From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Thu Jan 2 16:14:40 2003
From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:14:40 +0800
Subject: [sustran] FW: CAR BUSTERS MONTHLY E-BULLETIN #41
Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D261@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
Dealing with a large backlog in my email inbox... Should have forwarded this a long time ago. But still worth sending on to the list I hope,
Paul
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From: owner-englishbulletin-l@ecn.cz [mailto:owner-englishbulletin-l@ecn.cz] On Behalf Of Car Busters - Editors
Sent: Friday, 6 December 2002 6:13 AM
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Subject: CAR BUSTERS MONTHLY E-BULLETIN #41
This Is Prague. The News from Car Busters follows a repeat of our
usual pitiful plea for donations and memberships, in the spirit of
Christmas charity. If that leaves you unmoved, how about Chanukah
Charity? Yule Charity? Kwanzaa? Join us, donate to us or just tell us
you love us. See for details.
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CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN >>>
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Edition no. 41 - December 2002 - English version ...............................................
Thought for the month:
"With the power to cross any terrain comes the responsibility to
protect that terrain and its potentially fragile ecosystems."
- from the brochure for the Hummer H2 SUV (4x4), the adapted military
vehicle which sets a new standard in fuel inefficiency went on
general sale earlier this year.
This bulletin was ordered by the trembling hand of Richard Lane, and
was received by 1,015 of you lucky recipients. Well done, everyone.
Contents:
In Memory
- IVAN ILLICH DIES IN BREMEN AT 76
World News
- CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS LAWS UNDER ATTACK FROM BUSH
- ITALY COMMEMORATES THE ROAD DEAD
- TOTALFINAELF CAUGHT USING FORCED LABOUR IN BURMA?
- THE US VERSUS THE ROAD: BATTLES IN SEATTLE, MINNEAPOLIS AND UTAH
- BP CONQUERS GEORGIA
- SPANISH COASTLINE OIL DISASTER: WHO'S TO BLAME?
Announcements
- UK TRANSPORT PLANNERS CALL TO ARMS
- CALENDAR OFFER FROM RE~CYCLE IN THE UK
- RECYCLE CALENDAR OFFER FROM THE USA
- NO CALENDAR OFFER FROM RECYCLE IN YUGOSLAVIA
- ITDP INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON HUMAN MOBILITY IN BOGOTA
Car Busters Announcements
- A REMARKABLE NEW CARBUSTERS.ORG WEBSITE (AND E-MAIL)
- LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS OFFERS
- TOWARDS CAR-FREE CITIES III UPDATE
Things to Read
- MEAN STREETS 2002
Disclaimer
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IN MEMORY >>
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IVAN ILLICH DIES IN BREMEN AT 76
[submitted by Randy Ghent, Car Busters]
We at Car Busters are saddened to report that Ivan Illich - world- renowned writer, critical thinker, philosopher and honorary Car
Buster - died this Monday, Dec. 2 in Bremen, Germany, at age 76. Ivan
was known for the laser quality of his mind which allowed him to
pierce through many of the opacities and cherished concepts of our
times - development, design, health, transportation, needs, schooling
- the list goes on and on. His many books and essays serve as
intensely provocative invitations for critical thought and action.
His classic "Energy and Equity"
() is one
of the most brilliant and thought-provoking pieces on transportation
ever written. It remains as relevant today as in 1973, when it was
first published in Le Monde.
For several days in November last year, I had the pleasure of
joining Ivan and his friends and colleagues for an unforgettable
visit in Bremen at the home of historian Barbara Duden, where Ivan
lived for many years while teaching at the university. This launched
our continuing collaborative work on transportation and urban form
with Illich's close colleagues from the "PUDEL" circle
(), which lives on after Ivan's
death.
The world has lost a great thinker. Ivan Illich's many friends and
close colleagues around the world will miss him dearly. Let us honor
his death by re-reading some of his important works and sharing in
his spirit of radical thought and action.
A bibliography of Illich's books can be found at
. For the
Associated Press article on Illich's death, see
.
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WORLD NEWS >>
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CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS LAWS UNDER ATTACK FROM BUSH
[submitted by Andy Singer]
True to everyone's predictions, as reported in the August 2002
bulletin, California's new tough fuel efficiency standards are being
challenged by an unholy alliance of car manufacturers and the Bush
Administration itself.
Yes: Bush is using taxpayers' dollars to fight a popular
environmental bill which was passed into state law. The laws don't
come into effect into 2009 at the earliest, and the Alliance of Auto
Manufacturers is confident it can see the bill rescinded before then.
They say that they are committed to lower-emission vehicles, but
don't want to be hurried. William Clay Ford Jr.: "People used to
write songs about T-Birds and Corvettes. Now they write regulations."
Funny man.
TAKE ACTION - write on-line to the car manufacturers involved:
.
ITALY COMMEMORATES THE ROAD DEAD
[submitted by Nicholas Bawtree]
On Wednesday, November 13, the Italian Association for the Families
of Road Victims organised a dramatic silent protest in piazza San
Lorenzo in Lucina di Roma against the slaughter that happens every
day on the roads (9,000 deaths, 24,000 disabled and 300,000 injured
every year: official figures). Two hundred red-stained crosses with
photos of victims simulated a cemetary. They asked citizens to sign a
petition entitled "a bet on life" ("una scommessa per la vita"), and
demanded more action from the government to reduce road deaths.
More info in Italian on
.
ELF LAUNCHES FULL FRONTAL ASSAULT ON SUVS
[submitted by someone in a black hoodie with an anonymous e-mail
address]
More than 30 SUVs (sport-utility vehicles, aka 4x4s) in the vicinity
of Richmond, Virginia, USA, have been attacked with chemicals and
hatchets over the past few weeks and had their tyres slashed. The
initials ELF (Earth Liberation Front) were found after some of the
attacks - "legitimate claims of responsibility," according to the ELF
website.
See the ELF website:
.
TOTALFINAELF CAUGHT USING FORCED LABOUR IN BURMA?
[swiped from BBC News]
The French energy giant, TotalFinaElf, has denied claims that it used
forced labour to build an oil and gas pipeline in Burma. "It is
unimaginable that a company like ours could have used forced labour
at any time," a TotalFinaElf spokesman said. "Neither we nor our
service suppliers have used forced labour."
The giant is facing a legal inquiry into allegations of human
rights abuses after French lawyers filed a complaint on behalf of two
Burmese workers who took part in building the US$1.3 billion pipeline
through Myanmar, known as Burma.
In a legal filing with an investigating magistrate in Nanterre,
west of Paris, the lawyers have accused the energy giant's chairman,
Thierry Desmarest, of holding the workers against their will. The
crime carries a 20-year sentence according to French law.
The lawyers' complaint was filed three months after TotalFinaElf
was accused by refugees in Belgium of actively supporting Burma's
military regime [since] TotalFinaElf built the pipeline together with
Unocal of the US from an offshore Myanmar site to Thailand.
The story is on .
THE US VERSUS THE ROAD: BATTLES IN SEATTLE, MINNEAPOLIS AND UTAH [submitted by Jim Delacour, Ken Avidor and Jason Bultman]
The battle against roadbuilding is back on in the US too. In
Minneapolis, Minnesota, a $150 million road-enlargement project is
underway on Interstate 35. This far-sighted community project will
involve demolition of dozens of homes in a low-income neighbourhood
and the probable widening of a main street into eight lanes for
access. The locals are mobilising to stop this sorry (but familiar)
story of vested corporate interests and disregard for community. A
funding vote is coming up soon, and they need people to contact the
Hennepin County Board. Please drop in on
for more information.
Better news from Utah, where a coalition of environmentalists,
"sensible-growth advocates" and Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson,
has succeeded in a lawsuit against the Legacy Highway project, a new
120-mile road through wetlands and farmland from Nephi to Brigham
City. The federal appeals court called the permitting process
"inadequate... arbitrary and capricious," finding that the
environmental impact study did not adequately look at alternatives.
Meanwhile in Seatttle, through Referendum 51 residents have turned
down a huge roadbuilding scheme despite enormous transportation
problems and gridlock looming in the area. The result was probably
mainly due to the taxes which would have to be levied to pay for the
scheme, but the vote has leant authority to the environmental
organisations calling for public transportation concepts absent in
the referendum.
"The hope is that these organisations and their adherents will now
limit freeway and road expansion plans and bring forth a referendum
that delivers a range of mass transit options, such as monorail,
commuter rail, light rail, buses and more," says Seattle commuter Jim
Delacour.
BP CONQUERS GEORGIA
[submitted by CEE Bankwatch Network and Green Alternative]
Water sanctuary zones and forests in the Borjomi Gorge, one of
Georgia's most scenic and dramatic areas - abundant in wildlife
including Caucasian deer and brown bear - has been protected in a
nature reserve since 1929. So what happens when the Georgian
International Oil Company (GIOC) wants to lay an oil pipeline through
it? The government granted permission for construction of the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline project from November 30. The government said
the decision was made in order to meet the timetable of British
Petroleum, which is leading the project.
No alternative routing was considered in the Environmental and
Social Impact Assessment, BP having made it clear to the government
that no alternative would be considered. A GIOC spokesman shrugged
off environmental concerns, saying that due to the pipeline
operator's high professionalism the risk would be "zero minus one."
NGOs and political parties have protested, holding a demonstration
outside the GIOC offices on November 27. "Public input was carried
out like a game 'Thanks for your comment, but you're wrong,'" says
Manana Kochladze from CEE Bankwatch Network. "The public was provided
insufficient information and major affected groups such as mineral
water producers or National Park administration were not invited.
Considering BP's record around the world, however, I'm not
surprised."
More information at , and you can
read about the Borjomi Reserve at
.
By the way, adds Car Busters, this article is about Georgia the
country, not Georgia the US state. Shame on you if you were
provincial enough to think otherwise.
SPANISH COASTLINE OIL DISASTER: WHO'S TO BLAME?
[from a Friends of the Earth briefing, submitted by Shiela Freeman]
A Liberian-listed Greek company managed the Japanese-constructed and
Bahamian-registered Prestige. It was chartered by a Russian-owned
Swiss company with British directors and carrying Russian oil from
Latvia to Singapore. The ship was recently inspected and surveyed in
St. Petersburg (Russia), Dubai and Guangzhou (China), where repairs
were made to the part of the ship that subsequently broke. So who is
liable for the environmental disaster that has unfolded on the
Galacian coast in northwest Spain?
