From kanthikannan at gmail.com Mon Oct 3 17:54:31 2011 From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan) Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 14:24:31 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: Hyderabad : Pedestrian Policy soon!! Message-ID: <4e897850.1dc4e70a.3700.1f2d@mx.google.com> http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes &pageid=4&edlabel=TOIH&mydateHid=03-10-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar004 01&format=&publabel=TOI A pedestrian policy for city soon GHMC Has Grand Plans To Make Major City Roads More Pedestrian Friendly TIMES NEWS NETWORK Hyderabad: To make city roads, especially busy thoroughfares, pedestrian-friendly, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is contemplating to bring in a pedestrian policy. In the US, some states have initiated pedestrian policies not only for the safety of pedestrians, but also to encourage walking and bicycling. The GHMC had a couple of years ago prepared a hawkers policy which was approved by the municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department. The policy had categorized the city roads into three types: Red, Amber and Green zones for hawkers. GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu has asked the town planning wing to prepare a pedestrian policy for the city. Official sources said now the pedestrian policy would basically specify facilities that need to be provided while widening or developing a road like standardised width and height of a footpath, designs, barricading (wherever necessary) and other aspects of footpaths. The corporation is planning to implement the pedestrian policy at least on major roads in the city. A proposal is being considered to allocate a separate budget for the development of footpaths. With people and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) like the Right to Walk Foundation, demanding footpaths and other facilities for pedestrians, the GHMC has recently decided to develop five city roads-__ Road No.10 and 12 of Banjara Hills, Road No.36 of Jubilee Hills, Himayatnagar-Liberty Road and the road opposite Salar Jung Museum as model roads with pedestrian facilities, including wide footpaths. The commissioner even conducted an interactive meeting with NGOs on improvement of pedestrian facilities in the city. Apart from these five roads, another 100 km is being proposed for development with proper pavements, removal of encroachments and relocation of electrical transformers and ducts. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) is being set up for construction of permanent cable ducts along the roads by private telephone companies,cable operators and other service providers. A separate division is being set up at the GHMC headquarters exclusively for development of main roads. One superintending engineer and three executive engineers along with other staff would be allocated for the division. GHMC engineering wing officials said the proposals and estimations on the identified five roads have been taken up.The corporation also invited suggestions on the development of footpaths and other facilities from NGOs. FOR A GREENER CITY Pedestrian policy aims to prepare guidelines for developing footpaths, standardise width and height of footpaths, develop designs, including barricades and other aspects of footpaths To start with, GHMC plans to implement the pedestrian policy at all major roads in the city A separate budget for developing footpaths is also under consideration of the civic body From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Oct 5 18:03:31 2011 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:03:31 +0200 Subject: [sustran] The Transportation Majority. (And why can't our politicians count?) Message-ID: <00f001cc833d$a99b4230$fcd1c690$@britton@ecoplan.org> New post on World Streets: A New Mobility Agenda The Transportation Majority. (And why can?t our politicians count?) Policy makers have given ample proof that they just don't get it. They plan and spend hard-earned taxpayer money for a distinct minority of all citizens and voters. It is amazing that they still manage to get elected. What's going on in their heads? 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Addressing the World Habitat Day 2011 function here today, Selja said: "Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our times. Although the cities present enormous opportunities for economic growth and the generation of wealth, yet they contribute disproportionately to pollution due to population concentration." "If the cities are un-managed, they further aggravate environmental degradation," she added. Kumari Selja said 50 percent of the global population is now living in cities, which occupy just two percent of the earth surface, but consume 75 percent of the planet's natural resources and generate 50 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. She further said that a vast majority of people in urban areas will be affected by climate change as it negatively impacts infrastructure and worsens the access to basic urban services and the quality of life in cities. "The most vulnerable to climate change in cities are the urban poor and slum dwellers due to poor habitat, limited access to basic services and overall poor quality of life," said Selja, and added that further degradation in basic service delivery and quality of life for them would be disastrous. Kumari Selja further said her ministry is reducing their vulnerability to the climate change through flagship schemes of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) by freeing them from slums or slum like conditions. She called upon the people especially the youth to increase use of public transport and energy efficient appliances in their homes to make the cities sustainable. Kumari Selja also gave away prizes to the winners of NHB Essay Competition, BMTPC Painting Competition for Differently Abled Children, HUDCO Painting Competition for Street and Shelter less Children and Paper Presentation on Cities and Climate Change. She also released special publications by NHB, NCHF, BMTPC and HUDCO on the occasion. The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October each year as the World Habitat Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of human settlements and the necessity of adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of human habitat. For this year's celebrations UN-HABITAT has chosen the theme "Cities and Climate Change" because climate change is fast becoming the preeminent development challenge of the 21st century. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It was established in 1978 and has its headquarters at the UN office in Nairobi, Kenya. --ANI From edelman at greenidea.eu Thu Oct 6 15:25:26 2011 From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman) Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:25:26 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Governor of Jakarta warned females not to wear provocative clothing on PT Message-ID: <4E8D49D6.9020403@greenidea.eu> Petition: Educate Indonesian Governor on Rape Myth * *Target:*Fauzi Bowo, Governor of Jakarta * *Sponsored by:*Devin Dunlevy Recently, the Governor of Jakarta, Indonesia, warned females not to wear provocative clothing on public transport to avoid being raped. By saying this, he seemed to blame rapes on victims' choice of clothing. Outraged womenprotested in Jakarta over the Governor's remarks by wearing skirts. Not only is this was this comment deeply insulting and insensitive to rape victims, but it is also factually inaccurate. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, rape and sexual assault are crimes of violence and control that stem from a person's determination to exercise power over another.*Neither provocative dress nor promiscuous behavior are invitations for unwanted sexual activity*. Indonesia's National Commission for Women's Affairs has recorded over 100,000 cases of violence against women so far this year in the country, 4,000 of which are rape cases.*Tell the Jakarta Governor to stop blaming rape victims if he is serious about combating sexual assault*. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/educate-indonesian-governor-on-rape-myth/ -- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory / SLOWFactory Mobile: ++49(0)162 814 4081 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu Skype: toddedelman http://twitter.com/toddedelman http://de.linkedin.com/in/toddedelman Urbanstr. 45 10967 Berlin Germany From sutp at sutp.org Fri Oct 7 19:54:00 2011 From: sutp at sutp.org (SUTP Team) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 16:24:00 +0530 Subject: [sustran] =?windows-1252?Q?GIZ_launches_new_Module_on_=93Transpor?= =?windows-1252?Q?t_and_Health=94?