From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sat Aug 1 02:15:19 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:15:19 +0200 Subject: [sustran] [World Streets] Public Bikes in Latin American Cities: What next? Message-ID: <044001ca1202$7ec86fa0$7c594ee0$@britton@ecoplan.org> We are seeing some pretty good city-size public bike systems on the streets of places like Paris, Barcelona, Lyon, and more recently Montreal -- and more than fifty smaller systems, most of which in Europe and all doing a pretty fair job at what they have set out to do. That's just fine. But what about the mega-cities of Latin America? Will shared bike projects work out there? And if they are to have a shot at success how should they be planned, configured, implemented and then made to do the job day after day in the full stream of the continent's exciting traffic and city life. That was the issue that Eric Britton of the New Mobility Partnerships and World Streets was asked to address in an open brainstorm organized by the WRI EMBARQ team in Cuernavaca Mexico on 2 July 2009. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090731/cff78048/attachment.html From alok.priyanka at gmail.com Sat Aug 1 15:14:29 2009 From: alok.priyanka at gmail.com (Jains) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:14:29 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Depreciation periods for buses in Singapore In-Reply-To: <473F00ED78364917B8D66E72EA44B6CE@PeterPC> References: <473F00ED78364917B8D66E72EA44B6CE@PeterPC> Message-ID: <6e4025ad0907312314q3eda9bc4h2781c5c3bd1f4005@mail.gmail.com> Dear Mike, To add to an excellent summary of bus regulations in Hong Kong, I have the following extracted from a past paper that I wrote on a similar issue: 1. Public Bus Services Ordinance (PBSO) requires a Certificate of Fitness (COF) examination with frame check when a bus reaches 17 years of age should the bus companies wish to extend the license for 1 more year, which is understood to be the maximum age permitted by Transport Department (TD) since 1998. The normal practice of the franchised bus companies is to retire their buses when they reach the age of 17 years as the cost of COF examination does not generally justify a 1-year life extension. 2. Buses need to pass an annual examination before they can be re-licensed every year. At year 17, TD requires an inspection to be carried out on the structural frame condition of the bus frame (i.e. COF inspection), which requires extensive dismantling of the body parts. 3. TD does not specify a maximum bus age for franchised buses and would normally allow re-licensing of buses if they pass the annual vehicle examinations (with COF inspection at age 17 and every three years onwards, i.e. at age 20 and 23 etc); 4. By mutual agreement, TD and franchised bus operators decided that franchised buses should be subject to mandatory retirement when they reach the 18th anniversary of their date of 1st registration. 5. For non-franchised buses (NFB), as long as they are able to pass the COF or COR there is no agreement on a mandatory age for retirement. However, the average age of NFBs are 6.7 years and they normally retire at about 10 - 12 years of age. 6. In his policy address the Chief Executive indicated that the Government would spend $3.2 billion to provide an incentive for the early replacement of 74,000 pre-Euro and Euro I diesel commercial vehicles with new vehicles meeting Euro IV exhaust emission standards. The Government would allow pre-Euro vehicle owners 18 months and Euro I vehicle owners three years to take up the offer. If you wish to discuss this further, contact me off-list. Best Regards Alok On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Peter Lutman wrote: > Dear Eric / Mike, > > Depreciation is an internal matter for the owner / operator of the vehicle > and can be approached in one of several ways. Some operators will use > "straight line" depreciation writing down the initial cost in equal > instalments over a number of years that they choose. Some coach operators > will write down the amount over say 8 years and use the second-hand value > towards the purchase price of a modern replacement. Others will use a > percentage of the initial cost and the remaining balance each year to > reflect the lower maintenance costs in the vehicle's early years and the > higher cost as it grows older. (Even though depreciation is a non-cash > charge used only for the books and maintenance is a real cost affecting cash > flow, balancing these can be useful for accounting purposes). It is common > in well managed companies to provide for not just historic depreciation, but > also for replacement of the asset which will cost more as a result of > inflation and imposition of higher standards by statutory authorities e.g. > Euro IV or V engines. > > When I ran a bus company in the UK, we wrote down minibuses over 4 years, > midibuses over 8 years and heavyweight single and double deck buses over 14 > years, but many lasted longer. London Transport got rid of hundreds of rear > engined double deckers in the 1980s at far less than their written-down > value (and wrote off the balance) becuase they had problems maintaining > these vehicles. Currently they are disposing of 7 year old articulated buses > in a similar way because the Mayor doesn't like them! > > The operating life of a bus is quite different from the bookkeeping - there > are thousands of fully depreciated UK buses well over 14 years old used on > school contract or other low-mileage work which are fully depreciated. The > statutory requirements are that every vehicle must be presented annually at > a Government Test Centre where it must meet rigorous safety and > environmental standards before being permitted to be used for a further 12 > months. Spot checks may be made in the intervening period. > > I seem to recall that Shanghai had a limit on the age of buses which could > be used in that region, and I believe that it may have been as low as 7 > years. While this may have been realistic for some of the rubbishy diesel > buses which could shake themselves to bits, it was not sensible for the > trolleybuses which can last for 25 or more years and did not seem to be > applied to them. > > Turning to Hong Kong, all of Citybus and New World First Bus vehicles are > air-conditioned as are the majority of Kowloon Motor Bus's fleet which makes > them even greater polluters. Citybus recognised the pollution problem > (Causeway Bay being one of the worst-affected areas) and tried hard to > persuade the authorities that some of the very high frequency routes should > be converted to Trolleybus operation. They converted a double-deck diesel > bus into a Trolleybus with a small auxiliary engine for off-wire and depot > running and erected a test track in their parking depot near Aberdeen. Alas, > the authorities did not want to know - even the proposals to demonstrate the > benefits on Aberdeen local bus routes and / or the redevelopment of the > former Kai Tak airport were rejected. The same attitude was applied when > Hong Kong Tramways built 3 modern-looking electric trams with > air-conditioning and sought permission to charge a supplementary fare just > as the buses do. This was refused despite the fact that the trams are > totally non-polluting at the point of operation (although the Lamma Island > Power Plant may produce a little more) so the A/C units on the trams were > removed. > > Summing up, if a jurisdiction mandates that no PCV will be certified for > further use after a certain age, that is one thing. It has nothing to do > with the depreciation policies of the operator. Hong Kong only has itself to > blame for refusing to try totally non-polluting Trolleybuses despite having > a willing, progressive operator. > > Peter Lutman FCILT > > ******************************************************************** > This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended > recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. > You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or > distribute its contents to any other person. > ******************************************************************** > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Eric Britton > *To:* Sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org > *Cc:* mkilburn@civic-exchange.org > *Sent:* Friday, July 31, 2009 8:09 AM > *Subject:* [sustran] Depreciation periods for buses in Singapore > > *From:* Mike Kilburn [mailto:mkilburn@civic-exchange.org] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:39 AM > > > > Does anyone know over how many years Singapore depreciates its bus fleet > and whether this is mandated by law? > > I am asking because Civic Exchange is conducting a study of franchised > buses in Hong Kong, as a major contributor to roadside pollution, > and we are looking for examples of jurisdictions that place some sort of > limit on the operating life of a bus. > > In HK depreciation (ranging between 14 and 20 years) is a key > consideration, but I would be very interested to hear of any control > measures, > such as roadworthiness test requirements, environmental performance > indicators, limits on engine type (e.g. Singapore has banned all pre Euro > and Euro 1 vehicles). > > Many thanks > > Mike Kilburn > Civic Exchange > > > > ------------------------------ > > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > -------------------------------------------------------- > If you get sustran-discuss 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. > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > -------------------------------------------------------- > If you get sustran-discuss 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. > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am pleased to share them with the readers of World Streets and invite their comments and challenges. --> The full text of this article appears in World Streets today at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> To read all Streets articles on carsharing this year click to http://tinyurl.com/ws-carshare World Streets at 8/04/2009 05:56:00 AM __._,_.___ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090804/5f3cbf65/attachment.html From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Aug 5 18:13:51 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:13:51 +0200 Subject: [sustran] [World Streets] Letter to America: Some lessons from Europe Message-ID: <01cf01ca15ad$1c38f220$54aad660$@britton@ecoplan.org> Just back from the USA and have put together a few ideas for our friends at DOT and other agencies and groups in the States who seem to be struggling with these issues. Europe in all its rich diversity definitely has a few lessons of hard-earned experience that need to be examined by US policy makers and researchers more closely. Let's have a look at a first handful that come to mind. - Philippe Crist, Joint Transport Research Centre of the OECD --> The full text of this article appears in World Streets today at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> To read all World Streets articles on politics click to http://tinyurl.com/ws-politics -- Posted By Eric Britton to World Streets at 8/05/2009 06:53:00 AM __._,_.___ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090805/3edf9b28/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Alan Atkins Transport Planning (writing from Kuwait) --- In sustran-discuss@yahoogroups.com, Jains wrote: > > Dear Mike, > > To add to an excellent summary of bus regulations in Hong Kong, I have > the following extracted from a past paper that I wrote on a similar issue: > > 1. Public Bus Services Ordinance (PBSO) requires a Certificate of > Fitness > (COF) examination with frame check when a bus reaches 17 years of age > should the bus companies wish to extend the license for 1 more year, > which is understood to be the maximum age permitted by Transport > Department (TD) since 1998. The normal practice of the franchised bus > companies is to retire their buses when they reach the age of 17 years > as the cost of COF examination does not generally justify a 1-year life extension. > > 2. Buses need to pass an annual examination before they can be > re-licensed every year. At year 17, TD requires an inspection to be > carried out on the structural frame condition of the bus frame (i.e. > COF inspection), which requires extensive dismantling of the body parts. > > 3. TD does not specify a maximum bus age for franchised buses and > would normally allow re-licensing of buses if they pass the annual > vehicle examinations (with COF inspection at age 17 and every three > years onwards, i.e. at age 20 and 23 etc); > > 4. By mutual agreement, TD and franchised bus operators decided that > franchised buses should be subject to mandatory retirement when they > reach the 18th anniversary of their date of 1st registration. > > 5. For non-franchised buses (NFB), as long as they are able to pass > the COF or COR there is no agreement on a mandatory age for > retirement. However, the average age of NFBs are 6.7 years and they > normally retire at about 10 - 12 years of age. > > 6. In his policy address the Chief Executive indicated that the > Government would spend $3.2 billion to provide an incentive for the > early replacement of 74,000 pre-Euro and Euro I diesel commercial > vehicles with new vehicles meeting Euro IV exhaust emission standards. > The Government would allow pre-Euro vehicle owners 18 months and Euro > I vehicle owners three years to take up the offer. > If you wish to discuss this further, contact me off-list. > > Best Regards > Alok -- Alan Howes Managing Consultant Transport Planning & Management ATKINS Currently working in Kuwait - Tel: + 965 2295 8585 Mobile: 00 44 7952 464335 Canning Exchange, 10 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG Direct Dial: 0131 221 5694 Switchboard: 0131 221 5700 Fax: 0131 221 5751 Email: alan.howes@atkinsglobal.com www.atkinsglobal.com This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090806/c3ba7e75/attachment.html From Alan.Howes at atkinsglobal.com Thu Aug 6 17:55:08 2009 From: Alan.Howes at atkinsglobal.com (Howes, Alan P) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:55:08 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: Depreciation periods for buses in Singapore Message-ID: <0ED3C98DB3AA944CA06D2CFD8C7F597D0328CF06@SGBD012812.wsatkins.com> I hesitate to add to Peter's words of wisdom ... But I would stress that if the aim is to cut pollution (and a laudable aim that is), limits on vehicle life are a very crude way of doing it. Far better to have specific limits on emission levels, perhaps tied to engine type (Euro IV, V etc) - OK it takes more effort to specify and enforce, but it's well worth the effort. China's daft regime of limiting (urban?) diesel buses to an eight(?) year life results in operators buying under-sized, under-engineered buses which meet neither the needs of the passengers nor the needs of the operators - and in many cases over-taxing the too-small engines results in excessive pollution anyway. The other point to remember is that, because of higher load factors, buses are a much better way of transporting people in terms of emissions per person-kilometre. If you make things too difficult/expensive for the bus operator, you can end up driving people back onto more-polluting private transport. This argument perhaps applies even more to trains, particularly in the UK - but that's another story for another list ... Regards, Alan Howes Atkins Transport Planning (currently in Kuwait) --- In sustran-discuss@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lutman" wrote: > > RFI: Depreciation periods for buses in SingaporeDear Eric / Mike, > > Depreciation is an internal matter for the owner / operator of the vehicle and can be approached in one of several ways. Some operators will use "straight line" depreciation writing down the initial cost in equal instalments over a number of years that they choose. Some coach operators will write down the amount over say 8 years and use the second-hand value towards the purchase price of a modern replacement. Others will use a percentage of the initial cost and the remaining balance each year to reflect the lower maintenance costs in the vehicle's early years and the higher cost as it grows older. (Even though depreciation is a non-cash charge used only for the books and maintenance is a real cost affecting cash flow, balancing these can be useful for accounting purposes). It is common in well managed companies to provide for not just historic depreciation, but also for replacement of the asset which will cost more as a result of inflation and imposition of higher standards by statutory authorities e.g. Euro IV or V engines. > > When I ran a bus company in the UK, we wrote down minibuses over 4 years, midibuses over 8 years and heavyweight single and double deck buses over 14 years, but many lasted longer. London Transport got rid of hundreds of rear engined double deckers in the 1980s at far less than their written-down value (and wrote off the balance) becuase they had problems maintaining these vehicles. Currently they are disposing of 7 year old articulated buses in a similar way because the Mayor doesn't like them! > > The operating life of a bus is quite different from the bookkeeping - there are thousands of fully depreciated UK buses well over 14 years old used on school contract or other low-mileage work which are fully depreciated. The statutory requirements are that every vehicle must be presented annually at a Government Test Centre where it must meet rigorous safety and environmental standards before being permitted to be used for a further 12 months. Spot checks may be made in the intervening period. > > I seem to recall that Shanghai had a limit on the age of buses which could be used in that region, and I believe that it may have been as low as 7 years. While this may have been realistic for some of the rubbishy diesel buses which could shake themselves to bits, it was not sensible for the trolleybuses which can last for 25 or more years and did not seem to be applied to them. > > Turning to Hong Kong, all of Citybus and New World First Bus vehicles are air-conditioned as are the majority of Kowloon Motor Bus's fleet which makes them even greater polluters. Citybus recognised the pollution problem (Causeway Bay being one of the worst-affected areas) and tried hard to persuade the authorities that some of the very high frequency routes should be converted to Trolleybus operation. They converted a double-deck diesel bus into a Trolleybus with a small auxiliary engine for off-wire and depot running and erected a test track in their parking depot near Aberdeen. Alas, the authorities did not want to know - even the proposals to demonstrate the benefits on Aberdeen local bus routes and / or the redevelopment of the former Kai Tak airport were rejected. The same attitude was applied when Hong Kong Tramways built 3 modern-looking electric trams with air-conditioning and sought permission to charge a supplementary fare just as the buses do. This was refused despite the fact that the trams are totally non-polluting at the point of operation (although the Lamma Island Power Plant may produce a little more) so the A/C units on the trams were removed. > > Summing up, if a jurisdiction mandates that no PCV will be certified for further use after a certain age, that is one thing. It has nothing to do with the depreciation policies of the operator. Hong Kong only has itself to blame for refusing to try totally non-polluting Trolleybuses despite having a willing, progressive operator. > > Peter Lutman FCILT > > ******************************************************************** > This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended > recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. > You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or > distribute its contents to any other person. > ******************************************************************** > > This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, nothing stated in this communication shall be legally binding. The ultimate parent company of the Atkins Group is WS Atkins plc. Registered in England No. 1885586. Registered Office Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5BW. A list of wholly owned Atkins Group companies registered in the United Kingdom and locations around the world can be found at http://www.atkinsglobal.com/terms_and_conditions/index.aspx. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090806/91e1c300/attachment.html From alok.priyanka at gmail.com Thu Aug 6 19:04:20 2009 From: alok.priyanka at gmail.com (Jains) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:04:20 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Depreciation periods for buses in Singapore In-Reply-To: <0ED3C98DB3AA944CA06D2CFD8C7F597D0328CF0A@SGBD012812.wsatkins.com> References: <0ED3C98DB3AA944CA06D2CFD8C7F597D0328CF0A@SGBD012812.wsatkins.com> Message-ID: <6e4025ad0908060304n5af2fb75kfb3afc94519b6ab7@mail.gmail.com> Alan, Maximum bus age of 18 years is not mandatory but part of an agreement reached between TD and franchised bus companies. So if a bus company would like to push it through on a legality, they still can. Hope this clarifies. Alok On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Howes, Alan P wrote: > Not sure I follow this, Alok - > > Item 3, "TD does not specify a maximum bus age for franchised buses ...", > seems at variance with items 1 and 4 which specify an 18-year maximum life. > > Regards, Alan > Atkins Transport Planning > (writing from Kuwait) > > > --- In sustran-discuss@yahoogroups.com, Jains wrote: > > > > Dear Mike, > > > > To add to an excellent summary of bus regulations in Hong Kong, I have > > the following extracted from a past paper that I wrote on a similar > issue: > > > > 1. Public Bus Services Ordinance (PBSO) requires a Certificate of > > Fitness > > (COF) examination with frame check when a bus reaches 17 years of age > > should the bus companies wish to extend the license for 1 more year, > > which is understood to be the maximum age permitted by Transport > > Department (TD) since 1998. The normal practice of the franchised bus > > companies is to retire their buses when they reach the age of 17 years > > as the cost of COF examination does not generally justify a 1-year life > extension. > > > > 2. Buses need to pass an annual examination before they can be > > re-licensed every year. At year 17, TD requires an inspection to be > > carried out on the structural frame condition of the bus frame (i.e. > > COF inspection), which requires extensive dismantling of the body parts. > > > > 3. TD does not specify a maximum bus age for franchised buses and > > would normally allow re-licensing of buses if they pass the annual > > vehicle examinations (with COF inspection at age 17 and every three > > years onwards, i.e. at age 20 and 23 etc); > > > > 4. By mutual agreement, TD and franchised bus operators decided that > > franchised buses should be subject to mandatory retirement when they > > reach the 18th anniversary of their date of 1st registration. > > > > 5. For non-franchised buses (NFB), as long as they are able to pass > > the COF or COR there is no agreement on a mandatory age for > > retirement. However, the average age of NFBs are 6.7 years and they > > normally retire at about 10 - 12 years of age. > > > > 6. In his policy address the Chief Executive indicated that the > > Government would spend $3.2 billion to provide an incentive for the > > early replacement of 74,000 pre-Euro and Euro I diesel commercial > > vehicles with new vehicles meeting Euro IV exhaust emission standards. > > The Government would allow pre-Euro vehicle owners 18 months and Euro > > I vehicle owners three years to take up the offer. > > If you wish to discuss this further, contact me off-list. > > > > Best Regards > > Alok > > *-- * > *Alan Howes * > > Managing Consultant > Transport Planning & Management > *ATKINS* > > Currently working in Kuwait - Tel: + 965 2295 8585 > Mobile: 00 44 7952 464335 > > Canning Exchange, 10 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG > Direct Dial: 0131 221 5694 > Switchboard: 0131 221 5700 > Fax: 0131 221 5751 > Email: alan.howes@atkinsglobal.com > *www.atkinsglobal.com* > > > This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. > If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is > strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, nothing > stated in this communication shall be legally binding. > > The ultimate parent company of the Atkins Group is WS Atkins plc. > Registered in England No. 1885586. Registered Office Woodcote Grove, Ashley > Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5BW. A list of wholly owned Atkins Group companies > registered in the United Kingdom and locations around the world can be found > at http://www.atkinsglobal.com/terms_and_conditions/index.aspx. > > Consider the environment. 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You will find there all presentations, workshop reports, videos shown in Workshop A, and of course a lot of pictures. The Bicycle Charter "Access for All" which was signed by the Mayors of Florian?polis and Stuttgart during the closing ceremony on 16 June is also available for download. At the same time, we would like to announce the publication of the second edition of the eMagazine in 2009! This edition focuses on the World Congress. Many cities and organisations that have presented their best practices and projects at the event have kindly contributed to this edition with an article. We hope you enjoy it. 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Paris Mayor Bertrand Delano?, building on the success of the city's popular V?lib curbside bike rental scheme, is planning to deploy a fleet of 2,000 electric cars that customers can pick up and drop off at rental stands around the city. Another 2,000 vehicles will be offered in two dozen surrounding cities. The green scheme, dubbed Autolib (short for "automobile" and "libert?"), is scheduled for launch as early as the end of 2010, although city officials say the startup date could be closer to mid-2011. Advocates say the system would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 22,000 tons a year while improving traffic congestion as fewer Paris residents would need to own cars. It would be the first major city to offer such a service. "This could revolutionize transport," Delano? told French radio station RMC when he first proposed the program in June 2008. Now, after numerous delays, Autolib is finally going forward, with the formation this summer of an intergovernmental council for Greater Paris that will oversee the scheme. The city hasn't yet revealed how much Autolib is expected to cost, but French newspaper Le Parisien pegs the price tag at $14 million to build some 1,400 self-service rental and recharging stations around Paris and adjacent suburbs. The government for the French region that includes Paris, known as ?le-de-France, will also reportedly contribute $4 million, according to daily paper Le Figaro. (Spokespeople for both government bodies would not confirm the figures.) Bidding Companies The program likely will be operated as a public-private partnership. A group including Avis (CAR ) car rental, the French national railway company SNCF , and the Paris transit authority RATP has said it plans to bid on the initial contract. Rival bids are also being prepared by French utility group Veolia Environnement (VIE.PA ) and by French public transport operator Transdev . The winning bidder not only will build the infrastructure but also operate the program?and be responsible for finding a manufacturer to supply the electric cars . Several automakers, including Germany's Daimler (DAI ) and France's Renault (RENA.PA ) and PSA Peugeot Citro?n (PEUP.PA ), have expressed interest. "Nothing is for sure, but the Paris project is definitely interesting for Daimler," says Herbert Kohler, the company's chief environmental officer. But getting those cars on the road may not be easy. Although several automakers are developing all-electric cars, none is yet mass-produced. Daimler has an experimental fleet of 100 battery-powered Smart cars being offered for monthly lease in London and expects to launch a similar program in Berlin by year's end. Nissan (NSANY ) plans to introduce its first all-electric model in 2010, followed by Renault in 2011. Though it would be more economically feasible for Paris to buy a fleet of existing EV models rather than commission a new car specifically for the Autolib scheme, city hall says both options are being considered. Autolib would operate on much the same basis as Paris' V?lib program, whose sleek gray rental bikes have become a common sight on city streets since its launch in 2007, and which has been widely copied around the world. Drivers will be able to pick up either a two-seat or four-seat car at any rental stand without a reservation by simply swiping a credit card in a reader. The car can then be dropped off at any stand when it's no longer needed. Although rates haven't been set yet, city officials say each half-hour is likely to cost $6 to $9. Counting on Subscription Fees Some 700 Autolib stands are to be built within Paris, including 500 curbside locations and another 200 in parking garages. Another 700 stands will be built in suburbs adjoining the city. Each stand will have recharging posts for the car batteries, which take six to eight hours to refill fully. Customers would have to register for Autolib in advance, presenting a valid driver's license and paying a monthly subscription fee of about $22 to $29. Companies bidding for the Autolib contract are banking on these fees to turn a profit. "There is a very successful market out there today regarding short-term car rentals," says Laurent Salanie, marketing director for Avis France. "That's why we're so keen to do this project." Paris officials say no other major city has attempted such a program, although a small-scale version has existed since 2007 in the