previous
year.
8. Small Buses
1. Steady replacement demand will have helped sales of small buses
in 2008 to finish at a projected 10,100 units, down 3.5% from 2007.
2. In 2009 sales in this category should continue to be buoyed by
replacement demand, resulting in a final annual sales performance of
9,900 units, a 2.0% drop from 2008.
Motorcycles
1. Total Demand for Motorcycles
A number of negative factors have impacted Japan's motorcycle market
this year, including higher vehicle prices reflecting mandatory
compliance with new emissions regulations (enforced in 2006, 2007 or
2008, depending on motorcycle type etc.) as well as a deteriorating
economic environment stemming from the global financial crisis. Demand
has also declined as a result of stronger crackdowns on illegal parking
(starting in 2006) and the chronic shortage of motorcycle parking bays
in cities and towns. On the other hand, surging fuel prices have
underscored for consumers the economy and convenience of motorcycles in
the 51-to-125cc category (or "Class-2 motor-driven cycles" as they are
called in Japan) and smaller models. Nevertheless, and despite other
positive developments such as new product launches, domestic market
conditions are severe. Against this backdrop, total current and upcoming
demand is forecast as follows.
1. Total motorcycle demand in Japan in calendar 2008 is estimated
at 570,000 units, down 21.1% from 2007. Declining sales have been
recorded in all motorcycle categories except for the aforementioned
51-to-125cc category.
2. In 2009 sales declines are projected in all model categories,
with total domestic motorcycle demand expected to drop to 498,000 units,
down 12.6% from 2008.
2. Class-1 Motor-Driven Cycles (50cc & under)
1. Sales of Class-1 motor-driven cycles in 2008 are estimated at
297,000 units, a 35.2% plunge from the previous year. In addition to
higher vehicle price tags resulting from compliance with stricter
emissions regulations, this major decline also reflects the impact of
stronger crackdowns on illegal parking linked to motorcycle parking bay
shortages.
2. In 2009, as a result of the continued impact of higher vehicle
prices, limited parking availability and other negative factors
including a shift to bicycle use, sales in this category will likely not
exceed 270,000 units, a drop of 9.1% from 2008.
3. Class-2 Motor-Driven Cycles (51cc-125cc)
1. Demand for Class-2 motor-driven cycles in 2008 should reach
123,000 units, a 22.1% surge over 2007. The factors behind this gain
include an increasingly favorable consumer assessment of their economy
in the light of soaring fuel prices and, therefore, a wider use of these
vehicles for commuting to work or school, as well as a rush of
last-minute purchases prior to scheduled vehicle price hikes.
2. In 2009 demand in this category is expected to plummet 26.8%
from 2008 to 90,000 units, as a result of higher vehicle prices caused
by mandatory compliance with emissions regulations and, also, a smaller
number of models on the market.
4. Mini-Sized Motorcycles (126cc-250cc)
1. Mini-sized motorcycle sales in 2008 are forecast at 72,000
units, down 12.0% from 2007. Because these motorcycles enjoy
particularly high demand in urban areas, the lack of parking bays in
cities and towns has been the single most important factor in their
diminished sales, with an additional factor being higher vehicle prices
resulting from mandatory compliance with emissions requirements.
2. Because of the continued impact of the aforementioned factors,
sales in this category in 2009 are projected to drop to 64,000 units,
down 11.1% from 2008.
5. Small-Sized Motorcycles (over 250cc)
1. Sales of small-sized motorcycles in 2008 should finish at 78,000
units, a drop of 4.7% from the previous year. Although compliance with
emissions regulations also resulted in price hikes for vehicles in this
category, there was a stronger demand for these larger models for the
purpose of recreational use than for models in other categories,
especially among middle-aged riders.
2. In 2009, although demand in this category for recreational
purposes is expected to remain firm, negative factors will include
increased price tags for models in the 400cc-and-over class as a result
of emissions regulations compliance. Overall demand in this category in
2009 is therefore projected at 74,000 units, down 5.1% from 2008.