= Message-ID: GIZs new module on Urban Transport and Health (SUTP Module 5g) was launched at the VII Congreso Internacional de Transporte Sustentable (CTS) in Mexico City (http://congresotransportesustentable.org). The module, written by a team of World Health Organization (WHO) experts using the most up-to-date data available, illustrates the pathways through which urban transportation affects human health. It provides information about instruments to assess the health impacts ? or benefits ? of transport projects and policies. The module also outlines policies for healthy transport, and shows how these can yield important co-benefits with regard to other principles of sustainable transportation (e.g. GHG mitigation). Best practices from around the world inform the reader how cities have managed to improve the health and quality of life of their citizens. Module is available for download from http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2776 ------------- Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) E sutp@sutp.org I http://www.sutp.org From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sat Oct 8 00:38:52 2011 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 17:38:52 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: [GATNET] RE: FW: Info African bikesharing sites In-Reply-To: <4E8F0BFE.4090104@gmail.com> References: <8f6fa1802a614a95b402d231ea677e49@dgroups.org> <4db3b6bd54b54c91a68f7ecd96425924@dgroups.org> <4E8F0BFE.4090104@gmail.com> Message-ID: <022701cc8507$3bb22e20$b3168a60$@britton@ecoplan.org> I like the direction you are heading on this Carlos, but I still wonder about your a priori, i.e., it looks to me on the basis of what I see in your questions that you are looking for "formal" bike sharing as practiced for the most part in the North/West. Fair enough, but as we know when you get into the streets of Africa, India, etc., a rather different world emerges -- in which people may well be sharing bikes, but in an entirely different way. I see a bit of a parallel there. A lot of those people who have decided to look at "carsharing" end up looking for a specific cub-set, which in most cases misses the informal carsharing that may, in the long run, be a much more useful trail for the future. Ain't it true that we end up seeing for the most part what we look for. It kind be a form of blindness, eh? But Carlos, all that said, I really like what you are doing and urging. After all, there are close to a billion people on the continent. Most of who are getting little useful attention and support for the ways in which they are getting around in their daily lives. You give me a thought. Even though we are all overstretched, might it not be an idea for each of us to at least think about if and how to give say 20% of our time in 2012 to lending a hand in Africa. Not to easy to do maybe, but worthy of a good try. Best/Eric PS. I am copying this thread to our dear friends at Sustran as well as World Bikes. _____________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: CarlosFelipe Pardo [mailto:deespacio@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 07 October, 2011 16:26 To: Gatnet - Gender and Transport Community of Practice Cc: Eric Britton; WorldStreets@yahoogroups.com; brachetti.filippo@gmail.com; hdschindler@yahoo.de; WorldCityBike@yahoogroups.com; Aimee Gauthier Subject: Re: [GATNET] RE: FW: Info African bikesharing sites Hi, I agree, we should first define what we want to mean by "bike share systems" as Eric says. Since I am most interested in the topic and have done some research on this (and a full course and publication on the subject), for the sake of thoroughness I would like to get from Hannes (or anyone who has information) to provide us all with the following information from the systems he knows about: - City / country - Name of system and website (where available) - type (generation) of system (i.e. White Bicycles being 1st, Copenhagen or Santiago being 2nd, Velib being 3rd) - Amount of bicycles, stations - Amount of registrations - Cost of subscription, penalty for losing a bicycle, fare levels - Theft levels (i.e. bicycles stolen per year) - Approximate cost per bicycle (typical indicator which includes cost of the stations as well) - Financing/contractual arrangements - Operating companies - Contact person from whom we could get more information It would truly be great to start compiling this information for African cities, since it seems many of us are ignorant about these systems. And of course, the answer would not be simple anymore but truly comprehensive! Best regards, Carlos. ------------------------- On 07/10/2011 02:31 a.m., Eric Britton wrote: > > As Hannes says: "The answer is not simple". And yes, I think that's > the key. > > The problem with the question is the key phrase "bike share systems", > which automatically for most of us calls up shades of V?lib, BiXi and > all the rest that operate on what we might call the "Western (or > Northern) Model". > > But a far more relevant and useful question in this case is "How do > people share bicycles in Africa"? And where? > > Now that is interesting. > > Eric Britton ------------------------- > *From:*Hannes Schindler [mailto:hdschindler@yahoo.de] > *Sent:* Friday, 07 October, 2011 05:21 > *To:* Gatnet - Gender and Transport Community of Practice > *Cc:* Eric Britton; WorldStreets@yahoogroups.com; > brachetti.filippo@gmail.com > *Subject:* [GATNET] FW: Info African bikesharing sites > > The answer is not simple: There are for sure bike share systems in > East- and Southern - Africa. About North-Africa i don't know anything. > West-Africa maybe, but not many. > > Hannes Schindler - http://www.afriwheels.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Von:*Carlos F. Pardo > *An:* Gatnet - Gender and Transport Community of Practice > > *Cc:* Eric Britton ; > WorldStreets@yahoogroups.com; brachetti.filippo@gmail.com > *Gesendet:* 23:45 Donnerstag, 6.Oktober 2011 > *Betreff:* [GATNET] FW: Info African bikesharing sites > > The answer is fairly simple: there are no bike share systems in Africa > (in the "Velib" sense or any other generation of public bicycles with > various stations). There are rental systems, but no bike share in > itself... some unsuccesful projects have been tried out in Cape Town. > I'm not sure if anyone has any other info. > > Best regards, > > Carlos. ------------------------- > On 05/10/2011 10:48 p.m., Eric Britton wrote: > > *_____________________________________________________* > > World Streets > > Can anyone help Filippo in this? And if so, please copy it to us at > World Streets since it would make a good story for our readers. > > Thanks all around, > > Eric > > > Tel. +331 7550 3788|editor@newmobility.org > | Skype: newmobility > > --- > > *From:*Filippo Brachetti [mailto:brachetti.filippo@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 05 October, 2011 16:31 > *To:* secretariat@newmobility.org > *Subject:* Info bikesharing sites > > Dear Eric, > > I am Filippo Brachetti, I am writing you from /Reforma/, a mayor > Mexican newspaper. We are writing an article about bikesharing > programs around the world. > > Could you help me finding some bikesharing programs in Africa? > > Thank you very much for your help, > > best, > > Filippo Brachetti > From kanthikannan at gmail.com Sun Oct 9 11:42:58 2011 From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 08:12:58 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: HT article: Oct 8, 2011 Message-ID: <4e910a3f.a1b4e70a.2902.4983@mx.google.com> Dear all Greetings!! The HT has published on Oct 8, 2011, the following articles I am not able to copy the articles and hence sending only the link Probably now with a national paper talking about the issue, it might become fashionable and hence more people might start discussing the critical issue Kanthi http://epaper.hindustantimes. com/Publications/HT/HM/2011/10/08/INDEX.SHTML and http://epaper.hindustantimes. com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/10/08/ArticleHtmls/No-space-to-walk-in-suburbs-0 8102011003002.shtml?Mode=1 From cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org Mon Oct 10 11:14:05 2011 From: cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org (Cornie Huizenga) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:14:05 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: HT article: Oct 8, 2011 In-Reply-To: <4e910a3f.a1b4e70a.2902.4983@mx.google.com> References: <4e910a3f.a1b4e70a.2902.4983@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Dear Kanthu, Did you see the response: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/mumbai/New-BMC-norms-for-your-footpaths/Article1-755154.aspx A day after Hindustan Times launched a campaign to fight for your footpaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that it will order all ward officials to follow a set of guidelines to im-prove and maintain pavements. The BMC has also decided to rope in experts from the Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai to train its engineers on how to lay paver blocks and improve footpaths. And the municipal