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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Global South Mobility – A relay
station in the up hill struggle for sustainable mobility in cities in the
developing world</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dear Sustran Friends,</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Not quite sure about this – at
least as it stands thus far – but for some months now this has been
itching and it seemed to me that there just had to be room for something at
least decent along these lines. So I have sat down and spent some time
with this to see what we might have if I gave it a good first whack.
Which is my best effort for now that you can see at this address, http://www.globalsouthmobility.org/
</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>It brings up a couple of questions
concerning which I would be most grateful to have your counsel, either in
private of if you think it appropriate via the group</span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is
this necessary? Does it fill a gap, or is it just one more of many and really
not necessary?</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Does
this have at least the promise of the quality needed to do the job?</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>And why should this come from
us and the New Mobility Agenda? Perhaps there is someone better
placed to do this? Or maybe they already are – though I could not run
it down in my own research for something along these line. (I for one
don’t mind sitting down and shutting up when someone is already
doing a good job of it.)</span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>And finally and about the most important
once we have worked our way through the above:</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.75pt;text-indent:-27.75pt'><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>o</span></font><font size=1 color=black><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>What needs to be done next to make it more
useful, prior to striding out on to the world stage and seeing if we can find
our place. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Over the last couple of days I find
myself talking to the media about urban rail, BRTs, cycles, motorcycles in
cities, Bogotá, Dar, a bunch of cities in South Africa – and the long
list goes on. The little video library and Paul Barter’s excellent
commentary on them. Calls for and radio interviews in </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Slovenia</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> and of all places </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>New York City</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> (capital of the underdeveloped
world, at least as far as transportation is concerned). Something important is
going on, and we need to be there and take our place. Otherwise you know
hat will happen.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks for telling me what you think. And
while I may be a bit pigheaded in my efforts to make this work and useful,
please do believe that I am wide open to counsel and your ideas. I hope
that you have noticed that I am able to listen, learn and not at all timid
about ripping things apart if I understand how to do better.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>best/eric</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>PS. And oh yes, this is either an
emergency or not. If not, let’s get off the computer and go to the beach.
And don’t forget the beer. </span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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