From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Mon Sep 3 15:32:14 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 14:32:14 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: Jakarta's touchy 'becak' dilemma Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F4C5@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> http://www.malaysiakini.com/News/2001/09/2001090302.php3 Malaysiakini.com Monday September 3 Jakarta's touchy 'becak' dilemma Kafil Yamin 10:00am, Mon: feature To some, the Indonesian capital's becak or pedicabs are a cheap, people-friendly mode of transport. To others, they are an eyesore and cause of traffic jams. Others find pedicab driving an informal job valuable in hard times. The truth is, millions of residents in this megacity of 10 million people use the colourful, three-wheeled, non-motorised transport for short distances. ''I need becak badly to go the market,'' said Sulastri, a homemaker in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta. ''It is too far to walk, and this road is not served by public transport.'' ''From the market, we would carry a lot of things and it would be terrible to have to walk to my house from there,'' she added. But despite its popularity, city officials and some residents consider them a headache that adds to traffic congestion and draws migrants from outside the capital - and want them banned from the streets. Tugiman, who came from Mojokerto in Central Java, has been driving pedicabs for 15 years. "Becak driving is my job. I cannot do other jobs. If the government provides me a place to sell things, I will firmly tell them that I am not a vendor, not a businessman.'' ''If they (government) just allows us to pull becak - that has been providing us jobs,'' he added. ... for the rest of the feature please visit http://www.malaysiakini.com/News/2001/09/2001090302.php3 From shyam1000 at hotmail.com Mon Sep 3 19:44:24 2001 From: shyam1000 at hotmail.com (the designer) Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 10:44:24 +0000 Subject: [sustran] PMs initiative in India Message-ID: The story in Delhi is a complete contrast to whats happening with respect to becaks in Jakarta. The Prime Minister of India has taken an initiative to improve the condition of the rickshaws drivers and hawkers in delhi who are often subjected to the atrocities of the local authorities. Also the work done by India Cycle Rickshaw Improvement Project (by ITDP, New York) on cycle rickshaws was commended by the PM office and we have been asked to also help in developing improved hawker/vendor carts for the city of Delhi. G Shyam, Consultant Designer, India Cycle Rickshaw Improvement Project ===================================================================== PM DRAFTS POLICY FOR HAWKERS, RICKSHAW PULLERS IN THE CITY August 27, 2001 India Express DELHI may well become the first city to abolish the current system of licenses given to street hawkers and cycle rickshaws. The revolutionary reforms could become a reality because the directions have come from the highest office in the country that of the Prime Minister's.He has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vijay Kapoor to address to the "task of policy reform urgently". The concerns of the unorganised urban sector were brought to Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee's notice in early August, after which some of the concerns found mention in his Independence Day speech. According to sources in the PMO, the Prime Minister is of the view that these reforms be implemented in "days and not months". This is the first time that he has taken personal interest in the concerns of this sector. The biggest fallout of the reforms would be that the present licensing system, which gives ample scope for rent-seeking and harassment by Licensing and Enforcement officials, would be scrapped completely. A concept note outlining an alternate regulatory system for street hawkers and cycle-rickshaws has been prepared by the PMO."...It should recognise street hawking and cycle-rickshaw pulling as legitimate occupations which help reduce poverty and facilitate their integration into formal economy," says the note to the LG. An alternate regulatory regime for street hawkers and cycle rickshaws has been envisaged in the note as follows: • The existing licensing system with quantitative limits must be scrapped forthwith. • The metropolis must be divided into "green, amber and red" zones, signifying free-based access and prohibited access, respectively. The division into the three categories may vary with the time of the day, the day of the week and the week of the month. The division may be made separately for street hawkers and cycle rickshaws. The zoning will be formally notified and prominent streetlights to be put up to indicate their boundaries and timings. The division would be made by the MCD/NDMC in their jurisdiction, but invariably with the formal consultation with the resident associations and elected representatives. Other general restrictions like avoidance between midnight and 5am and no overnight parking on pavements, would remain as before. • Any person who wishes to be a street hawker or cycle rickshaw puller may do so by simple act of registration involving two steps—Reliable identification by any means like voter ID Card or by payment of nominal fee to cover costs of issue of these cards. Upon registration, which has to be done on the spot , the person would have unrestricted access to all the green areas. Penalties have to be restricted to surcharge of fee, but impounding, destruction of goods by any authority will be prohibited. The registration must be renewed once a year. The sole purpose of the registration should be to provide identification. It would not be a permit to ply the trade. No such permit is needed as hawking etc. represent the fundamental right to livelihood (as established in the Soudam Singh versus NDMC/MCD case). Accordingly, there must be no limits on the registrations. • A registered street hawker who wishes to ply in an amber zone, may do so by paying a fee, upon which sticker may be affixed on the registration ID. The number of hawkers may be regulated by adjustment of fees periodically. The fee may be scaled to different categories of street hawkers, peddlers on foot or using pedalised vehicles. • NGOs with a record of working for the welfare of street hawkers and rickshaw pullers may be authorised to interface between them and the concerned MCD/NDMC authorities. The licensing system as it exists today was meant to limit the number of these tradespersons. The new concept is based on the presumption that the licenses impose a number of restrictive conditions, which do not seem to relate to general convenience of the public like health and safety consideration. Instead, hawkers and rickshaw pullers are subject to atrocities by these functionaries. The restrictive licensing system enables rents to be collected by the officials who process, issue and enforce licenses. These rents are estimated in a study done by an NGO, MANUSHI, to be approximately Rs 50 crore a month. The unlicensed hawkers are estimated at 5,00,000. "It is time that the licensing system is reformed so that the hawkers and rickshaw pullers belonging to the poorest sections of urban society are enabled to pursue their modest livelihood without extortion. This would convey the message that policy reforms benefit the poor, and not only the middle –class or well-to-do," the note adds. HAWKERS, CYCLE–RICKSHAWS GET HIGH–LEVEL SUPPORT FROM PM Aug 28, 2001 Hindustan Times Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has started that genuine policy reform is called for in the present licensing systems for hawkers and cycle rickshaws in the national Capital Region of Delhi. In a letter written to Lt. Governor V. K. Kapoor, Vajpayee has emphasised policy reform to eliminate the scope for rent seeking and harassment by licensing and enforcement officials and recognise street hawking and cycle rickshaws as legitimate occupations. In what may be seen as an extension of his Independence Day speech made from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the Prime Minister has advised the government of the NCR of policy reform urgently. "Street hawking and cycle rickshaws help reduce poverty and facilitate their integration into the formal economy, "the letter said on the importance of the trade which faces harassment from a battery of officials in the Capital. The Prime Minister's office has also prepared a concept note outlining an alternative regulatory system for street hawkers and cycle-rickshaws, embodying the objectives in the letter written to the LG. Outlining the broad points on which the Prime Minister deliberated, the letter said that the policy of restrictive issue of licenses for hawkers and rickshaw-pullers is a perversion of the Supreme Court judgement in Saudam Singh versus NDMC case in 1987. The case represented a fundamental right to livelihood and was subject only to reasonable regulations to avoid potential social costs of these activities (street and pavement obstruction). Criticising the existing system, Vajpayee said that the restrictive licensing system enables rents to be collected by the officials who process, issue and enforce licenses. Giving statistics from a study, he said that while the rents are estimated to be approximately Rs 50 crore a month from 20,000 licensed hawkers, the number of unlicensed hawkers is estimated to be at around five lakhs. The Prime Minister also said in his letter that the hawkers and rickshaw-pullers are subject to atrocities by the government functionaries like destruction or misappropriation of the hawkers' wares, impounding and destruction of rickshaws. In his letter to the LG, the PM expressed the need to ameliorate the condition of these two sections urgently. The letter said that the CVC N Vittal has already written to the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the issue. HAWKERS, CYCLE – RICKSHAWS GET HIGH LEVEL FROM PM Aug 28, 2001 Hindustan Times Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has stated that genuine policy reform is called for in the present licensing system for hawkers and cycle rickshaws in the National Capital Region of Delhi. In a letter written to Lt Governor VK Kapoor , Vajpayee has emphasised policy reform to eliminate the scope for rent seeking and enforcement officials and recognise street hawking and cycle rickshaws as legitimate occupations. In what may be seen as an extension of his Independence Day speech made from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the Prime Minister has advised the government of the NCR of Delhi to address this task of policy reform urgently. "Street hawking and cycle rickshaws help reduce poverty and facilities their integration into the formal economy," the letter said on the importance of the trade which faces harassment from a battery of officials in the Capital. The Prime's Minister office has prepared a concept note outlining an alternative regulatory system for street hawkers and cycle rickshaws, embodying the objectives in the letter written to the LG. Out lining the broad points on which the Prime Minister deliberated, the letter said that the policy of restrictive issue of licences for hawkers and rickshaws pullers is a perversion of the Supreme Court judgement in Saudam Singh versus NDMC case in 1987. The case represented a fundamental right to livelihood and was subject only to reasonable regulations to avoid potential social costs of these activities (street and pavement obstruction). Criticising the existing system, Vajpayee said that the restrictive licensing system enables to rent to be collected by the officials who process, issue and enforce licenses. Giving statistics from a study, ha said that the while the rents are estimated to be approximately Rs 50 crore a month from 20,000 licensed hawkers, the number of unlicensed hawkers is estimated to be around five lakhs. The Prime Minister also said in his letter that the hawkers and rickshaws pullers are subject to atrocities by the government functionaries like destruction or misappropriation of the hawkers wares impounding and destruction of rickshaws. In his letter to the LG,the PM expressed the need to ameliorate the conditions of these two sections urgently. The letter said that the CVC N Vittal has said written to the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the issue. LG GETS CRACKING ON PM’s POLICY ON RICKSHAW PULLERS August 28, 2001 Indian Express THE Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Vijai Kapoor, today went through the letter addressed to him by Prime Minister A.B.Vajpayee wherein he had charted out measures that could be taken to do away with could be taken to do away with the licensing regime for hawkers and cycle rickshaw-pullers in some selected parts of the Capital. Sources in Delhi government said the "letter was being studied with utmost importance''. Newsline had published the Prime Minister’s suggestions in detail. In fact, on receipt of the letter, Kapoor summoned the Principal Secretary, and Urban Development Minister R. Narayanaswamy, and held detailed discussions with him. There are likely to be further meetings with key officials tomorrow. The NDMC and the MCD would also become involved in the implementation of the Prime Minister’s suggested measures shortly. Sources in the PMO had said that Vajpayee wanted as early as possible. The Prime Minister had sent his letter yesterday. He had categorically said that the”policy of restrictive issue of licenses for hawkers and rickshaw-pullers is a perversion of the Supreme Court judgement of 1987which had ruled that hawking etc. represented a fundamental right to livelihood and was subject only to reasonable regulations to avoid potential social costs of these activities (eg. Street/pavement obstruction”. