24 June 2006 Dear Todd, Thank you for sending some inspiring stuff. And please do continue sending more. -- Sujit <div>On 6/24/06, Todd Edelman <<a href="mailto:edelman@greenidea.info">edelman@greenidea.info</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi again, like the previous posts these are about style (how the Urban Forum did or didnt go about things the right way) AND content... which is they are going to all three of these lists... I dont think I will make any more postings on this... - T --- Viewpoints: The urban world in 2050 Intro: The world is fast approaching the point where the majority of the human population will be found in urban areas. The projection is that in 50 years' time, two-thirds of humanity will live in cities. Six experts outline their vision of the urban world in 2050. Excerpt: "The more we rely on advanced technologies, the more cities seem to grow" - Stephen Graham, human geographer and author of The Cybercities Reader Full story: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5094602.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5094602.stm</a> *** Ideas struggle amid urban chatter Intro: During the closing speeches at the third World Urban Forum in Vancouver, one leading UN figure noted that critics would leave and announce that "nothing will be achieved" as a result of the forum. "They are wrong," he added with defiance. Excerpts: ...And, even better, they were ideas that really could make a difference. For example, there was the Swedish town that virtually powers itself, including its cars, on the biogas waste from the local slaughterhouse. AND... ... Meanwhile, from a completely different part of the world, the mayor of the Colombian capital, Bogota, told of just exactly what could be done with the real will to meet some of challenges of making cities sustainable. Faced with calls to upgrade and expand the city's road network, he argued such a move was unwarranted, as car usage is relatively low - only around 12% of the capital's people regularly drive. Instead, funds were put into a "car free city" and as a result, Bogota now has more cycle paths - 300km of them - than almost any other city in the world. Full story: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5112210.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5112210.stm</a> ------------------------------------------------------ Todd Edelman Director Green Idea Factory ++420 605 915 970 <a href="mailto:edelman@greenidea.info">edelman@greenidea.info</a> <a href="http://www.worldcarfree.net/onthetrain">http://www.worldcarfree.net/onthetrain</a> Green Idea Factory, a member of World "Car free" Network ================================================================ SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). Because of the history of the list, the main focus is on urban transport policy in Asia. </blockquote></div> -- ------------------------------------------------------ Sujit Patwardhan <a href="mailto:sujit@vsnl.com">sujit@vsnl.com</a> <a href="mailto:sujitjp@gmail.com"> sujitjp@gmail.com</a> "Yamuna", ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007 India Tel: 25537955 ----------------------------------------------------- Hon. Secretary: Parisar <a href="http://www.parisar.org"> www.parisar.org</a> ------------------------------------------------------ Founder Member: PTTF (Pune Traffic & Transportation Forum) <a href="http://www.pttf.net">www.pttf.net</a> ------------------------------------------------------