From edelman at greenidea.eu Sat Mar 1 00:52:25 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:52:25 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Call for papers for 2nd UITP Sustainable Development
Conference
Message-ID: <47C82A39.9010201@greenidea.eu>
The second international UITP conference on public transport and
sustainable development will take place in the Autumn of 2008 in Milan.
The sessions will be clustered under thematic topics and one session
will be introduced on the contribution that public transport makes
towards regional
and national objectives for climate change.
It is hoped that the papers will cover a broad international approach to
sustainable development in public transport with a focus on examples that
have delivered concrete results.
The two day conference will consist of 3 plenary sessions and 8 parallel
sessions.
UITP members as well as specialists, experts in their field are invited
to respond to this call.
Preference will be given to charter signatories in the selection of
papers and to those that have included measurement and quantifiable results.
Full info:
- T
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From edelman at greenidea.eu Sat Mar 1 16:44:45 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:44:45 +0100
Subject: [sustran] ISOCARP Congress: Urban Growth Without Sprawl
Message-ID: <47C9096D.10109@greenidea.eu>
ISOCARP is proud to announce/present its 44th
International Planning Congress which will be
held in the City of Dalian, China from 19 ? 23 September 2008.
The theme: ' Urban Growth without Sprawl; a Way towards Sustainable
Urbanisation' is introduced by Prof. Dr. Detlef Kammeier, General
Rapporteur of the congress and responsible for the scientific contents
and its outcome.
The Congress includes plenary sessions (a.o. Opening Statement on behalf
of Dr Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Under Secretary-General of the United
Nations and Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme
(UN-HABITAT), five workshops and post congress tours.
The Congress welcomes City and Regional Urban Planners from all over the
world and is open to any interested individual, party or organisation,
young planning professional, expert and interested professional from
other related disciplines (ISOCARP members and/or non-members). ISOCARP
and the Chinese Local Organising Committee look
forward to their participation
Further information is available at: http://2008.isocarp.org/ and at
http://www.isocarp.org
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From johnson.craig at gmail.com Sat Mar 1 23:37:57 2008
From: johnson.craig at gmail.com (Craig Johnson)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 07:37:57 -0700
Subject: [sustran] streetwiki writer job opportunity
Message-ID:
Here is a short-term job description for someone who is well-versed in
international planning and transportation policies and practices.
- Craig
StreetsWiki Writer
StreetsWiki - The Open Planning Project
Location:
anywhere (though much of the content is NYC focused), , United States
Posted on:
February 26, 2008
Category:
Experience:
Not specified
*Streetsblog.org* is the premier news outlet for NYC transportation policy
and urban environmental issues.
As a part of Streetsblog's impending redesign we are launching a new web
site called *Streetswiki*. Streetswiki is a free, web-based,
community-created encyclopedia dedicated to sharing knowledge about
sustainable transportation policies, practices and ideas from around the
world. Like Wikipedia, its articles will be written and edited by anyone
with a bit of unique knowledge and access to the Internet. Through
Streetswiki, we hope to provide a means for Livable Streets practitioners in
cities around the world to share information, ideas and best practices.
*The Open Planning Project*, the publisher of Streetsblog and Streetfilms,
is seeking to hire one or more writers to help get Streetswiki off the
ground. Our goal is to have a healthy number of Streetswiki articles written
and published when the new site launches this spring. As such, we are
looking for individuals with professional writing or editing experience and
a background in urban planning, transportation policy or livable streets
advocacy to help us seed Streetswiki.
Hours: We are looking for someone who can commit a minimum of 20 hours per
week and can focus intensively on this project for the next four to six
weeks.
Pay: A rate of $20 per hour or we can work out payment on a per article, per
word or per week basis. Let's discuss.
Sample Streetswiki article topics:
* Jan Gehl, Danish urban designer
* Ciclovia
* Woonerf
* Milennium Park Bike Station, Chicago
* Park(ing) Day
* Enrique Penalosa
* A complete list of all known public bike-sharing programs
* The Velib bike-sharing program in Paris, France
* Chicanes
* Le Mobilien
* Hans Monderman
* TransMilenio
* Donald Shoup
* Cheonggyecheon River Highway removal project, Seoul, South Korea
* Physically Separated Bike Lanes
* Christine Berthet of the Clinton / Hell's Kitchen Pedestrian Safety
Coalition
* CHEKPEDS: The Clinton / Hell's Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition
* Mode Shift
* Curbside Vacancy Rates
* Transit-Oriented Development
* Ghost Bikes
* Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain
* Traffic Justice
* Vauban, Freiburg, Germany
* VMT
* London Mayor Ken Livingstone
* Janette Sadik-Khan
If the gestalt of this list is immediately clear to you and you have
professional writing and editing experience and you can devote at least 20
hours a week to this project for the next four weeks (and you may be
interested in editing Streetswiki as a full-time job), send a *cover letter,
resume and clips *to aaron [at] streetsblog [dot] org. Please write,
"Streetswiki" in the subject line of your e-mail.
From shmooth at yahoo.com Sun Mar 2 09:01:08 2008
From: shmooth at yahoo.com (Peter Smith)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 16:01:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [sustran] Google Maps 'Bike There' Petition
Message-ID: <439366.4862.qm@web60619.mail.yahoo.com>
Hi all,
This is a friendly message to let y'all know about a petition we started to ask Google to provide built-in bicycle routes into their Google Maps product.
Petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/bikether/petition.html
More info:
http://googlemapsbikethere.org/
We would really appreciate your signatures of support, and participation in helping spread the word about this petition.
Thank you.
--peter--
Have you signed the Google Maps 'Bike There' petition yet? For more info, see GoogleMapsBikeThere.org.
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From sujit at vsnl.com Sun Mar 2 22:32:53 2008
From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:02:53 +0530
Subject: [sustran] BRT Presentation in Pune by Dario Hidalgo and O P Agarwal
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0803020532h580971fao7c97ad8ebe6ae6e3@mail.gmail.com>
3 March 2008
As part of our continuing efforts to improve BRT in Pune, we had organized
a presentation by Dario Hidalgo and OP Agarwal on 26 February 2008. Here is
a report on the programme:-
--
Sujit
www.janwani.org
www.parisar.org
*Janwani* and *Parisar* Urban Transport Group,
host a talk by Dario Hidalgo and O.P Agarwal
Salient points about the presentations
*O.P Agarwal*
*Mr. Agarwal holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from MIT. He was the
former Head of the Urban Transport Division, Ministry of. Urban Development,
Government of **India**. He was responsible for launching the National Urban
Transport Policy. He is now CEO of UMTC-ILFS (Urban Mass Transport
Corporation). *
? Have to accept sustainable transport policy fundamentals to solve
urban traffic crisis
? Flyovers don't solve traffic problems
? Metro is expensive ? 150 to 300 crores/km. Underground Metro
exceeds 300 crores!
? The City Bus Network is the most critical component ? it has to be
improved.
? The 2-wheeler represents a tough challenge. It provides
transportation that is
? Cheap
? Incredibly convenient
? Fast
? Public Transport will need to work hard to beat it. The challenge
is to provide quality but at a competitive price. Subsidies are needed, but
they must be transparent.
? *Access to* and *Egress from* Public Transport is overlooked and
crucial to increasing modal share
*Dario Hidalgo*
*Dario, a Colombian Civil Engineer, holds a Ph.D. in Transportation Planning
from the **Ohio** **State** **University**. Over the last 15 years he has
participated in several major transport projects as a consultant and a
government official. He was Deputy General Manager of TRANSMILENIO S.A.
during the implementation of the Bogot?'s Bus Rapid Transit System Phase I
and the preparation and tendering of its second phase. As an international
transport consultant for international agencies and local governments he has
taken part in projects in **Argentina**, **Mexico**, **Peru**, **Chile**, **
Colombia**, **Ghana** and **Thailand**. He has also delivered training
courses on BRT Systems planning and implementation in **China**, **M?xico**,
**India**, **South Africa** and **Colombia**. In addition, he has been a
graduate level lecturer in urban planning and, and is author of more than 30
academic articles, including a comprehensive review of bus systems in
developing countries.** **Among other responsibilities, Dario leads the
development of products and projects aimed to help solving urban transport
problems and identifying opportunities throughout EMBARQ's network. ***
The Mexico City story
? 200 km of Metro ? runs well, but low quality service, overcrowding
? Chaotic and poor quality private city bus service
? BRT
? 20 km of closed system
? Separate company formed for running BRT ? works on PPP model. All
actual operations outsourced.
? 2.6 lakh passengers a day on the single BRT line
Bottom line ? Mexico City also had a lot of teething problems ? but with the
will and effort they managed to get a successful BRT corridor running.
*Some select questions from the audience*
*Vijay Lele*
Q: What is the plan for improvement? What is the role of Mr. Hidalgo and Mr.
Agarwal?
A: Here for the long run. Provide technical resources. (Hidalgo) Feel upbeat
about prospects and the attitude of officials and citizen groups so far.
*J. Krishnayya*
Q: Is the lack of technical resources a cause for concern? How will so many
projects be implemented? Are changes in curriculum needed?
A: (Agarwal) Engineers are available and good. Lack of transport planners is
a problem. Need non-engineering inputs too, like people from social
sciences.
Q2: The Indian/Asian situation is quite unique. The incredible heterogeneity
of modes (bullock carts, hand carts, cycles, rickshaws, 2-wheelers, cars
etc) poses a special challenge to planning.
A: Very much the case. Indian BRT designs are already reflecting this by
providing cycle tracks along all BRT corridors, spaces for vendors and
hawkers etc.
*Shirish Patel*
Q: Is there not a serious flaw in our planning processes?
A: Transport planners need to be a part of the city development planning.
This is a big problem. There is a need to move towards Transit Oriented
Development.
*Vivek Velankar/Jugal Rathi*
Q: Can the city be expected to make all this a reality? There is a serious
lack of standards when planning for cycle tracks and footpaths. Most
footpaths are non-walkable.
A: This is a problem in many cities, where due consideration is not given to
pedestrians and cyclists. It is important to create ample spaces both, not
based simply on demand, but because they are required, no matter how many
people actually walk or cycle.
*2 March 2008***
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Sujit Patwardhan
sujit@vsnl.com
sujitjp@gmail.com
"Yamuna",
ICS Colony,
Ganeshkhind Road,
Pune 411 007
India
Tel: 25537955
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Hon. Secretary:
Parisar
www.parisar.org
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Founder Member:
PTTF
(Pune Traffic & Transportation Forum)
www.pttf.net
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From sunny.enie at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 18:00:30 2008
From: sunny.enie at gmail.com (Sunny)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:00:30 +0700
Subject: [sustran] TDM course in Singapore- few spaces left!
Message-ID: <27b8dced0803040100n2cca120ck8ad9068fc11a6c8d@mail.gmail.com>
Dear colleagues,
Please note that the TDM course in Singapore is just a two weeks away
and we have some vacancies left. We must remind you that this is a
unique opportunity to learn about Travel Demand Management from top
experts in the field, and in a city that has served as a long-lasting
example to London, and other cities.
Full details on the TDM course to be held during March 19-20, 2008 in
Singapore are in the website below. If you have further inquiries please
email us at sutp@sutp.org .
