From Pguitink at worldbank.org Thu Oct 1 01:24:44 1998 From: Pguitink at worldbank.org (Pguitink@worldbank.org) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:24:44 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Motorcyle Role in Urban Transport Message-ID: <8525668F.005981C8.00@WBLN0014.worldbank.org> Sounds interesting: from the top of my head I am not aware of any exclusive motorcycle studies (and since I am on mission I cannot check my records). You might want to contact IIEC in Washington to find out what they have been doing in this regard. Please do not forget to address the environmental impact of motorcycling (2stroke, 4stroke engines?) in your study. Best regards, Paul Guitink From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Thu Oct 1 01:40:29 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 18:40:29 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Changing attitudes and behaviour travel In-Reply-To: <000301bdeae6$aeb64380$f091e892@duff.sun.ac.za> Message-ID: <000401bdecc1$44b81580$9fa8fcc1@g400> Changing attitudes and behaviour travel A conference entitled "Wheels of change" will be held in London, United Kingdom, from 9 to 11 November 1998. The aim of the event will be to examine the use of transport information, publicity and community education programmes to change attitudes and travel behaviour and to reduce car use. The discussions will draw on recent European Commission research in order to carry out a thorough review of current thinking and best practice. The conference will open with addresses from representatives of the European Commission, DG VII, and the UK Government. For further information, please contact: The Conference Office Landor Publishing Quadrant House 250 Kennington Lane London SE11 5RD United Kingdom Tel. +44 171 5823872 Fax +44 171 7351299 =========== Sorry they gave no email or WWW address but as soon as I have it...... EcoPlan -- SUSTAINABILITY IS OUR BUSINESS -- Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +331 4326.1323 or +331 4441.6340 Fax +331 4441.6341 or +331 4326.1323 ISDN/videoconferencing/groupwork: +331 4441.6340 (1-4) ICQ # 7147909 Mobile: +33 607 37 77 98 Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org From driddell at ing.sun.ac.za Thu Oct 1 16:26:24 1998 From: driddell at ing.sun.ac.za (driddell) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:26:24 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Marketing in TDM Message-ID: <000901bded0c$cbe64c20$f091e892@duff.sun.ac.za> There seems to be a fairly general consensus that "Marketing" has a role to play in TDM. It is also clear from the discussion that there are places where the policy is quite well advanced, e.g. the Swiss Case mentioned by Paul with whom I agree on the other matters as well. But we must not forget that marketing is more than just advertising. European (especially Swiss ... and most especially Zurich's) public transport systems have made great strides in improving their marketing which has led to rewards in ridership and financial status. This has included some jazzy advertising, catchy slogans, and even "sexy" images etc. But more important has been a great deal of attention to the marketing dimension of the product itself. This includes such things as: excellent information provision to customers; improved scheduling which makes for easy transfers (such as timed-pulsed schedules); the full integration of the network; innovative ticketing to encourage loyalty (such as monthly and yearly passes offered at large discounts); etc. Singapore has also been making a big effort in this area since the early 1990s. I am not sure of the best references on this but UITP in Brussels would have more details. My original posting was inspired by thoughts similar to those of Eric. I think the question to which Whitelegg originally responded is about more than "advertizing" and "persuasion". It is about consiousness raising and lifestyle modification. Results do not happen overnight always, but if more people start to view their travel habits as a public issue (surely it is more significant than passive smoke, which has a relentless campaign against it), then all the other reforms become easier because 1) even that mere 5% that is immediately persuaded set a good example, and 2) others that are now more aware will think more about where they move next time and maybe increase their demands for better transportation policies when they vote. What has not been discussed or mentioned specifically is the role of specialists in the field of behaviour modification. Why do our departments of transport and research centres seem to focus on the engineering and economic perspectives of perceived demand without taking into account the more "emotional" aspects which are utilised by the car manufacturers. As planners, is there not room for us to attempt to define a set of goals, not necessarily in agreement with current trends and perceptions, and implement those plans through the marketing ploy at all levels, from the central government to the local bus operator? In other words, should there not be the development of a psychology-sociology discipline in the transport field and more use of the advertising media? Wayne Duff-Riddell Institute for Transport Technology University of Stellenbosch South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4647 Fax: +27 21 808 4361 e-mail (work): driddell@ing.sun.ac.za e-mail (home): tiko@intekom.co.za From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Thu Oct 1 16:44:05 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:44:05 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Motorcyle Role in Urban Transport In-Reply-To: <8525668F.005981C8.00@WBLN0014.worldbank.org> Message-ID: <000601bded22$e0679e40$9fa8fcc1@g400> I am sure you know that fine piece by Madhav Govind Badami, which appeared in this list some time ago last year and which you can handily access in a slightly edited and commented version by going to http://www.ecoplan.org , where you have to link to the Zero Emissions I conference, and from thence to 'The Podium' I don't happen to have the exact address right here but failing that you might try D:\ecoworld\zero-ems\z-think-mb.htm under the title Zero Emissions Realities in a Diverse and Conflicted World: The Very Ordinary Problem of Motorcycles in Cities Eric Britton And why I am at it: Hello John Whitelegg, why don't we consider doing a special World Transport Policy and Practice number on MOTORCYCLES IN CITIES. After all, if it's a fit subject for the Yuppies and the sustainable white folk at the Guggenheim (http://www.guggenheim.org/) why can't us poor folk have our own show. (And maybe even get BMW to pay for it!!!) EcoPlan -- SUSTAINABILITY IS OUR BUSINESS -- Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +331 4326.1323 or +331 4441.6340 Fax +331 4441.6341 or +331 4326.1323 ISDN/videoconferencing/groupwork: +331 4441.6340 (1-4) ICQ # 7147909 Mobile: +33 607 37 77 98 Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org From sustran at po.jaring.my Fri Oct 9 11:18:29 1998 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:18:29 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Draft Paper on Poverty and Urban Transport Message-ID: <01BDF36E.E2F808A0@j28.brf74.jaring.my> Just added to the SUSTRAN web site (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/) is a draft of a paper on Urban Transport and Poverty in Asia that I have written to be presented at the Regional Symposium on Urban Poverty, to be held in Fukuoka, Japan in late October. The meeting has been organised by several UN agencies. The paper is a broad review of the issue and I would welcome any comments to improve it and which might make the discussions at the meeting more focused and productive. I don't pretend to be a great expert on this, so there may be important issues that some of you might think I have missed. The Symposium is aimed at creating a new network (Asian Urban Poverty Forum) of various actors to take action on urban poverty in the region. So ideas for action for this Forum would be especially welcome. Best wishes, Paul A. Rahman Paul Barter ****** PLEASE NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS ****** SUSTRAN Resource Centre P. O. Box 11501, 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel. +60 3 274 2590 (or fax on request), E-mail: sustran@po.jaring.my Web: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/ The SUSTRAN Resource Centre hosts the Secretariat of SUSTRAN (the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific). From tkpb at barter.pc.my Sat Oct 10 14:49:33 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:49:33 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] Malaysian highways and rail projects "restructuring" Message-ID: Below is an AFN report on the "restructuring" yesterday of the Renong company in Malaysia. Please don't ask me to make any political or ethical judgements on this... (it is politically too hot to handle, sorry .... as the article says, Renong is regarded by many as a "political counter"). I am simply passing on the news item, since it involves some of the largest transport infrastructure projects in the country. First some explanations of terms: * "Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan or PLUS" is the privatised North-South expressway between Singapore and the Thai border; * "Linkedua" is a recently opened expressway section and second causeway to Singapore; * "Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd (STAR)" is an urban "light" rail system; * "Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd (PUTRA)" is another urban light rail system (opened this year); and * "KTM Bhd" is the national railways company which operates interstate services as well as a new electrified suburban rail system. ------------------------------------- FOCUS: Taxpayers/UEM shareholders to foot cost of Renong restructuring AFN, KUALA LUMPUR - Taxpayers and United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd shareholders will bear the brunt of Renong Bhd's 10.5 bln ringgit restructuring proposals, which tackles the issue of the company's debt but not its future earnings performance, analysts said. They said the huge restructuring proposal -- which will see the government foregoing up tax payments and UEM's unit, Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan or PLUS redeeming the government bonds with its future cashflow -- is basically aimed at bailing out Renong Bhd. Some analysts said the government had no real choice but to bail out the Renong-UEM group which accounts for 5.0 pct of total loans in the domestic banking system, making it too big to be allowed to fail. "The possible fallout from such huge defaults will more or less break some banks, therefore the companies must be bailed out," one analyst said. However, after the bailout, Renong will still not be an attractive stock as the company has not announced plans to improve earnings, only to reduce its debts, analysts said. They also raised concerns the government is sending out the wrong signal in bailing out a resource that is not involved in a productive sector like manufacturing. "Money is so scarce now, so why are we putting it into this sector. Should we not put it in the manufacturing sector?" an analyst with a foreign research house said. "It is very clear. The cost (of the restructuring) will be borne by the taxpayers and PLUS shareholders who are also effectively UEM shareholders." He said Renong cannot shift the blame of not making enough money out of its concessions to the government as they had bid and won the projects earlier. "Obviously they thought they could make money out of these projects. That is why they bid ... Do you think if they had made money they would have shared it with us?" The first part of the restructuring, which involves repaying 824 mln ringgit of UEM's unit, Linkedua (Malaysia) Bhd's debts, essentially involves the government waiving 824 mln ringgit of its support loan due from PLUS. The government will recover this amount later from Linkedua. No payment date has been fixed, he added. In addition, the remaining amounts due from PLUS to the government have been deferred, again with no specific repayment date mentioned, the analyst said. "In effect taxpayers are footing the bill as payment due has been deferred," he added. The second part of the deal, which involves the issue of 4.5 bln ringgit of bonds by the government, will effectively mean giving money to non-profit making projects like the Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd (STAR), Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd (PUTRA) and the national railways company, KTM Bhd. "The question is PLUS will have to redeem the bonds but over how many years are they going to take (to repay). Clearly the government is losing out on revenue ... the tax payers are losing out." The third part, which sees the issue of 6 bln ringgit bonds by the government, is a "direct bailout" of Renong by UEM. "All the money coming in is to help Renong ... and Renong only has a small stake in UEM. The question is why are UEM shareholders helping out Renong shareholders." Although the government will take up stakes in both STAR, PUTRA, and KTM, details are still lacking, he added. He said the reason UEM gave for helping Renong is that the company has a 2.9 bln ringgit debt "which must be resolved." "They have the gall to say this when the 2.9 bln ringgit debt came about when they bought the 32.6 pct stake in Renong. If they had not bought the stake, they would not have been landed with this problem in the first place," the analyst said. The analyst said he will not recommend a buy on Renong as the company still has not rectified its cashflow problems. "If you look at Renong as a company, it gets some dividend income from UEM, earns some money from Faber (Group Bhd) and Prolink Bhd" but both the hotel and property markets are hardly booming. "I see Renong still being hard pressed to meet interest payments even with a lesser debt load ... where are they going to generate revenue? There is no earnings to support even a reduced debt level." He said Renong is still very much a "political animal" and as such its fate and prospects are very much linked to the current leadership, adding: "It is a political counter and tied to who is in power. Look at what happened to (former Indonesian president) Suharto-linked companies. "For me to revalue UEM upwards, there must be a fundamental change in the company. Either it sells off its assets like PLUS or gets a good toll hike." He is downgrading UEM to a sell as PLUS will now have to bear the costs of not only the UEM group but also the Renong group. UEM has debts of about 12 bln ringgit while Renong has debts of about 8 bln ringgit, most of which are project finance which are non-recourse to the holding company. - AFN From tkpb at barter.pc.my Wed Oct 14 18:52:34 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Paul Barter) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 17:52:34 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] Please help to promote this list Message-ID: Dear sustran-discussers To make sure that the sustran list stays useful and lively we need to constantly reach out to new members who care about these issues. I would like to ask for your help to spread the word a little about sustran-discuss and the sustran news flashes. I am sure that you all have colleagues and friends who are passionately interested in urban transport issues in low-income and middle-income countries. Can I request each of you to please pass on the following message to a few such colleagues who may not yet know about sustran-discuss or the SUSTRAN News Flashes. We are especially keen to reach out to more people in Asia, the Pacific, Africa and Latin America. Thanks very much in advance for your help. By the way, at the moment the sustran-discuss list has about 190 subscribers (many of you are "lurking" quietly) and the SUSTRAN News Flash service has 420 subscribers (not including the sustran-discussers who also get the News Flashes). E-FORUMS ON TRANSPORT IN THE SOUTH Are you interested in urban transport issues in low and middle-income countries? The SUSTRAN News Flash service and the SUSTRAN-DISCUSS discussion list are forums devoted to these issues. Both are produced or hosted by the SUSTRAN Resource Centre in Malaysia, the secretariat of the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN). Joining is free. Here is all the information that you will need to join up. 1. SUSTRAN-DISCUSS LIST The sustran-discuss list is an open discussion forum devoted to discussions and exchanges of news and views on the promotion of "people-centred and sustainable transport", especially in Asia and the Pacific and in developing and newly industrialised countries generally. TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUSTRAN-DISCUSS LIST, send a message to: with the BODY (not subject) of the message being: subscribe sustran-discuss 