[sustran] SUTP Newsletter, May-June 2008

[Sustainable Urban Transport Project- SUTP]

Sustainable Urban Transport Project (GTZ SUTP) Update

May-June, 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  

*****Project related News*****
(For greater detail of the news below, please click the link below each 
item)

GTZ delivers 2-day and 6-day training courses on Mass Transit in Indore 
(India)
1 July 2008

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

The courses were, a 6-day course targeted towards preselected Indian 
future trainers and a 2-day course for local government officials, 
transport planners and various other mass transit stakeholders.

More information on the training courses can be had by sending an email 
to sutp[at]sutp.org

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1201&Itemid=1&lang=uk


GTZ-SUTP contributes to the regional EST forum in Lao PDR
24 June 2008

The regional EST forum is a joint initiative of UNCRD and the Ministry 
of the Environment, Japan, which provides a strategic/knowledge platform 
for sharing experiences and disseminating among Asian countries best 
practices, policy instruments, tools, technologies on sustainable 
transport.

The 2nd National consultation workshop provides an opportunity for the 
Public Works and Transport Institute (PTI), to introduce their 
currently-developed draft strategies and action plan as well as to 
receive comments from related agencies and international experts.

This workshop was held at the Ministry of Public Work and Transport in 
Vientiane on June 23-24 with representatives from various local 
agencies, including department of transport, water resources and 
environment agency, land use agency, traffic police, road safety 
partnership, etc.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1202&Itemid=1&lang=uk


Chinese translation of module 5e (Transport and Climate Change)
16 June 2008

Module 5e of the GTZ Sourcebook on Sustainable Urban Transport for 
Policymakers (Climate Change and Transport) has been translated into 
Chinese by Xiaojia Bao and Yan Peng of the CAI-Asia China 
Project Office and published today. The module has been originally 
written by Holger Dalkmann and Charlotte Brannigan. It provides an 
overview of the challenges related to climate change and transport, and 
describes measures to mitigate the impact of transport on climate change.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1185&Itemid=1&lang=uk


GTZ presents at event in Cali, Colombia
12 June 2008

Carlosfelipe Pardo from GTZ SUTP gave the opening presentation at the 
Fourth Congress on Roads and Transit "Expovial 2008" in Cali, Colombia. 
His presentation was entitled "Financiación de la movilidad" (Financing 
mobility). The event was organized by the Colombian Chamber of 
Infrastructure, and participants were from various Colombian cities 
directly related to implementation of road transport projects in the 
country.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1178&Itemid=1&lang=uk


Cities for Mobility Congress in Stuttgart from June 2-4, 2008
06 June 2008

Being coordinated by the City of Stuttgart, the annual congress 
attracted over 400 participants from 40 countries. Cities for Mobility 
is a global network of cities with the objective to promote the 
development of sustainable and efficient transportation systems in the 
member cities. Manfred Breithaupt presented in the workshop on Public 
transport on BRT developments.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1177&Itemid=1&lang=uk


International Transport Forum 28-30 May 2008, Leipzig, Germany
02 June 2008

Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ's Senior Transport Advisor, presented at the 
International Transport Forum, this year under the title "Transport and 
Energy - the Challenges of Climate Change" in a workshop session on 
"Transport CO2 Emissions in Emerging Economies". Climate change and 
growing energy consumption are a subject of increasing political 
attention worldwide. For transport, finding the right balance between 
facilitating access and exchanges and reducing transport emissions and 
dependence on oil is perhaps the greatest challenge that the sector has 
faced. Many Transport Ministers of the Forum's Member Countries took 
part at the meeting, and there were representatives from 53 countries. 
The meeting was also addressed by the German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1164&Itemid=1&lang=uk


GTZ participation in UNEP/Statistics Sweden meeting on energy statistics 
and subsidies
26 May 2008

On May 26, UNEP and Statistics Sweden hosted a workshop on energy 
subsidies and statistics in Geneva. Armin Wagner presented GTZ's 
approach in surveying and assessing international fuel prices. The 
presentation highlighted the need to rationalise fuel price adjustment 
mechanisms and to provide more transparency on how taxes/levies on 
transport fuels are used.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1165&Itemid=1&lang=uk


New GTZ newsgroup “GTZ Fuel Price News”

Our newsgroup “GTZ Fuel Prices News” aims at facilitating the exchange 
of information on recent developments related to fuel prices and 
taxation, subsidies and energy demand in the transport sector. In 
addition, a fortnightly newsletter summarizes key developments, new 
publications and upcoming events.