Full information on the TDM course in
http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1058/1/lang,uk/
Best regards,
SUTP Team
From sunny.enie at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 22:16:08 2008
From: sunny.enie at gmail.com (Sunny)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:16:08 +0700
Subject: [sustran] TDM course in Singapore- few spaces left! (Correction)
Message-ID: <27b8dced0803040516j40b7675ah362518130597579e@mail.gmail.com>
"please take into account this announcement"
Dear colleagues,
Please note that the TDM course in Singapore organized by GTZ as part of
SUMA (a partnership with CAI-Asia and other organizations) is just two
weeks away and we have some vacancies left. We want to remind you that
this is a unique opportunity to learn more about Travel Demand
Management from top experts in the field, and in a city that has served
as a long-lasting example to London, Stockholm and other cities in the
world.
Full details on the TDM course to be held during March 19-20, 2008 in
Singapore are in the website below. If you have further inquiries please
email us at sutp@sutp.org .
Full information on the TDM course in
http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1058/1/lang,uk/
For more information on SUMA please see:
http://www.sutp.org/content/blogcategory/104/132/lang,uk/
http://www.cleanairnet.org/suma/
From edelman at greenidea.eu Thu Mar 6 04:40:37 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:40:37 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Can Foster + Partners' Masdar City in U.A.E be Truly
Sustainable?
Message-ID: <47CEF735.2000602@greenidea.eu>
"With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building
artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest
building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab
Emirates has now turned it attention to building the world's most
sustainable city. Masdar City, a $22 billion initiative to build a brand
new, zero-emissions city for 50,000 from scratch in Abu Dhabi, got
underway last month.
But can the media hype about Masdar City be true? TreeHugger put
together a panel of experts [including Richard Register, Peter Droege,
De. Sahar Attia, Christopher Choa and Gil Friend] to take a closer look.
Here's what they had to say..."
Full story:
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From johnson.craig at gmail.com Fri Mar 7 03:19:12 2008
From: johnson.craig at gmail.com (Craig Johnson)
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:19:12 -0700
Subject: [sustran] Re: Can Foster + Partners' Masdar City in U.A.E be Truly
Sustainable?
In-Reply-To: <47CEF735.2000602@greenidea.eu>
References: <47CEF735.2000602@greenidea.eu>
Message-ID:
The big issue with transportation and Masdar city is that while
transportation within the city will be sustainable and cars will be banned.
The developers are planning on building massive parking garages outside the
walls of Masdar connected to the city via a light rail line. It is pretty
much a shopping mall concept applied to a whole city. I don't know how many
parking spots they are projecting to build and publicity is silent on this
matter, but i would say it would be at least 10,000 parking spots.
Craig Johnson
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory <
edelman@greenidea.eu> wrote:
> "With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building
> artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest
> building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab
> Emirates has now turned it attention to building the world's most
> sustainable city. Masdar City, a $22 billion initiative to build a brand
> new, zero-emissions city for 50,000 from scratch in Abu Dhabi, got
> underway last month.
>
> But can the media hype about Masdar City be true? TreeHugger put
> together a panel of experts [including Richard Register, Peter Droege,
> De. Sahar Attia, Christopher Choa and Gil Friend] to take a closer look.
> Here's what they had to say..."
>
> Full story: >
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Todd Edelman
> Director
> Green Idea Factory
>
> Korunni 72
> CZ-10100 Praha 10
> Czech Republic
>
> Skype: toddedelman
> ++420 605 915 970
> ++420 222 517 832
>
> edelman@greenidea.eu
> http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/
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>
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> CAR is over. If you WANT it.
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From eric.britton at free.fr Fri Mar 7 16:15:47 2008
From: eric.britton at free.fr (Eric Britton (free.fr))
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:15:47 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Creative networking around "slowth"
Message-ID: <004901c88023$11283ec0$3378bc40$@britton@free.fr>
The first-cut entry that I started some time ago on "slowth" in the
Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowth --is being challenged
because it lacks references and hence is subject to eventual removal, The
"editors" suggest that "The best way to address this concern is to reference
published,
third-party sources about the subject".
So my question to you is that, if you have a feel for the concept, can you
possibly take the time to go in and make it a more solid reference? The text
presently reads like this (below):
Kind thanks. It's a great cause. (Isn't it?)
Eric Britton
Slowth is a New Mobility
transport planning concept, which posits that lower top speeds can lead
to shorter overall travel times in a physical situation, usually in a city.
This is a powerful model which urban planners
and traffic engineers, with a
few notable exceptions, are only recently starting to take seriously. Also
referred to as "slow transport".
A traffic system based on slowth is carefully calibrated by [traffic
engineers] to lower top speeds - 20 or 30 kph on most city streets is one
common target - but where the entire system leads to steadier flows and
throughput, and, with it, greater safety, lower emissions, and higher
quality of life all around.
The Australian environmental planner Peter Newman wrote this about slowth in
a communication to the New Mobility discussion group on 1 January
2008
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewMobilityCafe/message/2642):
* "Great concept. It is at the heart of traffic calming of course and
now 'Naked Streets' as well as the Slow Cities idea from Italy. It is
interesting that 20 to 30 kph is the speed that we are biologically made for
as our maximum. It is the speed that sprinters reach and of course over
thousands of years our hand eye co-ordination has adapted to that speed so
we see so much more at or below that speed. Birds can see at much faster
speeds and have adapted their skills and observation accordingly. We can't
do much at high speed other than stay straight so we have awful accidents
all the time due to 'human error' and somehow get surprised by it."
1 Proponents
* John Adams, United Kingdom.
* Donald Appleyard ,
United States.
* Eric Britton , France
* Dan Burden, USA
* David Engwicht ,
Australia
* Jan Gehl , Denmark
* Ben Hamilton-Baillie
, United Kingdom.
* Mayer Hillman , United
Kingdom
* Hans Monderman , The
Netherlands
* Peter Newman . Australia
* Stephen Plowden, United Kingdom
2 See also
* Cittaslow (Slow cities
movement, in English)
* Home zones
* Livable Streets
* New Mobility
* Pedestrian#Pedestrianisation
* Public space management
* Road traffic control
* Shared space
* Slow movement
* Street hierarchy
* Sustainable transportation
* Traffic calming
* Walkability
* Walking
* Woonerf
From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Mar 10 19:12:24 2008
From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:12:24 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Developing cities and pollution - If you fix the cities,
do you fix the problem?
Message-ID: <001c01c88297$3f69a5a0$be3cf0e0$@britton@ecoplan.org>
Note: Once gain the mainline media keep on putting the
issues in that long term 20-30 year "comfort zone" perspective. That will be
too late for many millions ofpeople and our poor besieged planet. How can we
get them to understand that the time for radical action is NOW!!! Eric
Britton
All About: Developing cities and pollution
Rachel Oliver for CNN -
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/eco.cities/index.html
(CNN) -- If you fix the cities, do you fix the problem? With 50 percent of
the entire human race currently living in cities and responsible for
emitting up to 80 percent of all global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions every
year, they certainly don't seem a bad place to start.
Multi-storeyed residential buildings stand behind an expanse of slums in
Mumbai.
The Tyndall Centrex for Climate Change Research says "the fate of the
Earth's climate" basically hinges on what we do with our cities from now on.
But the fate of the world's cities largely hinge on what the developing
world decides to do with their own growing metropolises in the next 20
years.
According to the World Resources Institute (WRI), urban populations in the
developing world are growing at 3.5 percent per year, compared to less than
1 percent growth rates in developed world cities.
UN-Habitat says that a staggering 95 percent of the expected global
population growth we will see over the next 2 decades will be absorbed by
cities in the developing world.
What that means is by 2030 another 2 billion people from the developing
world will be living in cities (only 100 million from the developed world
meanwhile will be doing the same). Currently 75 percent of world's poorest
people -- 1 billion -- live in cities.
Higher density, lower standards
Whether the new wave of migrants will find a better life in cities remains
to be seen. More than 70 percent of city dwellers in the developing world
(that's around 900 million people) live in slum-like conditions, according
to the World Health Organization (WHO).
And that number is predicted to more than double to reach 2 billion
slum-dwellers by 2020.
The health risks for people living in slum-like conditions will come from
every corner and will include increased mortality rates from heat waves;
higher risk of exposure to flash floods, mudslides and landfalls; and more
frequent exposure to waterborne and infectious diseases (notably dengue
fever).
When it comes to poor cities, bigger is by no means always better. According
to UN Habitat, the mega-cities of the future, (those with more than 10
million residents) will be "giant potential flood and disaster traps" if
insufficient action is taken on behalf of their residents.
Already, 75 percent of the world's 21 mega-cities are based in the
developing world, and by some estimates, 27 of the 33 mega-cities expected
to exist by 2015 will be in developing countries.
Cities have always traditionally been the centers of the world's wealth, and
the World Bank says that as much as 80 percent of the future economic growth
of the developing world will come from its cities.
But the United Nations Environmental Program me (UNEP) has also recently
said that population growth in the cities of the developing world "has
outpaced the ability to provide vital infrastructure and services".
Pollution problems
Rapid economic growth brings substantial problems of its own -- notably
increased pollution. Already, 16 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world
are in China, which is arguably undergoing the most rapid industrial and
economic transformation the world has ever seen.
Today urban air pollution prematurely kills 1 million people a year, the
majority disproportionately located in the developing world.
The pollution is not, as some might expect, always transport-related. Some
of the most potent and deadly forms of pollution affecting city residents in
the developing world are entirely industrial in their nature.
In 2007 the Blacksmith Institute came up with an unranked list of the top 10
most polluted cities in the world. Without exception the sources of that
pollution were industrial -- factories pumping out chemicals into the
atmosphere and into water supplies.
The pollutants in question amongst the cities in this top 10 were
predominantly made up of toxic chemicals, lead, radioactive materials (one
of the cities is Chernobyl) and airborne particulates.
Toxic pollution is a particular disease of the developing world's urbanites,
affecting more than 1 billion of its citizens. The World Bank says that as
much as 20 percent of all the health problems in the developing world can be
attributed to environmental factors, particularly pollution.
Mercury levels in the groundwater in Vapi, India, one of Blacksmith's top 10
polluted cities, is a breathtaking 96 times higher than WHO standards. And
if you live in Sumgayit in Azerbaijan, also on the list, where "genetic
mutations and birth defects are commonplace", you have between a 22 percent
to 51 percent higher chance of getting cancer than if you lived anywhere
else in the country.
Clean transport takes a backseat to growth
Transportation-related pollution just rubs salt into the wound in these
parts of the world. And unless dramatic changes take place in world's
cities' transport systems, things will go from bad to worse.
Globally, according to Pew Center on Global Climate Change, emissions from
transportation are "rising faster... than any other sector."
In the next 30 years, China alone will have around 752 million urbanites,
all needing to get around town. Currently, less than 1 percent of Chinese
own a car.
According to World Watch, the Chinese adopting the American "car-centered
model in these places would have disastrous consequences".
It gives an example: If each of those 752 million city dwellers copied the
transportation habits of your average resident of San Francisco in 1990, the
actions of that one country would result in 1 billion additional tons of
carbon emissions a year -- the same amount that was released worldwide by
all road transport in 1998.
Clean public transport systems then are being increasingly seen as a
necessity all over the world, but particularly in the developing world. Pew
says that challenges that motorization presents the developing is
"unprecedented" and warns that "there is little time or money to build
public transportation systems or to expand roads to handle the new traffic."