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From pascal at gn.apc.org Tue Sep 4 02:22:37 2001 From: pascal at gn.apc.org (Pascal Desmond) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 17:22:37 +0000 Subject: [sustran] World Transport Policy & Practice -- 7.2 -- quarterly announcement Message-ID: Lancaster & Paris 3 September 2001 World Transport Policy & Practice, a quarterly journal edited by Professor John Whitelegg, is available free of charge as Adobe Acrobat? PDF files on the internet at [http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm]. This will help it to reach a wider readership, encompassing advocates and activists as well as academics and advisers. Please advise [mailto:pascal@gn.apc.org] if you no longer wish to receive these quarterly announcements. We have just placed Volume 7, Number 2, 2001 as a 1.1 MB PDF file on the internet at [http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm]. In addition, you are welcome to browse the site for other back issues. *** If you have difficulty in downloading the file, *** please contact [mailto:eric.britton@ecoplan.org] Eric recommends that you use MS Internet Explorer to access the website. Contents of Volume 7, Number 2, 2001: Editorial John Whitelegg Cycling in African Cities: Status & Prospects Theo Rwebangira National symbolism undermining healthy transport policies? A case study of Canberra's V8 Supercar race Paul J. Tranter & Timothy J. Keeffe Twisted Logic in the upside-down world of 'road safety' ideology: A case study of 'The Safety & Security issues of Women drivers & passengers' Robert Davis Determinants of air travel growth Stefan K. Nielsen Liveable Neighbourhoods Evan Jones Walking as a local transport modal choice in Adelaide Andrew Allan World Transport Policy & Practice ISSN 1352-7614 Eco-Logica Ltd., 53 Derwent Road, LANCASTER, LA1 3ES. U.K. telephone +44 1524 63175 fax +44 1524 848340 Editor: Professor John Whitelegg [mailto:ecologic@gn.apc.org] Business Manager: Pascal Desmond [mailto:pascal@gn.apc.org] http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Mon Sep 10 18:22:28 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:22:28 +0800 Subject: [sustran] fwd: update from Jakarta by Urban Poor Consortium - Konsorsium Ke miskinan Kota Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F4E9@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Update of State Violence against the urban poor of Jakarta, 1 - 6 September 2001 - Becak (pedicab) Number of becak confiscated by area up to 6 Sept - Central Jakarta 311 - North Jakarta 321 - West Jakarta 553 - East Jakarta 752 Total 1.937 becaks - Insidence of violence Wednesday, 5 Sept. 2001, a confiscation operation was underway in Teluk Gong, North Jakarta at 05.30 a.m. A becak driver, Agus Samsudin who alerted his friends by beating the lamp post was being gang attacked by around 20 municipality police armed with knife, stick, and sword. He got severe concussion, was unconscious for around 10 hours, and the back of his head was deeply cut for around 10 cm long.He is now hospitalized. - Other casualties: demolation and confiscation 604 sidestreet food stalls 253 street vendors 25 car wash services - Arrest 435 street sex workers 465 beggers and homeless 27 difabled 93 street children 318 informal "traffic policemen" 247 street musicians 386 other street workers - Demolition of poor communities 716 sacks/houses Sources: urban poor consortium (primary data: reports from casualties and field data collection; clippings) Chronology of events of state violence, year 2001 27 November 2000 - 16 January 2001: 51 operation days (evictions, demolitions,confiscations, arrest) victim (vendors, street children, pedicab, etc): west jakarta: 1503 people central jkt : 1237 people south jkt : 9297 people east jkt : 8813 people Total 20.850 people Isidents of retaliation by the people: 4 April 2001 - 20 operation days; personnel deployed: 2800 - Victims: 17.305 people (categories as above: central jakarta: 2.172 people north jakarta : 3.369 people west jakarta : 4.720 people south jakarta : 4.954 people east jakarta : 2.090 people Isidents of retaliation by the people: 3 8 - 29 August 2001 Operation: every day, not only during day time but also midnight to dawn 8 August2001: - Eviction and demolition happened in East Jakarta from 11.00 - 04.00 p.m.. - personnel deployed: 1000, armed with tear gas, buldozer, trucks, vans - Victims: 200 food stalls, 30 car wash, and tire repair stall 13 August 2001, 11.00 p.m.: - Pedicab confiscation in Central Jakarta - personnel deployed: 300; 50 vans, 5 trucks, - Victims: 203 pedicabs confiscated; 1 driver was arrested and tortured 13 August, 10.00 p.m. - 04 p.m. - Eviction, demolition and confiscation in East Jakarta - personnel deployed: 500 with 20 pick-ups, 10 trucks, 1 buldozer - victims: 30 garbage collectors workshops; 200 pedicabs August 14, 09.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. Roxy Insident: a retaliation by the urban poor (pedicab drivers, street vendors, childern and others). One municipality guard died, 1 badly injured, some cars and trucks burnt. 18 August 2001 Six students from Bonn University, who were guests of the UPC and were visiting a poor community in Central Jakarta,1 upc activist and 1 community leader were arrested by the police. They were accused of being involved in the Roxy incident. They were being detained and questioned for 20 hours, were released the next day. 19-29 August 2001 Operations continues to happen in all parts of Jakarta, confiscating almost one thousand pedicabs. Some small incidents happened here and there. Now thousands of people do not have job to earn money from and are terrorized. Chronology of events of state violence, year 2001 27 November 2000 - 16 January 2001: 51 operation days (evictions, demolitions,confiscations, arrest) victim (vendors, street children, pedicab, etc): west jakarta: 1503 people central jkt : 1237 people south jkt : 9297 people east jkt : 8813 people Total 20.850 people Isidents of retaliation by the people: 4 April 2001 - 20 operation days; personnel deployed: 2800 - Victims: 17.305 people (categories as above: central jakarta: 2.172 people north jakarta : 3.369 people west jakarta : 4.720 people south jakarta : 4.954 people east jakarta : 2.090 people Isidents of retaliation by the people: 3 8 - 29 August 2001 Operation: every day, not only during day time but also midnight to dawn 8 August2001: - Eviction and demolition happened in East Jakarta from 11.00 - 04.00 p.m.. - personnel deployed: 1000, armed with tear gas, buldozer, trucks, vans - Victims: 200 food stalls, 30 car wash, and tire repair stall 13 August 2001, 11.00 p.m.: - Pedicab confiscation in Central Jakarta - personnel deployed: 300; 50 vans, 5 trucks, - Victims: 203 pedicabs confiscated; 1 driver was arrested and tortured 13 August, 10.00 p.m. - 04 p.m. - Eviction, demolition and confiscation in East Jakarta - personnel deployed: 500 with 20 pick-ups, 10 trucks, 1 buldozer - victims: 30 garbage collectors workshops; 200 pedicabs August 14, 09.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. Roxy Insident: a retaliation by the urban poor (pedicab drivers, street vendors, childern and others). One municipality guard died, 1 badly injured, some cars and trucks burnt. 18 August 2001 Six students from Bonn University, who were guests of the UPC and were visiting a poor community in Central Jakarta,1 upc activist and 1 community leader were arrested by the police. They were accused of being involved in the Roxy incident. They were being detained and questioned for 20 hours, were released the next day. 19-29 August 2001 Operations continues to happen in all parts of Jakarta, confiscating almost one thousand pedicabs. Some small incidents happened here and there. Now thousands of people do not have job to earn money from and are terrorized. -- Urban Poor Consortium - Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota Billy Moon Blok H-I/7 Jakarta 13450, Phone/Fax: 62.21.8642915 Urban Poor Website: http://www.urbanpoor.or.id/ http://welcome.to/urbanpoor/ From wcox at publicpurpose.com Mon Sep 10 23:40:39 2001 From: wcox at publicpurpose.com (Wendell Cox) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:40:39 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: update from Jakarta by Urban Poor Consortium - Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota References: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F4E9@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <003501c13a06$90b23f20$27782e3f@y8f2e> Paul... Re the efforts to rid Jakarta and Delhi of becaks and rickshaws, is it fair to view this as something of an elitist agenda to rid the communities of something seen as unsightly? What are the people who use these systems supposed to do? Walk? Eventually buy cars? Appears to be a real dilemma and would be interested in perspectives on this. Best regards, Wendell Cox DEMOGRAPHIA & THE PUBLIC PURPOSE (Wendell Cox Consultancy) http://www.demographia.com (Demographics & Land Use) http://www.publicpurpose.com (Public Policy & Transport)) Telephone: +1.618.632.8507 - Facsimile: +1.810.821.8134 PO Box 841 - Belleville, IL 62222 USA From sujit at vsnl.com Wed Sep 12 14:38:29 2001 From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:08:29 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: fwd: update from Jakarta by Urban Poor Consortium - Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota In-Reply-To: <003501c13a06$90b23f20$27782e3f@y8f2e> References: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F4E9@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010912093431.00ab51d0@202.54.10.1> 12 September 2001 Dear Wendell, Attitude of the typical middle class urban Indian would be somewhat along these lines. They feel "We have lacked basic infrastructure of roads, communication networks and mobility for years. Roads and highways need to be better and wider to enable faster movement of traffic" (in their minds only the motorised vehicles fit this definition). Slow moving vehicles are seen not only as obstructions but also as symbols of backwardness. So rickshaws, cycles and other "non-modern" and "non-high-tech" modes are really an eyesore for this class. They would say "people who use these modes should switch to buses or subways" and perhaps add "why should these outdated pre-historic vehicles be allowed on major roads? They (rickshaws) slow the traffic, are a threat to safe driving and hence should use the narrower, less important roads and keep out of our way". Roadside trees are also seen as obstruction and cause of road accidents. They have been butchered on most roads in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and other growing cities as a result of the never-ending road-widening drive, which by the way is seen as panacea for solving all traffic congestions / pollution problems. The media by and large re-enforces this view by trumpeting every road-widening / flyover proposal with articles on how the traffic congestion will disappear when the sickly roads are transformed into impressive four-lane highways fit for the fast auto vehicles, preferably fortified by:- road dividers to keep out the pedestrians (for them the steep climb up and down the over -bridge). The exercise is often accompanied by the removal of "excessive" bus stops on newly widened roads (they interrupt speedy movement of autos)... this is not exaggeration but actually happening in Pune....pavements are also removed or narrowed with the result that the pedestrians have to fight for space with telephone junction boxes, roadside vendors, garbage containers and other stationary or moving objects that are attracted to the additional unused space offered by the newly widened road. Some roads widened far in excess of the needs of traffic also encourage car owners to exceed the speed limit and to overtake other vehicles including two wheelers from the left (in India we are supposed to drive on the left side of the road and overtake a vehicle from the right). Only a small section of population understands that infrastructure like roads and flyovers need to be expanded judiciously as more/wider roads encourage even more traffic, and it is wiser to manage traffic demand than to convert more and more open spaces into red-carpets for auto vehicles. If you manage traffic demand, road-widening can be avoided and mixed modes encouraged, optimising the road space. But we are still wearing the old hat and blindly imitating the west, although in many parts of Europe and the US these policies are increasingly coming under attack from people opposed to the domination of their cities by auto-vehicles. Sorry if this has become trifle too long. Regards -- Sujit ----------------------------------------------------------- At 09:40 AM 9/10/01 -0500, you wrote: >Paul... > >Re the efforts to rid Jakarta and Delhi of becaks and rickshaws, is it fair >to view this as something of an elitist agenda to rid the communities of >something seen as unsightly? What are the people who use these systems >supposed to do? Walk? Eventually buy cars? Appears to be a real dilemma and >would be interested in perspectives on this. > >Best regards, >Wendell Cox > > > >DEMOGRAPHIA & THE PUBLIC PURPOSE (Wendell Cox Consultancy) >http://www.demographia.com (Demographics & Land Use) >http://www.publicpurpose.com (Public Policy & Transport)) >Telephone: +1.618.632.8507 - Facsimile: +1.810.821.8134 >PO Box 841 - Belleville, IL 62222 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sujit Patwardhan. PARISAR, Yamuna, ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007 Tel: 5537955 Email: sujit@vsnl.com ***************************************************************** In nature there are neither Rewards nor Punishments--- there are Consequences. ***************************************************************** From pascal at gn.apc.org Thu Sep 13 01:20:39 2001 From: pascal at gn.apc.org (Pascal Desmond) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:20:39 +0000 Subject: [sustran] rickshaws In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010912093431.00ab51d0@202.54.10.1> References: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F4E9@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> <5.1.0.14.0.20010912093431.00ab51d0@202.54.10.1> Message-ID: Hello Colleagues You are welcome to download Volume 3, Number 3, (1997) of "World Transport Policy & Practice". This special issue on Calcutta contains an article by Jai Sen 'The Left Alliance and the Unintended City: Is a civisilsed transition possible'. Abstract: Attempts have been made to ban hand-pulled rickshaws in Calcutta in the past. Hand-pulled rickshaws are one of the last vestiges of feudalism and imperialism. The lives and livelihoods of those who pull the rickshaws are not normally considered because some politicians believe that 'the poor must suffer a little for the good of the larger community'. -- Kind regards Pascal Desmond From kisansbc at vsnl.com Thu Sep 13 09:32:30 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 06:02:30 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Attack on Humanity References: Message-ID: <000901c13beb$94778a20$7438c5cb@r4v7p2> Dear all. Our heartfelt sympathies to those who lost their dear ones and to those injured for no fault of theirs or of the victims. Terrorism has assumed such a giganmtic proportion that no body can for certain say as to when and how it will strike and who would be the victims. Some countries like India, Sri Lanka. erstwhile parts of the disintegrated USSR and its former friends have been facing and suffering from terrorism and other violence in which common man loses his life. The outrage in Washington and New York has exploded the myth that super interlligence, surveilance or higher strike capability can protect anybody on this earth. It sometimes looks like that less than humane activities and approach to all create tensions that are misdirected to such extreme acts. Widening gaps between the rich and the poor - individuals, family, communities and nations end up in tensions that become irreconcilable and then in showing up in places and situations far away from the people and policies responsible for