2. SUSTRAN NEWS FLASHES The SUSTRAN News Flash service is an electronic newsletter put out by the secretariat of the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN). The News Flashes highlight news, events announcements and information resources on sustainable and people-centred transport issues of relevance to Asia and the Pacific and also to developing countries in general. They come out every two or three months and each news flash is approximately four pages in length. By the way, if you susbcribe to sustran-discuss then you don't need to subscribe to the SUSTRAN News Flashes, since they are also forwarded to the sustran-discuss list. TO SUBSCRIBE TO SUSTRAN NEWS FLASHES Send an e-mail to with the following in the body of the message: subscribe sustran-flash Please also visit the SUSTRAN website at: http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853 for more information about SUSTRAN, some samples of SUSTRAN News Flashes, samples of discussion on sustran-discuss and links to related organisations. Best wishes, A. Rahman Paul BARTER, SUSTRAN Resource Centre P.O. Box 11501 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: +603 274 2590 (or fax on request) E-mail: sustran@po.jaring.my or tkpb@barter.pc.my (personal) URL: http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853 The SUSTRAN Resource Centre hosts the Secretariat of SUSTRAN (the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific). From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Oct 14 23:22:20 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:22:20 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: Please help to promote this list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <005b01bdf77e$2f02e220$1084fcc1@g400> Posted, Paul, as requested. You'll find it at http://www.ecoplan.org, and once you get to our pretty lady ask her to connect you to the Hotline. There's you'll see the department Events, Notices, where you notice has been lodged under LINKS. May a thousand knowledgeable souls read it and prosper. We didn't tell them that we love Sustran... (But we do). Eric Britton PS. The attached is a rough and ready translation of an introductory note written to guide the discussions in an open house we have organized here to talk over new transportation ideas and approaches on Friday may interest some of you. The bulk of the materials are of course in French, but this will hopefully serve to get you going. Anyone wishing to follow this cycle of activities is invited to get in touch. Good way to practice your French. EcoPlan -- SUSTAINABILITY IS (ALL) OUR BUSINESS -- Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +331 4326.1323 or +331 4441.6340 Fax +331 4441.6341 or +331 4326.1323 Videoconferencing/groupwork: +331 4441.6340 (1-4) Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org ================ R?union, >vendredi, le 16 octobre, 10:00 - 13:00 >Salle 4346, 4eme ?tage >Minist?re de l'Environnement >20, av. de S?gur, >Paris VII Apr?s... "En ville sans ma voiture?" Le?ons, r?flexions, et propositions d'action >Une "conversation publique" sur une nouvelle architecture >d'innovation et de l'action citoyenne en mati?re de l'environnement et du transports > Introduction: The objective behind this "open public meeting" is to see what happens if we bring together a small group of informed citizens, who have in common a strong shared interest in matters of environment, quality of life and sustainable development, to mull over and consider together the issue of "sustainable transportation", and in particular what might be learned as a result of the experience of the recent National Car Free Day organized on 22 September by the Minist?re de l'Environnement. The interest of the meeting is not in theory or even so much in policy --as it is in practice, the ways in which we chose to get around in our cities in our daily lives. After a number of years of study, reflection and implementing at least some elements of a sustainable transport system, we are struck by the fact that what is needed above all is a whole new architecture of both public policy and private practice. The old dirigiste models are obviously no longer appropriate in a society with so many highly educated and capable citizens who are ready to step beyond the concepts of the citizen as an ?tre administr?, as de Tocqueville put it, and take a far more active role in shaping both policy and actual implementations in the sector. It is proposed that the objective of the meeting will be not so much as to propose answers to these issues -- and certainly not to consider them in any abstract philosophic sense -- but rather to see if we can pose and perhaps discuss a handful of questions on which informed public opinion and feedback are, in our opinion, much needed. Therefore, and until such time that any of us come up with anything better, we propose six specific areas of discussion, as follows: 1. Was the car free day (vs.) a good idea? * Did we learn anything positive from this experience? * Did we learn anything to avoid? * What might we do NEXT time? (And should there be a next time?) * And what might be DIFFERENT about it? 2. Can Car Sharing work in France? * There has been some activity in this area of late in France (and much more internationally) * A good introduction to the subject available in Enjeux - Les Echos, No 140, octobre 98 * Further background at http://www.ecoplan.org/carshare/cs_index.htm 3. Should children play in the street? * Ten good reasons why they should (with references) * Discussion and propositions 4. Is it too early to begin to involve school children directly in the sustainability struggle? * And if so how? (via school programs, various media, Internet learning programs, etc,) 5. A new partnership: The Media and Sustainable Development * Does everything that appears on this subject have to be specialized and boring? * JsV II - Could that be the subject of first class, high visibility media treatment * Children's books * Translation of our CarSharing magazine/book (see www.ecoplan.org/carshare/cs_index.htm * Should we develop a Web site to support any eventual continuing activity along these lines? 6. Should we ever meet again? * Why? Who? What? How? Where? When? Key Words: clairvoyance, responsabilit?, questionnement, connaissance, ?nergie, convivialit?, activisme, invention, vari?t?, amour, patrimoine, enfants, association, musicalit?, modestie, ?volutif >Participation: (Maximum 24 places) >Sp?cialistes en mati?re de l'environnement et de transports >durables, universitaires, consultants, psychologues, anthropologues, historiens, de types media (auteurs, film, >graphisme, journalisme, t?l?vision, etc.), ?tudiants, et enfin des gens >venant de diff?rentes associations et groupements d'int?r?t >public. Et quelques coll?gues francophones de L'OCDE et de >l'Unesco. Nous anticipons un groupe bien divers et fort >int?ressant. From tkpb at barter.pc.my Fri Oct 16 12:13:27 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Paul Barter) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:13:27 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] Debate on costs of CO2 reduction from vehicles (fwd) Message-ID: An interesting exchange just seen on the utsg list: >Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:44:52 +0200 (MET DST) >Subject: STRATEGY TO REDUCE CO2 >From: Richard DARBERA >To: utsg@mailbase.ac.uk >Sender: utsg-request@mailbase.ac.uk > >I am looking for two sources quoted in a statement from the AIT and the >FIA: A GLOBAL STRATEGY TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS FROM PASSENGER CARS AND >IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY available at the Canadian Automobile Association' >Website > >"For example, the UK government claims that its promise to increase motor >fuel taxes by 6% annually in real terms is part of its commitment to the >climate change convention. However, research by the AA*** shows that this >policy is costing ?2,000 for each ton of carbon taken from the atmosphere.. >And yet work done by the Institute of Ecology and Resource Management at >the Edinburgh University*** shows that the same effect could have been >achieved through tree planting (carbon sequestration) schemes at just ?0.50 >for each ton of carbon removed. This clearly shows that increasing the cost >of motor fuel to achieve CO2 stabilization is the most expensive, and one >which has no economic literacy. Taxation on vehicle ownership and use >should be reviewed so that it