From cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org Fri Jul 4 11:27:28 2014 From: cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org (Cornie Huizenga) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 10:27:28 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Side-event Invitation:Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport on July 7th during the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) cordially invites you to "Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport" side event organized during the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development's meeting. The event organized in coordination with the Climate Bonds Initiative, and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, will be held on July 7th (1.15 - 2.30 pm), in New York, United States. (Conference Room 5, North Lawn Building, United Nations). Following the success experience in developing the SLoCaT Results Framework on Sustainable Transport (www.slocat.net/resultsframework), SLoCaT aims to facilitate the development of a Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport. In order for the Framework to be effective in terms of impact it will be important that it: - Combines climate change perspective and sustainable development perspective; - Focuses on development of infrastructure and services as well as the operation and maintenance of such infrastructure and services; - Integrates public and private sector financing; - Defines the specific role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as well as Climate Financing. *The side event will focus on the following key questions:* 1. What part of GHG emission reduction measure, or other sustainability measures in the transport sector, can be funded through passing on the costs to users? 2. How to re-direct public sector funding from supporting and enabling a car dominated infrastructure towards multi-modal transport infrastructure services which can reduce the modal share of car or truck based passenger and freight transport? 3. How to tap private sector as a more significant contributor to develop sustainable, low carbon transport infrastructure and services? 4. How to better leverage both public and private funding sustainable transport through sustainable transport directed ODA (e.g. MDB Rio+20 $ 175 billion Voluntary Commitment)? 5. How to make Climate Financing (e.g. Global Environment Facility, Clean Development Mechanism, Green Climate Fund) work better for the transport sector? *Proposed Program for the side event:* - Welcome Remarks by Representative UN-DESA and the SLoCaT Partnership; - Short description of the SLoCaT Framework on Sustainable Transport and scoping of the proposed Financing Framework for Sustainable Transport - *Cornie Huizenga*, Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport; - Panel discussion with: *- Michael Replogle*, Managing Director for Policy and Founder, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy *- Elliott Sclar*, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at Columbia University *- Mohammad (Reza) Salamat, *Senior Program Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs For more information on the event, please contact Cornie Huizenga at cornie.huizenga[at]slocatpartnership.org or visit http://slocat.net/event/1236. Best, -- Cornie Huizenga Secretary General Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) Far East International Plaza, B 1811 317 Xianxia Road 200051 Shanghai, China www.slocat.net @SLOCATcornie +8613901949332 -- Cornie Huizenga Secretary General Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) Far East International Plaza, B 1811 317 Xianxia Road 200051 Shanghai, China www.slocat.net @SLOCATcornie +8613901949332 From operations at velomondial.net Fri Jul 4 16:00:20 2014 From: operations at velomondial.net (Pascal van den Noort) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 09:00:20 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: Side-event Invitation:Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport on July 7th during the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4ED8B1B3-BB16-4A48-853E-D4DD811C8B7B@velomondial.net> Dear Cornie, Thanks for your invitation; you may realize that I will not be able to attend at such short notice. However, having said that, I would like to point out two aspects of the work that Velo Mondial is executing with partners, like the highly innovative, Dutch feet on the ground company Decisio. With them we develop the international application of their Dutch findings and tools. Two examples: In the fall we will produce a study under the title: 'New ways to go; Private investment in cycling'. It is done in the context of CycleCities, an EC Interreg IVc project with Gdansk, Ljubljana, Genoa, Lisbon, Leipzig, Piraeus, Athens, the London Borough of