PDF [Data chart attached
(PDF)]
--
Cornie Huizenga
Executive Director
CAI-Asia Center
www://cleanairnet.org/caiasia
cornie.huizenga@cai-asia.org
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From litman at vtpi.org Thu Dec 25 01:49:35 2008
From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:49:35 -0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in Japan
2008/2009
In-Reply-To:
References: <7e2a2770812220150r2d851b1ew642d8a2567002656@mail.gmail.com>
<4950E960.5010106@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20081224164943.5D0682D900@mx-list.jca.ne.jp>
The Twentieth Century was the period of the ascendency of the
automobile. During that period, motor vehicle ownership and use grew
from almost nothing to essentially saturation in developed countries.
This provided significant benefits but also imposes significant
economic, social and environmental costs. There is little
justification for continuing to expand the highway system or support
further increases in automobile travel since the marginal benefits
are small while marginal costs are large. There are increasing
benefits to diversifying our transportation system, including
improvements to walking, cycling, ridesharing, public transportation,
taxi services and telework, plus "smart growth" land use policies to
support them.
It makes sense for developing countries to continue to improve their
highway system and accommodate some increases in automobile
ownership, but if they are smart they will implement policies that
result in an efficient and diverse transportation system, based on a
mutli-modal European model rather than an automobile-dependent North
American model.
For more information see:
"The Future Isn't What It Used To Be" (http://www.vtpi.org/future.pdf )
Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes (2006), "Remaking Transportation Policy
for the New Century: Speech To The Institute of Transportation
Engineers," Brookings Institute
(http://www.brookings.edu/metro/speeches/20060123_trb.pdf ).
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 02:26 PM 23/12/2008, Jerry Schneider wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote:
>
> > Cornie and all,
> >
> > Though not Asian, it may be relevant: In Colombia, car sales have been in
> > their 2 best years 2007 (250 thousand units sold) and 2008 (approx 220
> > thousand units sold). 2009 is expected to be lower, around 180 thousand.
> > So it was an emerging industry that will now "de-emerge"...
> >
> > These news, along with the recent news from Toyota of their first yearly
> > loss in 71 years and the big 3's "bailout" (which may just be a big
> > expenditure in a dying sector, like trying to resucitate the typewriter
> > industry in the beginning of the computer age), may mean that we're at
> > the end of something... or at the beginning of something else? However,
> > we were thinking the same with oil barrels at USD 140+, and now they're
> > "stabilising".
> >
> > Any ideas on what may the "something else" may be? It was easier before,
> > because we could say it was "The Age of the _____" and fill in the blank
> > with a vehicle. What should we say now? A fuel, or a specific mode... or
> > plain nothing? Maybe nothing is good.
Sincerely,
Todd Alexander Litman
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org)
litman@vtpi.org
Phone & Fax 250-360-1560
1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
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From fionna.prins at vsnl.com Wed Dec 24 18:36:27 2008
From: fionna.prins at vsnl.com (fionna.prins)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:36:27 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: [cai-asia] Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in
Japan 2008/2009
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <4952029B.3000601@vsnl.com>
Dear Cornie,
We can provide production, sales and parc forecasts for: Thailand,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India and China.
Let me know if you are interested and in the meantime wishing everybody
great Christmas holidays.
With kind regards,
Fionna
Segment Y Automotive Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.
128 Moica Vaddo, Pilerne 403 114, Bardez, Goa, India
tel: +91 832 240 2469, mob: +91 982 216 7457, www.segmenty.com
Cornie Huizenga wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have similar statistics for other Asian countries?
>
> Cornie
>
>
> ------
>
> December 18, 2008
>
>
> Forecast for Japan's Passenger Car & Commercial Vehicle Demand in
> Calendar Year 2009
>
> _*See also:
> http://www.jama-english.jp/statistics/forecast/2009/081218.html
> *_
>
> _*Motor Vehicles*_
>
> *1. Total Demand for Passenger Cars & Commercial Vehicles*
>
> 1. Total sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Japan
> in calendar 2008 should finish at 5.11 million units, a decline
> of 4.5% from the previous year. Demand for passenger cars is
> estimated at 4.25 million units (down 3.3% from 2007); for
> trucks, at 843,000 units (down 10.1%); and for buses, at 15,400
> units (down 1.4%). The decline in sales of both passenger cars
> and commercial vehicles is attributable to the economic slowdown
> and sinking consumer confidence caused by soaring fuel prices in
> the first half of the year, as well as a dramatically
> deteriorating economy, starting in autumn, resulting from the
> U.S.-spawned global financial crisis.