How well these cities will cope with their particular problems could largely
be down to the local officials in charge, if the experiences of London, New
York and Bangkok are anything to go by.
City officials in Bangkok were ultimately responsible for reducing the
city's air pollution levels by 20 percent to 50 percent, even with a 40
percent increase in vehicles, according to The Economist and they managed
this by imposing stricter rules on motor-related pollution and introducing
unpopular but effective taxes
From edelman at greenidea.eu Tue Mar 11 04:58:33 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:58:33 +0100
Subject: [sustran] [Fwd: [carfree_network] Request for information:-]
Message-ID: <47D592E9.7000508@greenidea.eu>
Request for information:-
Does anyone have access to or know the original source of the following
figure:-
/"In developing economies About half of the hospital beds are occupied
by people struck in road accidents."
/Does anyone have access to or know a source for the following figure:-
The cost of road transport in GDP terms, western world (direct and all
external cost).
/Thanks if you can help - offlist kplcards@yahoo.com
/
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CAR is over. If you WANT it.
From edelman at greenidea.eu Sat Mar 15 05:44:16 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:44:16 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Roman Catholic Church: Pollution is a Sin
Message-ID: <47DAE3A0.8070008@greenidea.eu>
Earlier this week, the Roman Catholic Church issued a modern addendum to
the original seven deadly sins. The list, published in the Vatican
newspaper /L?Osservatore Romano/, includes polluting, genetic
engineering, being obscenely rich, drug dealing, abortion, pedophilia
and causing social injustice.
The Vatican has gradually moved towards an environmental stance both
under current Pope Benedict and his predecessor John Paul. Vatican
buildings feature photovoltaic solar panels and the Church has hosted
conferences on global warming. However, the Church?s inclusion of
pollution as one of the most serious mortal sins represents a huge step.
The message is clear: pollute the earth, go to hell...
full article:
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Director
Green Idea Factory
Korunni 72
CZ-10100 Praha 10
Czech Republic
Skype: toddedelman
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++420 222 517 832
edelman@greenidea.eu
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CAR is over. If you WANT it.
From sudhir at secon.in Wed Mar 19 14:03:18 2008
From: sudhir at secon.in (Sudhir)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:33:18 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
Message-ID: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Dear All,
Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks, NMT etc.
It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from 178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any vehicle.
Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his Transportation.
Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip modeshare.
Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700 million Rs. per KM.
We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000 million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
Link of Paper
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
Regards
Project Engineer,
Highways Div.
SECON Pvt Ltd.
147, 7B Road, EPIP,
Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city, affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has? TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant reason for the chaos.
The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad roads - issues like the width
of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and contribute to traffic pile ups.
A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the event of a pile-up on one road.
Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses. Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases, the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to public transport.
Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regards
Sudhir
Project Engineer,
Highways Div.
SECON Pvt Ltd.
147, 7B Road, EPIP,
Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
From sudhir at secon.in Wed Mar 19 14:03:18 2008
From: sudhir at secon.in (Sudhir)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:33:18 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
Message-ID: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Dear All,
Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks, NMT etc.
It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from 178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any vehicle.
Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his Transportation.
Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip modeshare.
Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700 million Rs. per KM.
We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000 million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
Link of Paper
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
Regards
Project Engineer,
Highways Div.
SECON Pvt Ltd.
147, 7B Road, EPIP,
Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city, affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has? TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant reason for the chaos.
The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad roads - issues like the width
of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and contribute to traffic pile ups.
A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the event of a pile-up on one road.
Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses. Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases, the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to public transport.
Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regards
Sudhir
Project Engineer,
Highways Div.
SECON Pvt Ltd.
147, 7B Road, EPIP,
Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
From litman at vtpi.org Thu Mar 20 00:16:14 2008
From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:16:14 -0700
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20080319080313.07828960@mail.islandnet.com>
That is very unfortunate. For a variety of
reasons, non-motorized transport tends to be
undercounted and undervalued in conventional
planning. As you point out, conventional planning
tends to focus on mobility rather than
accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
Most travel surveys significantly undercount
non-motorized travel, because they ignore short
trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
non-commute trips, travel by children,
recreational travel, and non-motorized links of
trips that involve a motorized mode (a
walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a
"bus" trip, the walking links are ignored even if
they take more time than the motorized link). See
"Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and
Accessibility" (http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
It will be important to educate decision-makers
and the general public of the economic, social
and environmental benefits of creating a more
accessible and walkable community ("Economic
Value of Walkability"
http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good
resource is the "Sustainable Transportation: A
Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in Developing
Countries," (www.sutp.org),
by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project ? Asia
(www.sutp-asia.org)
and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische
Zusammenarbeit (www.gtz.de).
Users are required to register, but there is no
charge and the documents may be downloaded free.
Many of these documents are now available in
various languages including Spanish, French,
Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and
Vietnamese. "Preserving and Expanding the Role of
Non-motorized Transport: Sustainable
Transportation" is available at the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy website
(www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/readSTe4/NMT.PDF).
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Please find the news regarding the Traffic
>Congestion in Bangalore on Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
>It is very surprising that no one has mentioned
>footpaths, cycletracks, NMT etc.
>It is generally reported that people want and
>desire mobility. Is mobility more important than
>accessibility in an urban area?
>Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent
>years (increase from 178 to 361 within a decade)
>yet 39% of households does not own any vehicle.
>Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only
>Rs4469. ( it is to be noted that Bangalore has
>the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
>Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of
>his salary on his Transportation.
>Bangalore has approximately 7 million population
>yet it has pedestrian trip rate of 0.07 (total
>daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
>words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
>Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet
>contribute only 2% trip modeshare.
>Yesterday's edition carried an article
>indicating that the authorities are planning
>elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700 million Rs. per KM.
>We have done some research on Pedestrian
>Infrastructure and our estimates indicate that
>complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
>current nil infrastructure) can be improved with
>an investment of 2000 million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
>
>Link of Paper
>
>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
>
>
>Regards
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
>
>
>Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
>
>
>
>TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
>
>
>
>
> Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the
> bane of the city, affecting citizens' lives,
> the growth of its business and contributing
> substantially to pollution. But why has traffic
> become what it has? TOI asked citizens that
> question. And this is what we got: Bad roads is
> seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic
> problems, followed closely by poor traffic
> management and lack of proper infrastructure
> like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen
> as another significant reason for the chaos.
> The survey was conducted for TOI by global
> market research agency Synovate. Almost 30% of
> those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad roads - issues like the width
>of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads and
>medians, all of which slow down traffic
>significantly and contribute to traffic pile ups.
> A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor
> traffic management, issues like uncoordinated
> traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or
> speed discipline, inability to divert traffic
> on to alternative roads in the event of a pile-up on one road.
> Another quarter attributed the city's
> traffic problem to inadequate infrastructure
> like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses. Many
> of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and
> in some cases, the flyover merely contributes
> to increasing the traffic pileup at a
> subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring
> road desperately requires a series of flyovers
> or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
> government is yet to move on that. The survey
> also found that the vast majority believes the
> Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
> city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number
> also believe that steep fines are the answer to
> ensure people become better road users. Many
> think better buses and plusher buses can
> encourage people to move to public transport.
> Guess what rating those surveyed give the
> city administration's efforts to improve the
> traffic and connectivity situation: an average
> of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Regards
>Sudhir
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>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').
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?
From litman at vtpi.org Thu Mar 20 00:16:14 2008
From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:16:14 -0700
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20080319080313.07828960@mail.islandnet.com>
That is very unfortunate. For a variety of
reasons, non-motorized transport tends to be
undercounted and undervalued in conventional
planning. As you point out, conventional planning
tends to focus on mobility rather than
accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
Most travel surveys significantly undercount
non-motorized travel, because they ignore short
trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
non-commute trips, travel by children,
recreational travel, and non-motorized links of
trips that involve a motorized mode (a
walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a
"bus" trip, the walking links are ignored even if
they take more time than the motorized link). See
"Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and
Accessibility" (http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
It will be important to educate decision-makers
and the general public of the economic, social
and environmental benefits of creating a more
accessible and walkable community ("Economic
Value of Walkability"
http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good
resource is the "Sustainable Transportation: A
Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in Developing
Countries," (www.sutp.org),
by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project ? Asia
(www.sutp-asia.org)
and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische
Zusammenarbeit (www.gtz.de).
Users are required to register, but there is no
charge and the documents may be downloaded free.
Many of these documents are now available in
various languages including Spanish, French,
Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and
Vietnamese. "Preserving and Expanding the Role of
Non-motorized Transport: Sustainable
Transportation" is available at the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy website
(www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/readSTe4/NMT.PDF).
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Please find the news regarding the Traffic
>Congestion in Bangalore on Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
>It is very surprising that no one has mentioned
>footpaths, cycletracks, NMT etc.
>It is generally reported that people want and
>desire mobility. Is mobility more important than
>accessibility in an urban area?
>Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent
>years (increase from 178 to 361 within a decade)
>yet 39% of households does not own any vehicle.
>Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only
>Rs4469. ( it is to be noted that Bangalore has
>the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
>Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of
>his salary on his Transportation.
>Bangalore has approximately 7 million population
>yet it has pedestrian trip rate of 0.07 (total
>daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
>words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
>Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet
>contribute only 2% trip modeshare.
>Yesterday's edition carried an article
>indicating that the authorities are planning
>elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700 million Rs. per KM.
>We have done some research on Pedestrian
>Infrastructure and our estimates indicate that
>complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
>current nil infrastructure) can be improved with
>an investment of 2000 million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
>
>Link of Paper
>
>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
>
>
>Regards
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
>
>
>Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
>
>
>
>TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
>
>
>
>
> Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the
> bane of the city, affecting citizens' lives,
> the growth of its business and contributing
> substantially to pollution. But why has traffic
> become what it has? TOI asked citizens that
> question. And this is what we got: Bad roads is
> seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic
> problems, followed closely by poor traffic
> management and lack of proper infrastructure
> like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen
> as another significant reason for the chaos.
> The survey was conducted for TOI by global
> market research agency Synovate. Almost 30% of
> those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad roads - issues like the width
>of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads and
>medians, all of which slow down traffic
>significantly and contribute to traffic pile ups.
> A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor
> traffic management, issues like uncoordinated
> traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or
> speed discipline, inability to divert traffic
> on to alternative roads in the event of a pile-up on one road.
> Another quarter attributed the city's
> traffic problem to inadequate infrastructure
> like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses. Many
> of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and
> in some cases, the flyover merely contributes
> to increasing the traffic pileup at a
> subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring
> road desperately requires a series of flyovers
> or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
> government is yet to move on that. The survey
> also found that the vast majority believes the
> Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
> city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number
> also believe that steep fines are the answer to
> ensure people become better road users. Many
> think better buses and plusher buses can
> encourage people to move to public transport.
> Guess what rating those surveyed give the
> city administration's efforts to improve the
> traffic and connectivity situation: an average
> of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Regards
>Sudhir
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>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').
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?
From schipper at wri.org Thu Mar 20 01:06:21 2008
From: schipper at wri.org (Lee Schipper)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:06:21 -0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<6.2.3.4.2.20080319080313.07828960@mail.islandnet.com>
Message-ID: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
Bangalore..
