[sustran] Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Newsletter - January-February 2011

[Sustainable Urban Transport Project]

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A PDF version of the newsletter can be downloaded from http://www.sutp.org/documents/newsletters/NL-Jan-Feb-2011.pdf
An online version is also available at http://www.sutp.org/newsletters/Jan-Feb2011.htm

*** Project News ***

New GIZ Project: TRANSfer - Towards climate-friendly transport technologies and measures

The overall objective of the new TRANSfer project is to enable decision-makers in developing countries to develop climate change strategies in the transport sector as Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions. The 3-year project is run by the GIZ and funded by the German Environment Ministry. During the project, GIZ will develop a handbook on "Navigating Transport NAMAs". The handbook will be based on south-south networks of countries and practical implementation within three motivated partner countries.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2562
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Bogotá's longstanding carfree day: an analysis

Bogotá is well known for several of its transport projects and initiatives. One of them is its 12-year old carfree day, which was first implemented in 2000 as a mandatory 14-hour ban on automobiles to promote the use of other travel modes and as a positive reflection to support sustainable transport modes. The day is observed on the first Thursday of February every year. 

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2576

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The City of Palembang is moving ahead to implement sustainable urban transport schemes

At the Steering Committee meeting on 22 Feb, 2011, the City of Palembang decided to implement the Phase 1 of its Mid-term Sustainable Urban Transport Action Plan. The Mid-term Action Plan, along with the Long-term Strategy on Urban Transport development, is a result of the 7-month work by a GHK consultant team that the city engaged in cooperation with GIZ-sponsored SUTIP and CDIA.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2591

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Guangzhou wins the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award!

The Chinese city of Guangzhou won the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award for leading the way on integrated transport solutions on 24th January, 2011. The Sustainable Transport Award is given annually during the annual Transportation Research Board meeting in Washington, D.C. to the city that made most progress over the previous year to increase and improve mobility for all residents, while reducing transportation greenhouse and air pollution emissions, at the same time improving safety and access for cyclists and pedestrians. during 2010.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2549

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Transport Policy: London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 

What makes the upcoming Olympic Games special and unique is that London 2012 has made a commitment to be the first ‘sustainable’ Games, setting new standards for major events. Sustainability principles were incorporated into the development of the transport strategy for the Games from the start of the planning process. London 2012 will implement an accessible and inclusive transport network to ensure that everyone, including disabled people of all impairments and other people who may have difficulties using the transport system, can get to the Games. This article summarizes the city’s efforts and vision for making the 2012 Olympic Games a success.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2589

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Oil Price on the Rise strengthens Momentum for Sustainable Transportation Concepts 

According to figures of the International Energy Agency, transport accounts for about 26% of all energy consumption and is about 94% dependent on oil. The crude oil price has recently risen to more than $100 per barrel. This should induce or accelerate the rethinking in many metropolises. The following article, based on an interview with Manfred Breithaupt demonstrates options for cities to act now on sustainable urban transport options.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2588

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GIZ-SUTP participated in a two day workshop on Bus operations and Planning in Mumbai 

GIZ-SUTP participated in a two day workshop organized by Centre for Sustainable Transport (CST)- India, to discuss CST’s recent publication "Bus Karo- A Guidebook on Bus Operations and Planning". The workshop included close to fifteen professionals from academia (including Centres of Excellence on urban transport established by MoUD), private sector, NGOs and research.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2552

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****** Publications *****


GIZ’s updated urban transport policy and planning documents list

GIZ recently updated its document titled 'Urban Transport Policy and Planning Documents: an overview on urban transport plans and strategies from all continents'. Transport researchers, policymakers and decision makers will find this 11 page document particularly useful.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2561

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Revised  Module 5b: Urban Road Safety 

Building on the earlier 2004 version of the SUTP Sourcebook Module 5b, the revised edition of 'Urban Road Safety' presents up-to-date figures on the challenge of road safety in developing cities, and outlines measures to address the problem. The latter range from technical standards to issues such as awareness raising and financing.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2553

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Technical Paper #6 - Beyond the Fossil City: Towards low Carbon Transport and Green Growth

GIZ released the 6th document in its technical documents series in transport. The document is titled "Beyond the Fossil City: Towards low Carbon Transport and Green Growth". This 28 page document is authored by Mr. Daniel Bongardt, Mr. Manfred Breithaupt and Mr. Felix Cruetiz. This paper shows how national and/or urban low-carbon transportation policies could help countries to achieve a smart, sustainable economic growth while at the same time stabilizing and later reducing transport emissions.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2551

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Cancún can, can land transport?

The Bridging the Gap initiative and the SLoCaT partnership have prepared a paper summarizing the implications of the outcomes of COP16 in Cancún for the land transport sector. This paper concludes that COP16 created many opportunities for climate change mitigation in the land transport sector. It contains recommendations for international and national actors, as well as the expert community, for helping turn these opportunities into the realization of enhanced climate change mitigation activities in the land transport sector.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2563

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Reading List on Financing Sustainable Urban transport and Parking Management in Developing Cities

In order to aid researchers and policy makers for locating quick reference documents and relevant publications related to specific topics, GIZ-SUTP from time to time publishes reading lists on topics it feels may be of relevance to cities and their sustainability. In the last two months, it released reading lists on topics like financing sustainable urban transport and parking management for developing cities. These reading lists cover various aspects of a topic like policy, technology, regulation, good practices, etc. and can be found out the SUTP website on a recently created dedicated sub-page.

