[sustran] SUTP Annual Newsletter 2010

SUTP Team sutp at sutp.org
Mon Jan 31 16:31:08 JST 2011


GIZ - Sustainable Urban Transport Project in 2010
Summary newsletter

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Dear colleagues,
Happy New Year! In this year-end edition of our newsletter, you will 
find a summary of SUTP’s key activities during the year 2010. This 
includes news, publications, training program conducted, events and some 
key user statistics for the SUTP website. We thank you for your interest 
in our project and hope that our website continues to be your one-stop 
platform for viewing all activities, knowledge material and events 
related to sustainable urban transport!  Please keep visiting our 
website www.sutp.org

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Major News

GIZ is now GIZ

 From January 1, 2011, The German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) became the 
German International Cooperation (GIZ). GIZ brings together under one 
roof the long-standing expertise of the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst 
(DED) GmbH (German development service), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für 
Technische Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Technical Cooperation) and 
InWEnt – Capacity Building International, Germany. The SUTP project work 
areas and activities remain unchanged.

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2547&Itemid=1&lang=en

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European Mobility Week in L’viv, Ukraine

L’viv was the first Ukrainian city that participated in the traditional 
European Mobility Week in 2010, where more than 1900 European also 
participated. L’viv City Council jointly with GIZ, on behalf of the 
German Federal Ministry for Environment, prepared several events during 
the European Mobility Week. Partners included the State Traffic 
Inspectorate of Lviv, bicycle dealers “VeloBajk” and “Komanchero” as 
well as NGOs “Rukh” and “Koleso Vitriv”. The slogan for 2010 year was 
"Travel smarter - live better."

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/suteca/mfwl/European_Mobility_Week_in_Lviv_Summary_final.pdf

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The City of Solo is working on a Sustainable Urban Transport Strategy 
and Plans

With the assistance of CDIA and GIZ-SUTIP, the City of Solo in Central 
Java, Indonesia is working on establishing a Sustainable Urban Transport 
Strategy and Implementation Plans. The goal of this cooperation is to 
create a long-term strategy for sustainable urban transport development, 
a mid-term action plan and the corresponding list of priority investment 
projects.

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2450&Itemid=1&lang=en

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GIZ’s contribution to the improved mobility situation in Johannesburg 
during the Soccer World Cup
During the FIFA World Cup in 2010, the thousands of visitors to the four 
million metropolis of Johannesburg did not need to worry about getting 
to the two stadiums in the quickest, safest and most comfortable way. 
Commissioned by the German Federal Government, the Kreditanstalt für 
Wiederaufbau (KfW) Bankengruppe,financed the planning of a new public 
transport system in Johannesburg and the German Technical Cooperation 
(GIZ) played an active role in advising the City of Johannesburg on the 
planning and the construction of its Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2080

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Some key GIZ-SUTP Publications in 2010 (free download on www.sutp.org)


Module 1f "Financing Sustainable Urban Transport"

Authored by Ko Sakamoto, this new GIZ Sourcebook module provides 
detailed information on available options for financing urban transport. 
It presents different financing instruments and ways in which they can 
be best used, and how to optimally combine them. This module is 
dedicated to policy makers, financial sector specialists and urban 
planners/practitioners working on key challenges related to financing 
urban transport systems. The module provides options to close the gap 
between the ever growing demand for efficient, equitable and 
environmentally friendly urban transport systems on one hand, and the 
dwindling financial resources available to state and local authorities 
on the other.

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2293&Itemid=1&lang=en

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Module 1g "Urban Freight in Developing Cities"

This module describes the importance of freight transportation in the 
context of urban development and provides detailed information on 
available options to meet current and future challenges for urban goods 
transport in rapidly growing cities of the developing world. The module 
has been written by Bernhard O. Herzog, expert in the field of freight 
operation and fleet-management with more than 30 years experience in the 
field of transport planning and logistics.

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2473&Itemid=1&lang=en

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Module 2c “Parking Management: A Contribution towards Liveable Cities”

Poor parking management or unregulated parking results in traffic 
congestion, disruption of the usability and aesthetics of urban spaces, 
corruption, hindrance of pedestrian access and movement, safety 
concerns, inequitable usage of road space, etc. Authored by Tom Rye, 
this module discusses the various definitional, operational, planning, 
institutional and social challenges around parking practices in cities, 
and how these could be overcome. The module also discusses topics like 
types of marking, parking demand and common myths associated with 
vehicle parking.

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2471&Itemid=1&lang=en

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Translations

Module 5f: Adapting Urban Transport to Climate Change
Available in Chinese 
(http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2282&Itemid=1&lang=en) 
and
Spanish (http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2038)

Training Document on Transportation Demand Management - Available in 
Vietnamese, Ukrainian and Bahasa Indonesia
Download: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=97&Itemid=54&Itemid=196

Cycling-inclusive Policy Development: A Handbook - Some Chapters 
available in Ukrainian and in Spanish
- Download: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=97&Itemid=54&Itemid=196)

BRT Planning Guide - Available in Spanish 
(http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1910&Itemid=1%E2%8C%A9=en)

Transport and Climate Change - Available in Ukrainian 
(http://www.sutp.org/suteca/mfwl/5e_TCC_UA13.pdf)

Intelligent Transport Systems - Available in Ukrainian 
(http://www.sutp.org/suteca/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=15&Itemid=59&lang=ua)

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Technical Documents released in 2010

TD. No. 3 Public Bicycle Schemes: Applying the concept in developing 
cities (examples from India)

The objective of this technical document is to familiarize city 
authorities, transport planners, businesses, civil society 
representatives and policy makers in developing cities with the concept 
and various components of a public bicycle program, and to provide 
initial guidance and advice on designing and implementing such a program 
in Indian cities.

