[sustran] SUTP Newsletter November 2007 - January 2008

SUTP Team sutp at sutp.org
Mon Jan 28 16:20:57 JST 2008


Sustainable Urban Transport Project (GTZ SUTP) update
November 2007 - January, 2008

GTZ-SUTP wishes all our registered users and subscribers a happy and 
prosperous new year in 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 at 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)

2008 Sustainable Transport Award Announced in Washington DC
14 January 2008

(Washington, DC – January 14, 2008) London and Paris edged out Guatemala 
City, Guatemala; Eugene, Oregon; and Pereira, Colombia to win the 2008 
Sustainable Transport Award, also supported by GTZ SUTP, which was in 
the evaluation committee. These cities were nominated for the 4th annual 
international honor for enhancing the sustainability and livability of 
their community or region by adopting innovative transportation 
strategies that lessen the impact of climate change by reducing 
transportation greenhouse and air pollution emissions.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1041/1/lang,uk/

GTZ-SUTP participates at the Curb-Air project international workshop in 
Brussels
12 January 2008

Mr. Carlos F. Pardo, SUTP project coordinator, participated in the 
"Combating Urban Air Pollution and Climate Change in Asia: Project 
Opportunities and Role of CDM". The workshop was held at the NH Atlanta 
Hotel, Brussels, Belgium on the 09th January 2008. Participants from 
India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines were present at the event.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1038/1/lang,uk/

GTZ-SUTP presentations in side event to COP 13, Bali
29 December 2007

Mr. Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ Senior Transport Advisor and SUTP Project 
Director, presented on the 7th and 8th December at "Getting the climate 
right for transport", one of the side events at the UN Climate Change 
Conference , held in Bali, Indonesia. The event was organized by UITP 
(the International Association of Public Transport with some 3000 
members in 90 countries); UIC (the international union of railways for 
passenger and freight with 170 members on all five continents); the 
Transport Research Laboratory (a major think tank from UK that advises 
governments internationally on many transport issues); the GTZ (the 
German Technical Cooperation) and the Tokyo based Institution for 
Transport Policy Studies (a research and advisory body).

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/961/1/lang,uk/

GTZ SUTECA - New Forum on Sustainable Urban Transport in Eastern Europe 
and Central Asia
14 December 2007

As a follow up of the workshops on sustainable urban transport in Plock 
(2006, 2007) and Tallinn (2007), UNITAR and GTZ SUTP are happy to 
introduce this newsgroup and webpage as focal point for professionals 
and decision-makers in the ECA-region in order to facilitate and to 
enhance the dialogue on sustainable urban transport. The web page 
www.sutp.org/suteca offers ample space for your contributions, news and 
information from the region and updates on on-going activities related 
to sustainable urban transport.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/979/1/lang,uk/

GTZ supports the EcoMobility Alliance
10 December 2007

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia saw the 
launch of a Global Alliance for Ecomobility, of which GTZ has also taken 
part. More than 30 global companies, business and user associations, 
expert organizations, local governments and United Nations agencies have 
joined together in a partnership for the integrated promotion of 
walking, cycling, wheeling and ‘passenging’ (the use of public 
transport) in cities.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/960/1/lang,uk/

GTZ participation at 3rd Transpower Workshop
09 December 2007

Mr. Manfred Breithaupt and Mr. Armin Wagner, both from GTZ, participated 
in the 3rd TRANSPOWER workshop in Sibiu/Romania on 26-27th November 
2007. The workshop focused on non-motorized transport and featured 
high-level presentations e.g. by Michael Cramer (Member of European 
Parliament) on "From the Green Paper to cycling tracks – overcoming 
political barriers".

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/978/1/lang,uk/

Spanish Translation of Module 7a: Gender and Urban Transport
07 December 2007

The Sustainable Urban Transport Project has published the Spanish 
translation of the module "Gender and Urban Transport" ("Género y 
Transporte Urbano"), originally written by Mika Kunieda and Aimée 
Gauthier. Registered users can download the module from the SUTP website.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/959/1/lang,uk/

Spanish Translation of Module 5e: Transport and Climate Change
07 December 2007

The Sustainable Urban Transport Project has published the Spanish 
translation of the module "Transport and Climate Change" (Transporte y 
Cambio Climático"), originally written by Holger Dalkmann and Charlotte 
Brannigan. Registered users can download the module from the SUTP website.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/958/1/lang,uk/
 