corporation has announced that it will pay greater attention to pavements while building new roads in the coming months. On Saturday, Hindustan Times had revealed that the BMC has spent Rs 131 crore on Mumbai's pavements over the past five years, with little to show for the expenditure but pavements that are crumbling, encroached upon, uneven or altogether missing across the city. Reacting to the HT report, Satish Badve, chief engineer of the civic roads department, said instructions would now be issued to all ward officers on maintenance of pavements. "Local officials will have to supervise work conducted by various utilities. Strict action will be taken against those who leave pavements in bad shape," Badve said. Cornie On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Kanthi Kannan wrote: > Dear all > > > > Greetings!! > > > > The HT has published on Oct 8, 2011, the following articles > > > > I am not able to copy the articles and hence sending only the link > > > > Probably now with a national paper talking about the issue, it might become > fashionable and hence more people might start discussing the critical issue > > > > Kanthi > > > > > > > > > > > > http://epaper.hindustantimes. > < > http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Publications/HT/HM/2011/10/08/INDEX.SHTML > > > com/Publications/HT/HM/2011/10/08/INDEX.SHTML > > and > > http://epaper.hindustantimes. > < > http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/10/08/ArticleHtmls > /No-space-to-walk-in-suburbs-08102011003002.shtml?Mode=1> > > com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/10/08/ArticleHtmls/No-space-to-walk-in-suburbs-0 > 8102011003002.shtml?Mode=1 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > -- Cornie Huizenga Joint Convener Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport Mobile: +86 13901949332 cornie.huizenga@slocatpartnership.org www.slocat.net From kanthikannan at gmail.com Mon Oct 10 15:38:08 2011 From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:08:08 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: HT article: Oct 8, 2011 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <4e9292e2.907fe70a.72c0.2bc1@mx.google.com> Dear Cornie Greetings!! Thanks for the link. Read it only from you. Great Stuff!! We shall follow it up with the HT reporter. The R2W is planning to do a walkability survey/ audit of Road number 36, Jubilee Hills that is part of the municipal list of roads where footpath improvements are proposed. Shall keep you updated on the survey Regards Kanthi _____ From: Cornie Huizenga [mailto:cornie.huizenga@slocatpartnership.org] Sent: 10 October 2011 07:44 To: Kanthi Kannan Cc: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport Subject: Re: [sustran] Re: HT article: Oct 8, 2011 Dear Kanthu, Did you see the response: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/mumbai/New-BMC-norms-for-your-footpa ths/Article1-755154.aspx A day after Hindustan Times launched a campaign to fight for your footpaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that it will order all ward officials to follow a set of guidelines to im-prove and maintain pavements. The BMC has also decided to rope in experts from the Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai to train its engineers on how to lay paver blocks and improve footpaths. And the municipal corporation has announced that it will pay greater attention to pavements while building new roads in the coming months. On Saturday, Hindustan Times had revealed that the BMC has spent Rs 131 crore on Mumbai's pavements over the past five years, with little to show for the expenditure but pavements that are crumbling, encroached upon, uneven or altogether missing across the city. Reacting to the HT report, Satish Badve, chief engineer of the civic roads department, said instructions would now be issued to all ward officers on maintenance of pavements. "Local officials will have to supervise work conducted by various utilities. Strict action will be taken against those who leave pavements in bad shape," Badve said. Cornie On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Kanthi Kannan wrote: Dear all Greetings!! The HT has published on Oct 8, 2011, the following articles I am not able to copy the articles and hence sending only the link Probably now with a national paper talking about the issue, it might become fashionable and hence more people might start discussing the critical issue Kanthi http://epaper.hindustantimes. com/Publications/HT/HM/2011/10/08/INDEX.SHTML and http://epaper.hindustantimes. /No-space-to-walk-in-suburbs-08102011003002.shtml?Mode=1> com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/10/08/ArticleHtmls/No-space-to-walk-in-suburbs-0 8102011003002.shtml?Mode=1 -------------------------------------------------------- To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss ================================================================ SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). -- Cornie Huizenga Joint Convener Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport Mobile: +86 13901949332 cornie.huizenga@slocatpartnership.org www.slocat.net From cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org Tue Oct 11 11:01:26 2011 From: cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org (Cornie Huizenga) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:01:26 +0800 Subject: [sustran] How to measure GHG in the transport sector? Message-ID: Dear All, We would like to share an overview with you of the growing body of knowledge on the measurement of GHG in the transport sector. You can find this at: http://www.slocat.net/?q=content-stream/187/ghg-assessment-tools on the website of the Partnership for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport. Most of the methodologies available so far have been developed in support of climate finance instruments such as Clean Development Mechanism, the Global Environment Facility and the Clean Technology Fund. We very much welcome information on additional methodologies. with best regards, Cornie -- Cornie Huizenga Joint Convener Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport Mobile: +86 13901949332 cornie.huizenga@slocatpartnership.org www.slocat.net From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Oct 11 17:55:16 2011 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:55:16 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Op-Ed: Universal Access to Bus Rapid Transit: Design, operation, and working with the community Message-ID: <010701cc87f3$82a36210$87ea2630$@britton@ecoplan.org> Op-Ed: Universal Access to Bus Rapid Transit: Design, operation, and working with the community >From Tom Rickert, Executive Director, Access Exchange International. USA The ability of Bus Rapid Transit systems to serve persons with disabilities in less wealthy countries seemed obvious at first glance. The earliest graphics of BRT trunk lines in Curitiba, Brazil, depicted wheelchair users crossing boarding bridges into articulated buses. Problem solved! Thus, years later, many [...] Read more of this post | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-1TH From sutp at sutp.org Thu Oct 13 14:37:52 2011 From: sutp at sutp.org (SUTP Team) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:07:52 +0530 Subject: [sustran] New! Case Study #6: Reviving the Soul in Seoul Message-ID: <8D5953E0-5056-498A-8425-C1ABB788AA8A@sutp.org> GIZ SUTP released its sixth paper in the case study series. The paper is titled "Reviving the Soul in Seoul: Seoul?s Experience in Demolishing Road Infrastructure and Improving Public Transport?. This paper tells the story of how an elevated expressway was demolished and the Chenggyecheon River was restored in South Korea?s capital city, Seoul. The paper highlights the importance of political will and visionary leadership to make things possible. The paper also highlights Seoul?s commitment at improving its public transport system, through commendable bus reforms in the city. The paper concludes with lessons that could be learnt from Seoul?s sustainable transport policy. The publication is a joint case study by GIZ and the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI). The document is 18 pages long, full colour pictures. More information: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2782 ------------- Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) E sutp@sutp.org I http://www.sutp.org From EcoMobility_Alliance at mail.vresp.com Thu Oct 13 20:15:30 2011 From: EcoMobility_Alliance at mail.vresp.com (EcoMobility Alliance) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:15:30 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Media Advisory - Join us at EcoMobility Changwon 2011 Message-ID: Forward this message to a friend - http://oi.vresp.com/f2af/v4/send_to_friend.html?ch=f5ff5f21f4&lid=1626027869&ldh=0855a3d062 Click to view this email in a browser - http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/413987/f5ff5f21f4/1626027869/0855a3d062/ Media Advisory - 13 October 2011 Mobility for sustainable cities Join us at EcoMobility Changwon 2011 22-24 October 2011, Changwon, Republic of Korea We are living on a planet under stress. Urban areas are feeling most of the impact of this stress, and urban transport is one of the key challenges. Our cities have for many years been built around the car as the main transport solution. The needs of cities and the people living in them have, however, changed dramatically. We urgently need to create an EcoMobility culture. This means to employ much smarter solutions to tackle current and future transport challenges, increase the quality of life in cities, and offer more choices of sustainable transport to citizens. - http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ICLEILocalGovernment/f5ff5f21f4/0855a3d062/2b2497a214/utm_content=sustran-discuss%40list.jca.apc.