<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Verdana; } @page Section1 {size: 612.0pt 792.0pt; margin: 72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } SPAN.emailstyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.links2 { FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none } SPAN.emailstyle20 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.EmailStyle21 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Lee's comments where?</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>4% of urban area devoted to transport does indeed seem low, but 20-22% sounds excessive.  Has anyone got comparative figures for a raft of other cities?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan</DIV>   -- Alan Howes Associate Transport Planner Colin Buchanan 4 St Colme Street Edinburgh      EH3 6AA Scotland email:  <A href="mailto:alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk">alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk</A> tel:      (0)131 226 4693 (switchboard)            (0)7952 464335  (mobile) fax:     (0)131 220 0232 www: <A href="http:/www.cbuchanan.co.uk/">http:/www.cbuchanan.co.uk/</A> _______________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Unless you are the named addressee, or authorised to receive it for the addressee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender by replying to this email. Any views expressed by an individual within this email which do not constitute or record professional advice relating to the business of Colin Buchanan, do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. Any professional advice or opinion contained within this email is subject to our terms and conditions of business. We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses. _______________________________ <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+alan.howes=cbuchanan.co.uk@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+alan.howes=cbuchanan.co.uk@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Eric Britton Sent: 20 March 2006 10:44 To: sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org Subject: [sustran] Experts for more roads in city (See Lee Schipper commentson this) </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="WIDTH: 350.25pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=467 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top> Experts for more roads in city</TD></TR> <TR style="HEIGHT: 7.5pt" height=10> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; HEIGHT: 7.5pt" vAlign=top height=10>  </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top> <A href="http://www.expressindia.com/about/feedback.html?mailto=vvdeshmukh@expressindia.com">Express News Service</A></TD></TR> <TR style="HEIGHT: 7.5pt" height=10> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; HEIGHT: 7.5pt" vAlign=top height=10>  </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm" vAlign=top> Pune, March 17: EMBARQ, a World Research Initiative Centre for Transport and Environment, stressed on the need for the city to increase the percentage of land use for transport from 4 per cent to 20-22 per cent to stem the traffic problems. Presenting the findings before Municipal Commissioner Nitin Kareer on Friday before, EMBARQ’s director of research, Lee Schipper suggested that more roads are necessary for tackling the traffic problems. Funded by Swedish Institute of Development Authority, EMBARQ has been studying traffic woes of Pune, Xian in China and Hanoi in Vietnam under the project Partnership for Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia (PSUTA) to suggest ways of coping up with increasing traffic. <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=right border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm">  </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm">  </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Schipper said that compared to the other two cities, Pune’s traffic comprises two-wheelers, autorickshaws, buses all plying on narrow roads in downtown parts. ‘‘Pune has less vehicle speed (12 km/hr) in comparison wih the two cities and the traffic fatality is minimum here.’’ He said that Nalstop and Swargate chowks have higher traffic density compared to Bhosari — an industrial area. EMBARQ study revealed that around 60 percent, is directly exposed to air pollution. Advocating Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the city, Schipper blamed the city planners for failing to undertake any impact study to calculate the improvements done after implementations of projects. Experts from Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) underlined fifty indicators for ascertaining a sustainable transport system and recommended monitoring the indicators by conducting frequent trend analysis to ensure transport in the city.   [eb: We’d like to see (a) that list and (b) how Pune fared in it. Can anyway get this to the group????]  </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Source: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=174140</DIV></BODY></HTML>