Lee Schipper
EMBARQ Fellow
EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
www.embarq.wri.org
and
Visiting Scholar
UC Transportation Center
Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
skype: mrmeter
+1 510 642 6889
Cell +1 202 262 7476
-----Original Message-----
From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
(http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
"Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
(www.sutp-asia.org)
and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
(www.gtz.de).
Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
may be downloaded free.
Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
"Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy website
(www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
adSTe4/NMT.PDF).
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
>Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
>It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
>NMT etc.
>It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
>mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
>Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
>178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
>vehicle.
>Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
>noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
>Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
>Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
>Transportation.
>Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
>trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
>words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
>Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
>modeshare.
>Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
>are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
>million Rs. per KM.
>We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
>estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
>current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
>million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
>
>Link of Paper
>
>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
>8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
>
>
>Regards
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
>
>
>Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
>
>
>
>TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
>
>
>
>
> Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
>affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
>substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
>TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
>is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
>closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
>like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
>reason for the chaos.
> The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
>Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
>roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
>and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
>contribute to traffic pile ups.
> A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
>like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
>discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
>event of a pile-up on one road.
> Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
>inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
>Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
>the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
>subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
>a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
>government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
>majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
>city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
>fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
>think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
>public transport.
> Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
>efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
>of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>
>Regards
>Sudhir
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via
YAHOOGROUPS.
>
>Please go to
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>to join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The
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>the real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem
>like you can).
>Apologies for the confusing arrangement.
>
>================================================================
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>equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing
>countries (the 'Global South').
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 schipper at wri.org Thu Mar 20 01:06:21 2008
From: schipper at wri.org (Lee Schipper)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:06:21 -0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<6.2.3.4.2.20080319080313.07828960@mail.islandnet.com>
Message-ID: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
Bangalore..
Lee Schipper
EMBARQ Fellow
EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
www.embarq.wri.org
and
Visiting Scholar
UC Transportation Center
Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
skype: mrmeter
+1 510 642 6889
Cell +1 202 262 7476
-----Original Message-----
From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
(http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
"Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
(www.sutp-asia.org)
and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
(www.gtz.de).
Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
may be downloaded free.
Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
"Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy website
(www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
adSTe4/NMT.PDF).
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
>Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
>It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
>NMT etc.
>It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
>mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
>Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
>178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
>vehicle.
>Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
>noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
>Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
>Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
>Transportation.
>Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
>trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
>words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
>Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
>modeshare.
>Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
>are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
>million Rs. per KM.
>We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
>estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
>current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
>million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
>
>Link of Paper
>
>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
>8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
>
>
>Regards
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
>
>
>Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
>
>
>
>TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
>
>
>
>
> Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
>affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
>substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
>TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
>is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
>closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
>like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
>reason for the chaos.
> The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
>Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
>roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
>and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
>contribute to traffic pile ups.
> A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
>like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
>discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
>event of a pile-up on one road.
> Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
>inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
>Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
>the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
>subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
>a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
>government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
>majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
>city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
>fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
>think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
>public transport.
> Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
>efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
>of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>
>Regards
>Sudhir
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>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').
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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YAHOOGROUPS.
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like you can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement.
================================================================
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equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries
(the 'Global South').
From madhav.g.badami at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 20 02:05:04 2008
From: madhav.g.badami at mcgill.ca (Madhav Badami, Prof.)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:05:04 -0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
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<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Message-ID: <45AEE06A4800AF4FAD8BEF09C433D85F0632581D@EXCHANGE2VS2.campus.mcgill.ca>
Hello All,
I am in Bangalore right now, and have been talking my head off about the need for serious attention to pedestrian (and cyclist) accessibility, and infrastructure for these modes. I have so far given 4 talks on this subject, one at IIM Bangalore, one at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, one at the Bangalore International Centre, and just this evening, at a meeting of senior bureaucrats of the state government. While there, I made precisely the point that Todd is making, that walk trips are likely being seriously undercounted (Bangalore's walk-cycle shares are markedly lower than in other Indian cities, by the way); either that or, if the low mode shares for walking in fact represent the situation on the ground, we might be in for trouble, since it might merely be a reflection of seriously compromised pedestrian accessibility (thanks to rapidly increasing motor vehicle activity, and planning to accommodate it, to the exclusion of all else). And tomorrow, I am responding to the Times of India piece which Sudhir posted, and which reports on a survey (very likely, only of car drivers!) that is supposed to have revealed that the greatest concern is about inadequate roads.
I have also been showing a whole bunch of pictures I have been taking of the disastrous state of pedestrian facilities (and the sorry state that pedestrians find themselves in as a result), which I will post on Sustran. But for now, I wanted to share two newspaper reports of my talk at the Bangalore International Centre -- the first actually did a fairly decent job of reporting my talk, but the second, titled "Go back to the bicycle, says expert" I think just caricatured, and more importantly, trivialized the point I was making. I said no such thing; what I did say is that there is a crucially important role for walking and cycling (and infrastructure for these modes), first of all because there are a very large number of people who have no choice but to walk and cycle, but also if we want to mitigate the serious impacts of rapidly growing motor vehicle activity, much of which is now increasingly caused by people needlessly driving even very short distances (for example, to ferry kids to and from school) because they can no longer walk safely, and to protect themselves from other people in (or on) motor vehicles.
I think the media merely reflects society in its unwillingness to take walking and cycling seriously; indeed, I think we in this country have a fundamental problem of attitude -- we think of (especially) cycles and cycling as backward. This attitude was best reflected in a comment that was addressed to me at the end of one of my talks -- the gentleman said, this talk about pedestrians and cycling is all very well, but we Indians do not want to go back to cycles and the bullock cart ....
On that happy note, good night,
Madhav
************************************************************************
"As for the future, your task is not to foresee, but to enable it."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Madhav G. Badami, PhD
School of Urban Planning and McGill School of Environment
McGill University
Macdonald-Harrington Building
815 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC, H3A 2K6, Canada
Phone: 514-398-3183 (Work); 514-486-2370 (Home)
Fax: 514-398-8376; 514-398-1643
URLs: www.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning
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-----Original Message-----
From: sustran-discuss-bounces+madhav.g.badami=mcgill.ca@list.jca.apc.org on behalf of Lee Schipper
Sent: Wed 3/19/2008 12:06 PM
To: Todd Alexander Litman; Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi; Benoit Lefevre
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
Bangalore..
Lee Schipper
EMBARQ Fellow
EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
www.embarq.wri.org
and
Visiting Scholar
UC Transportation Center
Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
skype: mrmeter
+1 510 642 6889
Cell +1 202 262 7476
-----Original Message-----
From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
(http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
"Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
(www.sutp-asia.org)
and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
(www.gtz.de).
Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
may be downloaded free.
Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
"Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy website
(www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
adSTe4/NMT.PDF).
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
>Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
>It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
>NMT etc.
>It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
>mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
>Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
>178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
>vehicle.
>Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
>noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
>Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
>Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
>Transportation.
>Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
>trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
>words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
>Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
>modeshare.
>Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
>are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
>million Rs. per KM.
>We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
>estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
>current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
>million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
>
>Link of Paper
>
>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
>8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
>
>
>Regards
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
>
>
>Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
>
>
>
>TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
>
>
>
>
> Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
>affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
>substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
>TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
>is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
>closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
>like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
>reason for the chaos.
> The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
>Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
>roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
>and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
>contribute to traffic pile ups.
> A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
>like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
>discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
>event of a pile-up on one road.
> Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
>inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
>Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
>the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
>subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
>a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
>government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
>majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
>city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
>fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
>think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
>public transport.
> Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
>efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
>of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>
>Regards
>Sudhir
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>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').
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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like you can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement.
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equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries
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From EArpi at wri.org Thu Mar 20 01:10:22 2008
From: EArpi at wri.org (Ethan Arpi)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:10:22 -0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<6.2.3.4.2.20080319080313.07828960@mail.islandnet.com>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Message-ID: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Sudhir wrote a nice piece for TheCityFix.com on this topic which was
just published. It also includes powerful images to help those of us
not India visualize the problem. You can find his article here:
http://thecityfix.com/behind-bangalores-growth-a-new-species-is-born-tra
nsport-challenged-people/
Ethan A. Arpi | Communications Coordinator
EMBARQ | The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
10 G Street NE, Suite 800 | Washington DC, 20002
ph | (202) 729-7721
website | embarq.wri.org
blog | TheCityFix.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Schipper
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:06 PM
To: Todd Alexander Litman; Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global
'South' Sustainable Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi;
Benoit Lefevre
Subject: RE: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
Bangalore..
Lee Schipper
EMBARQ Fellow
EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport www.embarq.wri.org and
Visiting Scholar UC Transportation Center Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
skype: mrmeter
+1 510 642 6889
Cell +1 202 262 7476
-----Original Message-----
From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
(http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
"Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
(www.sutp-asia.org)
and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
(www.gtz.de).
Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
may be downloaded free.
Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
"Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy website
(www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
adSTe4/NMT.PDF).
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
>Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
>It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
>NMT etc.
>It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
>mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
>Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
>178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
>vehicle.
>Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
>noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
>Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
>Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
>Transportation.
>Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
>trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
>words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
>Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
>modeshare.
>Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
>are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
>million Rs. per KM.
>We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
>estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
>current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
>million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
>
>Link of Paper
>
>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
>8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
>
>
>Regards
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
>
>
>Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
>
>
>
>TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
>
>
>
>
> Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
>affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
>substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
>TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
>is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
>closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
>like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
>reason for the chaos.
> The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
>Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
>roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
>and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
>contribute to traffic pile ups.
> A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
>like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
>discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
>event of a pile-up on one road.
> Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
>inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
>Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
>the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
>subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
>a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
>government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
>majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
>city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
>fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
>think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
>public transport.
> Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
>efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
>of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------
>
>
>Regards
>Sudhir
>Project Engineer,
>Highways Div.
>SECON Pvt Ltd.
>147, 7B Road, EPIP,
>Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
>Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>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').
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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YAHOOGROUPS.
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join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The
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the real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem
like you can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement.
================================================================
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equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries
(the 'Global South').
From sujitjp at gmail.com Thu Mar 20 17:55:51 2008
From: sujitjp at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:51 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0803200155x23e255ebjcfba9d99c8779271@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks for the link but there's bug. The pages don't print properly. Only
the first page prints, the rest don't.
Just so you know.
Thanks again,
--
Sujit
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Ethan Arpi wrote:
> Sudhir wrote a nice piece for TheCityFix.com on this topic which was
> just published. It also includes powerful images to help those of us
> not India visualize the problem. You can find his article here:
> http://thecityfix.com/behind-bangalores-growth-a-new-species-is-born-tra
> nsport-challenged-people/
>
>
>
> Ethan A. Arpi | Communications Coordinator
> EMBARQ | The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
> 10 G Street NE, Suite 800 | Washington DC, 20002
> ph | (202) 729-7721
> website | embarq.wri.org
> blog | TheCityFix.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Schipper
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:06 PM
> To: Todd Alexander Litman; Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global
> 'South' Sustainable Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi;
> Benoit Lefevre
> Subject: RE: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
> Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
> cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
> and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
>
> I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
> written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
> Bangalore..
>
> Lee Schipper
> EMBARQ Fellow
> EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport www.embarq.wri.org and
> Visiting Scholar UC Transportation Center Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
> skype: mrmeter
> +1 510 642 6889
> Cell +1 202 262 7476
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
> [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
> To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
> Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
>
> That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
> transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
> planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
> mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
> higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
> Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
> because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
> non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
> non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
> walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
> links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
> See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
> (http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
>
> It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
> of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
> accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
> http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
> "Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
> Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
> by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
> (www.sutp-asia.org)
> and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
> (www.gtz.de).
> Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
> may be downloaded free.
> Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
> Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
> "Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
> Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
> Transportation and Development Policy website
> (www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
> adSTe4/NMT.PDF ).
>
>
> Best wishes,
> -Todd Litman
>
> At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
> >Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
> >It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
> >NMT etc.
> >It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
> >mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
> >Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
> >178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
> >vehicle.
> >Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
> >noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
> >Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
> >Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
> >Transportation.
> >Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
> >trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
> >words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
> >Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
> >modeshare.
> >Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
> >are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
> >million Rs. per KM.
> >We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
> >estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
> >current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
> >million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
> >
> >Link of Paper
> >
> >http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
> >8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
> >
> >
> >Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
> >
> >
> >
> >TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
> >affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
> >substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
> >TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
> >is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
> >closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
> >like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
> >reason for the chaos.
> > The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
> >Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
> >roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
> >and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
> >contribute to traffic pile ups.
> > A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
> >like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
> >discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
> >event of a pile-up on one road.
> > Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
> >inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
> >Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
> >the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
> >subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
> >a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
> >government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
> >majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
> >city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
> >fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
> >think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
> >public transport.
> > Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
> >efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
> >of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> > unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Sudhir
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >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').
>
>
> 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"
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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').
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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').
>
--
------------------------------------------------------
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sujitjp@gmail.com
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From sujitjp at gmail.com Thu Mar 20 17:55:51 2008
From: sujitjp at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:51 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0803200155x23e255ebjcfba9d99c8779271@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks for the link but there's bug. The pages don't print properly. Only
the first page prints, the rest don't.
Just so you know.
Thanks again,
--
Sujit
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Ethan Arpi wrote:
> Sudhir wrote a nice piece for TheCityFix.com on this topic which was
> just published. It also includes powerful images to help those of us
> not India visualize the problem. You can find his article here:
> http://thecityfix.com/behind-bangalores-growth-a-new-species-is-born-tra
> nsport-challenged-people/
>
>
>
> Ethan A. Arpi | Communications Coordinator
> EMBARQ | The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
> 10 G Street NE, Suite 800 | Washington DC, 20002
> ph | (202) 729-7721
> website | embarq.wri.org
> blog | TheCityFix.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Schipper
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:06 PM
> To: Todd Alexander Litman; Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global
> 'South' Sustainable Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi;
> Benoit Lefevre
> Subject: RE: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
> Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
> cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
> and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
>
> I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
> written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
> Bangalore..
>
> Lee Schipper
> EMBARQ Fellow
> EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport www.embarq.wri.org and
> Visiting Scholar UC Transportation Center Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
> skype: mrmeter
> +1 510 642 6889
> Cell +1 202 262 7476
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
> [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
> To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
> Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
>
> That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
> transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
> planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
> mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
> higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
> Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
> because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
> non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
> non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
> walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
> links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
> See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
> (http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
>
> It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
> of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
> accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
> http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
> "Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
> Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
> by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
> (www.sutp-asia.org)
> and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
> (www.gtz.de).
> Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
> may be downloaded free.
> Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
> Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
> "Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
> Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
> Transportation and Development Policy website
> (www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
> adSTe4/NMT.PDF ).
>
>
> Best wishes,
> -Todd Litman
>
> At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
> >Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
> >It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
> >NMT etc.
> >It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
> >mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
> >Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
> >178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
> >vehicle.
> >Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
> >noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
> >Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
> >Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
> >Transportation.
> >Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
> >trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
> >words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
> >Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
> >modeshare.
> >Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
> >are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
> >million Rs. per KM.
> >We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
> >estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
> >current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
> >million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
> >
> >Link of Paper
> >
> >http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
> >8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
> >
> >
> >Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
> >
> >
> >
> >TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
> >affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
> >substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
> >TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
> >is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
> >closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
> >like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
> >reason for the chaos.
> > The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
> >Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
> >roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
> >and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
> >contribute to traffic pile ups.
> > A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
> >like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
> >discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
> >event of a pile-up on one road.
> > Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
> >inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
> >Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
> >the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
> >subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
> >a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
> >government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
> >majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
> >city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
> >fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
> >think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
> >public transport.
> > Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
> >efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
> >of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> > unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Sudhir
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >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').
>
>
> 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"
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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').
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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').
>
--
------------------------------------------------------
Sujit Patwardhan
sujit@vsnl.com
sujitjp@gmail.com
"Yamuna",
ICS Colony,
Ganeshkhind Road,
Pune 411 007
India
Tel: 25537955
-----------------------------------------------------
Hon. Secretary:
Parisar
www.parisar.org
------------------------------------------------------
Founder Member:
PTTF
(Pune Traffic & Transportation Forum)
www.pttf.net
------------------------------------------------------
From sujit at vsnl.com Thu Mar 20 17:58:30 2008
From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:28:30 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0803200158uac856fer3bb09f1cb596f1eb@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks for the link but there's bug. The pages don't print properly. Only
the first page prints, the rest don't.
Just so you know.
Thanks again,
--
Sujit
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Ethan Arpi wrote:
> Sudhir wrote a nice piece for TheCityFix.com on this topic which was
> just published. It also includes powerful images to help those of us
> not India visualize the problem. You can find his article here:
> http://thecityfix.com/behind-bangalores-growth-a-new-species-is-born-tra
> nsport-challenged-people/
>
>
>
> Ethan A. Arpi | Communications Coordinator
> EMBARQ | The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
> 10 G Street NE, Suite 800 | Washington DC, 20002
> ph | (202) 729-7721
> website | embarq.wri.org
> blog | TheCityFix.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Schipper
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:06 PM
> To: Todd Alexander Litman; Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global
> 'South' Sustainable Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi;
> Benoit Lefevre
> Subject: RE: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
> Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
> cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
> and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
>
> I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
> written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
> Bangalore..
>
> Lee Schipper
> EMBARQ Fellow
> EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport www.embarq.wri.org and
> Visiting Scholar UC Transportation Center Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
> skype: mrmeter
> +1 510 642 6889
> Cell +1 202 262 7476
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
> [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
> To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
> Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
>
> That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
> transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
> planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
> mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
> higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
> Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
> because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
> non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
> non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
> walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
> links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
> See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
> (http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
>
> It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
> of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
> accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
> http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
> "Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
> Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
> by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
> (www.sutp-asia.org)
> and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
> (www.gtz.de).
> Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
> may be downloaded free.
> Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
> Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
> "Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
> Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
> Transportation and Development Policy website
> (www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
> adSTe4/NMT.PDF ).
>
>
> Best wishes,
> -Todd Litman
>
> At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
> >Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
> >It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
> >NMT etc.
> >It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
> >mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
> >Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
> >178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
> >vehicle.
> >Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
> >noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
> >Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
> >Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
> >Transportation.
> >Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
> >trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
> >words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
> >Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
> >modeshare.
> >Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
> >are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
> >million Rs. per KM.
> >We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
> >estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
> >current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
> >million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
> >
> >Link of Paper
> >
> >http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
> >8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
> >
> >
> >Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
> >
> >
> >
> >TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
> >affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
> >substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
> >TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
> >is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
> >closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
> >like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
> >reason for the chaos.
> > The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
> >Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
> >roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
> >and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
> >contribute to traffic pile ups.
> > A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
> >like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
> >discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
> >event of a pile-up on one road.
> > Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
> >inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
> >Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
> >the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
> >subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
> >a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
> >government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
> >majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
> >city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
> >fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
> >think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
> >public transport.
> > Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
> >efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
> >of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> > unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Sudhir
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >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').
>
>
> 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"
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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').
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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').
>
--
------------------------------------------------------
Sujit Patwardhan
sujit@vsnl.com
sujitjp@gmail.com
"Yamuna",
ICS Colony,
Ganeshkhind Road,
Pune 411 007
India
Tel: 25537955
-----------------------------------------------------
Hon. Secretary:
Parisar
www.parisar.org
------------------------------------------------------
Founder Member:
PTTF
(Pune Traffic & Transportation Forum)
www.pttf.net
------------------------------------------------------
From sujit at vsnl.com Thu Mar 20 17:58:30 2008
From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:28:30 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
References: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD073@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0803200158uac856fer3bb09f1cb596f1eb@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks for the link but there's bug. The pages don't print properly. Only
the first page prints, the rest don't.
Just so you know.
Thanks again,
--
Sujit
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Ethan Arpi wrote:
> Sudhir wrote a nice piece for TheCityFix.com on this topic which was
> just published. It also includes powerful images to help those of us
> not India visualize the problem. You can find his article here:
> http://thecityfix.com/behind-bangalores-growth-a-new-species-is-born-tra
> nsport-challenged-people/
>
>
>
> Ethan A. Arpi | Communications Coordinator
> EMBARQ | The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
> 10 G Street NE, Suite 800 | Washington DC, 20002
> ph | (202) 729-7721
> website | embarq.wri.org
> blog | TheCityFix.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Schipper
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:06 PM
> To: Todd Alexander Litman; Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global
> 'South' Sustainable Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi;
> Benoit Lefevre
> Subject: RE: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
> Having walked in many parts of Bangalore (and Pune) where there are
> cars, two wheelers, but no sidewalks, I think Todd is more than right
> and Sudhir thanks for pointing out this crazy situation.
>
> I am including Benoit Lefevre in this conversation as he has just
> written a very intersting phd that included modelling alternatives for
> Bangalore..
>
> Lee Schipper
> EMBARQ Fellow
> EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport www.embarq.wri.org and
> Visiting Scholar UC Transportation Center Berkeley CA USA www.uctc.net
> skype: mrmeter
> +1 510 642 6889
> Cell +1 202 262 7476
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org
> [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+schipper=wri.org@list.jca.apc.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:16 AM
> To: Sudhir; Sustran Resource Centre; Global 'South' Sustainable
> Transport; cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org; Ethan Arpi
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
>
> That is very unfortunate. For a variety of reasons, non-motorized
> transport tends to be undercounted and undervalued in conventional
> planning. As you point out, conventional planning tends to focus on
> mobility rather than accessibility, and so favors longer-distant and
> higher-speed travel over local, slower travel.
> Most travel surveys significantly undercount non-motorized travel,
> because they ignore short trips (those within a Traffic Analysis Zone),
> non-commute trips, travel by children, recreational travel, and
> non-motorized links of trips that involve a motorized mode (a
> walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip, the walking
> links are ignored even if they take more time than the motorized link).
> See "Measuring Transportation: Traffic, Mobility and Accessibility"
> (http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf ).
>
> It will be important to educate decision-makers and the general public
> of the economic, social and environmental benefits of creating a more
> accessible and walkable community ("Economic Value of Walkability"
> http://www.vtpi.org/walkability.pdf ). A good resource is the
> "Sustainable Transportation: A Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in
> Developing Countries," (www.sutp.org),
> by the Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Asia
> (www.sutp-asia.org)
> and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
> (www.gtz.de).
> Users are required to register, but there is no charge and the documents
> may be downloaded free.
> Many of these documents are now available in various languages including
> Spanish, French, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Thai and Vietnamese.
