From halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id Tue Sep 1 19:03:25 1998 From: halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id (Harun Al Rasyid Sorah Lubis) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 17:03:25 +0700 Subject: [sustran] KRISMON's traffic blessing and disaster in Bandung Message-ID: <005001bdd58f$c89835e0$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> The prolonged economic flu or monetary crisis ( KRISMON in local language acronym) have obviously dragged the national economy to follow a down spiralling circuit, where survival is now the only keyword. Staple price hikes combined with the increasing job lost is triggerring riots in the regions, especially where the profile of the income distribution is already skewed. As a results eg. according to a recent survey in Bandung, city traffic volume drop by 30%. >From field measurement on six busiest roads, it was reported that NOx content drop by 400%, from 0.2ppm/24 hrs last year to 0.051 ppm/ 24 hrs. threshold limit 0.05 ppm/24 hrs). CO drop from 4.7 ppm to 1.63 ppm (threshold limit 20 ppm). What a blessing.... However, weekend traffic especially if there is a long holiday or extra Monday holiday, rush of weekenders especially from Jakarta which is about 165 kms away from Bandung totally paralyses the road network carrying capacities. Imagine the last time, where normally it takes 3.5 hrs the latest one way by car, it takes 8 - 9 hrs, just over twice. Almost every single road is locked up in town. As KRISMON prolonged, perhaps, no more abroad leisure for those in the right tail of the skewed income profile. What a disaster.... but good for street vendors and local retails. From t4-inoue at nri.co.jp Tue Sep 1 20:46:52 1998 From: t4-inoue at nri.co.jp (Taiichi INOUE) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 20:46:52 +0900 Subject: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections Message-ID: <199809011146.UAA09866@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Dear, In Japan the campaign called 'Idling Stop' has become popular. That is , at the intersections the car drivers are asked to stop their engines to keep the air clean. I'd like to know which countries introduce this measure and in these countries what it is called. Please let me know. Drink globally, Eat locally. Consultant Taiichi Inoue Transport & Logistics System Strategy. Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100,JAPAN tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ From jhk at ihe.nl Tue Sep 1 21:44:47 1998 From: jhk at ihe.nl (jan herman koster) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 14:44:47 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections References: <199809011146.UAA09866@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Message-ID: <35EBEC3F.E14B7CFE@ihe.nl> In The NETHERLANDS, with its many inland waterways and bridges, drivers are supposed to switch of their engines when waiting for a bridge. There is no official name, but drivers are reminded by signs at bridges saying 'Bridge open - engine off' Regards, Jan H. Koster Taiichi INOUE wrote: > > Dear, > > In Japan the campaign called 'Idling Stop' has become popular. That is , at > the intersections the car drivers are asked to stop their engines to keep > the air clean. > I'd like to know which countries introduce this measure and in these > countries what it is called. > Please let me know. > > Drink globally, Eat locally. > > Consultant > Taiichi Inoue > Transport & Logistics System Strategy. > Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. > 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, > Tokyo 100,JAPAN > tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 > Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ -- jan herman koster E-mail: jhk@ihe.nl _________________________ ____ ____ ___________ ______ | I.H.E. - Delft | |_ _||_ _||_ ________| | | Infrastructure | P.O.Box 3015, 2601 DA | || ||____||__||__ | | Hydraulics | DELFT, The Netherlands | _||_ _||_ _||__||____ | | Environment | http://www.ihe.nl | |____||____||___________| |______| `-------------------------' D E L F T From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Sep 1 21:24:03 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:24:03 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Talk about a real transportation study? This is the sort of thing that can yield real feeback & value. In-Reply-To: <005001bdd58f$c89835e0$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> Message-ID: <000d01bdd5a8$3b8f21e0$e74fe8c3@g400> "We are not blocking traffic. We ARE traffic." CRITICAL MASS is an organized coincidence, where thousands of bicyclists, skateboarders and rollerbladers celebrate alternative methods of getting around through car-clogged cities in many countries worldwide. It happens every last Friday of the month. http://www.vlm.net/cm-berlin/html/index_e.html With all good wishes, Eric Britton EcoPlan International - Technology, Economy, Society Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 or +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 Fax +33 (0) 1 4441.6341 or +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 ISDN/videoconferencing/groupwork: +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 (1-4) ICQ # 7147909 Mobile: +33 (0) 607 37 77 98 Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org From mobility at igc.apc.org Wed Sep 2 01:42:31 1998 From: mobility at igc.apc.org (ITDP) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 09:42:31 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections References: <199809011146.UAA09866@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Message-ID: <35EC23F7.707B@igc.apc.org> This idea of stopping engines briefly to reduce air pollution is not a good idea. While I don't have the figures, I'm pretty sure the emissions generated by stopping and starting the engine again are considerably greater than the emissions generated by hot idling. Regards, Walter Hook Taiichi INOUE wrote: > > Dear, > > In Japan the campaign called 'Idling Stop' has become popular. That is , at > the intersections the car drivers are asked to stop their engines to keep > the air clean. > I'd like to know which countries introduce this measure and in these > countries what it is called. > Please let me know. > > Drink globally, Eat locally. > > Consultant > Taiichi Inoue > Transport & Logistics System Strategy. > Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. > 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, > Tokyo 100,JAPAN > tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 > Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ -- Access ITDP's New Website: www.ITDP.org The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy 115 W. 30th Street, Suite 1205, New York, NY 10001 (212) 629-8001 fax: (212) 629-8033 From ibike at ibike.org Wed Sep 2 00:49:53 1998 From: ibike at ibike.org (International Bicycle Fund) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 08:49:53 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections Message-ID: <002001bdd5c0$3ce7c020$2be6e3cf@david-mozer> The answer may be a bit more complex than this: 1) If you are driving a car and coming from a cold stop, driving a few blocks, turning off the engine (during which it continues to give off some fumes--though different) and then restart the stilled cold engine, and continue to do this through town you will probably have little impact on reducing air pollution (though it might reduce some noise). 2) At the other extreme if you have been driving for a while ( the engine is hot and burning efficiently) and you come to a bridge or ferry landing where you will have to wait a bit, stopping the engine will reduce pollution. When you restart, the engine will still be warm and not pollute at the same level as a cold stop. But these two there are a continuum of scenarios. Depending upon the specifics of the trip the environment may benefit from stopping the engine. Regards, David Mozer ~ INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE FUND ~ Promoting sustainable transport and tourism worldwide Email: ibike@ibike.org Internet: www.ibike.org -----Original Message----- From: ITDP To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 6:55 AM Subject: Re: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections >This idea of stopping engines briefly to reduce air pollution is not a >good idea. While I don't have the figures, I'm pretty sure the >emissions generated by stopping and starting the engine again are >considerably greater than the emissions generated by hot idling. > >Regards, >Walter Hook > >Taiichi INOUE wrote: >> >> Dear, >> >> In Japan the campaign called 'Idling Stop' has become popular. That is , at >> the intersections the car drivers are asked to stop their engines to keep >> the air clean. >> I'd like to know which countries introduce this measure and in these >> countries what it is called. >> Please let me know. >> >> Drink globally, Eat locally. >> >> Consultant >> Taiichi Inoue >> Transport & Logistics System Strategy. >> Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. >> 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, >> Tokyo 100,JAPAN >> tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 >> Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ > >-- >Access ITDP's New Website: www.ITDP.org >The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy >115 W. 30th Street, Suite 1205, New York, NY 10001 >(212) 629-8001 fax: (212) 629-8033 > From joel at xs4all.nl Wed Sep 2 01:58:58 1998 From: joel at xs4all.nl (J.H. Crawford) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 17:58:58 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections In-Reply-To: <35EC23F7.707B@igc.apc.org> References: <199809011146.UAA09866@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980901175858.007acbd0@pop.xs4all.nl> >This idea of stopping engines briefly to reduce air pollution is not a >good idea. While I don't have the figures, I'm pretty sure the >emissions generated by stopping and starting the engine again are >considerably greater than the emissions generated by hot idling. I believe I read years ago that new Japanese cars (maybe for the Tokyo market only) were being equipped with devices which would automatically shut of the engine when the car had been stopped for a few seconds. The device would also restart the engine the instant the driver hit the gas. I assume it could only have been done for air pollution reasons. Sorry, no source on this. ### J.H. Crawford Crawford Systems joel@xs4all.nl http://www.carfree.com/ From ob110ob at IDT.NET Wed Sep 2 22:28:56 1998 From: ob110ob at IDT.NET (Obwon) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 06:28:56 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections References: <199809011146.UAA09866@nrims1.nri.co.jp> <35EC23F7.707B@igc.apc.org> Message-ID: <35ED4818.E23@idt.net> ITDP wrote: > > This idea of stopping engines briefly to reduce air pollution is not a > good idea. While I don't have the figures, I'm pretty sure the > emissions generated by stopping and starting the engine again are > considerably greater than the emissions generated by hot idling. Yes, I was struck by that point too. I think it's been discussed here before... Does anyone know or remember what the 'breakpoint' is? Where it's environmentally cheaper to keep the engine running than to shut it off? Obwon From jongho at soback.kornet21.net Wed Sep 2 20:15:10 1998 From: jongho at soback.kornet21.net (Jongho Rhee) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 20:15:10 +0900 Subject: [sustran] searching APEC data Message-ID: <35ED28BE.A5C00C99@soback.kornet21.net> Dear colleagues: I am working on making "BEST PRACTICE MANUAL to Address Urban Transport Problems in APEC Region" with Korea Transport Institute. I am in trouble to get related data of cities in countries such as Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Chinese Taipei, Brunei, China, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, in the fields including Public Transport, More Efficient Use of the Road System, and Fund Raising and Distribution.. Anyone, out there let me know related data sources? Thank you very much for your cooperation. Jongho Rhee Associate Professor Kyonggi University Seoul and Suwon, Korea Tel) +82-331-249-8761 Fax) +82-331-255-5915 E-mail) jhrhee@kuic.kyonggi.ac.kr From rogerh at foe.co.uk Thu Sep 3 05:39:17 1998 From: rogerh at foe.co.uk (Roger Higman) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:39:17 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections In-Reply-To: Obwon "Re: [sustran] Stop engine at the intersections" (Sep 2, 