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Text%20Version%20-%20Link%201&utm_campaign=Media%20Advisory%20-%20Join%20us%20at%20EcoMobility%20Changwon%202011 EcoMobility Changwon 2011 is the first world congress on mobility for the future of sustainable cities. The congress is hosted by Changwon City, the first planned city in Korea which developed into the most livable and business-friendly city in the nation. Changwon is now taking a big leap forward to become an innovative eco-city and the world's environmental capital based, with citizen participation being a corner stone of these efforts. EcoMobility is a vital, sustainable urban transportation solution for cities. However, making EcoMobility a reality requires cities to overcome a number of barriers. These barriers are not only practical challenges, for example the quality of the interchange between different modes of transport such as trains and bicycles. There are also institutional and financial challenges in creating policies that encourage sustainable transport systems, and providing resources for viable long-term solutions rather than quick fixes. EcoMobility 2011 will provide fresh perspectives on sustainable urban mobility. Renowned transportation experts from around the globe will present some of the world's best case studies, and participants will learn how to kick start and implement good policies while engaging in fruitful debates about mobility for the future of sustainable cities. Among the renowned speakers at congress are: - Gil Pe?alosa, Executive Director of 8-80 Cities - Robin Chase, Founder & CEO of Buzzcar and founder of Zipcar (the world's largest car sharing company) - Carlo Ratti, Director of MIT's SENSEable city lab & Peter Newman, from Curtain University - Li Shanshan, ITDP China Robert St?ssi, President of Perform Energy and of the Portuguese Electric Vehicle Association Cities around the world are already doing EcoMobility. - Melbourne, presenting its experience and lessons learnt from a number of bike lane projects. - Seoul, talking about its excellent achievements on bus rapid transit. - the Boulder's "Complete streets" program, exemplifying the role transportation plays in sustaining a community. - Almada, the winner of the European Mobility Week 2010 Award, presenting its achievements. - Toyama, sharing ideas for enhancing public transport in a compact city. - Munich's cycling campaign, including recent developments in the city's cycling infrastructure. - Adelaide, presenting ideas for the challenges faced by car dependent cities. A special focus will be given to bicycle sharing systems and to EcoMobility innovations. Solutions for overcoming physical, institutional or financial barriers will be explored. City Challenges Workshops will concentrate on innovative solutions tailored to the particular needs of cities. Changwon's award winning bicycle sharing program, the - http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ICLEILocalGovernment/f5ff5f21f4/0855a3d062/09012967b7/ICLEILocalGovernment/5a8d5d60ba/TEST/b64e92d17f NUBIJA system, will be presented. And a training course about bike sharing systems will help bike officers to design and implement them. Making sustainable transportation solutions available to the majority of the urban population is the task at hand. The challenge is complex and requires an integrated approach and joint contributions from different fields of expertise. EcoMobility 2011 will bring together the players whose concerted effort can make a change: urban planners, politicians, business and industry representatives, IT professionals, transportation experts, NGO members, researchers and officers from international organizations. Congress program and speakers Download the full congress program - http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ICLEILocalGovernment/f5ff5f21f4/0855a3d062/7d9ddae076/utm_content=sustran-discuss%40list.jca.apc.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Text%20Version%20-%20Link%203&utm_campaign=Media%20Advisory%20-%20Join%20us%20at%20EcoMobility%20Changwon%202011 . 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If you would like to arrange an interview with a congress speaker, an ICLEI representative or a representative of the City of Changwon, please download the media request form - http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ICLEILocalGovernment/f5ff5f21f4/0855a3d062/080b9cf27e/utm_content=sustran-discuss%40list.jca.apc.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Text%20Version%20-%20Link%205&utm_campaign=Media%20Advisory%20-%20Join%20us%20at%20EcoMobility%20Changwon%202011 and send it back to media@iclei.org Launch of the new EcoMobility Alliance! @ EcoMobility Changwon 2011 Changwon City and ICLEI are looking for 12 pioneer cities worldwide that are eager to take on the challenge of becoming cities of EcoMobility excellence. The EcoMobility Alliance will be a select group of ambitious cities from several continents that have achieved excellent results in certain dimensions of sustainable mobility, and that strive to reach similar results in other EcoMobility fields as a way to increase the share of non-motorized or public transports. The vision is that of vibrant cities where citizens can enjoy a high quality of life and access goods, services, people and information in a sustainable way. The 12 founding cities of the EcoMobility Alliance will be announced at the EcoMobility Changwon 2011 congress on 23 October 2011. www.ecomobility.org/alliance/ecomobility More information needed? About EcoMobility 2011, 22-24 October, Changwon, Republic of Korea EcoMobility Changwon 2011 will provide fresh, visionary and enriching perspectives on sustainable urban mobility. Renowned transportation experts from around the globe will present some of the world's best case studies, and participants will learn how to kick start and implement good policies while engaging in fruitful debates about mobility for the future of sustainable cities. EcoMobility refers to environmentally sustainable forms of mobility that combines the use of non?motorized means of transport such as walking, cycling, skating or scooting with the use of public transport. EcoMobility describes mobility without dependency on a private motorized vehicle such a car or a motorcycle. www.ecomobility2011.iclei.org About Changwon City, Republic of Korea Changwon, Korea is the generous host of the EcoMobility Changwon 2011. Changwon is located in the mid-southern part of Gyeongsangnam-do. It is a time-honored city with 600 years of history, where people have been living ever since the New Stone Age. As the first planned city in Korea, Changwon developed into the most livable and business-friendly city in the nation. With the establishment of integrated Changwon City in July 2010, Changwon became a huge city with a population of 1.08 million. It is now taking a big leap forward to becoming an innovative eco-city and the World's Environmental Capital based on citizen participation and effort. www.ecomobility2011.iclei.org/changwon-iclei/about-changwon - About ICLEI ICLEI is a global membershipassociationof more than 1200 local governments and municipal organizations representing over 440 million people in 74 countries, which have made a commitment to sustainable development. 