creating tensions. Let us learn from whatever has happened to the mightiest power this globe has witnessed to develop a more humane approach to our fellow human beings. Taking revenge is not the way out. Deepest sympathies. Kisan Mehta mailto:kisansbc@vsnl.com 620 Jame Jamshed Road, Dadar East, MUMBAI 400 014 India From tr_saranathan at hotmail.com Thu Sep 13 12:35:27 2001 From: tr_saranathan at hotmail.com (TR Saranathan) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 03:35:27 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: Attack on Humanity Message-ID: Dear Friends, It is really a pain, that may persist long, to know about the failure of technological growth cannot be replaced by human values. This pathetic situation arises among the human species only inspite of the sixth sense bestowed by God.Again this confirms that our species carried away far from the basic values ,taking shelter under a false pride of misplaced technological and religious supremacy. Why should nations spend so much of valuable time energy and resources and funds, when their people want only a meagure shelter, food and clothing? God only knows. Humans, QUO Vadis? I fully agree with Kisanji and all the majority of thepublic all over the world. Saranathan >From: "kisan mehta" >Reply-To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org >To: , , >, , >, "IFOAM Head Office" , >, , >, , > >CC: "Aditi Mehta" , "priya salvi" >, "Harshad Kamdar" >Subject: [sustran] Attack on Humanity >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 06:02:30 +0530 > > >Dear all. > >Our heartfelt sympathies to those who lost their dear ones >and to those injured for no fault of theirs or of the victims. >Terrorism has assumed such a giganmtic proportion that no >body can for certain say as to when and how it will strike >and who would be the victims. > >Some countries like India, Sri Lanka. erstwhile parts of the >disintegrated USSR and its former friends have been facing >and suffering from terrorism and other violence in which >common man loses his life. > >The outrage in Washington and New York has exploded the >myth that super interlligence, surveilance or higher strike >capability can protect anybody on this earth. > >It sometimes looks like that less than humane activities and >approach to all create tensions that are misdirected to >such extreme acts. Widening gaps between the rich >and the poor - individuals, family, communities and nations >end up in tensions that become irreconcilable and then >in showing up in places and situations far away from the >people and policies responsible for creating tensions. > >Let us learn from whatever has happened to the mightiest >power this globe has witnessed to develop a more >humane approach to our fellow human beings. Taking >revenge is not the way out. Deepest sympathies. > >Kisan Mehta mailto:kisansbc@vsnl.com >620 Jame Jamshed Road, Dadar East, >MUMBAI 400 014 India > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From kisansbc at vsnl.com Fri Sep 14 09:20:01 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 05:50:01 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Fw: Attack on Humanity Message-ID: <000701c13cb2$ffcf3760$dc38c5cb@r4v7p2> ----- Original Message ----- From: kisan mehta To: Cc: <>; <>; <> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:47 PM Subject: : Attack on Humanity > Dear Dr Saranathan, Aine, Priya and Sustran friends, > > I read emails sent by Dr Saranathan and Aine. Terrorism has > been a major issue for many peoples and nations. The attack > on New York and Washington only reemphisises the need for coordinated and > perseverant action everywhere and anywhere > where people are persecuted, whether one or multitudes like > the present one. Technology cannot provide solutions. > > Can the world community come out of false sense of security > and work for staving starvation and deaths from the poor, > shunned and shunted downtrodden whether they are in the > rich countries or the poor. Let us not develop > `NIMBYISM' any more. The western pattern emerged > and persistent is going to increase tensions because the man is > ranged against another, nation against another. > > Kisan Mehta mailto:kisansbc@vsnl.com > > From: TR Saranathan > To: > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:05 AM > Subject: [sustran] Re: Attack on Humanity > > From kisansbc at vsnl.com Sat Sep 15 10:15:24 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:45:24 +0530 Subject: [sustran] (no title) Message-ID: <001601c13d84$78e474e0$ae4bc5cb@r4v7p2> Dear Paul, Eric, Wendell, Sujit and Sustran Colleagues, Banning or even restricting becabs and rikshaws is totally anti-people. So are plans to disable pedestrians wanting to reach their destination using physical energy. That this is happening in poor countries like India and Philippines is a matter of shame for all. How can politicians and public servants take such stand while claiming to be people's representatives/public servants? In Mumbai with high car concentration compared to other Indian cities, about 15 persons share one car which means that only one is a car owner while 14 are non-car owners. Yet authorities do everything to hound out those 14 to provide licence to the one to drive his car as he likes. Private cars run at government cost (in reality at the common man's cost), use public roads but do not pay anything in return. As if this is not enough, the government extracts about 15% out of public road service earnings though bus fare is as low as Rs 2 (equal to US 2 cents) for the first 1.6 km providing links to far off locations. Yet they cannot ply on many roads on the excuse of traffic (what is traffic?). Mumbai does have appro. 35,000 auto rikshaws which carry upto 3 passengers. Fares are about 50% of taxies carrying max 4. Riks cannot ply in about 20% of Mumbai's area, having higher public transport demand. Cars can move and park jolly well even in narrow lanes free of charge causing bottlenecks. Buses and ricks (next to walking) are more preferred but are disallowed on grounds of pollution. Poor walk upto 8 km to job as many a jobs do not provide extra for bus/train ticket. It is a fact that rikshaws are outmoded causing air and noise pollution. Can one claim that cars do not? At present pining to become car owner middle class young have aligned against low cost journey providers using environment as cover to restrict bus/riks movement. They move legal courts to oust riks as well slum dwellers, 65% of Mumbai population. The situation in Pune where Sujit resides is no better, probably worse. Pune was 3-4 decades a cycle town. Since the arrival of motor cycles, non-motorised cycles are replaced by motorised cycles worsening the situation. In such a highly urbanised town, motor have invaded creating problems that Sujit has well highlighted. That such a bias has developed in Philippines is beyond imagination. Bulk of the population is poor by any standards. People have recently installed a popular president removing a corrupt one. Pedicabs provide jobs to unskilled god-fearing citizens. We feel the Konsorsium is doing everything to get out the car mania. Citizens are with them. Tell us how and where we can help. What Konsorsium is doing is the most minimum that anybody having minimum appreciation of public good would do. We are in the same boat. Best wishes. Kisan Mehta mail to:kisansbc@vsnl.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Sujit Patwardhan To: Cc: ; Eric Britton ; Paul Alexander Barter Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: [sustran] Update on Jakarta by Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20010915/5310f8c8/attachment.htm From kisansbc at vsnl.com Sat Sep 15 10:26:04 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:56:04 +0530 Subject: [sustran] (no title) Message-ID: <002a01c13d85$63afe0e0$ae4bc5cb@r4v7p2> Dear Paul, Eric, Wendell, Sujit and Sustran Colleagues, Banning or even restricting becabs and rikshaws is totally anti-people. So are plans to disable pedestrians wanting to reach their destination using physical energy. That this is happening in poor countries like India and Philippines is a matter of shame for all. How can politicians and public servants take such stand while claiming to be people's representatives/public servants? In Mumbai with high car concentration compared to other Indian cities, about 15 persons share one car which means that only one is a car owner while 14 are non-car owners. Yet authorities do everything to hound out those 14 to provide licence to the one to drive his car as he likes. Private cars run at government cost (in reality at the common man's cost), use public roads but do not pay anything in return. As if this is not enough, the government extracts about 15% out of public road service earnings though bus fare is as low as Rs 2 (equal to US 2 cents) for the first 1.6 km providing links to far off locations. Yet they cannot ply on many roads on the excuse of traffic (what is traffic?). Mumbai does have appro. 35,000 auto rikshaws which carry upto 3 passengers. Fares are about 50% of taxies carrying max 4. Riks cannot ply in about 20% of Mumbai's area, having higher public transport demand. Cars can move and park jolly well even in narrow lanes free of charge causing bottlenecks. Buses and ricks (next to walking) are more preferred but are disallowed on grounds of pollution. Poor walk upto 8 km to job as many a jobs do not provide extra for bus/train ticket. It is a fact that rikshaws are outmoded causing air and noise pollution. Can one claim that cars do not? At present pining to become car owner middle class young have aligned against low cost journey providers using environment as cover to restrict bus/riks movement. They move legal courts to oust riks as well slum dwellers, 65% of Mumbai population. The situation in Pune where Sujit resides is no better, probably worse. Pune was 3-4 decades a cycle town. Since the arrival of motor cycles, non-motorised cycles are replaced by motorised cycles worsening the situation. In such a highly urbanised town, motor have invaded creating problems that Sujit has well highlighted. That such a bias has developed in Philippines is beyond imagination. Bulk of the population is poor by any standards. People have recently installed a popular president removing a corrupt one. Pedicabs provide jobs to unskilled god-fearing citizens. We feel the Konsorsium is doing everything to get out the car mania. Citizens are with them. Tell us how and where we can help. What Konsorsium is doing is the most minimum that anybody having minimum appreciation of public good would do. We are in the same boat. Best wishes. Kisan Mehta mail to:kisansbc@vsnl.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Sujit Patwardhan To: Cc: ; Eric Britton ; Paul Alexander Barter Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: [sustran] Update on Jakarta by Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20010915/7ce56377/attachment.htm From kisansbc at vsnl.com Sat Sep 15 10:29:50 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:59:50 +0530 Subject: [sustran] : [sustran] Update on Jakarta by Konsorsium Message-ID: <004001c13d85$ea602a00$ae4bc5cb@r4v7p2> Dear Paul, Eric, Wendell, Sujit and Sustran Colleagues, Banning or even restricting becabs and rikshaws is totally anti-people. So are plans to disable pedestrians wanting to reach their destination using physical energy. That this is happening in poor countries like India and Philippines is a matter of shame for all. How can politicians and public servants take such stand while claiming to be people's representatives/public servants? In Mumbai with high car concentration compared to other Indian cities, about 15 persons share one car which means that only one is a car owner while 14 are non-car owners. Yet authorities do everything to hound out those 14 to provide licence to the one to drive his car as he likes. Private cars run at government cost (in reality at the common man's cost), use public roads but do not pay anything in return. As if this is not enough, the government extracts about 15% out of public road service earnings though bus fare is as low as Rs 2 (equal to US 2 cents) for the first 1.6 km providing links to far off locations. Yet they cannot ply on many roads on the excuse of traffic (what is traffic?). Mumbai does have appro. 35,000 auto rikshaws which carry upto 3 passengers. Fares are about 50% of taxies carrying max 4. Riks cannot ply in about 20% of Mumbai's area, having higher public transport demand. Cars can move and park jolly well even in narrow lanes free of charge causing bottlenecks. Buses and ricks (next to walking) are more preferred but are disallowed on grounds of pollution. Poor walk upto 8 km to job as many a jobs do not provide extra for bus/train ticket. It is a fact that rikshaws are outmoded causing air and noise pollution. Can one claim that cars do not? At present pining to become car owner middle class young have aligned against low cost journey providers using environment as cover to restrict bus/riks movement. They move legal courts to oust riks as well slum dwellers, 65% of Mumbai population. The situation in Pune where Sujit resides is no better, probably worse. Pune was 3-4 decades a cycle town. Since the arrival of motor cycles, non-motorised cycles are replaced by motorised cycles worsening the situation. In such a highly urbanised town, motor have invaded creating problems that Sujit has well highlighted. That such a bias has developed in Philippines is beyond imagination. Bulk of the population is poor by any standards. People have recently installed a popular president removing a corrupt one. Pedicabs provide jobs to unskilled god-fearing citizens. We feel the Konsorsium is doing everything to get out the car mania. Citizens are with them. Tell us how and where we can help. What Konsorsium is doing is the most minimum that anybody having minimum appreciation of public good would do. We are in the same boat. Best wishes. Kisan Mehta mail to:kisansbc@vsnl.