From remonde at gsilink.com Thu Apr 1 04:17:25 1999 From: remonde at gsilink.com (remonde@gsilink.com) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:17:25 +0000 Subject: [sustran] smoke-belching query Message-ID: <199903311103.TAA28465@luke.gsilink.com> Dear friends, Greetings from Cebu City, Philippines. Does anybody have a primer/fact sheet on smoke-belching and its effects? We are some local NGOs that will hold a Tour of Ecological Hot Spots, and among the topics to be featured is smoke-belching. We will distribute fliers/primers on various topics - waste management, landfill, incinerator, watersheds - and smoke-belching. Thank you in advance. Warm regards, Marit Stinus-Remonde 4302-A Forest Hills Banawa Cebu City 6000 Philippines Tel/Fax +63 32 2546207 From raad at interchange.ubc.ca Tue Apr 13 12:59:14 1999 From: raad at interchange.ubc.ca (Tamim Raad) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 11:59:14 +0800 Subject: [sustran] photos needed! In-Reply-To: <199901051700.CAA08977@mail.jca.ax.apc.org> Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990413115914.0074328c@pop.interchange.ubc.ca> Dear listmembers, The SUSTRAN Resource Centre is currently putting together an "action guide" that highlights major themes in sustainable transport, progressive policies, and tools for advocating for those policies. The guide will be distributed to the network and public. We are in the final stages of completing the guide and NEED PHOTOS to make it look splashy and increase its effects. We need the following types of photos: 1) auto/motor vehicle related environmental impacts: (anything you can think of through the entire motor vehicle life cycle from tire fires, oil spills, to roadkill, to smog, to mining for metals, loss of land/habitat etc.) 2) social impacts (anything that demonstrates inequity and social dysfunction: people having difficult crossing roads, women/elderly/children accessibility, road rage) 3) health impacts (someone with a mouth cover/gas mask, hospital admissions, accidents (no gore)) 4) something that demonstrates application of better policies (anything from traffic calming, to road pricing, to better public transport) 5) pictures of people taking action (group meetings with obvious products, displays, tangible things that groups lobbied for and won (i.e., an improved foot/bike path), anything that demonstrates an effective campaign) We will, of course, provide photo credits, but are unable to offer money as our budget is meagre. It is better if they are ASIA and DEVELOPING NATIONS-related photos, as these are more relevant and harder to come by. We are particularly short Asian examples of 1-3 above, particularly for the lower-income cities. I know many of you might have a very large bank of pictures upon which to draw and cannot reasonably list everything you have. However, what I would like to do initially is simply to identify the people who could help, and which areas your photos cover. Then I can send a follow-up email to you individually with more specific requests. Please reply to my address, not the list: raad@interchange.ubc.ca Thanks, Tamim. ------------------ Tamim Raad A17-03 Palm Court Jalan Berhala, Brickfields 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (60-3) 274-9950 (home) (60-3) 274-2590 (work and FAX) Email: raad@interchange.ubc.ca From t4-inoue at nri.co.jp Tue Apr 13 14:06:19 1999 From: t4-inoue at nri.co.jp (Taiichi INOUE) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:06:19 +0900 Subject: [sustran] TDM measures in tourist areas Message-ID: <199904130505.OAA03362@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Dear all, I have a research project on TDM (Transportation Demand Management) measures in tourist areas, which is conducted by Japan's National Land Agency. In tourist areas the purposes of TDM measures are 1) to ease traffic congestion, 2) to protect tourist attractions and 3) to improve transportation services. The aim of our project is to make a handbook for local governments. Now I'm going to research TDM measures in tourist areas in foreign countries. If you know good trials, please let me know. For your reference I'd like to introduce some trials in Japan briefly. If you have any interests, please feel free to ask me. Kamakura City I think Kamakura is one of the cities that are eager to introduce TDM measures. They have considered the public acceptance through the process of field test. They've already tried two measures, Park & Ride and environment-friendly public transportation ticket. They show many TDM measures to be integrated in the future. Kamikouchi area and some other areas These areas should be preserved against environmental disruption. Any private cars can't enter these areas. Tourists park their cars and from there they have to use bus or taxi services. Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto is one of the most famous tourist areas. They provide the maps that predict when & where there will be heavy traffic congestion during summer vacation season. They use the internet and fax media. Other cities and areas Park & Ride measure is introduced to many cities or areas, for example, Nara, Kanazawa, Tokushima, Motegi and so on. In Toba City Park & Boat Ride measure is introduced. Think globally, Act locally. Consultant Taiichi Inoue Transport & Logistics Strategy Program Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100,JAPAN tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0764 Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ From dmohan at cbme.iitd.ernet.in Tue Apr 13 15:05:03 1999 From: dmohan at cbme.iitd.ernet.in (Dinesh Mohan) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 11:35:03 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Fifth World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control Message-ID: <9904130546.netearth@iitd.ernet.in> The Fifth World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control is scheduled to be held in Delhi 5-8 March 2000. This is the fifth conference in a series of which the first four were held in Stockholm, Atlanta, Melbourne and Amsterdam. Each conference has been attended attended by about 1,000 professionals from around the world. The conference is "Sharing Experiences: Blending Perspectives". The conference will adopt a Charter on People's Right to Safety". Twelve satellite meetings are also being organised just before or after the conference. The conference encourages participants to exchange ideas and practical experiences in injury control and safety promotion in the following sectors: - Transportation - Work place - Sports and leisure - Domestic accidents - Violence - Suicide - Emergency and pre-hospital care - Legislation - Environmental changes, education and safety promotion - Safe Communities The conference is being hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology. Sponsors: - World Health organisation - Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, USA - Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, USA - Confederation of Indian Industry - Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers - Government of the State of Uttar Pradesh, India LAST DATE for Abstracts: 30 JUNE 1999 FURTHER INFORMATION: Ms Arati Walia CONFER/FIWOCO D - 1 Kalindi Colony New Delhi 110 065 India Tel: ++91 11 691 9377, 684 9399 FAX: ++91 11 684 8343, 692 9541 E-mail: awconfer@del2.vsnl.net.in Website: http://www.ciionline.org/fiwoco/ {IMORTANT: if this server gives gives you trouble in sending a mail to me, you can use" trippdelhi@hotmail.com " temporarily.} ======================================================================= Dinesh Mohan Professor and Coordinator Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (Room MS 808) Indian Intitute of Technology Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016 Phone: (+91 11) 685 8703 & 686 1977 FAX: (+91 11) 685 8703 & 685 1169 Email: dmohan@cbme.iitd.ernet.in ======================================================================= From rogerh at foe.co.uk Tue Apr 13 23:42:29 1999 From: rogerh at foe.co.uk (Roger Higman) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:42:29 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: TDM measures in tourist areas In-Reply-To: Taiichi INOUE "TDM measures in tourist areas" (Apr 13, 2:06pm) References: <199904130505.OAA03362@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Message-ID: <990413144242.ZM9751@unknown.zmail.host> Taiichi Ken Robertson at the Countryside Commission for England is an expert on this subject. They have done a number of studies on the Lake District, Peak District and New Forest areas. Ken can be contacted as follows: Ken Robertson, Countryside Commission John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3RA Telephone: + 1242 521 381 Fax + 1242 584 270 I'm afraid I don't know his e-mail, but you might be able to track it down through their web page at http://www.countryside.gov.uk/ 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 Pguitink at worldbank.org Wed Apr 14 07:38:07 1999 From: Pguitink at worldbank.org (Pguitink@worldbank.org) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:38:07 -0400 Subject: [sustran] Re: TDM measures in tourist areas Message-ID: <85256752.007C4CD1.00@WBLN0014.worldbank.org> Sounds like an interesting project but my question would be: What about road safety research??? Tourists are very vulnerable road users: they are unfamiliar with local traffic conditions, or even worse, local traffic regulations, resulting in high accident risks. Cheers, Paul Guitink Transport Specialist World Bank Taiichi INOUE on 04/13/99 01:06:19 AM Please respond to sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org To: Utsg@Mailbase.Ac.Uk cc: Sustran-Discuss@Jca.Ax.Apc.Org, Its@Mobility-Net.Com Subject: [sustran] TDM measures in tourist areas Dear all, I have a research project on TDM (Transportation Demand Management) measures in tourist areas, which is conducted by Japan's National Land Agency. In tourist areas the purposes of TDM measures are 1) to ease traffic congestion, 2) to protect tourist attractions and 3) to improve transportation services. The aim of our project is to make a handbook for local governments. Now I'm going to research TDM measures in tourist areas in foreign countries. If you know good trials, please let me know. For your reference I'd like to introduce some trials in Japan briefly. If you have any interests, please feel free to ask me. Kamakura City I think Kamakura is one of the cities that are eager to introduce TDM measures. They have considered the public acceptance through the process of field test. They've already tried two measures, Park & Ride and environment-friendly public transportation ticket. They show many TDM measures to be integrated in the future. Kamikouchi area and some other areas These areas should be preserved against environmental disruption. Any private cars can't enter these areas. Tourists park their cars and from there they have to use bus or taxi services. Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto is one of the most famous tourist areas. They provide the maps that predict when & where there will be heavy traffic congestion during summer vacation season. They use the internet and fax media. Other cities and areas Park & Ride measure is introduced to many cities or areas, for example, Nara, Kanazawa, Tokushima, Motegi and so on. In Toba City Park & Boat Ride measure is introduced. Think globally, Act locally. Consultant Taiichi Inoue Transport & Logistics Strategy Program Nomura Research Institute,Ltd. 2-2-1,Ootemachi,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100,JAPAN tel +81-3-5203-0806 fax +81-3-5203-0764 Website http://www.nri.co.jp/ From matson at tig.com.au Wed Apr 14 19:09:25 1999 From: matson at tig.com.au (Murray Matson) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:09:25 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: photos needed! In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990413115914.0074328c@pop.interchange.ubc.ca> References: <199901051700.CAA08977@mail.jca.ax.apc.org> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990414100925.007f2c40@pop.ihug.com.au> I have numerous photos of activists being arrested on the Eastern Distributor construction site. At 11:59 AM 4/13/99 +0800, you wrote: >Dear listmembers, > >The SUSTRAN Resource Centre is currently putting together an "action guide" >that highlights major themes in sustainable transport, progressive >policies, and tools for advocating for those policies. > >The guide will be distributed to the network and public. > >We are in the final stages of completing the guide and NEED PHOTOS to make >it look splashy and increase its effects. We need the following types of >photos: > >1) auto/motor vehicle related environmental impacts: (anything you can >think of through the entire motor vehicle life cycle from tire fires, oil >spills, to roadkill, to smog, to mining for metals, loss of land/habitat etc.) >2) social impacts (anything that demonstrates inequity and social >dysfunction: people having difficult crossing roads, women/elderly/children >accessibility, road rage) >3) health impacts (someone with a mouth cover/gas mask, hospital >admissions, accidents (no gore)) >4) something that demonstrates application of better policies (anything >from traffic calming, to road pricing, to better public transport) >5) pictures of people taking action (group meetings with obvious products, >displays, tangible things that groups lobbied for and won (i.e., an >improved foot/bike path), anything that demonstrates an effective campaign) > >We will, of course, provide photo credits, but are unable to offer money as >our budget is meagre. It is better if they are ASIA and DEVELOPING >NATIONS-related photos, as these are more relevant and harder to come by. >We are particularly short Asian examples of 1-3 above, particularly for >the lower-income cities. > >I know many of you might have a very large bank of pictures upon which to >draw and cannot reasonably list everything you have. However, what I would >like to do initially is simply to identify the people who could help, and >which areas your photos cover. Then I can send a follow-up email to you >individually with more specific requests. > >Please reply to my address, not the list: raad@interchange.ubc.ca > >Thanks, > >Tamim. >------------------ >Tamim Raad >A17-03 Palm Court >Jalan Berhala, Brickfields >50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia >Tel: (60-3) 274-9950 (home) > (60-3) 274-2590 (work and FAX) >Email: raad@interchange.ubc.ca > > Murray Matson (02)9326-4453 matson@tig.com.au From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Apr 14 16:00:24 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:00:24 +0800 Subject: [sustran] 1st announce for call for papers Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990414150024.007dd100@relay101.jaring.my> This bounced at first because it came from a non-member address. So I am forwarding it. >From: "KhZahidul Hoque" >To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org >Subject: Re: [sustran] 1st announce fot call for papers >Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:01:22 PDT >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain > > >Dear all, > >There is an announcement for papers for the 6th International >Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation >Engineering, 28-30 June 2000 (6th AATT 2000), Singapore. I believe, >many of us would be interested for this conference. The scope of the >conference is very wide and is aimed to address advance technologies >in Transportation Engineering. It includes the following areas: > > > ()Intelligent transportation systems > ()Real-time control systems > ()Information technology > ()Robotics and automation > ()Vehicle navigation and control > ()Artificial vision and image processing > ()Transportation infrastructure management technologies > ()Advanced construction and maintenance technology > ()Meterial technology > ()Road pricing techniques > ()Computer-aided engineering > ()Standards for advanced transportation technology > ()Benefits and costs of advanced technologies > ()Communication systems > ()Advanced technologies in transportation safety > ()Education and training > ()Traffic management technologies > ()Modelling and prediction technology > ()Systems planning and management technology > ()Transportation and logistics > > > Please contact the address below for more information. > > Transportation Resource Centre > c/o Department of Civil Engineering > National University of Singapore > 10 Kent Ridge Crescent > SINGAPORE 119260 > Fax : 65-777-0994 > Email: Dr Kelvin R.L. Cheu cvecrl@nus.edu.sg > > URL: ://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/civil/Conference/AATT > > >Thanks for reading. > > >Kh Zahidul Hoque >Engineer >Samwoh Asphalt Premix Pte Ltd >52A Sungei Kadut Street 1 >Singapore 729356 >URL: http://www.cyberway.com.sg/~samwoh/ > >Email: zahidul@hotmail.com > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > From litman at islandnet.com Wed Apr 14 23:03:45 1999 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 07:03:45 -0700 Subject: [sustran] VTPI NEWS Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990414070345.00fb22c0@mail.IslandNet.com> =========== VTPI NEWS =========== Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" --------------------------------- Spring 1999 Vol. 2, No. 1 REVISED WEBSITE - REPORTS POSTED -------------------------------- Most VTPI reports are now posted for free downloading at our revised and expanded website: http://www.islandnet.com/~litman There are more than two dozen reports, with something for everybody, covering transportation costing, transportation demand management, optimal pricing, transit policy, transportation program evaluation, bicycle and pedestrian issues, traffic calming, and much more. There are also links to other interesting transportation policy and planning websites. =============================== VTPI AT TRB ----------- We presented three papers at the 1999 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in January. 1. Automobile Dependency, Session 21 & 58 This special double session was an exciting debate concerning the optimal level of automobile dependency. Here are some highlights: Frank Moretti of The Road Information Program (www.tripnet.org) argued that increasing road capacity and accommodating increased motor vehicle use is essential for economic growth. He cited studies indicating that highway investments provide significant economic returns (see, for example, the AASHTO report, "Transportation and the Economy" at www.aashto.org). Don Chen of the Surface Transportation Policy Project (www.transact.org) discussed the costs of excessive automobile dependency on disadvantaged communities, such as traffic impacts on urban neighborhoods and mobility problems facing non-drivers. He described efforts by his organization to promote more balanced transportation, including the new federal "Smart Growth" initiative. Kenneth Green of the Reason Foundation (www.reason.org), and author of the report "Defending Automobility" argued that automobile travel is important for individuals' freedom and opportunity, and that measures to limit vehicle use are coercive and inequitable. He emphasized the potential of market initiatives, such as privatization of roads and transit services, to improve mobility. Walter Hook of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (www.ITDP.org) discussed "Road Investments, Economic Growth, and Debt: Lessons from Asia and Africa." His research indicates that automobile dependency can have negative economic impacts in developing countries. Frank Haight, Editor of the journal Transportation Research, discussed some of the benefits that automobile use provides, the problems of increased automobile use, and the difficulties of analyzing costs and benefits. Professor Peter Newman of the Institute for Science and Technology Policy (http://wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au) discussed findings from recent research on the economic, social and environmental costs of automobile dependency, and the benefits of more balanced transportation, based on detailed comparative surveys of international cities. My presentation summarized research indicating that high levels of automobile dependency reduce economic development by increasing overhead costs and reducing overall productivity. This analysis suggests that the economically and socially optimal level of per-capita automobile use is lower than what occurs in North America. High levels of automobile dependency result from market distortions that reduce consumer choice and encourage excessive driving. This indicates that given a less distorted transportation market, consumers would choose to use their automobiles less, and would be better off overall as a result. Related papers posted at our website (http://www.islandnet.com/~litman), include: * Optimal Level of Automobile Dependency (the text of my presentation). * The Costs of Automobile Dependency * Automobile Dependency and Economic Development * Socially Optimal Transport Markets and Prices * Transportation Market Distortions - A Survey (draft report) This debate raised a number of interesting and timely issues concerning the costs and benefits of automobile dependency, and how to measure these impacts. Audiotapes of the sessions are available from Audio Recording Services, Inc, Phone; 410-643-4220; Email: arsinc@crosslink.net; Website: www.ars-service.com. 2. Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Transportation, Session 412 A "paradigm" consists of the perspectives and assumptions used in decision making. It defines how we think about problems and how we identify and evaluate solutions. My paper, "Exploring the Paradigm Shift Needed to Reconcile Transportation and Sustainability Objectives," (available at our website) discusses these issues. 3. Distance-based Charges: A Practical Strategy for More Optimal Vehicle Pricing, Session 458 This paper (also available at our website) compares various vehicle pricing strategies. It suggests that mileage-based charges are the most effective way to charge for road use, accident risk, pollution and other environmental impacts. It discusses how such charges can be implemented. We were pleased to see a TRB paper by Wenya Jia and Martin Wach, "Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability: A Case Study of San Francisco," (available at the University of California Transportation Center website, http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~uctc) which provides empirical support for our earlier research indicating that residential parking standards in zoning codes significantly reduce the availability of affordable housing (see "Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability" at our website). Alternative management strategies could better match demand (number of vehicles owned by a household), with supply (number of residential parking spaces it is forced to pay for) to increase consumer choice and economic efficiency. This is an important issue that we hope to work on more in the future. =============================== RESEARCH -------- Below are some recent and current VTPI research activities: * Distance-Based Vehicle Insurance Distance-based insurance converts vehicle insurance from a fixed cost into a variable cost. Since the average motorist currently spends more on insurance than on fuel, this essentially doubles the perceived cost of driving. We have examined the benefits and costs of different distance-based insurance strategies and have concluded that Per-Mile Pricing is by far the best approach. For more information, see the report posted at our website. * Transportation Tax Shifts We recently completed the report, "Road Relief; Tax and Pricing Shifts for a Fairer, Cleaner and Less Congested Transportation System in Washington State," co-authored with Charles Komanoff and Douglas Howell for the Energy Outreach Center in Olympia, Washington, with funding from the USEPA. The report is available at http://www.eoc.org. This study examines ways to increase transportation efficiency and equity by implementing revenue-neutral tax and pricing shifts. It discusses how these changes would improve the economy, reduce congestion, air pollution, and traffic deaths, and make transportation more affordable. * Pedestrian & Bicycle Planning Guide We are part of a team developing a pedestrian and cycling planning guide for municipal governments, to be published by the BC provincial government. It's an enjoyable project that allows us to assemble the latest and greatest in non-motorized transportation planning. * Pavement Busting Late last year we participated in a series of workshops on innovative transportation and land use policy, sponsored by the Local Government Commission (www.lgc.org). We presented "pavement busting" strategies for reducing the amount of land paved for roads and parking. It was fun to travel with co-presenters Reid Ewing, Walter Kulash and Dan Burden, each of whom has done important work promoting more livable community transportation. See the "Pavement Buster's Guide" at our website. * Win-Win Transportation Management Strategies We have identified several TDM strategies that are technically feasible and cost effective. We call these Win-Win strategies, since they provide economic benefits and help achieve environmental and social goals. We estimate that implementing a package of these strategies to the degree that they are justified by direct cost savings to consumers, businesses and governments would approximately achieve our Kyoto greenhouse gas emission reduction objectives. Who says environmental protection is costly to the environment? =============================== Please let us know if you have comments or questions about any information presented in this newsletter, or if you would like to be removed from our mailing list. =============================== The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is dedicated to innovative research and analysis. We develop practical tools for incorporating social and environmental values into transportation decision making. Todd Litman, Director Victoria Transport Policy Institute 1250 Rudlin Street Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 E-mail: litman@islandnet.com Website: www.islandnet.com/~litman From A.J.Plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk Thu Apr 15 07:35:03 1999 From: A.J.Plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk (Antony Julian Plumbe) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:35:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] TDM measures in tourist areas In-Reply-To: <199904130505.OAA03362@nrims1.nri.co.jp> Message-ID: Taiichi, May I suggest you contact the local government officers responsible for transport policy in the city of York in northern England. York is a major tourist destination and has extensive green transport policies in place including the largest area of city centre pedestrianisation in Europe, bicycle priority and management measures, traffic calming, parking controls, Park & Ride from the city edge, etc. You should be able to locate their web address by looking for York City Council on the UK Directory of Local Government at http://www.tagish.co.uk/tagish/links/localgov.htm Good luck! Tony Plumbe. ---------------------- A. J. Plumbe, Co-ordinator M.Sc. in Project Planning