<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Does anyone have any information/sources for the possibilities of contracting out on-street parking to private concessionaires, the benefits and risks, etc?   Best Walter   -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Carlos F. Pardo Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 11:31 AM To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport Subject: [sustran] English version: Re: Islamic Bicycles for Iranian Women   The English version of the brief summary of that news is in: <a href="http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070517085444.ykmz3ms5&cat=null">http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070517085444.ykmz3ms5&cat=null</a> I guess the complete article is not in English. Pretty interesting! Best regards, <pre style='margin-left:.5in'>Carlos F. Pardo</pre> ciclored wrote: <div> The article  is  in spanish, maybe somebody can find the english version... greetings,  Carlos Cordero   (PD/Agencia EFE).- Irán fabricará "bicicletas islámicas" para las mujeres, pensadas para <a href="http://blogs.periodistadigital.com/tizas.php/2007/05/14/iran_teheran_vigilante_velo_ayatolah_isl_7773" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send=true>disimular sus formas</a> mediante una cabina que cubriría la mitad del cuerpo. <a name=more94593 moz-do-not-send=true id=more94593></a> "Este proyecto permite fomentar el deporte femenino", señaló Elaheh Sofali, una de las responsables del proyecto, según informa el diario gubernamental del país. Faezeh Hachémi, hija del ex presidente iraní Akbar Hachémi Rafsandjani, ex responsable del deporte olímpico femenino, intentó el desarrollo del ciclismo entre las mujeres en los años 90, pero está decisión no tuvo el éxito deseado por la oposición de los religiosos conservadores. EL TELÓN DE FONDO O EL VELO DE FONDO Como cada primavera, la campaña contra la "vestimenta indecorosa" se está ensañando con las mujeres, cuyos pañuelos coloridos y cada vez más escuetos desafían la imposición del uniforme islámico. Sólo durante los cuatro primeros días de la campaña, 150.000 personas fueron interpeladas en todo el país, de las que 13 pasaron a disposición judicial, según informó el jefe de la policía, general Ismael Ahmadi-Moghaddam. El resto se libraron firmando compromisos de buena conducta que en caso de reincidencia se aportarán ante el juez. Desde el arranque de la campaña, más de 3.000 mujeres (una media de 150 al día) han sido detenidas y han pasado al menos unas horas en comisaría </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid green 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'> ----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style='-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal; background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y: 50%'> From: <a href="mailto:sujit@vsnl.com" title="sujit@vsnl.com" moz-do-not-send=true>Sujit Patwardhan</a> </div> <div style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'> To: <a href="mailto:edelman@greenidea.info" title="edelman@greenidea.info" moz-do-not-send=true>edelman@greenidea.info</a> ; <a href="mailto:sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org" title="sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org" moz-do-not-send=true>Global 'South' Sustainable Transport</a> </div> <div style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:50 PM </div> <div style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'> Subject: [sustran] Re: Oxygen supplies for India police </div> <div>   </div> Like the offer of a "last cigarette" to the man being walked to the gallows....... -- Sujit <div> On 5/17/07, Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory <<a href="mailto:edelman@greenidea.info" moz-do-not-send=true>edelman@greenidea.info</a>> wrote: *Police stations across the Indian city of Calcutta have been equipped with oxygen devices to enable police to offset the effects of pollution *<<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6665803.stm%20" moz-do-not-send=true>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6665803.stm </a>> -- -------------------------------------------- Todd Edelman Director Green Idea Factory Korunní 72 CZ-10100 Praha 10 Czech Republic ++420 605 915 970 ++420 222 517 832 Skype: toddedelman <a href="mailto:edelman@greenidea.info" moz-do-not-send=true>edelman@greenidea.info</a> Green Idea Factory, a member of World Carfree Network <a href="http://www.worldcarfree.net" moz-do-not-send=true>www.worldcarfree.net </a> -------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via YAHOOGROUPS. 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