6:28am) References: <199809011146.UAA09866@nrims1.nri.co.jp> <35EC23F7.707B@igc.apc.org> <35ED4818.E23@idt.net> Message-ID: <980902123922.ZM9767@unknown.zmail.host> ITDP wrote: > > This idea of stopping engines briefly to reduce air pollution is not a > good idea. While I don't have the figures, I'm pretty sure the > emissions generated by stopping and starting the engine again are > considerably greater than the emissions generated by hot idling. Obwon followed with: > Yes, I was struck by that point too. I think it's been discussed here > before... Does anyone know or remember what the 'breakpoint' is? My recollection is that the breakpoint is at about two minutes, but it is a long time since I've looked at the issue. As the light-up time for catalysts gets shorter (ie: they begin to take effect more quickly) the breakpoint will fall. It may therefore be much lower than two minutes on a new car. Roger Higman "A thorn in the side of Senior Campaigner (Atmosphere and Transport) the motor industry" Friends of the Earth (E,W+NI), Car Magazine 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ Tel + 44 171 566 1661 Fax + 44 171 490 0881 E-mail rogerh@foe.co.uk http://www.foe.co.uk From remonde at gsilink.com Fri Sep 4 06:38:50 1998 From: remonde at gsilink.com (remonde@gsilink.com) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:38:50 +0000 Subject: [sustran] exhaust pipes Message-ID: <199809031336.VAA12879@luke.gsilink.com> Dear SUSTRAN-friends, Greetings. Can anybody tell me whether it makes any difference to redirect the location of exhaust pipes of vehicles? Cebu City's government is proposing an ordinance making it compulsary for owners and operators of trucks and other large vehicles to put the exhaust pipe on the left side of the vehicle. The government also wants the exhaust pipes to point upwards. The rationale is that if exhaust pipes point upwards and to the opposite side of where pedestrians and passengers are (they are supposedly at the right side of the road), people won't be so affected by the exhaust. The proposed fines for noncompliance are quite stiff. Will it make any difference? Most vehicles still run on diesel or ordinary leaded gasoline. Smoke-belching is rampant. Thank you! Sincerely yours, Marit Stinus-Remonde 4302-A Forest Hills Banawa Cebu City Philippines Tel/Fax +63 32 2546207 remonde@gsilink.com From t4-inoue at nri.co.jp Thu Sep 3 23:10:57 1998 From: t4-inoue at nri.co.jp (Taiichi INOUE) Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 23:10:57 +0900 Subject: [sustran] Pedestrians problems Message-ID: <199809031410.XAA25521@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Dear, Now I have a project on pedestrian problems. Our main purpose is to know how to make our city more pedestrian-friendly. I mean, how should we design the streets and how should we set the information signs for pedestrians? If you know any reports or guidelines on this problem, will you let me know? for example, are there some guidelines which are used when the pedestrian-friendly transit mall is designed? Drink globally, Eat locally. Consultant Taiichi Inoue Transport & Logistics System Strategy. Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100,JAPAN tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ From bradshr at westminster.ac.uk Fri Sep 4 01:21:32 1998 From: bradshr at westminster.ac.uk (Ruth Bradshaw) Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 17:21:32 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Developments in Mobility Management Message-ID: <35EEC20C.6A4B@wmin.ac.uk> Dear Sustran-discuss I am working on an EU funded project, MOSAIC (Mobility Strategy Applications in the Community) which is looking at mobility management. For the purposes of this project we have defined mobility management as follows. Mobility management aims to reduce the number, length and need for private vehicle trips by encouraging individuals, companies and institutions to satisfy their transport needs by alternative modes such as public transport, walking and cycling. It attempts to influence travel choices by informing, advising and educating potential travellers, including freight operators, with regard to their own mobility. Mobility management encourages the implementation of supporting measures but in itself does not usually provide new infrastructure nor improve transport supply. At the start of the project in 1996 MOSAIC in conjunction with another EU project carried out a 'State-of-the-Art' review looking at the extent to which mobility management measures were being adopted around the world. I was responsible for the section on Asia and as we are now in the process of updating this review I would be interested to learn of any developments in mobility management in Asian countries over the last two years. As well as information on particular measures, I would also be interested in learning about any changes in national policies or legislation which have implications for mobility management. The type of measures I am talking about might include for example initiatives taken by employers to reduce the amount of car commuting by their employees (known in the UK as green commuter plans) or by other sites which attract large volumes of traffic such as retail parks and large leisure facilities. Another example would be a Mobility Centre which provides information on all forms of alternative transport to the car. I would be very grateful for any relevant information which Sustran members can provide. Please send messages direct to me and I will send a summary to sustran-discuss in a couple of weeks in case others are interested. Thank you very much in advance for any information you can provide. Best wishes Ruth Bradshaw Research Fellow Transport Studies Group University of Westminster 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS Tel: +44 171 911 5834 Fax: +44 171 911 5057 From ibike at ibike.org Fri Sep 4 02:13:19 1998 From: ibike at ibike.org (International Bicycle Fund) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 10:13:19 -0700 Subject: [sustran] exhaust pipes Message-ID: <05a101bdd75e$4f6bbb80$21e6e3cf@david-mozer> Our local city buses (Seattle WA USA) have several exhaust pipe locations. It does make a difference for pedestrians. At the top of the bus and away from pedestrian walks is best. It also helps to require that vehicle are kept tuned-up for lower emissions. ~ INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE FUND ~ Promoting sustainable transport and tourism worldwide Email: ibike@ibike.org Internet: www.ibike.org -----Original Message----- From: remonde@gsilink.com To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 7:57 AM Subject: [sustran] exhaust pipes >Dear SUSTRAN-friends, > >Greetings. > >Can anybody tell me whether it makes any difference >to redirect the location of exhaust pipes of vehicles? Cebu City's >government is proposing an ordinance making it compulsary for owners >and operators of trucks and other large vehicles to put the exhaust >pipe on the left side of the vehicle. The government also wants the >exhaust pipes to point upwards. The rationale is that if exhaust >pipes point upwards and to the opposite side of where pedestrians and >passengers are (they are supposedly at the right side of the road), >people won't be so affected by the exhaust. The proposed fines for >noncompliance are quite stiff. > >Will it make any difference? Most vehicles still run on diesel or >ordinary leaded gasoline. Smoke-belching is rampant. > >Thank you! > >Sincerely yours, >Marit Stinus-Remonde >4302-A Forest Hills >Banawa >Cebu City >Philippines >Tel/Fax +63 32 2546207 >remonde@gsilink.com From dsucher at citycomforts.com Fri Sep 4 13:45:45 1998 From: dsucher at citycomforts.com (David Sucher) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:45:45 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Pedestrians problems In-Reply-To: <199809031410.XAA25521@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Message-ID: Taiichi INOUE wrote: >Now I have a project on pedestrian problems. Our main purpose is to know >how to make our city more pedestrian-friendly. I mean, how should we design >the streets and how should we set the information signs for pedestrians? > >If you know any reports or guidelines on this problem, will you let me know? >for example, are there some guidelines which are used when the >pedestrian-friendly transit mall is designed? > >Drink globally, Eat locally. > > Consultant > Taiichi Inoue > Transport & Logistics System Strategy. > Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. > 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, > Tokyo 100,JAPAN > tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 > Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ *** You might be interested in my book City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village. It explains the essentials. You can find out more at http://www.citycomforts.com And by the way, the book is being translated into Japanese; I think the translation is almost done and should be printed sometime soon. Cheers, David Sucher ************************************************ City Comforts Inc. www.citycomforts.com 206 545 4523 206 632 1883---fax From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Sep 4 17:45:29 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 10:45:29 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Developments in Mobility Management In-Reply-To: <35EEC20C.6A4B@wmin.ac.uk> Message-ID: <001901bdd7e1$6e4b8b60$7c42e8c3@g400> Dear Ms. Bradshaw, May I suggest this as a fair and possibly efficient means for your update of your 'State-of-the-Art' review under the MOSAIC program. I mention this because I firmly believe that all exchanges of this sort should be two way streams; otherwise they are neither fair nor, ultimately, very efficient. Why don't you post your original review is some nice easy to access place, and then invite the public comments, etc. in a way in which they come both to you and to anyone else who might be interested? Does that seem like an idea? If so, you may have your own site in mind, though I would surely love to be a Sustran exercise (since they are doing so very much for us and thus deserve our real collaboration). Otherwise, we could handle the whole business on our public interest Web site (The Commons), replete with the WebBoard that has been deviled for just such interactive purposes. With all good wishes for the success of your project, Eric Britton PS. An additional and very real benefit of such a drill is that it tends to get the content out and around in a very lively way -- as opposed to reports which often either get buried by bureaucracies, if not already buried by the verboseness and lack of focus of their busy authors. Then too, all of this can be carried out without a price tag and -- while we're at it -- in a genuinely sustainable manner. And that should count for something. 21st Turtle EcoPlan International - Technology, Economy, Society Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 or +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 Fax +33 (0) 1 4441.6341 or +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 ISDN/videoconferencing/groupwork: +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 (1-4) ICQ # 7147909 Mobile: +33 (0) 607 37 77 98 Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org From priyanka at HK.Super.NET Fri Sep 4 19:19:06 1998 From: priyanka at HK.Super.NET (Priyanka Jain) Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 18:19:06 +0800 Subject: [sustran] searching APEC data References: <35ED28BE.A5C00C99@soback.kornet21.net> Message-ID: <35EFBE9A.78754AEB@hk.super.net> Dear Mr. Rhee, Do you need data for Hong Kong as well? If yes, then I can help you. Can you specify the details you require? Priyanka Jain Jongho Rhee wrote: > Dear colleagues: > > I am working on making "BEST PRACTICE MANUAL to Address Urban Transport > Problems in APEC Region" with Korea Transport Institute. > I am in trouble to get related data of cities in countries such as > Chile, > Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Chinese Taipei, Brunei, China, > Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, in the fields including Public > Transport, More Efficient Use of the Road System, and Fund Raising and > Distribution.. Anyone, out there let me know related data sources? Thank > you very much for your cooperation. > > Jongho Rhee > Associate Professor > Kyonggi University > Seoul and Suwon, Korea > Tel) +82-331-249-8761 > Fax) +82-331-255-5915 > E-mail) jhrhee@kuic.kyonggi.ac.kr -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: vcard.