<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C72D91.7AA0B9D0"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Dear Eric,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What a nice way to start out the New Year! Many thanks, and may 2007 be another Breakthrough year for you and for all of us in Sustran!!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I went over to the site, and took a look especially at Brainfood. It was most ingenious how you have incorporated YouTube into the site in a totally seamless manner. How you have made each video short enough to be seen in snatches, and also how you have sequenced the videos (for automatic display) in each department. I was particularly interested in the BRT series, and would like to say that the first one – about <st1:City><st1:place>Curitiba</st1:place></st1:City>, <st1:City><st1:place>Bogota</st1:place></st1:City> and <st1:City><st1:place>Brisbane</st1:place></st1:City> was just excellent. However, I was less pleased with the lengthy <st1:City><st1:place>Eindhoven</st1:place></st1:City> video which appeared really to be too much of a PR job – even though the technology described was impressive. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What intrigued me was the comment from <st1:City><st1:place>Brisbane</st1:place></st1:City> that BRT could be built in “just” three years, allowing for all the detailed planning and coordination with Police, Roads, Transportation authorities, with very strong Political support. Ironically, Pune city has proved that it can be done – once and for all – in 6 months, in a manner that will most probably kill off BRT and bring on Rail instead!! <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks for creating an excellent site, for making full use of available (free) technology, and for your interesting introduction videos.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Sincerely,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> J G Krishnayya<o:p></o:p> ===========<o:p></o:p> <div> Prof J G Krishnayya<o:p></o:p> Director, Systems Research Institute,<o:p></o:p> 17-A Gultekdi, PUNE 411037, India<o:p></o:p> www.sripune.org Tel +91-20-2426-0323<o:p></o:p> jkrishnayya@yahoo.com Res 020-2636-3930<o:p></o:p> sri@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in Fax +91-20-2444-7902<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+sri=pn1.vsnl.net.in@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+sri=pn1.vsnl.net.in@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of eric.britton@free.fr Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:13 PM To: LotsLessCars@yahoogroups.com; NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com; WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com; Sustran-discuss@jca.apc.org Cc: 'Robert Stüssi' Subject: [sustran] Small surprises. Getting messages across - Think about this <o:p> </o:p> A civil society “project”:<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> So our dear friend Robert Stussi goes to Groningen to spend a few ways with Hans Monderman last summer and at one point walks out onto the street, pulls out his ancient video camera, and films ninety seconds of unexpectedly commented street life in that wonderful place that has actually decided what kind of community it wants to be. <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> But what to do with it?  Well, Robert modestly pipes it over to me to have a look, and I say, terrific! let’s pop it over to both Google Video and YouTube, and then get out the word and set up a few links on the New Mobility Agenda site (you can check it out if you have not already seen it, via http://www.newmobility.org then Brainfood on the bottom left menu) and see what happens. Well before you can blink your eyes no less than (as of today) 1384 people visit the Google version and 465 from YouTube.  Hmm.  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> What’s the point? Well, here is one small almost costless move on the part of, I really think we can call it civil society – Monderman, all those who he has managed to convince with his work over the years, Stussi, the two guys in the street, all those others out their walking and on their bikes, and even the drivers who nicely become part of a new fabric of society, and you and me  --  and I just have to believe that it is going to have its own bit of impact. We have to do this one small step at a time. And here is one great example.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Next?<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Eric Britton <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>