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Please contact Joseph Wladkowski (in Changwon) Capacity, Knowledge and Events Officer ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, World Secretariat Email: ecomobility2011@iclei.org Anke Stoffregen Manager Communications and Dialogues ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, World Secretariat Email: media@iclei.org Forward this message to a friend - http://oi.vresp.com/f2af/v4/send_to_friend.html?ch=f5ff5f21f4&lid=1626027869&ldh=0855a3d062 ______________________________________________________________________ If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: http://cts.vresp.com/u?f5ff5f21f4/0855a3d062/mlpftw ______________________________________________________________________ This message was sent by EcoMobility Alliance using VerticalResponse ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7 Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen 53113 DE Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy: http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html From edelman at greenidea.eu Sat Oct 15 01:45:11 2011 From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:45:11 +0200 Subject: [sustran] EMBARQ Greenwash Alert - Keep Shell out of the Arctic! Message-ID: <4E986717.40706@greenidea.eu> The following message is from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). (Ms. Beinecke and NRDC are not calling the partnership of Shell and EMBARQ greenwash... I am. ) She is asking for support from U.S. citizens and internationals in telling the U.S. Interior Secretary to reject Shell's outdated oil spill response plan and block that company's final permits for drilling near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Thanks, Todd Edelman ******* "The fragile habitat of imperiled Arctic wildlife is no place for oil drilling. But unless we act swiftly, the Shell oil company could soon be doing just that. The Obama Administration just gave Shell the tentative go-ahead to begin exploring for oil off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge next summer. Send a message to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar telling him to reverse his decision and deny Shell the final permits it needs to begin drilling. The Arctic Refuge is the main birthing ground for polar bears in Alaska. Its coastal waters are also home to Pacific walruses, gray whales, endangered bowhead whales, beluga whales, ringed seals and millions of migratory birds. If we don't stop Shell now, it could be sinking its first drill bit into the Beaufort Sea just months before pregnant polar bears move onshore nearby to dig their dens and birth their cubs. A blowout at one of Shell's rigs would be devastating. An oil spill offshore would blanket the coast of the Arctic Refuge with an irremovable layer of thick toxic oil for generations to come. Oil-covered polar bears have virtually no chance of survival ... whales would be suffocated or poisoned ... hundreds of thousands of birds would be killed ... and seal populations would be severely impacted. What's more, Shell is relying on an oil spill response plan that was written -- and approved by the Obama Administration -- BEFORE the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Send a message to Secretary Salazar right now. Tell him to throw out Shell's outdated oil response plan and stop Shell before it's too late for the Arctic Refuge and its vulnerable wildlife. Shell's response plan is a fantasy. lt assumes that more than 95 percent of spilled oil will be recovered before it hits shore. Only five percent of the oil unleashed by BP in the Gulf was ever captured! The Obama Administration is under tremendous pressure from Big Oil to allow drilling in the Arctic. So Secretary Salazar is unlikely to say No to Shell unless he hears a massive public outcry! He needs to hear immediately from hundreds of thousands of people like you -- people who refuse to place the fate of America's polar bears and other wildlife in the hands of Shell oil. Please send a message to Secretary Salazar right now. Tell him to stop Shell from drilling anywhere near the Arctic Refuge and preserve the irreplaceable habitat of Arctic wildlife." -- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory / SLOWFactory Mobile: ++49(0)162 814 4081 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu Skype: toddedelman http://twitter.com/toddedelman http://de.linkedin.com/in/toddedelman Urbanstr. 45 10967 Berlin Germany From shapshico at gmail.com Mon Oct 17 09:16:10 2011 From: shapshico at gmail.com (Gregorio Villacorta Alegria) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:16:10 -0500 Subject: [sustran] I need to contact with a road safety/transportation company Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I need to contact with a company that do Road Safety Audits and is specialized in transport and road safety, is for an important urban transport project in Per?. Regards. Gregorio -- Gregorio Road Safety Research Center Per? From cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org Mon Oct 17 09:42:46 2011 From: cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org (Cornie Huizenga) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:42:46 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: I need to contact with a road safety/transportation company In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Gregorio, I suggest that you get in touch with greg.smith@irap.org. IRAP has a lot of experience in this. Cornie On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Gregorio Villacorta Alegria < shapshico@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear colleagues, I need to contact with a company that do Road Safety > Audits > and is specialized in transport and road safety, is for an important urban > transport project in Per?. Regards. Gregorio > > -- > Gregorio > Road Safety Research Center > Per? > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > -- Cornie Huizenga Joint Convener Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport Mobile: +86 13901949332 cornie.huizenga@slocatpartnership.org www.slocat.net From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Oct 25 20:32:53 2011 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:32:53 +0200 Subject: [sustran] European City Modal Split Database: An invitation Message-ID: <01b901cc9309$d7df34e0$879d9ea0$@britton@ecoplan.org> _____________________________________________________ World Streets New post on World Streets: A New Mobility Agenda European City Modal Split Database: An invitation by Eric Britton, editor This open project from EPOMM -- the European Platform on Mobility Management -- is an absolutely brilliant idea. It does not require much explanation to get started; you can be off and going if you simply to click here and dig into their Google map. That said, a few words of introduction may not be [...] Read more of this post at http://wp.me/psKUY-1Wi Eric Britton, editor | 25 October 2011 at 11:44 | Categories: World Streets | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-1Wi Comment See all comments Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/european-city-modal-split-database-an-invitation/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com From yanivbin at gmail.com Wed Oct 26 13:21:54 2011 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:51:54 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Common Mobility Cards - Convenience for commuters or another surveillance device for the Big Boss Message-ID: FYI Dear all, A trickle of media reports over the last year or so have been hinting about a new single unified ticketing system or fare collection method being pushed through various big and small cities. The Ministry of Urban Development (MOUD), Government of India has been working on a programme to provide 'Common Mobility Cards' (CMC) for commuters in major cities around the country. In simple terms CMC aims to provide seamless travel for individuals across public transport facilities like buses and railways. When a commuter buys a CMC card from an authorised vendor he may use it like London's Oyster Cards and travel from place to place without actually buying separate tickets for each journey. (For more information on Oyster Cards click on: https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do) The applicable fare for the journey will be deducted by ticket collectors using computerised machines. Your card will allow you to travel only as far as the card value permits you. Of course these cards can be topped up at the notified service providers. We are told Jaipur has already started implementing this system (for news clippings click here: http://www.utiitsl.com/forms/CMCLaunchJaipur.pdf). Bengaluru and a host of other cities are next in line. So a commuter need not bother about carrying loose cash or coins any more if CMC is operationalised. Eventually the programme seeks to make the CMC valid across cities and States. The same card can be used for paying parking fees and also tolls on highways and pay-and-use roads. *Is this not a cool, convenient and efficient system? So why crib?:* ** *CMC links directly to personal data protection which in turn links to personal security and every person's fundamental right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 by the Constitution of India.