From intlbike at ibike.org Tue Mar 2 21:31:32 1999 From: intlbike at ibike.org (David Mozer) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 04:31:32 -0800 Subject: [sustran] International Bicycle Fund Announcement Message-ID: <00bf01be64a8$fb9ff4c0$afe6e3cf@david-mozer> [Our apologies if you receive this announcement more than once.] [If you don't want to receive any future announcements please send us a note.] [Feel free to forward this to any interested parties.] IBF NEWSLETTER ANNOUNCEMENT The latest issue of IBF News is now available. IN THIS ISSUE: Bike To Work Day / Week / Month: Promoting & Encouraging Bicycling Safe Routes To School Tourism In Tanzania Road Accident Deaths Bicycle Calendar Upcoming Conferences: Velocity '99, Trials & Greenways, Velo Mondial 2000 IBF Publications Cross-Cultural Tours Bicycle Essay Contest If you would like to automatically receive a text version of the newsletter by email please let us know. The newsletter is also available on our web site: http://www.ibike.org (click on the newsletter box). (If you regularly receive a printed copy of the newsletter and are willing to have just an email version please let us know. This will save us paper and postage.) A couple more reminders: The deadline for the STUDENT BICYCLE ESSAY CONTEST is May 1. Please relay this to students, teachers and parents. There are upcoming BICYCLE AFRICA TOUR to Tunisia (April) and Zimbabwe (July-August). This years CUBA HOSTED STUDY TOURS were extremely successful. The next tours will be in December to March. Happy cycling! International Bicycle Fund Promoting sustainable transport worldwide From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Mar 3 09:21:23 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 08:21:23 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Briefing sheet on disability access In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990303082123.007abc80@relay101.jaring.my> At 17:08 27/02/99 +0000, you wrote: >Please e-mail a copy of the 2 page briefing sheet on TIPS ON ACCESS TO >PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES > >Many thanks Dear Pascal Here is the briefing sheet, which is from a US-based organisation called Access Exchange International. It is in plain text here since I want to cc this to the sustran-discuss list. I'll also send the formatted (rtf) version. Paul. Access for Persons with Disabilities to Public Transit: Practical Steps for Less Wealthy Countries by Access Exchange International Based on their successful use in different countries, here are some "first steps" towards the development of accessible transportation for persons with disabilities in less wealthy countries. Some of these ideas are virtually without cost, others are very low-cost, while some are moderate cost. Not all are relevant in any given situation, but they represent "first steps" on the road to accessible transportation. No-cost or very low-cost 1. Access to the built environment: Advocate that all new construction of buildings and transit stations be accessible to disabled persons (curb ramps, ramps to entrances, properly designed bathrooms, etc.). If it is possible to obtain legislation requiring such access, print and distribute recommendations, provide directories of facilities that are in compliance and encourage people to patronise them, etc. 2. Provide public transit information in accessible formats: Braille, cassette tape, and large print are examples. 3. Provide low-cost aides to assist semi-ambulatory passengers to use transit vehicles: examples include more vertical stanchions, well located handles on doors of vehicles, or steps or rails painted in "safety yellow". Note that these improvements would be welcome by all passengers! 4. If needed, provide larger print destination signs in buses to assist passengers with low- vision. Again, all passengers would benefit. 5. Train bus drivers to call out stops for blind passengers. If this is impractical on crowded buses, it may be more practical at off-peak hours. 6. Invite members of the disability community--and especially blind persons--to familiarize themselves with a bus in non-revenue service, to assist in boarding and riding on the vehicle when it is crowded. 7. Provide "travel tips" to the disabled community, concerning the times and places where vehicles may be less crowded. Moderate cost 8. For door-to-door services, consider modifying taxis with ramps for use by wheelchair riders. 9. When obtaining new or replacement vehicles, consider low-floored models which are now used more and more in Western Europe and Canada. In all events, make sure replacement buses have wide enough doors to admit passengers with mobility aids such as walkers. 10. Consider ramped raised platforms at key stops to board buses and trams. A lightweight bridge can be attached to the platform, or it may be stored on board the vehicle (as is done in Curitiba, Brazil, and in San Francisco and Sacramento, California in the USA). The driver then positions the bridge to span the gap between the raised platform and the floor of the transit vehicle. 11. Consider the installation of ramps or relatively low-cost wheelchair lifts on locally manufactured buses. Companies in the USA and elsewhere offer a wide range of products. 12. Perhaps side-cars or trailers can be attached to modified motorbikes or motorcycles, designed for use by a passenger riding a wheelchair. In some countries, this may be an alternative when lift- or ramp-equipped vans are not available. Non-motorized vehicles can also be modified to carry passengers with disabilities. 13. Consider a subsystem of buses dedicated just for use by persons with disabilities and elders. This is not ideal, but in extremely crowded transit systems it may be one answer to providing a transit option during peak hours. 14. Consider some variation of the "service route" concept developed in Sweden and now used in some cities in the USA and elsewhere. This system uses smaller accessible vehicles which serve all passengers on routes of special interest to elders and persons with disabilities. 15 Start with small pilot projects and learn from them. For example, make two key sites on one bus line accessible with raised platforms. In some cities, two Metro stations (e.g., at the ends of a line) could be made accessible by ramp or elevator. Start a small accessible van feeder service to the bus stops or Metro stations. Remember to check with disability groups to learn what they really need! Accessible transportation is built over many years. Small projects capture the attention of the public, provide credit for transit agencies, and set the stage for public support for funding of larger projects in the future. Often such public support also helps transit agencies to develop a better community base for other funding as well. For further information, contact: Access Exchange International, 112 San Pablo Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA. Telephone: +1 415 661 6355, Fax: +1 415 661 1543, E-mail: globalride-sf@worldnet.att.net 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/ The SUSTRAN Resource Centre hosts the Secretariat of SUSTRAN (the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific). From tkpb at barter.pc.my Sat Mar 6 14:54:53 1999 From: tkpb at barter.pc.my (Barter) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:54:53 +0800 (MYT) Subject: [sustran] fwd: IBF News 1999 no.1 Message-ID: Dear sustran-discussers, I just received this interesting electronic newsletter from the International Bicycle Fund. It is quite long so I will not send this on to sustran-discuss every time. So if you want to be put onto their list to get future IBF news then please email the address listed at the end. Best wishes, Paul. IBF