> "Preserving and Expanding the Role of Non-motorized Transport:
> Sustainable Transportation" is available at the Institute for
> Transportation and Development Policy website
> (www.itdp.org/STe/STe4/re
> adSTe4/NMT.PDF ).
>
>
> Best wishes,
> -Todd Litman
>
> At 10:03 PM 3/18/2008, Sudhir wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
> >Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
> >It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
> >NMT etc.
> >It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is
> >mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
> >Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from
> >178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any
> >vehicle.
> >Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be
> >noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average
> >Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
> >Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
> >Transportation.
> >Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
> >trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
> >words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
> >Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
> >modeshare.
> >Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities
> >are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700
> >million Rs. per KM.
> >We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our
> >estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering
> >current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000
> >million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
> >
> >Link of Paper
> >
> >http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy
> >8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
> >
> >
> >Poor roads No. 1 cause of congestion: TOI survey
> >
> >
> >
> >TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 19 march
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bangalore's traffic congestion is today the bane of the city,
> >affecting citizens' lives, the growth of its business and contributing
> >substantially to pollution. But why has traffic become what it has?
> >TOI asked citizens that question. And this is what we got: Bad roads
> >is seen as the No. 1 reason for the traffic problems, followed
> >closely by poor traffic management and lack of proper infrastructure
> >like flyovers. Indisciplined drivers were seen as another significant
> >reason for the chaos.
> > The survey was conducted for TOI by global market research agency
> >Synovate. Almost 30% of those surveyed pointed their fingers at bad
> >roads - issues like the width of the road, potholes, poorly laid roads
> >and medians, all of which slow down traffic significantly and
> >contribute to traffic pile ups.
> > A quarter of those surveyed blamed poor traffic management, issues
> >like uncoordinated traffic lights, inability to enforce lane or speed
> >discipline, inability to divert traffic on to alternative roads in the
> >event of a pile-up on one road.
> > Another quarter attributed the city's traffic problem to
> >inadequate infrastructure like flyovers and pedestrian underpasses.
> >Many of the city's flyovers are badly designed, and in some cases,
> >the flyover merely contributes to increasing the traffic pileup at a
> >subsequent traffic junction. The outer ring road desperately requires
> >a series of flyovers or underpasses, as Delhi has done, but the
> >government is yet to move on that. The survey also found that the vast
> >majority believes the Metro Rail can be an effective solution to the
> >city's traffic woes. An overwhelming number also believe that steep
> >fines are the answer to ensure people become better road users. Many
> >think better buses and plusher buses can encourage people to move to
> >public transport.
> > Guess what rating those surveyed give the city administration's
> >efforts to improve the traffic and connectivity situation: an average
> >of a mere 3.23 on 10. No surprise!
> > unlock.bangalore@timesgroup.com
> >
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Sudhir
> >Project Engineer,
> >Highways Div.
> >SECON Pvt Ltd.
> >147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> >Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> >Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
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From cpuchalsky at dvrpc.org Thu Mar 20 22:37:25 2008
From: cpuchalsky at dvrpc.org (Puchalsky, Chris)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:37:25 -0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
Message-ID: <27EF5D58E0436F49B3E73833C0FB51E208AA66B830@dvrpc-ex02.dvrpc.org>
I would like to echo some of the comments about the undercounting of pedestrian trips. I strenuously question the 0.07 pedestrian trip rate cited below. In the greater Philadelphia area, one both wealthier and more sprawling (~500/km2) than Bangalore, we have a pedestrian trip rate for the region nearly 10 times as large (~0.61). The pedestrian trip rates for the urban area are even larger. The survey that we used to estimate this trip rate was very deliberate on counting non-motorized travel. Any such similar survey done in Bangalore will surely find rates of non-motorized travel much greater than those cited below.
Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
Senior Transportation Engineer
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
P: 215.238.2949
F: 215.592.9125
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:33:18 +0530
From: "Sudhir"
Subject: [sustran] Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
To: "Sustran Resource Centre" , "Global
'South' Sustainable Transport" ,
, "Ethan Arpi"
Message-ID: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Dear All,
Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks, NMT etc.
It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is mobility more important than accessibility in an urban area?
Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from 178 to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any vehicle.
Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be noted that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average Trip length is nearly 10.57 km.
Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his Transportation.
Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip modeshare.
Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities are planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700 million Rs. per KM.
We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our estimates indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering current nil infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000 million Rs, yet no concrete proposals.
Link of Paper
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
Regards
Project Engineer,
Highways Div.
SECON Pvt Ltd.
147, 7B Road, EPIP,
Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
Senior Transportation Engineer
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
P: 215.238.2949
F: 215.592.9125
From sudhir at secon.in Fri Mar 21 12:49:30 2008
From: sudhir at secon.in (Sudhir)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:19:30 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
Message-ID: <003e01c88b06$91c32890$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Dear All,
For a Big city as Bangalore having 39-40% households without any private
vehicles (more Captive People), the mode share of pedestrians is virtually
understated.
Please find the excerpt from Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Study
from Bangalore - October - 2007 which is the blue print for future
infrastructure management and development.
The mode share provided to walk is highly specious as
? 41.91 % of Trips have ingress and egress of maximum of 22%
considering all walk, cycling and IPT trips act as feeder to Public
Transport (which is again not possible). It is to be added here that
Bangalore has very few Park and Ride Facilities. Thus as Mr. Litman has
pointed out "walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip". Or
probably a layman may not make out exactly what is a "Trip" or due to
general prevailing perception of Trip as automobile Trip.
? Nearly 2% of Households have been captured during CTTS-Household
Survey. Bangalore has very high economic & social disparity. In such a
sceanrio is 2% good enough sample size?
Regards
Sudhir
Project Engineer,
Highways Div.
SECON Pvt Ltd.
147, 7B Road, EPIP,
Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Puchalsky, Chris"
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>I would like to echo some of the comments about the undercounting of
>pedestrian trips. I strenuously question the 0.07 pedestrian trip rate
>cited below. In the greater Philadelphia area, one both wealthier and more
>sprawling (~500/km2) than Bangalore, we have a pedestrian trip rate for the
>region nearly 10 times as large (~0.61). The pedestrian trip rates for the
>urban area are even larger. The survey that we used to estimate this trip
>rate was very deliberate on counting non-motorized travel. Any such
>similar survey done in Bangalore will surely find rates of non-motorized
>travel much greater than those cited below.
>
>
> Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
> Senior Transportation Engineer
> Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
> 190 N. Independence Mall West
> Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
> P: 215.238.2949
> F: 215.592.9125
>
>
>
>
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:33:18 +0530
> From: "Sudhir"
> Subject: [sustran] Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
> To: "Sustran Resource Centre" , "Global
> 'South' Sustainable Transport" ,
> , "Ethan Arpi"
> Message-ID: <001101c8897e$8c46e480$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Dear All,
>
> Please find the news regarding the Traffic Congestion in Bangalore on
> Today's "Times of India" Edition (link enclosed).
> It is very surprising that no one has mentioned footpaths, cycletracks,
> NMT etc.
> It is generally reported that people want and desire mobility. Is mobility
> more important than accessibility in an urban area?
> Bangalore has seen rapid motorisation in recent years (increase from 178
> to 361 within a decade) yet 39% of households does not own any vehicle.
> Average salary of a two wheeler owner is only Rs4469. ( it is to be noted
> that Bangalore has the highest petrol rate at 52Rs/L). Average Trip length
> is nearly 10.57 km.
> Thus an average two wheeler owner spends 22% of his salary on his
> Transportation.
> Bangalore has approximately 7 million population yet it has pedestrian
> trip rate of 0.07 (total daily pedestrian trips of 523597) or in other
> words thirteen persons contribute single pedestrian trip per day !!!!
> Nearly 30% of households have bicycles but yet contribute only 2% trip
> modeshare.
> Yesterday's edition carried an article indicating that the authorities are
> planning elevated inner core ring road at an estimated cost of 700 million
> Rs. per KM.
> We have done some research on Pedestrian Infrastructure and our estimates
> indicate that complete pedestrian infrastructure (considering current nil
> infrastructure) can be improved with an investment of 2000 million Rs, yet
> no concrete proposals.
>
> Link of Paper
>
> http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMy8xOSNBcjAwMTAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
>
>
> Regards
> Project Engineer,
> Highways Div.
> SECON Pvt Ltd.
> 147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
> Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
> Senior Transportation Engineer
> Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
> 190 N. Independence Mall West
> Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
> P: 215.238.2949
> F: 215.592.9125
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via
> YAHOOGROUPS.
>
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> the real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like
> you can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement.
>
> ================================================================
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> equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries
> (the 'Global South').
>
From sudhir at secon.in Fri Mar 21 13:07:42 2008
From: sudhir at secon.in (Sudhir)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:37:42 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Fw: Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore (WITH
ATTACHMENT)
Message-ID: <002501c88b09$1c3808e0$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
OOPs missed the attachment.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sudhir"
To: "Puchalsky, Chris" ; "Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport"
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: [sustran] Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
> Dear All,
>
> For a Big city as Bangalore having 39-40% households without any private
> vehicles (more Captive People), the mode share of pedestrians is virtually
> understated.
>
> Please find the excerpt from Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation
> Study
> from Bangalore - October - 2007 which is the blue print for future
> infrastructure management and development.
>
> The mode share provided to walk is highly specious as
>
>
> ? 41.91 % of Trips have ingress and egress of maximum of 22%
> considering all walk, cycling and IPT trips act as feeder to Public
> Transport (which is again not possible). It is to be added here that
> Bangalore has very few Park and Ride Facilities. Thus as Mr. Litman has
> pointed out "walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip".
> Or
> probably a layman may not make out exactly what is a "Trip" or due to
> general prevailing perception of Trip as automobile Trip.
>
>
>
> ? Nearly 2% of Households have been captured during CTTS-Household
> Survey. Bangalore has very high economic & social disparity. In such a
> sceanrio is 2% good enough sample size?
>
>
>
> Regards
> Sudhir
> Project Engineer,
> Highways Div.
> SECON Pvt Ltd.
> 147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Puchalsky, Chris"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:07 PM
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
>
>>I would like to echo some of the comments about the undercounting of
>>pedestrian trips. I strenuously question the 0.07 pedestrian trip rate
>>cited below. In the greater Philadelphia area, one both wealthier and more
>>sprawling (~500/km2) than Bangalore, we have a pedestrian trip rate for
>>the
>>region nearly 10 times as large (~0.61). The pedestrian trip rates for
>>the
>>urban area are even larger. The survey that we used to estimate this trip
>>rate was very deliberate on counting non-motorized travel. Any such
>>similar survey done in Bangalore will surely find rates of non-motorized
>>travel much greater than those cited below.
>>
>>
>> Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
>> Senior Transportation Engineer
>> Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
>> 190 N. Independence Mall West
>> Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
>> P: 215.238.2949
>> F: 215.592.9125
>>
From sujit at vsnl.com Fri Mar 21 14:21:44 2008
From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:51:44 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Fw: Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore (WITH
ATTACHMENT)
In-Reply-To: <002501c88b09$1c3808e0$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
References: <002501c88b09$1c3808e0$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0803202221j24fcafb6g54f40fa08319d02b@mail.gmail.com>
Sudhir,
I think you missed it again.