supports transport, economic, environmental >and social policies." > >** Could anyone give me the full references of the original papers from >Edinburgh University and the AA, and tell me where I could get them. > >Comments on these statements are also very much welcome! > >Thank you. > >Richard Darb?ra >CNRS - LATTS >Ecole Nationale des Ponts & Chauss?es >Cit? Descartes - Champs-sur-Marne >77455 Marne-la-Vall?e Cedex 2 >France >Telephone 33.1.6415.3834 >Fax 33.1.6415.3847 >e-mail darbera@enpc.fr THEN A RESPONSE FROM TODD LITMAN >Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:54:34 -0700 >Subject: Re: STRATEGY TO REDUCE CO2 >From: Todd Litman >To: Richard DARBERA >Cc: utsg@mailbase.ac.uk >Sender: utsg-request@mailbase.ac.uk > >I would like to see the Edinburgh University paper too. The >automobile/petroleum industries have sponsored a number of papers claiming >very high costs of CO2 reduction, but these typically: > >1. Ignore potential economically beneficial use of the revenue (i.e., a >reduction in taxes on labor or business activity). > >2. Assume that there will be no new energy efficiency technologies or >policies resulting from these new price incentives. > >3. Ignore additional benefits associated with reduced fuel consumption >(such as reduced local air emissions), and transportation demand management >benefits (such as reduced traffic congestion, road and parking facility >costs, accident reductions, etc.) > >For a good recent technical analysis of the economic impacts of increased >fuel taxes see Dr. Douglas Norland and Kim Ninassi, "Price It Right; Energy >Pricing and Fundamental Tax Reform," Alliance to Save Energy (Washington >DC; www.ase.org), 1998. A good popular book on the subject is Alan Durning >and Yoram Bauman, "Tax Shift," Northwest Environment Watch (Seattle; >www.northwestwatch.org), 1998. For a discussion of economically efficient >strategies for reducing vehicle emissions see our papers "Win-Win >Transportation Demand Management Strategies" and "Socially Optimal >Transport Prices and Markets," Victoria Transport Policy Institute >(Victoria; www.islandnet.com/~litman), 1998. > > >Sincerely, > >Todd Litman, Director >Victoria Transport Policy Institute >"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" >1250 Rudlin Street >Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada >Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 >E-mail: litman@islandnet.com >Website: www.islandnet.com/~litman From ghawkes at sover.net Sat Oct 17 10:17:50 1998 From: ghawkes at sover.net (Gerry Hawkes) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:17:50 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Dying Trees - Re: Debate on costs of CO2 reduction from vehicles (fwd) Message-ID: <003d01bdf96b$f64e85c0$8f5fc6d1@Pghawkes> A factor that I have not seen mentioned is the extremely adverse effects that motor vehicle emissions are having on trees and other plant life. I have been studying and observing the toxic effects of air pollution on trees for the past 30 years while serving as a forestry consultant both locally and in various countries around the world. I became so alarmed by the damage and the potential for widespread ecological disaster that I am now devoting all my time and resources to developing new products that encourage less polluting forms of transportation ( please see http://www.biketrack.com/pollution.htm for details on the some of the damage). Yes, I think tree planting is a wonderful thing to do, but unless we control toxic emissions from motor vehicles and other sources, the trees will weaken and die which they are already doing in great numbers (please see a review of "The Dying Of The Trees" at http://www.ecobooks.com/dying.htm ). Dying and dead trees do not make good carbon sinks, in fact they will release massive amounts of CO2 as they decay and burn. The cost of NOT controlling greenhouse gases and associated toxic emissions is immeasurable since we are threatening the basic life support systems of the Earth. To quibble about the various economic costs of reducing CO2 emissions seems about like haggling over which fire hose is a better bargain when the only home you have is already on fire. Gerry Hawkes Eco Systems, Inc. & Bike Track, Inc. Woodstock, Vermont 05091 ghawkes@sover.net www.biketrack.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Barter To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 10:45 PM Subject: [sustran] Debate on costs of CO2 reduction from vehicles (fwd) >An interesting exchange just seen on the utsg list: > >>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:44:52 +0200 (MET DST) >>Subject: STRATEGY TO REDUCE CO2 >>From: Richard DARBERA >>To: utsg@mailbase.ac.uk >>Sender: utsg-request@mailbase.ac.uk >> >>I am looking for two sources quoted in a statement from the AIT and the >>FIA: A GLOBAL STRATEGY TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS FROM PASSENGER CARS AND >>IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY available at the Canadian Automobile Association' >>Website >> >>"For example, the UK government claims that its promise to increase motor >>fuel taxes by 6% annually in real terms is part of its commitment to the >>climate change convention. However, research by the AA*** shows that this >>policy is costing ?2,000 for each ton of carbon taken from the atmosphere.. >>And yet work done by the Institute of Ecology and Resource Management at >>the Edinburgh University*** shows that the same effect could have been >>achieved through tree planting (carbon sequestration) schemes at just ?0.50 >>for each ton of carbon removed. This clearly shows that increasing the cost >>of motor fuel to achieve CO2 stabilization is the most expensive, and one >>which has no economic literacy. Taxation on vehicle ownership and use >>should be reviewed so that it supports transport, economic, environmental >>and social policies." >> >>** Could anyone give me the full references of the original papers from >>Edinburgh University and the AA, and tell me where I could get them. >> >>Comments on these statements are also very much welcome! >> >>Thank you. >> >>Richard Darb?ra >>CNRS - LATTS >>Ecole Nationale des Ponts & Chauss?es >>Cit? Descartes - Champs-sur-Marne >>77455 Marne-la-Vall?e Cedex 2 >>France >>Telephone 33.1.6415.3834 >>Fax 33.1.6415.3847 >>e-mail darbera@enpc.fr > > >THEN A RESPONSE FROM TODD LITMAN > >>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:54:34 -0700 >>Subject: Re: STRATEGY TO REDUCE CO2 >>From: Todd Litman >>To: Richard DARBERA >>Cc: utsg@mailbase.ac.uk >>Sender: utsg-request@mailbase.ac.uk >> >>I would like to see the Edinburgh University paper too. The >>automobile/petroleum industries have sponsored a number of papers claiming >>very high costs of CO2 reduction, but these typically: >> >>1. Ignore potential economically beneficial use of the revenue (i.e., a >>reduction in taxes on labor or business activity). >> >>2. Assume that there will be no new energy efficiency technologies or >>policies resulting from these new price incentives. >> >>3. Ignore additional benefits associated with reduced fuel consumption >>(such as reduced local air emissions), and transportation demand management >>benefits (such as reduced traffic congestion, road and parking facility >>costs, accident reductions, etc.) >> >>For a good recent technical analysis of the economic impacts of increased >>fuel taxes see Dr. Douglas Norland and Kim Ninassi, "Price It Right; Energy >>Pricing and Fundamental Tax Reform," Alliance to Save Energy (Washington >>DC; www.ase.org), 1998. A good popular book on the subject is Alan Durning >>and Yoram Bauman, "Tax Shift," Northwest Environment Watch (Seattle; >>www.northwestwatch.org), 1998. For a discussion of economically efficient >>strategies for reducing vehicle emissions see our papers "Win-Win >>Transportation Demand Management Strategies" and "Socially Optimal >>Transport Prices and Markets," Victoria Transport Policy Institute >>(Victoria; www.islandnet.com/~litman), 1998. >> >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Todd Litman, Director >>Victoria Transport Policy Institute >>"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" >>1250 Rudlin Street >>Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada >>Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 >>E-mail: litman@islandnet.com >>Website: www.islandnet.com/~litman From seacow at juno.com Sat Oct 17 10:07:54 1998 From: seacow at juno.com (Brian A Kuhl) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:07:54 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: Please help to promote this list Message-ID: <19981016.212219.