NEWS 1999 no.1 (e-mail version) (may be abridged from hard copy due to format constraints) Hard copy US$1 (free to donors) ============================================= The International Bicycle Fund (IBF) is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization promoting bicycle transport, economic development, international understanding, and safety education. ============================================== INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Safe Routes to School Road Accident Deaths Tourism in Tanzania Upcoming Conferences IBF Publications Cross-Cultural Tours Student Essay Contest ~~~~~~~~~~ Transport Activism Bike To Work Day / Week / Month: Promoting & Encouraging Bicycling By David Mozer Of course every day is a good day for encouraging and promoting bicycling, but often the most organized efforts are done in conjunction with a Bike To Work Day, Bike Week or Bike Month. Such events happen in countries and communities around the world, but they are not coordinated. There is no universally recognized "bike day." There are some advantages and disadvantages to this. We miss the opportunity for coordinated publicity, but this leaves every community of bicyclists free to do what will be most successful in their community, when it has the greatest chance for success. In the end, bicycle activism is very local. We hope you will get involved locally. Here are some ideas that have been employed in the past that can be adopted and crafted to fit your local program: * Rest Stops or Energizer Stations Collecting some give-aways is always a good strategy for generating additional interest in the event: beverages, food energy bars, reflective stickers, canvas bike bags, sunblock samples, water bottles, patch kits, safety literature, local bike maps, etc. * Bike Pool (s) Announce pooling location(s) and time(s) so people can ride to employment center(s) as a group for one day. * Celebrity Bike to Work Ride Invite City, County and State officials, media, entertainment and sports celebrities to bike to work. * Bike-Buddy Program Sort of a mentoring program which pairs experienced bicycle commuters with people who are just getting started. * Bicycle Lecture Series Fitting and Purchasing A Bike Bicycle Safety Bicycle Repair & Maintenance Bike Commuting Cycle Touring Bicycle Travelogues Etc. * Newspaper Biking Column * Bicycle Film Festivals The same films can be shown year after year and still get a draw. * All Seasons Bicycle Fashion Show Get some target group like local high school students involved as the models. * Curate An Exhibit of Old, New and Exotic Bikes You might be surprised with what lurks in the garages of your community. * Grade School Bicycle Poster Contest Use one of the winning posters to publicize next year's event (it needs to be clear that all entries are the property of the organizers.) IBF runs a bicycle essay contest, which you are also free to publicize (see page 4 for details). * Commuter Race A cyclist, transit rider and motorist, with the same origin and destination, see who can get through rush-hour traffic fastest. * Bike Commuter Fair Provide displays of commuter information, give out maps, coordinate a "bike buddies" program. * Organize Bike Commuter Competitions The company or agency with the most and highest percentage of bike commuters should at least get tons of recognition. * Stage A Commuting Race A bicyclist, transit user and single occupancy vehicle start from an outlying neighborhood and head for a final destination in the central business district at rush hour to see who is fastest. * Children's Bicycle Safety Class or Rodeo * Charity Fundraising Bike Ride These tend to have higher profiles and you can plug into the resources of the charity organization. * Schedule A Series of Theme Rides Public Art; Bakeries; Moonlight or Midnight; Historic Sites; Architectural (i.e. solar homes); New Riders Ride; Romantic Spots For Bicyclists, etc. * Ride with Your Elected Officials (Parade of Politicos) Organize a fun ride for politicians, (possible on a tandem if they aren't comfortable riding by themselves). * Stage An Event To Highlight A High Priority Project Ride through an important project area. This can be done in conjunction with the "Parade of Politicos". * Recognition Lunch (in a visible place) * A Bike Rally or Festival This will likely involve a combination of several of the above elements and might include entertainment. * Bicycle Swap Meet * Bike-To-Work Week Sale at Bike Shops Suggest that they also do window displays and promote Bike-to-Work Week to their customers. * Collective Bike-To-Work Newspaper Ad * Fitness Club Shower Promotion Fitness Clubs can let non-members in from 7:00 to 9:00 AM for showers. Organizing A Bike to Work Week Event 1. Choose a Bike to Work Week coordinator. 2. Get a Bike to Work team together. 3. Call a meeting. 4. Decide on an event(s)/activity(s). 5. Set up a planning schedule / work plan. 6. Recruit volunteers for pre- and day-of-the-event tasks. 7. Choose a location(s). 8. Arrange for facilities. 9. Arrange for incentives. 10. Coordinate with other organizations. 11. Promote your event (at least half the work). 12. Have a fun time. ~~~~~~~~~~ Transport Engineering: Safe Routes Get Children on to Their Bikes By Will Bramhill "Safe routes to schools" is set to become a buzz-phrase in the U.K., not just among planners but with parents, too. Researchers found that traffic calming not only increases safety but also the perception of safety, so that mums and dads allow their children more freedom - more children cycle and walk under their own steam. In one study, the number of children allowed to travel independently to school rose from 22 per cent to 33 per cent, and the number allowed to visit local shops rose from 27 per cent to 33 per cent. The DoT set aside ?31 million to put in more 20mph zones and reduce child casualties. One target is the busy A27 in Fareham, Hants, which is being narrowed to one lane each way. They hope for results like in Winchester where traffic calming cut speeds in two shortcuts near schools from 45mph to an average of 12mph. The government is also to put more emphasis on drivers responsibilities, encouraging them to be more aware of children. The charity Sustrans believes that once the success of its various pilot schemes is proven then there will be a huge demand from schools nationwide for Safe Routes. As a guide for parents and teachers wanting to see if their route is suitable, Sustrans published a 7-point checklist: 1. Safe routes should follow those used currently by pupils as far as possible. Savings in distance and time are as important for children as adults. 2. Reducing conflict with traffic is crucial; with traffic calming or traffic-free routes, or a combination of the two. 3. Routes should be as wide as possible. Children prefer to travel in company and the short times of peak school travel means pavements and cycle lanes are likely to be crowded. 4. Measures which deter cars from using safe routes tend to make safe routes safer and also serve to reduce school escort trips. 5. The location and design of specific safety measures should take into account children's and parents' fears. 6. Routes need to be continuous and extend far enough from the school in several directions to serve the majority of pupils. 