Read more: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=171&Itemid=54&lang=&Itemid=237

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New in Russian Language! Technical Document on Transport Alliances to promote cooperation for efficient public transport

This GIZ Technical Document # 4 titled “Transport Alliances - Promoting Cooperation and Integration to offer a more attractive and efficient Public Transport” 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.

The publication contains 130 fully illustrated pages, 70 figures and 9 tables. Additionally it provides further reading and links on additional aspects of public transport alliances and public transport integration.

Download: http://www.sutp.org/suteca/mfwl/TD04Vvb_rus-finalversion2.pdf

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Second Bulletin “Sustainable Mobility in Ukrainian Cities”

This bulletin presents information on: Results of the climate talks in Mexico, a sustainable mobility project in Russia, international fuel prices and survey results regarding cycling in Lviv (in Ukrainian language).

Download: http://www.sutp.org/suteca

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Data Preview International Fuel Prices 2010/2011

The 2010/11 edition of GIZ “International Fuel Prices” provides an overview of retail prices of gasoline and diesel in more than 170 countries. 

Download: http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-international-fuel-prices-2010-2011-data-preview.pdf

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ITDP’s recent publication on parking: Europe’s Parking U-turn: from Accommodation to Regulation by Michael Kodransky and Gabrielle Hermann

This paper is the second in a series of policy papers from ITDP on parking. The first paper, released in Spring 2010, focused on successful parking practices in U.S. cities. This paper reviews successful parking practices in European cities.

Read more: http://www.itdp.org/documents/European_Parking_U-Turn.pdf

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EMBARQ’s latest publication on Bus Operations and Planning

"Bus Karo" which means '”Do the Bus” is a guidebook on bus operations and planning which carries recommendations, detailed case studies, illustrations and step by step methodologies to act as a helpful reference to cities and states which are thinking of or are in the process improving their bus operations and as they set up new agencies, contract out services, and monitor their performance and develop continuous system improvement.

Read more: http://www.embarq.org/en/bus-karo-a-guidebook-bus-planning-operations

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First in its series- CSE’s Citizens Report on Air Quality and Urban Mobility, Kanpur, India 

The Centre for Science and Environment released an in-depth report on the city of Kanpur as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility. This citizens' report – “City Action: Citizens Report on Air Quality and Urban Mobility, Kanpur”, is the first in the series on city action that aims to deepen public and policy understanding of the growing public health and mobility crisis in our cities.

Read more: http://www.cseindia.org/content/city-action-citizens-report-air-quality-and-urban-mobility-kanpur

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Parisar analyses the proposal for a metro rail system in the city

Parisar, a Pune based NGO working on sustainability issues, has recently completed two detailed studies on the metro rail proposal for Pune. The first was a preliminary analysis of whether Pune needs a metro rail system and the second analyzed in detail the decision making processes in approving Pune's metro rail proposal as well as the detailed project report (DPR) of the metro rail proposal. The reports conclude that there is no need for a rail based system for the city and that government must focus on faster, cheaper solutions with much greater potential for social benefit such as improving buses, and conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.

Read more: http://www.parisar.org/activities/analysesreports/127-analysis-of-the-proposed-metro-rail-system-in-pune.html

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2012 Federal Budget of the White House increases transit funding by 127%

President Obama finally put national needs and opportunities in line with its funding priorities. The six-year transportation bill represents a long-overdue opportunity to reset national transportation priorities, as it changes the overall funding split between highways and transit from 80/20 to 74/26, with a $50 billion boost in funding in the first year alone.

Read more: http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/reaction-roundup-transportation-takes-center-stage-obama-budget-plan

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****** Upcoming Events ******

Upcoming Events (March-April 2011):


22-24 March New Delhi, IN: Urban transportation reforms for clean and liveable cities: An orientation programme for policy makers
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=523&lang=en 

14-17 March  Milan, IT: Metro Rail 2011
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=491&lang=en 

23-25 March Sevilla, ES: Velo-City Sevilla 2011
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=485&lang=en 

31 March-2 April  Macau, CN: Green Opportunities, MIECF 2011
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=515&lang=en 

3-8 April Bangkok, TH: United Nations Climate Change Conference
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=522&lang=en 

7 April London, UK: NICHES + Final Conference
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=514&lang=en 

7-8 April  Munich, DE: mobil. TUM  2011 Conference
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=497&lang=en 

10-14 April Dubai, AE: 59th UITP World Congress And Exhibition
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=381&lang=en 

11-13 April Kuala Lumpur, MY: KLRTC Training Course XXI on Sustainable Urban Transportation In The Asia Pacific
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=517&lang=en 

12-13 April GHG Emissions & Co-benefits in the Transport Sector- Launch of the SloCaT-BtG working group on Transport NAMAs
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=513&lang=en 

*To view a full list of events for the year 2011, visit: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=517&lang=en


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A PDF version of the newsletter can be downloaded from http://www.sutp.org/documents/newsletters/NL-Jan-Feb-2011.pdf
An online version is also available at http://www.sutp.org/newsletters/Jan-Feb2011.htm

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