and Management, email: a.j.plumbe@bradford.ac.uk Fax: International: +44-1274-235280 Domestic : 01274-235280 Phone: International : +44-1274-235264 Domestic : 01274-235264 Mailing Address: DPPC, Bradford University, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., BD7 1DP. From litman at islandnet.com Thu Apr 15 21:19:59 1999 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 05:19:59 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: TDM measures in tourist areas In-Reply-To: <85256752.007C4CD1.00@WBLN0014.worldbank.org> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990415051959.00fbbba0@mail.IslandNet.com> Some time ago I started writing a report titled "FIRST RESORT; Application of Transportation Demand Management in Resort Communities," but never finished it because I didn't have the time to research case studies (my plan was to get a grant to travel around the world surveying resorts, the perfect "junket"). I think it is an important issue, both because resort communities have environmental amenities that are damaged by excessive automobile travel, and because resort communities could be showcases for good TDM planning. Imagine the mayor of an automobile dependent suburb visiting a resort and seeing that high-income people will not only use, but even PREFER alternatives to driving and more efficient land use. The mayor will return home inspired to support TDM locally. Anyway, I have not posted the report at our website yet, but would be glad to send it to anybody on request. Below is the abstract. I'd love to get feedback. If anybody wants to send me a on-page summary of resort community TDM case studies I'll finally be able to finish the report and post it. Or even better, send me lots of money so I can do field research on this issue myself! Abstract Travel demand management (TDM) includes a variety of strategies to encourage more efficient use of existing transportation facilities. This paper describes how TDM strategies are being used to address transportation problems in resort communities. Such communities tend to be particularly appropriate for TDM because they have predictable travel patterns, significantly increased demand during peak periods (which are frequently a few hours a week, or a few weeks of the year, and so increasing capacity to satisfy peak demand is unjustified), and high environmental amenity values that can be degraded by expanding road and parking capacity. If carefully planned and implemented, TDM strategies can provide Win-Win solutions to resort community transportation problems, by providing visitors more travel choices and an improved experience, while avoiding road and parking construction projects that are financially expensive and degrade local environmental quality. This paper describes TDM strategies suitable for application in resort communities, and discusses TDM planning and implementation. 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 >Dear all, > >I have a research project on TDM (Transportation Demand Management) >measures in tourist areas, which is conducted by Japan's National Land >Agency. In tourist areas the purposes of TDM measures are 1) to ease >traffic congestion, 2) to protect tourist attractions and 3) to improve >transportation services. The aim of our project is to make a handbook for >local governments. From sustran at po.jaring.my Fri Apr 16 13:20:58 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:20:58 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Environmental Health Book Project Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990416122058.0080ad10@relay101.jaring.my> Dear sustran-discussers After almost 2 months away from SUSTRAN work I am just back in Kuala Lumpur and trying to get back into action... sorry to anyone whose emails or letters may have remained unanswered over the last month or so. I will do my best to catch up. I will try to respond to the request below but I am sure there are many others who can help too. Best wishes, Paul Barter SUSTRAN Resource Centre P. O. Box 11501, 50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel/Fax: +60 3 274 2590, E-mail: sustran@po.jaring.my Web: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/ (PLEASE NOTE: my alternate email address is no longer working) >X-Sender: envirohealth@pop.igc.org >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) >Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 12:54:34 -0700 >To: sustran@po.jaring.my >From: Environmental Health Book Project >Subject: Environmental Health Book Project > >April 14, 1999 > >Greetings from the Hesperian Foundation! > >Thank you very much for completing the "Request for Information" survey >that we sent you about the new environmental health book we are developing >and for sending that survey out via e-mail to other groups on your >listserve. It sounds like SUSTRAN Resource Center is doing great work and >we greatly appreciate all your help! > >As we mentioned in our last letter, the goal of our new book, "A Community >Guide to Environmental Health," is to help people all over the world >understand and do something about the environmental factors that are >harming their health. We would like to ask you some more questions about >the problems in the area in which you work and your group's activities. >Your answers will help us better understand how this book could be useful >to you and to similar groups around the world. > >1. You mentioned in the survey that you have noticed health problems >related to air pollution caused by motors. What specific health problems do >you see that have resulted from this problem? > >2. In general, do local people understand that environmental problems such >as air pollution are harming their health? > >3. If so, how did they come to understand the connection between their >illness and the environmental problem? For example, have people always >known this, did something happen that made people realize it, did someone >educate them about this, etc.? > >4. Have local people taken any steps to change their environment in order >to prevent disease? > >5. You also mentioned that your group is addressing the environmental >problem of air > pollution caused by motors. Can you tell us about the specific programs >and activities your group or other groups are enacting in order to deal >with this issue? > >6. How have local people been involved in these activities? > >Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer these questions. We >admire your work and we need your input to help make this book address the >needs and realities of communities in Malaysia. > >We look forward to your response and to a continuing correspondence. > >Warm regards, > > > >Maya Shaw >Environmental Health Book Project > > > > >Environmental Health Book Project >Hesperian Foundation -- publishing for community health and empowerment >1919 Addison St., Ste. 304, Berkeley, CA 94704 USA >phone: 510-845-1447; fax: 510-845-9141 >email: envirohealth@hesperian.org > >visit our website at www.hesperian.org > > From ghawkes at sover.net Fri Apr 16 22:30:55 1999 From: ghawkes at sover.net (Gerry Hawkes) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:30:55 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Environmental Health Book Project Message-ID: <009f01be880d$5bea80c0$945fc6d1@Pghawkes> In response to your message to Sustran, I would like to point you to a portion of our web site that will give you more information on the effects we are seeing from air pollution, much of which comes from motor vehicles. Please go to http://www.biketrack.com/pollution.htm . When you reach the bottom of the page you will find links to examples of the environmental damage we are witnessing. There is much more damage occurring, but this is all we have had time to document. Regards, Gerry Hawkes Eco Systems, Inc. & Bike Track, Inc. Woodstock, Vermont USA www.biketrack.com -----Original Message----- From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Cc: envirohealth@hesperian.org Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 11:58 PM Subject: [sustran] Environmental Health Book Project >Dear sustran-discussers > >After almost 2 months away from SUSTRAN work I am just back in Kuala Lumpur >and trying to get back into action... sorry to anyone whose emails or >letters may have remained unanswered over the last month or so. I will do >my best to catch up. > >I will try to respond to the request below but I am sure there are many >others who can help too. > >Best wishes, >Paul Barter >SUSTRAN Resource Centre >P. O. Box 11501, >50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. >Tel/Fax: +60 3 274 2590, E-mail: sustran@po.jaring.my >Web: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/ >(PLEASE NOTE: my alternate email address is no longer >working) > >>X-Sender: envirohealth@pop.igc.org >>X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) >>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 12:54:34 -0700 >>To: sustran@po.jaring.my >>From: Environmental Health Book Project >>Subject: Environmental Health Book Project >> >>April 14, 1999 >> >>Greetings from the Hesperian Foundation! >> >>Thank you very much for completing the "Request for Information" survey >>that we sent you about the new environmental health book we are developing >>and for sending that survey out via e-mail to other groups on your >>listserve. It sounds like SUSTRAN Resource Center is doing great work and >>we greatly appreciate all your help! >> >>As we mentioned in our last letter, the goal of our new book, "A Community >>Guide to Environmental Health," is to help people all over the world >>understand and do something about the environmental factors that are >>harming their health. We would like to ask you some more questions about >>the problems in the area in which you work and your group's activities. >>Your answers will help us better understand how this book could be useful >>to you and to similar groups around the world. >> >>1. You mentioned in the survey that you have noticed health problems >>related to air pollution caused by motors. What specific health problems do >>you see that have resulted from this problem? >> >>2. In general, do local people understand that environmental problems such >>as air pollution are harming their health? >> >>3. If so, how did they come to understand the connection between their >>illness and the environmental problem? For example, have people always >>known this, did something happen that made people realize it, did someone >>educate them about this, etc.? >> >>4. Have local people taken any steps to change their environment in order >>to prevent disease? >> >>5. You also mentioned that your group is addressing the environmental >>problem of air >> pollution caused by motors. Can you tell us about the specific programs >>and activities your group or other groups are enacting in order to deal >>with this issue? >> >>6. How have local people been involved in these activities? >> >>Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer these questions. We >>admire your work and we need your input to help make this book address the >>needs and realities of communities in Malaysia. >> >>We look forward to your response and to a continuing correspondence. >> >>Warm regards, >> >> >> >>Maya Shaw >>Environmental Health Book Project >> >> >> >> >>Environmental Health Book Project >>Hesperian Foundation -- publishing for community health and empowerment >>1919 Addison St., Ste. 304, Berkeley, CA 94704 USA >>phone: 510-845-1447; fax: 510-845-9141 >>email: envirohealth@hesperian.org >> >>visit our website at www.hesperian.org >> >> From roland at actrix.gen.nz Sat Apr 17 05:45:13 1999 From: roland at actrix.gen.nz (Roland Sapsford) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 08:45:13 +1200 Subject: [sustran] Health effects of traffic on occupants!! Message-ID: <3717A158.ADB3CBE@actrix.gen.nz> Hi I have been asked by a group of public health students for information on the way: (i) driving affects health, as compared with other modes of travel (eg stress, heart disease, peace of mind) in the short and long term. (ii) construction of new roads and induced traffic has affected the health issues in (i) above. (iii) new roads designed to speed up traffic flow have affected the way drivers perceive pedestrians etc who must now cross the road (social or ethical 'health') Most info sources are usually focussed on effects on others of driving. I'd be very grateful if anyone can help in this area. Best wishes Roland Sapsford Wellington, New Zealand From craig_townsend at hotmail.com Sat Apr 17 19:28:58 1999 From: craig_townsend at hotmail.com (Craig Townsend) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 03:28:58 PDT Subject: [sustran] Ballard fuel cell technology Message-ID: <19990417102901.45287.qmail@hotmail.com> Ballard fuel cell to hit California streets Two-year pilot test for pollution-free technology Saturday, April 17, 1999 PETER KENNEDY and GREG KEENAN The Globe and Mail Vancouver and Toronto -- PETER KENNEDY in Vancouver GREG KEENAN in Toronto Ballard Power Systems Inc. will announce next week that cars and buses powered by its pollution-free fuel cell technology will soon be on the road in California as part of a plan to cut poisonous air emissions there. Automotive sources in the United States confirm that California plans to launch a two-year pilot test of Ballard's fuel cell technology that will initially involve 10 cars and five buses. By the year 2003, the consortium -- which also includes Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Atlantic Richfield Co. -- plans to expand its tests to include at least 40 fuel cell cars and 40 buses. Ballard officials have refused to confirm that the fuel cell maker is gearing up to