Merton and it promises to be a very interesting document. The report is focusing on determining the costs and benefits associated with private investments in cycling using the methodology prepared by CycleCities partner National Technical University of Athens with the aim of encouraging an increase in private investment in cycling. The report will be combined with two other reports; one on cycling and public investment and another one on cycling and environmental aspects. Also with Decisio we are in the process of developing international versions of a tool analysing the Social Cost & Befits of investment in cycling by cities. A 'Social Cost & Benefit Analysys (SCBA)' of cycling investments and other cycling measures gives insight in the value of the investment to (groups of citizens in the) society, the social return on investment. That?s why it is a solid and convincing basis for decision-making, as cycling investments can be compared with other investments. It is already tested and now functioning in The Netherlands. On http://www.fietsberaad.nl/mkba-fiets/index.cfm?action=nieuweinfrastructuur you can find a simple interactive SCBA tool for cycling, developed by Decisio (in dutch only); it is for cities to make a quick scan. Looking forward to our ongoing cooperation, Pascal Pascal J.W. van den Noort Executive Director Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National operations@velomondial.net +31206270675 landline +31627055688 mobile phone Velo Mondial's Blog Linkedin Click here for information on urban mobility issues you always wanted to have On 4 jul. 2014, at 04:27, Cornie Huizenga wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > > The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) cordially > invites you to "Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport" > side event organized during the High Level > Political Forum on Sustainable Development's meeting. The event organized > in coordination with the Climate Bonds Initiative, and the Institute for > Transportation and Development Policy, will be held on July 7th (1.15 - > 2.30 pm), in New York, United States. (Conference Room 5, North Lawn > Building, United Nations). > > > Following the success experience in developing the SLoCaT Results > Framework on Sustainable Transport (www.slocat.net/resultsframework), > SLoCaT aims to facilitate the development of a Financing Framework for > Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport. In order for the Framework to be > effective in terms of impact it will be important that it: > > > - Combines climate change perspective and sustainable development > perspective; > - Focuses on development of infrastructure and services as well as the > operation and maintenance of such infrastructure and services; > - Integrates public and private sector financing; > - Defines the specific role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as > well as Climate Financing. > > *The side event will focus on the following key questions:* > > > 1. What part of GHG emission reduction measure, or other sustainability > measures in the transport sector, can be funded through passing on the > costs to users? > 2. How to re-direct public sector funding from supporting and enabling a > car dominated infrastructure towards multi-modal transport infrastructure > services which can reduce the modal share of car or truck based passenger > and freight transport? > 3. How to tap private sector as a more significant contributor to > develop sustainable, low carbon transport infrastructure and services? > 4. How to better leverage both public and private funding sustainable > transport through sustainable transport directed ODA (e.g. MDB Rio+20 $ 175 > billion Voluntary Commitment)? > 5. How to make Climate Financing (e.g. Global Environment Facility, > Clean Development Mechanism, Green Climate Fund) work better for the > transport sector? > > *Proposed Program for the side event:* > > > - Welcome Remarks by Representative UN-DESA and the SLoCaT Partnership; > - Short description of the SLoCaT Framework on Sustainable Transport and > scoping of the proposed Financing Framework for Sustainable > Transport - *Cornie > Huizenga*, Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon > Transport; > > > - Panel discussion with: > > *- Michael Replogle*, Managing Director for Policy and Founder, Institute > for Transportation and Development Policy > > *- Elliott Sclar*, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at > Columbia University > > *- Mohammad (Reza) Salamat, *Senior Program Officer, United Nations > Department of Economic and Social Affairs > > > For more information on the event, please contact Cornie Huizenga at > cornie.huizenga[at]slocatpartnership.org or visit > http://slocat.net/event/1236. > > > Best, > > -- > Cornie Huizenga > Secretary General > Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) > Far East International Plaza, B 1811 > 317 Xianxia Road > 200051 Shanghai, China > > www.slocat.net > @SLOCATcornie > +8613901949332 > > > > > > > -- > Cornie Huizenga > Secretary General > Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) > Far East International Plaza, B 1811 > 317 Xianxia Road > 200051 Shanghai, China > > www.slocat.net > @SLOCATcornie > +8613901949332 > -------------------------------------------------------- > 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 sutp at sutp.org Mon Jul 7 21:58:27 2014 From: sutp at sutp.org (sutp at sutp.org) Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:58:27 +0000 Subject: [sustran] =?utf-8?Q?SUTP_Newsletter=3A_Issue_03/14_=E2=80=93_MAY_?= =?utf-8?Q?-_JUNE=2C_2014?= Message-ID: Dear All, Please find the attached document containing GIZ-SUTP Newsletter for the month of May-June, 2014. Best Wishes, SUTP-Team -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NL-SUTP-May-June14.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 438859 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20140707/5b37789a/NL-SUTP-May-June14-0001.bin From ecomobility at iclei.org Thu Jul 17 20:57:24 2014 From: ecomobility at iclei.org (=?utf-8?Q?EcoMobility?=) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:57:24 +0000 Subject: [sustran] =?utf-8?Q?EcoMobility_Update_-_July_2014?= Message-ID: Use this area to offer a short preview of your email's content. 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Do read this excellent article by Darryl D'Monte http://indiatogether.org/docklands-redevelopment-by-mumbai-port-trust-nitin-gadkari-economy The redevelopment of port land in Mumbai, dominated by the grandiose proposals of Nitin Gadkari, now rests primarily on the wishes of the Mumbai Port Trust, while it ignores the real needs of the city at large. Darryl D?Monte exposes the contradictions. -- Sujit -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? *Parisar* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The award serves as a tribute to persons who have a responsibility for the formulation of air quality management related policies and their day-to-day implementation in Asia. This, in the view of the Clean Air Asia Partnership, is the best way to honor Kong Ha, who through his deep commitment and knowledge, relentless enthusiasm, and strong sense of partnership was a key person in shaping and overseeing the implementation of mobile source emission reduction policies in Hong Kong. The Kong Ha award for Excellence in Air Quality Management in Asia is handed out by the Clean Air Asia Partnership in conjunction with the Better Air Quality (BAQ) conferences of which Kong Ha, together with Wing-tat Hung (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and W.C. Mok of Hong Kong EPD were the founding fathers. *Past Winners:* [image: Description: http://www.baq2014.org/invite/images/shi-han.jpg] *Mr. Shi Han Min,* the Director of Environmental Protection Bureau for Beijing, China, for his exemplary leadership in efforts of Beijing EPB and other stakeholders in Beijing to address air pollution before and during the Beijing 2008 Olympics and Paralympics, and received the award during the BAQ 2008 Conference in Thailand. [image: Description: http://www.baq2014.org/invite/images/puput.jpg] *Ahmad (Puput) Safrudin* who is a key figure in the campaign for measures to address air pollution, particularly for spearheading the phase out of lead from gasoline in Indonesia which was successfully achieved in 2006. He continues to monitor the implementation of these policies and played a role in court cases that challenged the more stringent fuel quality standards. For successfully mobilizing the public to take part in campaigns against the use of lead in gasoline, Puput was awarded at the BAQ 2010 Conference in Singapore. [image: Description: http://www.baq2014.org/invite/images/mukesh-sharma.jpg] *Dr. Mukesh Sharma* stands out in the air quality management arena as he highlights the issues through scientific analyses and argues for changes in policies which easily find favour with the stakeholders. One of his greatest achievements is the inclusion of new parameters (ozone, arsenic, nickel, benzene and benzo(a)pyrene) to the Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards of India in 2009. Dr. Sharma was given recognition at the BAQ 2012 Conference in Hong Kong. Eligible for the Kong Ha Award are persons who are working and excel on day-to-day basis in respect to the formulation and implementation of air quality management policies. All fields of air quality management qualify: mobile, stationary and area sources of pollution. Potential candidates can come from local or national government, civil society or academic or research institutions in developing Asia. Candidates