>
> 2. The projection for 2009 is that the harsh economic climate
> prevailing in late 2008 will continue. Stagnant corporate
> earnings, sluggish consumer spending (due to deteriorating
> employment and income environments) and other adverse trends are
> forecast to result in a total demand for passenger cars and
> commercial vehicles of 4.86 million units, down 4.9% from 2008.
> Passenger car demand should reach 4.05 million units, down 4.8%
> from 2008, with demand for trucks and buses totalling 796,000
> units and 14,100 units respectively, down 5.6% and 8.4%.
>
> *2. Standard & Small-Sized Passenger Cars*
>
> 1. Sales of standard and small-sized passenger cars in 2008 should
> total 2.82 million units, a year-on-year decline of 4.7%. While
> the introduction of new models yielded positive results in the
> first half of the year, it is anticipated that the negative
> factors mentioned above (high fuel prices and the economic
> downturn) will indeed push the total sales figure for these
> vehicles below the 2007 level.
>
> 2. Demand for standard and small-sized cars in 2009 is forecast at
> 2.62 million units, down a significant 7.1% from 2008,
> reflecting the impact of continued negative trends such as
> sluggish consumer spending resulting from weak employment and
> income environments.
>
> *3. Mini Passenger Cars*
>
> 1. Minicar sales in 2008 are estimated at 1,439,000 units, down
> 0.6% from the previous year. Despite the favorable impact of new
> and restyled models introduced in the autumn, the overall drop
> is chiefly attributable to declining consumer confidence in a
> deteriorating economic climate.
>
> 2. In 2009, despite an anticipated continued boost from the new and
> restyled models introduced in late 2008, consumer spending is
> expected to remain weak owing to the adverse employment and
> income environments. As a result, total demand in this category
> in 2009 is forecast at 1,435,000 units, a dip of 0.3% from 2008.
>
> *4. Standard Trucks*
>
> 1. Standard truck demand in 2008 is projected at 147,000 units,
> down 14.5% from 2007 owing to a combination of factors,
> including declines in capital investment, reduced payloads and
> other trends linked to the surge in fuel prices and the economic
> downturn. Demand for heavy-duty and medium-sized trucks is
> expected to finish at 74,500 units, a 16.5% plunge from the 2007
> level.
>
> 2. In 2009 sales in this category are forecast at 128,000 units,
> down 12.9% from 2008, reflecting what is projected to be a
> continued harsh economic environment. Demand for heavy-duty and
> medium-sized trucks should stand at 62,000 units, a year-on-year
> decline of 16.8%.
>
> *5. Small Trucks*
>
> 1. Small truck sales in 2008 are estimated at 252,000 units, down
> 14.0% from the previous year owing to various factors including
> the sharp rise in fuel prices and the deteriorating economy.
>
> 2. Despite the negative economic projections for 2009, the
> introduction of new models and other positive factors should
> help bring demand in this category to 250,000 units, a dip of
> only 0.8% compared to 2008.
>
> *6. Mini-Trucks*
>
> 1. Mini-truck demand in 2008 should total 444,000 units, down 6.1%
> from the previous year. The drop is attributable to changes in
> market structure caused by shrinking numbers of small retailers
> and farmers (the primary users of these vehicles) as well as an
> overall decline in business confidence.
>
> 2. In 2009, owing to a continuation of the aforementioned trends,
> demand in this category is forecast at 418,000 units, down 5.9%
> from 2008.
>
> *7. Large Buses*
>
> 1. Sales of large buses in 2008 are estimated at 5,300 units, a
> gain of 2.9% over 2007. Replacement demand for these vehicles is
> the main factor behind this growth.
>
> 2. In 2009, however, this growth trend is not expected to continue
> under the impact of harsh economic conditions. Demand for large
> buses will likely not exceed 4,200 units, plummeting 20.8% from
> the previous year.
>
> *8. Small Buses*
>
> 1. Steady replacement demand will have helped sales of small buses
> in 2008 to finish at a projected 10,100 units, down 3.5% from 2007.