“International Fuel Prices” is a long-time effort of GTZ (German 
Technical Cooperation) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for 
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to provide decision-makers 
with data on fuel prices on a global scale. The worldwide transparency 
and comparability of fuel prices is an important preliminary step 
towards the national implementation of rational energy pricing policy. 
More information on: www.gtz.de/fuelprices

To subscribe, please contact armin.wagner at gtz.de


SUTP delivers training on planning and design for bicycles
26 May 2008

Dr. Thirayoot Limanond was invited to deliver a training on bicycle 
planning and design in a one-day training course, organized by the 
Office of Energy Regional 10 (Chiang Mai) on Saturday 17th May 2008. 
This training course was aimed to address the growing concerns on energy 
crisis issues, by building capacity of Chiang Mai staff on designing 
bicycle lanes, bicycle facilities as well as other bicycle programs. The 
ultimate goal of this training is to promote the use of bicycle usage in 
the Chiang Mai area.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1162&Itemid=40&lang=uk 



BRT course in Guatemala
13 May 2008

GTZ SUTP, along with Nestlac and other partners in Latin America, held a 
training course on Bus Rapid Transit Planning during May 8-9, 2008 in 
Guatemala City, Guatemala. The course was be led by Angélica Castro 
(former Manager of TransMilenio) and supported by Carlosfelipe Pardo 
(GTZ) and other speakers.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1111&Itemid=40&lang=uk 



TRANSPOWER workshop on Traffic Management in Skopje/Macedonia
09 May 2008

TRANSPOWER-workshop was held in Skopje, capital of Macedonia (FYROM), on 
June 3-5, 2008. Focusing on Traffic Management, the event allowed 
knowledge-sharing on state-of-the-art solutions as well as for direct 
exchange on challenges in implementation of traffic management 
solutions. Further, case studies and good/bad practices from member 
cities have been presented and discussed in-depth. GTZ is member of the 
competence team of TRANSPOWER and focuses on public transport. The 
workshop is the fourth meeting of the entire consortium after a kick-off 
meeting in Görlitz/Germany, a mid-term conference in Halandri/Greece and 
a workshop on non-motorised transport in Sibiu/Romania.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1150&Itemid=40&lang=uk 



Transport Sector and Climate Change – Online Debate launched by the 
International Transport Forum
08 May 2008

The International Transport Forum has launched its second online debate 
on “The Transport Sector and Climate Change” in preparation for its 
upcoming Forum, to be held in Leipzig on 28-30 May.

“The transport sector is responsible for a significant and growing share 
of greenhouse gas emissions and most indications are that transport 
activity and emissions will double or more in the next 30 years”, said 
Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum in 
Paris on Monday, at the launch of their second online debate. “On the 
other hand”, explained Short “political objectives have set global 
emission reductions of the order of 50% by the middle of the century. 
The stark conclusion is that we do not have the policies in place or 
planned that can stabilise, let alone reduce transport emissions.”

The Forum web debate has been launched to encourage public input to the 
discussions in Leipzig. Input from the online debate and the best 
questions and comments will be brought to the attention of delegates and 
Ministers at the Forum.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1149&Itemid=40&lang=uk 



Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA)
07 May 2008

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development 
(BMZ) along with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), founded the Cities 
Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA). Dedicated to promoting 
sustainable urban development in Asia, CDIA links interested Asian 
cities to the resources they need worldwide. CDIA also cooperates with 
existing city networks in fostering urban management capabilities.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1148&Itemid=40&lang=uk 



EEA Report: Climate for a Transport Change
06 May 2008

The European Environmental Agency released a report titled “Climate for 
a transport change”. The report represents a summary of selected issues 
from the European Environment Agency Transport and Environment Reporting 
Mechanism (EEA TERM) set of transport and environment integration 
indicators.

The objective of this report is to indicate some of the main challenges 
to reducing the environmental impacts of transport and to make 
suggestions to improve the environmental performance of the transport 
system as a whole. The report examines issues centred around transport 
and climate change, which need to be addressed in the coming years.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1141&Itemid=40&lang=uk 



Workshop on Co-benefits of Climate Change in Asia
05 May 2008

The Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in collaboration 
with the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MoEJ) and the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) organized the US-Japan 
Co-benefits Workshop entitled “The Co-Benefits of Climate Actions in 
Asia.”  

Dr. Thirayoot Limanond from GTZ-SUTP participated in this event that 
gathered approximately 30 participants from various international 
organizations, research institutes, government offices, and policy 
makers from Asia and North America, with a main goal to bring 
researchers and policymakers together to examine obstacles to and 
opportunities for enhancing the policy impacts of co-benefits in Asia.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1140&Itemid=40&lang=uk 



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

Date : 16.07.2008
Venue : Vienna, AT
Title : Travel Demand Management Symposium
Read more : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=215

Date : 12.09.2008
Venue : Chennai, India
Title : Best Practices to Relieve Congestion
Read more : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=237

Date : 23.09.2008
Venue : Berlin, DE
Title : Innotrans 2008
Read more : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=219

Date : 25.09.2008
Venue : Stuttgart, DE
Title : Networks for Mobility 2008
Read more : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=238

Date : 22.10.2008
Venue : Sydney, AU
Title : 9th World Congress of Metropolis
Read more : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=248

Date : 22.10.2008
Venue : Milan, IT
Title : 2nd Sustainable Development Congress
Read more : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=239 


More events can be viewed from the link below
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&lang=uk
 
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