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 376 bytes Desc: Card for Priyanka Jain Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19980904/c643b164/vcard.vcf From dsucher at citycomforts.com Sat Sep 5 13:48:58 1998 From: dsucher at citycomforts.com (David Sucher) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 21:48:58 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Developments in Mobility Management In-Reply-To: <001901bdd7e1$6e4b8b60$7c42e8c3@g400> References: <35EEC20C.6A4B@wmin.ac.uk> Message-ID: $27 to europe by priority mail---you'll get it next week-end or monday thereafter; $30 if you want to pay by charge card. so how's paris? ************************************************ City Comforts Inc. www.citycomforts.com 206 545 4523 206 632 1883---fax From jongho at soback.kornet21.net Sat Sep 5 18:19:29 1998 From: jongho at soback.kornet21.net (Jongho Rhee) Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 18:19:29 +0900 Subject: [sustran] searching APEC data References: <35ED28BE.A5C00C99@soback.kornet21.net> <35EFBE9A.78754AEB@hk.super.net> Message-ID: <35F10221.1F3BA043@soback.kornet21.net> Dear Mr. Jain: Yes, I need your help. The data which I need is quite broad, however, I want some information about the current problems(or issues) and their solution policies in the public transport field. Also, the study of comparison between Hong Kong and other foreign cities' public transport system would be very helpful to me. I appreciate your help. Sincerely yours, Jongho Rhee Priyanka Jain ???: > Dear Mr. Rhee, > > Do you need data for Hong Kong as well? If yes, then I can help you. Can > you specify the details you require? > > Priyanka Jain > > Jongho Rhee wrote: > > > Dear colleagues: > > > > I am working on making "BEST PRACTICE MANUAL to Address Urban Transport > > Problems in APEC Region" with Korea Transport Institute. > > I am in trouble to get related data of cities in countries such as > > Chile, > > Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Chinese Taipei, Brunei, China, > > Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, in the fields including Public > > Transport, More Efficient Use of the Road System, and Fund Raising and > > Distribution.. Anyone, out there let me know related data sources? Thank > > you very much for your cooperation. > > > > Jongho Rhee > > Associate Professor > > Kyonggi University > > Seoul and Suwon, Korea > > Tel) +82-331-249-8761 > > Fax) +82-331-255-5915 > > E-mail) jhrhee@kuic.kyonggi.ac.kr > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Priyanka Jain > > Priyanka Jain > > HTML ?? ?? > Flat A, 14/F, Carmel Heights, Belair Gardens ??: +852 2866 6467 > Shatin, New Territories ?: +852 2866 2724 > Hong Kong SAR Netscape Conference ?? > PR China Netscape Conference DLS ?? > ?? ??: > ? Jain > ??Priyanka > ??2.1 From ibike at ibike.org Sun Sep 6 00:42:07 1998 From: ibike at ibike.org (International Bicycle Fund) Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 08:42:07 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Pedestrians problems Message-ID: <002901bdd8e4$ffb2e860$0be6e3cf@david-mozer> The Bicycle and Pedestrian Program, Washington State Dept of Transportation (PO Box 47393, Olympia WA 98504-7393 USA) has published a 240 page *Pedestrian Facilities Guidebook*. You should be able to get information on the manual from Mike Dornfeld < dornfem@wsdot.wa.gov > Regards, ~ INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE FUND ~ Promoting sustainable transport and tourism worldwide Email: ibike@ibike.org Internet: www.ibike.org -----Original Message----- From: Taiichi INOUE To: alt-transp@flora.ottawa.on.ca ; sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org ; utsg@mailbase.ac.uk ; ITS@mobility-net.com Cc: h-teshigahara@nri.co.jp Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 7:58 AM Subject: [sustran] Pedestrians problems >Dear, > >Now I have a project on pedestrian problems. Our main purpose is to know >how to make our city more pedestrian-friendly. I mean, how should we design >the streets and how should we set the information signs for pedestrians? > >If you know any reports or guidelines on this problem, will you let me know? >for example, are there some guidelines which are used when the >pedestrian-friendly transit mall is designed? > >Drink globally, Eat locally. > > Consultant > Taiichi Inoue > Transport & Logistics System Strategy. > Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. > 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, > Tokyo 100,JAPAN > tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 > Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ From tkpb at barter.pc.my Mon Sep 7 11:06:01 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Paul Barter) Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:06:01 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] fwd: Cycling paper - PRIZE Message-ID: Just got this announcement ... any takers? Contact Oliver hatch for more information. Paul SUSTRAN Resource Centre Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: or (personal) SUSTRAN NOW HAS A WEB SITE URL: http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853 ----------------------------------------- From: Oliver Hatch Subject: FALCO LECTURE PRIZE TIME IS RUNNING OUT - ACT NOW. As you may know, the Velo-city Falco Lecture Prize is a project that invites papers on a set topic. These are judged by an international panel of judges and the winner receives a cash prize, and will present the paper at the forthcoming velo-city conference in Graz/Maribor in April 1999. You can still be involved in this project. HOWEVER, the deadline for writing papers is running out. The deadline is Friday September 18th, by which time all papers should have been received at my office in London. We expect a good response with many papers being entered. But your paper, or that of a colleague may the best of all. There is still a little time left, and the subject this time - that of the role of leisure cycling is very timely. I enlcose the anouncement and conditions in English, French and German as atached documents in 'word'. [SEE BELOW] If you wish to enter all the information you need is contained in these documents. If you can publicise the project to friends, colleagues and others, I would be very grateful. I look forward to some interesting reading, and good luck. You never know - it could be you making the winning presentation at the Velo-city conference next year. Yours sincerely Oliver Hatch Velo-city Confernce Director VELO CITY FALCO LECTURE PRIZE 1999 The European Cyclists Federation (ECF), as promoter of the Velo-City Falco Lecture Prize, now announces the topic for the next prize. Developing the debate about the role of the bicycle, we now invite papers on the subject of: Is encouraging leisure cycling the best way to get people out of their cars and onto their bicycles for everyday trips, and if not, what is - explain your reasons. The paper should be of 2,500 - 3,000 words, preferably in English and must be submitted to our London office before Friday 18th September 1998. The winner will receive a cash prize of 1,700 ecu (?1,200) and will be asked to present their paper at the 11th Velo-City conference, which takes place in Graz & Maribor between 13th and 17th April 1999. This project is run by ECF in co-operation with Falco, a Dutch manufacturer of cycle parking racks and street furniture. There is an international panel of eight judges to review the entries. They have been selected to cover all aspects of the transport issue. They are: Gretter Aggen?s, ECF Management Committee, K?benhavn, Denmark Werner Br?g, Managing Director, Socialdata, M?nchen, Germany Marcellin Dally, Programme specialist, Youth and Sports Division, UNESCO, Paris, France Oliver Hatch, ECF Conference Director, London, UK Nick Lester, ECF Conference Technical Director, London UK Prof. Marcello Mamoli, School of Architecture, Venezia, Italy Congressman Jim Oberstar, Washington DC, United States Ir Jan Ploeger, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Den Haag, Netherlands Further information is available from the ECF conference office listed below. Please note the terms and conditions of the competition overleaf. EUROPEAN CYCLISTS FEDERATION VELO-CITY FALCO LECTURE PRIZE TERMS AND CONDITIONS The Award and Judging 1 A cash award of 1,700 ecu will be given by the European Cyclists Federation (ECF) for the best paper judged by the panel of judges. Other prizes may also be awarded. The papers will be judged by an independent jury, with specialist readers being consulted if necessary. Subject Matter 2 Papers must be on the set subject. Papers may draw on existing work, but they should be materially different from previously published work. 3 The style of the paper should make it accessible to a wide audience, not just to transport specialists. Charts, tables and footnotes may be used in moderation where this is helpful to the presentation. Given the international audience, clarity of text will be valued. Conditions of Entry 4 All papers must be attributed to individual or joint authorship; entries by firms or institutions are not allowed. Only one entry will be accepted from any one person in each competition. 5 Employees, or those receiving payment from the European Cyclists Federation or from the sponsor may not enter. Those on the Velo-City organising or programme committees or the ECF Management Committee may not enter. 6 Entries should be in English, if possible, and typed on one side of each sheet of paper. The paper should not be more than 3,000 words long, excluding charts, tables and footnotes. The ideal length is between 2,500 and 3,000 words. A separate summary of about 300 words should also be provided. 7 All entries should include the entrant's full name, address, telephone, fax number and e-mail (where applicable). 8 All entries must be received by Oliver Hatch in London by the published deadline. Papers should not be submitted by fax. Submitted papers cannot be returned. Results, Publication and Sponsorship 9 It is the aim of ECF to publish some or all of the papers. ECF reserves the right to edit papers and the copyright for first publication. 10. The prize winner will be contacted as soon as possible after the judging and will be asked to present their paper at the Velo-City conference. All entrants should, as far as possible, be willing and able to come to the conference and to cooperate in the publicity involved. Oliver Hatch, ECF Conference Director September 1997 From bradshr at westminster.ac.uk Mon Sep 7 17:57:44 1998 From: bradshr at westminster.ac.uk (Ruth Bradshaw) Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:57:44 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Developments in Mobility Management Message-ID: <35F3A008.4197@wmin.ac.uk> Dear sustran-discuss Further to the message I posted last Thursday (3rd September) asking for information about Mobility Management in Asia, Eric Britton of EcoPlan International has made documents relating to the original review available on his website. These include my summary of information collected on Asia two years ago and also a paper written for this year's World Conference on Transport Research. This paper contains a summary of the full report which covered Europe and the USA as well as Asia. To access these you need to go to: http://www.ecoplan.org Then click on the WebBoard to the left of the main screen. Comments and suggestions for my updated review can be provided via the WebBoard or direct to me. Best wishes Ruth Bradshaw Research Fellow Transport Studies Group University of Westminster 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS Tel: +44 171 911 5834 Fax: +44 171 911 5057 From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Sep 7 18:03:09 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 11:03:09 +0200 Subject: [sustran] The Economist, current issue: Ground Zero In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000b01bdda3e$8ea75380$8647e8c3@g400> Dear Friends, The Economist's latest number (5th Sept.) carries an article entitled "Commuting" which we can recommend to all here on at least several grounds. First and most fun because they reverently quote our beloved founder. May he long live and prosper! But maybe more important because they once again accomplish here what I have always felt they do so well. Namely. To establish what I call Ground Zero (the altimeter setting on a plane that allows one to approach an airport for a landing at times of poor visibility). Let me explain my metaphor briefly cause I think the point is an important one to us all. In a phrase, they set the problem. They as usual do a good job of drumming up data support and stating the informed generalist view quite nicely indeed (with that slight Economist edge, of course). But that's it! They tell us where Ground Zero is but we still somehow have to land the damned plane, while they sit back ever so comfortably in their upholstered chairs on good old, cozy old Saint James Street. Still, one does have to be grateful for whatever one does find out there. Enjoy your read, and perhaps we can even take things a bit apart here. They surely do leave some pretty big holes for us to fill or at least wander around in. With all good wishes, Eric Britton EcoPlan International - Technology, Economy, Society Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 or +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 Fax +33 (0) 1 4441.6341 or +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 ISDN/videoconferencing/groupwork: +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 (1-4) ICQ # 7147909 Mobile: +33 (0) 607 37 77 98 Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org From priyanka at HK.Super.NET Wed Sep 9 23:35:45 1998 From: priyanka at HK.Super.NET (Priyanka Jain) Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 22:35:45 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: searching APEC data References: <35ED28BE.A5C00C99@soback.kornet21.net> <35EFBE9A.78754AEB@hk.super.net> <35F10221.1F3BA043@soback.kornet21.net> Message-ID: <35F69240.204C951B@hk.super.net> Dear Mr. Rhee, I haven't quite understood what exactly you are looking for. Your search seems to be quite broad. I am providing here below some links to the the web pages which contain quite a substantial amount of information with regard to public transport system of Hong Kong. Hope this meets your expectations. If you have any specific questions, let me know and I shall try to answer. http://www.info.gov.hk/ (this contains links to all the Government departments of HK and may help you to understand the planning policy etc.) http://www.info.gov.hk/td/ (Hong Kong Transport Department's Home Page) http://www.info.gov.hk/td/relorgan.htm (contains links to all of Hong Kong's public transport operators' homepages) Hope this helps. Priyanka Jain PS: BTW, I am not a "Mr." but a "Mrs.". Jongho Rhee wrote: > Dear Mr. Jain: > > Yes, I need your help. The data which I need is quite broad, however, I want some information about the current problems(or > issues) and their solution policies in the public transport field. Also, the study of comparison between Hong Kong and other > foreign cities' public transport system would be very helpful to me. I appreciate your help. > > Sincerely yours, > > Jongho Rhee -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: vcard.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 376 bytes Desc: Card for Priyanka Jain Url : http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19980909/3c709836/vcard.vcf From jongho at soback.kornet21.net Thu Sep 10 19:53:02 1998 From: jongho at soback.kornet21.net (Jongho Rhee) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:53:02 +0900 Subject: [sustran] Re: searching APEC data References: <35ED28BE.A5C00C99@soback.kornet21.net> <35EFBE9A.78754AEB@hk.super.net> <35F10221.1F3BA043@soback.kornet21.net> <35F69240.204C951B@hk.super.net> Message-ID: <35F7AF8E.E5F704E8@soback.kornet21.net> Thank you much Mr. Jain. After I look through the sites, I will contact you if I need more. I appreciate your help. Jongho Rhee Priyanka Jain ???: > Dear Mr. Rhee, > > I haven't quite understood what exactly you are looking for. Your search seems to be quite broad. I am providing here below some > links to the the web pages which contain quite a substantial amount of information with regard to public transport system of > Hong Kong. Hope this meets your expectations. If you have any specific questions, let me know and I shall try to answer. > > http://www.info.gov.hk/ (this contains links to all the Government departments of HK and may help you to understand the planning > policy etc.) > > http://www.info.gov.hk/td/ (Hong Kong Transport Department's Home Page) > > http://www.info.gov.hk/td/relorgan.htm (contains links to all of Hong Kong's public transport operators' homepages) > > Hope this helps. > > Priyanka Jain > > PS: BTW, I am not a "Mr." but a "Mrs.". > > Jongho Rhee wrote: > > > Dear Mr. Jain: > > > > Yes, I need your help. The data which I need is quite broad, however, I want some information about the current problems(or > > issues) and their solution policies in the public transport field. Also, the study of comparison between Hong Kong and other > > foreign cities' public transport system would be very helpful to me. I appreciate your help. > > > > Sincerely yours, > > > > Jongho Rhee > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Priyanka Jain > > Priyanka Jain > > HTML ?? ?? > Flat A, 14/F, Carmel Heights, Belair Gardens ??: +852 2866 6467 > Shatin, New Territories ?: +852 2866 2724 > Hong Kong SAR Netscape Conference ?? > PR China Netscape Conference DLS ?? > ?? ??: > ? Jain > ??Priyanka > ??2.1 From pwcl at wr.com.au Tue Sep 15 22:36:54 1998 From: pwcl at wr.com.au (Christine Laurence & Peter Wright) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 23:36:54 +1000 Subject: [sustran] Declaration of Human Rights Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980915233654.0071cf38@wr.com.au> To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International is collecting signatures for a pledge to support this very important United Nations Declaration. Amnesty already has 3 million signatures (real and virtual) world wide, and wants 8 million (which would be 1% of the world's population). The UN Secretary General has already agreed to receive the pledge as a tangible statement of the people of the world's commitment to an international agenda of human rights. The most simple way to add your name to the pledge is to * Send an email to udhr50th@amnesty.org.au * Put YOUR NAME in the SUBJECT and the following text in the message: "I support the rights and freedoms in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for all people, everywhere." * Forward this message to as many people as you can. From carbusters at wanadoo.fr Thu Sep 17 01:30:25 1998 From: carbusters at wanadoo.fr (Car Busters) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 16:30:25 -0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: Stop engine at the intersections Message-ID: <199809162127.XAA27500@wanadoo.fr> Dear Taiichi Inoue, In Britain Bristol Cycling Campaign recently held a campaign to target "idling engines". The group stuck thousands of stickers around Bristol, mainly at all the traffic light intersections, telling motorists to switch off their engines when stationary (they featured a picture of a car exhaust pipe with a lsash through it). We are writing an article on this in the next issue of "Car Busters"-magazine critiquing car culture and reporting on the sustainable transport movement worldwide --------------------------------------------------------------------- CAR BUSTERS Magazine & Resource Centre 44 rue Burdeau, 69001 Lyon, France tel.: +(33) 4 72 00 23 57; fax: +(33) 4 78 28 57 78 carbusters@wanadoo.fr > > Taiichi INOUE wrote: > > > > Dear, > > > > In Japan the campaign called 'Idling Stop' has become popular. That is , at > > the intersections the car drivers are asked to stop their engines to keep > > the air clean. > > I'd like to know which countries introduce this measure and in these > > countries what it is called. > > Please let me know. > > > > Drink globally, Eat locally. > > > > Consultant > > Taiichi Inoue > > Transport & Logistics System Strategy. > > Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. > > 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, > > Tokyo 100,JAPAN > > tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0810 > > Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ > > -- > jan herman koster E-mail: jhk@ihe.nl > _________________________ ____ ____ ___________ ______ > | I.H.E. - Delft | |_ _||_ _||_ ________| | | > Infrastructure > | P.O.Box 3015, 2601 DA | || ||____||__||__ | | > Hydraulics > | DELFT, The Netherlands | _||_ _||_ _||__||____ | | > Environment > | http://www.ihe.nl | |____||____||___________| |______| > `-------------------------' D E L F T From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Sep 23 18:36:23 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:36:23 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Carfree and CarSharing In-Reply-To: <199808040602.OAA23343@relay14.jaring.my> Message-ID: <002b01bde6d7$29bf4540$094de8c3@g400> Dear Friends, May I draw the following to your attention? ========================== The Summer 1998 issue of Carfree Times (#7) is now available at: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i007_qz.html The frames version is at: http://www.carfree.com/cft/i007_qx.htm This quarter's feature story discusses the problem of pedestrian fatalities in US cities. (The problems are much the same elsewhere.) The usual World News Notes & Comment section is included. ================================== And since I have your ear, let me also tell you about an on-going project here involving CarSharing which, believe it or not, just may be one of the important missing links in sustainable transportation. If you want more, drop on in to our Web site at http://www.ecoplan.org and you'll find your way. You'll note that there is also a quite substantial "casebook' on the subject which is available at a pretty good price (it's free). With all good wishes, Eric Britton "You see what happen when we put our heads together?" EcoPlan International - Technology, Economy, Society Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France Tel. +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 or +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 Fax +33 (0) 1 4441.6341 or +33 (0) 1 4326.1323 ISDN/videoconferencing/groupwork: +33 (0) 1 4441.6340 (1-4) ICQ # 7147909 Mobile: +33 (0) 607 37 77 98 Email: postmaster@ecoplan.org URL: http://www.ecoplan.org From tkpb at barter.pc.my Thu Sep 24 13:12:28 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Paul Barter) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 12:12:28 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] fwd: Conference -The Future of Urban Trips Message-ID: From the utsg list here is a conference announcement. _________________________________________ ONZIEMES ENTRETIENS JACQUES CARTIER 7 - 9 DECEMBRE 1998 - LYON - FRANCE Colloque International / International Conference ? L?AVENIR DES DEPLACEMENTS EN VILLE ? ? THE FUTURE OF URBAN TRAVEL ? Avec le concours du / in cooperation with Syndicat des Transports du Rh?ne et de l?Agglom?ration Lyonnaise (SYTRAL) Lieu / Place : H?tel du Grand Lyon 20 Rue du Lac 69003 - LYON FRANCE _________________________________________ BACKGROUND TO THE COLLOQUIUM The new ? Urban Travel Policies ? do not look for the only development of efficient and attractive public transport, but consider the necessary restriction of car use in urban areas, as well as the promotion of ? soft ? modes of transport like walking and cycling for neighbourhood mobility. Such a volunteer reorientation leads to turn upside down traditional managerial frameworks of transport supply and city organisation. This can make emerge numerous reluctance owing to the deep change for inhabitants? habits. Are they ready for such a change ? Can their use of car evolve, or is the need for car so strong in the urban daily life that no deep behavioural change could appear ?How then getting down in work such new policies, i.e. what kind of realistic ? transition paths ? will favour a sustainable mobility ? How to assess the pertinence, the efficiency and the social utility of these alternative policies ? Here are the questions this colloquium intends to tackle, through three thematic days. FIRST DAY : SUSTAINABLE VERSUS ENDURABLE This first day takes stock of the present use of cars in urban areas, to evaluate the margin for manoeuvre for potential traffic restriction as for incentives for neighbourhood mobility. Can the past organisation which favoured an extensive land use and important parking areas, be quickly thwarted ? Similarly the car is changing to be cleaner, to reduce space consumption and is looking at new multi-mode services. SECOND DAY: CONDITIONS FOR A CHANGE TO A SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY This second day will point out the evolution of individuals? attitudes towards car, such as the development of new types of car use, related to lifestyles and environmental sensitivity. On the other hand, incentives as well as constraints generated by pricing or regulation means highlight problems of equity. THIRD DAY : TOWARDS A GLOBAL APPROACH OF URBAN TRAVELl