>
> 2. In 2009 sales in this category should continue to be buoyed by
> replacement demand, resulting in a final annual sales
> performance of 9,900 units, a 2.0% drop from 2008.
>
> *_Motorcycles_*
>
> *1. Total Demand for Motorcycles*
>
> A number of negative factors have impacted Japan's motorcycle market
> this year, including higher vehicle prices reflecting mandatory
> compliance with new emissions regulations (enforced in 2006, 2007 or
> 2008, depending on motorcycle type etc.) as well as a deteriorating
> economic environment stemming from the global financial crisis. Demand
> has also declined as a result of stronger crackdowns on illegal
> parking (starting in 2006) and the chronic shortage of motorcycle
> parking bays in cities and towns. On the other hand, surging fuel
> prices have underscored for consumers the economy and convenience of
> motorcycles in the 51-to-125cc category (or "Class-2 motor-driven
> cycles" as they are called in Japan) and smaller models. Nevertheless,
> and despite other positive developments such as new product launches,
> domestic market conditions are severe. Against this backdrop, total
> current and upcoming demand is forecast as follows.
>
> 1. Total motorcycle demand in Japan in calendar 2008 is estimated
> at 570,000 units, down 21.1% from 2007. Declining sales have
> been recorded in all motorcycle categories except for the
> aforementioned 51-to-125cc category.
>
> 2. In 2009 sales declines are projected in all model categories,
> with total domestic motorcycle demand expected to drop to
> 498,000 units, down 12.6% from 2008.
>
> *2. Class-1 Motor-Driven Cycles (50cc & under)*
>
> 1. Sales of Class-1 motor-driven cycles in 2008 are estimated at
> 297,000 units, a 35.2% plunge from the previous year. In
> addition to higher vehicle price tags resulting from compliance
> with stricter emissions regulations, this major decline also
> reflects the impact of stronger crackdowns on illegal parking
> linked to motorcycle parking bay shortages.
>
> 2. In 2009, as a result of the continued impact of higher vehicle
> prices, limited parking availability and other negative factors
> including a shift to bicycle use, sales in this category will
> likely not exceed 270,000 units, a drop of 9.1% from 2008.
>
> *3. Class-2 Motor-Driven Cycles (51cc-125cc)*
>
> 1. Demand for Class-2 motor-driven cycles in 2008 should reach
> 123,000 units, a 22.1% surge over 2007. The factors behind this
> gain include an increasingly favorable consumer assessment of
> their economy in the light of soaring fuel prices and,
> therefore, a wider use of these vehicles for commuting to work
> or school, as well as a rush of last-minute purchases prior to
> scheduled vehicle price hikes.
>
> 2. In 2009 demand in this category is expected to plummet 26.8%
> from 2008 to 90,000 units, as a result of higher vehicle prices
> caused by mandatory compliance with emissions regulations and,
> also, a smaller number of models on the market.
>
> *4. Mini-Sized Motorcycles (126cc-250cc)*
>
> 1. Mini-sized motorcycle sales in 2008 are forecast at 72,000
> units, down 12.0% from 2007. Because these motorcycles enjoy
> particularly high demand in urban areas, the lack of parking
> bays in cities and towns has been the single most important
> factor in their diminished sales, with an additional factor
> being higher vehicle prices resulting from mandatory compliance
> with emissions requirements.
>
> 2. Because of the continued impact of the aforementioned factors,
> sales in this category in 2009 are projected to drop to 64,000
> units, down 11.1% from 2008.
>
> *5. Small-Sized Motorcycles (over 250cc)*
>
> 1. Sales of small-sized motorcycles in 2008 should finish at 78,000
> units, a drop of 4.7% from the previous year. Although
> compliance with emissions regulations also resulted in price
> hikes for vehicles in this category, there was a stronger demand
> for these larger models for the purpose of recreational use than
> for models in other categories, especially among middle-aged riders.
>
> 2. In 2009, although demand in this category for recreational
> purposes is expected to remain firm, negative factors will
> include increased price tags for models in the 400cc-and-over
> class as a result of emissions regulations compliance. Overall
> demand in this category in 2009 is therefore projected at 74,000
> units, down 5.1% from 2008.