The 1969 Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
makes the ship owner responsible for damage caused by oil spills up
to US$80 million. It explicitly exempts from liability the oil
company that chartered the ship. So the shippers are bankrupt, but
the oil still flows. Thank heavens.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS >>
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UK TRASNPORT PLANNERS CALL TO ARMS
[submitted by Catherine Elliot]
As a so-called "transport planner" in an English city council, I
would like to coordinate some professional opposition to the UK
Government's massive expansion plans for the country's airports. The
intention is a tripling of airport capacity within 25 years,
equivalent to the building of a new Stansted airport every year
during that period.
I know Car Busters sympathisers will share my concern - after all,
the doctrine of "predict and provide" is partially responsible for
the huge number of cars on the road today: the traffic simply
expanded to fill the available space. The lesson has begun to be
learnt, and thousands of "transport planners" and promoters of
sustainable alternatives have been employed in recent decades to try
and put sticking plasters [band-aids] on the wound. Unfortunately
this wisdom (surprise, surprise!) hasn't filtered through to aviation
policy, and the government wants to create all these problems again
for our children to sort out.
If anyone has any contacts in transport sections of local councils
in the UK, please can you give them my e-mail address, or give me
theirs. I want a long list of transport planning signatories to a
strong statement.
Thanks, Catherine Elliott, , 9 St.
Leonard's Place, City of York Council, York, UK.
CALENDAR OFFER FROM RE~CYCLE IN THE UK
[submitted by Merlin, ]
Many bikes are thrown away or left to rust in the UK while people in
Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are without transport. Re~Cycle's
mission is to rectify this imbalance by collecting and shipping
second-hand bikes and parts to LDCs, mostly to Africa. We set up
workshops with local charities to refurbish and maintain them, and
turn some into work bikes.
One of our volunteers in South Africa, Helen, has published a
lovely calendar, great X-mas prezzy material! To order your copy of
Helen Dodge's 2003 wall calendar, call Merlin on +(44)1206-38-2207
(work/home) or +(44)797-073-1530 (mobile) or e-mail . Cost: ?5.00 each plus postage and packing from South
Africa @ ?1.60 surface mail (21-35 days) or ?3.20 air mail (3-10
days).
Currently Re~Cycle is collecting in Essex and are working on
getting collection points sorted in Greenwich and Bristol. Please
contact us if you're interested in helping in any way, at , or check our website for volunteering opportunities and
on-line donations: .
RECYCLE CALENDAR OFFER FROM THE US
[submitted by Cycle and Recycle ]
The "Cycle & Recycle" 2003 calendar has been put together by 16
organisations in North America, and features remarkable pictures
celebrating bicycles and bike culture taken all over the world, with
text in English, Spanish and French. And since the years 2003 and
1997 started on the same day, you can order copies of the 1997
calendar for less money. US$11-9 (CAN$12-10) depending on quantity.
Contact The Bicycle Network, PO Box 8194, PA 19101, USA, or e-mail
.
NO CALENDAR OFFER FROM RECYCLE IN YUGOSLAVIA
Just to let you know that the eco-activist youth group, reCYCLE,
which is just getting off the ground in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, has no
plans to release a wall calendar for 2003. But watch this space
(until your eyes fall out).
ITDP INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON HUMAN MOBILITY IN BOGOTA [submitted by Tim Beeney]
As long-term Car Busters followers will no doubt be aware, the city
of Bogota, Colombia, has made some remarkable achievements in putting
people before the needs of private transport. Among its credentials
are Latin America's largest network of cycle lanes, rapid bus
transit, the world's longest pedestrian corridor, and the planet's
biggest car-free day. The International Seminar on Human Mobility,
February 6-9, 2003, is your opportunity to exchange knowledge and
experiences with the people who have led this remarkable
transformation. And all proceeds from the seminar will be donated to
projects benefiting improved mobility for children and disadvantaged
groups in Bogota.
Early registration is $60; please see the website
for details.
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CAR BUSTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS >>
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A REMARKABLE NEW CARBUSTERS.ORG WEBSITE (AND E-MAIL)
We're sure many of you were deeply fond of our old website, with its
bizarrely changing background colours and random typefaces, but
hopefully you'll join us in a toast to a new website, which has edged
its sleek and sexy way onto the World Wide Web over the course of ten
minutes today. Go have a look: it's at the same place
. Let us know what you think, and any
problems you find with it. Despite the remarkable intelligence of our
computer monkeys (who earnt a raise of three peanuts and a banana for
this work), there are bound to be some problems, aren't there?
And along with the sparkley new website comes a new e-mail
address: we'd now like you to address us as .
The old one works fine, though, so don't nobody panic.
LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS OFFERS
Since the two books published by Car Busters Press make, in our
estimations, perfect Christmas gifts, we're offering them at discount
rates until Christmas to let you give them to all your most dearly
loved ones. Choose whatever combination of CARtoons and Roadkill Bill
books you want and get five books for 35 EUR, 40 USD, 22 GBP, 70 AUD
or 62 CND (shipping included), or ten books for 60 EUR, 70 USD, 38
GBP, 125 AUD or 110 CND (shipping still included). Go see
for how to order by mail or credit
card.
Alternatively, for those of you who are motorists with less money
and more humility, we are offering car stickers for anyone who
subscribes to our magazine before Christmas. Two car stickers if you
tell us "I am a sorry petrolhead; in the christmas spirit of
forgiveness please send me some car stickers" or something along like
this when subscribing, either by post or in the "comments" field on
the on-line order form. The latest stickers are courtesy of the
Switch-Off campaign in Bristol, UK, which has been urging drivers to
switch off their engines when idling: more than ten seconds and
you're saving fuel and emissions. Thanks to Pete Taylor for this.
TOWARDS CAR-FREE CITIES III UPDATE
[submitted by Randy Ghent, interim conference coordinator]
This March conference, hosted by Car Busters in Prague, is shaping up
to be very productive, stimulating and fun. Some 75 participants from
across Europe and beyond will join us for the week of discussions,
strategy sessions, presentations and walking and biking tours. It is
especially intended for those already working on transport(ation)
issues and seeking to share ideas and experience and collaborate with
others at the international level. We will especially be focused on
practical strategy for car-free days and getting car-free cities
actually built. Confirmed presenters include Joel Crawford (author of
"Carfree Cities," editor of Carfree.com), John Whitelegg (editor of
World Transport Policy & Practice), and Lars Gemzoe (co-author of
"New City Spaces" and "Public Spaces - Public Life").
Now is the best time to register to attend. See
for more information. That
site will be continually updated in the coming months.
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THINGS TO READ >>
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MEAN STREETS 2002
[submitted by Steven Waters]
The Surface Transportation Policy Project's "Mean Streets 2002" study
examines conditions for pedestrians across the USA and reports on
states'
spending and provision policies. This is the first study to draw up
"league
tables" of pedestrian safety by metropolitan area: .
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DISCLAIMER >>
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We would like to warn you not to expect your January bulletin to be
so
cheerily punctual. We at Car Busters are firm believers in the true
meaning of
mid-winter festivities: having a good time. We very much hope you
will do so
too. And remember, glass-etching cream is available at most good
craft stores (priced around $8-13 in the US). So be careful that you
don't leave any festive messages on SUVs like the ELF did - or give
any as a present to anyone who
might.____________________________________________
CAR BUSTERS
Kratka 26, 100 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic
tel: +(420) 274-810-849 - fax: +(420) 274-816-727 -
From kisansbc at vsnl.com Sat Jan 4 10:58:00 2003
From: kisansbc at vsnl.com (kisan mehta)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 07:28:00 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Fw: Data on Mumbai's traffic pattern and road fatalieis
Message-ID: <002201c2b394$b6637be0$3226020a@im.eth.net>
----- Original Message -----
From: kisan mehta
To: Robert Murray-Leach
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Data
> Dear Robert,
>
> Data used by me are from study undertaken by Atkins for the
Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) mooted by a number
of transport providing public agencies. Mumbai Metropolitan
Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is the coordinating
agency for the MUTP.
>
The World Bank used it while approving the MMRDA's Loan/Credit proposal.
The data is cited in the Document of the
World Bank Report no: 24004 IN `Project Appraisal Document
on a Proposed Loan in the amount of US$ 463.00 million and
A Credit in the amount of SDR62.5 million (US$ 79 million equivalent) To
India For The Mumbai Urban Transport Project
> - May 21, 2002.
>
"Road Safety: Indian cities are facing a growing risk of traffic
accidents. By international standards, they are considered to
be more accident prone in spite of a relatively low level of
vehicles population. Only 5% of those killed in the traffic
accidents were in vehicles, the rest were pedestrians and cyclists.
The urban poor who are likely to travel more on foot or bicyles
than the non-poor, are likely to face higher traffic accident risks.
(page 4)
>
"Public transport plays a dominant role in the MMR Rail and
bus services combined carry 88% of the region's motorised
personal trips.(page 5)
>
MMRDA's Consolidated Environmental Assessment
-Exectuvie Summary November 2001 contains following:
>
"Mumbai has a unique distinction of satisfying 88% its peak
period travel demand through public transport such as suburban
trains and buses. Of the remaining 12% peak travel demand,
5% is met by taxis and 7% by private vehicles." page 1
>
After the implementation of the MUTP with massive World
Bank loan, the share of public transport will come down to
85%. The Bank loan is for supporting motorisation. The State
Government built 50 and odd flyovers and elevated roads prior
to approaching the Bank for loan. It has just announced another
project for constructing elevated roads costing Rs 20 billion on
the excuse of supporting bus traffic.
Any more info? We would be happy to receive your paper.
Best wishes.
Kisan and Priya
.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Murray-Leach
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:26 AM
> Subject: Data
>
>
> > Hi Kisan,
> >
> I've received several of your eloquent e-mails over the sustans
> network, and I'd like to use some of the data you've sent on
> Mumbai for a paper for my Masters Degree. Do you have a
> source for the statistics that "Pedestrians form 81% of all dead.
> Public road and railway transport provide 88% of total journeys
> with motor cars accounting for 7%."
> > Thanks for your attention to this matter
> > Yours
> >
> > Rob Murray-Leach
> >
> >
> > Robert Murray-Leach
> > Green Transport Officer
> > The Conservation Council of South Australia
> > 120 Wakefield St
> > Adelaide SA 5000
> > Tel. (08) 8223 5155
> > Fax. (08) 8232 4782
> > E-mail. smogs@ccsa.asn.au
> >
> >
>
From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Wed Jan 8 08:53:42 2003
From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 07:53:42 +0800
Subject: [sustran] announcing Sustainable Transport E-Update No. 3
Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D359@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
Dear sustran-discussers,
The Sustainable Transport E-Update No. 3, which is the excellent e-bulletin of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP), is out now. Highlights are below.
Formatting problems do not allow me to pass it on via sustran-discuss but you can visit http://www.itdp.org/STe/STe3/index.html (or via http://www.itdp.org) to see the whole bulletin.