can be nominated by organizations or individuals. Self nominations will not be accepted. The Kong Ha Award secretariat will also solicit the submissions of applications from worthy candidates. There will be only one winner of the Kong Ha Award; no formal runners up will be identified. In case the selected winner is not able to accept the award for whatever reason the award committee will select a new winner from the short listed candidates. The winner of the Kong Ha Award 2014 will be invited to BAQ 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka to receive the award. The award comes with a cash prize of US$ 10,000. *Nominations will be accepted until 1 September. Download Nomination Form * *Co-organizers:* [image: Description: http://www.baq2014est.org/images/logos/organizers/govt-sri_lanka.jpg] [image: Description: http://www.baq2014est.org/images/logos/organizers/moej.jpg] [image: Description: http://www.baq2014est.org/images/logos/organizers/cai-asia.jpg] [image: Description: http://www.baq2014est.org/images/logos/organizers/uncrd.jpg] *Partners:* [image: Description: http://www.baq2014est.org/images/logos/partners/adb.jpg] [image: Description: http://www.baq2014est.org/images/logos/partners/giz.jpg] [image: Description: http://www.baq2014est.org/images/logos/partners/wb.jpg] *Secretariat:* *Clean Air Asia* Email: baq@cleanairasia.org *Tel. No.: +63 2 631 1042 <%2B63%202%20631%201042>* *UNCRD* Email: est@uncrd.or.jp *Tel. No.: +81 52 561 9531 <%2B81%2052%20561%209531>* [image: Description: http://www.baq2014.org/invite/images/footer.jpg] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Programme The webinar will deepen the understanding of urban development, of the consequences and implications for urban transport and on how to achieve integrated and more effective sustainable urban mobility planning in developing cities. Good and bad practice examples will be shown, and key concepts for integrating urban planning and urban transport will be outlined. http://capsut.org/events/urban-development-and-transport-linkages/?utm_source=EcoMobility+Contacts&utm_campaign=dd89be8538-Urban_Development_and_transport_Webinar&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_53dac3f3db-dd89be8538-107237045 The webinar will be conducted by Carlosfelipe Pardo. We also invite you to share your experiences by participating in the discussion and/or by a short individual contribution from your city/region. If you would like to have a 3-5-minutes slot to share your experience with the participants, please inform us in your registration mail. 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Raising a public transport fund by taxing liquor would be acceptable both socially and politically, it was argued. The earlier moves to raise a transport fund through road pricing measures on the lines of Singapore (1975), London (2003) and Milan (2008) found few takers in Delhi even though almost all expert studies commissioned by the government, Parliament and the courts recommended it at some point of time. Restraining the movement of seven million private vehicles in a city requires political courage, a paradigm shift from the populist, and often lucrative, policies of building more roads and cutting car prices. But encouraging the use of private vehicles serves only a minority. Studies show that only a quarter of Delhi?s population owns cars and twowheelers and yet choke the city?s roads. According to RITES, a government-owned engineering consultancy, bus ridership in Delhi has dropped from 60% to 40% since 2000. As a result, Metro is overloaded. But it is not cheap. The minimum cost of taking a bus is Rs. 5, while for Metro it is Rs. 8. While the government caters to four million passengers daily by spending ` 3,100 crore on 6,200 buses, the Delhi Metro with its ` 30,000-crore investment on the 194-kilometre track carries only 2.6 million. The bulk of Metro commuters anyway depend on buses for the first and the lastmile connectivity. The RITES forecasts that even after the full completion of the Metro project, its ridership will still be at 20% of the vehicular trips, including nonmotorised transport in 2021. Therefore, it recommends that the bulk of the public transport services should be bus-based. Internationally, bus usage is higher than the mass-transit. In London, 3.7 million people use the Underground daily while 6.4 million take a bus. Singapore registers a daily MRT ridership of 2.65 million trips and 3.48 million trips by buses. A study by CSE in 2012 (Waiting for the Bus) pointed out that the Delhi Transport Corporation?s cost burden was the highest among all metro cities, mainly due to the fuel costs and taxes. Since 2009, the last time the fares were revised, CNG prices have gone up by 80%. While cars and twowheelers pay a lifetime road tax, public buses are taxed every year. While the