city of Antibes on the French Riviera. The Antibes program has only 11 electric cars, all Maranello models made by Italian automaker Effedi . "Paris is proposing a massive project, which in my opinion is far too ambitious," says George Gallais, CEO of VuLog , a software company that pioneered Antibes' electric car sharing scheme, Cit?Vu, two years ago. "Electric cars are very fragile and expensive to maintain and repair. I don't know how Paris intends to keep 4,000 cars in good shape." Indeed, despite its popularity, the V?lib program has been plagued by vandalism and theft. Push for Bikes Instead? Another potential obstacle: surprising opposition from French environmentalists, including some political allies of Delano?, who argue that Autolib cars could worsen congestion on Paris' already-crowded streets. Environmentalists favor ride-sharing programs or more traditional rental schemes in which cars have to be reserved and then returned to the same location, which discourages people from going for drives on a whim. "Encouraging the public to use any type of car instead of taking bikes or public transportation is a mistake," says Denis Baupin, a deputy mayor of Paris and a prominent Green Party leader. Advocates of Autolib, however, contend that people will be less likely to buy cars if they have access to flexible, short-term rentals for grocery shopping and other errands that might be difficult to do using a bicycle or public transit. The cars will probably have a driving range of no more than 100 miles before needing a recharge, making them unsuitable for long trips. "It's a pain to own a car in Paris given how expensive and scarce parking is," says St?phanie V?ron, a spokesperson for Paris city hall. "Autolib offers a convenient and eco-friendly alternative." Leona Liu is a reporter in BusinessWeek's Paris bureau. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Equally some of the things you encourage people to do in the name of health and sustainability will not help and in some cases will make things worse! - Andrew Combes reports from the Dorset County Council, UK --> The full text of this article appears in World Streets today at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> To read all World Streets articles on children and school click to http://tinyurl.com/ws-children -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090808/9b08583a/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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As e-bike use grows, concerns are rising about lead pollution from their batteries and emissions from their use of grid electricity, primarily generated by coal power plants. This report analyzes the environmental performance of e-bikes relative to other competing modes, their market potential, and the viability of alternative battery technologies. It also frames the role of e-bikes in the PRC?s transportation system and recommends policy for decision makers in the PRC?s central and municipal governments. Read more @ http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73435.html Ahmedabad BRTS ? Ahmedabad BRTS is getting good publicity in media. The trail runs of BRTS is getting good publicity and people expectations have raised. An analysis of media reports of past one year suggests high support from media to the BRTS. In case you would like to know more about Ahmedabad BRTS read @ http://cept.ac.in/cept/File/CRDU/Janmarg%20bus%20trial%20runs%20-%20Driver%20Training.pdf http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ahmedabad-brts-has-best-marketing-strategy_1280829 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_ahmedabad-on-modernity-bus-says-brts-pioneer_1280614 http://cept.ac.in/cept/File/CRDU/KeysToSuccessBRTAhmadabad.pdf ADB-Clean Energy Week ? The presentations from the *4th Asia Clean Energy Forum* are now available at this link: http://www.adb.org/documents/events/2009/CCEWeek/program.asp NEWS REPORTS HEADLINES Malaysia : All Systems Go For Synergised Public Transport System - Tee Keat http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73504.html ASIA: Hanoi, Seoul to promote cooperation in urban planning http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73508.html Global: U.S., China launch clean vehicle, building project http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73509.html Bangladesh: Old vehicles causing serious environ threat to Dhaka http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73512.html Vietnam: HCMC seeks government permission for road price scheme http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73513.html Philippines : Gov't allocates P500-M to transport sector to convert diesel or gas engine to LPG http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73516.html Pakistan : Wardens directed to focus on positive traffic culture http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73518.html China: Road accidents kill nearly 30,000 in first half of 2009 in China http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73520.html South Korea: South Korea Sets New Automobile Fuel Economy, Gas Emission Standards http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73505.html Thailand: SME Bank sets aside loans for natural gas vehicles (NGV)-van purchase http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73524.html Thailand: Thailand offers "eco car" producers tax breaks http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73525.html Cambodia: Cambodian cops despair as road deaths rise: but SA casualties are close to ten times higher http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73528.html India : New levies on vehicles to drive transport services http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Govtplansnewleviesonvehicles/articleshow/4869629.cms Nepal : Electric city http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2009/08/10/Nation/16201 * * * * INTERESTING FINDS/SEMINARS Biofuels in Asia ? An Analysis of Sustainability Options Biofuels have been at the center of intense interest, discussion, and debate in recent years. This recent biofuels report by USAID provides an objective and comprehensive regional analysis summarizing the benefits and risks of biofuels development in Asia, and examining the distribution and use of biofuels through the lens of global climate change; biodiversity conservation; energy alternatives; food security; economic development; and local livelihoods. The report focuses in fist, second and third generation liquid biofuels for transport applications, and, to a certain extent, its applications for power generation in decentralized contexts. One of the key findings of the study is that by 2030, biofuels will meet only an estimated 3-14% of the total transport fuel demand in Asia. This estimate is predicated on the optimistic scenario that countries will rapidly expand cultivation of efficient first generation biofuels crops on underutilized land while promoting second-generation, ?cellulosic ethanol? using agricultural residues. Read more @ http://cleanenergyasia.net/upload/resources/file/file_510.pdf Urban Research Symposium 2009 The research papers from the Urban Research Symposium are online @ http://www.urs2009.net/papers.html The papers explore various dimensions of climate change in cities. Special interest would be of impact of city transport on climate change. Moving Cooler ? An analysis of Transportation Strategies to reduce green house gas emissions ? This report by Cambridge Systematics explores the impact of various policy options on green house gas emissions from Transport in US. The report states that United States can cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in half by 2050 with strategies ranging from cutting speed limits to imposing road pricing. Read more @ http://movingcooler.info/Library/Documents/Moving%20Cooler%20Executive%20Summary.pdf Bus Rapid Transit Impacts on Land Uses and Land Values in Seoul, Korea Significant gains in bus speeds should be followed by significant land-use changes, like densification and property value increases, especially in congested mega-cities like Seoul. Land markets can be expected to place a high premium on parcels close to transit corridors that enjoy significant traveltime savings since, after all, such settings have scarcity value ? i.e., there is a finite, limited supply of settings with superior transit offerings. This paper from UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport probes this hypothesis by studying land-use changes and property-value increases induced by Seoul?s introduction of exclusive, median-lane BRT services. Read more @ http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=its/future_urban_transport * * * * MARK YOUR CALENDARS Citynet Congress 2009, 11 September, Yokohama, http://www.citynet2009yokohama.jp/index_en.html 5th International Marketing Conference - Successfully marketing public transport, 7-9 October 2009, Lisbon, Portugal http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/lisbon/en/ 8th International Conference of EASTS, 19-October, 2009, Surabaya http://www.easts2009.org/ Accident Prevention: Road Safety Measures 4th IRF Regional Conference on Road Safety, 23 October 2009 , New Delhi, India http://www.irfnet.org/eventdetail.php?catid=1&id=100&title=4th%20Regi... 2nd MENA Public Transport Congress and Showcase , 25-27 October 2009, Doha, Qatar http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/qatar/en/index.cfm TRAINING PROGRAMME, 8th Training Programme for Public Transport Managers , 16-18 November 2009, Belfast, http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/8Training/en/index.cfm Urban Mobility India ? 2009, 3-December 2009, New Delhi, http://www.iutindia.org/urban2009.html TRB 89th Annual Meeting, 10 January, 2010, Washington DC http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/default.asp * * * CONTRIBUTE * * * To contribute articles, news items, or event announcements for the next issue, send an email with the complete details and URL source to suma-news-owner@googlegroups.com with subject "FOR SUMA NEWS". 