What are the present solutions implemented in cities to answer the challenge due to an excessive of use car ? Some case studies will be presented in order to introduce a debate with representatives of cities, states and organisation on the conditions which can favour alternative policies, and their social acceptability Scientific co-chairpersons : - Prof. Martin LEE-GOSSELIN, Universit? Laval, Qu?bec, Canada - Dr. Odile ANDAN, Laboratoire d?Economie des Transports, CNRS/Universit? Lumi?re/ENTPE, Lyon - Dr. Bruno FAIVRE D?ARCIER, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur S?curit?, Lyon ___________________________________________________ TO GET THE DETAILED PROGRAMME: http://www.mrash.fr/let/ ___________________________________________________ Contact : E-mail : Odile.Andan@let.mrash.fr or : Bruno.Faivre-Darcier@let.mrash.fr ___________________________ Bruno FAIVRE D'ARCIER Directeur de Recherche INRETS LET-MRASH, 14 Ave Berthelot F - 69363 LYON CEDEX 7 Phone : +33-(0) 472 72 64 56 - Fax : +33-(0) 472 72 64 48 E-Mail : Bruno.Faivre-Darcier@let.mrash.fr ____________________________________________ From farheen at riet.org.sg Thu Sep 24 15:17:06 1998 From: farheen at riet.org.sg (Farheen Mukri) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 14:17:06 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Ethanol Capable trucks Message-ID: > FYI pple. > Farheen Mukri > > *** U.S. Postal Service orders ethanol-capable trucks > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service awarded a $206.4 > million contract Friday to Ford Motor Co. for 10,000 ethanol-capable > carrier trucks, fulfilling a federal mandate that government > purchases aid the environment. Gasoline or ethanol can power the > customized vehicles, which have an Explorer-style chassis and > right-hand drive as required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Once > the 10,000 delivery vehicles are on the road, the Postal Service will > have the largest fleet of ethanol-capable vehicles in the nation, > according to Nick Barranca, Postal Service vice president of > operations support. The new vehicles have aluminum and composite body > panels and look like vehicles currently in use. The trucks replace an > aging fleet of Jeeps. See > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556133253-99d > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Farheen Mukri > Publications & Membership Services > Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET) > 3 Science Park Drive > PSB Annex (Science Park) > #04-08, Singapore 118223 > Tel: 65-7744885 (DID) Fax:65-7732800 Email:farheen@riet.org.sg > RIET Website: www.riet.org > From driddell at ing.sun.ac.za Mon Sep 28 22:48:31 1998 From: driddell at ing.sun.ac.za (driddell) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:48:31 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Marketing as a TDM tool. Message-ID: <000301bdeae6$aeb64380$f091e892@duff.sun.ac.za> Dear fellow SUSTRAN subscribers A vague thought which has been drifting around in my mind for some time was recently focused by a presentation at the CODATU VIII conference. I am interested to find out what, if any research and applications of the though may be written up. The following three points come to mind: It appears that there is a lack of involvement of psychologists and sociologists in the transport planning field, especially as a great deal of transport planning is based entirely on models of human behaviour patterns. There is inadequate use of the media, primarily in the form of advertising, to influence peoples choices with regard to travel. I believe that there is a need to attack the problems created by the excessive use of private vehicles by modifying peoples expectations and aspirations. Large commercial concerns use extensive marketing campaigns to sell their products, the tobacco industry being a particular case in point. I would imagine that if clever marketing can sell "pet rocks" and cancer inducing cigarettes, then encouraging the use of public transport should not be so very difficult. The media approach requires the involvement of psychologists and sociologists in transport planning and TDM in particular. I look forward to hearing from you. Wayne Duff-Riddell Institute for Transport Technology University of Stellenbosch South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4647 Fax: +27 21 808 4361 e-mail (work): driddell@ing.sun.ac.za e-mail (home): tiko@intekom.co.za From ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu Tue Sep 29 01:15:32 1998 From: ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu (Eric Bruun) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:15:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Re: Marketing as a TDM tool. In-Reply-To: <000301bdeae6$aeb64380$f091e892@duff.sun.ac.za> Message-ID: I believe that such efforts as you suggest below are already underway within much of the European Union. I have noticed quite a few sophisticated campaigns to influence behavior of people, although I do not know what kinds of people designed them. In the United States and most of the formerly Soviet satellites, however, the automobile advertizers are inundating society with their pitches with very minor counter-campaigns fighting back. Regards, Eric Bruun On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, driddell wrote: > Dear fellow SUSTRAN subscribers > > A vague thought which has been drifting around in my mind for some time was > recently focused by a presentation at the CODATU VIII conference. I am > interested to find out what, if any research and applications of the though > may be written up. > > The following three points come to mind: > > It appears that there is a lack of involvement of psychologists and > sociologists in the transport planning field, especially as a great deal of > transport planning is based entirely on models of human behaviour patterns. > > There is inadequate use of the media, primarily in the form of advertising, > to influence peoples choices with regard to travel. I believe that there is > a need to attack the problems created by the excessive use of private > vehicles by modifying peoples expectations and aspirations. Large > commercial concerns use extensive marketing campaigns to sell their > products, the tobacco industry being a particular case in point. I would > imagine that if clever marketing can sell "pet rocks" and cancer inducing > cigarettes, then encouraging the use of public transport should not be so > very difficult. > > The media approach requires the involvement of psychologists and > sociologists in transport planning and TDM in particular. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > 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 j.whitelegg at lancaster.ac.uk Tue Sep 29 04:05:40 1998 From: j.whitelegg at lancaster.ac.uk (John Whitelegg) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:05:40 +0100 Subject: [sustran] traffic pollution in Calcutta Message-ID: <01BDEB1B.628B90C0@ras-pptp-1.lancs.ac.uk> Dear Sustran discussants, I am currently writing a report on my recent field work in Calcutta where I interviewed rickshaw pullers/pedallers throughout the city and have put together a summary of miles travelled, passengers carried, income, living conditions, hours worked etc. This is part of a longer term project on the definition and implementation of sustainable transport principles in this city. I am now calculating the environmental significance of rickshaws by estimating how much additional pollution would be generated if rickshaw passenger-kilometres were transferred at different rates to bus/taxi/auto-rickshaw. To do this reliably I need specific emission data for these modes in situations that are as close to Calcutta as possible. I have some data from IIEC (1992) on Varanasi but I want to check this out on some other sources. Do you have any such data or are you aware of any source of data for Indian cities? The data must show specific emissions in g/km for different modes of transport. I will happily send the report (ready in 2 weeks time) to any kind person who can help. Very best wishes John Whitelegg From j.whitelegg at lancaster.ac.uk Tue Sep 29 04:19:13 1998 From: j.whitelegg at lancaster.ac.uk (John Whitelegg) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:19:13 +0100 Subject: [sustran] TDM and marketing Message-ID: <01BDEB1D.44852F80@ras-pptp-1.lancs.ac.uk> Dear Sustran discussants, Just a quick observation on this interesting subject. I have now done 5 major TDM projects, all organisationally based and all in very different situations. The way I do these is very time consuming. I have detailed discussions with 10% of the workforce about every conceivable subject that they and me think has a bearing on travel choice. Usually this boils down to time, distance and complexity of origins and destinations over a large geographical area in a constrained amount of time. Publicity, marketing, advertising and psychology are of limited value under these circumstances....its like trying to persuade someone to eat something that looks, smells and tastes bad. One way forward (and there may be others) is to reconstruct the surface of opportunities so that all the alternatives to single occupancy vehicles (SOV) get progressively better and better while the SOV declines in attractiveness. In other words (to continue the marketing metaphor) we improve the product and get better than the competition. It actually works and a shift from car to the alternatives of 30% or more can be achieved. Very best wishes John Whitelegg From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Sep 29 05:34:00 1998 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:34:00 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: traffic pollution in Calcutta In-Reply-To: <01BDEB1B.628B90C0@ras-pptp-1.lancs.ac.uk> Message-ID: <000101bdeb21$17ed07a0$d610fcc1@g400> John, May I suggest that we post it direct on the new World Transport Policy and Practice site at http://www.ecoplan.org/wttp, and then inform the whole SUSTRAN list so that they can have free and easy access? Seems like the easiest, wouldn't you say? With all good wishes, Eric Britton 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 pwcl at wr.com.au Tue Sep 29 08:32:18 1998 From: pwcl at wr.com.au (Christine Laurence & Peter Wright) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:32:18 +1000 Subject: [sustran] freeways solve traffic congestion - not?! Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980929093218.006ee0d0@wr.com.au> >Hi Chris, > >Thanks for your email. > >Transurban is spending millions promoting CityLink, including saying that >it will bring about lower emissions. I have a memory tickling at the back >of my brain that freeway builders in the US made that claim, and had to >discontinue it after someone challenged them. Do you know anything about >that? Do you think any of your vast contacts would know of that case? Or >is purely my imagination? >regards >Bron > From ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu Wed Sep 30 00:49:58 1998 From: ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu (Eric Bruun) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:49:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Re: freeways solve traffic congestion - not?! In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980929093218.006ee0d0@wr.com.au> Message-ID: The Environmental Defense Fund in Washington DC has an excellent analyst named Micheal Replogle. He is expert with air quality models. Although he is very busy, he might be able to give you some good references of studies that have been done. His e-mail address is michaelr@edf.org. Sincerely, Eric Bruun On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Christine Laurence & Peter Wright wrote: > > >Hi Chris, > > > >Thanks for your email. > > > >Transurban is spending millions promoting CityLink, including saying that > >it will bring about lower emissions. I have a memory tickling at the back > >of my brain that freeway builders in the US made that claim, and had to > >discontinue it after someone challenged them. Do you know anything about > >that? Do you think any of your vast contacts would know of that case? Or > >is purely my imagination? > > >regards > >Bron > > > From litman at islandnet.com Wed Sep 30 01:02:56 1998 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:02:56 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: TDM and marketing In-Reply-To: <01BDEB1D.44852F80@ras-pptp-1.lancs.ac.uk> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980929090256.0094e4c0@mail.IslandNet.com> Let me add a few thoughts to John Whitelegg's comments, who suggested that advertising alone