--
Sujit
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Sudhir wrote:
>
> OOPs missed the attachment.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sudhir"
> To: "Puchalsky, Chris" ; "Global 'South' Sustainable
> Transport"
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:19 AM
> Subject: [sustran] Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > For a Big city as Bangalore having 39-40% households without any private
> > vehicles (more Captive People), the mode share of pedestrians is
> virtually
> > understated.
> >
> > Please find the excerpt from Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation
> > Study
> > from Bangalore - October - 2007 which is the blue print for future
> > infrastructure management and development.
> >
> > The mode share provided to walk is highly specious as
> >
> >
> > ? 41.91 % of Trips have ingress and egress of maximum of 22%
> > considering all walk, cycling and IPT trips act as feeder to Public
> > Transport (which is again not possible). It is to be added here that
> > Bangalore has very few Park and Ride Facilities. Thus as Mr. Litman has
> > pointed out "walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus"
> trip".
> > Or
> > probably a layman may not make out exactly what is a "Trip" or due to
> > general prevailing perception of Trip as automobile Trip.
> >
> >
> >
> > ? Nearly 2% of Households have been captured during
> CTTS-Household
> > Survey. Bangalore has very high economic & social disparity. In such a
> > sceanrio is 2% good enough sample size?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Sudhir
> > Project Engineer,
> > Highways Div.
> > SECON Pvt Ltd.
> > 147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> > Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> > Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Puchalsky, Chris"
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:07 PM
> > Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
> >
> >
> >>I would like to echo some of the comments about the undercounting of
> >>pedestrian trips. I strenuously question the 0.07 pedestrian trip rate
> >>cited below. In the greater Philadelphia area, one both wealthier and
> more
> >>sprawling (~500/km2) than Bangalore, we have a pedestrian trip rate for
> >>the
> >>region nearly 10 times as large (~0.61). The pedestrian trip rates for
> >>the
> >>urban area are even larger. The survey that we used to estimate this
> trip
> >>rate was very deliberate on counting non-motorized travel. Any such
> >>similar survey done in Bangalore will surely find rates of non-motorized
> >>travel much greater than those cited below.
> >>
> >>
> >> Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
> >> Senior Transportation Engineer
> >> Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
> >> 190 N. Independence Mall West
> >> Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
> >> P: 215.238.2949
> >> F: 215.592.9125
> >>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
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> 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').
>
>
--
------------------------------------------------------
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sujit@vsnl.com
sujitjp@gmail.com
"Yamuna",
ICS Colony,
Ganeshkhind Road,
Pune 411 007
India
Tel: 25537955
-----------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------
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From sudhir at secon.in Fri Mar 21 14:52:14 2008
From: sudhir at secon.in (Sudhir)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:22:14 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Fw: Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore (WITH
ATTACHMENT)
References: <002501c88b09$1c3808e0$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
<4cfd20aa0803202221j24fcafb6g54f40fa08319d02b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001b01c88b17$b7055db0$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
Dear All,
Apologies,
The Sustran List is not taking the attachments.
If anybody wants to have a look at the CTTS chapter on Existing Travel Scenario, I would be happy to provide it to individual mail-id's.
Regards
Sudhir
Project Engineer,
Highways Div.
SECON Pvt Ltd.
147, 7B Road, EPIP,
Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
----- Original Message -----
From: Sujit Patwardhan
To: Sudhir
Cc: Puchalsky, Chris ; Global 'South' Sustainable Transport
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [sustran] Fw: Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore (WITH ATTACHMENT)
Sudhir,
I think you missed it again.
--
Sujit
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Sudhir wrote:
OOPs missed the attachment.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sudhir"
To: "Puchalsky, Chris" ; "Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport"
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: [sustran] Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
> Dear All,
>
> For a Big city as Bangalore having 39-40% households without any private
> vehicles (more Captive People), the mode share of pedestrians is virtually
> understated.
>
> Please find the excerpt from Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation
> Study
> from Bangalore - October - 2007 which is the blue print for future
> infrastructure management and development.
>
> The mode share provided to walk is highly specious as
>
>
> ? 41.91 % of Trips have ingress and egress of maximum of 22%
> considering all walk, cycling and IPT trips act as feeder to Public
> Transport (which is again not possible). It is to be added here that
> Bangalore has very few Park and Ride Facilities. Thus as Mr. Litman has
> pointed out "walk-bus-walk trip is usually coded simply as a "bus" trip".
> Or
> probably a layman may not make out exactly what is a "Trip" or due to
> general prevailing perception of Trip as automobile Trip.
>
>
>
> ? Nearly 2% of Households have been captured during CTTS-Household
> Survey. Bangalore has very high economic & social disparity. In such a
> sceanrio is 2% good enough sample size?
>
>
>
> Regards
> Sudhir
> Project Engineer,
> Highways Div.
> SECON Pvt Ltd.
> 147, 7B Road, EPIP,
> Whitefield, Bangalore 560066
> Ph: 080-41197778 (413)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Puchalsky, Chris"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:07 PM
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
>
>
>>I would like to echo some of the comments about the undercounting of
>>pedestrian trips. I strenuously question the 0.07 pedestrian trip rate
>>cited below. In the greater Philadelphia area, one both wealthier and more
>>sprawling (~500/km2) than Bangalore, we have a pedestrian trip rate for
>>the
>>region nearly 10 times as large (~0.61). The pedestrian trip rates for
>>the
>>urban area are even larger. The survey that we used to estimate this trip
>>rate was very deliberate on counting non-motorized travel. Any such
>>similar survey done in Bangalore will surely find rates of non-motorized
>>travel much greater than those cited below.
>>
>>
>> Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
>> Senior Transportation Engineer
>> Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
>> 190 N. Independence Mall West
>> Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
>> P: 215.238.2949
>> F: 215.592.9125
>>
--------------------------------------------------------
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================================================================
SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South').
--
------------------------------------------------------
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sujit@vsnl.com
sujitjp@gmail.com
"Yamuna",
ICS Colony,
Ganeshkhind Road,
Pune 411 007
India
Tel: 25537955
-----------------------------------------------------
Hon. Secretary:
Parisar
www.parisar.org
------------------------------------------------------
Founder Member:
PTTF
(Pune Traffic & Transportation Forum)
www.pttf.net
------------------------------------------------------
From ashok.sreenivas at gmail.com Sat Mar 22 03:09:14 2008
From: ashok.sreenivas at gmail.com (Ashok Sreenivas)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:39:14 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <47E37345.7050105@gmail.com>
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<47E37345.7050105@gmail.com>
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Sorry, having to send this in plain text format as html messages don't
seem to go through to the sustran list from my mail client.
The following (obviously anonymous) quote from another article on
Bangalore's connectivity to the new airport
(http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=3&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=317600&chkFlg=)
says a lot about the "rationale" for transport planning in many Indian
cities: ?Please realise where the incentive lies. Spend Rs 3,000 crore
or more on your own ? imagine the contracts that can be awarded ? or
give the Railways Rs 100 crore or maybe less to do the job.?
As for Pune, we seem to be in a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde situation. Dr.
Jekyll seems to be in operation when a new NMT friendly transport policy
is tabled
(http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/PMCs-transport-policy-On-paper-pedestrians-and-cyclists-in-top-gear/279405/)
or a dedicated NMT cell is created within the municipal corporation
headed by one of their better officers or when the municipal corporation
voluntarily adopts a no vehicle day for its premises
(http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/PMCs-green-thumb-CNG-buses-in-2-months-cycle-day-on-Tuesdays/284256/).
Mr. Hyde seems to takeover when a road is widened with the entire extra
width being used up parking cars, or when a slew of new "transport
improvement schemes" are announced all of which involve constructing new
flyovers, or electric poles, telephone junction boxes, trees and
miscellaneous kiosks occupy large chunks of footpaths and cycle tracks.
Unfortunately, Mr. H seems to have the upper hand now though we haven't
entirely given up hope for Dr. J.
Ashok
From ashok.sreenivas at gmail.com Sat Mar 22 03:09:14 2008
From: ashok.sreenivas at gmail.com (Ashok Sreenivas)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:39:14 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
In-Reply-To: <47E37345.7050105@gmail.com>
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<46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C016DD069@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local>
<47E37345.7050105@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <47E3F9CA.7000301@gmail.com>
Sorry, having to send this in plain text format as html messages don't
seem to go through to the sustran list from my mail client.
The following (obviously anonymous) quote from another article on
Bangalore's connectivity to the new airport
(http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=3&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=317600&chkFlg=)
says a lot about the "rationale" for transport planning in many Indian
cities: ?Please realise where the incentive lies. Spend Rs 3,000 crore
or more on your own ? imagine the contracts that can be awarded ? or
give the Railways Rs 100 crore or maybe less to do the job.?
As for Pune, we seem to be in a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde situation. Dr.
Jekyll seems to be in operation when a new NMT friendly transport policy
is tabled
(http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/PMCs-transport-policy-On-paper-pedestrians-and-cyclists-in-top-gear/279405/)
or a dedicated NMT cell is created within the municipal corporation
headed by one of their better officers or when the municipal corporation
voluntarily adopts a no vehicle day for its premises
(http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/PMCs-green-thumb-CNG-buses-in-2-months-cycle-day-on-Tuesdays/284256/).
Mr. Hyde seems to takeover when a road is widened with the entire extra
width being used up parking cars, or when a slew of new "transport
improvement schemes" are announced all of which involve constructing new
flyovers, or electric poles, telephone junction boxes, trees and
miscellaneous kiosks occupy large chunks of footpaths and cycle tracks.
Unfortunately, Mr. H seems to have the upper hand now though we haven't
entirely given up hope for Dr. J.
Ashok
From c_bradshaw at rogers.com Sat Mar 22 05:33:56 2008
From: c_bradshaw at rogers.com (Chris Bradshaw)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:33:56 -0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Fw: Fw: Re: Traffic Congestion in Bangalore
(WITHATTACHMENT)
References: <002501c88b09$1c3808e0$d607a8c0@Domain.secon.com>
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Counting trips on foot is indeed a challenge, one that most traffic
engineers don't worry about resulting in undercounts.
I am aware of four different types.
1. The origin-destination survey, used to feed data to computer models, uses
telephone surveys to ask people what mode is used for different trips. The
first problem is the fallibility of memory, and the second a certain
political correctness that can cause respondants to be less than truthful.
And thirdly, there is the sampling used in choosing a sample, or the trips
they query about, or the date for the survey, etc. And the coding, as was
mentioned, doesn't allow for multi-mode trips to be recorded as such. For
instance, I estimate that transit trips are made up of 50% of the time
duration to be in walking and waiting, for buses and don't-walk signals.
2. The second is cordon counts, in which the mix of travelers is recorded
across a particular line on a map. These lines are chosen for simplicity,
where the traffic patterns are least complex, e.g., green corridors, rail
lines, rivers/bridges, etc. Not only do people on foot avoid trips across
such empty spaces, but walking trips across these are not going to be long
enough to cross a second cordon in the same time vs trips by car. Walking
is undercounted, in part, because the trips are shorter.
3. The third is the intersection count. The vehicular modes are all counted
simply, but pedestrians are problematic. Those turning right, and therefore
not leaving the sidewalk, are not counted at all. But, those who have to
use two intersecting crosswalk to complete their trip might be counted
twice.