7. Routes should be designed to permit secondary and older primary school pupils to walk or cycle along them unaccompanied. Further information: Sustrans homepage: www.sustrans.org.uk/ [Source: The Bicycle News Agency, Editor Ernst Poulsen] ~~~~~~~~~~ Sustainable Development: Developing Sustainable Tourism In Tanzania One of the most exciting developments in Tanzania is the creation of a number of community based tourism programs. These are ideal for bicyclists - many have easy bike access. They entice you to slow down for a couple of days and enjoy a mix of intellectual, physical, social and spiritual stimulation. Information on all the programs is available from the Tanzania Tourist Board office, Boma Road, Arusha, tel.: 255-57-3842/3, email: ttb@yako.habari.co.tz and the Arusha office of the Cultural Tourism Program, PO Box 10455, Arusha. Tel/fax: 255-57-7515, email: tourinfo@habari.co.tz. Here are the programs we know of: Longido (80km north of Arusha, 30km south of Namanga), Mto Wa Mbu (80km west of Arusha at Lake Manyara), Mulala (30km north of Arusha), Ng'iresi (7km north of Arusha), Northern Pare Mountain (Usangi) (65km southeast of Moshi, east of Mwanga), Southern Pare Mountain (Manka-Mbaga, 40km east of Same), Usambara Mountain (east of Mombo), Mkuru (55km northeast of Arusha). Almost all offer a variety of walking tours (half-day, full day and multi-day) to visit points of interest and to learn about the culture and community. Some of these tours can be done by bike. The Friends of Usambara, especially, are set up to offer bike tours. And, Mkuru offers camel tours. The IBF has been working with the Friends of Usambara for several years, providing training, bicycles, accessories, tools and other assistance. ~~~~~~~~~~ Tranport Safety: Road Accidents Outstrip War, HIV Deaths Road accidents will kill or disable more people than war, tuberculosis or HIV by 2020, the International Red Cross said in its annual disaster report. Astrid Noklebye Heiberg, president of the IFRC and Red Crescent Societies, told a news conference in Delhi that traffic accidents caused at least 500,000 deaths every year. Traffic accidents will become the third largest cause of disability and premature death after clinical depression and heart disease and way ahead of war and HIV, which gain more attention. It is estimated that 15 million people are injured in accidents, mostly the poor and young. Fatality rates ranged from about 180 deaths per 10,000 vehicles annually in Ethiopia to 1.9 for Australia and Japan. Heiberg pointed out that traffic accidents "cost the South almost as much as all the aid they receive". The IFRC has launched several programs to reduce the effects of accidents. Engineering - from car design to street lights - is more effective in curbing the number of road crashes than efforts to change driver behavior. [Source: AFP News, June 1998]. ~~~~~~~~~~ Celebrate cycling With A 1999-2010-2016 CYCLE & RECYCLE CALENDAR US$10 Contact IBF for more details. ~~~~~~~~~~ CONFERENCES: Velocity '99 Graz, Austria April 13-16, 1999 For information contact: Velo-City 99, c/o SEMACO Ges.m.b.H, Friaulweg 7 A-8042 Graz, AUSTRIA. Tel: 43-662-826878 Fax: 43-662-826878-4. Email: velocity99@semaco.co.at Trails & Greenways Making the Connection II: A Trails and Greenways Revolution, Pittsburgh PA, June 23-29, 1999. 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A portion of the fee is US tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. If you have any questions please write, email, or call. Or visit the web site at www.ibike.org Cuba: Hosted Study Program Pinar del Rio - December to March East Africa: Anthropology to Zoology Uganda: Pearl of Africa - January (late) Tanzania: Surf to Summit - February (early) Tunisia Odyssey Ethnic South: Eden to Oasis - April (early) Enchanting North: History & Culture - April (late) Southern Africa Sojourn South Africa: Zululand - June (late) Zimbabwe: Mashonaland (east) - July (late) Zimbabwe: Matabeleland (west) - July & Aug. (early) Malawi: Land & Lake (south) - August (late) Malawi: Tumbukaland (north) - September (early) Abyssinian Adventure Eritrea/Ethiopia: Style & Stelae - October (early) Ethiopia: Imperial Highlands - October (late) West Africa People to People Mali/Burkina: Timbuktu, Dogon - Nov. & Dec. (late) Cultural Diversity of the Coast - November (early) Cameroon: Country of Contrast West - December (early) North - December (late) ~~~~~~~~~~ ANNUAL STUDENT BICYCLE ESSAY CONTEST SUBJECT: Your essay may be on any aspect of bicycling (history, touring, racing, commuting, role in society, etc.). ENTRY: Essays should be in English, legible and 2-3 pages. Entrants should base their paper on interviews, research, and/or personal opinion. Include you name, address, telephone number (if possible), age on the day that its mailed, grade, name of your school, school address and your teacher's name. All essays become the property of the International Bicycle Fund. ENTRY CATEGORIES AND FIRST PRIZE AWARD: A) Age 8 and under, US$20 (up to half of entry may be illustration) B) Age 9-12, US$30 C) Age 13-16, US$50 Open to girls & boys of all countries. You need not be a bicyclist. DEADLINE: Must be postmarked by 1 May and arrive no later that 15 May, each year. SEND ENTRIES TO: International Bicycle Fund ============================================================ Editor: David Mozer, Copy Editor: Patricia Lee IBF News is published semiannually by the International Bicycle Fund, 4887 Columbia Drive South., Seattle, WA 98108?1919 USA. Tel & Fax: 1?206?767-0848 Email: ibike@ibike.org. Internet: http://www.ibike.org Coverage of an event does not constitute an endorsement by IBF. Material in IBF News, developed may be reproduced in whole or in part, provided prominent credit is given to the author and source. Please send a copy to IBF. From jernst at loxinfo.co.th Wed Mar 10 12:32:43 1999 From: jernst at loxinfo.co.th (John Ernst) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:32:43 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Possible bike path in Manila Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990310102628.0082c220@mailsvr.loxinfo.co.th> The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) say they are working to develop a bike path in Metro Manila. The mayor of Marakina, Mr. Bayani Fernando, would very much like to see a bicycle network developed which would expand on existing bikeways along the Marakina river in eastern Metro Manila. A recent World Bank mission to Manila on February 16-23 supported the effort. The resulting aide memoire, by World Bank Transport Engineer Sally Burningham, asked for DPWH to request the Bank to include this under their existing project (MMUTRIP) with a feasibility study assisted by the National Center for Transportation Studies, Univ. of the Philippines - Diliman. I've heard, but not confirmed, that Ms. Burningham also assisted with Bank support for the bike path opened in Bangkok last year. Philippine DPWH said the Bank is not necessarily limiting the Manila bike project to only Marakina. In addition, SUSTRAN assembly members in Manila have been pushing hard to have the parallel Japanese (JICA) transport project include a bicycle component. Perhaps the World Bank's support will help JICA see some advantages to bicycles and other NMTs? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = John Ernst Manager -- Sustainable Transport Program IIEC Asia 8 Sukhumvit Soi 49/9 Bangkok, Thailand 10110 Phone: +66(2) 381-0814, or 712-6057, 712-6058 Fax: +66(2) 381-0815 E-mail: jernst@loxinfo.co.th = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Mar 15 01:46:05 1999 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 17:46:05 +0100 Subject: [sustran] A No-Car-Day, in Japanese Message-ID: <000101be6e3a$26d7fbc0$6257fea9@cybercable.fr> We are of course posting this on The Common's Car Free Days Web site at http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/ and the Discussion List at http://www.egroups.com/list/carfreeday/ -- but if any of you have anything to offer them by way of help or encouragement, that would be wonderful. From: B [mailto:_$BB?ED!!