has a limited role in changing travel habits. I tend to agree, coming at it from a slightly different perspective. Although the cost of owning an automobile is high, the cost of driving is relatively low, since most costs are fixed and drivers receive numberous subsidies including free parking and unpriced roads. Even in countries with relatively high fuel prices, consumers simply purchase more fuel efficient vehicles, so driving still only costs a few cents per kilometer. And even in cities with high parking charges in central areas, drivers are usually able to use free parking the majority of the time, or they pay a fixed monthly fee for parking, and so percieve parking as a fixed rather than a variable costs. As a result, once a family purchases a car they usually have every incentive to use it as much as possible in order to "get their money's worth." In many cases, it costs as much or more to ride a bus as it would to purchase the fuel for a particular trip. Effective reductions in vehicle use require a number of strategies that increase the marginal cost of driving and automobile-dependent lifestyles, and reduce the marginal cost of alternatives. Cost doesn't just mean just financial expenses. It also refers to time, comfort, convenience and prestige. Advertising campaigns can provide useful information about alternatives, and perhaps make them somewhat more prestigious, but I don't think they do much good alone. Perhaps 5% of trips can be shifted by persuasion. Our analysis indicates that one-third to one-half of all automobile trips could be eliminated by simply removing a number of current distortions in transportation markets that inappropriatly favor automobile travel. I therefore favor implementing a combination of travel demand management measures, including: * Converting fixed vehicle costs (insurance and registration fees) to variable costs. * Charging drivers directly for parking, roads and pollution. * Providing better travel alternatives (transit, jitneys, car-sharing, bicycling, walking & telecommuting). * Providing time and comfort advantages to alternative modes. * Encouraging more efficient land use (location efficient development). * Promotion campaigns to encourage more efficient travel choices. If we simply start with the last step, promotion campaigns, when other measures are not in place, we setting ourselves up for failure by asking people to make changes that are simply not rational or fair. 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 litman at islandnet.com Wed Sep 30 01:17:22 1998 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:17:22 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: freeways solve traffic congestion - not?! In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980929093218.006ee0d0@wr.com.au> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980929091722.0094d410@mail.IslandNet.com> At 09:32 AM 9/29/98 +1000, Bron wrote: >>Transurban is spending millions promoting CityLink, including saying that >>it will bring about lower emissions. I have a memory tickling at the back >>of my brain that freeway builders in the US made that claim, and had to >>discontinue it after someone challenged them. Do you know anything about >>that? Do you think any of your vast contacts would know of that case? Or >>is purely my imagination? Over the last few years a number of transportation planners and economists have pointed out that highway investment studies that fail to consider the effects of "generated traffic" (also called "induced travel") will overstate the benefits and understate the full costs of capacity expansition. This was treated as a theoretical issue until recently when a number of studies showed that the amount of traffic generated can be significant. In congested urban conditions, 60-90% of increased roadway capacity can be filled within a few years by trips that would not have otherwise been made. An additional important point is that these additional trips consist of relatively low value vehicle travel that consumers themselves are most willing to forego when congestion increases. There is still considerable debate about this issue. The report "Expanding Metropolitan Highways; Implications for Air Quality and Energy Use" by the Transportation Research Board (1995) actually argued that the air quality effects of generated traffic are uncertain (if you get the report be sure to read Michael Replogle's brilliant rebuttle to the majority report), but U.S. air quality laws are increasingly being used to prevent increased highway capacity expansion in many cities that have significant air pollution problems. I'll be glad to send a copy of our report "Generated Traffic: Implications for Transport Planning" which discusses these issues in detail and provides references of the technical studies on the amount of vehicle travel induced by increased roadway capacity. 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 ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe Tue Sep 29 16:31:10 1998 From: ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Carlos Cordero V.) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:31:10 +0500 (GMT) Subject: [sustran] marketing as TDM tool Message-ID: Dear suscribers, Behind every publicist there is psicologhist hidden. Car advertisment use psicologhy as a tool... as any other publicity does The main expression of it is the association between women and cars, not as a drivers but as an objects. i.e. power means a car and beautiful women. Publicity, specially car advertisment, need to create an alternative reality to sell. Have you notice that tv publicity shows cars alone ? . i.e. in the country side or in a empty highway. Traffic does not exist on tv screens. When was the last time you have seen or been in an empty highway ? Maybe in 1944... Te idea of marketing as a tool for TDM should not forget that modern publicity do not use reality as a tool. I think most of us trough research and actions are trying to demostrate that there is a conflict between individual choice, when is guided only by bussines interest, and social needs. So TDM marketing should stress that diversity is the solution for a better mobility and access equity. i.e. also an alternative reality. However in a real context, possible for everybody. CICLORED Centro de Capacitacio'n y Asesori'a para el Transporte y Ambiente San Juan 242 Lima 33 tel: 51 1 2717024 fax: 51 1 4472675 e mail: ccordero@amauta.rcp.net.pe From halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id Wed Sep 30 11:57:21 1998 From: halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id (Harun Al Rasyid Sorah Lubis) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:57:21 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Motorcyle Role in Urban Transport Message-ID: <004201bdec1e$0c2ea740$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> In Indonesia motorcycle (m/c) population now is around 70% from the total motor vehicle ownership. In some big cities, the statistics could be higher. A direct explanation for this, one can say it is due to a twin problem of low public transport performance and of high cost of car ownership, and/or low purchasing power. Many motorcyclists will switch to car drivers, once they get money to own car. Just for an illustration, owning car in Jakarta is a must, otherwise you will even get more costly 'daily transport cost'. In places where no public transport route available, 'ojeg' informal means of public transport i.e. motorcyle is widely available in a row. Accident in motorcyle come next after pedestrians. Other interesting sight, for you who ever visited the country, the brand in the row are mostly Japanese motorcyle ranging the name from Kawasaki, Yamaha, Honda, to name a few. which started to dominate other brand since the late 60's. In 1962, one still could found brand like , Victoria, Dulati, Augusta, HD, BSA, Ariel, BMW, Norton, NSU, Triumph, Harley Davidson, of course, all of which are very rare now adays. Now I am in the position to just start a study on issues of motorcycle use in general, particularly in urban area. The sponsorship is also being sought. If anybody could pin point some studies related to the issues, it will be very helpful. In my mind I would touch a bit on the histrory, m/c manufacturing or supply , m/c ownership modeling, safety and accident record, managing mixed traffic on the road, motorcyle dedicated lane, for example, and finally policy implication on encouraging using m/c both for private and more widely public transport. Kindly regards, Harun al-Rasyid S. Lubis http://trans.si.itb.ac.id Traffic Lab, Transport Engineering Division Dept. of Civil Engineering - ITB Jl. Ganeca 10 Bandung 40132 - Indonesia Tel/Facs. +62 22 250 23 50 halubis@trans.si.itb.ac.id From tkpb at barter.pc.my Wed Sep 30 12:25:26 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (tkpb@barter.pc.my) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:25:26 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] Re: TDM and marketing Message-ID: >Let me add a few thoughts to John Whitelegg's comments, who suggested that >advertising alone has a limited role in changing travel habits. I tend to >agree, coming at it from a slightly different perspective. 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. Paul A. Rahman Paul BARTER, SUSTRAN Resource Centre 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 dhingra at civil.iitb.ernet.in Wed Sep 30 14:19:46 1998 From: dhingra at civil.iitb.ernet.in (Prof S L Dhingra) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 10:49:46 +0530 (IST) Subject: [sustran] Re: traffic pollution in Calcutta In-Reply-To: <01BDEB1B.628B90C0@ras-pptp-1.lancs.ac.uk> Message-ID: For Bombay(MUmbai) ,please contact Mr Rotkar,AIC Watson (email as above). dhingra ***********end of message******************* * Dr S. L DHINGRA * * Prof. of TRANSP. SYSTEMS ENGG. (TSE) * * HEAD, CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT * * INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY * * POWAI,BOMBAY-400 076,INDIA * * VOICE:091-022-5782545 EXTN 7329/7300(Off)* * 5786530 .. 7348(LAB) * * 8329(RES) * * 5767300/01(O)/8329(R) DID * * 5777001(RES) Private * * FAX :091-022-5767302/5783480 * * GRAMS:TECHNOLOGY,BOMBY,INDIA * * TELEX:011-72313 IITB IN * * EMAIL:dhingra@gemini.civil.iitb.ernet.in * ******************************************** On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, John Whitelegg wrote: > > > > Dear Sustran discussants, > > I am currently writing a report on my recent field work in Calcutta where I interviewed rickshaw pullers/pedallers throughout the city and have put together a summary of miles travelled, passengers carried, income, living conditions, hours worked etc. This is part of a longer term project on the definition and implementation of sustainable transport principles in this city. I am now calculating the environmental significance of rickshaws by estimating how much additional pollution would be generated if rickshaw passenger-kilometres were transferred at different rates to bus/taxi/auto-rickshaw. To do this reliably I need specific emission data for these modes in situations that are as close to Calcutta as possible. I have some data from IIEC (1992) on Varanasi but I want to check this out on some other sources. Do you have any such data or are you aware of any source of data for Indian cities? The data must show specific emissions in g/km for different modes of transpo! rt. > > I will happily send the report (ready in 2 weeks time) to any kind person who can help. > > > > Very best wishes > > > John Whitelegg > > From tkpb at barter.pc.my Wed Sep 30 18:14:06 1998 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:14:06 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] SUSTRAN News Flash #31 Message-ID: Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN) SUSTRAN News Flashes are produced for the network by the SUSTRAN Resource Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: +603 274 2590 (or fax on request) E-mail: SUSTRAN News Flash #31 29 September 1998 CONTENTS 1. SUSTRAN Web Site 2. Paper for Symposium on Urban Poverty in Asia 3. Penang Transport Roundtable 4. New Philippines Transport NGO 5. New KL Transit System Wheelchair Accessible 6. Vietnam shelves road projects 7. Nanning, China has banned honking 8. Jakarta Becak Campaign 9. Road Accidents Outstrip War, HIV Deaths 10. Malaysian Motorcycle Safety Study 11. Regional Road Safety Study 12. Israeli transport policy slammed 13. Toronto Coroner: Give Bikes Preference 14. RESOURCES 15. EVENTS 1. SUSTRAN WEB SITE SUSTRAN has recently established a simple web site. Visit it at http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/Canopy/2853. We will gradually improve it over the coming year as skills and resources become available. Suggestions are welcome. 