-168437.1.seacow@juno.com> I have information on my web site, but not as much as provided here. I'll put the updated information on. Those that have sites might want to do the same. (Another way to help promote the list would be to start a web ring for webmasters on the list. Brian Kuhl seacow@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/6067 http://members.rotfl.com/seacow ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sat Oct 17 15:46:53 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 08:46:53 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: Please help to promote this list In-Reply-To: <19981016.212219.-168437.1.seacow@juno.com> Message-ID: <000101bdf9a5$a3f4ee60$f48efcc1@g400> Brian Kuhl kindly wrote: (Another way to help promote the list would be to start a web ring for webmasters on the list.) I think he is quite right. The WebRing approach can be very useful. On the other hand, it really is one that you need to think out carefully first. Otherwise, I think, it quickly crumbles under its own weight and uses its power to create a viable mechanism for linking and creating EXCEPTION INFORMATION (sorry about that shouting business). We are trying to see if we can get it right as a useful support tools for our international consortium on carsharing. If you wish have a look at http://www.ecoplan.org/carshare/cs_index.htm -- you'll note the WebRing link just to your left. Now... I am not saying that we have yet got this thing really up and working properly (it went on line only yesterday), but you will at least see a bit of our thinking on this and the first sketch application. As I see it, this just might be one more useful little tool... if we can get it right. Otherwise... well just a bit more techno-garble. Discussion and comments welcome. Eric Britton EcoPlan -- SUSTAINABILITY IS (ALL) OUR BUSINESS -- Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +331 4326.1323 or +331 4441.6340 Fax +331 4441.6341 or +331 4326.1323 Videoconferencing/groupwork: +331 4441.6340 (1-4) Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org From tkpb at barter.pc.my Wed Oct 21 14:29:35 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (tkpb@barter.pc.my) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:29:35 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] fwd: Global Toll Road Study Message-ID: Dear sustran-discussers I recently received the following message requesting help for a study of Toll Roads in Asia. If anyone wants to help Mr Sriver (or perhaps has suggestions to make sure their study takes account of the concerns that preoccupy this list) then please contact him directly. All the best, Paul A. Rahman Paul BARTER, (PLEASE NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS) SUSTRAN Resource Centre P.O. Box 11501 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: +603 274 2590 (or fax on request) E-mail: or (personal) URL: http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853 >Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:20:10 +0900 (JST) >To: tkpb@barter.pc.my >From: "Jeffrey J. Sriver" >Subject: Global Toll Road Study > >To SUSTRAN: > >Recently the consulting firm for which I work, PADECO Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, >Japan, was awarded a contract by the World Bank to conduct a "Global Toll >Road Study for Selected Asian Countries." At the end of this message I have >included a brief synopsis of the overall project of which this study is a >part, so that you might be a little more familiar with it. > >In the course of the research that we must complete over the next few >months, we will be visiting a number of Asian countries to learn more about >their toll road development plans, policies, and experiences. In addition, >we would also like to make sure that we include the environmental issues and >implications of toll road facilities. > >The "key areas" upon which we are focussing our analysis include: > > * Institutional Issues, > * Project Financing Issues, > * Regulatory and Legal Issues, > * Planning and Design Issues, and > * Environmental and Socio-Economic Issues; > >while the perspectives that we would like to incorporate include those of: > > * transport policy institutions, > * transport regulatory institutions, > * toll road operators, > * toll road builders, > * toll road financiers, > * international lending institutions, and > * environmental organizations. > >If you have any comments or suggestions along these lines, I would be >grateful to hear of them at your soonest convenience. In particular I would >appreciate being made aware of any research into these matters, especially >of relevance to your organization and the countries and issues that you >focus on. > >Unfortunately, our study team has already visited Malaysia, but we have yet >to visit Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and PRC. If you can >recommend any good contacts to speak with while we are in the capital cities >of each country, that would be very helpful as well. > >I sincerely appreciate your assistance, and look forward to your reply. > >Best regards, > >Jeffrey Sriver >PADECO Co. Ltd. > >---------- > >Asian Toll Road Development Program >Global Toll Road Study for Selected Asian Countries > >Project Description > >A large amount of experience has been gained in the practice of creating and >managing toll road systems, both in developed and developing countries >alike. Many developing Asian countries have already introduced toll road >systems, intending to complete the construction of trunk road networks as >early as possible. However these countries do not yet have a clear or >comprehensive vision and strategy for the future management of their toll >road networks. It should be valuable for the policy-makers of these >countries to learn about the experiences of other countries in order to >formulate appropriate institutional and regulatory frameworks that are best >suited to their needs. In addition, it will also be valuable for these >people to learn about the latest technologies for toll road management and >operation, and to consider which might be applicable to their environments. > >In order to review worldwide experiences with toll roads, the World Bank, in >collaboration with Ministry of Construction of Japan, has launched an Asian >Toll Road Development Program, of which this Global Toll Road Study for >Selected Asian Countries is the first component. It is anticipated that >this exercise will provide opportunities for Asian countries to discuss the >future management of their toll roads and gain clear guidance from other >countries' experiences. The ultimate objective of this study is to produce >a "Best Practice Toolkit" (a knowledge database on toll roads) for "target" >Asian countries including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and >Thailand. This study is intended to help each of these countries formulate >institutional and regulatory frameworks for toll roads. The outcome of the >study will also include a general technical guidelines on toll road >operations and maintenance policies applicable to each of the countries. >The "Best Practice Toolkit" will then be installed in the Bank's "Knowledge >Management System" and shared with MOCJ and the five target countries. > >PADECO's Services > >The work of the PADECO Team is divided into four tasks. Task 1 will involve >the development of preliminary plans and schedules for all aspects of the >project, ultimately comprising the project Inception Report. Task 2 will >focus on collection, assessment, and analysis of toll road information from >around the world; it will include on-site data gathering activities in >countries including, but not limited to, the study's "target countries" of >Asia. Task 3 will include all activities related to detailed preparations >for a two-day World Bank Study Tour in Japan, a joint meeting of the Bank >and Ministry of Construction of Japan (MOCJ) Steering Committees, and a >three-day Seminar on Institutional and Regulatory Frameworks for Toll Roads >in Asia. Task 4 will entail the development and dissemination of the "Best >Practice Toolkit". > >=============================================================== >Jeffrey J. Sriver >Transport Planner >PADECO Co. Ltd. >Izumikan Sanbancho Bldg. 5F >3-8 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku >Tokyo 102-0075 Japan > >+81-3-3238-9421 phone >+81-3-3238-9422 fax >http://www.padeco.co.jp/ > From tkpb at barter.pc.my Wed Oct 21 14:29:36 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (tkpb@barter.pc.my) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:29:36 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] Information on motorcycle emissions in Delhi Message-ID: Dear Nguyen Le Ninh You wrote: >From: Nguyen Le Ninh >To: tkpb@barter.pc.my >Subject: information >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Dear Sir >You are so kind if sending me background information (historical review) >on motorcycle emmision and its contribution to overall air quality in >Dehli for my study proposal >Thank you very much for your asisstance and I am looking forward to >hearing from you soon > >Your sincerely >Nguyen Le ninh >Asian Institute of Technology >PO.Box 4 Klongluang Pathumthani 12120, Thailand >Mail Box 1037 I am sorry for being a little slow to reply. I do not have the specific information that you want but I have a few suggestions that may help. Perhaps you could try visiting SUSTRAN's web site (http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853) . There you will find a listing of contacts on sustainable transport in Asia. Some of them may be useful to you. You might also consider joining the sustran-discuss list which is an email list devoted to discussion of urban transport in Asia. Instructions on how to join are on the web site. I am cc'ing this reply to the list. Perhaps someone from the sustran-discuss list will contact you directly with some suggestions. A past contribution to the sustran-discuss list has been put onto another web site: It is by Madhav Govind Badami: go to http://www.ecoplan.org , where you have to link to the Zero Emissions I conference, and from thence to 'The Podium' ... it is probably under the title Zero Emissions Realities in a Diverse and Conflicted World: The Very Ordinary Problem of Motorcycles in Cities Perhaps you already know of Madhav Badami in University of British Columbia in Vancouver who is knowledgeable on motorcycles in Delhi and his email address is: badami@interchange.ubc.ca Another person who is doing research on motorcycles in Asian cities (Indonesia in particular) is Harun Al Rasyid Sorah Lubis" who is at ITB in Bandung, Indonesia. Best wishes, A. Rahman Paul BARTER, SUSTRAN Resource Centre P.O. Box 11501 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: +603 274 2590 (or fax on request) E-mail: or (personal) URL: http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853 The SUSTRAN Resource Centre hosts the Secretariat of SUSTRAN (the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific). From iemslie at csir.co.za Wed Oct 21 23:16:54 1998 From: iemslie at csir.co.za (Ian Emslie) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:16:54 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Fundamental Restructuring of Public Transport in South Africa Message-ID: In line with the current political and social changes occurring in our country, the restructuring of SA cities is being promoted to address imbalances of past urban settlement patterns. A key component of this restructuring process is the enhancement of the urban public transport systems. With limited budgets, poor existing services and often poor perceptions regarding public transport, quality research is required to inform planning efforts. A 'hub and spoke' concept of public transport, combined with supporting major movement corridors, is gaining acceptance as the most viable network approach for South Africa. There are numerous restructuring issues that will need to be addressed. One of these key issues is the role of public transport interchanges. We at the CSIR are investigating the role that public transport interchanges play in the public transport system and how to enhance this role, to provide a safer, more efficient and attractive environment for public transport users. An important focus of our research is the need to benchmark against some world cities. We have identified the following cities as relevant to our study, but do not want to limit the bench-marking exercise to these cities; Curitiba - Brazil Gothenberg - Sweden Toronto - Canada Newcastle - UK Singapore As part of our study, we are investigating the classification of public transport interchanges w.r.t. actual/potential passenger volumes, and the availability/requirements of facilities by interchange class. We are also investigating the actual/ideal distribution of interchanges within a metropolitan area according to population size, and the commuter volumes required to establish a viable transfer station. We are presently searching for information regarding the following points, particularly with respect to the cities identified (although once again, we do not necessarily want to limit our study to these cities, and information from other cities would be greatly appreciated). General Urban Statistics - urban population, city form, coverage of public transport system, patronage statistics, mode types, number of stations/ interchanges, route length statistics. System Statistics - (all modes: commuter rail, metro, bus,LRT etc.) Major/minor station/interchange spacing and density, route lengths Average speed of systems, Operational management and maintenance structures/ processes at interchanges, Process/system for determining need and location of interchange, Ridership Statistics and journey patterns - Average travel times, distances and costs, Average number of interchanges per commuter trip, Interchange information - Classification of interchanges by volumes/usage, Facilities available/required according to size/classification of interchange, Threshold volumes for large facilities Maps of systems, identifying main interchanges/minor stations etc (bus, rail, metro) Financial Aspects - income profile of users vs total urban population, profitability of public transport system, operating and capital requirements, operating costs vs revenue generated It would be greatly appreciated if you could help us either with obtaining any of the above information, or if you can't help us directly but know of relevant contacts, place us in contact with these people (please could you forward this message on to them or provide us with their contact details). Thanks for your patients in reading this message, and we look forward to hearing from you if you can help us. Regards Ian Emslie Transportation Planners Transportek, CSIR PO Box 320 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa email - iemslie@csir.co.za Telephone +27 21 888 2611 Fax +27 21 888 2694 From larissam at uclink4.berkeley.edu Thu Oct 22 05:43:46 1998 From: larissam at uclink4.berkeley.edu (Larissa R. Muller) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:43:46 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fundamental Restructuring of Public Transport in South Africa Message-ID: <3.0.32.19981021134342.00906e40@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Peter: Here's the email. Now I know why you didn't get it -- it was on the SUSTRAN (Sustainable Transport) list server that we signed up on as part of our international transport course last year. Anyway, you might find it interesting. -Larissa At 04:16 PM 10/21/1998 +0200, you wrote: >In line with the current political and social changes occurring in our >country, the restructuring of SA cities is being promoted to address >imbalances of past urban settlement patterns. A key component of this >restructuring process is the enhancement of the urban public transport >systems. With limited budgets, poor existing services and often poor >perceptions regarding public transport, quality research is required >to inform planning efforts. > >A 'hub and spoke' concept of public transport, combined with >supporting major movement corridors, is gaining acceptance as the most >viable network approach for South Africa. There are numerous >restructuring issues that will need to be addressed. One of these key >issues is the role of public transport interchanges. We at the CSIR >are investigating the role that public transport interchanges play in >the public transport system and how to enhance this role, to provide a >safer, more efficient and attractive environment for public transport >users. > >An important focus of our research is the need to benchmark against >some world cities. We have identified the following cities as relevant >to our study, but do not want to limit the bench-marking exercise