* When CMCs become fully operational *every journey of mine and yours using CMC cards *- from point of origin to destination anywhere in India will be recorded in a database which will be manned by a central agency. Every transaction of ours using a CMC card will be recorded with that agency. CMCs are expected to be expanded to allow for payment of tolls on highways. And of course law enforcement agencies will have access to this database in the name of looking out for terror suspects. NATGRID has already been established to provide such background check services for any individual for law enforcement agencies. *All this is happening on a canvas where two crucial elements are absent:- * ** *a)* *absence of a**legal framework for protecting the individual's right to privacy*. Please note that unlike the right to information (RTI) which is an implied right under Article 19(1)(a) currently available only to citizens, the right to privacy is an implied right under Article 21 (the right to life and liberty) which is available to any person within the jurisdiction of the Indian State. So the right is available to a much larger set of people.; and *b) something even more basic**- people's right to know more about CMCs*. Is there citizen-friendly information about CMC anywhere on the MOUD website? Apart from a brief compilation of documents in complicated technical language available at MOUD's website there is very little information in the public domain about CMC cards. I am told this compilation was prepared for the RFQ process initiated by MOUD (for these documents please click on: http://urbanindia.nic.in/programme/ut/CMCandAFCSystems.pdf). CMC is a new system that will collect data about every individual who uses CMC cards as explained above. So it will affect every commuter in the country. Yet MOUD has not thought it fit to comply with Section 4(1)(c) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 which mandates every public authority to publish facts and figures while announcing important decisions or policies. This is a major poliy decision which has not received as much attention as it should. *Agencies such as NATGRID, CBI and National Investigation Agency which will have enormous use for this database have also been kept out of the RTI Act by the Government of India this year.* Information about CMC type programmes should ordinarily be available in the annual reports of the concerned ministries. This is a statutory requirement under Section 41)(b)(xi) of the RTI Act. yet only one biref para (para #7.4.3) is devoted to this subject in the Annual Report of MOUD (click here to access the full report: http://urbanindia.nic.in/quickaccess/ann_report/2010_2011/AR2010-11_English.pdf All that it tells us about the hirning of UTI Technology Services Ltd., Mumbai, a publis sector enterprise udner the FInance Ministry to roll out this programme across india. UTITSL, incidentally is responsible for issuing Income Tax PAN Cards across India. *Who authorised the commencement of the CMC programme?* There is no indication if there was a Cabinet decision on this subject. A press release issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) in August 2011 quotes a reply given by the Minister of State for Urban Development in response to a question raised by an MP in the Lok Sabha (for the text of the PIB press release click here: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=75364) (for the text of the question and answer tabled in parliament click here: http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult15.aspx?qref=109896) The answer given by the Minister indicates that CMC is being proposed for rollout in 2011-2012. But is not 'public transport a subject on the State List ( List II) of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution? Yes it is. This is why no separate budgetary allocation is being made for the CMC programme. Instead CMC is being made part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) under which assistance is provided by the Central Government to the States. Any public transport authority who wishes to buy low floor buses will have to implement this CMC system. Does JNNURM website have any detailed information on CMC? I tried hunting for it, but came up with digital crumbs, not a wholesome sandwich describing the programme in simple terms. Perhaps you may have better luck. All that I know is that one para (para #21) from the National Urban Transport Policy drafted in 2006 talks about a single ticketing system (for the complete text of the policy click on: http://urbanindia.nic.in/policies/TransportPolicy.pdf) and the CMC has evolved out of this para. *CMCs will become compulsory* The MOUD's service level benchmarks for urban transport under JNNURM include performance of States in implementing the Integrated Ticketing System (see para 1.4 and further on in the document accessible at: http://jnnurm.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/SLB-Urban-Transport.pdf) So while as citizens we have not yet debated the desirability of CMC, it has become compulsory for the States implementing JNNURM projects. *Later we will be compelled to use CMCs or go settle down to walking wherever we want to go*. *We are compelled to provide a range of personal data including our movements without any control over who will have access to that data and in what manner will it be used by which agency. The Draft law on the Right to Privacy leaked last year from one of the GOI's Ministries is more about empowering the State to conduct intensive and extensive surveillance and less about giving an individual control over his/her personal data held by a public or private agency.* *Cost of implementing CMCs* I am not a technological expert. I pay my taxes. So I would like to know how much this roll out of CMC will cost us. A look at the RFP documents reveal that the infrastructure requirement is huge. Millions of fare collection machines will be required to make the CMC operational. So the small number of companies making such machines will rejoice. We do not even know who they are. We do not know how much CMC roll out will cost the exchequer in every State. Nobody has bothered to inform us yet. There are other social costs as well. All meter-making companies for threewheelers (autorickshaws) and taxis will eventually shut shop because CMC will be made applicable to such modes of transport as well. We do not now if the same companies will make the automatic fare collecting machines. Techno-experts may have many other queries about the viability of the CMC programme. I leave it here for now. *Effectiveness of CMCs* While surfing for news about CMCs I stumbled upon a news article in the DNA about the alleged failure of such a system in Mumbai. The story is available at: http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/report_mumbai-s-experiment-with-smart-card-fails_1447695 So while convenience must be created for commuters it is always better to look before taking the leap. People must be informed first about the pros and cons of the system before States and public transport authorities are compelled to adopt CMC programme. Legal safeguards for ensuring safety and security of personal data must be put in place. Any person using the system must have access to and control over the data about him/her that is held by any agency participating in this programme. This requires extensive debate at all levels throughout the country. Is anybody listening? Big Boss is watching of course. *In order to access the our previous email alerts on RTI and related issues please click on: ** http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=84 * ** *You will find the links at the top of this web page. If you do not wish to receive these email alerts please send an email to this address indicating your refusal. * Thanks Venkatesh Nayak *Programme Coordinator* *Access to Information Programme* *Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative* *B-117, 1st Floor, Sarvodaya Enclave* *New Delhi- 110 017* *Tel: +91-11-43180215/ 43180200* *Fax: +91-11-26864688* *Skype: venkatesh.nayak* *Website: *www.humanrightsinitiative.org __._,_.