Paul
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The Sustainable Transport E-Update No. 3
Africa's Public Transit Renaissance
Two of Africa's most respected and recently elected statesmen, President Kufuor of Ghana and President Wade of Senegal, placed improving public transit at the top of their inaugural agendas. Recently, the capital cities of Accra and Dakar have appealed to the Global Environmental Facility and ITDP for help in realizing modern BRT corridors and cycleways - the first such systems in Africa.
FULL STORY (240K pdf), from our current issue of Sustainable Transport
United States Finds Alternative to Middle Eastern Oil
Now that the Middle East is more flammable than ever, how will Uncle Sam satiate his increasingly expensive oil habit? Today, the U.S. gets 15% of its oil from Africa. If current Bush administration oil hawks have their way, this figure will increase to 25% by 2015. FULL STORY
Cape Town Wins Bid for Velo Mondial 2006
Cape Town beat out New Delhi, Beijing, Osaka and Bogot? for the honor of hosting Velo Mondial's third conference in 2006. The conference is expected to build momentum for the development of a bicycle route master plan in Cape Town.
MORE INFO from Velo Mondial.
Europe (click here to translate this section)
Nowa Huta: Can the "Model City" Be Rebuilt?
In June 2002, ITDP's Central Europe Anti-Sprawl team was invited to Nowa Huta by the Krakow Real Estate Institute to speak to the head of the Sendzimir Steel Works, the chief architect of Krakow and dozens of concerned groups gathered to consider the redevelopment of Central Europe's largest brownfield.
FULL STORY (300K pdf), from our current issue of Sustainable Transport
See Also: Ostrava pans for gold with brownfield regeneration plans,
Prague Business Journal FULL ARTICLE
Gutsy Mayors to Liberate London and Paris from Autocracy
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delano? and London Mayor Ken Livingstone are both taking bold steps (and big risks) to decrease automobile use in their cities. FULL STORY
Meanwhile, England Plans to Build Roads and Cut Rail
Some British officials say the country's ten-year plan to cut traffic congestion is in shambles. After announcing a ?3 billion plan to build 200 miles of new roads and only two transit projects, the Government may decrease its contribution to the country's rail system by up to 20 percent. FULL STORY
Seine and the Art of Sustainable Transportation
Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's efforts to promote bicycle use and decrease automobile dependence are complemented by a five-year initiative to create a Bus Rapid Transit system with intermodal hubs throughout the metropolitan area. FULL STORY
Latin America (click here to translate this section)
People Power: The Citizens Behind Bogot?'s Urban Revolution
Bogot? has become a model for cities throughout the world - developing Latin America's largest network of cycleways, the world's longest pedestrian corridor, the extraordinary TransMilenio BRT system and the planet's biggest Car Free Day. Now engaged citizens continue to push the city's revitalization forward.
FULL STORY
A volunteer directs bike traffic in Bogot?.
In Guatemala City, Surface Metro Takes Shape
Guatemala City will break ground on the construction of its new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system by the end of December, starting with an initial 1-km line that will test the BRT concept in this city of 2.4 million inhabitants. The initial line, expected to be complete in six months, is only the first part of a long-term vision for a city-wide BRT system called Trans Metro. FULL STORY
Asia (click here to translate this section)
Does it make sense for China to motorize?
There is no question that if China succeeds in developing a powerful automobile industry, the economic dividends will be large. But will China's economy grow faster if it increases its domestic consumption of automobiles? Or will increasing reliance on motorized transportation threaten the past two decades of economic growth?
FULL STORY (180K pdf), from our current issue of Sustainable Transport
China Rocks Global Bike Industry
China's dominance of the global bicycle industry has occurred while government policy is driving bicycles off Chinese streets. A dramatic dip in domestic consumption of bicycles has caused prices to drop worldwide, threatening the industry's future viability. FULL STORY
Resources and Upcoming Events
(click here to translate this section)
New Internet Resource of Urban Mobility Projects
A Toronto-based organization called Moving the Economy and the Canadian International Development Agency have launched a new website that compiles information on transportation issues in the developing world. The highlight of the site is a database of case studies where sustainable transportation projects have taken place. www.movingtheeconomy.ca
International Seminar for Human Mobility
The Experience of Bogot?, Colombia
>From February 6-9, 2003, Bogot? is hosting an international seminar that will give planning and transport decision-makers an inside look at how the city achieved its transformation from chaos to a more sustainable city. The seminar coincides with Bogot?'s annual car-free day, giving participants an opportunity to see how a large-scale car-free day is planned and implemented.
FULL STORY or registration info
Pe?alosa to Lead Planning Workshops in Africa
Enrique Pe?alosa, the former Mayor of Bogot? and the primary architect of
Bogot?'s sustainable transport revolution, will be leading Sustainable
Transport Planning Workshops in South Africa, Senegal and Ghana and during January. Pe?alosa will share Bogot?'s experience in building political and popular support for Bus Rapid Transit, Non-Motorized Transport, and traffic demand management measures. FULL STORY
More Events on www.itdp.org
Editor: Lisa Peterson
Executive Director: Walter Hook
Sustainable Transport e-Update is published by the
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) mobility@igc.org
From APHOWES at dm.gov.ae Sat Jan 11 12:48:22 2003
From: APHOWES at dm.gov.ae (Alan Patrick Howes)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:48:22 +0400
Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
Message-ID:
I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a message with the
same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such attachments.
Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
--
Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
aphowes@dm.gov.ae
http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
Mobile: +971 50 5989661
-----Original Message-----
From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
Restricted area response team (RART)
_____
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0000:HH4F
To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply the MSO-patch
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From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Sat Jan 11 14:52:21 2003
From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:52:21 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D3FF@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
Dear sustran-discussers
Regarding Alan's message in response to yesterday's suspicious message
from "Kisan Mehta [je@swisscontact.ph]"...
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I can tell no malicious code came
through to sustran-discuss... At least not to me. And my university
filters usually alert me when they intercept such attachments. I agree
with Alan that it certainly does look like other messages in recent days
which have had malicious attachments. Perhaps there are safeguards
somewhere in the system which hosts sustran-discuss, and perhaps they
worked in this case?
The detailed headers of the message suggest it came from Kisan rather
than Swiss Contact, despite the email address it 'apparently' came from.
Therefore yesterday I immediately took the precaution of suspending
Kisan temporarily from the list and have also now alerted him to the
potential problem.
I will try to investigate the anti-virus status of JCA networks which
hosts sustran-discuss but I suspect that with the simple majordomo
software the safeguards are probably not very sophisticated. I do know
that the simple filter I have set up that stops large messages does
often catch malicious attachments and benign ones alike.
Nevertheless, as a general rule please do not send attachments through
sustran-discuss and also do not open attachments from sustran-discuss,
since no legitimate attachments should be appearing here. In general,
ALWAYS be very cautious about clicking on attachments.
All the best
Paul
Dr Paul Barter
Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Public Policy Programme
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
Tel: +65-6874 3860; Fax: +65-6777 3091
E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
[mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of Alan Patrick
Howes
Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 11:48 AM
To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a message with
the same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such attachments.
Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
--
Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
aphowes@dm.gov.ae
http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
Mobile: +971 50 5989661
-----Original Message-----
From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
Restricted area response team (RART)
Attachment you sent to Kisan Mehta is intended to overwrite start
address at 0000:HH4F
To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply the MSO-patch
From APHOWES at dm.gov.ae Sat Jan 11 16:05:09 2003
From: APHOWES at dm.gov.ae (Alan Patrick Howes)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:05:09 +0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
Message-ID:
Thanks Paul - if I recollect correctly the copy of Kisan's message I
received at home DID have a malicious attachment - I will check when I get
home today, but I fear I may have deleted it anyway - and I have just
installed some new AntiVirus software which would probably have zapped it
anyway.
Does the majordomo software strip off attachments anyway? If not, can it be
made to do so?
Of course, I am assuming the message I got, apparently from "Kisan Mehta
[je@swisscontact.ph]", did actually come via sustran-discuss - though
looking at the message headers on the copy at work I think it did.
Cheers, Alan.
--
Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
aphowes@dm.gov.ae
http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
Mobile: +971 50 5989661
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Barter [mailto:geobpa@nus.edu.sg]
> Sent: Sat, 11 January, 2003 09:52
> To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
> Dear sustran-discussers
>
> Regarding Alan's message in response to yesterday's suspicious message
> from "Kisan Mehta [je@swisscontact.ph]"...
>
> Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I can tell no
> malicious code came
> through to sustran-discuss... At least not to me. And my university
> filters usually alert me when they intercept such attachments. I agree
> with Alan that it certainly does look like other messages in
> recent days
> which have had malicious attachments. Perhaps there are safeguards
> somewhere in the system which hosts sustran-discuss, and perhaps they
> worked in this case?
>
> The detailed headers of the message suggest it came from Kisan rather
> than Swiss Contact, despite the email address it 'apparently'
> came from.
> Therefore yesterday I immediately took the precaution of suspending
> Kisan temporarily from the list and have also now alerted him to the
> potential problem.
>
> I will try to investigate the anti-virus status of JCA networks which
> hosts sustran-discuss but I suspect that with the simple majordomo
> software the safeguards are probably not very sophisticated. I do know
> that the simple filter I have set up that stops large messages does
> often catch malicious attachments and benign ones alike.
>
> Nevertheless, as a general rule please do not send attachments through
> sustran-discuss and also do not open attachments from sustran-discuss,
> since no legitimate attachments should be appearing here. In general,
> ALWAYS be very cautious about clicking on attachments.
>
> All the best
>
> Paul
>
>
> Dr Paul Barter
> Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Public Policy Programme
> National University of Singapore
> 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
> Tel: +65-6874 3860; Fax: +65-6777 3091
> E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
> [mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of
> Alan Patrick
> Howes
> Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 11:48 AM
> To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
> Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
> I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a message with
> the same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
> malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such attachments.
>
> Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
>
>
> --
> Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
> Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
> aphowes@dm.gov.ae
> http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
> Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
> Mobile: +971 50 5989661
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
> Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
> To: undisclosed-recipients
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
>
>
> Restricted area response team (RART)
>
>
>
> Attachment you sent to Kisan Mehta is intended to overwrite start
> address at 0000:HH4F
> To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply the
> MSO-patch
>
>
>
From binac at rediffmail.com Sat Jan 11 22:01:21 2003
From: binac at rediffmail.com (Bina C. Balakrishnan)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:01:21 -0000
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
Message-ID: <20030111130121.26465.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>
Dear Paul,
Two of the 3 mails I received from Kisan Mehta yesterday DID have
a virus- and they all had the sustran subject line. I have also
alerted Kisan.