@5_] Sent: Sunday, March 14, 1999 4:40 PM To: postmaster@ecoplan.org Subject: Greetings from Japan Dear Sirs, We, the Earth Day 2000 Campaign Japan, are planning to perform A Car Free Day (A No-Car-Day, in Japanese) at the Earth Day 2000 correspondingly. We have nominated several cities to be considered probable to adopt the plan. This will be the first time to perform the CFD conducted by NGOs in the country. We hope to share your experiences and how to realize the festival. Best Regards, Masashi Tada,ED2000 Japan, Forum on Automobile Issues in Japan (FAJ) (Jumbled letters may appear at the headline due to Chinese letters. Please ignore them.) QWT07203@nifty.ne.jp, +81-45-712-9095 Bessho3-16-4, Minami-ku, Yokohama-shi, Japan 232-0064 From litman at islandnet.com Wed Mar 17 00:46:07 1999 From: litman at islandnet.com (Todd Litman) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:46:07 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Announcement: VTPI Reports Now Free Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990316074607.00b8ee20@mail.IslandNet.com> Most Victoria Transport Policy Institute reports are now available for free downloading at our revised and expanded website: http://www.islandnet.com/~litman These reports were previously available only as printed documents, with prices ranging from $8 to $16 per copy. Reports are updated and new reports added regularly. Free reports include: ? Automobile Dependency and Economic Development ? The Costs of Automobile Dependency ? A Critical Evaluation of Electric Vehicle Benefits ? Defining and Quantifying Public Transit Benefits ? Distance-based Vehicle Insurance: A Practical Strategy for More Optimal Pricing ? Evaluating Traffic Calming Benefits, Costs, and Equity Impacts ? Evaluating Transportation Equity ? Generated Traffic; Implications for Transport Planning ? Guide to Calculating TDM Benefits ? Land Use Impact Costs of Transportation ? Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability ? Pavement Buster's Guide ? Potential Transportation Demand Management Strategies ? Quantifying Bicycling Benefits for Achieving TDM Goals ? Reply to Critics of Transportation Costing ? Socially Optimal Road Transport Markets and Prices ? Transportation Cost Analysis for Sustainability ? Win-Win Transportation Strategies ? Whose Roads? Defining Bicyclists' and Pedestrians' Right to Use Public Roads These documents provide a bridge between economic theory, and implementation of best practices in transportation policy and planning. They are based on through research and rigorous analysis, provide full citations, and yet they are written for a general audience. The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is dedicated to innovative research and analysis. It develops practical tools for incorporating social and environmental values into transportation decision making. It is a leader in identifying ways to reconcile economic, social and environmental objectives. This research is comprehensive and current, and has been widely applied. Sincerely, Todd Litman, Director Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" 1250 Rudlin Street Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560 E-mail: litman@islandnet.com Website: www.islandnet.com/~litman From sustran at po.jaring.my Wed Mar 17 11:16:12 1999 From: sustran at po.jaring.my (SUSTRAN Resource Centre) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:16:12 +0800 Subject: [sustran] International Transport Action Day March 27 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990317101612.00804c40@relay101.jaring.my> INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ACTION DAY MARCH 27 ON MARCH 29 the European Union Transport Ministers meet in Germany. So on March 27 campaigners will be putting on bike demos, fax actions, subvertising, rallies and whatever else they can think of, right across Europe. The day is being coordinated by A SEED Europe, who are overflowing (well maybe that's exaggerating) with ideas, possible targets and action packs to give out. Make it bigger and hold an action in your city. Contact Frank van Schaik at . 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/ The SUSTRAN Resource Centre hosts the Secretariat of SUSTRAN (the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific). From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Mar 17 15:41:03 1999 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:41:03 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: International Transport Action Day March 27 In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990317101612.00804c40@relay101.jaring.my> Message-ID: <000001be7041$20c948c0$3248fea9@cybercable.fr> Hello, As part of your campaign for the Transport Ministers, how about trying to get them to endorse the idea of a CAREFULLY PREPARED European Car Free Day -- perhaps building on some of the ideas set out in http://www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/? The great beauty of a car free day is that it gives us an opportunity to show how bikes, more efficient transportation arrangements, and quieter, safer and better places to live can be obtained. An open window, instead of the closed one that you will see in most cities when you go out into traffic this morning. Good luck, 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) From halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id Fri Mar 19 17:18:24 1999 From: halubis at trans.si.itb.ac.id (Dr. Harun Al Rasyid S Lubis) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:18:24 +0700 Subject: [sustran] (UK INFo) on Transport related conference Message-ID: <006101be71e1$0f371140$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> I wonder if somebody out there could help me on info related to conferences in tranport held in UK around July or August this year? Harun al-Rasyid S. Lubis http://trans.si.itb.ac.id Traffic Lab, Transport Engineering Division Dept. of Civil Engineering - ITB Jl. Ganeca 10 Bandung 40132 - Indonesia Tel/Facs. +62 22 250 23 50 halubis@trans.si.itb.ac.id From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Mar 22 18:47:28 1999 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:47:28 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Plato -- New style flat networking and international cooperation for sustainable development Message-ID: <000501be7448$ffb6f400$2055fea9@cybercable.fr> Plato -- New style flat networking and international cooperation for sustainable development Dear Colleagues, This is to invite you to visit the Plato Forum on the Web at www.egroups.com/list/plato-forum/ -- a new program that is about to get underway in support of a new cooperative, action oriented international program that thus far has had the support of the European Commission, the Club of Rome, UNESCO, the Campaign for Open Politics in Europe (COPE) and The Commons The first node in the network was created a few weeks ago at the March 1999 Futuroscope Worldwide Symposium, where an ad hoc group of researchers and participants active in the field of sustainability and technology met in Poitiers, France, at the instigation of the European Commission, UNESCO and the Club of Rome. In parallel with the physical meeting, a certain number of others with long standing interests and involvement in these issues chose to participate electronically and to follow the discussions at a distance. During the week, a series of increasingly open sessions eventually attracted some forty participants from all over the world, who met in the "Plato Seminar" room (hence the network's name) to discuss problems and opportunities of global developments and sustainability. At the end of the week the group agreed to sustain contact and, to this end, to develop the "Plato Network". In the days immediately following the meeting, a handful of others, including