<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br>I really wonder if that is an exact quote from Daroyni, the indonesian environmental activist <br>( or maybe it might be just another  journalistic device for the desired impact of the article's strong heading).<br>Walter might confirm for us if Daroyni indeed declared that dangerous word "waste"--  for every newspaper to feast on.<br>Or maybe it was said out of context?<br>Hurray, cheered the die hard fossil fuel box users.<br><br>No committed  advocate in his/her  right mind would ever declare efforts as a "waste" since the process of<br>even having declared carless days, including all the road closures in Indonesia -- are milestones in themselves. <br><br>Public participation is not an overnight thing.<br>It takes some time---- this overturning  of the tide of the power of the noise of people in their comfort zones ( bureaucrats, etc in the case as was mentioned) . Come on, they just started the carless days in 2007, its been barely  2 years.<br>The article mention little gains. Talk about balanced reporting.<br><br><div> </div><div><font color="#007f40"></font> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><font color="#007f40">ROSELLE LEAH K RIVERA</font></div> <div style="font-family: verdana;"><font color="#007f40">Department of Women and Development Studies</font></div> <div style="font-family: verdana;"><font color="#007f40">College of Social Work and Community Development</font></div> <div style="font-family: verdana;"><font color="#007f40">University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City</font></div> <div><font color="#007f40" face="verdana"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Philippines<br><br>PhD Fellow in Development Studies<br>Institute of Social Studies<br>The Hague, The Netherlands<br></span><br></font></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Carlosfelipe Pardo <carlosfpardo@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org; johnernst@itdp.org; damantoro@gmail.com; Breithaupt Manfred GTZ 4413 <Manfred.Breithaupt@gtz.de>; dino.teddyputra@gmail.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:42:07 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste"<br></font><br> Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogotá, and found, among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study is available (in Spanish) from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Olga Lucía Sarmiento <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:osarmien@uniandes.edu.co" target="_blank" href="mailto:osarmien@uniandes.edu.co">osarmien@uniandes.edu.co</a>> </span><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Best regards,</span></div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br>Carlos..<br></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory <span dir="ltr"><edelman@greenidea.eu></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <h1>Activists: Car-Free Days Are ‘A Waste’</h1> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html">http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html</a><br> <br> <div> <p><span>Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, including those by senior officials.</span></p> <p><span>“Legally, the car-free days cannot be stopped, but the city administration should halt them temporarily and conduct a review of what went wrong. Honestly, it’s been such a waste,” Selamet Daroyni, the executive director of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, told a press conference.</span></p> <p><span>Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve the short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less dependent on cars.</span></p> <p><span>“If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I’d say these events did not help much,” Selamet said. </span></p> <p><span>He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers.</span></p> <p><span>Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another without reducing air pollutants.</span></p> <p><span>He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable.</span></p> <p><span>“Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is working, so I doubt the report,” he said.</span></p> <p><span>Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many violations, with some of the violators being government officials and policemen.</span></p> <p><span>Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. </span></p> <p><span>“In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of this program,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any.</span></p> <p><span>Jakarta’s car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last Sunday of each month. </span></p> <p><span>This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events.</span></p> </div> <pre>-- <br>--------------------------------------------<br><br>Todd Edelman<br>Green Idea Factory<br><br>Urbanstr. 45<br>D-10967 Berlin<br>Germany<br><br>Skype: toddedelman<br>Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081<br>Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001<br><br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:edelman@greenidea.eu" target="_blank" href="mailto:edelman@greenidea.eu">edelman@greenidea.eu</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greenidea.eu">www.greenidea.eu</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edelman">www.flickr.com/photos/edelman</a> CAR is over. 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