[sustran] Hot off the presses: GTZ Sourcebook on urban transport for the South Asian Audience

[SUTP Team]

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 from 
the set of 26 modules of the Sourcebook, 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 
for the publication: “It is very timely that the German Technical 
Cooperation (GTZ) is releasing its “Sustainable Transport: A Sourcebook 
for Policy-makers in South Asian Cities”. 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. There are chapters in this sourcebook that emphasise the various 
issues highlighted in the NUTP and can provide wider understanding for 
the readers on these issues.”

Prof. Shivanand Swamy, Associate Director, CEPT, points out in the 
preface for the publication: “GTZ's Sourcebook – “Sustainable Urban 
Transport: a Sourcebook for Policy-makers in South Asian Cities” is a 
central publication that 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.

Queries about purchasing the print copies can be sent to sutp[at]sutp.org.

SUTP Team
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