to >these cities; > Curitiba - Brazil > Gothenberg - Sweden > Toronto - Canada > Newcastle - UK > Singapore > >As part of our study, we are investigating the classification of >public transport interchanges w.r.t. actual/potential passenger >volumes, and the availability/requirements of facilities by >interchange class. We are also investigating the actual/ideal >distribution of interchanges within a metropolitan area according to >population size, and the commuter volumes required to establish a >viable transfer station. > >We are presently searching for information regarding the following >points, particularly with respect to the cities identified (although >once again, we do not necessarily want to limit our study to these >cities, and information from other cities would be greatly >appreciated). > >General Urban Statistics - > urban population, city form, coverage of public transport system, > patronage statistics, mode types, number of stations/ > interchanges, route length statistics. > System Statistics - > (all modes: commuter rail, metro, bus,LRT etc.) > Major/minor station/interchange spacing and density, route > lengths > Average speed of systems, > Operational management and maintenance structures/ > processes at interchanges, > Process/system for determining need and location of > interchange, >Ridership Statistics and journey patterns - > Average travel times, distances and costs, > Average number of interchanges per commuter trip, >Interchange information - > Classification of interchanges by volumes/usage, > Facilities available/required according to size/classification of > interchange, > Threshold volumes for large facilities >Maps of systems, identifying main interchanges/minor stations > etc (bus, rail, metro) >Financial Aspects - > income profile of users vs total urban population, profitability of > public transport system, operating and capital requirements, > operating costs vs revenue generated > >It would be greatly appreciated if you could help us either with >obtaining any of the above information, or if you can't help us >directly but know of relevant contacts, place us in contact with these >people (please could you forward this message on to them or provide us >with their contact details). > >Thanks for your patients in reading this message, and we look forward >to hearing from you if you can help us. > >Regards > > Ian Emslie >Transportation Planners >Transportek, CSIR >PO Box 320 >Stellenbosch >7599 >South Africa >email - iemslie@csir.co.za > Telephone +27 21 888 2611 >Fax +27 21 888 2694 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From bogus@does.not.exist.com Thu Oct 22 05:43:46 1998 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:43:46 -0700 Subject: ***no article*** Message-ID: ***no article*** From tkpb at barter.pc.my Thu Oct 22 13:41:42 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (tkpb@barter.pc.my) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:41:42 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] Re: Fundamental Restructuring of Public Transport in South Africa Message-ID: Dear Ian Emslie >We at the CSIR >are investigating the role that public transport interchanges play in >the public transport system and how to enhance this role, to provide a >safer, more efficient and attractive environment for public transport >users. .... details snipped..... I believe that Edmonton in Canada has a well-documented timed-pulse timetable system on a hub and spoke network. But I don't have the reference sorry. The best source for transport information on Singapore is the Land Transport Authority there. They have a comprehensive web site - which might yield a relevant email address. (if you can't find one get back to me.. I have a specific email contact somewhere). I have heard that they are also keen to compare Singapore's experiences and data with other relevant cities and they may be willing to exchange data with you. Land Transport Authority 460 Alexandra Road #24-00 PSA Building Singapore 119963 Fax: +65 375 7213 The UITP organisation (International Union (Association) of Public Transport) which is based in Brussels should have some good documentation on public transport in some of these cities. They are actually currently engaged in a large project to collect transport and urban data on a large set of cities around the world. I am involved in the project. I think that most of the cities that you are interested in are included in the study. But unfortunately the results will not be ready until the middle of next year or so. UITP's new address is: Mr Hans Rat Secretary General Avenue Herrmann-Debroux 17, B-1160 Bruxelles Belgium Tel: +32 2 673 6100 Fax: +32 2 660 1072 E-mail: administration@uitp.com, events@uitp.com, library@uitp.com UITP also has a useful web site. There is a link to it on SUSTRAN's web site. See my signature below. I hope this helps. A. Rahman Paul BARTER, (PLEASE NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS) SUSTRAN Resource Centre P.O. Box 11501 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: +603 274 2590 (or fax on request) E-mail: or (personal) URL: http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853 The SUSTRAN Resource Centre hosts the Secretariat of SUSTRAN (the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific). From driddell at ing.sun.ac.za Thu Oct 22 23:00:28 1998 From: driddell at ing.sun.ac.za (driddell) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 16:00:28 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Public transport vehicle, replacement cycles. Message-ID: <000101bdfdc4$54056920$f091e892@duff.sun.ac.za> Dear colleagues I am investigating the economic optimisation of public transport planning, subject to prescribed "customer" service levels. These service levels include the usual internal issues as well as external issues like pollution, subsidies, congestion control and so on. My present question relates to vehicle replacement. My perception of the matter is as follows: Public transport vehicles, (buses, trains, aeroplanes, etc,) are subject to wear and tear like any other form of machinery. Over time, vehicles will require increasingly more maintenance, which will cost increasingly more money and reduce their productive time. These are standard components of economic vehicle replacement cycle analysis. In public transport, in addition to the maintenance cost and productive time factors, there is also a question of perceived utility, measured in terms of the vehicles age, condition, appearance and other attributes, such as noise, ride comfort, safety, and so on. The implication of this is that a major refurbishment of vehicles may not offer the same benefit as say, refurbishing a refuse disposal truck. Can anyone give me references for work done in evaluating the influence of user, and potential user, perceptions of public transport vehicles on the determination of replacement cycles? Thanks Wayne Duff-Riddell Institute for Transport Technology University of Stellenbosch South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4647 Fax: +27 21 808 4361 e-mail (work): driddell@ing.sun.ac.za e-mail (home): tiko@intekom.co.za From rverzola at phil.gn.apc.org Thu Oct 22 22:08:46 1998 From: rverzola at phil.gn.apc.org (Roberto Verzola) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 22:08:46 Subject: [sustran] transport in urban centers Message-ID: <199810231434.WAA16248@phil.gn.apc.org> I would like to share a discovery: I've found the book _A Pattern Language_ by Alexander a very good resource (although still somewhat car-oriented) for transport infrastructure / urban planning (as well as designing buildings, if you're in that too). Regards to all, Obet Verzola From joel at xs4all.nl Thu Oct 22 23:16:47 1998 From: joel at xs4all.nl (J.H. Crawford) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:16:47 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: transport in urban centers In-Reply-To: <199810231434.WAA16248@phil.gn.apc.org> Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19981022151647.007cdd70@pop.xs4all.nl> >I would like to share a discovery: I've found the book _A Pattern >Language_ by Alexander a very good resource (although still somewhat >car-oriented) for transport infrastructure / urban planning (as well >as designing buildings, if you're in that too). I would like to seccond Obet Verzola's message above. _A Pattern Language_ is the one book in my library I never lend out. I can't afford to be without my copy. It's a beautiful, inspiring book. While it is true that it assumes the continuing use of cars for transport, Alexander is obviously aware of the damage done to urban environments by cars, and the book has a number of patterns which directly address the need to contain and control cars. In the develoment of my own design for carfree cities, I have relied heavily on Alexander's thinking. The results can be seen at the URL below. Regards, ### J.H. Crawford Crawford Systems joel@xs4all.nl http://www.carfree.com/ From tkpb at barter.pc.my Fri Oct 23 11:30:30 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Paul Barter) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:30:30 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] publications on traffic reduction Message-ID: This was seen on the utsg list (I have edited slightly and deleted some irrelevant bits). Paul. Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:48:02 +0000 Subject: Three publications From: Phil Goodwin To: utsg@mailbase.ac.uk ..... Dear colleagues: to save time in redirecting enquiries please note 1) With effect from 1.1.1999, I shall be handing on the editorship of 'Transport Policy' to Dr John Preston, Transport Studies Unit, Oxford University, 11 Bevington Road, Oxford OX2 6NB. I will progress papers in the pipeline, but all new papers should be submitted directly to him. 2) Now that our web-site is live (though still under development), there is a copy of my Inaugural Lecture 'Solving Congestion' posted on the site. It may be copied, downloaded and cited at will, if anybody should want to. Access via http://www.ucl.ac.uk/transport-studies/ then click on 'TSU'. 3) The report of our study of the effects of reducing road capacity is available directly from the publishers, not from this address. An 'order form' is reproduced below. I'd be interested in comments, advice, feedback and new information on any of these.......... .............. Regards, Phil Goodwin P B Goodwin Professor of Transport Policy ESRC Transport Studies Unit University College London London WC1E 6BT tel +(0)171 391 1580 fax +(0)171 391 1586 ---------------------- TRAFFIC IMPACT OF HIGHWAY CAPACITY REDUCTION: Assessment of the Evidence by Sally Cairns, Carmen Hass-Klau and Phil Goodwin ISBN 1 899650 10 5 A4 274 pp, 225 maps figures and tables Landor Publishing, London, 35 UK pounds (+ 5 pounds p and p in UK, 9 pounds Europe, 12 pounds rest of world) Order form Name: Position/title: Organisation: Address: Tel: Fax: Enclose cheque for UK pounds......payable to Landor Publishing Ltd OR Please debit my visa/mastercard/American Express/ Eurocard/ Delta Name Expiry date Account number Signature OR Please invoice me quoting my official order number...... (books dispatched after payment received). Landor Publishing, Quadrant House, 250 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5RD, UK tel +(0) 171 582 6626 fax +(0) 171 735 1299 landor@compuserve.com From farheen at riet.org.sg Fri Oct 23 15:45:03 1998 From: farheen at riet.org.sg (Farheen Mukri) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:45:03 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fundamental Restructuring of Public Transport in So uth Africa Message-ID: Attn: Ian Emslie HI there. Just picking up on Paul's reference below to LTA here in Singapore. Their website is www.lta.sg You can email directly from there. Farheen :) Ms. Farheen Mukri [farheen@riet.org.sg] Information & Marketing Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET) 3 Science Park Drive #04-08, PSB Annex Singapore 118223 Tel: 65-7772685 Fax: 65-7732800 Email: riet@riet.org.sg URL: http://www.riet.org > Dear Ian Emslie > > >We at the CSIR > >are investigating the role that public transport interchanges play in > >the public transport system and how to enhance this role, to provide a > >safer, more efficient and attractive environment for public transport > >users. > .... details snipped..... > > The best source for transport information on Singapore is the Land > Transport Authority there. They have a comprehensive web site - which > might yield a relevant email address. (if you can't find one get back to > > > I hope this helps. > > > A. Rahman Paul BARTER, > > (PLEASE NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS) > SUSTRAN Resource Centre > P.O. Box 11501 > 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. > Phone: +603 274 2590 (or fax on request) > E-mail: or (personal) > URL: http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853 > > The SUSTRAN Resource Centre hosts the Secretariat of SUSTRAN (the > Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific). > From joel at xs4all.nl Wed Oct 28 00:05:23 1998 From: joel at xs4all.nl (J.H. Crawford) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:05:23 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Handbook for metro/subway needed Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19981027150523.007cce60@pop.xs4all.nl> I am looking for a handbook which gives "best practices" for metro design, engineering, and construction. (Information on trams would be a plus but is not essential.) The American Association of Railroads publishes a handbook, but, so far as I know, this applies only to conventional railroads and not to urban passenger rail. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ### J.H. Crawford Crawford Systems joel@xs4all.nl http://www.carfree.com/ From remonde at gsilink.com Sat Oct 31 18:27:23 1998 From: remonde at gsilink.com (remonde@gsilink.com) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:27:23 +0000 Subject: [sustran] [sustran] fuel additive Message-ID: <199810310125.JAA18373@luke.gsilink.com> Dear SUSTRAN friends, Wonder if someone can help verify this: last night, a friend told me about a fuel additive (i guess that's what it's called) that is to be used on old cars whose engines can't shift to unleaded gasoline. When this substance is added, any engine that runs on gasoline can run on unleaded. I hope i'll get more information about this. A local (Philippines) petroleum company is going to launch this 'substance' this coming week. According to my source the fuel additive is being widely used abroad (she mentioned the UK). It will make a shift to unleaded fuel easy, and the petroleum companies will have no problem complying with a possible total phase out of leaded gasoline. For Philippine subscribers, you may find it interesting that the fuel additive will be introduced in an island province next month, and that leaded gasoline will not be available anylonger in that province once the fuel additive has been introduced. Has anyone heard of this type of fuel additive? Is it being used in Europe or other countries where leaded gasoline has already been phased out? Is it harmless? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Marit Stinus-Remonde 4302-A Forest Hills Banawa Cebu City 6000 Philippines Tel/Fax +63 32 2546207 remonde@gsilink.com From tkpb at barter.pc.my Sat Oct 31 13:33:55 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:33:55 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] Selective Vehicle Priority Review Message-ID: This looks useful. >Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:15:01 GMT >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Reply-to: k.a.fox@leeds.ac.uk >Priority: normal >Subject: Selective Vehicle Priority Review >From: "Ken" >To: utsg@mailbase.ac.uk >Sender: utsg-request@mailbase.ac.uk >Precedence: list > >As part of the UK Department of the Environment, Transport and the >Regions' UTMC01 project: "Selected Vehicle Priority in the Urban >Environment", we have just finished a Literature Review of Selective >Vehicle Priority methods in use throughout the world. You can now >download this Literature Review from the project WWW site in either >Acrobat or Word formats. The site URL is: > >http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/projects/spruce/ > >The purpose of the review is to establish the current state of the art >in selective vehicle priority through a literature search and consultation with >researchers and developers. The scope of the review is wide ranging >and considers developments across the full range of applications for >selective vehicle priority within urban traffic signal networks such as: > bus priority; > LRT priority; > fire appliances; > police vehicles; and > ambulances. > >Ken Fox >Institute for Transport Studies >University of Leeds >Leeds >LS2 9JT > >E-Mail: K.A.Fox@leeds.ac.uk >Tel: +44-113-233-5351 >Fax: +44-113-233-5334 >