<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <base href="https://217.207.178.170/exchange/Alan.Howes/Drafts/RE:%20%5bsustran%5d%20Re:%20Driving%20in%20Bangalore%20_xF8FF_%20India%20-%20patronizing,%20offensive,heavy%20handed%20and%20counter-productive.EML/1_text.htm">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Hello Alan,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> You may find the following sources useful in your predicament:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Modal split data (but watch out for inconsistencies!):<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-60210_asiamodalsplit.xls">http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-60210_asiamodalsplit.xls</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Global urban indicators (but not much on transport):<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://hq.unhabitat.org/programmes/guo/guo_indicators.asp">http://hq.unhabitat.org/programmes/guo/guo_indicators.asp</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Air quality benchmarking (including Mumbai):<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/sei/rapidc2/benchmarking.html">http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/sei/rapidc2/benchmarking.html</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Lots of data for selected cities:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Cities_Data_Book/default.asp">http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Cities_Data_Book/default.asp</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Good luck,<o:p></o:p> Piotr<o:p></o:p> <div> ------------------------------------------------------------------- Piotr Olszewski                <a href="mailto:colsze@ntu.edu.sg" title="mailto:colsze@ntu.edu.sg">colsze@ntu.edu.sg</a> Nanyang Technological University,  Singapore <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+colsze=ntu.edu.sg@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+colsze=ntu.edu.sg@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Alan Howes Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:33 PM To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport; UTSG@JISCMAIL.ac.uk Cc: sustrandiscusslist Subject: [sustran] International Comparisons - Help Please!<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div id=idOWAReplyText82602> <div> I have just discovered that I have a presentation to make in not much more than 24 hours, to an audience of Mumbai decision-formers.  Working title - ""Urban transport - learning from the mistakes of others".  It's stretching my core specialisation a bit (Public Transport / Buses), and as I am in Mumbai I don't have access to reference sources back in the office (which are pretty UK-oriented anyway).<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> So I am looking for some (on-line) data on international transport comparisons - preferably urban rather than rural.  Things like - <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> - Cars owned per head<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> - Car USAGE per head<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> - %age urban area devoted to roads<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> - pollution levels / greenhouse gas emissions<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> - Modal share data<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Trend data would be useful too.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> It may well be that a lot of what I am looking for is in the UITP's Millennium Cities Database - but the problem is it is not available on-line, and the summary data I have from it is back at the ranch (and possibly corrupted).<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I am currently looking at Todd Litman's VTPI page "Why Manage Transportation Demand?" <a href="http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm51.htm">http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm51.htm</a> , which has plenty of appropriate words but not many numbers - it has plenty of links though, some of which may well be useful.  And I will also look at SUTP.  But if anyone can give me a more precise steer, I would be most grateful.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Regards, Alan Howes<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> currently at Dharavi Bus Depot, Mumbai, India<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <a href="mailto:alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk">alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <div id=idSignature29695> <div> <div> -- Alan Howes Associate Transport Planner Colin Buchanan<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 4 St Colme Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6AA<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Tel:       +44 131 226 4693<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Mobile:  +44 7952 464335<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> email:  <a href="mailto:alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk">alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> www: http:/www.cbuchanan.co.uk/<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body>  ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 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