From pascaldesmond at eircom.net Fri Feb 7 02:56:43 2003 From: pascaldesmond at eircom.net (Pascal Desmond) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:56:43 +0000 Subject: [sustran] World Transport Policy & Practice Volume 8, Numbers 3 & 4, 2002 available for download Message-ID: Hello Lancaster & Paris, Tuesday, February 4, 2003 Volume 8, Number 3, 2002 & Volume 8, Number 4, 2002 of World Transport Policy & Practice, a quarterly journal edited by Professor John Whitelegg, is now available at http://users.macunlimited.net/pascaldesmond/ Volume 8, Number 3, 2002 is a special issue focussing on some of the work of the Institute for Sustainability & Technology Policy at Murdoch University in Western Australia. The ISTP has a very strong research focus and this is exemplified by the two articles in this issue. These highlight the results of the Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport and the International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities. These publications have added substantially to our understanding of complex subjects and contributed greatly to the transport debate. Contents of Volume 8, Number 3, 2002: Urban transport patterns in a global sample of cities & their linkages to transport infrastructure, land use, economics & environment Jeff Kenworthy & Felix Laube Travel Demand Management: The potential for enhancing urban rail opportunities & reducing automobile dependence in cities Jeff Kenworthy & Felix Laube --- Contents of Volume 8, Number 4, 2002: Improving mobility & access for the off-road rural poor through Intermediate Means of Transport Gina Porter Unprofitable rural bus services: Market structure & tender prices since Deregulation Robert John Langridge Driver road rule knowledge & attitudes towards cyclists Chris Rissel, Fiona Campbell, Bruce Ashley & Lisa Jackson Household-focused travel behaviour change initiatives - Critical new tools in Travel Demand Management Alan Perkins U.K. Regional Air Services Consultations: a summary of & commentary on the RASCO Reference Case Paul Upham Had enough of Auto-dominance yet? Jerry Schneider Emerging Innovative Transit Systems: A sceptical view Mayer Hillman A challenge for the imagination: How will ubiquitous wireless change cars? Graham Seibert Another deluded car fanatic. Reply to 'A challenge for the imagination: How will ubiquitous wireless change cars?' Robert Davis Author & Title Index to Volume 8, 2002 ***** The Journal is free of charge as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. This policy of free distribution is intended to help the Journal reach a wider readership, encompassing advocates and activists, as well as academics and advisers. It is envisaged that both issues available at this internet site will move to their usual home at http://wtransport.org/ before Easter ***** 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 Business Manager: Pascal Desmond From karl at dnet.net.id Sun Feb 9 11:24:48 2003 From: karl at dnet.net.id (Karl Fjellstrom) Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:24:48 +1000 Subject: [sustran] article on new Thai petrol fund, bangkok post 9-Feb-03 Message-ID: <001d01c2cfe2$6f3e0810$9455ddcb@KFOffice> Thaksin defends subsidy fund Economy can cope with war, he says Yuwadee Tunyasiri Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says the special petrol price intervention fund is not a misuse of taxpayers' money and will not place a fiscal burden on his government. Mr Thaksin yesterday played down concerns about abuse of taxpayers' money. The prime minister earlier said the government would use a standby credit of six to eight billion baht from the Government Savings Bank to support the petrol price freeze. He told critics not to worry about any fiscal damage, saying the government would be able to repay the loan plus interest and continue running the fund until oil prices returned to normal. The government has decided to cap pump prices of premium petrol at 16.99 baht a litre, regular gasoline at 15.99 baht and diesel at 14.79 baht as world oil prices rise ahead of an anticipated US war against Iraq. The petrol fund, expected to start tomorrow, would subsidise petrol traders once prices rose above the pegged level and would take money back from traders once the prices fell below that level. Mr Thaksin said the public had nothing to fear if war did erupt as the country was now strong economically. Exports were up and foreign exchange was flowing in. All the economic figures looked good. Mr Thaksin said foreign reserves now stood at US$39.8 billion. ``That is close to the biggest amount we have ever had. ``There is nothing to worry over the country's financial health,'' he said. The government projected economic growth in 2004 at 5%, inflation at 2% and revenue at 928 billion baht. It would still run a budget deficit in 2004, when annual expenditure would come to about 1.02 trillion baht, he said. The country should balance its budget by fiscal 2007, he said. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/private/sustran-discuss/attachments/20030209/3fc7d292/attachment.htm From ibike at ibike.org Mon Feb 10 07:41:48 2003 From: ibike at ibike.org (International Bicycle Fund) Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:41:48 -0800 Subject: [sustran] RE: TRB International Activities In-Reply-To: <008b01c2cfef$7339dae0$445d4540@novustelecom.net> Message-ID: <000201c2d08c$71b0b480$05b99a40@m8v9r9> Note: The TRB is the USA based Transportation Research Board. It includes dozens of committees. Annually, in January, they have a large congress in which hundreds of research papers are presented. The Committee on Transportation in Developing Countries might be of interest to some members of this list. Because of the constraints of the list-serve, the attachments mentioned in the message probably will not come through, but also don't have particularly pertinent information. Sincerely, International Bicycle Fund - www.ibike.org Promoting sustainable transport and understanding worldwide. -----Original Message----- From: pendakur [mailto:pendakur@interchange.ubc.ca] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: TRB International Activities Friends, greetings from Vancouver. I am attaching two files as follows: An announcement regarding the change of name and focus for the Committee. Our new name is: Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries". The change is focus emphasizes transportation in all its dimensions. I would very much like you to send me your comments and urge you to take an active part in preparing for the TRB-04. TRB recently appointed "Task Force on International Activities", chaired by Michael Myer of Georgia Tech. I am a member of the TF. The TF prepared and submitted to the Executive Committee a Vision statement in December 2002. During its January 15th meeting, the TRB Executive Committee approved the following international vision: TRB INTERNATIONAL VISION In an era of globalization and increasing international contact and cooperation, opportunities exist for TRB to undertake increased participation in the international transportation community. Within the developed and developing worlds, there are opportunities, alone and cooperatively, to share and learn transportation technology and methods, pursue research, and speed the transfer of knowledge on common transportation challenges. TRB should participate in international activities that enhance or establish relationships that will improve knowledge about transportation and its important role for the well-being of society. TRB should look for partnering opportunities wherever possible. The success of TRB's international activities will likely depend on personal and institutional relationships that will be developed and nurtured over time. With this approval, the task force now must develop a series of specific activates that fit the new vision and meet the goals outlined below. Within The Next Two Years * Increase the availability of transportation research results. * Educate the U.S. transportation community on international research activities and organizations. * Educate the non-U.S. transportation community on TRB and its activities. * Establish formal and informal communication networks with international transportation researchers and practitioners, their government liaisons, and their organizations. * Incorporate non-U.S. transportation researchers and practitioners into TRB volunteer activities (committees, task force, etc.). Within The Next Five Years * Identify specific international projects or activities for TRB participation. * Identify TRB international liaisons and establish a system to support their activities. * Evaluate feasibility of establishing TRB modeled organizations outside the United States. * Enhance the Annual Meeting's attractiveness and accessibility to the international transportation community. * Establish a mechanism to track TRB international activities and evaluate these efforts in relation to the international vision and mission of TRB. Long-Term * Evaluate and enter into long-term formal relationships and cooperative research with international transportation researchers and practitioners, governments and organizations. I would appreciate hearing from you soon regarding any ideas you have as what TRB should be doing in the international arena during the next few years. Kindly email me your ideas before March 7th. Thanks and best wishes. Setty. Dr. V. 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