Of course, trips using only local streets, by any mode, are rarely counted
at all, partly because these streets are rarely used that much. Only when
neighbours complaint about "cut-through traffic" do cities count them, and
then they ignore walking, although the presence of pedestrians is relevant,
but in the opposite way: pedestrians represent both the general positive
presence of "eyes on the street,": (a la Jane Jacobs) and become part of the
'traffic calming'; but also a measurement of the human endangerment that
such traffic poses, not to mention a measurement of how bad the car problem
is, since the more pedestrians, the less serious the perceived threat.
4. Finally, there is the matter of "warrants" for pedestrian crossings.
Here traffic engineers count the number of pedestrians only that _attempt_
to cross a roadway at a particular section. The higher the count, the
greater the warrant (the justification) for providing a special combination
of paint lines and perhaps a signal or extra lighting to help pedestrians
cross. The problem with it, is that where such crossing assistance is most
needed is probably where few crossings are attempted and where pedestrians
long ago found other routes or, equally likely, other modes of travel.
Where there are plenty of people crossing is where little improvement is
needed, although often there can be problems with pedestians with special
needs.
Chris Bradshaw
Ottawa
From shovan1209 at yahoo.com Sat Mar 22 13:25:21 2008
From: shovan1209 at yahoo.com (Saiful Alam)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:25:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [sustran] Fuel Consumption and Environmental Impact of Rickshaw Bans
in Dhaka
Message-ID: <902995.22523.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Most trips in Dhaka are short in distance, usually one to five kilometres. These trips are perfect for rickshaws. Rickshaws are a 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 foods. From the raw materials to the finished product the rickshaw employs people in 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 exceed that of all other passenger transport modes.
We think a new ban on rickshaws will be put into force on some roads in Dhaka very soon. During the last Eid many roads were declared rickshaw free without public support or approval. 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 scooters or taxi. 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. Ban on rickshaw harms the most vulnerable in society, mainly the sick, poor, women, children and the elderly; generally those who cannot afford or do not feel comfortable on other forms of public transport. Banning 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 rickshaws save Tk 100 billion by not causing environmental damage.
The governments made 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 effect. Traffic is still as bad now as it was before the rickshaws were banned on major roads. Rickshaws thus cannot 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. 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 as its pollution.
One of several CNG filling stations between Kanchpur Bridge and Jatrabari of the capital which BNP big shots built on the Kutubkhali canal, drastically reducing Dhaka's drainage capability. PHOTO: STAR -->
Syed Siful Alam Shovan
shovan1209@yahoo.com
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From richmond at alum.mit.edu Sat Mar 22 16:01:08 2008
From: richmond at alum.mit.edu (Jonathan Richmond)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:01:08 +0400 (Arabian Standard Time)
Subject: [sustran] Re: Fuel Consumption and Environmental Impact of Rickshaw
Bans in Dhaka
In-Reply-To: <902995.22523.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
References: <902995.22523.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
I agree completely.
For those who want a great read on the subject, get a copy of "The
Rickshaws of Bangladesh" from the University of Dhaka Press -- it is a
really wonderful book.
The trend observed in Bangladesh is typical of many developing countries.
Unfortunately, there is little or no explicit planning for the poor in
society by planners who come from the elite. While in some cases this is
deliberate, quite often this stems from unquestioned assumptions about the
"good life" to be pursued. Big roads and cars are symbolic of a succesful
society. There is almost a cargo cult element to it: If everyone has big
cars in "America" and lives the good life there, then if we also have big
cars we too can live the fantasy!
Rickshaws are symbolic of poverty and backwardness even if they are a
highly valuable form of transport. So, the unchallenged latent thinking is
that if we get rid of such manifestations of poverty and dirt, we will
have a modern city and all be better off! Naive and stupid, yes, but
because such thinking lurks in the hidden area of the mind, it remains
unchallenged.
Added to this is personal selfishness. Fistly, bureaucracies have less say
relative to politically-driven agendas compared to developed countries
(although even there, as we know, politics is a driving force). There are
less opportunities for developing complex socially-progressive programmes.
Secondly, planning jobs are poorly paid as well as frustrating
and cultivate attitudes of laziness as well as boksheesh-dependency. If a
planner thinks it perfectly ok to routinely collect bribes here and there
to supplement income (and it should be understood that this is freqently
understood as a perfectly legitimate and normal practice), it does not
take much imagination to see planners extending the concept to use the
job for their personal advantage. They are members of the middle class,
and superior to the rickshaw pullers and assorted wallahs who drive
the industry. They have cars, and they need to propel them unmolested
through the streets.
Add to this personal selfishness the concept that rickshaws are backward,
dirty, and hold poverty in place, and there is easy legitimation of the
idea of banning them.
The key to change is instilling reflective practice throughout the system.
Planners and politicians need to be taught to think about their
assumptions. There is also a need for professionalisation of civil
services, with higher standards and also substantially higher pay scales
which eliminate the need for regular doses of boksheesh for personal
survival!
I have been using reflective thinking seminars in Mauritius to enhance as
well as change thinking and with much success. I have brought large
numbers of people together to let them know they have powerful
contributions to make, to help them question their own assumptions, take
responsibility, and plan for new approaches. It can work.
--Jonathan!
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Saiful Alam wrote:
> Most trips in Dhaka are short in distance, usually one to five kilometres. These trips are perfect for rickshaws. Rickshaws are a 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 foods. From the raw materials to the finished product the rickshaw employs people in 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 exceed that of all other passenger transport modes.
>
> We think a new ban on rickshaws will be put into force on some roads in Dhaka very soon. During the last Eid many roads were declared rickshaw free without public support or approval. 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 scooters or taxi. 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. Ban on rickshaw harms the most vulnerable in society, mainly the sick, poor, women, children and the elderly; generally those who cannot afford or do not feel comfortable on other forms of public transport. Banning 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 rickshaws save Tk 100 billion by not causing environmental damage.
>
> The governments made 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 effect. Traffic is still as bad now as it was before the rickshaws were banned on major roads. Rickshaws thus cannot 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. 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 as its pollution.
>
> One of several CNG filling stations between Kanchpur Bridge and Jatrabari of the capital which BNP big shots built on the Kutubkhali canal, drastically reducing Dhaka's drainage capability. PHOTO: STAR -->
>
> Syed Siful Alam Shovan
> shovan1209@yahoo.com
>
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From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Mon Mar 24 18:09:29 2008
From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:09:29 +0700
Subject: [sustran] Mass Transit (and BRT) training in Jinan, China. April 2008
Message-ID: <7272a1b30803240209p4e7b8f26o822aaddb965d6956@mail.gmail.com>
Dear colleagues,
GTZ, CAI-Asia, Energy Foundation China and Shandong University will jointly
organize a 2-day training course on Mass Transit and BRT Planning in Jinan
on April 24-25, 2008. The event will be hosted by Shandong University of
Jinan and is part of the SUMA project developed together with CAI-Asia and
other partners[1] <#_ftn1>. The training will cover planning steps of a Mass
Transit / Bus Rapid Transit project from its conception to its final
implementation and inauguration. Resource persons for the course will
include Mr Paulo Custodio (Brazil), Prof Jason Chang (China) and Mr
Carlosfelipe Pardo (Colombia). There will be half day tour through Jinan's
BRT system on April 25, 2008 morning. Expected participants to the course
are policymakers, planners and engineers from Chinese cities or other
interested parties. There are only 35 vacancies for the course, which will
be filled up as registrations are received. *The registration deadline is 10
April 2008*. Course details are shown in
http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1067/1/lang,uk/ . If further information is
required, please email sutp@sutp.org .
------------------------------
[1] <#_ftnref1> The Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program of the
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia), Asian
Development Bank (www.adb.org), EMBARQ-the World Resources Institute Center
for Sustainable Transport (http://embarq.wri.org), GTZ Sustainable Urban
Transport Project (www.sutp.org), Interface for Cycling Expertise (
www.cycling.nl), Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (
www.itdp.org), and United Nations Center for Regional Development (
www.uncrd.or.jp/est) is made possible through the generous support of the
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (www.sida.se). More
information is available from
http://www.sutp.org/content/blogcategory/104/132/lang,uk/ and
http://www.cleanairnet.org/suma .
From edelman at greenidea.eu Tue Mar 25 04:18:25 2008
From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:18:25 +0100
Subject: [sustran] UK: Carfree centres,
speed limits of 15mph on roads in new "eco-towns".
Message-ID: <47E7FE81.6060401@greenidea.eu>
15mph speed plan for 'eco-towns'
Speed limits of 15mph are to be introduced on roads in new "eco-towns".
The new restriction is among a number of proposals designed to minimise
the environmental impact of 10 proposed settlements.
Developers have submitted more than 50 bids to create the zero-carbon
developments, and later this week housing minister Caroline Flint will
set out standards expected of them.
The new town centres are to be car-free, and the 15mph limit will be
enforced on "key roads" leading into them, government sources said.
No definite date has been set for the announcement of the shortlist of
10 new towns, but it is expected in the coming weeks.
Ministers also plan to reduce car use drastically in the new towns by
providing extensive public transport.
Developers are expected to be told that each home in the eco-towns must
be within 400 metres of a public transport stop and 800 metres of shops.
Last month Ms Flint said she wanted to see towns designed around
pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users, emulating the "most
ambitious European models" where only 50% of households have a car.
Environmental protesters have criticised the eco-towns scheme for
focusing too narrowly on carbon emissions and not giving adequate
consideration to other ecological issues, such as the impact building
would have on wildlife.
Up to five eco-towns are expected to be built by 2016, and as many as 10
by 2020. They will have populations of around 5,000 to 20,000 and be
linked to larger towns and cities.
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From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Tue Mar 25 18:08:53 2008
From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:08:53 +0700
Subject: [sustran] Fwd: Lincoln Institute announces April 2008 issue of Land
Lines magazine
In-Reply-To:
References:
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Below info possibly could be of interest.You must register to download, but
it looks pretty useful.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ann LeRoyer
Date: 25-mar-2008 6:30
Subject: Lincoln Institute announces April 2008 issue of Land Lines magazine
To: carlosfpardo@gmail.com
[image: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy]
To ensure delivery of lincolninst.edu mail to your inbox, please add
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03/24/08
The April 2008 issue of the *Land Lines* quarterly magazine (vol Volume
20, no 2) is now posted on our Web site
here
.
Feature articles examine these land use and tax policy topics:
*Land
Value Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit: The Case of Bogot?'s TransMilenio*,
Daniel A. Rodr?guez and Carlos H. Mojica
During the last decade, bus rapid transit (BRT) has revolutionized regional
transportation planning in much of the developing and developed world.
*Conservation Through the Ballot Box: Using Local Referenda to Preserve Open
Space*, H. Spencer Banzhaf, Wallace E. Oates, and James Sanchirico
Between 1998 and 2006, some 1,550 referenda appeared on state, county, and
municipal ballots across the United States, and their success rate was very
high.
This issue also presents these reports, profiles, and announcements:
*Message From the President: Appreciating the Property Tax*
*Faculty Profile:* James N. Levitt
*Seven New Publications:*
*Making the Property Tax Work: Experiences in Developing and Transitional
Countries*
*Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies*
*Global Universities and Urban Development: Case Studies and Analysis*
*Toward a Vision of Land in 2015: International Perspectives*
*European Spatial Research and Planning*
*Visioning and Visualization: People, Pixels, and Plans*
*Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems*
*Program Calendar*
*Shifting Ground Public Radio Series*
-- ANN LeROYER, Senior Editor and Director of Publications
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