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Sujit Patwardhan To: Cc: ; Eric Britton ; Paul Alexander Barter Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: [sustran] Update on Jakarta by Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20010915/dce282b5/attachment.htm From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Sat Sep 15 10:28:27 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:28:27 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Comparative Assessment of the operational characteristics of Rural Water Transport Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F4FA@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Dear Colleagues Below, please find a short synopsis of a project and a call for collaboration. Please share this call as widely as you can with colleagues. Best wishes Priyanthi Fernando Executive Secretary, IFRTD _________________________________ Project synopsis and call for collaboration Comparative Assessment of the operational characteristics of Rural Water Transport The Problem The IFRTD Secretariat, supported by a grant from DFID's Knowledge and Research Programme has initiated a two year research programme to assess the operational characteristics and affordability of rural water transport under different physical and social conditions. For poor people in rural areas in many parts of the developing world, the non motor-vehicle transport services provided by the informal, mechanised and non-mechanised, inland water transport sector ('rural water transport') can be a principal means of affordable mobility and access. This mode is particularly important in the wet season, the very part of the year when other transport options are at their least reliable. There are locations where rural water transport is effective (notably Bangladesh and Vietnam) and others where, though the operating environment appears to offer similar opportunities, RWT is little used or is very costly. The reasons for these differences are unclear. There is no comparative data, so investigating the potential for improvement or demonstrating the comparative economic advantages of efficient systems is almost impossible. The existing knowledge is highly uneven with much less known about the use of RWT in Africa and South America. In addition to the lack of information, a hostile policy and institutional environment limits the potential of RWT even where it is effective at the local level. ESCAP figures suggest that even though almost 50% of the freight in Vietnam is moved on water, the sector only receives 1% of the national budget devoted to transport infrastructure. This neglect has a significant impact, particularly on isolated communities with fewer assets and limited access to goods, services and opportunities. This project will undertake to compare the different operational conditions and identify the critical success factors associated with low cost rural water transport. The outputs will provide information for integrating rural water transport into rural access planning and generating information that can be used to improve the viability of RWT operations and reduce the isolation of poor rural communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is hoped that the activities of the project will raise the profile of these issues among those working on improving access and mobility for the poor. The approach The research will be coordinated by the IFRTD Secretariat and implemented by a core team comprising Colin Palmer, Farhad Ahmed andPriyanthi Fernando who will work with collaborators in 10 countries to develop the framework for the research and to collect the information. It is envisaged that the project will comprise 4 phases: In the first inception phase, the core team will identify collaborators and together agree a research framework. Phase 2 will involve the collaborators conducting the field research , and working with the core team to carry out the comparative analysis. This will be shared with key stakeholders and partners. In Phase 3 the programme will identify key audiences, 'messages' and appropriate information products and develop a strategy for dissemination that will be implemented as the final phase of the project. Collaboration The work of the collaborators will be critical in achieving the project's objectives and outputs. The IFRTD Secretariat is pleased to invite expressions of interest for collaboration from organisations in developing countries with an interest in the subject and the capacity to carry out a short piece of research. As noted above, rural water transport is a neglected subject so direct experience of the sector is limited. We recognise that it will not always be possible to identify organisations with prior experience of the subject. This will therefore not be a requirement for participation in the project. Remuneration will be in the range of 3500 pounds. Collaborators will be required to: participate in an initial workshop currently scheduled for February 2002 (this could change) contribute to the development of the research framework spend six months carrying out the research and writing the report participate in the final workshop (planned for February 2003) that will present the analysis and identify key audiences for the information. If you are interested, please respond by October 5, 2001 to the address below, providing a short capability statement of your organisation, a very brief overview of the operational environment of rural water transport in your country and why you are interested in researching this subject. We have already identified potential collaborators in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Uganda and Peru. Selection of collaborators will depend on the capacity of the collaborators to carry out the research and the operational environment of rural water transport in the country. Rural Water Transport Project IFRTD Secretariat 2 Spitfire Studios 63-71 Collier Street London N1 9BE UK Tel: +44 20 7713 6699 Fax: +44 20 7713 8290 Email: ifrtd@gn.apc.org OR priyanthi.fernando@cwcom.net ________________________________________________________________________ Priyanthi Fernando Executive Secretary International Forum for Rural Transport and Development 2 Spitfire Studios 63-71 Collier Street London N1 9BE UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7713 6699 Fax: +44 (0)20 7713 8290 email: ifrtd@gn.apc.org OR priyanthi.fernando@mcmail.com Web page: http://www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd From kisansbc at vsnl.com Sat Sep 15 10:33:48 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 07:03:48 +0530 Subject: [sustran] (no title) Message-ID: <005801c13d86$784b5740$ae4bc5cb@r4v7p2> Dear Paul, Eric, Wendell, Sujit and Sustran Colleagues, Banning or even restricting becabs and rikshaws is totally anti-people. So are plans to disable pedestrians wanting to reach their destination using physical energy. That this is happening in poor countries like India and Philippines is a matter of shame for all. How can politicians and public servants take such stand while claiming to be people's representatives/public servants? In Mumbai with high car concentration compared to other Indian cities, about 15 persons share one car which means that only one is a car owner while 14 are non-car owners. Yet authorities do everything to hound out those 14 to provide licence to the one to drive his car as he likes. Private cars run at government cost (in reality at the common man's cost), use public roads but do not pay anything in return. As if this is not enough, the government extracts about 15% out of public road service earnings though bus fare is as low as Rs 2 (equal to US 2 cents) for the first 1.6 km providing links to far off locations. Yet they cannot ply on many roads on the excuse of traffic (what is traffic?). Mumbai does have appro. 35,000 auto rikshaws which carry upto 3 passengers. Fares are about 50% of taxies carrying max 4. Riks cannot ply in about 20% of Mumbai's area, having higher public transport demand. Cars can move and park jolly well even in narrow lanes free of charge causing bottlenecks. Buses and ricks (next to walking) are more preferred but are disallowed on grounds of pollution. Poor walk upto 8 km to job as many a jobs do not provide extra for bus/train ticket. It is a fact that rikshaws are outmoded causing air and noise pollution. Can one claim that cars do not? At present pining to become car owner middle class young have aligned against low cost journey providers using environment as cover to restrict bus/riks movement. They move legal courts to oust riks as well slum dwellers, 65% of Mumbai population. The situation in Pune where Sujit resides is no better, probably worse. Pune was 3-4 decades a cycle town. Since the arrival of motor cycles, non-motorised cycles are replaced by motorised cycles worsening the situation. In such a highly urbanised town, motor have invaded creating problems that Sujit has well highlighted. That such a bias has developed in Philippines is beyond imagination. Bulk of the population is poor by any standards. People have recently installed a popular president removing a corrupt one. Pedicabs provide jobs to unskilled god-fearing citizens. We feel the Konsorsium is doing everything to get out the car mania. Citizens are with them. Tell us how and where we can help. What Konsorsium is doing is the most minimum that anybody having minimum appreciation of public good would do. We are in the same boat. Best wishes. Kisan Mehta mail to:kisansbc@vsnl.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Sujit Patwardhan To: Cc: ; Eric Britton ; Paul Alexander Barter Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: [sustran] Update on Jakarta by Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20010915/54721cff/attachment.htm From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Sat Sep 15 10:42:12 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:42:12 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Africa Rural Transport on BBC World Sept 17-23 Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F4FD@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> -----Original Message----- From: To promote discussion, research and exchange of information into rural tran [mailto:RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On Behalf Of Priyanthi Fernando Sent: Friday, 14 September 2001 5:47 To: RURAL-TRANSPORT-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Africa Rural Transport on BBC World Sept 17-23 Below is a message sent out by the World Bank which some of you may not have received. Any feedback on the programme is welcome! Please share it with friends and colleagues. Best wishes Priyanthi Fernando IFRTD Secretariat -----Original Message----- From: Sgiltner@worldbank.org [mailto:Sgiltner@worldbank.org] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 09:12 To: ... Subject: Africa Rural Transport on BBC World Sept 17-23 Apologies to those who receive more than one copy of this message. Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) Colleagues and Friends: This is an early alert that the BBC World will broadcast a half-hour program called "The Long Walk" about transport in rural Africa several times between September 17 and 23. "The Long Walk" will appear as part of the BBC World series "Earth Report." Earth Report is produced by the Television Trust for the Environment. This program on rural transport in Africa is sponsored by the SSATP's Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP) and ILO/ASIST through funds allocated to those programs by DFID. The RTTP and ILO/ASIST worked together to suggest themes and shooting locations. IFRTD was also important in developing the original idea to sponsor a broadcast program on rural transport in Sub-Saharan Africa. The program is about aspects of rural transport in Africa, not about the RTTP or the ILO as such. Videotaping occured in Senegal, Guinea, Tanzania, and Malawi and covers several projects, favoring the themes of lack of access to adequate transport, IMT solutions (donkeys, bicycles), and rural road maintenance. The themes are presented almost entirely via stories of local people. We hope this program will raise awareness of rural transport issues in Sub- Saharan Africa among the general population and policymakers in Africa and elsewhere. Judging from the script, the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) has produced a program that should engage a wide public. BBC World is a commercial arm of the BBC that reaches some 167 million homes (not to mention some 600,000 hotel rooms!) in nearly 200 countries and territories. Seventy-one million of these homes receive BBC World on a 24-hour basis, while 96 million receive it on a part-day basis. BBC World is of course not the same as the BBC World Service, which is the radio broadcast part of the BBC. BBC World broadcasts "Earth Report" several times a week. The broadcast time in your location will depend on whether BBC World reaches you via a parabolic antenna (a "dish") receiving the London broadcast, or through local cable or broadcast. If you have a parabolic that receives the London broadcast, "Earth Report" is on at (Greenwich Mean Time) Mondays (03:30, 21:30), Tuesdays (08:30, 11:30, 14:30), Wednesdays (01:30), Saturdays (18:30), and Sundays (07:30). The rural transport program will be the only "Earth Report" program during the week of September 17-23. However, broadcast in local markets through cable or other means can have different schedules, which may not even include "Earth Report." Local cable/broadcast schedules for most countries can be obtained for the coming week from the BBC World website http://www.bbcworld.com/ Information about "Earth Report" can be found on TVE's website page http://www.tve.org/earthreport/schedule/index.html We will send a reminder closer to the broadcast date; there will also be information on the SSATP website at www.worldbank.org/afr/ssatp. We hope you will let others know about the program. It would be splendid if RTTP and RMI coordinators could determine the channel and local times in their markets and inform colleagues and friends about the BBC World coverage. Please feel free to forward this message. Thank you! Compliments Sandra Giltner Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program Office 1 202 473 0444 Mobile 1 202 253 4743 MSNJ7-700/Room J-7058 1818 H St NW Washington DC 20433 ________________________________________________________________________ Priyanthi Fernando Executive Secretary International Forum for Rural Transport and Development 2 Spitfire Studios 63-71 Collier Street London N1 9BE UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7713 6699 Fax: +44 (0)20 7713 8290 email: ifrtd@gn.apc.org OR priyanthi.fernando@mcmail.com Web page: http://www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Tue Sep 18 09:55:27 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:55:27 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: CSE, India on CNG campaign in Delhi Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F503@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> ... What's new at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India. SABOTAGE The saboteurs' campaign to derail the Supreme Court orders to move public transport to CNG has reached a feverish pitch, betraying a tone of almost desperation. The Right To Clean Air Team exposes the saboteurs and the games they are playing. The past five months have been incredible. When we launched our campaign for clean air in 1996, with the publication of the book, Slow Murder, we had no idea that we were entering into a realm of high intrigue and deception. In all our years of public work, we had never seen such powerful vested interests at work, and indeed the lengths and depths they are prepared to go to compromise public health. The one thrill is that we have achieved what we set out to do, at least to some extent. The air of Delhi is cleaner. People can feel the difference. It is not that pollution levels have dropped