several of the distance participants, joined the founding group -- whose further expansion is currently in process. A major concern is to ensure that from the very beginning this network has more than just the usual research, publications and occasional meeting focus. It is thus not intended as a closed club to serve the interests of an august few -- but as a thoroughly open, creative, responsible, and steadily expanding network of people and groups who are trying to advance both our collective understanding of sustainability, and our specific individual and group practices in our daily lives. Have a look and let us know what you think. If you like what you see, and think that you might be able to bring something to the network and in turn benefit from participation, consider joining us. You will note that there are some fairly efficient devices for keeping you informed of progress, so you needn't worry about information overload. With all good wishes, 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) From ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu Tue Mar 23 02:05:04 1999 From: ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu (Eric Bruun) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:05:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: [sustran] NAFTA AND I-69: Ft. Wayne, IN News Sentinal Article (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:18:07 -0500 From: Bill Hayden Reply-To: Sierra Club Forum on Transportation Issues To: CONS-SPST-SPRAWL-TRANS@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Subject: FYI: NAFTA AND I-69: Ft. Wayne, IN News Sentinal Article One major problem that I have noticed is the map does not show the many existing interstates which the proposed I 69 would duplicate. Bill Hayden Subject: I-69 and NAFTA The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel has a special 10-page pull-out section today on the proposed new Interstate 69 Canada-to-Mexico NAFTA superhighway. It features a snappy FULL-PAGE ad criticizing the proposed new highway route in Indiana and promoting the environmentally and fiscally sensible Interstate 70/US 41 route. The highway boosters did not put in an ad of their own. The ad, from the Hoosier Environmental Council, Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest and Friends of the Earth, will be up soon for you to see on the Environmental Law and Policy Center's web site at www.elpc.org. In the meantime, the articles in the pull-out section -- a number of which address the controversy over the route in Indiana ­­ and a nice little Internet "banner" ad promoting I­70/US 41 are available on the News-Sentinel's web site at: http://www.news-sentinel.com/ns/projects/nafta/index.shtml Sandy Ewing Alexander Ewing Staff Attorney Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 795-3708 AEwing@elpc.org Find out more about the proposed new I-69 highway in Indiana and the sensible alternative to it -- go to ELPC's web site at http://www.elpc.org and click on "Sound Transportation" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------- Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads, Inc. PO Box 54 Stanford, IN 47463 812.825.9555 Email: carr@carri59.org URL: www.carri69.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off the CONS-SPST-SPRAWL-TRANS list, send email to LISTSERV@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Make the message text (not the subject): SIGNOFF CONS-SPST-SPRAWL-TRANS From ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu Thu Mar 25 01:50:26 1999 From: ebruun at rci.rutgers.edu (Eric Bruun) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:50:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: [sustran] cars in Viet Nam (fwd) Message-ID: Subject: VI:Traffic casualties in VN rise 300% each year From: Vietnam Insight - vinsight@netcom.com Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 16:08:41 -0700 The Vietnam Business Journal August 1997 A Lesson in Driving Like most cities, Hanoi has its tourist attractions, but to locate the pulse of the people and indeed the culture, one need only walk its streets. BY JOSHUA JAKE LEVINE Any of the meandering alleys or tree-lined avenues will be choked with vendors selling prickly, blood-red dragonfruit, pulpy mangoes or flopping, live fish from twin baskets. Flowers are sold from bicycles. Another sight is the cyclo driver pedaling a load of 20-foot copper pipes. At 3 p.m. chattering schoolgirls wash into the streets, five across on bicycles. In the early evening, after the rain, good-looking teenagers court continuously from their motorbikes, as they lap around Ho Chi Minh Park or Lenin Park. Unfortunately, this placid imagery is also the scenery of death. "The damage caused by traffic accidents stands just behind that caused by the war," said Colonel Tran Dao, traffic director for the Hanoi Police Department, at a recent seminar on the dramatic rise in traffic fatalities. According to Dao, in the last seven years moving traffic in Vietnam has accounted for 30,000 deaths and 94,000 injuries. In the first five months of this year alone, 2,463 people were killed and 9,182 injured. Each year the number of casualties increases by about 300%. Yet presently Hanoi's density of vehicles is among the lowest in the world, as is the country's in general. These days are probably the twilight of a time virtually without traffic jams, where one could imagine that if most people drove according to basic principles, the feeling of this city of three million could be that of a village. Instead, as the colonel implied, it often resembles a war zone. Motorbikes share the roads with seven other common types of road traffic, including oxen and pedestrians, who cannot be accommodated by narrow sidewalks separated from the streets by a system of open sewers. But the problem becomes crystal clear to any driver at one definitive moment: the intersection. When the subject of traffic arises in a room of non-Vietnamese living in Hanoi, as it inevitably does, there are otherwise intelligent participants who offer, "The Vietnamese have an innate sense of traffic. They don't actually turn their head to look both ways, but the flow, if you watch carefully, is not unlike a graceful dance." This reporter watched carefully the intersection of Hang Gai and Hang Hom, located in the city's old quarter, as bicycles and motorbikes continually collided with each other before continuing. It wasn't dancing. A complete lack of yield signs or lights, in combination with behavior that is contrary to traffic order, helps explain those sad statistics. Driving habits that are consistent, include making a left-hand turn from the right side of the lane, weaving, speeding, using high beams in heavy traffic, entering traffic without looking first, passing on the left and driving on the wrong side of the road. Recounted a Hanoi-based lawyer who drives a car, "Three other cars and mine arrived at a roundabout [cement traffic circle] at the same time and blocked each other. For ten minutes, nobody moved. I sat and read the paper." Dao reports that of 60,000 road accidents, 85% were caused by "people's subjective sensibility," including 32% by speeding, 29% by improper turning and passing, and 11.3% by drunk drivers. Dao observes that "a lack of traffic discipline and the law-breaking in society increases day by day." The Law on Traffic Order passed by the Prime Minister in 1995 was meant to provide a solution, but one problem could be that few people seem to know its content, as the box on page 28 illustrates. Possible exceptions are those in the country who voluntarily purchased it from a government bookstore for $1.50 (1996 per capita yearly income: $300). Driving classes and comprehensive driving exams have