DTC pay taxes to the centre and the state, DMRC enjoyed a range of exemptions and even gets electricity at subsidised rates. The DTC had only two sources of revenue - fare box and advertisements. But Metro earns from fares, feeder bus service, consultancy, real estate, commercial development, carbon credit etc. Fixing DTC?s financial health will also help improve its service quality. The CSE study showed that Delhi?s buses had a high breakdown rate at 2.3 breakdowns per 10,000 effective kms, while Mumbai?s recorded 1.3 for the same distance. For years, the government has been promising the use of Global Positioning System on every bus to update the commuter waiting at the bus stop. The LED display boards provided at all new bus stops built during the Commonwealth Games have either been vandalized or run random trial messages. The kiosks to display routes and timetables lie vacant. There are lessons to be learnt at home. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transpor t Corporation (BMTC) started revamping its bus system much after Delhi and now runs 6,400 buses. The Vajra buses were well received on the so-called IT sector routes and are now popular across the city. A dependable, safe and popular bus service can do wonders to the clogged roads and sooty air of Delhi. Tipplers may not mind one too many for the road but can Delhi shy away from taxing congestion? From yanivbin at gmail.com Tue Jul 29 23:47:00 2014 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:17:00 +0530 Subject: [sustran] =?utf-8?Q?Pune_BRTS_joint_route_set_to_be_Asia=E2=80=99?= =?utf-8?Q?s_biggest_network?= Message-ID: http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-brts-joint-route-set-to-be-asia-s-biggest-network-2006207 BRTS joint route set to be Asia?s biggest network Tuesday, 29 July 2014 - 10:43am IST | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA - Rajesh Rao @RyterRajesh - *DNA Correspondent* *DNA* The 115 kms of total BRTS network of routes planned for PCMC-PMC area, when completed and jointly operational, will become Asia's biggest and one-of-its-kind BRTS interconnected system. This announced by Ex- Officio Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, SK Lohia, in his keynote address at a seminar organized today for Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation officials, on how to develop a sustainable and equitable transportation for the twin town. The seminar discussing 'Sustainable Transport for Pimpri Chinchwad' was organised by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), an international non-governmental non-profit organization providing technical assistance to cities and local advocacy groups on sustainable transportation development. The seminar was held on Friday, July 25, at Hotel Citrus in Pimpri. On the present situation of urban transport in India, Lohia said that it has become a constitutional and institutional orphan. "Public transport in India is not considered as public services. In our city master plans, there is no place for mobility plan. Our priority should be people and accessibility, with precedence to pedestrian movement, non-motorized transport, affective public transport and last private vehicles," he said. Giving an example, he said that in Mumbai even today, 44% of commuting happens by walking, so it becomes important that we develop neighbourhoods that promote walking. Lohia said that the government is working on the concept of Smart City Scheme of developing 100 such cities across India and Pune is going to be one of them. "PCMC-PMC can be the best example of a city in India with the success of BRTS. It is an illusion that having big, free flow, signal free roads with flyovers will resolve the problem, instead it is encouraging that more private vehicles on road," he said. A total of 45kms of BRTS routes are being developed within PCMC limts, which include 4 routes of Nigdi-Dapodi (12kms), Sanghvi-Kiwale (14.50kms), Nashik Phata-Wakad (8kms) and Kalewadi-Dehu-Alandi (10.50kms). The BRTS projects within PCMC is funded by JNNURM and Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) programme, in partnership with Global Environment Facility (GEF), World Bank and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). *Debate and Arguement* During the presentation on proper implementation of BRTS project by ITDP experts, PCMC corporators invited for the seminar raised the issue of difficulties in present planning of BRTS in the twin town, especially the long delayed Nigdi-Dapodi route, which is causing inconvenience to traffic movement. They were raising various doubts of how improper implementation of the BRTS route on Nigdi-Dapodi stretch may give rise to various safety concerns, with speed lane running in the centre of the 8 lane road. They pointed that to accommodate BRTS lane the footpath width is being decreased.