dramatically, but that we have stemmed the rot and stabilised pollution. Delhi has added over 200,000 vehicles in the last year itself and it has more vehicles than Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai put together. But the capital's pollution levels are coming down unlike the other cities, which are choking and wheezing because of unhealthy air. The saga of saboteurs has been fascinating learning. When we published our cover story 'Saboteurs' (Down To Earth, Vol 9, No 20) on the implementation of the Supreme Court (SC) order of July 1998 to convert the Delhi's public transport to compressed natural gas (CNG), we hardly noticed the devious role of the greatest saboteur, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MPNG). Till April 2001, it did nothing probably because the ministry's high command did not think the court order would be implemented (as its then secretary pointed out). There was never any question of shortage of gas to supply Delhi and certainly the fact that gas reserves of India were depleting was never the issue. Till March, the disinformation campaign centred on the unreliability of the untested technology. CNG buses had not made it to the roads in large numbers and experts came up with wild statements that politicians lapped up buses would blow up in Delhi's extraordinary summer, the buses would not drive up the inclines of flyovers, etc. But by May, there were enough buses on the roads to vindicate the technology. Now a new game was in town. We learnt how easy it was to tell a lie and how difficult to dig up the truth. Three main tricks were played. The first strategy was to confuse the public with an alternative that did not exist. The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) led this plank. It advocated the use of ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD), which has less than 0.005 per cent sulphur as the alternative in public. But when asked to make a recommendation to the court, through the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), it quietly recommended low sulphur diesel (0.05 per cent)which is currently in use in Delhi. The idea of the missing zero was brilliant. It completely confounded the media and, of course, was purposely used by the politicians to promote clean diesel, which was a fancy terminology for current diesel. MPNG led the second brigade to push the line that there was no gas. Oops, we forgot. Sorry, there is no gas in the country. The Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), which reports to the petroleum ministry, was given the gag order. The plight of bus and autorickshaw drivers waiting all night, maybe even longer, made hearts bleed. CNG was anti-poor. CNG was unworkable. Politicians jumped in to fight for justice. The anger against CNG grew. Brilliant. The third plank was to attack CNG itself. As the air of Delhi got visibly cleaner, convoluted science and models were used by TERI to show that we should forget that we could breathe better. Actually the air was getting worse, they said. If there was any improvement it was because of the monsoon. Forget that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) figures showed marked improvements. In this attack, the prestige of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was roped in as its professor, Dinesh Mohan, with funds from oil and motor companies went on a binge using assumptions and models to discredit CNG. So great was the confusion caused that diesel suddenly was being viewed as clean (it only causes asthma said one newspaper) while CNG was the devil (it causes cancer). The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which is certainly not known for its agility of action, was last seen rubbing out the signage on its buses, so that instead of 'CNG pollution free bus' it only read as CNG bus. Of course, at times with the Freudian slip of the brush, some buses now read 'polluting CNG bus.' In all this disinformation was the key. Stories were planted with impunity in the media. For instance, it was widely and frequently reported that the ministry of environment and forests (MEF) had filed an affidavit going against its committee, the EPCA, and that it supported current diesel as a clean fuel. It was said so often that it became the truth, at least in the public mind. We found out later that the ministry had done no such thing. In fact, it had opposed the diesel lobby. What remains unclear is what solution the anti-CNGwallahs are advocating. After all we were not in a high school debate on CNG versus diesel. The operation was to find solutions to air pollution in the city. All written presentations to the EPCA recommended the use of current diesel as clean fuel. There is absolutely no scientific basis that this will reduce air pollution given Delhi's extremely high bus density, pollution levels and growing number of vehicles. TERI still advocates ULSD publicly but only because it knows that the government will not import or produce clean, near-sulphurless diesel, and that the technology of particulate traps (which can bring down pollution levels) is still far from being implemented in the country. Tata Engineering (TELCO) in its written submission to EPCA also says that in any case it will take two years for it to manufacture a Euro II compliant bus with a simple particulate trap. The MPNG, of course, is even more obvious. It wants current diesel and only just that. Nothing more. We cannot have buses on one fuel only. No other city in the world has done this. We should not dictate a technology option. Let the market decide. We must have a comprehensive approach. Pearls of wisdom. Who can disagree with their sagacity? But can they be implemented in ungoverned India? Can the court simply say, follow the emission norms, use any technology, just make sure it cleans the air of Delhi? Let there be a mix of CNG and diesel buses. Implement your own law. That would be as good as saying, let the government govern. What a good idea! What will happen next is hard to say. Director-general of TERI, R K Pachauri, in a recent article says that public decisions cannot be based on personal ill-health. But then, what should public decisions be based on? Profits, deep pockets? Right To Clean Air Campaign Team Centre for Science and Environment More details at http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/air/cng/cng_index.htm ************************************************* Visit our website at www.cseindia.org and check out what's new. Our website carries our science and environment fortnightly Down To Earth, a daily environment news flash by subject categories, a catalog of books and publi cations that are available, and all of our recent press releases. We also give regular updates on all of our campaigns on topics like vehicular pollution, climate change, biodiversity, water resources, wildlife, forests, environment education etc. Our online library of books, journals, images and videos is searchable through a thesaurus of environmental keywords at http://data.cseindia.org We are also looking for reciprocal linking to other website in this area. Let us know your website address and we would be happy to link to you. Please feel free to forward this message to other interested individuals. Past archives of this bulletin are available at http://www.cseindia.org/html/au/au6.htm .... Sucheta Sharma Website Unit Centre for Science and Environment **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 608 1110, 608 1124 608 3394, 608 6399 FAX : 91-11-608 5879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: webadmin@cseindia.org **************************************************************** From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Sep 18 22:11:05 2001 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric.britton@ecoplan.org) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:11:05 +0200 Subject: [sustran] European CarFree Day In-Reply-To: <005801c13d86$784b5740$ae4bc5cb@r4v7p2> Message-ID: Dear Friends, This is just to let you know that this is Car Free Day season in many parts of Europe and a few other places as well. Now as you know well a single day without cars, or with a couple of less cars, is no magic formula for instant sustainable mobility, environmental integrity and social justice. But if it is taken seriously by those involved, it can provide some valuable clues and be used to gain support for new ideas and what we like to call ?pattern breaks?. There are a couple of dozen web sites that report on or follow all this in different places and different ways, but if you want to pretty good front door to the whole thing you can check out http://CarfreeDay.com . It may give you an idea or two for your own communities and neighborhoods. With all good wishes, Eric Britton The @New Mobility Forum is permanently at http://newmobility.org The Commons ___Sustainable Development and Social Justice___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@NewMobility.org Tel: +331 4326 1323 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20010918/51b0fa22/attachment.htm From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Thu Sep 20 02:58:50 2001 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric.britton@ecoplan.org) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:58:50 +0200 Subject: [sustran] WE CANNOT FIX THE PRESENT SYSTEM!! In-Reply-To: <005801c13d86$784b5740$ae4bc5cb@r4v7p2> Message-ID: Dear Friends, This last good observation on Sustran from Kisan Mehta on pedicabs, riskhsaws, et al has been haunting my mailbox for the last several days as I have been scratching my head and trying to figure out how I might somehow usefully in this matter. Here is my best quick stab for now with the following proviso: you all know the old saw that ?to a man with a hammer all problems look like nails?. So you may find that the ideas that follow may suffer from this syndrome as well. Let?s take a minute and see if we can at least figure out a couple of important things that we know ? and them maybe a few others that we don?t but perhaps should: Item 1: Pedicabs, riskhsaws, motorized or not, bicycles and all that stuff with only a couple of wheels and often motors have to be THE wrinkle in the terrible conundrum of sustainable transport in Third World cities that put it in an entirely different league from what we are seeing in the so-called West. And this is of course not even to mention the further complications of animal drawn transport. Item 2: There is no clear model (known to me) that shows how (if at all) they should be integrated into the global transportation system, which should be sustainable, should be socially just, and probably should also have some place for other transport forms as well. Item 3: We know that car-based systems of the kind that without any doubt underlay the root thinking of most transport policy makers in the Third World, and their first world advisors and bankers, are clearly NOT the answer. Item 4: But we also know for a fact that this car-based model (which of course includes and defines by default the space available for its poor cousin ?public transport? or ?mass transport? cousins) is the one that is in place -- and which now somehow needs to be dislodged. Okay, I admit. Up to now I have said absolutely nothing original on this or anything that you all do not know full well. But if we look at it in this light ? and if we further bear in mind that those four points only start a list of many others which all head uniformly in the same direction ? it does suggest one thing. AND THAT IS THAT WE CANNOT FIX THE PRESENT SYSTEM. Hmm. Now that to my mind is a kind of interesting statement, because, barren though it might at first seem, it does in fact contain the seeds of what might be our eventual answer. Let me toss out a few ideas that might possibly feed your own and better thoughts on all this: a. The cars have to come out. This requires a program of street space shifts which probably should be deliberately spread out over say a two or four year period, at the end of which something like 90% of all private cars are removed from the city traffic stream. (In a democracy or something that wishes to pass for such, this should really not be unachievable since nine out of ten or nineteen out of twenty or more households simply don?t have own cars in the first place. b. The traditional modes HAVE to be integrated into the solution set, not just as minor add-ons or barely acceptable perverse artifacts of the past, but as central elements of the sustainable transportation system. Like the Critical Mass people, they can rightfully claim that they are not obstructing traffic ? they ARE traffic! (And the justifications for this are so many and so well known to this group that I need not try even to summarize.) c. This leaves the question about how do all of the richer folks get around in the brave new world of sustainability ? and there we have some interesting answers. By deregulating the field, we can expect that a whole number of new entrepreneurs will emerge who are ready and able to provide first class non-car transport (i.e., based on multiple occupancy with variations) using vehicles of quite some range of sizes and types (and prices). Think of these new systems as the logistical variation of say mobile phones as opposed to the old POTS networks. d. What about so-called ?public transport? and its many variations? Well, to my way of thinking that is just part of the puzzle, and certainly where one has a well working pt system there is every reasons to maintain and improve it. Moreover, the sort of things that we are seeing with the TransMilenio in Bogota and the Curitiba busway system are surely going to emerge as an important part of this new world of city transport. But that said, we know for sure that they too only respond to one part of the much broader challenge. Let?s assume for the moment that this is a pretty good list and analysis of the situation, where, if it is true, does it leave us? Well, I guess it suggests that we are or at least should be searching for an entirely new model, and that this is the only way out there by which we can break the impasse. So, if all we do is continue to build another fly-over here, another new bus lane there, clean up a few engines over there, and even one of your wonderful three billion dollar all bells and whistles metros that will solve who knows whose problems in maybe half a generations time . . that inevitably all this will add up not to nothing, but to a situation which will continue to go from bad to worse. Well, if we do know that, and if we can organize and get some strong agreement on that from say one thousand of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the field before we all die of old age (or asphyxiation), then maybe we have a running start on a new world of transport policy and practice. And of course what would be great about this is that the West will be able to look on and learn enough maybe even to save itself. Do we have a discussion here? Or an action program as we