2. PAPER FOR SYMPOSIUM ON URBAN POVERTY IN ASIA The SUSTRAN Resource Centre has prepared a draft Thematic Background Paper on "Transport and Urban Poverty in Asia" for the "Regional Symposium on Urban Poverty in Asia", in Fukuoka, Japan. The paper will be available from the SUSTRAN Resource Centre when it is finalised. See Events section for more details on the event. 3. PENANG TRANSPORT ROUNDTABLE A forum on "Sustainable Transport Option for Penang" was held on 23 August 1998. It was organized by a new local network, Sustainable Transport Environment Penang (STEP), which promotes urban development and transport policies that ensure and provide efficient, affordable and equitable access and mobility to all Penang residents. It opposes the trend of increasing motor vehicle dependency, while advocating walking, cycling and use of public transport. It also promotes the rights of pedestrians, bus commuters, cyclists and people with disabilities to equitable use of public roads and rights of way and to public safety. [Contact: STEP, c/o Sustainable Penang Initiative, Socio-Economic & Environmental Institute (SERI Penang), 110A Persiaran Bukit Jambul, 11900 Penang, Malaysia. Tel: +60 4 645 1710, Fax: +60 4 645 1807, Email: runding@dct.po.my, lubisksn@tm.net.my, http://www.seri.com.my/spi/]. 4. NEW PHILIPPINES TRANSPORT NGO A Philippine NGO advocacy network, the Sustainable Transport Network (STN), has been formed by Manila participants of the SUSTRAN General Assembly in June, with the objectives of advocating change in policies, plans and behavior so that transport becomes a contributor rather than a hindrance to meaningful social progress. The network is to campaign and lobby for socially and environmentally sustainable transport policies and laws. STN will support campaigns for pedestrianisation, the promotion of bicycling and other non-motorized modes as alternatives, better public transport and broader citizens' participation in transport planning and policy-making in the Philippines. [Contact: Sam Ferrer, Green Forum Philippines, 14 Malbait St, Teachers' Village, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines. Tel: +63 2 925 3738, Fax: +63 2 925 3739. Email: GreenFm@phil.gn.apc.org]. 5. NEW KL TRANSIT SYSTEM WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE The latest Malaysian light rail transit system, PUTRA, drew approval from some 200 disabled people who were invited to test out it's disabled-friendly facilities. They remarked that the move was a landmark victory for people with disabilities all over the country. Among facilities to help the disabled are ramps at station entrances, lifts to platform level, textured floor finishes to guide the blind onto the train and directional signs for the deaf. Though the facilities were minimal, the transit system operators have assured that they could expand on them if the demand was there. [Source: The Sun (Malaysia), August 17, 1998]. 6. VIETNAM SHELVES ROAD PROJECTS Vietnam has shelved 27 state-funded projects to cut costs in anticipation of an economic downturn. The projects include the trans-Asia road linking Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand and a partially-built 30-km expressway leading from Hanoi to the future satellite city of Hoa Lac. Also shelved is the 1,800km North-South Highway. [Source: The Sun (Malaysia), July 31, 1998 - AFP News]. 7. NANNING, CHINA HAS BANNED HONKING With the rapidly growing numbers of cars and motorcycles in China, honking and noise pollution have become a constant irritation. Every motor vehicle driver seemed to be constantly leaning on the horn. Elsewhere in China, drivers honk incessantly, racing around cyclists and pedestrians as if to say "if you don't get out of my way I'll run you over". But in Nanning, since drivers cannot honk, they must drive slowly and carefully. A simple measure, which cost nothing, has made the city more livable. Other cities are copying Nanning's silent treatment. Last September, a one-month propaganda campaign was followed by police warnings. Repeat offenders had to publicly apologise on television. In the following months, over 350 had their moment of public shame. That had the desired effect. Very few have received stiff fines. The city is quieter, and the traffic much calmer. [Source: Car Busters magazine Summer '98.44 rue Bordeau 69001 Lyon, France Tel: +33 4 72 00 23 57, Fax: +33 4 78 28 57 78, Email: carbusters@wanadoo.fr, Web: http:www.antenna.nl/eyfa]. 8. JAKARTA BECAKS Activists in Jakarta have launched a campaign to readmit the "becak" into Jakarta after almost 10 years of being banned. Becak are Indonesia's version of the pedicab or three-wheel non-motorised taxi. In late June, NGO activists met with the Governor of Jakarta, Mr Sutiyoso, and negotiated with him on how to find low-cost solutions to transportation problems in the context of the economic crisis. As a result, the Governor immediately announced that becak would be allowed back into Jakarta, although only in special areas and only for the duration of the economic crisis. The primary stated aim was to help provide employment and to solve the problems of the poor. Within days more than 1000 becak and their operators had arrived from other parts of Java and had begun to operate in Jakarta. Unfortunately, the governor had forgotten that it would first be necessary to revoke the Regional Act/Regulation on the Prohibition of Becak Operation in the Jakarta Area (Perda no. 11/1988). Bowing to pressure from Jakarta's city council and lawyers he felt compelled to cancel his promise to readmit becak into the city on 1 July This led to an uproar because the readmission of the becak was very popular with the general public and becak drivers themselves. And the number of becak in the city had already exceeded 2000. On 8 July several NGOs, becak drivers and supporters protested against the ban at the city council . The councillors in turn asked the activists to provide more proof that the community at large supported pedicabs in the city. Results from an opinion poll conducted on 16 - 17 July 1998, found that 860 of the 1000 respondents supported the readmission of becak into Jakarta. Since then, the NGOs have been mapping the five municipalities in Jakarta to demonstrate which areas are suitable for becak for further discussions with the governor and the regional parliament of Jakarta. [Contact: Abdul Hakim, LPIST, Jalan Pondok Bambu Asri Blok A, 11/20, Jakarta 13430 Indonesia Tel: +62 21 8616715, Fax: +62 21 861 0942, Email: lpist@indo.net.id]. 9. ROAD ACCIDENTS OUTSTRIP WAR, HIV DEATHS Road accidents will kill or disable more people than war, tuberculosis or HIV by 2020, the International Red Cross said in its annual disaster report. Astrid Noklebye Heiberg, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told a news conference in Delhi that traffic accidents caused at least 500,000 deaths every year. Traffic accidents would become the third largest cause of disability and premature death after clinical depression and heart disease and way ahead of war or HIV which gain more attention. Around 15 million were estimated to be injured in accidents, mostly the poor and the young. Fatality rates ranged from about 180 deaths per 10,000 vehicles annually in Ethiopia and 82 deaths in Nepal to 1.9 for Australia and Japan. Heiberg pointed out that traffic accidents "already cost the South almost as much as all the aid they receive". Red Cross has launched several programmes to minimise the effects of accidents. Engineering - from car design to street lights - was far more effective in curbing the number of road crashes than efforts to change driver behaviour. [Source: AFP News, June 24 1998]. 10. MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLE SAFETY STUDY According to a study by the Road Safety Research Center of University Putra Malaysia, motorcyclists constitute about 60 percent of traffic fatalities in Malaysia and their risk of injury is estimated to be 20 times higher than that of car passengers. "The majority of motorcyclists are victims because they are not seen by other road users. As such, improving their conspicuity may reduce their exposure to accidents", study director Assoc. Prof. Radin Umar said. "The corporate sector can help by providing their riders with fluorescent clothing as it will, in turn, help save the company hefty medical bills and insurance claims from accidents." Improper use of helmets was a further problem as only 55 percent using their helmets properly - the others did not strap it or strapped it loosely. [Source: The Sun newspaper, June 14 1998, p. 20; Contact: Assoc. Professor Radin Umar. Road Safety Research Center, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia]. 11. REGIONAL ROAD SAFETY STUDY The ASEAN Ministers of Transport Working Committee has commissioned a comprehensive study on road safety and related issues. The study will cover all aspects of road safety features including road conditions, accident rates and recording systems of road accidents in ASEAN. Road accidents in Malaysia resulting in property damage, injury or fatality are estimated to cost an annual economic loss of RM7 billion (US$1.8 billion). The study is expected to be completed by early next year. [Source: The Sun (Malaysia), Sept 16, 1998]. 12. ISRAELI TRANSPORT POLICY SLAMMED Speaking at a seminar on Israeli - Palestinian transport, Dr. Yaacov Garb, of the Hebrew University, and Dr. Jad Isaac, Director General of the Applied Research Institute in Bethlehem, harshly criticized current trends in transportation planning and policy in Israel. The number of vehicles on the country's roads were dramatically on the rise while the use of public transport was rapidly declining. Car- based transport was competing with more sustainable alternatives for funds, passengers and land use patterns. Road No 6, the Trans -Israel Highway was cited as a critical example of misplaced priorities. By-pass roads were creating a salad out of the West Bank, isolating Palestinian towns and villages from one another and creating for Israel both an internal and external security belt. Instead of integrating Israeli and Palestinian transport, the Israeli policy created transport apartheid on the roads. Many of the By-pass roads were accessible to Israeli yellow plate cars only and Palestinian cars were categorically excluded from entering Israel. "Palestinians now associate new roads with an attempt to create political boundaries, with confiscation of land, with demolition of houses and with fragmentation of their future state. [Contact: Rimah Al-Kurd, Tel: +972-2-6260841/3, Fax: +972-2-6260840, Email: ecopeace@netvision.net.il, Web site: http://www.ecopeace.net]. 13. TORONTO CORONER: GIVE BIKES PREFERENCE The Regional Coroner of Toronto, Dr. William Lucas has recommended changing Canada's Highway Traffic Act to give cyclists precedence over drivers. In a report reviewing 38 Toronto cycling deaths over an 11- year period, he recommended "side guards" for large trucks and buses to prevent cyclists from being crushed under rear wheels. The report offered only limited support for bicycle helmets, noting studies showing limited reduction in deaths or injuries and finding that compulsory helmet laws might discourage cycling. The report's emphasis on motorist responsibility to reduce danger to bicycle riders is a big departure from the usual cyclist-blaming philosophy. [Source: Toronto Star]. 