test the technology in a joint venture with partners Ford Motor Co., DaimlerChrysler AG and the California government. Ballard spokeswoman Debbie Roman said the company isn't prepared to comment on the joint venture until details are announced Tuesday by California Governor Gray Davis. Ballard, the auto makers, California and at least two oil industry giants plan a splashy news conference on the steps of the Capitol building in Sacramento to announce the deal. "This is a demonstration program that the state will be handling," said a spokesman for one of the U.S. auto giants involved in the joint venture. The amount of money involved is not clear, but the deal appears to represent an endorsement by California of Ballard's fuel cells and begins a real-world test of technology that the company hopes will challenge the internal combustion engine during the next decade. The announcement will come about a year after Ballard agreed to collaborate with Ford and DaimlerChrysler to develop pollution-free fuel cells. DaimlerChrysler owns 20 per cent of Ballard, while Ford holds 15 per cent. While Ballard and its partners are still years away from commercial production, California is anxious to test the technology in a bid to try to resolve the state's massive air pollution problem. The main pollutants are hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide spewed out by internal combustion engines. Under its stringent air regulations, California has decreed that zero emission vehicles (ZEV) must represent 10 per cent of a company's total vehicle sales in the state by 2003. It is also moving to force makers of sport utility vehicles and even watercraft to reduce emissions over the next several years. Although not all the details are available, it appears the California tests will be a larger form of pilot tests -- involving six buses -- that are currently being performed by transit authorities in Vancouver and Chicago. The Chicago Transit Authority is in the second year of a $9.6-million (U.S.) pilot program designed to expose city buses powered by hydrogen fuel cell engines to that city's extreme weather conditions. Noelle Gaffney, a spokeswoman for the CTA, said the tests are going well, but no commitment has been made to put more buses on the road. A major stumbling block appears to be the cost of the buses, which are manufactured by Winnipeg-based New Flyer Industries Ltd. At a price tag of $1.4-million, the fuel cell buses are three times more expensive than buses powered by traditional internal combustion engines. The CTA had to spend about a $1-million to build a refuelling station needed to provide the buses with compressed hydrogen gas. However, U.S. petroleum giants will be keeping a close watch on how the fuel cell system performs in California. "Eventually, we can see the gasoline-burning combustion engine exiting and we have to be prepared for that," said Paul Langland, a spokesman for Atlantic Richfield in Los Angeles. "There are all sorts of new technologies out there," he said. "We have to be ready to see how we can work with governments and the auto industry to make sure that we are still in the equation somewhere." If the fuel cells run on hydrogen, Mr. Langland said there are technologies available to produce that sort of fuel through petroleum- based products. A key question is how the companies plan to produce the hydrogen needed to generate the electric power that will propel the car, said Charles Ward, a University of Toronto professor who has worked with Toyota Motor Corp. on producing a fuel system for that auto maker's fuel cell program. Fuel cells create electric power by combining hydrogen and oxygen. Auto industry sources said they think the vehicles will be fuelled with methanol that will be reformulated into hydrogen in the engine, rather than hydrogen itself. If the vehicles are using methanol, they will emit carbon dioxide that does not produce smog, Prof. Ward said, but at least the creation of a methanol fuel infrastructure is less costly than establishing a network of hydrogen stations around North America. Observers have estimated that existing tanks in gasoline stations can be converted to hold methanol for less than $500-million, compared with an estimated cost in the low billions of dollars to create a hydrogen fuel infrastructure. "It's not the final solution, but it's a step," Prof. Ward said. Ballard's volatile share price, which analysts say tends to rise and fall in anticipation of news, gained 95 cents to $48.70 on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday. Auto industry analysts played down the significance of the announcement. "It's a long road before we see fuel cells make a meaningful impact on the core of the retail automotive business," said Gary Lapidus, who follows the auto industry for Wall Street brokerage firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Inc. Mr. Lapidus doesn't expect to see large numbers of fuel-cell-powered vehicles in commercial fleets until the middle of the next decade and in retail sales about 10 years after that. BALLARD'S PATH 1979: Company founded as Ballard Research Inc. by Dr. Geoffrey Ballard. 1993: Ballard operates world's first fuel-cell-powered bus. June, 1996: Chicago Transit Authority agrees to buy three Ballard buses for fleet trials. July, 1996: Ballard announces B.C. agreement to buy three buses fortrials in Vancouver. August, 1997: Ballard starts prototype natural-gas-fuelled power plant to supply electricity to B.C. Hydro. August, 1997: Daimler-Benz acquires 25-per-cent interest in Ballard. October, 1997: Federal government grant to Ballard to help develop fuel cells. December, 1997: Forms alliance with GEC Alsthom PLC to develop fuel cell technology for stationary power applications. 1998: Ballard buses begin fleet trials in Chicago. April, 1998: Ballard, Daimler-Benz AG and Ford Motor Co. form strategic alliance to develop and market fuel cell technology for transportation uses, Ford buys 15-per-cent stake, Daimler-Benz cuts stake to 20 per cent. ************************************************* Craig Townsend Institute for Science & Technology Policy Murdoch University South Street, Murdoch Perth, Western Australia 6150 tel: (66 8) 9360-6293 fax: (66 8) 9360-6421 email: townsend@central.murdoch.edu.au ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From sustran at po.jaring.my Mon Apr 19 18:48:27 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:48:27 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: transport and equality Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990419174827.007cb200@relay101.jaring.my> ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE8848.FFE25B40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Can anyone give some guidance to Kurt on transport and equity? Many thanks John Whitelegg -----Original Message----- From: kurt.andersson@helsinki.fi [SMTP:kurt.andersson@helsinki.fi] Sent: 11 April 1999 14:48 To: John Whitelegg Cc: harri.hakala@helsinki.fi Subject: RE: transport and equality Dear Mr. Whitelegg, Thank you for all the information you provided me in my quest for material on transport and equity. You are right, this subject seems not to be studied much, at least in detail. Unfortunately, out of the books you recommended only one is available in finnish libraries. I think I will have to use my swedish connections to get the rest of the books. You recommended for me to send you a letter on my research interest which you can bounce on a discussion list. It has taken me a while to bring my work to a point where I could construct some text that could describe my research problems. Appreciating your help following is a short description on what I am doing and what I am looking for. The following text is also attached as a Rich Text Format (RTF) file, in case it is easier to forward to the lists (I have not yet enjoyed doscussion lists). I am doing my graduate research on the equity of space and transportation possibilities. In short my research will consist of choosing two or three ethical theories on which I will reflect transportation practices and the division of public space. Possible aspects I will look into are equality of space among users in same space and time, equality of accessibility, equality of subsidies and taxing on different transport modes, and equality via the downgrading of natural, social and cultural environment. I have not been able to find much research on this subject or these subjects. The following articles are the only ones I have been able to find that more or less resemble my research subject: The Ethics and Politics of Private Automobile Use Author: Meaton, Julia; Morrice, David MORALITY, ENERGY, AND THE ....rtf file not included... From litman at islandnet.com Mon Apr 19 23:34:36 1999 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 07:34:36 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: transport and equality In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990419174827.007cb200@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990419073436.00faa960@mail.IslandNet.com> See our report "Evaluating Transportation Equity" available at: http://www.islandnet.com/~litman It discusses various meanings of transportation equity and how they can be applied in practice. It also summarizes the literature on the subject. Here is the bibliography (my favorite is "Access for All," but it may be difficult to find): Bibliography David Albright, John Hamburg, and Henry Richards, The Divided Highway: Transportation Equity and Violence, Alliance for Transportation Research (Albuquerque), 1996. Steven Burrington and Bennet Heart, City Routes, City Rights: Building Livable Neighborhoods and Environmental Justice by Fixing Transportation, Conservation Law Foundation (Boston; www.clf.org), 1998. Robert Bullard and Glenn Johnson (eds), Just Transportation; Dismantling Race & Class Barriers to Mobility, New Society Publishing (Gabriola Island, BC), 1997. Hank Dittmar, "Isn't It Time We Talked About Equity" Progress, Vol. IV, No. 5, Surface Transportation Policy Project (Washington DC; www.transact.org), June 1994. David Forkenbrock and Lisa Schweitzer, Environmental Justice and Transportation Investment Policy, Public Policy Center, University of Iowa (Iowa City), 1997. Phil Goodwin, "Demographic Impacts, Social Consequences, and the Transport Debate," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1990, 76-89. David Hodge, "Social Impacts of Urban Transportation Decisions: Equity Impacts," in The Geography of Urban Transportation, Susan Hanson (Ed.) Guilford Press (New York), 1986. C. Jotin Khisty, "Operationalizing Concepts of Equity for Public Project Investment," Transportation Research Record, 1559, 1997, pp. 94-99. Douglass Lee, "Making the Concept of Equity Operational," Transportation Research Record 677, 1987, pp. 46-53. Schaeffer and Sclar, Access for All, Columbia University Press (New York), 1980. Rosenbloom and Altshuler in "Equity Issues in Urban Transportation", Policy Studies Journal, Autumn 1977, p. 29-39. The Highway Cost & Pricing Study, by Cambridge Systematics for the Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation Translinks 21 project includes comprehensive equity analysis. Access to Opportunity: Cooperative Planning to Improve Mobility for Residents of Inner-City Communities, East-West Gateway Coordination Council (St. Louis, MO), 1995. Please share your findings with the list. 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 At 05:48 PM 4/19/99 +0800, you wrote: > >------ =_NextPart_000_01BE8848.FFE25B40 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Can anyone give some guidance to Kurt on transport and equity? > >Many thanks > >John Whitelegg > >-----Original Message----- >From: kurt.andersson@helsinki.fi [SMTP:kurt.andersson@helsinki.fi] >Sent: 11 April 1999 14:48 >To: John Whitelegg >Cc: harri.hakala@helsinki.fi >Subject: RE: transport and equality > > Dear Mr. Whitelegg, >Thank you for all the information you provided me in my quest for >material on transport and equity. You are right, this subject seems not >to be studied much, at least in detail. Unfortunately, out of the books >you recommended only one is available in finnish libraries. I think I >will have to use my swedish connections to get the rest of the books. >You recommended for me to send you a letter on my research interest >which you can bounce on a discussion list. It has taken me a while to >bring my work to a point where I could construct some text that could >describe my research problems. Appreciating your help following is a >short description on what I am doing and what I am looking for. The >following text is also attached as a Rich Text Format (RTF) file, in >case it is easier to forward to the lists (I have not yet enjoyed >doscussion lists). >I am doing my graduate research on >the equity of space and transportation >possibilities. In short my research >will consist of choosing two or three >ethical theories on which I will >reflect transportation practices and >the division of public space. Possible >aspects I will look into are equality >of space among users in same space and >time, equality of accessibility, >equality of subsidies and taxing on >different transport modes, and >equality via the downgrading of >natural, social and cultural >environment. I have not been able to >find much research on this subject or >these subjects. The following articles >are the only ones I have been able to >find that more or less resemble my >research subject: >The Ethics and Politics of Private >Automobile Use >Author: Meaton, Julia; Morrice, David MORALITY, ENERGY, AND THE > >....rtf file not included... > > From mobility at igc.apc.org Tue Apr 20 10:11:08 1999 From: mobility at igc.apc.org (ITDP) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:11:08 -0700 Subject: [sustran] Re: FW: transport and equality References: <3.0.6.32.19990419174827.007cb200@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <371BD42C.314A@igc.apc.org> We did a study called "Fairness of the Fare", our attempt to resolve the lawsuit against the New York MTA on race discrimination grounds for raisng subway and bus fares more than commuter rail fares. It is a systematic look at what equity means in transit funding. Rgds, Walter hook, ITDP SUSTRAN Resource Centre wrote: > > ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE8848.FFE25B40 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Can anyone give some guidance to Kurt on transport and equity? > > Many thanks > > John Whitelegg > > -----Original Message----- > From: kurt.andersson@helsinki.fi [SMTP:kurt.andersson@helsinki.fi] > Sent: 11 April 1999 14:48 > To: John Whitelegg > Cc: harri.hakala@helsinki.fi > Subject: RE: transport and equality > > Dear Mr. Whitelegg, > Thank you for all the information you provided me in my quest for > material on transport and equity. You are right, this subject seems not > to be studied much, at least in detail. Unfortunately, out of the books > you recommended only one is available in finnish libraries. I think I > will have to use my swedish connections to get the rest of the books. > You recommended for me to send you a letter on my research interest > which you can bounce on a discussion list. It has taken me a while to > bring my work to a point where I could construct some text that could > describe my research problems. Appreciating your help following is a > short description on what I am doing and what I am looking for. The > following text is also attached as a Rich Text Format (RTF) file, in > case it is easier to forward to the lists (I have not yet enjoyed > doscussion lists). > I am doing my graduate research on > the equity of space and transportation > possibilities. In short my research > will consist of choosing two or three > ethical theories on which I will > reflect transportation practices and > the division of public space. Possible > aspects I will look into are equality > of space among users in same space and > time, equality of accessibility, > equality of subsidies and taxing on > different transport modes, and > equality via the downgrading of > natural, social and cultural > environment. I have not been able to > find much research on this subject or > these subjects. The following articles > are the only ones I have been able to > find that more or less resemble my > research subject: > The Ethics and Politics of Private > Automobile Use > Author: Meaton, Julia; Morrice, David MORALITY, ENERGY, AND THE > > ....rtf file not included... -- 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 arno at daastol.com Wed Apr 21 04:22:23 1999 From: arno at daastol.com (Arno Mong Daastoel) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:22:23 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Fw: Link to an article on the future of cars and fuels Message-ID: <00c501be8b63$20840a20$03000004@amd> ----- Original Message ----- From: Arno Mong Daastoel To: Are Wormnes ; transit-alternatives@inkey.com Sent: 20. april 1999 21:20 Subject: Link to an article on the future of cars and fuels Here is a link to a 40 page article on the future of cars and fuels by one of Norway's very best and experienced journalist on the issue, written after his worldwide study-trips on the issue: http://home.sol.no/~wormnes/Are/english.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19990420/2c9aeca2/attachment.htm From A.J.Plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk Wed Apr 21 09:28:40 1999 From: A.J.Plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk (Antony Julian Plumbe) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:28:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] Re: Health effects of traffic on occupants!! In-Reply-To: <3717A158.ADB3CBE@actrix.gen.nz> Message-ID: Hi, The British Medical Association have recently published a book on Health and Transport. May I suggest you search for their website and see if the book is there. I have yet to see the book but understand it covers that which you seek. Tony Plumbe. > Hi > > I have been asked by a group of public health students for information > on the way: > > (i) driving affects health, as compared with other modes of travel (eg > stress, heart disease, peace of mind) in the short and long term. > (ii) construction of new roads and induced traffic has affected the > health issues in (i) above. > (iii) new roads designed to speed up traffic flow have affected the way > drivers perceive pedestrians etc who must now cross the road (social or > ethical 'health') > > Most info sources are usually focussed on effects on others of driving. > I'd be very grateful if anyone can help in this area. > > Best wishes > Roland Sapsford > Wellington, New Zealand ---------------------- A. J. Plumbe, Co-ordinator M.Sc. in Project Planning and Management, email: a.j.plumbe@bradford.ac.uk Fax: International: +44-1274-235280 Domestic : 01274-235280 Phone: International : +44-1274-235264 Domestic : 01274-235264 Mailing Address: DPPC, Bradford University, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., BD7 1DP. From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Apr 21 14:37:21 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:37:21 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Social Exclusion & Transport - UK-based discussion list Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990421133721.00822b80@relay101.jaring.my> Subject: Social Exclusion & Transport From: "Jeff Turner" Dear colleagues, A discussion list has been set up to discuss the issue of Social Exclusion and Transport. It's role is to support policy research into the link between social exclusion & poor public transport. It will be of interest to transport researchers, social policy specialists, urban regeneration experts as well as practitioners and policy makers. If you are interested in joininig and I hope you will be, please send message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk with only the following in the body of the message: JOIN setnet firstname lastname The discussion list SETNET was set up after a workshop on Social Exclusion & Transport held at Manchester University back last November. As an outcome of that workshop I have set-up a web site on Social Excluison & Transport at: http://www.art.man.ac.uk/transres I am keen to have this site contain examples of good practice that deal with tackling the negative role of transport in maintaining social exclusion. I would be most grateful if you could tell me of any examples of good or inovative practice that you know of that would like to see included in this site. If you know of any example in other countries that too would be useful. I am also interested in the question of how might non-transport interventions improve the access to opportunities and services of socially-excluded groups - how might communication technology and the Internet improve access and reduce the need for time to travel? If you have any thoughts on what role there is for non-transport interventions or any examples of the effectiveness such measures then please the discussion list know. Is there anything else you think a Web page on Social Exclusion & Transport should have on it? Here's to a fruitul discussion on this issue. Jeff Turner Research Fellow Dept. of Planning University of Manchester From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Apr 21 17:55:15 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:55:15 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: restrictions to vehicular circulation Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990421165515.0085e980@relay101.jaring.my> This one bounced so I am forwarding to the list. Paul. From: "Guruswamy, Dharm" To: "'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'" Subject: RE: [sustran] restrictions to vehicular circulation Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:18:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Raul, For a good background on the Mexico City issue (including background on other issues like I&M, transit,etc..) see the following WB publication (you can order it from the WB bookstore, go their web page at www.worldbank.org ): Title: Vehicular Air Pollution: Experiences from Seven Latin American Urban Centers. World Bank Technical Paper No. 373. Author(s): Bekir Onursal, Surhid P. Gautam Date: 9/1/97 Series: Technical Papers Country: Argentina / Brazil / Chile / Colombia / Mexico Region: Latin America and the Caribbean Subject Categories: Urban development / Transport / Health / Environment Status: In print 332 pages / 8-1/2 x 11 / (ISBN 0-8213-4016-6) / Stock no. 14016 / $40.00 / Price code S40 Air pollution caused by motor vehicles is a major environmental problem in many Latin American urban centers. If appropriate measures are not taken soon, vehicular air pollution in the region is likely to worsen, posing a great threat to human health and welfare. This report analyzes the pollutants emitted by motor vehicles, their effects, and pollutant-control measures targeted at vehicles, fuels, and transport management. Case studies for Mexico City, Mexico, Santiago, Chile, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Santafa de Bogota, Colombia, illustrate how these measures have been used in the region and how they can be strengthened. ---- Dharm Guruswamy, Associate, Hagler Bailly Services, 1530 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209 E-mail dguruswa@haglerbailly.com , Web: http://www.haglerbailly.com/html/tranf.html Phone (703) 312-0381, Fax (703) 351-0345, Mobile (703) 568-8501 -----Original Message----- From: Raul O'Ryan [mailto:roryan@dii.uchile.cl] Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 12:27 PM To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org Cc: apeiron@interactiva.cl Subject: [sustran] restrictions to vehicular circulation From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Apr 21 18:01:21 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:01:21 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Call For Papers: Transportation Research Board Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990421170121.00861440@relay101.jaring.my> This bounced earlier because there were too many other recipients. Sorry for the delay in reposting. From: Christopher Zegras Subject: Call For Papers: Transportation Research Board Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable .....Spanish version cut....unfortunately none of the special characters came through properly.... Dear Friends and Colleagues, Each January the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the U.S. National Research Council has its Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. In nearly a week of presentations, forums, and seminars a broad variety of research results in the field of transportation are presented. For the next Annual Meeting, which will take place from the 9th to the 13th of January, 2000, we are organizing session(s) with a focus on Latin America. The sessions will be sponsored by the Committee on Non-Motorized Transport and Related Issues in the Developing Countries (A5013). This Committee, the only one within TRB with a specific focus on developing country issues, emphasizes transportation and the environment, social equity, analytical tools, poverty reduction, gender issues, and intellectual technology transfer (South-North, North-South, South-South). We invite you to present paper/presentation proposals for these special Latin American Sessions, in accordance to the submission guidelines outlined below. One-page paper proposals must be submitted by MAY 1st, 1999. The rest of this message is written in English, since all the proposals and papers for TRB must be written in English for the Conference. We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you in Washington this January. Best wishes, Christopher Zegras and Charles Rivasplata Co-chairs, Latin America Panel P.S. Please circulate this paper call as appropriate. P.S.S. Excuse us for not having a Portuguese version of this letter. ****Themes for the Latin American Panels**** We are looking for papers which address one or more of the following themes: 1. Socioeconomic Development Impacts of Non-motorized Transportation: - Poverty alleviation and NMT access to economic opportunities - Access to affordable modes - NMT and Gender issues - Travel Time Valuation - The social costs of motorization 2. Safety, Energy, and Environmental Effects of Non-motorized Transportation - NMT as part of a local and global air pollution mitigation plans - Road traffic accidents as a public health problem=20 - Motorization and its negative effects on the NMT environment 3. Transportation Planning and Evaluation Tools and Non-motorized modes - Incorporating NMT into travel forecasting models=20 - NMT and traffic flow models - Data collection needs and performance measures - Integrating NMT into transport policy, program and project evaluations - Funding schemes for NMT system development/improvements 4. The Built Environment and Non-motorized transportation=20 - Urban form factors affecting NMT use - Building and re-building urban areas to promote safe and efficient NMT use - NMT and transportation networks - "Best Practices" 5. Public Transportation and NMT - Public transportation demand studies - Innovations in Public Transport Operations/Regulations - NMT-public transport linkages - User characteristics: Public transport, NMT ****Process for Submission**** Please submit one-page paper proposals