managed to have for Bogota? And if so, what next? With all good wishes, Eric Britton The @New Mobility Forum is permanently at http://newmobility.org The Commons ___Sustainable Development and Social Justice___ Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France Eric.Britton@NewMobility.org Tel: +331 4326 1323 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20010919/ae2cfa34/attachment.htm From kisansbc at vsnl.com Thu Sep 20 11:00:36 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:30:36 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: common interests References: Message-ID: <005701c14178$0b076700$884bc5cb@r4v7p2> Dear John, The following message sent to Eric Brittain and copied to you and Sustran Discuss bounced so I am trying to forward to you now, trusting I shall have success this time. Best wishes Kisan Mehta ----- Original Message ----- From: kisan mehta To: ; Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 7:13 PM Subject: Re: common interests > Dear Eric, John and Sustran friends, > > I apologise for not responding till today to your warm > message offering to an issue on Mumbai's traffic conditions. > I could not open references mentioned by you due tomy > computer illiteracy. > > We have referred to Mumbai's traffic conditions in the past. The > issue now is relvant as the World Bank is being persuaded to > revive its offer to assist with a loan of Rs > 45 billion to extend help (so called) bus and rail service managers, > city municipality. The WB dropped the offer > when the state government embarked on a flamboyant programme of 50 > flyover/elevated roads spending > Rs 18 billion uptil now and another 80 billion on a sea link now > under consideration for likely benefit to max 20,000 private cars. > This would totally defeat public transport plan. The government > would not understand the fallacy of interfering with the > muni plans. Your studied stand may help us to talk > to the govt and WB. Any WB money loaned would be additional > burden on citizens where one out of 15-20 persons owns a car. > As usual, cars will not pay a penny. > > Mumbai is practically sealocked unlike Calcutta (Kolkata now) > and with average population density of 27,000 persons per sq km, > it is by far the densest city in the world. 65% of population stay in slums > having no sanifary amenities. Your help will at least stop the > WB from giving loan now when practically every major road has one > or more flyovers. Tell us as to how we can go about. Best wishes. > > Kisan Mehta kisansbc@vsnl.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Cc: John Whitelegg > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 11:19 AM > Subject: common interests > > > Dear Mr. Mehta, > > Just the shortest of notes to tell you that I read your latest note to > > Sustran with the greatest interest, and I would like to think that the > work > > of some of the programs under The Commons might be of > interest and use to you. They are all, of course, entirely free > and are made possible through the work of volunteers. Perhaps > I can particularly recommend: > > > > * The @New Mobility Agenda at http://newmobility.org > > * Journal of World Transport Policy & Practice at > > http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp > > * @World CarFree Day Consortium at http://carfreeday.com > > > > The Journal has published a special number on transport and related issues > in Calcutta. Perhaps it is time we do the same for Mumbai? > With all good wishes, > > > > Eric Britton : To: Cc: John Whitelegg Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 11:19 AM Subject: common interests > Dear Mr. Mehta, From varghese at krec.ernet.in Fri Sep 21 14:55:08 2001 From: varghese at krec.ernet.in (Dr. Varghese (Pz:) George) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:25:08 +0530 (IST) Subject: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity Message-ID: Dear Kisans and Sustrans This is in response to the email communications sent by kisan mehta on Fri, 14 Sep 2001 05:50:01 +0530 and Fri Sep 21 10:45:34 2001 Some of us see terrorist activities as a fight between civilizations. But it is not so. Its just a fight between mighty nations one against the other to prove their superiority. The poor countries are at times compelled to take sides for their very existance. The mighty powers have suceeded in creating a situation where poorer countries are left with no choice, but to remain as Banana republics obeying the orders of the mighty nations. Religion being an intergral part of society, has played a major role in fomenting communal tension all over the world (as in Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Palestine, Indonesia, etc.) just as it had been during the Crusades of the 11th Century and the era of colonization from the 15th to the 19th century.. The only period when tension used to exist otherwise in the name of ideology was during the cold war period between the US and the USSR -between Capitalism and Communism/Socialism. The vacuum that resulted after the collapse of the USSR is now filled by religious fundamentalists and terrorists. It seems that the world rather refuses to remain subservient to a single master. It finds new ways and means to keep the mighty ones in check one way or the other. THE FALL OF THE WTC has futher revealed the truth that military or technological superiority will in no way ensure the security of any nation. Terrorists have always chosen the most suitable weapon they can bargain with - the lives of the innocent people. Have we ever made a count of lives lost in Srilanka and India due to terrorist activities? The time has come for all nations to stand together to fight not only terrorism, but all forms of oppressions in this world. Dr. Varghese George Deptt. of Civil Engg., Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal, South Karnataka Pin-574157 From litman at vtpi.org Fri Sep 21 20:31:04 2001 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Litman) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 04:31:04 -0700 Subject: [sustran] VTPI News Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010921043104.01310290@pop.islandnet.com> ----------- VTPI NEWS ----------- Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" ------------------------------------ Summer 2001 Vol. 4, No. 2 ---------------------------------- The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transportation problems. The VTPI website has many resources addressing a wide range of transport planning and policy issues. VTPI also provides consulting services. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VTPI ONLINE TDM ENCYCLOPEDIA - MAJOR EXPANSION AND UPDATE ========================================================= The VTPI "Online TDM Encyclopedia" is being significantly expanded and updated. This is a unique and comprehensive resource to help transportation professionals identify and evaluate innovative solutions to transportation problems. The Encyclopedia now has more than 75 chapters with hundreds of pages of text and thousands of Internet links. The Encyclopedia is likely to become one of your most useful information resources for transportation and land use planning. It is available free at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm. NEW CHAPTERS - There are more than a dozen new chapters, including: - Freight Transport Management - Aviation Transport Management - Taxi Service Improvements - Pay-As-You-Drive Vehicle Insurance - Universal Design (accommodating people with special needs) - Individual Actions for Efficient Transportation - Transportation Costs and Benefits (monetized estimates) - Costs of Driving (and savings from reduced vehicle use) - Transportation Statistics (data sources) - TDM and Sustainable Transportation - TDM in Developing Regions - Safety and Health Impacts - Parking Solutions - Parking Evaluation - Pricing Evaluation - Pricing Methods (techniques for collecting parking and road fees) - TDM Planning and Implementation - Comprehensive Transportation Evaluation - Measuring Transportation - Evaluating Transportation Choice - Glossary - and more... Below are some highlights of this update: * PRINTABLE! - You can now print chapters of the Encyclopedia directly from your browser. (We corrected a glitch in the Microsoft Word HTML conversion function that inserted numerous unnecessary page-break codes, resulting in many wasted sheets of paper. If you experienced this problem, please invoice Bill Gates at Microsoft Corporation for any costs.) * MORE COMPREHENSIVE - There is much more detail on many issues, including additional information on specific strategies, evaluation techniques and best practices. * NEW AND BETTER REFERENCES - We regularly update references, many of which are available directly through the Internet. This allows you to obtain additional information and resources on each subject. * PARKING MANAGEMENT - New and expanded chapters including "Parking Solutions," "Parking Evaluation," "Parking Management," and "Parking Pricing" provide information on a variety of ways to address parking problems and encourage more efficient use of parking resources. * PLANNING TECHNIQUES - The "TDM Planning and Implementation," "Comprehensive Transportation Evaluation," and "Measuring Transportation" chapters provide information on improved transportation planning and evaluation techniques. * TRANSPORTATION COSTS - We have significantly updated and expanded the "Transportation Cost" chapter, and have added a new chapter on the "Costs of Driving." This can help you calculate the savings that result from TDM strategies that reduce vehicle use. * SAFETY, SECURITY AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF TDM - A new chapter examines the safety, personal security and health benefits that can result from various TDM strategies. These are significant and often overlooked impacts. * INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS - The "Individual Actions for Efficient Transportation" chapter describes ways that people can support TDM in their own lives. This update is nearly complete. Over the next month we plan to make minor changes. As always, we appreciate any suggestions for improving these resources. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW & UDATED REPORTS ==================== The following documents are posted at http://www.vtpi.org. During the last few months we have worked on several projects related to distance-based vehicle insurance. As a result, our reports on this concept have been significantly revised: * "Distance-Based Vehicle Insurance As A TDM Strategy" This 25-page paper is an updated version of the article originally published in Transportation Quarterly in 1997. It describes and compares various distance-based insurance pricing strategies. * "Distance-Based Vehicle Insurance Feasibility, Costs and Benefits; Comprehensive Technical Report" This is the 80-page (plus 35 pages of appendices) detailed study of the benefits, costs, equity impacts and feasibility of distance-based insurance pricing. * "Efficient Vehicles Versus Efficient Transportation: Comprehensive Comparison of Fuel Efficiency Standards And Transportation Demand Management," submitted for presentation at the Transportation Research Board 81st Annual Meeting, January, 2002. Fuel efficiency standards and other strategies to increase vehicle fuel efficiency reduce the cost of driving, resulting in increased vehicle travel. This "rebound effect" typically offsets 10-30% of the fuel efficiency gains, so a 10% increase in average fuel efficiency causes a 1-3% increase in vehicle mileage, resulting in a net fuel savings of 7-9%. The increased vehicle mileage imposes a number of costs on society, including increased traffic congestion, road and parking facility costs, crashes, urban sprawl, and increases in some pollution emissions. These incremental costs are significant compared with fuel savings benefits. Emission reduction strategies that increase total vehicle mileage by even a small amount may be harmful to society overall, while those that also reduce vehicle mileage can provide far greater total benefits to society. * "What's It Worth? Life Cycle and Benefit/Cost Analysis for Evaluating Economic Value." Originally presented at the Internet Symposium on Benefit-Cost Analysis, Transportation Association of Canada (www.tac-atc.ca), 2001. "My Toughest Challenge...The Clearwater Roundabout Charrette," by Dan Burden. Dan Burden is one of America's leading advocates for pedestrian transportation and livable communities. This short paper describes his experience dealing with a hostile crowd, and how his team won the community over with good communication and a positive vision. It is an excellent illustration of the obstacles and opportunities facing planners who must deal with public involvement. (Posted with permission.) "Does Public Transit Raise Site Values Around Its Stops Enough To Pay For Itself, Were The Value Captured?," by Jeffery J. Smith. This paper examines research on the land value impacts of public transit service, and particularly whether the value increases can repay some or all of public transit service costs. It summarizes the results of more than 70 studies. Jeffery J. Smith is the President of the Geonomy Society, a group of academics and activists who provide information about how the flow of natural rents impacts economies, societies, and the environment. (Posted with permission.) PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE The following VTPI articles were published in peer-reviewed journals. "Generated Traffic; Implications for Transport Planning," ITE Journal, Vol. 71, No. 4, Institute of Transportation Engineers (www.ite.org), April, 2001, pp. 38-47; also available at Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org). This is the first article on this subject published in the ITE Journal, directed at transportation practioners. "Optimal Level of Automobile Dependency; A TQ Point/Counterpoint Exchange with Peter Samuel and Todd Litman," Transportation Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 1, Winter 2001, pp. 5-32. "You Can Get There from Here; Evaluating Transportation Choice," Transportation Research Record, forthcoming 2001; available at www.vtpi.