[sustran] Re: Transportation options for developing and transitioning countries?

[Harun al-Rasyid Sorah Lubis]

Barney,

The best resource is by seeing with your own eyes or experiencing by  your
own.

In the near future, as transport infrastructure management is in the state
of disorder where every party (group) wish to ride the facility for their
own benefit, a forum for city development in Bandung will hold a public
consultation on how to self-regulate the infrastructure, this time the topic
is managing a chaotic stretch of road.

As the financial crisis prolonged, developing cities facing a burden of
unemployed. Vendors spill over to the roadsides,selling small retail or food
stuff, where nearby a block of city market is unattended as city market
getting more inconvenience, lacking amenity and dirty. Then the sellers from
the city market also rush to side of road to sell things in addition to the
newcomer vendors. In that kind of environment,  on-street parking is usually
legalised and  vendors are charged by the city council, in the ground to
maximise city council revenue.

The city council people plus the police is in the lowest state of respect in
the eyes of community, due to the notorious corrupted experience. No parking
area, banned left-turned, free trishaw (becak) zone, all are violated by
respective users or riders, and no law sanction or  penalty  being enforced.

All of these are pictures  in cities stated in the above mentioned subject.

Come and visit us in Bandung....

Regards,

Harun
-----Original Message-----
From: SUSTRAN Resource Centre <sustran at po.jaring.my>
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Cc: bppopkin at sirius.com <bppopkin at sirius.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:56 AM
Subject: [sustran] Transportation options for developing and transitioning
countries?


>Dear sustran-discussers
>
>I have received this request from Barney Popkin, a consultant to ICLEI. I
>have directed him to the materials on the SUSTRAN Network web site
>(http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran/).
>
>However, if anyone has recent materials or particular favourites that you
>would like to draw to his attention then please do!  And of course, I would
>also be very interested to hear about them.
>
>Paul
>SUSTRAN Resource Centre
>
>>From: "Barney P. Popkin" <bppopkin at sirius.com>
>>To: "SUSTRAN (E-mail)" <sustran at po.jaring.my>
>>Subject: Transportation options for developing and transitioning
countries?
>>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:48:46 -0700
>>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211
>>
>>Dear SUSTRAN,
>>
>>David Engwicht of Australia suggested that I contact you for help!
>>
>>I'm working with a non-profit environmental organization that provides
>>information to local governments.  My U.S. EPA-funded assignment for the
>>International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is to
>>prepare a draft on "TRANSPORTATION Options to Improve Air Quality and
>>Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in DEVELOPING AND TRANSITIONING
COUNTRIES."
>> I completed a draft, and now my specific task is to cite the best
>>"Sustainable Transportation Resources," including:
>>
>>* Software -- broad-based urban/transportation planning software packages,
>>route optimization, fuel management.  They need to be applicable to
>>non-European/non-North American context.
>>
>>* VIDEOS
>>
>>* Printed Materials (books and reports)
>>
>>* Organizations
>>
>>* Websites -- good ones, useful and practical to local governments
>>
>>* Funding guides
>>
>>Please advise if you are privy to such resources or if you can refer me to
>>appropriate resources.  Thanks in advance for any assistance you might
>>provide.
>>
>>If you would like information on ICLEI, please see <www.iclei.org>.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>Barney P. Popkin
>>Resources Management Consultant
>>701 Shotwell Street
>>San Francisco, CA  94110-2611  U.S.A.
>>Phone 415-282-8056, fax 415-282-3886
>>E-mail bppopkin at sirius.com, web page http://bppopkin.tripod.com/
>>Managing resources safely, strategically, and sustainably
>
>
>
>A. Rahman Paul BARTER
>SUSTRAN Resource Centre
>Information services for the Sustainable Transport Action Network
>for Asia and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network)
>sustran at po.jaring.my,  http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran
>