14. RESOURCES a. "IBF News" contains news on bicycle initiatives and advocacy from around the world. Available on paper or as an email newsletter. IBF also has a very useful web site and produces the "Cycle & Recycle Calendar" which celebrates the bicycle as an everyday transportation vehicle, in every season, throughout the world. [Contact: David Mozer, International Bicycle Fund, 4887 Columbia Drive South, Seattle, WA 98108-1919, USA. Tel & Fax: +1 206 767 0848, Email: ibike@ibike.org., web site: http:// www.ibike.org]. b. " CAR BUSTERS" - a new, entertaining and irreverent European-based magazine that attacks car culture mercilessly. [Contact: CAR BUSTERS Magazine & Resource Centre, 44 rue Burdeau, 69001 Lyon, France. Tel: +33 4 72 00 23 57, fax: +33 4 78 28 57 7, Email: carbusters@wanadoo.fr]. c. Proceedings of the "1998 International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies" held at Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing. [Contact: Charlotte McNaughton, Manager, Book Production, Tel: +1 703 295 6241, Fax: +1 703 295 6278, Email: cmcnaughton@asce.org]. d. "Urban Mobility Professional", an electronic newsletter. [Contact: Cindy Kerckhoffs, Editor/Information Manager, Urban Mobility Network P.O. Box 917 6200 AX Maastricht The Netherlands. Tel: +31 43 3213022, Fax. +31 43 3211062, http://www.mobility-net.com/ump]. e. "Poverty and Transport" paper by Colin A. Gannon and Zhi Liu of the World Bank's Transport Division, outlines the relationship between transport, poverty, and the World Bank's policies and processes. [Contact: Transport Water and Urban Development Department, The World Bank, 1818 H St, N.W Washington, DC 20433, Tel: +1 202 473 3948, Fax: +1 2020 522 3223, Web site: http://www.worldbank.org]. f. "Rail Fact Sheets" a series of fact sheets on rail industry and road reforms in Australasia published by the Australasian Railway Association. [Contact: Australasian Railway Association Inc., Level 3, 20 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 PO Box 266, Collins St West, Melbourne, Victoria 8007, Australia. Tel: +61 3 96145162, Fax: 03 96145514]. g. "Rail Directions" newsletter on rail in Australia. [Contact: Mark Carter, Rail 2000 Inc., PO Box 8229, Adelaide Station Arcade, SA 5000, Australia. Tel: +61 8 84100024, Fax: 08 82124441, Email: rail2000@adelaide.on.net, Web: http://www.users.on.net/rail2000]. h. "The PR Plot To Overheat The Earth", article from Earth Island Journal (Spring 1998) by Sheldon Rampton and Bob Burton on how fuel companies, automobile makers and other large-scale producers of greenhouses gases use PR firms and front groups to downplay the threat of climate change. [Contact: PR Watch, Centre for Media & Democracy, 3318 Gregory St, Madison WI 53711, USA. Tel: +1 608 233 3346, Fax: +1 608 233 2236, Third World Network Features, Web: http://www.twnside.org.sg]. i. "Water Watch" - A Community Action Guide/Sourcebook of water facts compiled by Abdur Razzaq Lubis. [Contact: WaterWatch Asia project, c/o Janus Print & Resources, 120 Armenian Street, 10200 Penang, Malaysia. Tel: +60 4 2633985, Fax: +60 4 2633970, Email: lubisksn@tm.net.my]. j. "Urban Transportation Development and Management in Singapore" by Lim Lan Yuan and Belinda Yuen, UMP-Asia Occasional Paper No.38, published by UMP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. [Contact: Urban Management Programme, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand. Tel: 66 2 5245779 or 5246205, Fax: 66 2 5245778, Email: ump@ait.ac.th]. k. "Integration of Non-Motorised Transport in the Urban Transport System of Dhaka, Bangladesh" report by R.A. Gallagher for UN-ESCAP. [Contact: Transport, Communications & Tourism Division, UN-ESCAP, UN Building, Rajadamnern Avenue Bangkok 10200 Thailand. Tel: +66 2 282 9603, 288 1371, 288 1234, ext.1371, Fax: +66 2 280 6042]. l. "Intermediate Means of Transport" regional seminar proceedings by Sri Lanka National Forum on Rural Transport. [Contact: Ranjith de Silva, ITDG Sri Lanka, 5 Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Kirulapone, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. Email: ranjith@itdg.lanka.net]. m. "Alternative Transport Fuel Investment Opportunities in Bangkok, Thailand" (September 1997), "Alternative Transport Fuel Investment Opportunities in Manila, Philippines". (September 1997), by the IIEC Sustainable Transport Program. [Contact: IIEC Publications Department, 750 First St., NE, Suite 940, Washington, DC 20002, USA. Tel: +1 202 842 3388, Fax: +1 202 842 1565, Email: iiec@digex.net, Web: http://www.iiec.org]. n. "Making the Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality Connection - LUTRAQ", a project to challenge auto-based transportation projects and auto-dependent development patterns in Portland, Oregon. LUTRAQ created an alternative land-use and transportation plan for Washington County, Oregon, published research on the impacts of pedestrian-friendly design, and produced a set of design and zoning guidelines for transit- oriented development. Technical reports and a series of publications available. [Contact: LUTRAQ, 1000 Friends of Oregon, 534 SW Third, Suite 300, Portland, OR97204,USA. Email: LUTRAQ@friends.org.]. o. A few more web sites. * The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) is an NGO that works to promote non-motorised transport and sustainable transport policies worldwide: http://www.itdp.org * Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI) conducts research into transportation economic analysis, particularly full-cost accounting and evaluation of alternative travel modes: http://www.islandnet.com/~litman * Smogbusters is an Australian organisation that focuses on transport-related air-pollution: http://www.powerup.com.au/~qccqld/smogbusters, http://www.environment.gov.au/portfolio/epg/smoggy/smogbusters.html * Urban Environmental Management Online library: http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/uem/ * "The RCPLA Network (Resource Centres for Participatory Planing and Action)": http://www.nur.edu/rcpla/ * The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) in the UK: http://www.trl.co.uk * Information and Advisory Service on Appropriate Technology - ISAT offers support for North-South transfer and South-South exchange of technological knowledge: http://gate.gtz.de/isat/HP_isat.html * The UTSG web page (for the utsg academic transport discussion list: http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/utsg/ 15. EVENTS "Great Millennium Peaceride". This began on Thursday, August 6, 1998 at Westlake Park in Seattle, USA. Bicycle riders from many nations are participating in the 17-month, 20,000-mile journey spanning four-continents to foster common human values, call attention to the hope of ordinary people, all over the globe, for an end to political conflict and a true commitment to world peace in the new millennium, and to promote the bicycle as the most healthy and environmentally friendly means of transport. [Contact: Sigitas Kucas, Email: sigitas@gmpr.lt, or the International Bicycle Fund, see contact in the Resources section above]. "CODATU VIII (8th World Conference on the Development and Planning of Urban and Peri-urban Transport)", Cape Town, South Africa, (September 21-25). [Contact: Codatu VIII Web site: http://www.transport.gov.za]. "Regional Symposium on Urban Poverty in Asia ", in Fukuoka, Japan, October 27-29, 1998. Organised by United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) Habitat (Fukuoka Office for the Asia and Pacific Region), and the Regional Office for Asia of the Urban Management Programme (UMP Asia). [Contact: Hendropranoto Suselo, UNCRD, Nagano 1-47-1, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya 450, Japan. Fax: +81 52 5619375, email: hmatsui@uncrd.or.jp]. "Transporting Development: Alleviating poverty by access to basic needs and services" seminar on Thursday November 5, 1998, Institution of Civil Engineers Great George St, Westminster, London, [Contact: IFRTD Secretariat, 2nd Floor, 150 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5AL Tel: +44 171 278 3670 Fax: +44 171 278 6880, Email: ifrtd@gn.apc.org, priyanthi.fernando@mcmail.com]. "The International Symposium on the Sustainable City and the Bicycle: Towards the Ecological Reconversion of Urban Transportation", November 24-28, 1998. Palmira, Colombia, [Contact: Information and Registration, Cra 36A No. 5B1-54, or Apdo. Aereo 2741 Cali, Colombia. Tel: +57 2 5585002 / 57-2-5567519 E-mail: fipma@emcali.net.co, borrero@colombianet.net]. "United Nations Regional Roundtable on Transportation Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development ", February 1-5, 1999, Abu-Dhabi. [Contact: Ayad M. Hussain, DC1. Rm 856, Energy and Transport Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, Department for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, One UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Tel: +1 212 963 8759, Fax: +1 212 963 4340]. "The VI Congress Metropolis '99", March 16 to 19, Barcelona, Spain. [Contact: Organising Committee Secretariat, Carrer 62, num. 16-18, Zona Franca, 08040 Barcelona, Spain. Tel: +34 932 235 151 (ext.2242), Fax: +34 932 235 13. Email: metropolis99@amb.es]. "World Conference On Model Cities", April 19-21,1999, Raffles City Convention Centre, Westin Stamford & Westin Plaza, Singapore. [Contact: Institute of Policy Studies, Hon Sui Sen Memorial, Library Building, Kent Ridge P.O. Box 1088, Singapore 911103. Tel: +65 7792633, Fax: +65 7751350/7770700, Email: mcsing99@pacific.net.sg, Web: http://www.ura.gov.sg/wcmc.html]. Written and compiled by A. Rahman Paul Barter and Sreela Kolandai. The Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific (SUSTRAN) is dedicated to promoting transport policies and investments that foster accessibility for all; social equity; ecological sustainability; health and safety; public participation; and high quality of life. We rely on you, the participants in the network, for our news. Thank you to everyone who has sent material. Please keep it coming. We welcome brief news and announcements from all over the world. From ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu Wed Sep 30 22:42:59 1998 From: ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu (Eric Bruun) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:42:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Response to Littman on more on TDM and marketing In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980929090256.0094e4c0@mail.IslandNet.com> Message-ID: Who can disagree with the measures Todd advocates below? But 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. I suggest we look at the issue of community persuasion through an example. People who are vegetarians because of the environmental damage caused by excessive meat-eating may not appreciate that their driving and lifestyle habits are also environmentally damaging, while those who recognize the adverse effects of driving may not appreciate the effect of our eating habits. But through time, the messages sinks in and we broaden our definitions of what constitutes a responsible citizen. On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Todd Litman wrote: > > Let me add a few thoughts to John Whitelegg's comments, who suggested that > advertising alone has a limited role in changing travel habits. I tend to > agree, coming at it from a slightly different perspective. > > Although the cost of owning an automobile is high, the cost of driving is > relatively low, since most costs are fixed and drivers receive numberous > subsidies including free parking and unpriced roads. Even in countries with > relatively high fuel prices, consumers simply purchase more fuel efficient > vehicles, so driving still only costs a few cents per kilometer. And even > in cities with high parking charges in central areas, drivers are usually > able to use free parking the majority of the time, or they pay a fixed > monthly fee for parking, and so percieve parking as a fixed rather than a > variable costs. > > As a result, once a family purchases a car they usually have every > incentive to use it as much as possible in order to "get their money's > worth." In many cases, it costs as much or more to ride a bus as it would > to purchase the fuel for a particular trip. > > Effective reductions in vehicle use require a number of strategies that > increase the marginal cost of driving and automobile-dependent lifestyles, > and reduce the marginal cost of alternatives. Cost doesn't just mean just > financial expenses. It also refers to time, comfort, convenience and > prestige. > > Advertising campaigns can provide useful information about alternatives, > and perhaps make them somewhat more prestigious, but I don't think they do > much good alone. Perhaps 5% of trips can be shifted by persuasion. Our > analysis indicates that one-third to one-half of all automobile trips could > be eliminated by simply removing a number of current distortions in > transportation markets that inappropriatly favor automobile travel. > > I therefore favor implementing a combination of travel demand management > measures, including: > > * Converting fixed vehicle costs (insurance and registration fees) to > variable costs. > * Charging drivers directly for parking, roads and pollution. > * Providing better travel alternatives (transit, jitneys, car-sharing, > bicycling, walking & telecommuting). > * Providing time and comfort advantages to alternative modes. > * Encouraging more efficient land use (location efficient development). > * Promotion campaigns to encourage more efficient travel choices. > > > If we simply start with the last step, promotion campaigns, when other > measures are not in place, we setting ourselves up for failure by asking > people to make changes that are simply not rational or fair. > > > 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 > >