>
> PDF[Data chart attached (PDF)]
>
>
>
>
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From yanivbin at gmail.com Thu Dec 25 14:52:54 2008
From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur)
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:22:54 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Time to change our graphs? Vehicle sales in Japan
2008/2009
In-Reply-To: <7e2a2770812220150r2d851b1ew642d8a2567002656@mail.gmail.com>
References: <7e2a2770812220150r2d851b1ew642d8a2567002656@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <86b8a7050812242152x703d44ddoaeb707da2f8caaea@mail.gmail.com>
The report of the India Parliamentary Committee on Urban Development on
Urban Transport Dec 2008
good wishes
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From hghazali at gmail.com Mon Dec 29 18:28:09 2008
From: hghazali at gmail.com (Hassaan Ghazali)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:28:09 +0600
Subject: [sustran] Declining vehicle numbers
Message-ID:
Folks,
I'm wondering if changing our graphs is a short term measure.
If the high cost of petroleum products was responsible for disrupting oil
consumption patterns, can we not expect everything to rebound now that oil
prices have sunk dramatically--thus generating demand through reduced cost
of travel.
Hassaan
Institutional Development Specialist
Urban Sector Policy and Management Unit (The Urban Unit)
Planning & Development Department,
Government of the Punjab
A: 4-B Lytton Road, Lahore, Pakistan
T: 9213579-84 (Ext.116)
F: 9213585
M: 0345 455 6016
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Dec 30 17:28:40 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:28:40 +0100
Subject: [sustran] When all the Chinese have cars! Update: Xiamen plans to
build a bike traffic network
Message-ID:
On Behalf Of Rory McMullan
Dear Eric and others who may be interested,
On my extended tour of China, I am spending some days on the lovely car free
island of Gu lan yu, a few hundred metres across a narrow strait from the
busy town of Xiamen with its fantastic brand new BRT system.
Just a few days ago I visited the amazing folk at the local environmental
protection NGO XiaMen Green Cross, who organise the car free day here. They
told me the sad news that a man had been killed that morning on a bike, and
his head was completely squashed, making their job of promoting green
transport even more difficult. I suggested they should campaign get bike
lanes back into the city, since they have completely dissappered even though
the majority of people do not own cars. They of course told me that they had
been working to protect bike lanes for over a decade, so far without much
success, although some roads they have campaigned for, have now been
pedestrianised.
Then opening my email this morning, I found an email from a friend at
Beijing Transport University with this good news.... (translated using
google I'm afraid, but you should get the idea)
http://www.tranbbs.
com/news/cnnews/Construction/news_36353.shtml
Xiamen plans to build a bike traffic network
Future in Xiamen, the public will be able to easily bike or walk by the
shortest route between the approach of district. In yesterday's mayor on the
green, Xiamen Planning Secretary Zhao Jing said, Xiamen Road, consider the
introduction of non-motorized system.
ÕÔ¾Ö³¤said that in the future, bicycle travel system will form a ring
around the whole city traffic. In Xiamen between every two residential
building, must be set aside a channel in order to protect the bike and
walking can be smoothly carried out, the public so long as cycling or
walking, you can easily reach another district.
In addition, Xiamen will be divided into three regions to build the
region on foot, and divided by color, which specifically refers to urban
green area built-up area outside the context of the mountain, mainly to
satisfy the public mountaineering, leisure, sports requirements; orange
region is the urban built-up area in the public walk from the main regional
daily life; blue Pro coastal cities in the region-specific public events
around the region, mainly to satisfy the public view of the sea pro-sea and
leisure requirements. It is learned that the life of the people of Xiamen
will be the main activities of regional planning for the 96 foot unit, in
which bamboo¹YLake, Zhongshan Road, Jiang first five geo-Bay, Kwun Yam Shan,
Maluan Bay, Xinglin Bay, filling the mouth ofÎ÷¿Â, Hsintien will focus on
the building. Important walking path, the width of the sidewalk of the
passage of not less than 3 m wide green spaces in the path of the
paragraphs, will be an integrated set of rest facilities green. Moreover,
exports to walk away from the track sites, bus stops, BRT site distance
generally not more than 100 meters.