Best regards
Bina
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 Paul Barter wrote :
>Dear sustran-discussers
>
>Regarding Alan's message in response to yesterday's suspicious
>message
> from "Kisan Mehta [je@swisscontact.ph]"...
>
>Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I can tell no malicious
>code came
>through to sustran-discuss... At least not to me. And my
>university
>filters usually alert me when they intercept such attachments. I
>agree
>with Alan that it certainly does look like other messages in
>recent days
>which have had malicious attachments. Perhaps there are
>safeguards
>somewhere in the system which hosts sustran-discuss, and perhaps
>they
>worked in this case?
>
>The detailed headers of the message suggest it came from Kisan
>rather
>than Swiss Contact, despite the email address it 'apparently'
>came from.
>Therefore yesterday I immediately took the precaution of
>suspending
>Kisan temporarily from the list and have also now alerted him to
>the
>potential problem.
>
>I will try to investigate the anti-virus status of JCA networks
>which
>hosts sustran-discuss but I suspect that with the simple
>majordomo
>software the safeguards are probably not very sophisticated. I do
>know
>that the simple filter I have set up that stops large messages
>does
>often catch malicious attachments and benign ones alike.
>
>Nevertheless, as a general rule please do not send attachments
>through
>sustran-discuss and also do not open attachments from
>sustran-discuss,
>since no legitimate attachments should be appearing here. In
>general,
>ALWAYS be very cautious about clicking on attachments.
>
>All the best
>
>Paul
>
>
>Dr Paul Barter
>Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Public Policy
>Programme
>National University of Singapore
>1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
>Tel: +65-6874 3860; Fax: +65-6777 3091
>E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg
>
>-----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
>[mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of Alan
>Patrick
>Howes
>Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 11:48 AM
>To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
>Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
>I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a message
>with
>the same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
>malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such
>attachments.
>
>Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
>
>
>--
>Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
> Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
>aphowes@dm.gov.ae
>http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
>Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
>Mobile: +971 50 5989661
>
>-----Original Message-----
> From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
>Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
>To: undisclosed-recipients
>Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
>
>
>Restricted area response team (RART)
>
>
>
>Attachment you sent to Kisan Mehta is intended to overwrite
>start
>address at 0000:HH4F
>To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply the
>MSO-patch
>
>
From esg at bgl.vsnl.net.in Mon Jan 13 13:31:17 2003
From: esg at bgl.vsnl.net.in (ESG India)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:01:17 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
References: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D3FF@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
Message-ID: <009c01c2babc$9e39eed0$0bc0a8c0@leo>
Paul,
The virus of Lirva, and was announced last week. I think it is a worm that
activates on particular dates. Windows has an update for this and many
virus scans are able to catch this script.
Best
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Barter"
To:
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 11:22 AM
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
Dear sustran-discussers
Regarding Alan's message in response to yesterday's suspicious message
from "Kisan Mehta [je@swisscontact.ph]"...
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I can tell no malicious code came
through to sustran-discuss... At least not to me. And my university
filters usually alert me when they intercept such attachments. I agree
with Alan that it certainly does look like other messages in recent days
which have had malicious attachments. Perhaps there are safeguards
somewhere in the system which hosts sustran-discuss, and perhaps they
worked in this case?
The detailed headers of the message suggest it came from Kisan rather
than Swiss Contact, despite the email address it 'apparently' came from.
Therefore yesterday I immediately took the precaution of suspending
Kisan temporarily from the list and have also now alerted him to the
potential problem.
I will try to investigate the anti-virus status of JCA networks which
hosts sustran-discuss but I suspect that with the simple majordomo
software the safeguards are probably not very sophisticated. I do know
that the simple filter I have set up that stops large messages does
often catch malicious attachments and benign ones alike.
Nevertheless, as a general rule please do not send attachments through
sustran-discuss and also do not open attachments from sustran-discuss,
since no legitimate attachments should be appearing here. In general,
ALWAYS be very cautious about clicking on attachments.
All the best
Paul
Dr Paul Barter
Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Public Policy Programme
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
Tel: +65-6874 3860; Fax: +65-6777 3091
E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
[mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of Alan Patrick
Howes
Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 11:48 AM
To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a message with
the same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such attachments.
Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
--
Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
aphowes@dm.gov.ae
http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
Mobile: +971 50 5989661
-----Original Message-----
From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
Restricted area response team (RART)
Attachment you sent to Kisan Mehta is intended to overwrite start
address at 0000:HH4F
To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply the MSO-patch
From sujit at vsnl.com Tue Jan 14 04:26:19 2003
From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:56:19 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
In-Reply-To: <009c01c2babc$9e39eed0$0bc0a8c0@leo>
References: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D3FF@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20030114003320.01dfeec0@202.54.10.1>
13 January 2003
Dear Paul, Leo and others on the Sustran list,
Though I'm not an expert on the question of viruses, I doubt if the virus
came from an attachment (from Kisan or anyone else), as to my knowledge
Sustran list (like most other lists) drops (leaves out) any attachments
from our list mailings, but as a precaution against MS Word (.doc files)
attachments which have macros, I do not open attachments in the MS Word
format, though I have a reliable and auto-upgraded virus protection
software. I request the sender to re-send the attachment in RTF format
(less chance of a virus in this format) by pasting the following message:
================================
No Entry
for attachments in Microsoft Word.
To avoid viruses I don't open attachments in the MS Word format.
Will you please resend it as an RTF file???
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks
--Sujit
================================
Most email users are casual about viruses till they experience the pain of
reformatting their hard disk and reloading all the programmes. Strictly
resisting the temptation to open MS Word format attachments is the least
one can do as a habit.
In this case however I think the virus (if it's a virus at all) must have
come from the normal message and exploited the weakness in the MS Internet
Explorer or Outlook Express software . I suspect that in its hurry to
market newer and newer versions of these softwares, the company in question
starts selling the new versions and takes its own time fixing the bugs
through never-ending patches that need to be stitched on to the programme
though time consuming downloads.
Anyway Sustran messages having dried down to a trickle these days, it was
good to see mails from Paul, Leo, Alan etc. Hope this is a wakes up call
for us to become active again.
Greetings for the New Year to all,
--
Sujit Patwardhan
Parisar,
Pune,
India
-----------------------------------------------------------
At 10:01 AM 1/13/2003 +0530, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>The virus of Lirva, and was announced last week. I think it is a worm that
>activates on particular dates. Windows has an update for this and many
>virus scans are able to catch this script.
>
>Best
>
>Leo
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Barter"
>To:
>Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 11:22 AM
>Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
>Dear sustran-discussers
>
>Regarding Alan's message in response to yesterday's suspicious message
>from "Kisan Mehta [je@swisscontact.ph]"...
>
>Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I can tell no malicious code came
>through to sustran-discuss... At least not to me. And my university
>filters usually alert me when they intercept such attachments. I agree
>with Alan that it certainly does look like other messages in recent days
>which have had malicious attachments. Perhaps there are safeguards
>somewhere in the system which hosts sustran-discuss, and perhaps they
>worked in this case?
>
>The detailed headers of the message suggest it came from Kisan rather
>than Swiss Contact, despite the email address it 'apparently' came from.
>Therefore yesterday I immediately took the precaution of suspending
>Kisan temporarily from the list and have also now alerted him to the
>potential problem.
>
>I will try to investigate the anti-virus status of JCA networks which
>hosts sustran-discuss but I suspect that with the simple majordomo
>software the safeguards are probably not very sophisticated. I do know
>that the simple filter I have set up that stops large messages does
>often catch malicious attachments and benign ones alike.
>
>Nevertheless, as a general rule please do not send attachments through
>sustran-discuss and also do not open attachments from sustran-discuss,
>since no legitimate attachments should be appearing here. In general,
>ALWAYS be very cautious about clicking on attachments.
>
>All the best
>
>Paul
>
>
>Dr Paul Barter
>Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Public Policy Programme
>National University of Singapore
>1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
>Tel: +65-6874 3860; Fax: +65-6777 3091
>E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
>[mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of Alan Patrick
>Howes
>Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 11:48 AM
>To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
>Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
>I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a message with
>the same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
>malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such attachments.
>
>Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
>
>
>--
>Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
> Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
>aphowes@dm.gov.ae
>http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
>Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
>Mobile: +971 50 5989661
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
>Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
>To: undisclosed-recipients
>Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
>
>
>Restricted area response team (RART)
>
>
>
>Attachment you sent to Kisan Mehta is intended to overwrite start
>address at 0000:HH4F
>To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply the MSO-patch
--
Sujit Patwardhan
sujit@vsnl.com
From debi at beag.net Tue Jan 14 11:06:04 2003
From: debi at beag.net (Debi Goenka)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 07:36:04 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
References: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D3FF@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
<5.1.0.14.0.20030114003320.01dfeec0@202.54.10.1>
Message-ID: <002501c2bb71$7f0ca970$5c9944ca@desktop>
Hi Sujit
If the SUSTRAN list does not permit any attachments, the format of the
attachment really does not matter! Both .doc files and .rtf files will be
deleted.
Probably the best thing to do is to copy and paste the contents of the file
to the email message and send the entire file as plain text in the body of
the email message itself.
Cheers
Debi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sujit Patwardhan"
To:
Cc: "ESG India" ;
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:56 AM
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
> 13 January 2003
>
>
> Dear Paul, Leo and others on the Sustran list,
> Though I'm not an expert on the question of viruses, I doubt if the virus
> came from an attachment (from Kisan or anyone else), as to my knowledge
> Sustran list (like most other lists) drops (leaves out) any attachments
> from our list mailings, but as a precaution against MS Word (.doc files)
> attachments which have macros, I do not open attachments in the MS Word
> format, though I have a reliable and auto-upgraded virus protection
> software. I request the sender to re-send the attachment in RTF format
> (less chance of a virus in this format) by pasting the following message:
>
> ================================
> No Entry
> for attachments in Microsoft Word.
>
> To avoid viruses I don't open attachments in the MS Word format.
> Will you please resend it as an RTF file???
> I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
> Thanks
> --Sujit
> ================================
>
> Most email users are casual about viruses till they experience the pain of
> reformatting their hard disk and reloading all the programmes. Strictly
> resisting the temptation to open MS Word format attachments is the least
> one can do as a habit.
>
> In this case however I think the virus (if it's a virus at all) must have
> come from the normal message and exploited the weakness in the MS Internet
> Explorer or Outlook Express software . I suspect that in its hurry to
> market newer and newer versions of these softwares, the company in
question
> starts selling the new versions and takes its own time fixing the bugs
> through never-ending patches that need to be stitched on to the programme
> though time consuming downloads.