GTZ co organized NMT training in Rio de Janeiro
29 November 2007

GTZ SUTP co organized a training course on Non motorised transport (NMT) 
along with local organizations Instituto Pereira Passos and Transporte 
Ativo, and international organizations ITDP (Institute for 
Transportation and Development Policy) and I-ce (Interface for Cycling 
Expertise). The training was held during 26 and 27 November, 2007 in Rio 
de Janeiro, and the 50 participants were mainly from public institutions 
involved in planning bikeways, environmental institutions and others.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/945/1/lang,uk/

GTZ-SUTP at a postgraduate course in TU Dresden
26 November 2007

Mr. Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ's senior transport advisor and SUTP's 
project director, was invited to deliver a guest lecture at a 
postgraduate course offered by Technical University of Dresden in 
cooperation with German Ministry of Environment, UNEP and UNESCO. The 
lecture was delivered on 23rd Nov, 2007 in Dresden to a class of 21 
students from 18 countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/944/1/lang,uk/

Portuguese translation of the Module 5 d: the CDM in the Transport Sector
26 November 2007

GTZ-SUTP released the Portuguese translation of the Module 5d: The CDM 
in the Transport Sector. The module, authored by Dr. Jürg M. Grütter of 
Grütter Consulting, summarises the core issues of CDM transport projects 
and presents the Transmilenio BRT as a case study.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/943/1/lang,uk/

GTZ-SUTP conducted training course for Chinese mayors
16 November 2007

GTZ-SUTP conducted a half day training course, on 8th November, 2007, 
for mayors from large and medium Chinese cities within the programme of 
the National Training Center for Mayors,in Beijing, China. The course 
was titled “Transport and City Development for China”. Topics such as 
urban transport and urban development, economic impacts of transport, 
relation between land use and transport, public transport and mass rapid 
transport were discussed.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/941/1/lang,uk/

GTZ-SUTP conducted “Train-the-Trainer” initial course in Beijing, China
16 November 2007
GTZ-SUTP, partner of the Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) 
project, successfully concluded its initial  course of the 
“Train-the-Trainer” program which is an initiative of the the SUMA 
project in partnership with CAI-Asia and other organizations. The 
participants, “Future Trainers”, were preselected professionals on urban 
transport from India and China. Also a few participants from Pakistan 
and Philippines participated. In total there were 20 participants. The 
course was held for two weeks from the 5th to the 16th of November, 2007 
in Beijing, China
Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/936/1/lang,uk/

GTZ-SUTP Training Course on Sustainable Transport in Beijing, China
14 November 2007

GTZ-SUTP in cooperation with Tsinghua University, Clean Air Initiative 
(CAI) – Asia and China Sustainable Transportation Center conducted a 3 
day training course titled “Sustainable Urban Transport (Green 
Transport) Training Course” for  participants from all over China in 
Beijing, China, from 12th - 14th November, 2007. The course was also 
supported by the Ministry of Construction, China.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/935/1/lang,uk/

GTZ-SUTP at the Road Safety Conference in Bangkok, Thailand
16 November 2007

Mr. Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ's senior transport advisor and project 
director of SUTP, presented at the “Road Safety on Four Continents” 
conference held from 14th to 16th November 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Read More: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/933/1/lang,uk/

****Upcoming Events about Sustainable Urban Transport****
*segregated chronologically

Date of the event    : 28.01.2008
Where the event is     : Paris, FR
Name of the Event    : New Energy Indicators for Transport
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,220/lang,uk/

Date of the event    : 29.01.2008
Where the event is     : France
Name of the Event    : Mobility and Living Environment
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,133/lang,uk/

Date of the event    : 06.02.2008
Where the event is     : Ljubljana, SI
Name of the Event    : 2nd European Transportation Research Arena
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,134/lang,uk/

Date of the event    : 06.02.2008
Where the event is     : Versailles, FR
Name of the Event    : International Congress ATEC-ITS
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,195/lang,uk/

Date of the event    : 06.02.2008
Where the event is     : Nantes, FR
Name of the Event    : Road Technical Days
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,196/lang,uk/

Date of the event    : 13.02.2008
Where the event is     : Rio Grande do Sul, BR
Name of the Event    : World Conference on Development of Cities: 
Democratic innovation and social transformation for inclusive cities in 
the 21st century
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,223/lang,uk/

Date of the event    : 13.02.2008
Where the event is     : Karlsruhe, DE
Name of the Event    : IT-TRANS
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,197/lang,uk/

Date of the event    : 17.02.2008
Where the event is     : Adelaide, AU
Name of the Event    : 3rd International Solar Cities Congress
For more information    : 
http://www.sutp.org/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,56/func,details/did,168/lang,uk/

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