--- On Fri, 12/12/08, Eric Britton wrote:
From: Eric Britton
Subject: [NewMobilityCafe] When all the Chinese have cars!
To: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, 12 December, 2008, 4:11 PM
>From Lee Schipper: a 1972 article from the New York Times by Paul Ehrlich
and Douglas Pirages is one more reminder that there is nothing new in the
state of . . . The circumstances which currently confront our society and
economies worldwide are certainly not something which has emerged
unannounced in the last couple of years or months.
It makes you ponder why we have not been able to put our collective
intelligence to work. Well, that is the past. Our job is to hang in there
and do the best we can with the challenges of the present and a future which
is already very much here.
Eric Britton.
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From kanthikannan at gmail.com Wed Dec 31 14:20:19 2008
From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan)
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:50:19 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: R2W and Jan 2, 2009: Another Idea : PL try it out :)
Message-ID: <495b015f.0e1b6e0a.1975.611a@mx.google.com>
Dec 31, 2008
Dear all
Season's Greetings
As you are aware, The Right to Walk Foundation is proposing a NO PERSONAL
MOTORISED VEHICLE DAY on Jan 2, 2009.
We request all of you to support this No Vehicle Day and ensure that you use
either Public Transport or non -motorised transport to come to office.
The idea is to have the First Working Day of Every Month as a NO PERSONAL
/PRIVATE MOTORISED VEHICLE DAY.
SAY YES TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REDUCE POLLUTION;
SAY YES TO WALKING AND CYCLING; IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH;
SAY NO PERSONAL MOTORISED VEHICLE; REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION
OR
During office hours walk on the footpaths till the nearest bus stop or the
MMTS station and send us a mail with your complaints. Or contact the GHMC
number, 155304 and register your complaints.
Please remember that most Hyderbadis cannot afford to pay even for public
transport and walk to school/ work.
Safe and clean Footpaths and safe Pedestrian Crossings are the NEED OF THE
HOUR
Thanks
Regards
Kanthi Kannan
The Right to Walk Foundation
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From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Dec 31 20:06:51 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton)
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:06:51 +0100
Subject: [sustran] public bikes soon in Bogota
Message-ID: <006901c96b37$e5a55200$b0eff600$@britton@ecoplan.org>
>From Google translate (without editing): Original follows:
It seems to me important that Latin America is remove that prejudice that
"That the public bike is a thing of the Europeans." I am of the opinion that
your continent in cities where there is more viable and more
necessary and more efficient system of public bike that many of the
European cities where they already have in place, sometimes with more heart
that head.
If I am not mistaken, in Argentina there are already some examples of
bicycle service,
as well as the University of Santiago de Chile. Now it is going to put in
Bogota and are studying in Quito. If it is done well, it is planned
Well, it may be a push towards the use and promotion of cycling as
usual means of transport.
Juan Merallo - eldelabici@gmail.com
-----Original Message-----] On Behalf Of Juan Merallo
Subject: [CicloAmerica] Bicicletas p?blicas pronto en Bogot?
http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/forolectores/las-ciclas-prepago_4739844-1
Me parece important?simo que Am?rica Latina se quite ese prejuicio de que
"eso de las bicis p?blicas es cosa de los europeos". Soy de la opini?n que
en vuestro continente hay ciudades donde es m?s viable e incluso m?s
necesario y m?s eficaz un sistema de bicis p?blicas que en muchas de las
ciudades europeas donde ya se han implantado, en ocasiones con m?s coraz?n
que cabeza.
Si no me equivoco, en Argentina ya hay alg?n ejemplo de bicicleta p?blica,
as? como en la universidad de Santiago de Chile. Ahora se va a poner en
Bogot? y lo est?n estudiando en Quito. Si se hace bien, se se planifica
bien, puede ser un empuj?n hacia el uso y promoci?n de la bicicleta como
medio de transporte habitual.