NO LATER than May 1, 1999 via e-mail or regular mail to:=20 Chris Zegras (czegras@mit.edu) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning 77 Massachusetts Ave. Room 7-303 Cambridge, MA 02139 Authors of accepted paper proposals will be notified of acceptance by e-mail May 15, 1999 and invited to submit a final paper to TRB. =20 If invited papers are ultimately submitted for presentation and/or publication consideration, they will have to conform to the guidelines of TRB. Final papers, which are peer reviewed, will be due to TRB by August 1, 1999. Detailed information regarding submission of final papers will be sent to authors with paper proposal acceptances on May 15. For additional information on the Conference and paper submission details, see the TRB web-site:=20 http://www.nas.edu/trb/meeting/index.html ****Additional Information**** Unfortunately, TRB does not have funding available for travel and attendance at the Conference. Paper presenters do receive discounts on Conference Registrations. =20 Since we want to ensure successful panels, we must give preference to those papers written by authors who will be able to attend the Conference. Please keep this in mind when submitting your paper proposals. =20 ****The TRB Standing Committee (A5013) on Non-Motorized Transport and Related Issues in the Developing Countries**** Dr. V. Setty Pendakur, Chair A5013 University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2 Phone: 1-604-822-339; Fax: 1-604-822-3787 E-mail: pendakur@unix.ubc.ca Dr. Rick Pain, Liaison to A5013 TRB 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC USA 20418 E-mail: rpain@nas.edu From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Apr 21 18:07:19 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:07:19 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Devil in the diesel Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990421170719.00875c90@relay101.jaring.my> An interesting item from the website of India's Centre for Science and Environment - http://www.cseindia.org A message from Anil Agarwal, Director, CSE Devil in the diesel When industry starts fooling the public what does one do? There is sufficient scientific evidence to show diesel fumes are particularly noxious for our health. We also know that we use an extraordinary large amount of very bad quality diesel. We even know that the standards for diesel emissions are as low as the level of technology. And we can definitely smell, breathe and indeed suffer the pollution in our cities. But the automobile manufacturers are keen to turn a blind eye to these facts. Diesel is cheap. A huge price deferential between petrol and diesel exists because while petrol is taxed, diesel is not. Diesel prices are intentionally kept low to promote its use in agriculture, to run public transport and to limit its adulteration with kerosene. But when industry can make money out of this market distortion, why not? Telco, already leading the band with its existing models, now plans to market the diesel Indica. Of the 60,000 Indicas booked so far, 95 per cent are the diesel versions. Maruti is keen to catch up with its own diesel vehicles too. And of course, Mahindra Ford, General Motors, Hindustan Motors and Premier Automobiles Ltd are all in this game. Mercedes-Benz is even offering luxury at dirt- cheap running costs, while Bajaj Auto and Crompton Greaves are desperately competing to produce diesel three- wheelers. People living in polluted and already unhealthy cities like Delhi must remember that this diesel boom will only make breathing more difficult. One, a city like Delhi already uses more diesel than possibly any Western metropolis. Over the years, its thirst for diesel has only grown. Between 1990-91 and 1996-97, the city?s diesel consumption grew by almost 70 per cent, while petrol consumption saw a rise of only 30 per cent. Two, pollution from diesel is either already very high in Delhi or rapidly increasing. The fuel is the main source of three highly toxic pollutants: oxides of nitrogen (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and suspended particulate matter (SPM). As of now, some 95 per cent to 96 per cent of the NOx and SO2, and 100 per cent of the SPM are emitted by diesel vehicles. Three, diesel produces extremely toxic particles less than 10 microns in size. These are known as pm10, which penetrate deep into the lungs and affect them severely. A recent uk study showed that 90 per cent of diesel particles are less than 1 micron in size. This particulate matter in diesel exhaust is coated with highly carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Last year, after a decade of research, the California Air Resources Board formally designated diesel particulates as toxic and carcinogenic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has also drawn a similar conclusion, that spm is the most serious of air pollutants, killing about 460,000 peopleeach year. Some 135,000 of these are victims of chronic asthma. The rest die of cardiovascular or heart diseases ? diseases Delhites are familiar with. Fourth, whereas even the cleanest diesel is being labelled a killer, we add to our misery by using possibly the dirtiest diesel in the world. And where countries using far less diesel have strong standards, we ? using more diesel ? have low fuel quality norms. Delhi imports supposedly clean diesel. But the sulphur content of this ?clean? diesel is 250 times higher than the cleanest diesel in the world. Fifth, the quality of diesel engines is poor. The automobile industry is currently beating its chest saying that it will meet European standards. Which European standards? Under the emission norms already agreed upon, that too after much dilution, this ?world-class? automobile industry will meet European I standards in the year 2000. Remember that these are standards Europe enforced in 1992. The same cars in Europe will move to Euro III standards by 2000. We also have to remember that for diesel, the European standards are less stringent than the US norms, which, in turn, are lower than California standards. In polluted and smog-hit Paris, diesel is being called ?the engines of the devil?. We would hate to term respected Indian businesses similarly. But given the current industry stance of blocking any move to control dieselisation of private vehicles, we would not be surprised. After trying to twist public opinion with scientific hogwash, the second most common refrain used by industry is to bemoan its investments in this sector. We, however, have no sympathy for this. Industry managers have known that diesel is under scientific scrutiny, is a health hazard and is extremely polluting. They have taken the risk to invest despite knowing this, because they hoped to make money. When old three-wheelers were found polluting, public action demanded their removal from the roads. We cannot have different standards now: the poor auto owner is driven off, but rich manufacturers are allowed to make profits by killing us. This would be the highest degree of hypocrisy, and Delhi?s rich middle class, which allows this, should never again grumble about the state of pollution. ? Anil Agarwal From tjb at pc.jaring.my Thu Apr 22 01:31:49 1999 From: tjb at pc.jaring.my (Tony Barry) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:31:49 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: Devil in the diesel In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990421170719.00875c90@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19990422003149.007f9100@pop3.jaring.my> At 17:07 21/4/99 +0800, SUSTRAN Resource Centre wrote: >An interesting item from the website of India's Centre for Science and >Environment - http://www.cseindia.org > >A message from Anil Agarwal, Director, CSE > >Devil in the diesel > One hopeful development is the use of diesel emulsions (added water and an emulsifier) which can if properly formulated reduce the pollutants in diesel engine emissios. Research in China, and here in Malaysia, looks quite interesting. ------------ Tony Barry FICE EValue Engineering Sdn Bhd www.evalueco.com Kuala Lumpur From A.J.Plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk Thu Apr 22 06:25:28 1999 From: A.J.Plumbe at Bradford.ac.uk (Antony Julian Plumbe) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:25:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [sustran] fwd: Re: Health effects of traffic on occupants!! Message-ID: Hi, Further to my message yesterday, may I suggest the following UK Government publication:- Department of Health (1998). Quantification of the Effects of Air Pollution on Health in the United Kingdom. Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. I doubt if it will answer fully your very specific questions but it may help. Tony Plumbe. --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Hi, The British Medical Association have recently published a book on Health and Transport. May I suggest you search for their website and see if the book is there. I have yet to see the book but understand it covers that which you seek. Tony Plumbe. > Hi > > I have been asked by a group of public health students for information > on the way: > > (i) driving affects health, as compared with other modes of travel (eg > stress, heart disease, peace of mind) in the short and long term. > (ii) construction of new roads and induced traffic has affected the > health issues in (i) above. > (iii) new roads designed to speed up traffic flow have affected the way > drivers perceive pedestrians etc who must now cross the road (social or > ethical 'health') > > Most info sources are usually focussed on effects on others of driving. > I'd be very grateful if anyone can help in this area. > > Best wishes > Roland Sapsford > Wellington, New Zealand ---------------------- A. J. Plumbe, Co-ordinator M.Sc. in Project Planning and Management, email: a.j.plumbe@bradford.ac.uk Fax: International: +44-1274-235280 Domestic : 01274-235280 Phone: International : +44-1274-235264 Domestic : 01274-235264 Mailing Address: DPPC, Bradford University, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., BD7 1DP. From roland at actrix.gen.nz Thu Apr 22 06:54:29 1999 From: roland at actrix.gen.nz (Roland Sapsford) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:54:29 +1200 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: Re: Health effects of traffic on occupants!! References: Message-ID: <371E4915.27ACFECB@actrix.gen.nz> Many thanks for the helpful replies - I have received several from different lists and when I get a minute I'll collate them all and post them out. Thank you on behalf of the students and myself Roland Sapsford Antony Julian Plumbe wrote: > Hi, > > Further to my message yesterday, may I suggest the > following UK Government publication:- > > Department of Health (1998). Quantification of the > Effects of Air Pollution on Health in the United > Kingdom. Committee on the Medical Effects of Air > Pollution. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. > > I doubt if it will answer fully your very specific > questions but it may help. > > Tony Plumbe. > > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > > Hi, > The British Medical Association have recently published a > book on Health and Transport. May I suggest you search for > their website and see if the book is there. I have yet to > see the book but understand it covers that which you seek. > > Tony Plumbe. > > > Hi > > > > I have been asked by a group of public health students for information > > on the way: > > > > (i) driving affects health, as compared with other modes of travel (eg > > stress, heart disease, peace of mind) in the short and long term. > > (ii) construction of new roads and induced traffic has affected the > > health issues in (i) above. > > (iii) new roads designed to speed up traffic flow have affected the way > > drivers perceive pedestrians etc who must now cross the road (social or > > ethical 'health') > > > > Most info sources are usually focussed on effects on others of driving. > > I'd be very grateful if anyone can help in this area. > > > > Best wishes > > Roland Sapsford > > Wellington, New Zealand > > ---------------------- > A. J. Plumbe, > Co-ordinator M.Sc. in Project Planning and Management, > email: a.j.plumbe@bradford.ac.uk > Fax: International: +44-1274-235280 > Domestic : 01274-235280 > Phone: International : +44-1274-235264 > Domestic : 01274-235264 > Mailing Address: DPPC, > Bradford University, > Richmond Road, > Bradford, > West Yorkshire, > U.K., BD7 1DP. From zbzhu at center.njtu.edu.cn Fri Apr 30 20:24:10 1999 From: zbzhu at center.njtu.edu.cn (zbzhu) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 19:24:10 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: restrictions to vehicular circulation Message-ID: <9904270841.AA33154@center.njtu.edu.cn> ---------- ??????: Roland Sapsford ??????: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org ????: [sustran] Re: restrictions to vehicular circulation ????: 1999??3??30?? 