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Mr. Meter on America's Cash for Clunkers If matters of climate, sustainable transportation and scarce resources are close to your heart, and you happen to be European, you may have some reserves about your country's ecologically billed, and energetically buttressed "Cash for Clunkers" (in more polite Euro language of course) program. Let a couple of Americans help you to feel less embarrassed. Before you dig in, a summary: Schipper's real concerns in this article published earlier this week in the Washingtom Post are these: First, the CO2 saved come principally because the cars bought under C4C are slightly more fuel economic than others bought. But the CO2 saved over the lifetime of the new car is extremely expensive, hundreds of dollars per tonne. If Americans are whining over cap-and-trade or a carbon tax in the tens of dollars per tonne, why embrace something so much more expensive for the taxpayer. And at the end of the day C4C doesn't fix transport, it only fixes a tiny bit of CO2. Schipper is worried that Americans will now set back and breath a sigh of relief, when the real work lies ahead. And as to our European friends, the situation is no less (I choose my word) stupid. See the Associated Press piece below summarizing the state of play of C4C in eleven European cities. Stupidity is clearly viral. --> The full text of this article appears in World Streets today at http://WorldStreets.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Citizens need to take control. - John Whitelegg, Editor, World Transport Policy and Practice This would be a high price to pay for a perfectly functioning transport system that delivers people and goods speedily and efficiently but this is not the case. All countries and cities spend a lot of money for a transport "solution" that has failed . In a rare example of global unity and shared experience car commuters in Los Angeles are stuck in traffic jams in the same way as they are in Bangkok, Delhi, Beijing and Rio. Our highway-based transport systems purchased at huge expense are failing miserably to deliver anything. We have created a very expensive way of organising transport in cities, one that is grossly inefficient and one that exacts a terrible penalty in deaths , injuries and lifetime disability. --> The full text of this article appears in World Streets today at http://WorldStreets.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The announcement caused a sudden jump in Japanese train-car maker shares with Kawasaki Heavy Industries' shares rising by 6.1%, Nippon Sharyo's shares rising by 5% and Kinki Sharyo's shares rising by 6.6% at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. *** So what else is planned? Just lots of parking for motorbikes at the stations? -- -------------------------------------------- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory Urbanstr. 45 D-10967 Berlin Germany Skype: toddedelman Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu www.facebook.com/toddedelman www.flickr.com/photos/edelman CAR is over. If you want it. "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" - B. Brecht (with slight modification) From yanivbin at gmail.com Tue Aug 18 05:09:13 2009 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:39:13 +0530 Subject: [sustran] EPW on Pedestrians Message-ID: <86b8a7050908171309oca45726uc20c539f70a10529@mail.gmail.com> Attached Please find Edit from EPW current issue -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090818/1047e4d9/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Comments address: [World Streets. 18 Aug. 2009] Appleyard, Cr?peau, Jacobs, Monderman, Whyte Adams, Aeron-Thomas, Axelsson, Barter, Baupin, Bendixson, Borghuis, Brawer, Brook, Brugmann, Cervero, Clabburn, Daros, Gehl, Glotz-Richter, Goldschmidt, Gorton, Gunnarsson, Hillman . . . --> The full text of this article appears in World Streets today at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> To add your comments, nominations, questions, - http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/08/appleyard-crepeau-jacobs-monde rman.html#comments -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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New Amsterdam Bike Slam is being organized in New Amsterdam (sometime also referred to as "New York City") from 10-13 September 2009. It is an initiative of Amsterdam Cycling to Sustainability, produced by V?lo Mondial and Transportation Alternatives , with funding from Transumo and the City of Amsterdam . --> The full text of this article appears today in World Streets at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> To check out the monthly editions and the archives - http://tinyurl.com/ws-archive | World Streets | The New Mobility Agenda | Paris | +331 4326 1323 | Skype newmobility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Why do not you issue guidelines limiting the number of cars a person can have in the city?" the bench observed while hearing a PIL filed by Manushi, an NGO. The NGO submitted that the measure to ban rickshaws in some parts of the city has taken away the livelihood of poor people. "It seems the total number of cars in Delhi are more than the combined number of cars in three metros Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata," noted the Bench and said that in view of the increasing pollution, people in several countries including China and Holland have adopted bicycles and cycle rickshaws as a mode of transport. Appearing for the petitioner NGO, senior counsel Prashant Bhushan submitted that the guidelines issued by NDMC were violative of Fundamental Rights under Article 14 (Right to livelihood) of the rickshaw pullers in the city. Bhushan said a ceiling of 99,000 licences compels most of the six lakh cycle rickshaws to ply illegally. 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Message-ID: <014d01ca2157$310cbc30$93263490$@britton@ecoplan.org> Todd Litman founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute recently pulled together this overview on this topic, noting that some cities implement parking maximums (also called "lids") which limit the total number of parking spaces in an area, or place a limit on temporary commercial parking lots. Parking Maximums ( - http://www.vtpi.org/park_man_comp.pdf ) --> The full text of this article appears today in World Streets at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> This Week on World Streets is at http://tinyurl.com/ws-thisweek --> To check out the monthly editions and the archives - http://tinyurl.com/ws-archive --> To see who is writing on World Streets click to http://tinyurl.com/ws-authors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090820/eeb121cd/attachment.html From jbs at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 24 03:56:46 2009 From: jbs at u.washington.edu (Jerry Schneider) Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:56:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [sustran] $20 a gallon gasoline In-Reply-To: <014d01ca2157$310cbc30$93263490$@britton@ecoplan.org> References: <014d01ca2157$310cbc30$93263490$@britton@ecoplan.org> Message-ID: New book on this subject by Chris Steiner speculates about impacts in U.S. of sharply rising gasoline prices - Jerry Schneider, Prof. Emeritus - Home page: http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs - Innovative Transportation Technologies website: http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Aug 25 15:52:59 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:52:59 +0200 Subject: [sustran] [World Streets] Ik ben een Amsterdammer New Amsterdam Bike Slam - II Message-ID: <017101ca2550$b494ea30$1dbebe90$@britton@ecoplan.org> Ik ben een Amsterdammer New Amsterdam Bike Slam - II World Streets strongly supports this creative, high-profile, positive public event which offers an open collaborative mechanism for helping New York and anybody else who is ready to learn from their experience to move together from old to new mobility. (Let's have a look and see what we can learn from this wide-open two-city partnership.) The Slam approach offers a number of interesting and useful characteristics which those of us who care deeply about the transition to sustainable transportation have not always given sufficient play in the past -- so let's take a moment to note of some of these. --> The full text of this article appears today in World Streets at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> This Week on World Streets is at http://tinyurl.com/ws-thisweek --> To check out the monthly editions and the archives - http://tinyurl.com/ws-archive -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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John Ernst Vice Director, SE Asia ITDP - The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Promoting environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation worldwide www.itdp.org --- From Kompas newspaper, Jakarta, 26 August 2009 -- [approximate translation] Mall Managers Promise to Provide Bicycle Parking Managers of shopping malls in Jakarta and surrounding areas promised to provide bicycle parking. "I agree with the community of cyclists that the managers of buildings in Jakarta and surrounding areas need to provide bicycle parking. We promised to provide it and it was not difficult, "said Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Shopping Center Manager Stephen Ridwan told Kompas, Tuesday (25 / 8). However, Stephen hopes to meet, sit together, and discuss with cyclists in Greater Jakarta community. "Because, security is an issue for us. How can security personnel identify this bike really belong A or B? A bike does not have a license plate number? Security issues are our concern because it is our responsibility, "he said. According to Stephen, the equipment is now easily stripped from a bike. "This is what makes us be cautious about bike parking," he said. Stephen reaffirmed the commitment of the shopping center managers to provide