Mucho ?nimo, mucha salud y un cicletudo nuevo a?o,
Juan Merallo
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From cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org Wed Dec 31 13:13:33 2008
From: cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org (Cornie Huizenga)
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:13:33 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Sustran-discuss Digest, Vol 64, Issue 22- cycling Xiamen
Message-ID: <7e2a2770812302013o37ed65ddw8529b71d6187d90e@mail.gmail.com>
Hi all,
I just returned from Xiamen and I was surprised to see the message that
"since they (bicycle lanes) have completely dissappered in Xiamen". I walked
quite a lot through the city and saw dedicate cycle lanes in many parts of
the city. Also a very nice pedestrian board walk of more than 10 kilometer
along the east coast beach.
The BRT is great and even the taxi drivers thought it was a success.
Cornie
>
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> 1. When all the Chinese have cars! Update: Xiamen plans to build
> a bike traffic network (eric britton)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:28:40 +0100
> From: "eric britton"
> Subject: [sustran] When all the Chinese have cars! Update: Xiamen
> plans to build a bike traffic network
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> On Behalf Of Rory McMullan
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Eric and others who may be interested,
>
> On my extended tour of China, I am spending some days on the lovely car
> free
> island of Gu lan yu, a few hundred metres across a narrow strait from the
> busy town of Xiamen with its fantastic brand new BRT system.
>
> Just a few days ago I visited the amazing folk at the local environmental
> protection NGO XiaMen Green Cross, who organise the car free day here. They
> told me the sad news that a man had been killed that morning on a bike, and
> his head was completely squashed, making their job of promoting green
> transport even more difficult. I suggested they should campaign get bike
> lanes back into the city, since they have completely dissappered even
> though
> the majority of people do not own cars. They of course told me that they
> had
> been working to protect bike lanes for over a decade, so far without much
> success, although some roads they have campaigned for, have now been
> pedestrianised.
>
> Then opening my email this morning, I found an email from a friend at
> Beijing Transport University with this good news.... (translated using
> google I'm afraid, but you should get the idea)
>
> http://www.tranbbs.
>
> com/news/cnnews/Construction/news_36353.shtml
> Xiamen plans to build a bike traffic network
>
> Future in Xiamen, the public will be able to easily bike or walk by the
> shortest route between the approach of district. In yesterday's mayor on
> the
> green, Xiamen Planning Secretary Zhao Jing said, Xiamen Road, consider the
> introduction of non-motorized system.
>
> ???said that in the future, bicycle travel system will form a ring
> around the whole city traffic. In Xiamen between every two residential
> building, must be set aside a channel in order to protect the bike and
> walking can be smoothly carried out, the public so long as cycling or
> walking, you can easily reach another district.
>
> In addition, Xiamen will be divided into three regions to build the
> region on foot, and divided by color, which specifically refers to urban
> green area built-up area outside the context of the mountain, mainly to
> satisfy the public mountaineering, leisure, sports requirements; orange
> region is the urban built-up area in the public walk from the main regional
> daily life; blue Pro coastal cities in the region-specific public events
> around the region, mainly to satisfy the public view of the sea pro-sea and
> leisure requirements. It is learned that the life of the people of Xiamen
> will be the main activities of regional planning for the 96 foot unit, in
> which bamboo?Lake, Zhongshan Road, Jiang first five geo-Bay, Kwun Yam Shan,
> Maluan Bay, Xinglin Bay, filling the mouth of??, Hsintien will focus on
> the building. Important walking path, the width of the sidewalk of the
> passage of not less than 3 m wide green spaces in the path of the
> paragraphs, will be an integrated set of rest facilities green. Moreover,
> exports to walk away from the track sites, bus stops, BRT site distance
> generally not more than 100 meters.
>
> --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Eric Britton wrote:
>
> From: Eric Britton
> Subject: [NewMobilityCafe] When all the Chinese have cars!
> To: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, 12 December, 2008, 4:11 PM
>
> >From Lee Schipper: a 1972 article from the New York Times by Paul Ehrlich
> and Douglas Pirages is one more reminder that there is nothing new in the
> state of . . . The circumstances which currently confront our society and
> economies worldwide are certainly not something which has emerged
> unannounced in the last couple of years or months.
>
>
>
> It makes you ponder why we have not been able to put our collective
> intelligence to work. Well, that is the past. Our job is to hang in there
> and do the best we can with the challenges of the present and a future
> which
> is already very much here.
>
>
>
> Eric Britton.
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> .
>
>
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