>
> Anyway Sustran messages having dried down to a trickle these days, it was
> good to see mails from Paul, Leo, Alan etc. Hope this is a wakes up call
> for us to become active again.
>
> Greetings for the New Year to all,
> --
> Sujit Patwardhan
> Parisar,
> Pune,
> India
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> At 10:01 AM 1/13/2003 +0530, you wrote:
> >Paul,
> >
> >The virus of Lirva, and was announced last week. I think it is a worm
that
> >activates on particular dates. Windows has an update for this and many
> >virus scans are able to catch this script.
> >
> >Best
> >
> >Leo
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Paul Barter"
> >To:
> >Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 11:22 AM
> >Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
> >
> >
> >Dear sustran-discussers
> >
> >Regarding Alan's message in response to yesterday's suspicious message
> >from "Kisan Mehta [je@swisscontact.ph]"...
> >
> >Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I can tell no malicious code came
> >through to sustran-discuss... At least not to me. And my university
> >filters usually alert me when they intercept such attachments. I agree
> >with Alan that it certainly does look like other messages in recent days
> >which have had malicious attachments. Perhaps there are safeguards
> >somewhere in the system which hosts sustran-discuss, and perhaps they
> >worked in this case?
> >
> >The detailed headers of the message suggest it came from Kisan rather
> >than Swiss Contact, despite the email address it 'apparently' came from.
> >Therefore yesterday I immediately took the precaution of suspending
> >Kisan temporarily from the list and have also now alerted him to the
> >potential problem.
> >
> >I will try to investigate the anti-virus status of JCA networks which
> >hosts sustran-discuss but I suspect that with the simple majordomo
> >software the safeguards are probably not very sophisticated. I do know
> >that the simple filter I have set up that stops large messages does
> >often catch malicious attachments and benign ones alike.
> >
> >Nevertheless, as a general rule please do not send attachments through
> >sustran-discuss and also do not open attachments from sustran-discuss,
> >since no legitimate attachments should be appearing here. In general,
> >ALWAYS be very cautious about clicking on attachments.
> >
> >All the best
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >
> >Dr Paul Barter
> >Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Public Policy Programme
> >National University of Singapore
> >1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
> >Tel: +65-6874 3860; Fax: +65-6777 3091
> >E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
> >[mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of Alan Patrick
> >Howes
> >Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 11:48 AM
> >To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
> >Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
> >
> >
> >I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a message with
> >the same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
> >malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such attachments.
> >
> >Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
> >
> >
> >--
> >Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
> > Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
> >aphowes@dm.gov.ae
> >http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
> >Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
> >Mobile: +971 50 5989661
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
> >Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
> >To: undisclosed-recipients
> >Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
> >
> >
> >Restricted area response team (RART)
> >
> >
> >
> >Attachment you sent to Kisan Mehta is intended to overwrite start
> >address at 0000:HH4F
> >To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply the MSO-patch
>
> --
> Sujit Patwardhan
> sujit@vsnl.com
>
>
>
>
>
From APHOWES at dm.gov.ae Tue Jan 14 15:06:57 2003
From: APHOWES at dm.gov.ae (Alan Patrick Howes)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:06:57 +0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
Message-ID:
Indeed. So can we block attachments, Paul?
--
Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
aphowes@dm.gov.ae
http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
Mobile: +971 50 5989661
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debi Goenka [mailto:debi@beag.net]
> Sent: Tue, 14 January, 2003 06:06
> To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
> Hi Sujit
>
> If the SUSTRAN list does not permit any attachments, the format of the
> attachment really does not matter! Both .doc files and .rtf
> files will be
> deleted.
>
> Probably the best thing to do is to copy and paste the
> contents of the file
> to the email message and send the entire file as plain text
> in the body of
> the email message itself.
>
> Cheers
>
> Debi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sujit Patwardhan"
> To:
> Cc: "ESG India" ;
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:56 AM
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
> > 13 January 2003
> >
> >
> > Dear Paul, Leo and others on the Sustran list,
> > Though I'm not an expert on the question of viruses, I
> doubt if the virus
> > came from an attachment (from Kisan or anyone else), as to
> my knowledge
> > Sustran list (like most other lists) drops (leaves out) any
> attachments
> > from our list mailings, but as a precaution against MS Word
> (.doc files)
> > attachments which have macros, I do not open attachments in
> the MS Word
> > format, though I have a reliable and auto-upgraded virus protection
> > software. I request the sender to re-send the attachment in
> RTF format
> > (less chance of a virus in this format) by pasting the
> following message:
> >
> > ================================
> > No Entry
> > for attachments in Microsoft Word.
> >
> > To avoid viruses I don't open attachments in the MS Word format.
> > Will you please resend it as an RTF file???
> > I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
> > Thanks
> > --Sujit
> > ================================
> >
> > Most email users are casual about viruses till they
> experience the pain of
> > reformatting their hard disk and reloading all the
> programmes. Strictly
> > resisting the temptation to open MS Word format attachments
> is the least
> > one can do as a habit.
> >
> > In this case however I think the virus (if it's a virus at
> all) must have
> > come from the normal message and exploited the weakness in
> the MS Internet
> > Explorer or Outlook Express software . I suspect that in
> its hurry to
> > market newer and newer versions of these softwares, the company in
> question
> > starts selling the new versions and takes its own time
> fixing the bugs
> > through never-ending patches that need to be stitched on to
> the programme
> > though time consuming downloads.
> >
> > Anyway Sustran messages having dried down to a trickle
> these days, it was
> > good to see mails from Paul, Leo, Alan etc. Hope this is a
> wakes up call
> > for us to become active again.
> >
> > Greetings for the New Year to all,
> > --
> > Sujit Patwardhan
> > Parisar,
> > Pune,
> > India
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > At 10:01 AM 1/13/2003 +0530, you wrote:
> > >Paul,
> > >
> > >The virus of Lirva, and was announced last week. I think
> it is a worm
> that
> > >activates on particular dates. Windows has an update for
> this and many
> > >virus scans are able to catch this script.
> > >
> > >Best
> > >
> > >Leo
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Paul Barter"
> > >To:
> > >Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 11:22 AM
> > >Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
> > >
> > >
> > >Dear sustran-discussers
> > >
> > >Regarding Alan's message in response to yesterday's
> suspicious message
> > >from "Kisan Mehta [je@swisscontact.ph]"...
> > >
> > >Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I can tell no
> malicious code came
> > >through to sustran-discuss... At least not to me. And my university
> > >filters usually alert me when they intercept such
> attachments. I agree
> > >with Alan that it certainly does look like other messages
> in recent days
> > >which have had malicious attachments. Perhaps there are safeguards
> > >somewhere in the system which hosts sustran-discuss, and
> perhaps they
> > >worked in this case?
> > >
> > >The detailed headers of the message suggest it came from
> Kisan rather
> > >than Swiss Contact, despite the email address it
> 'apparently' came from.
> > >Therefore yesterday I immediately took the precaution of suspending
> > >Kisan temporarily from the list and have also now alerted
> him to the
> > >potential problem.
> > >
> > >I will try to investigate the anti-virus status of JCA
> networks which
> > >hosts sustran-discuss but I suspect that with the simple majordomo
> > >software the safeguards are probably not very
> sophisticated. I do know
> > >that the simple filter I have set up that stops large messages does
> > >often catch malicious attachments and benign ones alike.
> > >
> > >Nevertheless, as a general rule please do not send
> attachments through
> > >sustran-discuss and also do not open attachments from
> sustran-discuss,
> > >since no legitimate attachments should be appearing here.
> In general,
> > >ALWAYS be very cautious about clicking on attachments.
> > >
> > >All the best
> > >
> > >Paul
> > >
> > >
> > >Dr Paul Barter
> > >Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Public
> Policy Programme
> > >National University of Singapore
> > >1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570
> > >Tel: +65-6874 3860; Fax: +65-6777 3091
> > >E-mail: geobpa@nus.edu.sg
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
> > >[mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of
> Alan Patrick
> > >Howes
> > >Sent: Saturday, 11 January 2003 11:48 AM
> > >To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
> > >Subject: [sustran] Virus on sustran-discuss
> > >
> > >
> > >I'm not sure what the following means - but when I got a
> message with
> > >the same headers on my home machine it seemed to have a
> > >malicious attachment. My server at work would stop such
> attachments.
> > >
> > >Surely the sustran-discuss server should filter out such stuff?
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
> > > Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
> > >aphowes@dm.gov.ae
> > >http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
> > >Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
> > >Mobile: +971 50 5989661
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Kisan Mehta [mailto:je@swisscontact.ph]
> > >Sent: Thu, 09 January, 2003 04:00
> > >To: undisclosed-recipients
> > >Subject: [sustran] Re: Reply on account for IIS-Security
> > >
> > >
> > >Restricted area response team (RART)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Attachment you sent to Kisan Mehta is intended to overwrite start
> > >address at 0000:HH4F
> > >To prevent from the further buffer overflow attacks apply
> the MSO-patch
> >
> > --
> > Sujit Patwardhan
> > sujit@vsnl.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Tue Jan 14 16:09:44 2003
From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:09:44 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D485@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
I don't yet know if our system can block attachments. But I have asked
the people at JCA networks about this and am awaiting their reply. In
the meantime (and always) please observe all the usual precautions.
By the way, for some time I have been toying with the idea of moving the
whole thing to one of the commercial services like Yahoo groups, which
has some more sophisticated features. But then we would have to put up
with advertising or pay to stop it. And irritatingly, yahoo helpdesk has
never responded to repeated questions about this (in particular I am
concerned that we should not lose the archives now hosted on yahoo).
I should explain that! Currently the yahoo groups version of
sustran-discuss is just an archive or mirror of the JCA networks
majordomo listserv. Anyone who signs up via yahoo cannot post to the
list. To do so they would have to sign up with the jca majordomo list.
[BTW if you are in this position and want to move from the yahoo list to
the majordomo list then please email me for instructions.]
I would also welcome feedback on whether we should move to yahoo groups
(or some other hosting service). Perhaps email me privately off the list
so the list itself can return to discussing transport! I will collate
the views and summarise for everyone.
In the meantime, please do send your transport-related news and views to
the list... Let's get sustran-discuss moving again as someone else said
recently!
All the best,
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org
> [mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org] On Behalf Of
> Alan Patrick Howes
> Sent: Tuesday, 14 January 2003 2:07 PM
> To: 'sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org'
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
>
>
> Indeed. So can we block attachments, Paul?