bicycle parking. "The space is not as wide. Parking costs are not as expensive as for cars and motorcycles, "he said. Meanwhile, Director of Communications for Hotel Borobudur Jakarta Fika Kansil, said since the last two years has been providing bicycle parking. . Governor Fauzi Bowo requested building management to provide bicycle parking. Fauzi asked the Jakarta parliament to prepare special rules about for this parking. Jakarta Secretary Muhayat states they are preparing bicycle parking as a feeder to the busway, including the stations at Kalideres, IRTI Monument Square, Kampung Rambutan, and Ragunan. ORIGINAL ARTICLE -- Rabu, 26 Agustus 2009 | 07:45 WIB Laporan wartawan KOMPAS R Adhi Kusumaputra http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/xml/2009/08/26/07455541/pengelola.mal.janji.sediakan.tempat.parkir.sepeda JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com ? Pengelola pusat perbelanjaan di Indonesia, terutama di Jakarta dan sekitarnya, berjanji akan menyediakan tempat parkir sepeda. ?Saya sepakat dengan komunitas pesepeda bahwa pengelola gedung-gedung di Jakarta dan sekitarnya perlu menyediakan tempat parkir khusus sepeda. Kami berjanji menyediakannya dan itu tidak sulit,? kata Ketua Asosiasi Pengelola Pusat Belanja Indonesia Stefanus Ridwan kepada Kompas, Selasa (25/8). Namun, Stefanus berharap dapat bertemu, duduk bersama, dan berdiskusi dengan sejumlah komunitas pesepeda di Jabodetabek. ?Sebab, yang menjadi persoalan bagi kami adalah soal keamanan sepeda. Bagaimana petugas sekuriti dapat mengenali sepeda ini betul milik A atau B? Bukankah sepeda tidak memiliki nomor polisi? Persoalan keamanan menjadi kepedulian kami karena itu tanggung jawab kami,? katanya. Menurut Stefanus, peralatan sepeda sekarang mudah dipreteli. ?Ini yang membuat kami harus lebih hati-hati dalam soal parkiran sepeda,? tuturnya. Stefanus menegaskan kembali komitmen para pengelola pusat belanja untuk menyediakan tempat parkir khusus sepeda. ?Tempatnya tidak terlalu luas. Tarif parkirnya pun tidak semahal mobil dan motor,? katanya. Sementara itu, Direktur Komunikasi Hotel Borobudur Jakarta Fika Kansil mengatakan, hotel di kawasan Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta Pusat, itu sejak dua tahun terakhir ini sudah menyediakan lahan parkir sepeda. ?Parkiran sepeda menjadi satu dengan parkiran sepeda motor di area parkir yang merupakan fasilitas hotel. Bersih, lengkap dengan atap agar tidak kepanasan dan kehujanan. Petugas sekuriti mencatat sepeda yang masuk dan keluar dengan cermat,? kata Fika Kansil. Sebelumnya, seorang pesepeda, Nugroho F Yudho, kecewa dengan sikap petugas sekuriti sebuah hotel bintang lima di kawasan Senayan yang melarang sepeda lipatnya masuk ke areal hotel. Padahal, General Manager Humas Kompas Gramedia itu akan bertemu dengan relasinya, warga negara Jepang. Nugroho berharap hotel-hotel lebih ramah kepada pesepeda. Gubernur DKI Jakarta Fauzi Bowo meminta pengelola gedung menyediakan tempat parkir sepeda. Fauzi meminta DPRD DKI mempersiapkan aturan khusus tentang parkiran ini. Sekretaris Daerah Muhayat menyatakan sedang mempersiapkan tempat parkir sepeda di setiap feeder busway. Beberapa lokasi yang sedang dipersiapkan adalah Kalideres, Lapangan IRTI Monas, Kampung Rambutan, dan Ragunan. Adapun perumahan yang memiliki jalur sepeda baru Pantai Indah Kapuk di Jakarta Utara. Dalam waktu dekat, BSD menyediakan jalur bagi pesepeda, khusus pada Minggu. From cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org Wed Aug 26 17:35:06 2009 From: cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org (Cornie Huizenga) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:35:06 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Subject: ADB-ESCAP Transport and Climate Change event, 25th September, Bangkok, Amari Watergate hotel. Message-ID: <7e2a2770908260135l25439680k1e730c72d6b7db2d@mail.gmail.com> Transport is the fastest growing sector of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in developing countries. It is imperative that the new climate agreement to be concluded in Copenhagen in December 2009 at COP 15 will enable and catalyze action to control the growth in emissions from the transport sector. The next round of climate talks will be held in Bangkok , Thailand from 28 September to 9 October, 2009. This round of the climate talks will focus on refining the draft negotiation text developed by the AWG on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) ) and the AWG on Future Commitments of Annex 1 countries under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP). Following the Bangkok meeting there will be another round of discussions in Barcelona prior to COP 15 in December 2009 in Copenhagen . Over the last year several events have been organized to convey the urgency to address transport in the new climate agreement and the modalities how to best accomplish such. The proposed 25th September event organized by ADB and ESCAP is another step in the stakeholder dialogue process to with negotiators and other relevant stakeholders in the climate negotiations. The objectives for the 25th September event are: a) Climate negotiators and senior transport officials are increasingly convinced of the importance that the new climate agreement is fully applicable to the transport sector; b) Clarify the role of transport in the envisaged enhanced action on: (a) adaptation, (b) mitigation, and (c) financing, technology and capacity building. c) Discuss the role of revised and new instruments referred to in the draft negotiation texts: CDM, Sectoral Crediting, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), and Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) The event in Bangkok will serve as an important step in developing an understanding of the activities that the transport and climate community will have to undertake after COP 15 to support the development of detailed guidelines for instruments agreed upon in principle in Copenhagen . If you are interested in taking part in this whole day event please send an email before 15 September to Lorenzo Santucci (santucci@un.org) and Cornie Huizenga (chuizenga@adb.org). For persons from developing countries only, who are attending the climate talks in Bangkok from 28th September to 9 th. October there are limited funds available to pay for hotel and living expenses for a maximum of three nights. *Tentative Programme* *Friday 25 September 2009* 08h30 ? 09h00 Registration 09h00 ? 09h15 *Opening session* ? Opening remarks by ADB representative ? Opening remarks by Mr. Barry Cable, Director, Transport Division and Shaoyi Li, Officer-in-charge, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP 9h15 - 10h45 *Session 1: Setting the scene* ? Significance of transport now and in the future in terms of emissions and overall sustainability in Asia, *Jamie Leather, Senior Transport Specialist, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, RSDD, ADB* ? Relevance of sustainable transport for COP process and for socio-economic development in Asia and the Pacific, *by Masakazu Ichimura, Chief, Environment and Development Policy Section, EDD, ESCAP*, ? Country presentation on India: current situation, scenario and measures, *by. Sanjivi Sundar, Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute, India * ? Country presentation China: current situation, scenario and measures, *representative from China - to be confirmed* ? Country presentation Philippines/ASEAN: current situation, scenario and measures, *by Anneli Lontoc, Undersecretary Department of Transport and Communication, Philippines * *10h45 ? 11h00* *Coffee / Tea break* 11h00 ? 11h45 *Session 2: Adaptation * ? Presentation on adaptation work undertaken in Asia by ADB, Sharad Saxena, Transport Specialist, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, RSDD, ADB ? Discussion on linkage between adaptation and mitigation 11h45 ? 13h00 *Session 3: Mitigation* ? Review of current mitigation efforts in Asia and of recommended approach for future: ?Avoid-Shift-Improve?; *by. Cornie Huizenga, Convener Transport and Climate Change, ADB* ? Linking low carbon transport to sustainable development: co-benefits, *by Bert Fabian, Transport Manager Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center* ? Mitigation and associated instruments CDM ? NAMAs, *by Holger Dalkmann, **Programme* *Director Sustainable Transport and Climate Change**,Transport Research Laboratory* ? Measuring progress in mitigation: Measuring Reporting and Verification, *tbd* ? Discussion *13h00 ? 14h00* *Lunch* 14h00 ? 15h45 *Session 4: Financing, Technology and Capacity Building* ? Working groups, on Financing (facilitated by TRL) , one on Technology (facilitated by GTZ) and one on Capacity building (facilitated by ITDP) each focusing on relevant sections of draft negotiation text ? Reporting working groups *15h45 ? 16h00* *Coffee / Tea break* 16h00 ? 