yet to be introduced. Nonetheless, there are over 500,000 motorbikes and 60,000 cars on Hanoi's roads, and more than double that in Ho Chi Minh City. Dao suggests that the mass media should take over and traffic law should become a subject in high schools, as is common in other countries. He noted that people should wear helmets, as most traffic fatalities are caused by "death from a broken skull." Dao also recommended that cement road curbs should be replaced with curbs coated with a soft material. But only by strict development and enforcement of traffic rules, he concluded, can the roadways become safer. Of course, terrible driving does not alone explain the perils of the road. The country's old, narrow streets were not designed for today's population, and sometimes other infrastructure failings pop up. In June drivers in Hanoi's Dong Da district were met with an oncoming manhole cover, which capped a column of mud and smoke expelled by a sewer main break. Offers of help have come from several foreign corners. In preparation for the November "Francophone Summit," the French government funded a French firm's installation of 35 traffic lights and a traffic command center for the local police in Hanoi. The World Bank also proposed a $10 million traffic improvement project that would reorder traffic in Hanoi and HCMC. Although approved by the Ministry of Transportation a year ago, it has since been sent to the Prime Minister's Office, where it awaits his final approval. In the meantime, the picture gets worse. So what kind of person owns a car in Vietnam? There are several immediate qualifications. First, you must have a chauffeur, preferably one who can handle the traffic and, of course, stand beside the car while you attend to your appointments. And while you sleep, unless your villa or apartment building happens to include a driveway. According to the Hanoi Peoples' Committee, the parking system today meets 0.12% of the city's demand, at 52,000 square meters. By 2000, they estimate, the city will require 1.5 million square meters of parking space. Edgar Chiongbian, director of BMW's operations in Vietnam, theorizes that this matter should be taken up by Vietnamese architects and urban planners. "Leave room for a car park!" he said. "At least in the neighborhood! Overnight, you'd have a scenario where you could park your car and go home." Almost no Vietnamese houses have garages. Some automakers suggest that more cars means fewer accidents. Cars, the argument goes, displace other more dangerous forms of transportation like bicycles and motorcycles. And you don't need a helmet to keep your skull intact. Yet a spin on city streets challenges those arguments, at least for the short term. One executive, in Vietnam to market one of the world's most well-engineered luxury automobiles, owns one himself but doesn't dare drive it on the streets of Hanoi. "Can't do anything with it here," he laments. From pascal at gn.apc.org Thu Mar 25 19:08:52 1999 From: pascal at gn.apc.org (Pascal Desmond) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:08:52 +0000 Subject: [sustran] aviation article Message-ID: >"The right price for air travel campaign" http://www.milieudefensie.nl/airtravel >Gossamer jet trails tied to global warming > Keay Davidson > EXAMINER SCIENCE WRITER > March 15, 1999 > 1999 San Francisco Examiner > >An explosion in commercial air traffic may be triggering formation of >high-altitude clouds that trap heat and could worsen global warming. > >And the problem is expected to get much worse: Global aircraft >emissions should increase sixfold by the time today's college >students are ready for retirement, experts say. > >The menace comes in a beautiful form: cirrus clouds that resemble >silver, windblown beards and float at 20,000-to 50,000-feet high. >FULL story at >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/examiner/archive/1999/03/15/NEWS96 >04.dtl&type=printable Kind regards, Pascal Desmond. From brucelin at Princeton.EDU Sat Mar 27 05:22:37 1999 From: brucelin at Princeton.EDU (Bruce Lin) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:22:37 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Taiwan VMT data needed References: <006101be71e1$0f371140$1102cda7@harun.si.itb.ac.id> Message-ID: <36FBEC8D.AFD981AA@princeton.edu> Hi, does anyone know where I can find out VMT for scooters in Taiwan? I'm especially interested in Taipei. However, if someone can point me to VMT for other forms of transportation, or for scooter data for other countries, I would be very grateful. Thanks, Bruce bruce lin -- center for energy and environmental studies hydrogen fuel cell scooters: http://www.princeton.edu/~brucelin/thesis/ brucelin@alumni.princeton.edu From ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe Sun Mar 28 18:11:52 1999 From: ccordero at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Carlos Cordero V.) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:11:52 -0500 Subject: [sustran] boletin a escala humana Message-ID: <001001be78fb$b5349880$20b601c8@q8v1n7> Bolet?n del transporte a escala humana N? 1, abril 1999 - La vida es bella en bicicleta El cine italiano nos tiene acostumbrado a poderosas im?genes del discurrir en dos ruedas. La m?s reciente pueden encontrarla en la pel?cula 'La vida es bella' de Roberto Benigni (RB). Dos ejemplos adicionales que se me vienen a la cabeza son 'El Postino' (sobre la novela Ardiente Paciencia del Chileno Antonio Sk?rmeta) y el cl?sico del realismo 'Ladr?n de bicicletas'. En una de las primeras escenas Guido (RB) y su amigo/alter ego van en un autom?vil desbocado por una falla en los frenos, en direcci?n a un pueblo que espera la llegada del Rey de Italia (estamos en los momentos previos a la segunda guerra mundial). Guido trata de alertar a los pobladores sobre el peligro inminente, agitando las manos en un gesto que se parece al saludo nazi (heil hitler!). Los pobladores, confundi?ndolos con el Rey aplauden al paso del auto fuera de control. Cuando m?s tarde llega el Rey los pobladores no se dan por enterados. En clave de comedia, esta escena resume magistralmente la situaci?n de Italia antes de la guerra: las fuerzas oscuras del fascismo en ascenso y un Rey debilitado y carente de apoyo popular. El auto desbocado aqu? parece ser la met?fora de una clase pol?tica fuera de cualquier control racional. La segunda escena muestra uno de los encuentros 'casuales' entre Guido y su futura esposa. Al descender en bicicleta a toda velocidad ?ste literalmente atropella a la mujer de sus sue?os y ambos terminan en el suelo confundidos en un abrazo. Lo que demuestra que el transporte de escala humana (TEH) un accidente entre una bella caminante y un ciclista (no tan bello) puede terminar de manera feliz. No s? si a ustedes les pasa pero ?ltimamente presto demasiada atenci?n a lo que podr?a denominar el 'transporte cinematogr?fico'. ESTA SECCION TRATARA SOBRE IM?GENES PEATONALES Y CICLISTICAS EN LA LITERATURA, CANCIONES, PELICULAS, FOTOGRAFIA, ETC. ESPERAMOS SUS SUGERENCIAS PARA EL PROXIMO NUMERO Desde Ecuador Diego me dice que 'Te cuento que Quito ha sido el escenario de un mont?n de protestas contra el gobierno, y se han paralizado los transportes. Lo que llev? a la gente a sacar sus bicis. Imag?nate miles de bicicletas en Quito, yo ve?a parte de mi sue?o hecho realidad. La gente estaba solidarizada con el paro, y opt? por transportarse a pie y en ciclas Entonces aprovechamos para invitar a una marcha que vamos a hacer el pr?ximo viernes, igual que todos los meses para tomarnos las calles. Por eso, creo que ahora es el momento para darle con fuerza al Municipio para que desarrollen una pol?tica de transporte alternativo para la ciudad, ya qued? demostrado que si la gente tiene condiciones para ciclear, lo