[sustran] Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest - Vol. 6 Issue 2 - 8 February 2008

Sudhir sudhir at cai-asia.org
Sun Feb 8 16:08:51 JST 2009


*Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest *

Vol. 6 Issue 2 - 8 February 2008

SUMA News Digest is a free weekly e-mail publication that features news,
information, and events related to sustainable urban transportation in Asia.

**** VISIT THE SUMA PAGES: http://www.cleanairnet.org/suma *** *
*SUMA PARTNERS ON THE MOVE! *

*Bangalore Cycling Initiative workshop*

January 31, 2009, EMBARQ and Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE) jointly
organized the Bangalore Cycling Initiative workshop under the SUMA program.
This workshop was sponsored by Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport
Authority (BMLTA). Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC),
Bangalore City Connect Foundations, and Ride a Cycle Foundation were the
local partners for the workshop. The workshop was very successful with
participation from public, private and civil society sectors. Mr. Rajeev
Chandrashekhar, Member of Parliament, and the convener of ABIDE was the
chief guest for the workshop.

http://www.embarq.org/en/news/09/01/28/embarq-co-sponsors-bangalore-cycling-workshop

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Making_Bangalore_cycle_friendly/articleshow/4058037.cms

*India Transport Indicators* – Embarq has released the draft report on India
Transport Indicators. These are indicators reported in city development
plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport
studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban
Development between 2005 and 2007. The list was created with an intention to
include, metropolitan cities, cities with ongoing or future BRT projects. We
divided the 12 cities into three categories, "metro" cities (Chennai,
Mumbai, and Delhi), "millennium bloomers" (Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Pune)
and "now exploding" (Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur, Mysore, Rajkot and Surat).

http://www.embarq.org/en/india-transport-indicators
*Delhi BRTS* -with the financial support of Climate Works Foundation, has
collaborated with the Center for Science and the Environment CSE in
reviewing the current BRT corridor in Delhi and the proposed expansions to
provide recommendations to the local authorities on the best way to enhance
current operations and incorporate best practices in the proposed
expansions. Modifications of the existing operations are expected during
2009 and expansions are expected to be completed in 2010.
http://thecityfix.com/op-ed-say-yes-to-improving-delhis-brt/ NEWSREPORTS

 *HEADLINES*

Pakistan: Karachi badly needs cycling, pedestrian tracks

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73237.html

China: City to spend US$379m on 3,200 new buses (Shanghai)

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73235.html

China: China to subsidize purchases of clean-energy cars

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-69329.html

India : 100 AMTS buses proposed to link BRTS network (Ahmedabad)

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73226.html

India : West Bengal plans BRTS

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73230.html

Singapore : Singapore increases ten times their CNG vehicles

 http://www.gnvmagazine.com/ingles/detalle_noticia.php?id=911

Global : Global Transport Sector Meets To Discuss Greenhouse Gas

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1623956/global_transport_sector_meets_to_discuss_greenhouse_gas/

Bangladesh : Record car sales raise fear of traffic chaos in Dhaka

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South_Asia/Record_car_sales_raise_fear_of_traffic_chaos_in_Dhaka/articleshow/4040078.cms

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*INTERESTING FINDS/SEMINARS*

*Summary of World Urban Transport Leaders Summit 2008*

The inaugural World Urban Transport Leaders Summit was held from 4 to 6
November 2008 and addressed the theme "Transforming Urban Transport for
Liveability and Sustainability". Organised by LTA Academy, the event
included a two day conference, guided site visits and various networking and
social programmes. The summary has been uploaded at
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73231.html

*Does Traffic Congestion Reduce Employment Growth?*

This paper examines the impact of traffic congestion on employment growth in
large U.S. metropolitan areas. Historical highway construction, political
variables, and other traffic measures serve as instruments for endogenous
congestion. The results show that high initial levels of congestion dampen
subsequent employment growth. The contentious part of the study is one of
the conclusions that expanding road capacity can generate long term economic
growth. Read More http://www.economics.uci.edu/docs/micro/f08/hymel.pdf
**
*Urban Bus Specifications*

Indian Ministry of Urban Development has released the book on urban bus
specifications to serve the purpose of educating people about efforts
collectively being made by the Government, Industry and Academia to improve
urban bus- based transportation. The release of the book comes during
interesting times as government has increased the investment on public
transportation as only 25 of large cities in India offer some form of
organized city bus service. Read more
http://urbanindia.nic.in/moud/programme/ut/urbanbus_spec.pdf
**
*FOOD FOR THOUGHT *
Freight Transport


Over the last 15 years there has been no significant change in the fuel
efficiency of road freight transport in EU -
www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid:525


Shanghai


In the ten years to 2000, the length of roads increased by 40 per cent, and
the number of cars quadrupled to just over one million. Official predictions
state that by 2020 Shanghai will have 2.5 million private cars, and that
daily motor vehicle trips will increase to seven million compared to just
over three million in 2000. – Shanghai - Mobility On Demand Urban
Implementation Case Study

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Air Pollution - Taipei, China


Commuters' PM exposures are significantly influenced by their choice of
commuting modes. Significant long traveling time in the outdoor environment
is an important factor contributing to whole-trip PM

exposures for motorcycle, bus and MRT commuters. This is the reason why
motorcycle, bus and MRT commuters had higher exposure than car commuters. -
Dai-Hua Tsai etal.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V78-4T2RYPR-2&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=1bdea5cf1166b33ffb80c53c3f467a20
**
*CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS *

We in CAI-Asia are looking for good analytical/research papers on
Sustainable Transport and Air Pollution. If you would like your paper  to be
linked/ published in the CAI website, please let us know…

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*MARK YOUR CALENDARS*

JARI China Roundtable 2009 , 13 February 2009 Beijing
http://www.jari.or.jp/en/index.html

Fourth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST forum) in Asia,
Seoul, South Korea, 24-26 February 2009
http://www.uncrd.or.jp/env/4th-regional-est-forum/index.htm

Third International Conference on Urban Transport Systems, Shanghai, China,
18-20 March 2009
http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/conferences/Call-for-Papers-v2.pdf

Transport Asia 2009 Exhibition, Karachi, Pakistan, 28-30 March 2009
http://www.transportasia.com.pk/

The 4th International Conference on Future Urban Transport, Goteburg,
Sweden, 19-21April 2009 http://www.fut.se/

Urban Transportation 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 26-29 April 2009
http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=166586

Sustainable Development 2009, Cyprus, 13 - 15 May 2009
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/sustainable-development-2009.html

eceee 2009 Summer Study, Côte d'Azur, France, 1-6 June 2009
http://www.eceee.org/summer_study/

Urban Transport 2009, Bologna, Italy, 22-24 June 2009
http://www2.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/urban-transport-2009.html

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* * * ABOUT SUMA * * *

The Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program is supported by the
Asian Development Bank through a grant from Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency. SUMA is implemented by the Clean Air
Initiative for Asian Cities Center (www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia), in
partnership with 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)


-- 
Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
CAI-Asia Center
Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
Tel: +63-2-395-2843
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http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
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