[sustran] Re: Is Asia moving in the direction of restricting the use of private cars?

[Breithaupt, Manfred GIZ]

Thks, Cornie!
2 and 3 , push and pull, PT and nmt improvements in combination with a wide set of TDM measures are required and need to go hand in hand. The extent and depth on what needs to be done reg TDM measures will vary from city to city.
In HCMC measures under 2 (below) have not yet been fully implememented. Therefore the impact so far is marginal.

With best regards,

Manfred


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From: sustran-discuss-bounces+manfred.breithaupt=gtz.de at list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+manfred.breithaupt=gtz.de at list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Cornie Huizenga
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 3:35 AM
To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport
Subject: [sustran] Is Asia moving in the direction of restricting the use of private cars?

Dear All,

I came across the following news article on Viet Nam:

Vietnamese  *Deputy PM advocates restricted use of private vehicles*
15 Mar, 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the National Traffic
Safety Committee, on Thursday instructed the Ministries of Finance and
Transport to submit a proposal that will restrict use of privately owned
vehicles by increasing toll fee, in a move to restore more traffic order
and safety in Ho Chi Minh City.
On Thursday afternoon, Deputy PM Phuc, Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang
and representatives from other relevant departments and ministries met with
City leaders to find ways to improve traffic safety and curb congestion.
http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2012/03/deputy-pm-advocates-restricted-use-of-private-vehicles.html

For me this fits in quite well with a recent insight that I had on the
manner in which thinking on sustainable transport is developing in the
Asian region.  I see three main phases in the way that governments are
approaching transport planning: (1) built your way out of construction -
under this approach national and city governments resort to massive
construction programs - e.g. the 6 ring roads in Beijing, (2) when the
first approach does not solve congestion problems governments invest in
massive expansion of public transport, (metro, BRT, etc) and put in place
temporary restrictions on use of cars based on plate numbers, and (3) once
the first two methods are not working consider limiting the growth of
vehicles (e.g Shanghai and Beijing) or the use of vehicles through
congestion charges, urban road tolling etc.   My impression/expectation is
that we will see more of the third approach in Asia in the coming years.
It is interesting so far that it is governments who are in the lead on this
and that this is not the result from extensive lobbying from international
NGOs or development organizations who still are focused largely on phase 2
- the creation of alternative public and NMT transport infrastructure and
services.

What do you think?

Cornie


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