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TD. No. 4 Transport Alliances - Promoting Cooperation and Integration to 
offer a more attractive and efficient Public Transport

This report summarises the development of the German public transport 
alliance system, the so called Verkehrsverbund that is often regarded as 
the first and most successful form of integrated transport in the world. 
It offers information on aspects ranging from institutional issues to 
best practices in introducing an integrated fare system. This document 
also looks at transport alliances in the neighbouring country of 
Switzerland.

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TD. No. 5 Accessing Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport: A 
Practical Overview

GIZ together with the Bridging the Gap Initiative has developed a 
practical guide for developing country's governments on how to access 
climate funds for sustainable land transport interventions. The guidance 
focuses on climate change mitigation and introduces existing and 
proposed sources of climate finance in the context of the land transport 
sector.


Download and read more about the above technical documents : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=124&Itemid=54&lang=&Itemid=198

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Reading Lists

In order to assist researchers on their search for relevant documents 
(case studies, project reports, papers, books, etc.), SUTP from time to 
time compiles a reading list on a number of interesting topics relevant 
to sustainable urban mobility. Reading lists for the following topics 
were published in 2010:

- Informal Public Transport : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2163

- Electric Mobility : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2207&Itemid=1%E2%8C%A9=en

- Urban Transport and Health : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2295&Itemid=1%E2%8C%A9=en

- Public Bicycle Schemes : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2447&Itemid=1&lang=en

- Non-motorized transport : 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2430&Itemid=1&lang=en

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Mega events-pacemaker of sustainable urban transport concepts

Climate-friendly mobility cannot be separated and limited exclusively to 
the period of a special event – be it a sports event, a concert or a 
religious celebration. Rather, concepts and measures should kick-start a 
move towards long-term climate-friendly conditions and behaviour in 
cities. This document is an interesting compilation of instances where 
mega events related to sports, etc. have triggered major reforms in 
urban mobility, which people and cities have benefited from for years to 
come. This document has been prepared by GIZ as part of the 
‘Climate-friendly mobility in Ukrainian cities’ project, and discusses 
key issues and recommendations and also provides a reading list on urban 
mobility improvements during mega events.

Read more: 
http://www.sutp.org/suteca/Mobility%20Mega%20Events_Sept%202010.pdf

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Training and Capacity building activities conducted by GIZ-SUTP in 2010

2010 proved to be yet another fulfilling year for GIZ-SUTP as it 
successfully carried out a host of training programs in various parts of 
the world. Given below is a summary of the programs carried out in 2010.

- One day Workshop on ‘Bus Rapid Transit’ organized by GIZ, Directorate 
of Urban Land Transport (Bangalore), and Institute of Urban Transport 
(India), 26th February 2010, Bangalore, India

- Two day training course on ‘Sustainable Urban Transport’ held by GIZ, 
Land Transport Authority (LTA) Academy, Singapore, and the Malaysian 
Institute of Planners, 2-3 August, 2010, Kuching, Malaysia

- Two day training course on ‘Travel Demand Management’ held by GIZ, 
Clean Air Institute and CTS Mexico, supported by the Institute for 
Transportation and Development Policy, 7-8 October, 2010, Mexico City, 
Mexico

- E-learning course on ‘Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing 
Countries’ with UNITAR, October 2010- March 2011

- BAQ 2010 Pre-event: One day learning course on ‘Financing Sustainable 
Urban Transport – Bridging the Gap from Planning to Implementation’, 
organized by GIZ, LTA Academy and CDIA Asia, 8 November, 2010, Singapore

- BAQ 2010 Post event: One day training course on ‘Transportation Demand 
Management’, organized by GIZ and LTA Academy, 12 November, 2010, Singapore

- Urban Mobility India 2010 Pre-Event: One day training course on 
'Transportation Demand Management and Financing Urban Transport' with 
Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC), Institute of Urban Transport (IUT), 
India, CEPT University and LTA Academy, Singapore

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User Characteristics for the SUTP website in 2010

In 2010, the SUTP website had around 2500 user registrations. The users 
came from various continents and groups. Given below are some key trends 
on user statistics for the SUTP website:

Majority of the SUTP users came from the NGO sector, followed by 
universities, and the governmental bodies comprised 17% of the total 
SUTP members. This indicates a vast interest amongst grass-root level 
and think tank agencies to gain knowledge on sustainable urban transport.

Large amount of the users of the SUTP website came from Asia (including 
Australasia) followed by Europe. This might be an indicator of the fact 
that the resources available on the website are found to be suitable by 
the Asian audiences.

By and large most of the subject areas related to sustainable urban 
transport received similar attention. These interests continue to serve 
as a basis for the GIZ-SUTP team as guidance for development of further 
material.

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© Sustainable Urban Transport Project, 2011

A html version of the newsletter can be seen at : 
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A PDF version can be downloaded from 
http://www.sutp.org/newsletters/GIZ-Annual-NL-2010.pdf

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