[sustran] Re: Links and update!

[eric britton]

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World Streets

 

Team Kampala: What a great initiative, and is always Lloyd's  suggestions
are excellent.

 

My own approach is complementary and not competitive to that he outines.
Specifically, I believe it each year that the organizers should have in mind
one specific project proposal/target  for the city, to make transportation
in and around the city safer, more affordable and more efficient.  That to
my mind is what a Car Free Day is all about, namely charting a way to the
future with a strong unified public voice.  The festivities are an important
part of this communications effort, but they need to be complemented by a
more strategic and focused approach.

 

Since it has been a couple of decades since I was last in Kampala it would
not be the appropriate in certain not useful for me to make any specific
proposals as far as this year's target strategies concerned.  But in a more
general sense, let me share with you my strongly held position that safe
walking in the city is the single most important target for any sustainable
transportation strategy.  Everybody walks, rich people walk less than poor
people, rich people have more non-walk options than poor people.  So safe
and agreeable walking is going to be a priority for all, and especially
important for all those who do not own their own car.  (Who can argue with
that?)

 

If you were to consider this approach for this year's event, let us call it
for now "A Walkable Kampala", one of the things I suggest you have in mind
is what happens the day after the Car Free Day festivities, what is the
process that you then propose to engage to create this walkable city.

 

And of course would be wonderful if on the occasion of your second, Kampala
Car Free Day in 2012, you the organizers would be able to report the
progress made over the last year as part of your festivities, and map out a
strategy and tactics for the year ahead.

 

You may or may not go for the concept of walking is a priority for the year
ahead, but what is important is that you have a strategy and a very specific
proposal and plan for achieving it.  If I can help you in this in any way,
you know where to find me.

 

Let us get a great slogan.

 

All the best/Eric

 

PS.  Over the next several weeks I am involved in Car Free Day events in
several cities in Taiwan and with the Car Free Network in Guadalajara.  I
wonder if it makes any sense for me to see it in both those cases we can get
some kinds of congratulatory messages to Kampala on the occasion of your
First Car Free Day.  Let me know if and how you might want to go ahead with
this.

 

 

            

 

    

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lloyd Wright [mailto:lwright at vivacities.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 11 August, 2011 12:32
To: 'tafmod-u tafmod'; 'eric britton'
Cc: 'Amanda Ngabirano'; 'Nanduddu Susan'; 'Carlos Pardo'; 'Nite Tanzarn';
'ezra goldman'
Subject: RE: Links and update!

 

Dear all,

 

Congratulations to all of you for making this happen.

 

Choosing the right road segment/corridor will be key to making it a success.

Kampala is a bit difficult in that it will be a challenge for a lot of

people just to get to the area, especially if people are walking or

bicycling to the car-free area.  

 

I suggest also that you think about the types of add-on activities to

include as a way to entice people to participate.  Some examples would be:

 

·         Stage area with live music

·         Play area for children

·         Games area

·         Demonstration bicycles for people to try out (perhaps FABIO could
help out

·         in providing bikes)

·         Prizes for best costumes

 

As you can tell from the suggestions above, a great car-free day is really

almost a street party.

 

Finally, your communications strategy will be quite important.  Hopefully,

you can gain the help of a few radio and television stations to spread the

word.

 

I will separately send you the guidance document "Car Free Development".

Chapter 5 has a few ideas on activities to make the day a success.

 

Best regards and good luck,

 

Lloyd

 

-----Original Message-----

From: tafmod-u tafmod [mailto:tafmod.tafmod at gmail.com] 

Sent: 11 August 2011 18:00

To: eric britton

Cc: Amanda Ngabirano; Nanduddu Susan; Carlos Pardo; Lloyd Wright; Nite

Tanzarn; ezra goldman

Subject: Re: Links and update!

 

Hello All,

Greetings from the  African Forum for Mobility and Development (TAFMOD) We
are in preparations for the car free day in Uganda and have

proposed 25th September Sunday being that it usually has less traffic and it
would be easy for us to handle this being the first activity of this kind in


Kampala.

 

We well come for any ideas and suggestions on preparing this to make it
successful.

 

Kind regards,

Christine

 

On 7/21/11, eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org> wrote:

> 

> Dear Amanda,

> 

> Great idea (and thanks Lloyd for sharing this with us).

> 

> I will be glad to give you a call and talk Car Free Day strategies with

you.

> Just give me a good time and number. And if you are on Skype, better 

> yet. (I am newmobility on Skype.)

> 

> In the meantime, you can find on World Streets a small handful of what 

> I believe to be useful articles on Car Free Day history, planning and 

> execution at 

> http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/activitiesevents/car-free-day/.

> (One of the articles is by Carlos Pardo on Bogotá's Día sin coches XI.

> 

> I am copying this note to my friend and colleague Nite Tarzan in 

> Kampala who I am sure will have some good ideas for you n this.

> 

> With very best wishes for what you are now about to do for the streets 

> and people of Uganda.

>