>
>
> --
> Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
> Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
> aphowes@dm.gov.ae http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-mp-transportation
> Tel: +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
> Mobile: +971 50 5989661
From sujit at vsnl.com Tue Jan 14 14:16:34 2003
From: sujit at vsnl.com (Sujit Patwardhan)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:46:34 +0530
Subject: [sustran] Re: Virus on sustran-discuss
In-Reply-To: <002501c2bb71$7f0ca970$5c9944ca@desktop>
References: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D3FF@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
<5.1.0.14.0.20030114003320.01dfeec0@202.54.10.1>
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20030114104019.01dffd10@202.54.10.1>
14 January 2003
Dear Debi,
I know it does not matter to the Sustran list. I was only saying that it's
good habit (in general) to avoid sending and opening attachments in MS Word
format.
--
Sujit
At 07:36 AM 1/14/2003 +0530, you wrote:
>Hi Sujit
>
>If the SUSTRAN list does not permit any attachments, the format of the
>attachment really does not matter! Both .doc files and .rtf files will be
>deleted.
>
>Probably the best thing to do is to copy and paste the contents of the file
>to the email message and send the entire file as plain text in the body of
>the email message itself.
>
>Cheers
>
>Debi
>
--
Sujit Patwardhan
sujit@vsnl.com
From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Fri Jan 17 10:34:56 2003
From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:34:56 +0800
Subject: [sustran] FW: World's Leading Urban Reformer Brings "Bogota Model" to
Africa
Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D545@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Steely White [mailto:steely@igc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 14 January 2003 3:28 PM
To: ITDP
Subject: World's Leading Urban Reformer Brings "Bogota Model" to Africa
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
Contact Paul Steely White or Lisa Peterson, 212-629-8001
January 14, 2003
World's Leading Urban Reformer Shares New Way to Build Cities
- Former Mayor Enrique Pe?alosa Brings "Bogot? Model" to Africa -
Within three years, former Bogot? Mayor Enrique Pe?alosa
transformed his city from a congested and dangerous mess,
where many citizens did not have access to transportation, into
the world's leading model for sustainable urban design.
Now, on the Building a New City tour, Mr. Pe?alosa will share this
inspirational story and describe how Africa's leaders can follow
"The Bogot? Model" for livable cities.
The two-week tour begins January 15 and will bring Pe?alosa
to four of Africa's leading cities: Dakar, Senegal; Cape Town
and Pretoria, South Africa; and Accra, Ghana.
Traffic congestion, inadequate public transportation, poverty and poor
access to jobs and services are increasingly problematic in each
city and local leaders have asked for help in replicating
Bogot?'s success.
"The people of Bogot? spent years hating their city," said Mr.
Pe?alosa, who is currently a Visiting Scholar at New York
University and is writing a book on a new model of
development for Third World cities.
"Now, the people of Bogot? feel proud and have hope that
their lives will continue to improve. This is the story we are
bringing to cities across the world."
Under Mr. Pe?alosa's leadership from 1998-2000, innovative
transportation strategies such as a successful busway, bicycle
paths and restrictions on private car use were used to equalize
all citizens' access to mobility and began to relieve the traffic
congestion and air pollution that was choking Bogot?. His
administration also built parks, planted trees and promoted the
use of public space.
"In Bogot?, we chose to build a city for people, not for
automobiles," said Mr. Pe?alosa. "Cities built for cars'
mobility suffer from congestion and unsafe street conditions
and leave many residents with poor access to jobs. Instead of
these problems, we gave our citizens enjoyable public spaces
and unprecedented mobility."
Bogot? now boasts:
* Latin America's largest network of bicycle ways,
150 miles long (250 km)
* A world-class Bus Rapid Transit system of dedicated
bus lanes called TransMilenio
* The world's longest pedestrian-only street, spanning
10.2 miles (17 km); and hundreds of miles of
sidewalks, many through the city's poorest
neighborhoods
* The planet's biggest Car-Free Day, during which
private vehicles are not allowed to enter the entire city
of 135 square miles (35,000 hectares)
- more -
"Typically, when we judge a city's success we talk about
skyscrapers, superhighways and parking spaces," said Mr.
Pe?alosa. "The experience of Bogot? shows that cities can
prosper by focusing on a new model for success, one that is
centered on the needs and contentment of all the city's residents
- not just those that own a private car."
The Building a New City tour was organized by the Institute
for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), an
organization dedicated to improving mobility in developing
nations and promoting sustainable transportation policies
worldwide. ITDP co-chairs the United Nations Transport
Caucus and is based in New York City.
The tour will help officials from Africa's leading cities build
momentum for improving public transit and providing more
bicycle and pedestrian corridors. The tour will also enable Mr.
Pe?alosa to work with local planners and elected officials to
devise strategies best suited to each unique urban area.
"Sustainable transport is something we must develop in
Senegal," said Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal, who
met with Mr. Pe?alosa during a trip to New York City in
September of 2002. In addition to making transportation a
high priority in his inaugural agenda, President Wade is
responsible for implementation of the Transports, Energy and
Environment sectors for the New Partnership for African
Development, a coalition of African Heads of State.
"Accra's worsening traffic congestion is an issue of great
concern to the Ghanaian government," said Solomon Darko,
Mayor of Accra. "We see the development of a bus system as
a critical component of an overall sustainable transport strategy
that would also include measures to restrain motor vehicle
traffic and promote non-motorized transport."
Already, ITDP and its local partners in Africa have advanced
the planning and construction of bus routes and bicycle
networks, brought modern and affordable new bicycles to a
wider market and organized transit workshops and bicycle
events to improve access to jobs, schools and health care.
"In African cities, traffic congestion and poor alternatives to
private motor vehicles preclude access to basic services," said
Paul Steely White, Africa Regional Director for the Institute
for Transportation and Development Policy. "Pe?alosa brings
a Southern success story that resonates with African decision-
makers who are facing tough choices about the future of their
cities."
Since the end of his mayoral term in December of 2000, Mr.
Pe?alosa has traveled to Mexico City; Panama City; Lima,
Peru; Guangzhou and Hong Kong in China; Jakarta,
Yogyakarta and Surabaya in Indonesia and New Delhi in India.
Many of these cities are now pursuing Bogot?-type Bus Rapid
Transit systems, bicycle and pedestrian paths and Car-Free
Days.
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
received financial support for the Building a New City tour, as
well as its ongoing Livable Communities and Access Africa
programs, from the United States Agency for International
Development and a variety of private donations.
Building a New City Tour Schedule
Jan. 17 - 21, Dakar, Senegal
Jan. 22 - 23, Cape Town, South Africa
Jan. 24, Pretoria, South Africa
Jan. 25 - 30, Accra, Ghana
- # # # -
Paul Steely White
Africa Regional Director
ITDP
115 W. 30th St. Suite 1205,
New York, NY 10001
Tel +212 629 8001, Fax -8033,
www.ITDP.org
Subscribe to Sustainable Transport e-update at www.itdp.org
From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Fri Jan 17 10:36:35 2003
From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:36:35 +0800
Subject: [sustran] FW: CAR BUSTERS MONTHLY E-BULLETIN NO. 42
Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD40D546@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org [mailto:owner-sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org]
Sent: Friday, 17 January 2003 5:24 AM
To: sustran-discuss-approval@jca.apc.org
Subject: BOUNCE sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org: global taboo header: /^precedence *: *(bulk|list)/i Non-member submission from: ["Car Busters - Editors" ]
From: "Car Busters - Editors"
To: englishbulletin-l@ecn.cz
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:09:44 +0100
Subject: CAR BUSTERS MONTHLY E-BULLETIN NO. 42
No winter sales but still a pretty good bargain on car-free
propaganda you simply must have at
.
_________________________
CAR BUSTERS BULLETIN >>>
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Edition no. 42 - January 2003 - English version ...............................................
This bulletin was compiled by Ivana Jakubkov?. Thanks
to everyone for their submissions and sorry if yours didn't
make it in here: it's probably too good to be shared.
Contents:
World News
- JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR ASTHMA
- UK: CYCLING'S DEAD, LET'S BUILD MORE ROADS!
- "DEBUNKER" OF GLOBAL WARMING FOUND
DISHONEST
- ALPS TUNNEL UPDATE
Announcements
- ROAD PROTEST IMAGE GALLERY
- STUDY OF CAR-FREE AND MOBILITY-MANAGED
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
- (IF YOU MUST DRIVE) MAKE YOUR OWN
BIODIESEL
- WALK21 IV CONFERENCE: HEALTH, EQUITY &
ENVIRONMENT
- BIKE WISE WEEK 2003
- JOB OPPORTUNITY AT EYFA
- BUILDING A NEW CITY TOUR
Car Busters Announcements
- TOWARDS CAR-FREE CITIES III: REGISTER NOW!
- CAR BUSTERS MAGAZINE NO. 16 RELEASED
- IVAN ILLICH MEMORIAL MAGAZINE (NO. 17) - CALL
FOR SUBMISSIONS
Things to Read
- HIGH AND MIGHTY
Disclaimer
_______________
WORLD NEWS >>
__________________
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR ASTHMA
[from the latest Carfree Times at
]
A group of Japanese asthma sufferers has won
US$638,000 in a suit against the Japanese government
alleging that road-related air pollution in Tokyo either
gave them asthma or exacerbated existing asthma. The
plaintiffs live within 50 metres of major roads and
highways in central Tokyo.
The court cited the failure of the national government,
the Metropolitan Expressway Public Corp., and the
Tokyo metropolitan government to properly build and
manage Tokyo's roads. "The extent of the violation is
very serious. The large volumes of exhaust that are
continually released have caused and exacerbated
bronchial asthma, which can endanger a person's life,"
the court said.
UK: CYCLING'S DEAD, LET'S BUILD MORE ROADS!
[spotted by Peter Day on BBC News, Dec. 12 and Dave
Morris in The Observer Dec. 22]
The biggest road-widening programme in 20 years has
been outlined by the UK government as part of a plan to
improve transport. Notorious bottlenecks on the M1 and
M6 motorways are to get an extra lane, taking them to
four lanes wide. The transport package is worth L5.5
billion for England's roads, rail and bus infrastructure, but
at about the same time the government admitted that
road congestion could worsen by a fifth over the next
decade.
Unlike environmental and public transport groups,
motoring groups welcomed the plan. The RAC (Royal
Automobile Club) said it was "a realisation that an
integrated transport policy includes road building."
Shortly after this announcement, The Observer
newspaper published an extensive article on the decline
of cycling in the UK. Fewer people are using bikes to get
to work or school than ever before: on rural roads and for
primary school children the level is so low it has officially
fallen to 'zero percent of trips' in national statistics.
Overall, only two percent of trips are now taken by
bicycle in the UK, compared with 85 percent by car. This
represents a decline in cycling by 25 percent and in
walking by almost 30 percent since 1990.