6:50 Hi Such a scheme was put in place for a couple of years in New Zealand in the late 1970s - it was called 'Carless Days' and each vehicle had to nominate a no-use day. Business vehicles could get exemptions relatively easily. There has been little formal follow up of which I am aware. An econometric study indicated a 1-2% increase in the public transport share of trips nationally - anecdotally this was more in major cities and less in rural areas. A major short-term effect was that most rush-hour congestion disappeared in the capital city Wellington (newspaper report). The scheme was not in place for long enough to see whether people bought two cars - I suspect this depends on the cost of vehicle purchase vs other alternatives - see eg the Singaporean experience with price rationing of car ownership. I'm sure others on this list can say more about it. Also this scheme was a national response to a 'crisis' and so public reaction may have been different. hope that's of some help Roland Sapsford roland@actrix.gen.nz Wellington, New Zealand Raul O'Ryan wrote: > Dear list: > > In Santiago, Chile, car circulation has been restricted since 1986 due to > air pollution problems (it is called "restricci?n vehicular"). This > restriction has taken many forms, however currently 20% of non-cathalytic > cars are prohibited from circulating each weekday. > > I am interested in evaluating the long-term effects of this restriction, > since in the Mexican experience it seems that the final result is actually > a long term increase in emissions due to an increase in the number of > households with two or more vehicles, and the reasignment of activities to > other days of the week. > > I have not been able to find much literature on the subject. Does anyone > have information on other experiences with vehicle circulation > restrictions? Are there evaluations of these experiences? If there is any > study with a proposition ona methodological approach to evaluate the > impact, it would also be useful. > > I look forward to your feedback, > > Ra?l O'Ryan. > > Ra?l O'Ryan > > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > Ra?l O'Ryan > Investigador/researcher > Centro de Econom?a Aplicada /Center for Applied Economics > Departamento de Ingenier?a Industrial/Industrial Engineering Dept > Universidad de Chile > > y / and > > Director > Programa de Gesti?n y Econom?a Ambiental /Program for > Environmental Economics and Management > Departamento de Ingenier?a Industrial/Industrial Engineering Dept > Universidad de Chile > > Republica 701 > Santiago, Chile > fono/phone: (56-2) 678-4524 , 678-4061 > fax: (56-2) 689-7895 > > http://www.dii.uchile.cl/progea ---------- From sustran at po.jaring.my Tue Apr 27 18:14:45 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:14:45 +0800 Subject: [sustran] human scale transportation, may issue Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990427171445.007c7100@relay101.jaring.my> This one bounced to the list-owner (me) because of a long attachment and because there were too many recipients on the recipient list. Unfortunately sustran-discuss cannot cope with being included in a long list of other recipients. Also please do not include any attachments with messages to sustran-discuss. Thanks and best wishes. Paul From: "Carlos Cordero V." Subject: human scale transportation, may issue Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 13:28:47 -0500 .... The bulletin of haman scale transportation May, 1999 Pablo Neruda spreads us a bridge... One of the wildest and beautiful shows that i have witnessed took place two years ago at five in the afternoon in the bridge that crosses the Pearl River in Guang Zhou, China. The endless tide of cyclists dismounts at the bottom of the bridge and they begin to push its vehicles up. Once they reach the peak start to return to the pedals and they get lost in the afternoon. Reading again the following text that belongs to the memoirs of Neruda reminded everything that. " In Chung King my Chinese friends took me to the bridge of the city. I have loved the bridges all my life. My father, a railman, inspired me great respect for them. He never called them bridges. It had been to profane them. He called them works of art, qualifying that didn't grant to the paintings, neither to the sculptures, neither of course to my poems. Only to the bridges. My father took me many times to contemplate the wonderful viaduct of the Malleco, in the south of Chile. Up to now i had thought that the most beautiful bridge in the world was that, spread among the southern green of the mountains, high and thin and pure, as a steel violin with its tense strings, prepared to be touched by the wind of Collipuli. The immense bridge that crosses the river Yang Tse is another thing. It is the most grandiose work in the Chinese engineering. And it is, also, the end of a secular fight. The city of Chung King was divided for centuries for the river, an isolation that involved delay, slowness and isolation. The enthusiasm of my Chinese friends who show me the bridge is excessive for the power of my legs. They make me to go up towers and go down abysses, to look at the water that runs for thousands of years, crossed today for this hardware store of kilometers. For these rails will pass the trains; these roads will be for the cyclists; this enormous avenue for the pedestrians. I am overwhelmed by so much greatness" * * * The memory possesses its own bridges and sometimes it needs a kind hand to spread them. * * * We are very happy for the reception that has had our first Bulletin, we have received correspondence of diverse places. From Anne, a Swedish engineer that works in Denmark and Areli of the Bicicletero movement of Mexico, also by the Amicis of the Bike in Spain or a dozen of new subscribers in Brazil. What takes me to think that somehow recent we are a community that is gathered in conferences or heard about each other as a part of something bigger. Initially the bulletin was distributed to near eighty people/organizations and now, thanks to the collaborations, we count with more than 200 addressees, besides people that resend/recycle the bulletin. It is important for us to receive your collaborations. Tell us how are things going. With the hands of all we build the bulletin. We all know how pleasant it is to walk accompanied, our way seems shorter. Now also we walk in English... Thanks to the courtesy of Eric Britton of International Ecoplan and his software of translation we have a version now in English for all those that don't enjoy the pleasure to walk through the life in spanish. Apparently our Brazilian friends are not in trouble with Cervantes. Ecoplan has an interesting URL that can be seen in www.ecoplan.org Speaking of English... Every January the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Council of Investigation of the United States carries out their Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. It is a a week of presentations, forums, seminars, etc. It presents a great variety of results of investigations about transport. For the next conference, which will be carried out from the 9 to January 13, 2000, they will organize sessions with focus in Latin America. The deadline to present proposals is already now! So interested parties contact as soon as possible Chris in czegras@mit.edu Ton Daggers is an old friend of this house. We met each other already some years ago in Basel. I was interested in knowing the experience of Holland and Ton invited me to spend some days in his house of Utrecht. From then on we have shared friendship, work and a drink of Gin every time that I visit his country. He worked several years in Nicaragua building bicycles and future. Now he is the Manager of Interface for Cycling Expertise's Project designing the street 80 in Bogot?. (enclosed you will find the interview. Sorry, only spanish) The Project Ciclobrasil 2000 Some territories enter to my mental geography in bicycle and on foot. Among the first ones it is Florianapolis, capital of the State of Santa Catarina, to the south of Brazil. Antonio and Giselle are working in this project that it is based on 4 work areas: communication, education, projects and planning. Among the initiatives they are planning the organization of the Brazilian Congress of Planning of the use of the bicycle ( Velo Tropicalis 2000). We will maintain you informed of the advance of the project. Contacts: antonmir@zaz.com.br >From the bicicleteros of Mexico, Areli tells us that in Cuernavaca they call ' Ciclopistas', to what we denominate ' Ciclov?as ' in Peru. Well, one name more for the book of the impossible ones. She will send us Iv?n Illich last writings so we defer our comment of ' Energy and Equity for a next issue. It seems that in Chile also exists the term ' Ciclobandas'. We hope the Real Spanish Academy remembers the HST language one of these days. Police in wheels "The Police of Bogot? included in its budget of this year the acquisition of 1.000 bicycles for its program of Community Police", this is, to bring near the policeman to the community and to face the delinquency from the bicycle. The previous year it began a plan pilot with 440 units and the positive result that this hurtled, it has taken them to increase in 1000 more bicycles, for a total of 1.440 policemen in bicycle. This example is taking by other cities of Colombia which already begin some smaller but equally more important programs: Cartagena 100 units, Tolu 30 units, Leticia: 20 units, Melgar 25 units. The general Director of the Police of Colombia, the general Roso Mountain Jos? is aware of the chances to implement this program massively. Of another part, the company INSSA - JD OSSA AND CIA is establishing a program of training for policemen, under the consultantship of International Police Mountain Bike Association Police on Bikes." The example that Javier Ossa relates us reveals a nodal point of the urban policy. The relationship among the police forces and the population and the role that plays on it the private sector . Many cities in the EE UU (Seattle, Washington D.C. among other) have carried out similar programs with great success. Many years ago in Seattle we picked up part of this experience. The police pointed out that the success of the program rests in the proximity of the police with the neighborhood. We refer here two types of nearness: The physical (in Lima the municipal police acquires bicycles under the same premise) and to a near social relationship between authorities and citizens (the silence of the bicycles doesn't destroy the tranquility of the neighborhoods and it is friendly with its inhabitants) These programs also avoid or control the motorization that comes from the own police. I never really understood how to controlling the automobile congestion buying thousands of automobiles and motorcycles. Many times a police women or men with a bicycle and a radio/movile phone is enough. IN THE LIBRARY OF THE INDISPENSABLES ONES is John forester and his Effective Cycling. From Santiago, Edmundo Rojas has sent us the spanish version of this classic, recently published in Chile by Be-uve-drais and the editorial Cuatrovientos. This is an unavoidable book for the cyclists od muscle and brain and for all those that participate of the promotion of the HST. The book of Forester is organized distinguishing among the bicycle, the cyclist and the cycling (as long as transportation and sport). We are not of course in front of a platitude, but facing a solid intent to define principles for the correct and effective use of the machine, to understand the user's characteristics and for the development of the controvertible theories of Forester on what denominates ' the point of view vehicular cicl?stico': "The vehicular-cycling and the cyclist-inferiority views measure cycling policies by entirely different criteria. The vehicular-cycling view says that cyclists are reasonably safe on the roads if they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles, and sees as problems those acts (restritive laws, bad highway designs, bikeways, low social status of cyclist) of society and gobernment that contradict that principle. The cyclist-inferiority view says that motor traffic makes the roads too dangerous for cycling, and sees the problems as society's and gobernment's failure to do enough to make cycling safe (by building bikeways) and to oppose motoring (by high taxes and others restrictions). That is the crucial difference, even though both views agree about non-roadway problems such as scarcity of secure bicycle parking spaces". (Effective Cycling, by John Forester; sixth edition, 1993, page 558) In Forester writings the bicycle is an unsheathed sword, it is sustained alone without dedicated infrastructure and on the base of its program of training for cyclists. In this sense Forester leans for the integreationist theories of the HST, when pointing out that it is not required of a special infrastructure but rather efforts should concentrate on incorporating the cyclists in the planning pprocess and the analysis /understanding of the causes of the accidents, as well as in the development of handling programs in bicycle. To understand the whole extent the proposals of Forester supposes to recognize the context in which they arise. In general, the tendency exists inside of highly motorized countries (EE UU and Germany are examples) to the development of segregated infrastructure that it moves away the cyclists of the streets and it transfers the conflict toward the pedestrians, under the argument of the security. It is a logic tributary of an excluding order that perceives the cyclists like anomalous elements of the urban traffic. Forester pleads to recover the cyclist's status like driver of a vehicle with the same rights and obligations that the other ones. To acquire John's book Efficient Cycling Forester you can go to: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/6554 Post-office address: Av. Jaime Guzm?n 3293, ?u?oa, Santiago, Chile. Electronic mail: bvdrais@yahoo.com 4vientos@netline.cl Good, this is becoming very long and we all have other things that to do, A hug from Lima, Carlos Carlos Cordero V. CICLORED - Center of advising and training for the Transportation and environment San Juan 242, Lima 33, Peru tel: (51) 1 4460175 telfax (51) 1 4472675 and mail: ccordero@amauta.rcp.net.pe From ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe Wed Apr 28 00:03:21 1999 From: ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Carlos Cordero V.) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:03:21 -0500 Subject: [sustran] RV: human scale transportation, may issue Message-ID: <000001be90bf$cb2363c0$eeb601c8@q8v1n7> Asunto: human scale transportation, may issue > >The bulletin of haman scale transportation >May, 1999 > > >Pablo Neruda spreads us a bridge... > > >One of the wildest and beautiful shows that i have witnessed took place >two years ago at five in the afternoon in the bridge that crosses the Pearl >River in Guang Zhou, China. > >The endless tide of cyclists dismounts at the bottom of the bridge >and they begin to push its vehicles up. Once they reach the peak start >to return to the pedals and they get lost in the afternoon. > > >Reading again the following text that belongs to the memoirs of Neruda >reminded everything that. > > >" In Chung King my Chinese friends took me to the bridge of the city. I have >loved the bridges all my life. My father, a railman, inspired me great >respect for them. He never called them bridges. It had been to profane them. >He called them works of art, qualifying that didn't grant to the >paintings, neither to the sculptures, neither of course to my poems. Only to >the bridges. My father took me many times to contemplate the wonderful >viaduct of the Malleco, in the south of Chile. Up to now i had >thought that the most beautiful bridge in the world was that, spread among >the southern green of the mountains, high and thin and pure, as a steel >violin with its tense strings, prepared to be touched by the wind of >Collipuli. The immense bridge that crosses the river Yang Tse is another >thing. >It is the most grandiose work in the Chinese engineering. And it is, also, >the end of a secular fight. The city of Chung King was divided for centuries >for the >river, an isolation that involved delay, slowness and isolation. > >The enthusiasm of my Chinese friends who show me the bridge is >excessive for the power of my legs. They make me to go up towers and go down >abysses, to look at the water that runs for thousands of years, >crossed today for this hardware store of kilometers. For these rails >will pass the trains; these roads will be for the cyclists; this enormous >avenue for the pedestrians. I am overwhelmed by so much greatness" > > >* * * > >The memory possesses its own bridges and sometimes it needs a kind >hand to spread them. > >* * * > > >We are very happy for the reception that has had our first Bulletin, we have >received correspondence of diverse places. From Anne, a Swedish engineer >that works in Denmark and Areli of the Bicicletero movement of Mexico, also >by the Amicis of the Bike in Spain or a dozen of new subscribers in Brazil. >What takes me to think that somehow recent we are a community that is >gathered in conferences or heard about each other as a part of something >bigger. > >Initially the bulletin was distributed to near eighty people/organizations >and now, thanks to the collaborations, we count with more than 200 >addressees, besides people that resend/recycle the bulletin. >It is important for us to receive your collaborations. Tell us how are >things going. With the hands of all we build the bulletin. We all know how >pleasant it is to walk accompanied, our way seems shorter. > >Now also we walk in English... > >Thanks to the courtesy of Eric Britton of International Ecoplan and his >software of translation we have a version now in English for all those that >don't enjoy the pleasure to walk through the life in spanish. Apparently our >Brazilian friends are not in trouble with Cervantes. > >Ecoplan has an interesting URL that can be seen in www.ecoplan.org > > >Speaking of English... > >Every January the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National >Council of Investigation of the United States carries out their Annual >Conference in Washington, D.C. It is a a week of presentations, forums, >seminars, etc. It presents a great variety of results of investigations >about transport. > >For the next conference, which will be carried out from the 9 to January 13, >2000, they will organize sessions with focus in Latin America. The deadline >to present proposals is already now! So interested parties contact >as soon as possible Chris in czegras@mit.edu > > >Ton Daggers is an old friend of this house. We met each other already some >years ago in Basel. I was interested in knowing the experience of Holland >and Ton invited me to spend some days in his house of Utrecht. From then >on we have shared friendship, work and a drink of Gin every time that I >visit his country. He worked several years in Nicaragua building bicycles >and future. Now he is the Manager of Interface for Cycling Expertise's >Project designing the street 80 in Bogot?. (enclosed you will find the >interview. Sorry, only spanish) > > >The Project Ciclobrasil 2000 > >Some territories enter to my mental geography in bicycle and on foot. Among >the first ones it is Florianapolis, capital of the State of Santa Catarina, >to the south of Brazil. > >Antonio and Giselle are working in this project that it is based >on 4 work areas: communication, education, projects and planning. Among the >initiatives they are planning the organization of the Brazilian >Congress of Planning of the use of the bicycle ( Velo Tropicalis 2000). We >will maintain you informed of the advance of the project. Contacts: >antonmir@zaz.com.br > > >From the bicicleteros of Mexico, >Areli tells us that in Cuernavaca they call ' Ciclopistas', to what we >denominate ' Ciclov?as ' in Peru. Well, one name more for the book of the >impossible ones. >She will send us Iv?n Illich last writings so we defer our comment of ' >Energy and Equity for a next issue. > >It seems that in Chile also exists the term ' Ciclobandas'. We hope the >Real Spanish Academy remembers the HST language one of these days. > > >Police in wheels > >"The Police of Bogot? included in its budget of this year the acquisition of >1.000 bicycles for its program of Community Police", this is, to bring near >the policeman to the community and to face the delinquency from the bicycle. >The previous year it began a plan pilot with 440 units and the positive >result that this hurtled, it has taken them to increase in 1000 more >bicycles, for a total of 1.440 policemen in bicycle. This example is taking >by other cities of Colombia which already begin some smaller but equally >more important programs: Cartagena 100 units, Tolu 30 units, Leticia: 20 >units, Melgar 25 units. The general Director of the Police of Colombia, the >general Roso Mountain Jos? is aware of the chances to implement this >program massively. Of another part, the company INSSA - JD OSSA AND CIA is >establishing a program of training for policemen, under the consultantship >of International Police Mountain Bike Association Police on Bikes." > >The example that Javier Ossa relates us reveals a nodal point of the >urban policy. The relationship among the police forces >and the population and the role that plays on it the private sector . Many >cities in the EE UU (Seattle, Washington D.C. among other) have carried out >similar programs with great success. Many years ago in Seattle we picked up >part of this experience. The police pointed out that the success of the >program rests in the proximity of the police with the neighborhood. We refer >here two types of nearness: The physical (in Lima the municipal police >acquires bicycles under the same premise) and to a near social relationship >between authorities and citizens (the silence of the bicycles doesn't >destroy the tranquility of the neighborhoods and it is friendly with its >inhabitants) > >These programs also avoid or control the motorization that comes from the >own police. I never really understood how to controlling the automobile >congestion buying thousands of automobiles and motorcycles. Many times a >police women or men with a bicycle and a radio/movile phone is enough. > > >IN THE LIBRARY OF THE INDISPENSABLES ONES >is John forester and his Effective Cycling. From Santiago, Edmundo Rojas >has sent us the spanish version of this classic, recently published in Chile >by Be-uve-drais and the editorial Cuatrovientos. > >This is an unavoidable book for the cyclists od muscle and brain and for all >those that participate of the promotion of the HST. > >The book of Forester is organized distinguishing among the bicycle, the >cyclist and the cycling (as long as transportation and sport). We are not >of course in front of a platitude, but facing a solid intent to define >principles for the correct and effective use of the machine, to understand >the user's characteristics and for the development of the controvertible >theories of Forester on what denominates ' the point of view vehicular >cicl?stico': > >"The vehicular-cycling and the cyclist-inferiority views measure cycling >policies by entirely different criteria. The vehicular-cycling view says >that cyclists are reasonably safe on the roads if they act and are >treated as drivers of vehicles, and sees as problems those acts >(restritive laws, bad highway designs, bikeways, low social status of >cyclist) of society and gobernment that contradict that principle. The >cyclist-inferiority view says that motor traffic makes the roads too >dangerous for cycling, and sees the problems as society's and >gobernment's failure to do enough to make cycling safe (by building >bikeways) and to oppose motoring (by high taxes and others >restrictions). That is the crucial difference, even though both views >agree about non-roadway problems such as scarcity of secure bicycle >parking spaces". >(Effective Cycling, by John Forester; sixth edition, 1993, page 558) > > >In Forester writings the bicycle is an unsheathed sword, it is >sustained alone without dedicated infrastructure and on the base of its >program of training for cyclists. In this sense Forester leans for the >integreationist theories of the HST, when pointing out that it is not >required of a special infrastructure but rather efforts should concentrate >on incorporating the cyclists in the planning pprocess and the analysis >/understanding of the causes of the accidents, as well as in the development >of handling programs in bicycle. > >To understand the whole extent the proposals of Forester supposes to >recognize the context in which they arise. In general, the tendency exists >inside >of highly motorized countries (EE UU and Germany are examples) to the >development of segregated infrastructure that it moves away the cyclists of >the streets and it transfers the conflict toward the pedestrians, under the >argument of the security. It is a logic tributary of an excluding order >that perceives the cyclists like anomalous elements of the urban traffic. >Forester pleads to recover the cyclist's status like driver of a vehicle >with the same rights and obligations that the other ones. > >To acquire John's book Efficient Cycling Forester you can go to: > >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/6554 >Post-office address: Av. Jaime Guzm?n 3293, ?u?oa, Santiago, Chile. >Electronic mail: bvdrais@yahoo.com 4vientos@netline.cl > >Good, this is becoming very long and we all have other things that to do, > >A hug from Lima, Carlos > > >Carlos Cordero V. >CICLORED - Center of advising and training >for the Transportation and environment > >San Juan 242, Lima 33, Peru >tel: (51) 1 4460175 >telfax (51) 1 4472675 >and mail: ccordero@amauta.rcp.net.pe > > > > > > > > > > > > From rverzola at phil.gn.apc.org Thu Apr 29 11:18:05 1999 From: rverzola at phil.gn.apc.org (Roberto Verzola) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:18:05 Subject: [sustran] More than a thousand cyclists join Earth Day ride Message-ID: <199904290317.LAA03955@phil.gn.apc.org> More than a thousands cyclists, some of them colorfully costumed as a horse, firefly or a grasshopper, joined the April 25 50-kilometer, 7-city ride around Metro Manila (Philippines). The event was spearheaded by Cycling Advocates (CYCAD), as part of a four-day event that started on Earthday, Apr. 22. The leisurely ride began around 7:30 am and ended around 1pm. The ride was meant to highlight the effects of air pollution, call for restrictions on private cars, and ask for bike-friendly policies and facilities. Roberto Verzola ride participant From sustran at po.jaring.my Thu Apr 29 10:48:10 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:48:10 +0800 Subject: [sustran] International Car Free Days Web site - latest developments (was BOUNCE sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org: Non-member submission from ["Eric Britton" ]) Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990429094810.007cde90@relay101.jaring.my> The International Car Free Days Web site is in the process of a major overhaul and extension. Come have a look at http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/ and perhaps even share your information, views and thoughts with our small but informed and fast growing group. And if you think that the idea of a Car Free Day is nothing other than more neo-yuppie hype, think again. A car free day, got right, can be a terrific planning and learning tool. And while it requires extensive preparation, painstaking negotiation, careful monitoring, and meticulous follow-up, it can be of great use to a community or city as a transition and learning device. Have a look and let us know what you think. Eric Britton ecopl@n ___ technology, economy, society ___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, F-75006 Paris, France email@ecoplan.org URL www.ecoplan.org Tel: +331.4326.1323 Videoconference +331.4441.6340 (1-4) 24 hour fax/voicemail hotline: In Europe +331 5301 2896. In North America +1 888 522 6419 (toll free)