___ From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Oct 26 17:17:47 2011 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:17:47 +0200 Subject: [sustran] here is something that we would like to extended to a first selection of Indian cities. Message-ID: <010b01cc93b7$c0d5b130$42811390$@britton@ecoplan.org> _____________________________________________________ World Streets Eric Britton posted in The Streets of India. here is something that we would like to... Eric Britton 5:06am Oct 26 here is something that we would like to extended to a first selection of Indian cities. You can see all about it here - http://wp.me/psKUY-1Wi European City Modal Split Database: An invitation worldstreets.wordpress.com This open project from EPOMM -- the European Platform on Mobility Management -- is an absolutely bri... View Post on Facebook ? Edit Email Settings ? Reply to this email to add a comment. From sguttikunda at gmail.com Sat Oct 29 16:07:52 2011 From: sguttikunda at gmail.com (Sarath Guttikunda) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:37:52 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Supply Chain of CO2 Emissions !! Message-ID: *Where is the Carbon Coming From? Tracking carbon emissions by source and receptor country* Read the full article in Guardian @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/oct/21/data-tracks-carbon-emissions-sourceA According to a scientific paper published this week, we might reasonably conclude that the answer ? though to understand why it's necessary to go back a couple of steps. For the purposes of the Kyoto treaty, a nation's carbon footprint is considered to be a sum of all the greenhouse gas released within its borders. But as many people ? myself included ? have been pointing out for years, that approach ignores all the laptops, leggings, lampshades and other goods that rich countries import from China and elsewhere . If we want any chance of a fair global climate deal, the now-familiar argument goes, we need to rethink the way we measure emissions to allocate some of the carbon pouring out of Chinese, Indian and Mexican factories and power plants to the countries importing good from those countries. The new scientific paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , points out that this argument ? though persuasive ? tells only half of the story. If you want to understand how carbon footprints are affected by international trade flows, the paper argues, you need to consider trade not only in gadgets and garments but also in fossil fuels themselves. After all, though country X might import a television that was made in country Y, it's quite possible that country Y in turn imported some of the coal, oil or gas consumed by the television factory from country Z. -- *Dr. Sarath Guttikunda* Founder and Analyst, UrbanEmissions.Info (New Delhi, India) Affiliate Associate Research Professor, Desert Research Institute (Reno, USA) *Tel +91-9891315946 | http://www.urbanemissions.info* *http://www.dri.edu/sarath-guttikunda* From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Mon Oct 31 07:46:52 2011 From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:46:52 -0500 Subject: [sustran] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bogot=E1_elections=2E=2E=2E=2E?= Message-ID: <4EADD3DC.3000207@gmail.com> For anyone interested in Bogot? elections, Pe?alosa just lost. Our next mayor will be Gustavo Petro, 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2015. In terms of sustainable transport, I doubt we'll make any more progress than what has happened in the past 7 years, which is not really positive at all... Best regards, Carlos. From joshirutul at yahoo.co.in Mon Oct 31 09:19:40 2011 From: joshirutul at yahoo.co.in (Rutul Joshi) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:49:40 +0530 (IST) Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_=5Bsustran=5D_Bogot=E1_elections=2E=2E=2E=2E?= In-Reply-To: <4EADD3DC.3000207@gmail.com> References: <4EADD3DC.3000207@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1320020380.55301.YahooMailNeo@web137316.mail.in.yahoo.com> Hi Carlos, Thanks for the post. For an outsider, it is difficult to understand the ground situations in Bogota and why Penelosa lost even after (what is being called as) the transformation of the city. It was indeed good to attend your talk about what has happened after Penelosa's exit from the Mayor office about 10 years back. It would be great if you can throw some light on what is likely to happen? What are Petro's policies? This post doesn't portray a very bad picture though: http://mikesbogotablog.blogspot.com/2011/10/bogotas-next-mayor.html best, Rutul ________________________________ From: Carlosfelipe Pardo To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport Sent: Monday, 31 October 2011 4:16 AM Subject: [sustran] Bogot? elections.... For anyone interested in Bogot? elections, Pe?alosa just lost. Our next mayor will be Gustavo Petro, 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2015. In terms of sustainable transport, I doubt we'll make any more progress than what has happened in the past 7 years, which is not really positive at all... Best regards, Carlos. -------------------------------------------------------- To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss ================================================================ SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Mon Oct 31 09:45:45 2011 From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:45:45 -0500 Subject: [sustran] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bogot=E1_elections=2E=2E=2E=2E?= In-Reply-To: <1320020380.55301.YahooMailNeo@web137316.mail.in.yahoo.com> References: <4EADD3DC.3000207@gmail.com> <1320020380.55301.YahooMailNeo@web137316.mail.in.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4EADEFB9.9050206@gmail.com> Hi Rutul, In his (18-page) government proposal Petro states that he will: - continue building TransMilenio (he says he'll use hybrid buses, who knows where he'll get them) - build cablecars in the outskirts of the city (hilly, low-income neighborhoods) - Eliminate "pico y placa" (plate restrictions) - organize "congestion zones" with park-n-ride - Increase bikeways and enforce the exclusive use by bicycles. But when asked for details, I have heard none. His advisors are very old-school transport engineers (predict and provide kind of things) . It is almost a rule that whatever the government proposal says, the first thing they'll do when they start is redevelop the whole thing into their government plan, which is what we should wait for. The other issue, as Mike's blog notes, is that Petro has never had any management experience (Mike says that he did in the guerrilla, but not even then!). He has been a senator for a long time, as is our current mayor (now in jail for corruption/incompetence). and he was previously of his political party as well. Finally, one issue that has happened in the last two mandates is that, whenever anyone proposes something related to sustainable transport, those ideas are seen by many as "Pe?alos-esque" and don't have much support from government. This is a real pity because many ideas have been reduced to nothing (or plainly rejected immediately by government) just because of this perception of "bikes = Pe?alosa", more or less... we shall see if the same immaturity reigns in this new government. I hope it helps, and I hope to have more info soon. Any others who have other views are most welcome to provide their views. I am absolutely not the best or the brightest to provide my views on this, I know some in this list have even worked closely in Pe?alosa's campaign and can give us other, more in-depth positions. Best regards, Carlos. On 30/10/2011 07:19 p.m., Rutul Joshi wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > Thanks for the post. For an outsider, it is difficult to understand > the ground situations in Bogota and why Penelosa lost even after (what > is being called as) the transformation of the city. It was indeed good > to attend your talk about what has happened after Penelosa's exit from > the Mayor office about 10 years back. > > It would be great if you can throw some light on what is likely to > happen? What are Petro's policies? This post doesn't portray a very > bad picture though: > http://mikesbogotablog.blogspot.com/2011/10/bogotas-next-mayor. > html > > > best, > Rutul > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Carlosfelipe Pardo > *To:* Global 'South' Sustainable Transport > > *Sent:* Monday, 31 October 2011 4:16 AM > *Subject:* [sustran] Bogot? elections.... > > For anyone interested in Bogot? elections, Pe?alosa just lost. Our next > mayor will be Gustavo Petro, 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2015. In terms of > sustainable transport, I doubt we'll make any more progress than what > has happened in the past 7 years, which is not really positive at all... > > > Best regards, > > Carlos. > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing > countries (the 'Global South'). > > From joshirutul at yahoo.co.in Mon Oct 31 11:35:02 2011 From: joshirutul at yahoo.co.in (Rutul Joshi) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:05:02 +0530 (IST) Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_=5Bsustran=5D_Bogot=E1_elections=2E=2E=2E=2E?