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OTHER NEWS: =========== * Centre For Sustainable Transportation President Search --------------------------------------------------------- Centre for Sustainable Transportation is a Canadian-chartered, membership based, non-profit organization that began work in 1996. Its mission is to provide leadership in developing more sustainable transportation by facilitating research and cooperative action by government agencies, industries and individuals. In the past four years, the Centre has launched a number of projects including its annual Sustainable Transportation Monitor newsletter. The Centre has an ambitious work plan of important projects that can come to fruition only through more membership and funding. More information about the Centre is available at www.cstctd.org. The Centre is currently searching for a new president. The ideal candidate is well versed in all aspects of sustainable transportation. He/she understands the dynamics between governments and private sector parties involved in transportation and will be acquainted with many of the stakeholders. The candidate should be a self-starter, capable of working independently and as a team member, with the energy and motivation to take on an interesting and important set of challenges. At this time, an annual compensation of up to $50,000 is available depending upon experience and qualifications. If you are interested, please send your resume electronically by September 28, 2001 to: Michael S. McNeil Chair - Search Committee Centre for Sustainable Transportation Email: mmcneil@ngvcanada.org * Distance-Based Vehicle Insurance ----------------------------------- Bill 3871 introduced in the 2001 Oregon legislature, which would have provided tax credits to insurers that offer "pay as you drive" pricing failed to pass this year, but supporters hope it will be reintroduced in the next session. It was endorsed by the National Association of Independent Insurers, regional governments, the Oregon/Idaho chapter of the American Automobile Association, the Oregon Consumer League, environmental organizations, citizen transportation reform groups and the Interfaith Global Warming Campaign. For information see http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/hb3800.dir/hb3871.intro.html or contact Christine Hagerbaumer at the Oregon Environmental Council (www.orcouncil.org). * The USEPA is working on a program to encourage vehicle insurers to offer Pay-As-You-Drive insurance pricing. Background analysis is currently being performed, with the hope of having program guidelines developed over the next year. * We submitted the final report on our major study of distance-based pricing for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), the government corporation that covers 90% of vehicle insurance in this province. We have a new government in BC, which appointed an entirely new ICBC board of directors that we hope will be interested in this pricing option. * The US Federal Highway Administration's Value Pricing Program has received at least three proposals for distance-based insurance pilot projects. The final decision as to which will receive grants is expected within the next few weeks. For more information contact Allen Greenberg at 202-366-2425. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTES CONCERNING TERRORISM AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY ==================================================== This newsletter was originally scheduled for distribution on September 11, the day the terrorist attacks occurred in New York and Washington DC. We deferred it a week in response. We share grief, sorrow and frustration from this event, and would like to express sincere condolences to everybody who suffered from this tragedy. We have many colleagues in New York and Washington DC. I sometimes visit these cities, and attended a conference at the World Trade Center. I realize with great sadness that some intended recipients of this newsletter may have been killed or injured by the attack. These events and society's responses can be viewed from many different perspectives. Here are some implications with regard to transportation policy. * The damage and confusion in downtown New York City illustrates the value of having a diverse and robust transportation system that functions under unexpected or extreme conditions (what engineers call "resilience" and economists call "option value"). Walking, cycling, public transit, taxi service and telecommunications tend to be particularly important during a major disaster or other unplanned event. For discussion see the "Evaluation Transportation Choice" chapter of our Encyclopedia at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm65.htm. * Transportation management is important during and after a disaster, including the ability to communicate with travelers, control vehicle access, prioritize roadway capacity (for example, giving top priority to emergency vehicles, secondary priority to public service vehicles, third priority to transit and HOV vehicles, and lowest priority to general traffic), and encourage use of alternative modes. For discussion see the "Special Event Transport Management" chapter at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm48.htm. * Some travelers may become more fearful of flying, and additional security precautions at airports will increase the financial and time costs of air travel, reducing total air travel demand, or at least its growth rate. This has mixed blessings: it will be difficult for the airline industry but will reduce airport congestion and aviation pollution, and can help achieve sustainability objectives. See the "Sustainable Transportation" chapter at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm67.htm. * There may be opportunities to encourage shifts from air travel to alternative modes, such as interregional bus and rail travel for medium-distance (100-1,000 mile) trips. For discussion see the "Aviation TDM" chapter at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm77.htm and the "Tourist Transport Management" chapter at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm46.htm. * The airline industry will face significant financial difficulties for the foreseeable future, causing reductions in employment and revenues, and perhaps some bankruptcies. There is likely to be political pressure to subsidize the industry, based on claims that air travel is critical for national economic development. But there are good reasons to resist such demands and question whether increased air travel necessarily contributes to economic development. See the "Economic Development" chapter at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm54.htm. * Although the destruction and pain caused by these terrorist acts is grievous, it is much less than the deaths and damages caused by "normal" traffic crashes. Fatal traffic crashes are so common that they tend to be overlooked compared with occasional, large, malicious disasters. It would be unfortunate if increased concern about terrorism results in reduced efforts to prevent more common transportation risks. For discussion see the "Safety and Health Impacts of TDM" chapter at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm58.htm. * There may be new concerns about petroleum supply and price uncertainty, and perhaps price spikes and temporary shortages in the future. This increases the importance of transportation management for energy conservation, affordability and emergency response. See the new "Emission Reduction and Energy Conservation Strategies", currently under development, which should be posted by the end of October. * There are likely to be many changes proposed to transportation system policies and management practices in response to terrorist threats. It is best if a comprehensive framework is used to evaluate these options, so solutions can be selected that also help achieve other transportation improvement objectives. For discussion see the "Comprehensive Transportation Evaluation" chapter at http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm76.htm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please let us know if you have comments or questions about any information in this newsletter, or if you would like to be removed from our mailing list. And please pass this newsletter on to others who may find it useful. 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@vtpi.org Website: http://www.vtpi.org From kisansbc at vsnl.com Tue Sep 25 11:15:30 2001 From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 07:45:30 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Fw: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity Message-ID: <003401c14567$f3cf9460$2936c5cb@r4v7p2> ----- Original Message ----- From: kisan mehta To: > Cc: ; ; ; ; Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity > Dear Dr Varghese, > > Thanks for your 21.09 message in response to mine > giving my feelings on terrorism. I fully agree with you > that terrorism rises from the vast disparities. What is > the way out? I am copying my email to Surekha Sule, volunteer for peace. > It appears people have > started using email communications as an excuse > for not practising. We have to do something concrete > to bring peace and make life safe for the common > man who becomes the victim. > > Dear Surekha > > The attack on the WTC has atleast placed the terror > of terrorism on the global map. Till then, countries > would be expected to treat and fend out the internal > and external terrorism as a local aberration even though fuelled by other > states. Hence the reply to terrorism > had limited response. > > Whatever the US administration may do is not going > to go beyond the defending of the sovereignty of the > US and protecting of the US people even though in > the WTC attack itself nationals from other countries > have lost their lives. I do not expect change of mind > in the diehard Republican who is wont to see beyond > his immediate interest. Pakistan has been provided > larger credibility to what it is doing to the other side of > the wall. > > In this light we have to work for the protection of > human beings more than Indians and Colombians. > Can we mobilise? > > With your wide contacts, we can start. Please send away two letters that > you have received from me in > last 24 hours to as many firends, contacts etc as the first shoot out. We > shall send our article on > Freedom Struggle to interested people. This article > brings out the superiority of moral force over > physical violence by coincidence. > > We need to mobilise sane citizens of the world who accept the need for > objectivity and neutrality against terrorism. Bush has pulled up himself > only on realising > that his tower of pride for Free Trade has been pricked. > > Whatever it may be `is'. We can strive to create an atmosphere to fight > religious bigotry, including in one's religion by birth or ritual, > fundamentalism, bullying by > one nation of another. We know this requires the > combined strength of the fire power of all states on > the earth and much more. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THOSE FIGHTING FOR PEACE > SHALL HAVE AND > ACQUIRE IF THEY STAND UP BEHIND THE CAUSE > RESOLUTELY. Best wishes > > Kisan Mehta kisansbc@vsnl.com > > Dr Varghese, Please let us know as to what we > can and must individually and jointly do. Do not > expect ministers. politicians and all those who should > matter to be with you. People have to work out > strategies and work them out. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dr. Varghese (Pz:) George > To: sustran Cc: Kisan Mehta > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:25 AM > Subject: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity > > > Dear Kisans and Sustrans > > > > This is in response to the email communications sent by > > kisan mehta > > on Fri, 14 Sep 2001 05:50:01 +0530 > > and Fri Sep 21 10:45:34 2001 > > > > Some of us see terrorist activities as a fight between > > civilizations. But it is not so. Its just a fight between mighty > > nations one against the other to prove their superiority. > > The poor countries are at times compelled to take sides for their > very existance. > > > > The mighty powers have suceeded in creating a situation where > > poorer countries are left with no choice, but to remain as > > Banana republics obeying the orders of the mighty nations. > > > > Religion being an intergral part of society, has played a major > role in fomenting communal tension all over the world (as in > > Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Palestine, Indonesia, etc.) just as it had been during > the Crusades of the 11th Century and the era of colonization from the 15th > to the 19th century.. > > > > The only period when tension used to exist otherwise in the name of > > ideology was during the cold war period between the US and the USSR > > -between Capitalism and Communism/Socialism. > > > > The vacuum that resulted after the collapse of the USSR is now > filled by religious fundamentalists and terrorists. It seems that the world > rather refuses to remain subservient to a single master. It finds new ways > and means to keep the mighty ones in check one way or the other. > > > > THE FALL OF THE WTC has futher revealed the truth that military or > > technological superiority will in no way ensure the security of > > any nation. Terrorists have always chosen the most suitable weapon > > they can bargain with - the lives of the innocent people. Have we > > ever made a count of lives lost in Srilanka and India due to > terrorist activities? > > > > The time has come for all nations to stand together to fight not > only terrorism, but all forms of oppressions in this world. > > > Dr. Varghese George > > Deptt. of Civil Engg., > > Karnataka Regional Engineering College, > > Surathkal, South Karnataka Pin-574157 > > From tr_saranathan at hotmail.com Tue Sep 25 13:41:32 2001 From: tr_saranathan at hotmail.com (TR Saranathan) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 04:41:32 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fw: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity Message-ID: Dear Friends, As for international terrorism a gbig group of countries is trying to have a grip over the problem. But National Terrorism is the one we have to look closely. Each one of us should collect lots of info regarding Fundamentalist , Political and Smuggling organizations .The genesis of these ,mode of operation and funding etc. This may be of use to tackle the problem at the political, NGO and other levels. We lack statistics and full info on topics that grow under our own feet. Many experts in different walks of life have to come together. As for me at 70 plus, whatever is possible I shall do. Dr. T.R.Saranathan >From: "kisan mehta" >Reply-To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org >To: >CC: , , >, , "Sujit Patwardhan" > >Subject: [sustran] Fw: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 07:45:30 +0530 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: kisan mehta >To: > >Cc: ; ; ; >; >Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:45 PM >Subject: Re: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity > > > > Dear Dr Varghese, > > > > Thanks for your 21.09 message in response to mine > > giving my feelings on terrorism. I fully agree with you > > that terrorism rises from the vast disparities. What is > > the way out? I am copying my email to Surekha Sule, volunteer for peace. > > It appears people have > > started using email communications as an excuse > > for not practising. We have to do something concrete > > to bring peace and make life safe for the common > > man who becomes the victim. > > > > Dear Surekha > > > > The attack on the WTC has atleast placed the terror > > of terrorism on the global map. Till then, countries > > would be expected to treat and fend out the internal > > and external terrorism as a local aberration even though fuelled by >other > > states. Hence the reply to terrorism > > had limited response. > > > > Whatever the US administration may do is not going > > to go beyond the defending of the sovereignty of the > > US and protecting of the US people even though in > > the WTC attack itself nationals from other countries > > have lost their lives. I do not expect change of mind > > in the diehard Republican who is wont to see beyond > > his immediate interest. Pakistan has been provided > > larger credibility to what it is doing to the other side of > > the wall. > > > > In this light we have to work for the protection of > > human beings more than Indians and Colombians. > > Can we mobilise? > > > > With your wide contacts, we can start. Please send away two letters >that > > you have received from me in > > last 24 hours to as many firends, contacts etc as the first shoot out. >We > > shall send our article on > > Freedom Struggle to interested people. This article > > brings out the superiority of moral force over > > physical violence by coincidence. > > > > We need to mobilise sane citizens of the world who accept the need for > > objectivity and neutrality against terrorism. Bush has pulled up >himself > > only on realising > > that his tower of pride for Free Trade has been pricked. > > > > Whatever it may be `is'. We can strive to create an atmosphere to fight > > religious bigotry, including in one's religion by birth or ritual, > > fundamentalism, bullying by > > one nation of another. We know this requires the > > combined strength of the fire power of all states on > > the earth and much more. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THOSE FIGHTING FOR PEACE > > SHALL HAVE AND > > ACQUIRE IF THEY STAND UP BEHIND THE CAUSE > > RESOLUTELY. Best wishes > > > > Kisan Mehta kisansbc@vsnl.com > > > > Dr Varghese, Please let us know as to what we > > can and must individually and jointly do. Do not > > expect ministers. politicians and all those who should > > matter to be with you. People have to work out > > strategies and work them out. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dr. Varghese (Pz:) George > > To: sustran > Cc: Kisan Mehta > > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:25 AM > > Subject: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanity > > > > > Dear Kisans and Sustrans > > > > > > This is in response to the email communications sent by > > > kisan mehta > > > on Fri, 14 Sep 2001 05:50:01 +0530 > > > and Fri Sep 21 10:45:34 2001 > > > > > > Some of us see terrorist activities as a fight between > > > civilizations. But it is not so. Its just a fight between >mighty > > > nations one against the other to prove their superiority. > > > The poor countries are at times compelled to take sides for >their > > very existance. > > > > > > The mighty powers have suceeded in creating a situation where > > > poorer countries are left with no choice, but to remain as > > > Banana republics obeying the orders of the mighty nations. > > > > > > Religion being an intergral part of society, has played a >major > > role in fomenting communal tension all over the world (as in > > > Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Palestine, Indonesia, etc.) just as it had been >during > > the Crusades of the 11th Century and the era of colonization from the >15th > > to the 19th century.. > > > > > > The only period when tension used to exist otherwise in the >name >of > > > ideology was during the cold war period between the US and the >USSR > > > -between Capitalism and Communism/Socialism. > > > > > > The vacuum that resulted after the collapse of the USSR is now > > filled by religious fundamentalists and terrorists. It seems that the >world > > rather refuses to remain subservient to a single master. It finds new >ways > > and means to keep the mighty ones in check one way or the other. > > > > > > THE FALL OF THE WTC has futher revealed the truth that military >or > > > technological superiority will in no way ensure the security of > > > any nation. Terrorists have always chosen the most suitable >weapon > > > they can bargain with - the lives of the innocent people. >Have >we > > > ever made a count of lives lost in Srilanka and India due to > > terrorist activities? > > > > > > The time has come for all nations to stand together to fight >not > > only terrorism, but all forms of oppressions in this world. > > > > > Dr. Varghese George > > > Deptt. of Civil Engg., > > > Karnataka Regional Engineering College, > > > Surathkal, South Karnataka Pin-574157 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Tue Sep 25 15:14:20 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 14:14:20 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Fw: [sustran] A feedback on - Attack on Humanit y Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F52C@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> Dear sustran-discussers I certainly understand that we may be keen to discuss the current and recent frightening events on the world stage. However, sustran-discuss is not the right place for that. The main purpose of the sustran-discuss list is to focus on transport issues, especially those most relevant to the global South (the lower-income parts of the world). Let us stick to postings that are relevant to this focus please. Best wishes, Paul (list manager) From frwro at mahidol.ac.th Fri Sep 28 12:47:48 2001 From: frwro at mahidol.ac.th (William Ross) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:47:48 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Pedestrians to reclaim the streets Message-ID: <0a7801c147d0$5979aac0$77020e0a@mahidol.ac.th> Dear Friends I thought the following article might be interesting to people on the list. It appeared on page 6A of Bangkok's English language newspaper 'The Nation' 27 September 2001. For those who don't know: * Silom Rd is the heart of Bangkok's business district during the day, and an active night market and entertainment venue at night and weekends, some may know it as 'Patpong' * Khao San Rd is probably the world's biggest tourist / backpacker centre - the road is lined with hotels, hostels, cafes (internet and coffee), restaurants, street markets, travel agents - everything the tourist could desire There are many other roads in Bangkok which could profit (economically, environmentally, socially) from such treatment, hopefully this is just the start. I will be contacting the Minister with a few more suggestions. -------- *Road closure Pedestrians to reclaim Silom Govt hopes move will boost tourism, save energy costs The governmetn plans to close a stretch of central Bangkok's busy Silom Road on Sundays, starting from November 18, as part of a campaign to save energy, Deputy Prime Minister Pitak Intrawityanunt revealed yesterday. The move will turn the 800-metre stretch from the Sala Daeng junction to the Narathiwat intersection into a pedestrian street on Sunday afternoons, and is intended to promote tourism, reduce air pollution and to encourage family outings, Pitak said. Yaowaraj and Khao San roads are likely to be included in the plan, he said. Khao San is more likely to be the next on the list for the "Sundays only" treatment, as it is shorter and houses fewer businesses than Yaowaraj Rd. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Metropolitan Police have voiced their support for the move, according to Pitak, who chairs the government committee on energy saving promotion. - the rest of the article is non-transport related - --------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr William Ross Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies Mahidol University Salaya Phutamonthon Nakhonpathom 73170 Thailand Tel: (+662) 441 0211-16 ext 232 Fax: (+662) 441 9509-10 Email: frwro@mahidol.ac.th -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20010928/c05dd9b8/attachment.htm From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Sat Sep 29 12:19:54 2001 From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter) Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:19:54 +0800 Subject: [sustran] FW: Update, Jakarta Issue [LOCOA] Message-ID: <2C9E855D35B9D01198190020AFFBE8CB0B86F544@exs04.ex.nus.edu.sg> -----Original Message----- From: hyowoo na [mailto:locoa2000@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, 29 September 2001 10:22 To: Kirtee Shah; Mr. Leo Shah; Rajesh Shah; Myung Ho Shin; SeungMin Shin; Tomoe Shitaba; Johan Silas; Amarasiri de Silva; Teresita Silva; Raajen Singh; Dibalok Singha; dickson Singha; Sri Sofjan; Sofyan; Thomas Soi; Thomas Steinbugler; Sustran; Amor Tampubolon; Jo Hann Tan; Tibet Fund; Edicio De La Torre; UCDO; UDLE; Dennis Upa Subject: Update, Jakarta Issue [LOCOA] UPDATE,August 15 to 26 September 2001 - Jakarta, Indonesia - A. NUMBER OF CASUALTIES OF STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE URBAN POOR OF JAKARTA 1. Confiscated becak "X Central Jakarta 1904 "X North Jakarta 2283 "X West Jakarta 2665 "X East Jakarta 2147 Total number who lost jobs 8,999 This means 8999 people lost their jobs, thus the same number of families lost their earnings. 2. Food vendors (evicted, demolished) 71.857 3. Car wash service (demolished) 40 4. Houses (demolished) 1.010 Total number of people lost jobs 72.907 3. Urban poor arrested/detained "X 436 street sex workers "X 23 lepers and mentally disturbed "X 12 alms collectors "X 735 beggars and homeless "X 27 difables "X 95 stree children "X 329 ??informal?? traffic policemen "X 250 street musicians "X 386 others 3.293 Total 4. Houses demolished 1.010 B. Chornology of Urban Poor Resistance 5. September 2001-09-26 Pademangan Subdistrict, North Jakarta Confiscation of becak started at 02.00 a.m. One becak driver was shot by the police in a physical confrontation that followed. Becak drivers, street vendors and others retaliated, they attacked Pademangan sub-district office, resulted in glass windows, the foor and the front gate of the office all broken. Teluk Gong, North Jakarta Confiscation operation started by 04.30 a.m. One becak driver who alerted his friends by beating the lamp post was gang-beaten by around 20 municipality security guards; his skull was 10cm fractured. 7 September 2001: Muara Angke, North Jakarta A physical confrontation between becak drivers, food vendors and others with municipality security guards has resulted in 5 becak drivers badly injured. 11 September 2001: Muara Baru, North Jakarta Hundreds of becak drivers demonstrated at the Muara Baru village office that resulted in the village head agreed to stop becak eviction in the area. 13 September 2001: Jelambar Baru, West Jakarta Confiscation of becaks happened in Jelambar Baru the day before. Hundreds of becak drivers, food vendors and others attacked Jelambar Baru village office. The glass windows, doors and roof were broken. 15 September 2001: Municipality Office of East Jakarta More than 500 becak drivers, street vendors, street children and others attacked EastJakarta municipality office, resulted in glass doors, windows and roof were broken and 1 bus ruined. One becak driver was badhly hurt in the head, 4 others were detained in the Jakarta police headquarters. They were interrogated, beaten and was jailed in a very small room together with around 15 more people. 17 September 2001: Kalianyar, West Jakarta A municipality team confiscated a number of becaks in Kalianyar. Hundreds of urban poor, the majority of whom were becak drivers then attacked the village office. They threw stones to the building, the glass windows and doors of the office. Three becak drivers were arrested, one was released on 21 September, the other two were still detained in the police precinct of Tambora, West Jakarta. The two were beaten. 25 September 2001: Angke, North Jakarta 1 becak in Angke, North Jakarta and 5 in Kwitang, Central Jakarta wre confiscated. 26 September 2001: Sunter, Central Jakarta 16 becaks were confiscated, the team involved hundreds of policemen, mobile brigade, the army and municipality security guards. Sources: UPC (field data and clippings) ===== LOCOA Leaders and Organizers of Community Organization in Asia 80-A, Malakas Street, Brgy Pinyahan, 1100 Quezon City, Philippines Tel: (632) 925-8432,426-4118 Fax :(632) 426-4132 E-mail: locoa2000@yahoo.com http://www.locoa.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com From akiladinakar at hotmail.com Sun Sep 30 14:52:25 2001 From: akiladinakar at hotmail.com (Akila Dinakar) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 05:52:25 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Re:poem Message-ID: A poem on the recent incident at Mannady in Chennai. The Perilous Path ----------------- What a cherubic boy was he Barely five and raring to go His eyes had just opened To the joys of this earth. Tamilmani, he was named By hopeful parents That one day he will adorn His mother tongue like a jewel in the crown. Only cheer knew he when Trotting home from school Satchel yoked behind, eager To gorge on Mama's evening delicacies. He knew not what was in store When eyes gaping and heart jubilant He set foot on soil loose Down he went and eight feet deep. And thus began a saga That brought inconspicuous Mannady A tiny spot in North Chennai To hog the international flashlights. Was it for this that the fateful path Was named Aadiya Padam Street? Nataraja danced, but surefooted enough He did not fall into a thirty-feet bore well. And when Tamilmani did fall Every tongue wagged about how perilous Our city roads are - lip sympathy the Easiest help to offer. Sure there was assistance For the milk of human kindness still flows They tugged at his shirt And his collar came ripping off. Not content with holding him eight feet within Mother earth sucked in the lad Loosening her throat Into her 30-feet long mouth. There he stayed for two days and nights As humanity worked above Pumping gallons of oxygen Digging and redigging wells about him. When the whole world watched On television and newspapers Fire service remained hopeful each minute At 1-30 past midnight they sniffed death. Onlookers aghast - their prayers in vain When personnel in masks drew out of cruel earth Chirpy, joyous and bouncy Tamilmani Secure in a jute sack. When it was all over - the three day drama Arc lights off, all went back home Like dispersing after a thrilling school game Letting Tamilmani into the hospital morgue. The Government announced solatium Of a few lakhs of Rupees But the grief of loss for doting parents Can it ever replace? Here was one case of social apathy An illegal well scooped out Covered like a camouflage trap Laid in the forest to catch an elephant. But how many we have in our cities and villages Pushing the hapless pedestrian To the edge of extinction Is one Tamilmani enough or do we need more? - Akhilananda Bharati. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp