<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">eric, i respect you but please don't use or address me by my full name. unless you want to honor me, which i highly doubt, it is insulting. i'd prefer jojo instead. thank you. now, i'm on vacation and have no time for banter so i'll catch you guys later...cheers. jojo <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ---- From: Eric Britton <eric.britton@ecoplan.org> To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport <sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org> Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com; LotsLessCars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 2:05:52 PM Subject: [sustran] Low Car Diet? <style>  </style> <div class="Section1"> Joselito Lomada Guevarra writes on this date on the subject of Carlos Prado’s suggestion that we somehow get policy makers to use cycles and/or public transport themselves to better understand the possibilities and needs of us ordinary people in our day to day lives: "And how do you intend to do this? Riding bicycles or public transport once or twice won't sway them that easily...they need to do it over a long period of time...continuously.     Indeed that’s where we think that a concept like the Low-Car Diet might be put to use with real results.   Low Car Diet? Never heard of it? Well click <a id="bodyLinks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2006-25%2CGGLG%3Aen&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Low+car+diet&as_oq=&as_eq=carb&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images">http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2006-25%2CGGLG%3Aen&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Low+car+diet&as_oq=&as_eq=carb&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images</a>  60,000 (SIXTY THOUSAND) entries in Google.   Pressure your political representatives and candidates for public office to go on a public low car diet. Help them. Organize a local event and gets lots of people to give it a try.  As you can see through Google, here is a New Mobility concept for which it is easy to get media attention.   What a simple concept!  A full month. That is a real commitment to sustainability. No matter what the final decision of that individual might be. Not to worry, they will be changed in some fundamental ways for life.   PS. IN the New Mobility Briefs (<a id="bodyLinks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://newmobilitypartners.org/">http://newmobilitypartners.org</a>) we are going to do a special issue on Low Car Diets. Stay tuned.   PPS. What about this as a project that can be announced in your city for your next Car Free Day? That’s exactly what they are for by the way. </div> <div> ================================================================ SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). </div></div> </div></div></body></html>