[sustran] Connections: recent urban transport links

[Paul Barter]

 Connections<http://reinventingtransport.blogspot.com/2010/06/connections.html>
Some
web destinations that caught my eye recently.

   - CityFix Mumbai<http://mumbai.thecityfix.com/mumbai-through-the-monsoon-before-the-rains-begin/>on
transport and the gathering monsoon season in an Indian megacity
   - A wonderful Streetfilm on the Cycle Chic
movement<http://www.streetfilms.org/cycle-chic-in-copenhagen-and-beyond/>which
has grown from the Copenhagen
   Cycle Chic blog
    <http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/>
   - Nate Berg at Planetizen <http://www.planetizen.com/node/44439> on
Johannesburg
   'Persecution of the Pedestrian Majority'
   - Transit (Klang
Valley)<http://transitmy.org/2010/06/02/summary-of-urban-public-transport-nkra-proposed-solutions/>analyses
Malaysian objectives for public transport in the Kuala Lumpur
   region (under the National Key Result Area (*NKRA*) targets)
   - Econoblogger Felix Salmon
hosts<http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/06/04/the-congestion-pricing-debate-cont/>a
fascinating debate on congestion pricing (with a New York focus)
   - The Infrastructurist<http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/06/02/turning-crowded-inefficient-cities-into-smart-cities-the-corporate-way/>on
a hi-tech corporate effort to help Ho Chi Minh City with its traffic
   problems
   - The CityFix<http://thecityfix.com/spotlight-on-the-world-cup-south-africa-boosts-city-transit-systems/>on
South Africa's public transport improvements leading up to the
football
   World Cup
   - The CityFix
again<http://thecityfix.com/nyayabhoomi-champion-for-delhis-auto-rickshaws/>on
NyayaBhoomi,
   a Delhi-based NGO that works for a better auto-rickshaw system in Delhi
   - Coming event on 'sharing in transport' - World Share/Transport Forum:
   2010 - 2012<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131199496891187&index=1>,
   16-19 September 2010 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (via World
Streets<http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2010/05/world-streets-coming-events.html>
   )

via http://reinventingtransport.blogspot.com/2010/06/connections.html

Paul