17h00 *Panel discussion* ? Asian stakeholders commenting on the day?s discussions and on what should happen at COP 15 and after COP 15 to make transport more sustainable and low carbon? with best regards, Cornie Huizenga Lorenzo Santucci From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Aug 26 20:26:30 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:26:30 +0200 Subject: [sustran] [World Streets] Carsharing in Japan - A corner in the road Message-ID: <010001ca2640$11647880$342d6980$@britton@ecoplan.org> As will be seen in this latest report on carsharing developments in Japan, the period of quiet mainly slow growth appears to be heating up. The sharply divided attitudes of the auto industry suppliers is a clear sign of a very different future. Let's stay tuned, there may be some interesting lessons for all of us. * to view full text of this article - http://WorldStreets.org/ * To view all World Streets postings to date on carshare development in Japan - - http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/search?q=carshare+OR+carsharing%20+%20 japan * For all WS articles on carsharing: http://tinyurl.com/ws-carshare * For World Carshare Consortium home page- www.worldcarshare.com * For World Carshare discussions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCarShare/ From sutp at sutp.org Thu Aug 27 13:16:53 2009 From: sutp at sutp.org (SUTP Team) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:46:53 +0530 Subject: [sustran] SUTP Newsletter Jun-Jul-2009 Message-ID: <4A9608B5.7050902@sutp.org> **** SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT (SUTP) **** **** Newsletter 03/09 - Jun - Jul 2009**** Important: A PDF version of this text based newsletter can be downloaded from http://www.sutp.org/documents/NL-Jun-Jul-09.pdf *** Topic of the Month *** Changing the reigning paradigm Car clogged streets, inadequate walking areas and unsafe roads are the common features of many developing cities. Various ventures have been undertaken to ameliorate the situation but the solutions developed in most cases have been either temporary or unsatisfactory. At the same time, some of these solutions were taken without knowledge of long-term impacts, resulting in further deterioration of the existing conditions. Some such solutions included e.g. increased investment in road widening projects that have failed to reduce congestion problems, while they have also increased the number of problems in the long run. More from: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=819&Itemid=48&lang=uk *** New Publications *** Reading List ? Car free Development The idea of Car Free Development is gaining increasing attention around the globe. Designing streets for people, not just cars, is considered to be a key issue in efforts aimed at reducing car dependency and promoting low carbon mobility, such as public transport enhancement and fostering non-motorised transport. Moreover, recent concepts summarised under the term New Street Design help to reconcile traffic movement with the needs of pedestrians and the desire for attractive public spaces. This document aims at providing the reader with an overview of the latest available literature on Car Free Development and New Street Design. Moreover, it includes links to a wide range of related organisations and projects. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1714&Itemid=1&lang=uk ---- Translation: Transport Demand Management now in Chinese Transportation Demand Management (TDM) aims to increase the efficiency of a transport system by discouraging ?unnecessary? private vehicle use, by promoting more effective, healthy and environment-friendly modes of transport and by integrating urban development and transport. For cities that are contemplating on solutions to solve their urban transport problems this training document should be of great support in making their decisions. Authored by Todd Litman, Andrea Broaddus and Gopinath Menon this document focuses on strategies for implementing TDM measures and on formulating related policies. The document is now translated into Chinese by Beijing Transportation Research Center. A Spanish translation is expected to be available by end of October 2009. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1716&Itemid=1&lang=uk ---- GTZ Sourcebook on urban transport for the South Asian Audience GTZ SUTP?s flagship publication ?Sustainable Urban Transport: A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in Developing Countries? has been adapted for the South Asian audience and is available for purchase in its print version. The South Asian version of the sourcebook is titled ?Sustainable Urban Transport: A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in South Asian Cities?. The two volumes of this edition contain 12 modules specifically selected and adapted for the South Asian context. Dr. Ramachandran, Secretary to the Government of India (Urban Development), Ministry of Urban Development, underlines in his foreword: ?The Sourcebook can serve as a toolkit for policy-makers in the state and city governments and support them in adopting sustainable transport solutions for their respective cities?. Prof. Shivanand Swamy, Associate Director, CEPT, points out in his preface to the publication: ?that [it] will provide guidance to the city administrators and planners in a variety of topics from urban transport institutions to details of planning for non-motorized transport, including other important issues such as bus regulation and planning and bus rapid transit.? Both dignitaries agree that the publication would increase the understanding of the readers on various urban transport issues and help policy-makers make sustainable choices for their cities. The sourcebook supports the view of the National Urban Transport Policy-2006 (NUTP)'s recommendation on moving people and not vehicles, among various other principles. The ISBN?s for the Volumes are 023-063-834-1 and 023-063-834-X. Queries for purchase may be directed to Mr. Suresh Gopal, McMillan Publishers at sgopal@macmillan.co.in ---- Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide has been mostly translated into Chinese language The Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide is the most comprehensive resource for planning a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, beginning with project preparation all the way through to implementation. After the English and Portuguese versions being available since some time on www.sutp.org now the Chinese translation is nearly complete. All available sections can be downloaded from http://www.itdp.org/index.php/microsite/brt_planning_guide/ http://www.chinabrt.org/cn/documents/pg.aspx *** Recent Events *** 2009 International Forum on Urban Development and Planning, Harbin/China from July 12-13 Supported by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, PRC and People?s Government of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Municipal People?s Government, Chinese Society for Urban Studies and Urban Planning Society of China organized the 2009 International Forum on Urban Development and Planning in Harbin, with over 300 participants. The annual session has grown in importance over last years, and it brings people in China and around the world to the recognition that it is the trend of the times for China as well as the world in collectively driving towards sustainable cities. Manfred Breithaupt, Senior Transport Advisor of GTZ, participated and presented ?Towards low carbon urban transport?. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1731&Itemid=1&lang=uk ---- Thai delegation discussed opportunities for GHG reduction in the transport sector Eschborn, Germany: On Monday July 20 a delegation of the Ministry of Transport of Thailand visited GTZ headquarter. Mr. Silpachai Jarukasemratana, Inspector at Ministry of Transport (MoT), was accompanied by representatives of the Office of Transport Policy (OTP), the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (DNA Thailand), Khon Kaen University and Ubon Ratchathani University. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1730&Itemid=1&lang=uk ---- Submit Nominations for the 6th Annual Sustainable Transport Awards Award honors "visionary achievements in sustainable transportation and urban livability" The deadline for nominations is September 15, 2009. Announcement: From the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP): The 6th Annual Sustainable Transport Award Nomination Process Is Now Open Do you know a city that has done innovative work in transportation and livability this year? Nominate a city for the 2010 Sustainable Transport Award! Criteria: The Award recognizes a city that has made the most significant progress during the year in: - improving public transportation, - improving non-motorized travel and public space, - implementing travel demand management programs to reduce private car use, - reducing urban sprawl by linking transportation to development, and/ or - reducing transport-related air pollution. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1715&Itemid=1 ---- Velo-City 2009: Charter of Brussels Several European cities signed the Charter of Brussels in the European Parliament, bringing the Velo-city conference to a fitting conclusion. By signing the charter, cities committed themselves to invest in bicycle policy as an integrated part of urban mobility. At the same time, the charter is a call on the European Union to promote urban cycling. For details please see http://www.velo-city2009.com/charter-brussels.html, for the Charter of Brussels click here. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1713&Itemid=1&lang=uk ---- Side event at the Bonn Climate Change Talks June 2009 Side event at the Bonn Climate Change Talks June 2009, eighth session of the AWG-KP and sixth session of the AWG-LC: MRV, NAMA, and sectoral approaches: Ensuring the role of land transport in the Post 2012 framework On June 10th, GTZ, UIC, UITP, TRL and Veolia Transport hosted a side event in Bonn.. The aim was to raise awareness among negotiators to include the transport sector in a global deal on climate change to be agreed on in Copenhagen in December 2009. Transport accounts for 23 percent of energy related CO2 emissions but so far did not contribute to emission reductions. The side event took up a recent call for action from transport experts ? the Bellagio Declaration and presented specific suggestions on how to integrate land transport into a climate change agreement. This included financing mitigation actions, capacity building for sustainable transport planning and possible ways how to measure, report and verify (MRV) emission reductions. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1659&Itemid=1&lang=uk ---- United Nations World Environment Day 2009 at GTZ in Eschborn, Germany The theme of the 2009 United Nations World Environment Day on 5th of June was ?Your Planet Needs You-unite to Combat Climate Change?. GTZ this year laid its main focus on sustainable mobility. After an opening by CEO Wolfgang Schmitt, Louis Palmer reported about his exciting and successful world tour with a solar vehicle. Also the staff members could test electric scooters. The German Bicycle Club (ADFC) and a health insurance company (AOK) informed about the action "Bike To Work?, which GTZ takes also part of. Also public transport was high on the agenda with presentations and a booth. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1628&Itemid=1 ---- GTZ at conference in Brazil Mr. Sebastian Ebert, GTZ Consultant, participated at the ?Brazil National Summit for Transport and the Environment? in Bras?lia. The congress was hosted by CTS-Brasil (The Center for Sustainable Transport Brazil) and CNT (Confedera??o Nacional do Transporte). About 70 representatives from the government, development banks and non-governmental organizations attended the event to discuss the barriers and opportunities to reduce carbon emissions from the urban transport sector in Brazil and to prepare policy recommendations for inclusion in the Brazilian National Plan of Climate Change (PNMC), which is up for revision in 2010. Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1658&Itemid=1 ---- Transport and Climate Change - Newsletter Issue 01 We are pleased to publish the first issue of our newsletter on land transport and climate change (download http://www.sutp.org/documents/NL-TCC-ISS01.pdf). The newsletter covers: - Ten Principles for Integrating Transport and Climate Policy - Key Messages for Negotiators - Bellagio Declaration - Submission on Transport to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action under the Convention [AWG-LCA] - Upcoming events - Information about expert workshops that took place in March and June - Publications on Transport and Climate Change ?Bridging the Gap: Pathways for Transport in a Post 2012 Process? is an initiative of GTZ, TRL, UITP and Veolia Transport created to tackle climate emissions from land transport and link this issue with the climate negotiations. To be informed regularly please subscribe to the newsletter via our website: http://www.sutp.org/bridgingthegap *** Upcoming Events *** 24.08.2009 - Riga, LV: XXVII International Baltic Road Conference http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=365&lang=uk 11.09.2009 - Yokohama, JP: CITYNET Congress 2009 http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=307&lang=uk 13.09.2009 - Sydney, AU: World Congress of the Renewable City http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=351&lang=uk 16.09.2009 - Timisoara, RO: Environment and sustainable Transport http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=390&lang=uk 20.09.2009 - Delft, NL: Thredbo 11 Conference http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=352&lang=uk 21.09.2009 - Stockholm, SE: 16th ITS World Congress http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=362&lang=uk 23.09.2009 - Incheon, KR: 13th REAAA Conference Korea 2009 http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=323&lang=uk 05.10.2009 - Noordwijkerhout, NL: European Transport Conference 2009 http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=353&lang=uk 07.10.2009 - New York, US: 10th Intl Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=350&lang=uk 12.10.2009 - Mexico, MX: V Congreso de Transporte Sustentable http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=347&lang=uk 18.10.2009 - Porto, PT: Low Carbon Cities |45th ISOCARP Intl Congress http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=367&lang=uk 20.10.2009 - Lille, FR: 9th International Conference on ITS Telecommunication http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=394&lang=uk 25.10.2009 - Cape Town, SA: Promoting road safety for vulnerable road users http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=324&lang=uk 25.10.2009 - Doha, QT: 2 nd MENA Public Transport Congress and Showcase http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=369&lang=uk 26.10.2009 - Singapore, SG: 2nd World Roads Conference http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=306&lang=uk 27.10.2009 - California, US: 4th Intl Conference on Women?s Issues in Transport http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=272&lang=uk 16.11.2009 - Surabaya, ID: 8th International Conference of EASTS http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=301&lang=uk Important: A PDF version of this text based newsletter can be downloaded from http://www.sutp.org/documents/NL-Jun-Jul-09.pdf Note: All the documents mentioned here are available for download from the SUTP website. For registration please visit http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers&lang=uk From paulbarter at nus.edu.sg Fri Aug 28 19:53:25 2009 From: paulbarter at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:53:25 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Ahmedabad?s Janmarg: Changing the Game for BRT Systems in India Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090828/c110d16f/attachment.html From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Aug 28 19:20:09 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:20:09 +0200 Subject: [sustran] [World Streets] Report from South Africa: Wheeling and Healing Message-ID: <036b01ca27c9$21284f00$6378ed00$@britton@ecoplan.org> One billion needful people live in Africa and when it comes to sustainable mobility they are not getting a lot of help from the wealthy North. It's not that they need us to send them all our treasure, that's not the point. It's our example that counts. Let's start to give dignity to sustainable, healthy behavior on our own streets and we will have done out part. Gail Jennings reports on biking prejudices in South Africa. Wheeling and Healing - Gail Jennings, Eyes on the Streets Seniin Capetown CAPE TOWN, Aug 5 (IPS) - Every weekday morning, a stylish procession leaves the offices of MaAfrika Tikkun NGO in Delft, Cape Town; bumps and jolts through the gravel entry gates; then hits the tar and scatters into every corner of the township... "Those people, they are mos kwaai jong (now very cool) - they drive a bicycle now..." says an envious onlooker. --> The full text of this article appears today in World Streets at http://WorldStreets.org/ --> To read all World Streets articles on the Global South click to http://tinyurl.com/ws-globalsouth --> To check out the monthly editions and the archives - http://tinyurl.com/ws-archive From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sun Aug 30 20:09:49 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:09:49 +0200 Subject: [sustran] World Streets This Week - 23 - 30 August Message-ID: <05f901ca2964$90c9e7a0$b25db6e0$@britton@ecoplan.org> World Streets This Week: 23 - 30 August 1. For a quick PDF summary of all World Streets postings and comments that have appeared over the last week, click here: http://www.ecoplan.org/library/WS/Week-23-30aug09.pdf 2. The previous week's summary is available at http://www.ecoplan.org/library/WS/Week-16-23aug09.pdf 3. For the full archives with weekly and monthly additions since opening day, 2 March 2009 - http://tinyurl.com/ws-archive 4. World Streets in Brief (4 page overview as of this date) - http://tinyurl.com/ws-sum World Streets and You: We welcome your contributions, whether in the form of proposed articles or comments, your ideas for authors and topics, media, critical remarks and suggestions, and, if you have a taste for it, your ideas concerning how we can pay for the whole thing. We do and will not charge for our work, and we do not use advertising, so it will be people that make this work. Note: The entire site has been extensively reorganized so as to facilitate reading and referencing. The whole story will be found in the top section of the left toolbar at http://WorldStreets.org/ . World Streets - We have to push for sustainable transport PS. 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 8213 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090830/167579c1/attachment-0001.jpe From yanivbin at gmail.com Mon Aug 31 17:37:42 2009 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:07:42 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Debate on Delhi Metro and transportation solutions "What Price Public Safety" Message-ID: <86b8a7050908310137r59f13effu1190bb270c87b26e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Metro Debate,Today, Monday 31 Aug 09, 6.00 pm, at IIC Annexe. Details below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rajiv Kakria Date: Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:57 PM Subject: Metro Debate, 31-08-09, 6.00 pm, IIC. To: delhi metro kuldip singh Dear Friends, Pls. make it convenient to attend the Debate. We wish to find a Holistic solution to the transportation needs of the city. Pls. See Attachment. Forward this mail to other friends. Warm Regards, Rajiv Kakria 9810275168 *METRO DEBATE ? What Price Public Safety* Monday, August 31, 2009 6.00 pm onwards India International Centre, Annexe, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. Metro as a mode of Transport and its Alignment ? A Holistic view from all perspectives .... Public Health, Ecology, Pollution, Aesthetics, Sociological View Point, Synergy with City, Surface Congestion, Metro Cost Vs Social Cost to Society, Public Safety ..... EMINENT SPEAKERS a. Prof. S. K. Kacker, OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGIST, (ENT) Former Director, AIIMS. b. Rajiv Kakria, Advertising Professional, Petitioner, PIL Vs DMRC c. Prem Mehta, Architect, Former President, Council of Architecture d. Mahendra Raj, President, Indian Association of Structural Engineers e. Kuldip Singh, Architect & Town Planner f. Ratan K. Singh, Advocate, Representing the Petitioners in PIL Vs DMRC g. Anil Sharma, President, CHETNA (NGO) h. Prof. Vikram Soni, Environmentalist, Professor, Pusa Institute i. Prof. Sanjay Srivastava, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth j. S.K. Vij, Former Member Railway Board, President, Indian Building Congress k.. Sudhir Vohra, Architect , Visiting Faculty SPA & Former Member Review Committee, National Building Code 2005 You are cordially invited - SHEHR (Society for helping environment, habitat & residents) initial spokesperson - promod chawla - tel 26563394, 9811170706