hace. Antes el municipio dec?a: p?ngame 30.000 ciclistas en las calles y les hacemos caso. Ahora los pudo ver y esperamos que tome acciones. Grupo de Jovenes de Acci?n Ecol?gica: chuchaki@hoy.net Nosotros recordamos que lo mismo ocurri? en la huelga del transporte en Francia. Las ventas de bicicletas subieron al doble y la gente descubri? que la tranquilidad y la ausencia de ruidos era posible. Tambi?n en el Per? con los desastres del 'fen?meno del ni?o' muchos puentes solo resist?an el paso de peatones y ciclistas. En los primeros d?as de diciembre estuvimos en Palmira (Colombia) invitados al 'Primer Simposio sobre la Ciudad Sostenible Y la Bicicleta' que organiz? nuestro buen amigo Jos? Mar?a Borrero quien preside 'La Fundaci?n para la Investigaci?n y Protecci?n del Medio Ambiente (FIPMA). Mucha calidez, buen intercambio y un conocimiento m?s cercano de los esfuerzos del municipio local para integrar a las bicis en los planes urbanos. Nos reencontramos all? con Alfonso Sanz de Espa?a y estuvimos discutiendo, entre otras cosas, sobre los diversos nombres que tienen los asuntos ciclistas en el habla latinoamericana y espa?ola. Aqu? les van algunos ejemplos de c?mo decir 'una v?a especial para bicicletas': Ciclov?a (en Per?), Carril bici (en Espa?a), Cicloruta (en Colombia), Bicisendas (en argentina) y un largo etc?tera. En algunos casos esto se puede prestar a confusiones: en Colombia denominan 'Ciclov?as' al cierre temporal de las calles (los d?as domingo) para los autos, lo que se convierte en una verdadera fiesta popular con millones de personas caminando, en bici, en patines, etc. Por el contrario en Per? una 'Ciclov?a' es una forma segregada de infraestructura cicl?stica y todav?a no tenemos nombre para la experiencia colombiana de cerrar las calles. Con Alfonso hemos quedado en hacer una lista m?s exhaustiva sobre nombres relacionados con el TEH (no te olvides Alfonso). Se reciben sugerencias para incluir en la lista. Despu?s de Palmira fuimos a Bogot? donde nos recibi? el Alcalde Pe?alosa (un ?vido ciclista) quien expuso el ambicioso plan de ciclov?as para la ciudad que est?n ejecutando. Tuvimos con ?l una interesante discusi?n sobre las 'ciclorutas elevadas' que se eval?an como alternativa para algunos tramos de la misma. ESTA SECCION TRATARA DE NOTICIAS INTERNACIONALES, TAMBIEN DEPENDE DE USTEDES Hemos recibido el calendario CYCLE AND RECYCLE que edita John Dowlin en Filadelfia, USA. (muchas gracias John). Bellamente ilustrado con fotos venidas de todo el mundo, tiene en la portada un retrato de una familia de Santa Rosa, Bolivia (marido, mujer y dos hijos en la misma bici ). JD est? intentando ubicar a los fotografiados para enviarles una carta y una copia del calendario. (Para ordenar un C & R: tourdecana@igc.apc.org) ESTA SECCION TRATARA SOBRE libros, videos, fotos, etc RECIBIDOS POR CICLORED - El Foro Ciudades para la Vida llev? a cabo en Lima el seminario 'Planificaci?n y Gesti?n para el Desarrollo Urbano y Regional', estuvo la crema y nata de la planificaci?n urbana local, ahora reunidos en la Maestr?as de la Universidad Nacional de Ingenier?a. Con apoyo holand?s andan tratando de desligarse de las visones anquilosadas y apostando por una gesti?n ambiental multidiscilpinaria. FCV: foro@ciudad.org.pe a.. Estuvo en Lima una misi?n de consultores de Dinamarca y Holanda expertos en seguridad vial que asesoran al Ministerio de Transportes. Tuvimos exposiciones sobre 'Tr?nsito Calmado' que abri? los ojos de algunos asistentes y sobre las tendencias de la seguridad vial en Europa bajo la l?gica de 'cero fatalidades' o 'da?os materiales pero no humanos' para un futuro pr?ximo. Sorprendi? tambi?n el dato sobre Holanda: 2,500 kil?metros de v?as para bicicleta y saber que all? es m?s seguro ir en bicicleta que ir en auto. J Los daneses han logrado reducir en los ?ltimos diez a?os la cantidad de muertos y heridos por accidentes. Sin embargo las cifras de fatalidades sobre ciclistas se mantienen constantes. L ESTA SECCION TRATARA SOBRE NOTICIAS LOCALES (si agregan las de su propio pa?s, pueden reenviar este bolet?n, con copia a CICLORED por favor, algo as? como un reciclaje electr?nico) EN EL PROXIMO NUMERO TENEMOS NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO CICLOBRASIL 2000 EN BRASIL, UNA ENTREVISTA CON UN CONSULTOR HOLANDES EN TEH , COMENTARIOS SOBRE EL YA CLASICO LIBRO 'ENERGIA Y EQUIDAD' DE ILICH, El HOROSCOPO PARA PEATONES Y CICLISTAS Y MUCHOS PIES EN ACCION Y RUEDAS SIN HUMO. UN ABRAZO PARA TODOS, CARLOS Carlos Cordero V. CICLORED - Centro de Asesor?a y Capacitaci?n para el Transporte y Ambiente San Juan 242, Lima 33, Per? tel : (51) 1 4460175 telfax (51) 1 4472675 e mail: ccordero@amauta.rcp.net.pe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19990328/a25581e8/attachment.htm From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sun Mar 28 20:34:27 1999 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:34:27 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Re: boletin a escala humana In-Reply-To: <001001be78fb$b5349880$20b601c8@q8v1n7> Message-ID: <000201be790e$f02963e0$6c42fea9@cybercable.fr> Hello Carlos and All, Let me explain what I have done here.. just in case it may interest one or two of you. I took the Spanish language piece that was just shared with us by Carlos Cordero of CICLORED in Peru -- and ran it through a machine translator here. You have it below untouched by human hands. Since we are increasingly making use of these translations in our work in The Commons, which is heavily multilingual, I would be interested in having your reactions, including of course and above all those of Carlos. There are those who hate and disdain them -- for reasons that I think will be readily apparent. And others (me included) who tend to be grateful and think that they can figure out ways to make use of this sort of thing, warts and all. I would be most interested to have your reactions. Regards, Eric Britton, The Commons ================== Bulletin of the transport to human scale N? 1, April 1999 - The life is beautiful in bicycle The Italian cinema has us accustomed to powerful images of reflecting in two wheels. The most recent can find it in the movie ' The life is bella' of Roberto Benigni (RB). Dos additional examples that I/you/they are come to the head is ' The Postino' (on the Chilean Antonio's novel Burning Patience Sk?rmeta) and the classic of the realism ' bicicletas' Thief. In one of the first scenes Guido (RB) and their amigo/alter ego goes in an automobile bolted by a flaw in the controls, in address to a town that he/she waits the arrival of the King from Italy (we are in the previous moments to the Second World War). Guido tries to alert the residents about the imminent danger, shaking the hands in an expression that resembles the Nazi greeting (heil Hitler!). The residents, confusing them with the King applauds to the step of the car outside of control. When later the King arrives the residents they are not given for informed. In comedy key, this scene summarizes the situation of Italy masterfully before the war: the dark forces of the fascism in ascent and a weakened King and lacking of popular support. The car bolted here seems to be the metaphor of a political class outside of any rational control. The second scene shows one of the encounters ' casuales' between Guido and its future wife. When descending literally in bicycle at full speed this it runs over the woman of their dreams and both finish in the floor confused in a hug. What demonstrates that the transport of human scale (TEH) an accident between a beautiful walker and a cyclist (not so beautiful) it can finish in a happy way. I don't know if to you it passes them but lately ready too much attention to what could denominate the ' it transports cinematogr?fico'. THIS