[sustran] Mass Transit (and BRT) training in Jinan, China. April 2008

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

 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 at sutp.org .

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[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 .