= In-Reply-To: <4EADEFB9.9050206@gmail.com> References: <4EADD3DC.3000207@gmail.com> <1320020380.55301.YahooMailNeo@web137316.mail.in.yahoo.com> <4EADEFB9.9050206@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1320028502.62083.YahooMailNeo@web137313.mail.in.yahoo.com> Hi Carlos, It is indeed sad for the sustainable transport initiatives if they are bracketed like this (as penelos-esque). It can probably be the worst thing happening to any ideas - if they are viewed as being 'owned' by someone or one organisation.? I also see that either we are waiting for a good administrator/ mayor/ municipal commissioner to turn up or we are chasing them by jumping from a city to city. And isn't this waiting for a good administrator is like 'waiting for godot'! The major issue in sustainable transport is the continuity of the policies and not the project-centric thinking.Somehow it has been difficult to make a case for a long term adaptation of policies. Wherever this has happened, those cities have been successful in long run. If citizens groups come forward to participate in this process than the sustainability is ensured even more. I know that it is all very well to say all these but to operationalise this is very difficult in day-to-day life. It has also been difficult to find people, organisations to be engaged with cities on a long-term basis. I hope, 'Godot' arrives and we can change these things! ;) best, Rutul ________________________________ From: Carlosfelipe Pardo To: Rutul Joshi Cc: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport Sent: Monday, 31 October 2011 6:15 AM Subject: Re: [sustran] Bogot? elections.... Hi Rutul, In his (18-page) government proposal Petro states that he will: - continue building TransMilenio (he says he'll use hybrid buses, who knows where he'll get them) - build cablecars in the outskirts of the city (hilly, low-income neighborhoods) - Eliminate "pico y placa" (plate restrictions) - organize "congestion zones" with park-n-ride - Increase bikeways and enforce the exclusive use by bicycles. But when asked for details, I have heard none. His advisors are very old-school transport engineers (predict and provide kind of things) . It is almost a rule that whatever the government proposal says, the first thing they'll do when they start is redevelop the whole thing into their government plan, which is what we should wait for. The other issue, as Mike's blog notes, is that Petro has never had any management experience (Mike says that he did in the guerrilla, but not even then!). He has been a senator for a long time, as is our current mayor (now in jail for corruption/incompetence). and he was previously of his political party as well. Finally, one issue that has happened in the last two mandates is that, whenever anyone proposes something related to sustainable transport, those ideas are seen by many as "Pe?alos-esque" and don't have much support from government. This is a real pity because many ideas have been reduced to nothing (or plainly rejected immediately by government) just because of this perception of "bikes = Pe?alosa", more or less... we shall see if the same immaturity reigns in this new government. I hope it helps, and I hope to have more info soon. Any others who have other views are most welcome to provide their views. I am absolutely not the best or the brightest to provide my views on this, I know some in this list have even worked closely in Pe?alosa's campaign and can give us other, more in-depth positions. Best regards, Carlos. On 30/10/2011 07:19 p.m., Rutul Joshi wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > Thanks for the post. For an outsider, it is difficult to understand the ground situations in Bogota and why Penelosa lost even after (what is being called as) the transformation of the city. It was indeed good to attend your talk about what has happened after Penelosa's exit from the Mayor office about 10 years back. > > It would be great if you can throw some light on what is likely to happen? What are Petro's policies? This post doesn't portray a very bad picture though: http://mikesbogotablog.blogspot.com/2011/10/bogotas-next-mayor. html > > best, > Rutul > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Carlosfelipe Pardo > *To:* Global 'South' Sustainable Transport > *Sent:* Monday, 31 October 2011 4:16 AM > *Subject:* [sustran] Bogot? elections.... > > For anyone interested in Bogot? elections, Pe?alosa just lost. Our next > mayor will be Gustavo Petro, 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2015. In terms of > sustainable transport, I doubt we'll make any more progress than what > has happened in the past 7 years, which is not really positive at all... > > > Best regards, > > Carlos. > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). > > From patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com Mon Oct 31 13:26:38 2011 From: patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:56:38 +0530 Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?B?UmU6IFtzdXN0cmFuXSBCb2dvdOEgZWxlY3Rpb25zLi4uLg==?= In-Reply-To: <4EADD3DC.3000207@gmail.com> References: <4EADD3DC.3000207@gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear Carlos, Thanks for sharing this with us. Sometimes election results are surprising and unfathomable, but that is the political reality one has to face. I am sorry Pe?alosa lost. For a great number of us he was the voice and image of Bogota, but perhaps Bogota is also changing. Warm regards, -- Sujit On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote: > For anyone interested in Bogot? elections, Pe?alosa just lost. Our next > mayor will be Gustavo Petro, 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2015. In terms of > sustainable transport, I doubt we'll make any more progress than what > has happened in the past 7 years, which is not really positive at all... > > > Best regards, > > Carlos. > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- *?..each million we invest into urban motorways is an investment to destroy the city?* Mayor Hans Joachim Vogel Munich 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sujit Patwardhan patwardhan.sujit@gmail.com sujit@parisar.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yamuna, ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007, India Tel: +91 20 25537955 Cell: +91 98220 26627 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parisar: www.parisar.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From yanivbin at gmail.com Mon Oct 31 23:39:53 2011 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:09:53 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Rs 265 cr recovered for Rs 44 cr railway bridge in Navi Mumbai Message-ID: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/oct/301011-Rs-265-cr-recovered-for-Rs-44-cr-railway.htm Rs 265 cr recovered for Rs 44 cr railway bridge *By: *Shashank Rao *Date: *2011-10-30 *For the last 19 years, CIDCO and Central Railways have charged extra on every ticket bought by 10 lakh commuters travelling from the city to Navi Mumbai every day, in a bid to recover Rs 44 crore spent on the construction of the Vashi bridge. They have amassed Rs 265 crore, and still won't stop* Rail activist Anil Galgali has written to the Central Railway, asking it to stop levying a surcharge of Re 1 and Rs 2 on second class and first class tickets, respectively, for travel to Navi Mumbai from Mumbai. *The railway bridge between Vashi and Mankhurd on the Harbour Line* This, after the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) and Central Railways have been jointly charging a surcharge on rail tickets from 10-lakh odd commuters per day travelling to Navi Mumbai, ever since the Mankhurd-Belapur rail line was completed at a cost of Rs 45 crore and the Thane Creek Bridge, popularly called the Vashi bridge, was put into operation in 1992. However, over the years, the state government, planning authority and railways have recovered a surcharge of Rs 265 crore ? almost 6 times the cost of the project. "The railways claim that this surcharge has been levied to recover not only the cost of building the bridge but also laying of tracks and related infrastructure. This is absolutely wrong since they are government agencies and their intention shouldn't be about making profits," explained Galgali. Individual commuters have also approached Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjeev Naik on the issue. "I have asked the state government to withdraw this surcharge. Now, the government and CIDCO should take care of any deficiency on their own," he said. He has also approached Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on this issue. "The authorities earn more than Rs 1 crore every month as surcharge from ticket sales. Plus, instead of levying a new surcharge when the fast corridor on the Harbour line comes up, money from this surcharge can be utilised towards that," he feels. Meanwhile, CR sources say the surcharge will be recovered until the financial liability of the government and CIDCO is cleared and that there is no stipulation on the number of years that the surcharge may continue to be levied. "Once the state government tells us that their costs have been recovered and we need to stop collecting surcharge, we will do it," said V Malegaonkar, chief PRO, CR. "CIDCO has contributed 67 per cent to the construction of this railway line and the bridge. If they count interest rates, developmental costs related to the construction of the railway tracks on the Mankhurd to Belapur stretch, and other peripheral expenses, the total expenditure to be recovered is Rs 787 crore. "This decision was made in a tripartite agreement," maintained CIDCO spokesperson M Ninawe.