SECTION TRIED ON IMAGES PEATONALES AND CICLISTICAS IN THE LITERATURE, SONGS, MOVIES, IT PHOTOGRAPHS, ETC. WAITS ITS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT ONE I NUMBER >From Ecuador Diego tells me that ' I count you that I Remove it has been the scenario of a heap of protests against the government, and the transports have been paralyzed. What took to people to take out their bikes. Imagine thousands of bicycles in I Remove, I saw part of my dream come true. People were solidarizada with the unemployment, and you/he/she opted to be transported on foot and in you Then we take advantage to invite to a march that we will make next Friday, the same as every month to take the streets. For that reason, I believe that now it is the moment to give him with force to the Municipality so that they develop a politics of alternative transport for the city, it was already demonstrated that if people have conditions for ciclear, him ago. Before the municipality said: put on 30.000 cyclists in the streets and ls we pay attention. Now he/she could see them and we hope he/she takes actions. Group of Young of Ecological Action: chuchaki@hoy.net We remember that the same thing happened in the strike of the transport in France. The sales of bicycles ascended to twice as much and people discovered that the tranquility and the absence of noises was possible. Also in the Peru with the disasters of the ' phenomenon of the alone ni?o' many bridges the step of pedestrians and cyclists resisted. In the first days of December we were in Palmyra (Colombia) companies to the ' First Symposium on the Sustainable City AND the Bicicleta' that our good friend organized Jos? Mar?a Borrero who presides over ' The Foundation for the Investigation and Protection of the environment (FIPMA). A lot of warmth, good exchange and a nearer knowledge of the efforts of the local municipality to integrate to the bikes in the urban plans. We rediscover ourselves there with Alfonso Sanz of Spain and we were discussing, among other things, on the sundries names that they have the matters cyclists in the Latin American and Spanish speech. Here they go them some examples of how to say ' a special road for bicicletas': Ciclov?a (in Peru), Rail bike (in Spain), Cicloruta (in Colombia), Bicisendas (in cinquefoil) and a long one etc.. In some cases this can lend you to confusions: in Colombia they denominate ' Ciclov?as' to the temporary closing of the streets (the days Sunday) for the cars, what becomes a true popular party with millions of people walking, in bike, in skates, etc. on the contrary in Peru a ' Ciclov?a' is a segregated form of infrastructure cicl?stica and we don't still have name for the Colombian experience of closing the streets. With Alfonso we have been in making a more exhaustive list on names related with the TEH (you don't forget Alfonso). suggestions are received to include in the list. After Palmyra we went to Bogot? where the Mayor received us Pe?alosa (an avid cyclist) who exposed the ambitious ciclov?as plan for the city that you/they are executing. We had with him an interesting discussion on those ' ciclorutas elevadas' that are evaluated as alternative for some tracts of the same one. THIS SECTION WAS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL NEWS, It ALSO DEPENDS ON you We have received the calendar CYCLE AND RECYCLE that John publishes Dowlin in Philadelphia, it USES. (thank you John). Beautifully cultured with pictures come from all over the world, he/she has in the cover a portrait of Santa Rosa family, Bolivia (husband, woman and two children in the same bike). JD is trying to locate those photographed to send them a letter and a copy of the calendar. (To order a C & R: tourdecana@igc.apc.org) THIS SECTION TRIED ON books, videos, pictures, etc RECEIVED BY CICLORED - The Forum Cities for the Life carried out in Lima the seminar ' Planning and Administration for the urban development and Regional', the cream and cream of the local urban planning were, now gathered in the Masters of the National University of Engineering. With Dutch support they are trying to breakaway of the paralyzed minks and betting for an administration environmental multidiscilpinaria. FCV: foro@ciudad.org.pe It was in Lima a mission of consultants from Denmark and Holland experts in security vial that you/they advise to the Ministry of Transports. We had exhibitions on ' Traffic Calmado' that opened the eyes of some assistants and envelope the tendencies of the security vial in Europe under the logic of ' zero fatalidades' or ' property damage but non humanos' for a next future. It also surprised the fact Holland it has more than enough: 2,500 kilometers of roads for bicycle and knowledge that there is safer to go in bicycle that to go in car. J Danishes have been able to reduce in the last ten years the quantity of dead and hurt by accidents. However the figures of fatalities have more than enough cyclists they stay constant. L THIS SECTION TRIED ON LOCAL NEWS (if they add those of their own country, they can forward this bulletin, with copy to CICLORED please, something like that as a recycling electronic) IN THE NEXT one I NUMBER we HAVE NEWS OF THE PROJECT CICLOBRASIL 2000 IN BRAZIL, An INTERVIEW WITH A DUTCH CONSULTANT IN TEH, COMMENTS ON THE ALREADY CLASSIC BOOK ' ENERGY AND EQUIDAD' DE ILICH, The HOROSCOPE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AND MANY FEET IN ACTION AND WHEELS WITHOUT SMOKE. A HUG FOR ALL, CARLOS Carlos Lamb V. CICLORED - Center of Office and Training for the Transport and Atmosphere San Juan 242, Lima 33, Peru tel: (51) 1 4460175 telfax (51) 1 4472675 and mail: ccordero@amauta.rcp.net.pe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/19990328/266745ba/attachment.htm From roryan at dii.uchile.cl Tue Mar 30 02:27:29 1999 From: roryan at dii.uchile.cl (Raul O'Ryan) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 13:27:29 -0400 Subject: [sustran] restrictions to vehicular circulation Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990329132729.007c3e40@dii.uchile.cl> 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 roland at actrix.gen.nz Tue Mar 30 07:50:46 1999 From: roland at actrix.gen.nz (Roland Sapsford) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:50:46 +1200 Subject: [sustran] Re: restrictions to vehicular circulation References: <3.0.5.32.19990329132729.007c3e40@dii.uchile.cl> Message-ID: <370003C5.6D02A203@actrix.gen.nz> 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 czegras at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 31 02:32:44 1999 From: czegras at MIT.EDU (P. Christopher Zegras) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:32:44 EST Subject: [sustran] Schwinn Advertising In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:00:51 +0900." <199903301700.CAA20984@mail.jca.apc.org> Message-ID: <199903301732.MAA08854@wright.mit.edu> This is NOT a product endorsement, but..... American bicycle manufacturer Schwinn has a great new full page magazine add building on the Exxon Valdez tragedy. Even if it is "only" advertising, it certainly shows a fresh approach -- at least from a US company. A few good snippets from the add include lines like: "We recognize we still need oil. Without it, the principal drivers of our economy -- convenience stores -- wouldn't have gas to sell." "Bike accidents can be painful. Still, very few Schwinn riders have had wipe-outs involving entire ecosystems." "So, the next time you want to get from A to B, consider a [bike]. Expecially if you're captain of a super tanker. That way, even if you have a spill, all you'll lose is some skin. Not hundred miles of coastline." It would be nice to see this approach to bike sales become successful and more popular. Chris