The government has spectacularly failed with its goal
of increasing cycling levels four-fold to reach eight
percent of all trips by 2012, which would have matched
the level Germany was at in 1996. Instead, it will now try
to triple cycling by 2010, which still looks like wishful
thinking, although the government is putting in record
levels of funding. It has just begun a nationwide
assessment of all councils' performance on cycling to
find out why it is still declining.
One senior consultant to ministers said: "Some places
are great. But the prevailing attitude in most authorities is
that the car is king, money is for road building, bikes are
at best an afterthought and at worst a threat to road
safety and traffic flow. The government simply has not
had the balls to get to grips with this because they are
afraid of the motoring lobby and now they are off
spending billions widening roads again."
Read the full version of the article at
.
"DEBUNKER" OF GLOBAL WARMING FOUND
DISHONEST
[spotted by Jason Kirkpatrick in the Guardian, January 9]
Bjorn Lomborg - the director of Denmark's Environmental
Assessment Institute and a leading would-be debunker
of mainstream scientific opinion on issues like global
warming and overuse of natural resources - has been
found guilty by a Danish government committee of
"scientific dishonesty" after a year-long investigation.
The committee was appointed to look at four
complaints against Lomborg's book "The Skeptical
Environmentalist," which argues that life for humankind
had never been better, pollution levels were falling, and
there were enough resources for current levels of
prosperity to continue. It also claims that the "colossal
sums it is planned to deploy on reducing global warming
will be money ill spent."
Professor Lomborg's contrarian views made him a
favourite of the rightwing establishment after the book's
publication. On its election in March last year, Denmark's
rightwing government made him the director of its
Environmental Assessment Institute.
"This is the very message of the book: children born
today - in both the industrialised world and developing
countries - will live longer and be healthier," the book
concludes. "They will get more food, a better education,
a higher standard of living, more leisure time and far
more possibilities - without the global environment being
destroyed. And that is a beautiful world."
The complaints: "Lomborg is accused of fabricating
data, selectively and surreptitiously discarding unwanted
results, of the deliberately misleading use of statistical
methods, consciously distorted interpretation of the
conclusions, plagiarising of others' results or
publications, and deliberate misrepresentation of others'
results."
However, the committee is not quite so harsh in its own
conclusions, accusing Professor Lomborg of not
comprehending the science rather than intending to
mislead or being grossly negligent.
ALPS TUNNEL NEWS
[submitted by Anne Lassman of Initiative Transport
Europe ]
Since the reopening of the Mont Blanc Tunnel on June
25, 2002, in an alternating system for vehicles over 3.5
tonnes (one hour in one direction, then one hour in the
opposite direction) a lot of things have happened and
demonstrations have taken place. Here's a brief outline
of important events both past and future:
* October 2002: Michel Charlet, Mayor of Chamonix, was
charged in connection with the tunnel fire in 1999. He
has always been outspoken about road transport and the
threat posed by the tunnel and his investigation is viewed
in Chamonix as a punishment for his non-compliance
with orders and pressures from the French authorities.
This tactic was used on Charlet in 2001, when he was
charged for an avalanche tragedy (the first time a mayor
will be tried in France for a natural disaster!).
* December 14, 2002: A big demonstration in Chamonix
protested against the likely removal of the alternate traffic
system. Protesters were removed from the road by
police.
* January 3: A demonstration was held in Courmayeur
for the same reason. A large turnout surprised the police
and showed signs of Italians' growing committment in the
fight against road freight. The new president of the Aoste
Region is campaigning alongside environmental
organisations to keep truck traffic down and to retain the
alternate system, which has kept the traffic well below
the pre-closure average. Despite that, legal pollution
levels in the very narrow Chamonix Valley are already
being reached. Any increase in traffic will push many
pollutants above accepted thresholds.
* January 17: The Somport Tunnel opens in the
Pyrenees. A sad day for mountain lovers all around
Europe. Another success for the road and the oil lobbies.
A demonstration is planned that day at Bedous, from
12:00 onwards.
* January 20: Bruno Rebelle, President of Greenpeace
France, and Eric Lano?, President of R?agir (Maurienne
Valley, Fr?jus Tunnel) are on trial in Albertville following
the October 2001 occupation of the motorway leading to
the Fr?jus tunnel, by 1,000 demonstrators and 20
environmental organisations. Protesters are faxing letters
to the courthouse and a demonstration will take place in
Albertville on the day to support Rebelle and Lano?.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS >>
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ROAD PROTEST IMAGE GALLERY
[submitted by Road Alert]
Just thought you would like to know we have uploaded
some of our picture archive online. If you visit
and click on the gallery link
you can view 93 pictures from M11 Leytonstone and A46
Batheaston protests. If you require any of the images for
publishing, send an e-mail to
with the image number and we will send you the full size
version.
STUDY OF CAR-FREE AND MOBILITY-MANAGED
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
[submitted by Dr Jan Scheurer, formerly of Institute for
Sustainability and Technology Policy, Australia]
A full illustrated version of my PhD thesis, titled 'Urban
Ecology, Innovations in Housing Policy and the Future of
Cities: Towards Sustainability in Neighbourhood
Communities' is now available online at
. The dissertation contains the first international
empirical comparison study of carfree and mobility-
managed housing developments, discussed in a broad
policy context.
(IF YOU MUST DRIVE) MAKE YOUR OWN BIODIESEL
[submitted by Low-Impact Living Initiative]
On February 7-9 Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) is
organising a course on "How to Make Biodiesel" in
Redfield Community, Buckinghamshire, UK. Cost: L150
waged, L100 unwaged. Discounts for 'Friends of LILI'. All
meals and accommodation included.
This A-Z course covers everything from what biodesel
and its environmental benefits are, its cheap and safe
production, including practical sessions: plant design and
construction using readily-available materials; making
biodiesel
For more details contact LILI at tel/fax: (01296) 714184
or check out their website .
WALK21 IV: HEALTH, EQUITY & ENVIRONMENT
[submitted by Ellen Vanderslice]
The 4th International Conference on Walking in the 21st
Century (May 1-3, Portland, Oregon, USA) will bring
together activists, practitioners, decision makers and
academics in public health, transportation, and
community planning. Together we will explore how
walking is integrated into our infrastructure, our
institutions, and our daily lives. We will rethink the
context for walking and refine the tools we use in our
work. Please join us in Portland, May 1-3, 2003!
Registration for "Walk21 IV: Health, Equity &
Environment" is now open. Best rates are before
February 1.
Register at or check
out .
BIKE WISE WEEK 2003
[submitted by Robert Ibell of Cycling Advocates Network
of NZ Inc.]
February 15-23; New Zealand
National Bike Wise Week aims to lift the profile of cycling
and encourage more people to take up the activity as an
integral part of an active lifestyle. The aim is to see an
increase in the number of cyclists and increasing
numbers of New Zealanders enjoying healthy lifestyles.
At you will find resources to
help you organise events to celebrate cycling, e.g. How
to Run a Bike Day, Planning a Bike to Work Day, Being a
Cycle Friendly Employer, The Commuter Challenge and
Planning a Bike to School Day.
You'll also find details of the nationwide Bike Wise
Business Battle. It aims to encourage employers and
employees to use their bike as a means of transport.
National trophies will be awarded by business sector and
there are plenty of other prizes, awarded on the basis of
number of participants and distance travelled.
JOB OPPORTUNITY AT EYFA
[submitted by Eyfa]
Eyfa, a European-wide network of individuals and
grassroots groups active on social and environmental
issues, is looking for a creative, inspired and energetic
person to come in January 2003 to join the core team in
the Amsterdam office. They need a new person that will
manage the European Voluntary Service project, work on
networking and approaching new groups and persons,
and take part in general administration of grants,
reports, our network committee, organising meetings,
developing our web page etc.
For more information, please send an email with
subject heading: "eyfa core-team job application" to
EYFA as soon as possible at < eyfa@eyfa.org> or
phone: +31.20.6657743.
BUILDING A NEW CITY TOUR
[submitted by Paul White of ITDP ]
Within three years, Enrique Penalosa, former mayor of
Bogot?, Columbia, transformed his city from a congested
and dangerous mess, where many citizens did not have
access to transport, into the world's leading model for
sustainable urban design.
Now, on the Building a New City tour, Penalosa will share
this inspirational story and describe how Africa's leaders
can follow "The Bogot? Model" for livable cities.
The two-week tour, organised by the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), begins
January 15 and will bring Penalosa to four of Africa's
leading cities: Dakar, Senegal; Cape Town
and Pretoria, South Africa; and Accra, Ghana. Traffic
congestion, inadequate public transport, poverty and
poor access to jobs and services are increasingly
problematic in each city and local leaders have asked for
help in replicating Bogot?'s success.
Under Penalosa's leadership from 1998-2000,
innovative transport strategies such as a successful
busway, bicycle paths and restrictions on private car use
were used to equalise all citizens' access to mobility and
began to relieve the traffic congestion and air pollution
that was choking Bogot?. His administration also built
parks, planted trees and promoted the use of public
space.
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CAR BUSTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS >>
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TOWARDS CAR-FREE CITIES III: REGISTER NOW!
[Hosted by Car Busters, March 17-22, Prague, Czech
Republic]
You've heard all about this conference in past bulletins; if
not, see the link below. Officially the registration deadline
for participants is January 31. Please register as soon as
possible to ensure there's space for you:
.
CAR BUSTERS MAGAZINE NO. 16 RELEASED
"We shape our tools and they in turn shape us" - and
some of the shapes people are now becoming look
decidedly unwieldy. Issue 16 of Car Busters Magazine
looks at a phenomenon that Ken Avidor (artist, author of
"RoadKill Bill") calls "Automorphism," and sees how our
minds, bodies and culture have been affected by
decades of growing car dependence.
The issue also includes all the usual lively, hard-hitting
sections you've come to expect - Industry Watch, World
News, Car Cult Review, Book Reviews and more - albeit
with a much later release date than normal.
To get a copy, see
, or
to subscribe, see .
The submissions deadline for issue 17 is February 31.
IVAN ILLICH MEMORIAL MAGAZINE (NO. 17) - CALL
FOR SUBMISSIONS
Following on the December 2 death of radical
philosopher Ivan Illich (author of "Energy and Equity"
among many others), we at Car Busters have decided to
devote part of issue 17 of our magazine to his life and his
thoughts on transport(ation). Therefore we'd now like to
send out a call for letter-to-the-editors-length personal
accounts of how his ideas have influenced our readers.
Please send them as soon as possible, and by February
31 at the latest.
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THINGS TO READ >>
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HIGH AND MIGHTY
[submitted by Daniel Swartz]
High and Mighty - SUVs: The World's Most Dangerous
Vehicles and How They Got That Way; by Keith
Bradsher; 468 pages; ISBN 1586481231
Bradsher, a correspondent for the New Your Times,
investigates the politics behind the rise of SUVs and
provides a lot of well-researched data on how dangerous
they are. You probably already know that SUVs (or 4x4s)
are classified as light trucks so that they don't need to
comply with the 1990 Clean Air Act's rather stringent
standards, and that's why their mileage is so appalling.
But did you know that Ford Explorer's pricier cousin, the
Lincoln Navigator, is considered a truck for the purposes
of calculating the 10 percent luxury tax the 1990
Congress slapped on cars with price tags of $30,000 or
more? That law, like many others, exempted "light
trucks", in this case those with a gross weight over 6,000
pounds. The Navigator grew to that size as Ford added
luxury features but included in the price no luxury tax
because it's not a car, stupid, it's a kind of luxury truck.
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DISCLAIMER >>
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Grrr, Bradsher has stolen from us a brilliant title of Car
Busters' next publication! Unfortunately we hadn't
trademarked it in advance so now we'll have think of
another name for our thrilling bestseller-to-be about the
excitements of our e-mail bulletin production. Oh, yes,
the influx of your submissions gets us high and the
selecting and editing process gives us a sense of might.
We are all addicts and regularly have fierce fights over
this task so you'd better keep filling us in or we'll all die of
withdrawal. The next bulletin is coming soon 'cos we
want to get back to the first-week-in-a-month scheme
and we hope you won't let us down. ____________________________________________
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Register your group on-line now:
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Hosted by Car Busters, March 17-22, 2003, Prague
From geobpa at nus.edu.sg Tue Jan 28 11:16:33 2003
From: geobpa at nus.edu.sg (Paul Barter)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:16:33 +0800
Subject: [sustran] FW: Sustainable Transport Newsletter
Message-ID: <0709A702109DA844B290CEAA959078BD5ED9E0@MBXSRV04.stf.nus.edu.sg>
A bit delayed... But this has some interesting items so wanted to forward to the list.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Watson [mailto:Philip.Watson@eeca.govt.nz]
Sent: Friday, 17 January 2003 4:52 AM
To: sustran@po.jaring.my
Subject: Sustainable Transport Newsletter
Transport Network Newsletter
Issue 25, December 2002 / January 2003
CONTENTS:
News
? CAST Director Critical Of New Zealand Pedestrian Infrastructure
? New Zealand's First School Travel Plan Launched
? New Zealand Transport Strategy Finally A Reality
? New Private Members Bill From Greens Targets Traffic
? Does New Zealand Have A Hydrogen Future?
? Second Draft Of Emissions Rule Released For Public Consultation
? Diesels Dominate In EnergyWise Rally
? Urban Design Forum New Zealand
? UK Deputy Prime Minister Clamps Down On Travel Impacts Of Retailers
? Nottingham City Council Puts Off Workplace Parking Levy
Events
? BikeWise Business Battle
? Land Transport Summit
? Urbanism Down Under 2003 - "Transforming Cities In Australia And New Zealand."
? International Conference On Environmentally Sustainable Transport In The Asian Region
? Walk21 IV - The Fourth International Conference On Walking In The 21st Century
? NZPI 2003 Conference
? 10th International Conference On Travel Behaviour Research
? Australasian Transport Research Forum 2003
Resources
? VTPI - Transportation Cost And Benefit Analysis Guidebook
? Old Roads To Green Roads
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If you have any comments, recommendations, changes of address or if you wish to be remo ved from the e-mail list please contact the editor, Philip Watson (09 916 4646, philip.watson@eeca.govt.nz).
Back copies of this newsletter are on the EECA website at: www.eeca.govt.nz/content/transport/network.
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NEWS
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CAST DIRECTOR CRITICAL OF NEW ZEALAND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Infrastructure for pedestrians in New Zealand is sadly lacking according to UK transport expert Rodney Tolley. Tolley, who is the director of the Centre for Alternative and Sustainable Transport at Staffordshire University, was visiting New Zealand for a series of lectures and workshops sponsored by EECA and seven councils. Tolley was critical of pedestrian crossings, the quality of footpaths, access to public transport and traffic speeds in city centres.
Tolley said that providing better infrastructure for pedestrians helped remove both psychological and physical barriers which prevent people from walking.
During his seminars in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin Tolley outlined three key benefits of having more people walking. Firstly, walking was a cheap, accessible form of exercise. According to international research walking (10 minutes, three times a day) was the best form of exercise for reducing obesity. Secondly, if more people were able to walk instead of use their cars for short trips then there would be reduced emissions of local air pollutants and carbon dioxide. Finally, better access for pedestrians leads to greater foot traffic, and therefore thriving retailers and safer cities.
Tolley lists five simple steps which would make towns and cities more walkable:
1. Reduce traffic - take space away from cars and give it to pedestrians, especially in city areas where pedestrians outnumber cars.
2. Design convenient, direct walking routes.
3. Promote outdoor life through squares, art and architecture.
4. Make streets save and secure - enhance natural surveillance.
5. Reduce traffic speed.
Tolley was also quick to point out the need to promote quality walking environments once they were established.
After the success of Rodney Tolley's visit, EECA is looking to work more closely with him, possibly including a return visit later this year.
See the current EnergyWise News magazine for more on Rodney Tolley's visit. See also the CAST website (www.staffs.ac.uk/geography/cast) for conference presentations, reports and other sustainable transport information.
NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST SCHOOL TRAVEL PLAN LAUNCHED
Vauxhall School, Devonport, North Shore City, last month became the first New Zealand school to launch a 'school travel plan.' The TravelWise to School project at Vauxhall School is a partnership between the North Shore City Council, Vauxhall School and the community. Its aims include to encourage healthy alternatives to car transport, to increase the awareness of road safety, to involve the local and school community in the school travel plan and to reduce traffic congestion near the school.
Setting up a school travel plan involves establishing how children are currently getting to and from school and determining which alternative modes of travel parents would consider adopting. An extensive programme of consultation is then carried out involving children, parents and other members of the local community to determine what the perceived priority issues are in relation to school travel. These will typically include information to parents and children on road safety concerns and infrastructure improvements which make the environment surrounding the school safer to walk or cycle. Other initiatives such as walking school buses which make travel to school by sustainable modes fun for children and class room resources (such as road safety education) can also be included.
The travel plan has identified that a 'Kea Crossing' - a temporary pedestrian crossing will be put into place outside the school. The plan has also identified the need for a drop-off zone for vehicles allowing parents to drop-off and pick up children in a safe designated area and no-parking zones outside the school. Vauxhall School also has walking school buses operating and has joined the LTSA's 'Road Sense' safety education programme.
The North Shore City Council plans to get other schools involved in the TravelWise to School project during 2003. A second travel plan is in the process of completion at Bayswater Primary School. This will be launched in March/April 2003. EECA is monitoring the success of the TravelWise to School project and considering how a school travel plan programme might be implemented across New Zealand.
For more information contact Gill Weyman, Road Safety Coordinator at the North Shore City Council: gill.weyman@northshorecity.govt.nz.
NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT STRATEGY FINALLY A REALITY
The long awaited New Zealand Transport Strategy (NZTS) was released by Transport Minister, Paul Swain, late last year. It embodies a significant change in New Zealand transport policy requiring a more integrated and long-term approach to transport policy, planning and management, including a greater emphasis on environmental and social impacts.
The NZTS presents the vision that by 2010, New Zealand will have an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive and sustainable transport system. Building on this vision, the NZTS sets out the government's objectives for transport which are to address economic development, assist safety and personal security, improve access and mobility, protect and promote public health and ensure environmental sustainability.
Implementation of the NZTS will happen in a number of ways, through:
? Ministerial leadership,
? Funding and budget prioritisation,
? Specific sector strategies where necessary, such as walking and cycling, Road Safety 2010 and bio-security,
? Consultation and cooperation, and
? Monitoring and review.
A website will be set up later this year to provide a reference point to ensure ongoing links are maintained between the NZTS and other relevant government initiatives. A rolling strategic plan, showing the status of key initiatives, setting out the lead agency and other agencies involved, as well as relevant timeframes, will be available on the website.
To meet the objective of environmental sustainability, the NZTS indicates that the negative impacts on land air, water, communities and ecosystems will have to be reduced. Key to this will be the more efficient use of resources and a shift over time to the use of renewable resources. The NZTS highlights the importance of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy as a vital element in the achievement of an environmentally sustainable transport system.
The Minister of Transport also tabled the Land Transport Management Bill in Parliament late last year. The Bill is an integral component in achieving the land transport aims of the NZTS. The aim of the Bill is to provide a more balanced and flexible funding framework for land transport projects that takes the needs of all users into account.
Key points of the Bill include:
? The focus of transport funding and management is shifting to include greater emphasis on social and environmental needs.
? Transit and Transfund are required to expand their focus from roads to land transport and are required to undertake more extensive consultation in relation to social and environmental impacts.
? Increased funding flexibility, which means that a much wider range of land transport projects can be considered.
? The requirement for a longer-term focus within land transport funding.
? The establishment of a generic framework for tolling schemes and allowance of public/private partnerships to enable funding of new infrastructure from other sources.
For more details on the Bill and the NZTS visit the "Current" section of the Ministry of Transport's website: www.transport.govt.nz.
NEW PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL FROM GREENS TARGETS TRAFFIC
A new private members bill from Jeanette Fitzsimons, which aims to decouple growth in vehicle usage from growth in population and the economy, was table in Parliament late last year. The Bill requires that the Minister of Transport (through the NZTS) and regional councils (through their regional land transport strategies) put in place targets, timetables and measures to reduce motorised traffic.
The approach is similar to that used in the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000 which set up the requirement for an energy efficiency and conservation strategy.
"Some people think that all we need to solve problems of congestion is to build more motorways," said Fitzsimons. "But the evidence is against them. No country in the world has managed to solve congestion for long just by building more roads."
"The benefits will be substantial savings in economic costs as well as clean air, less greenhouses gas, safer streets and healthier people."
The Bill will be considered at select committee in February.
For more information see Jeanette Fitzsimons' speech: www.greens.org.nz/searchdocs/speech5845.html.
DOES NEW ZEALAND HAVE A HYDROGEN FUTURE?
What will New Zealand's road map to a hydrogen future look like? That's the question being examined at a workshop next month in Wellington.
Government officials, key private sector organisations and organisations involved in hydrogen and fuel cell research will gather to develop an understanding of the international hydrogen scene, get an update on what is already happening in New Zealand and examine the hydrogen future.
The workshop follows the identification of hydrogen as a potential energy source for New Zealand in the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy and the June 2002 announcement of significant government investment through its the Foundation for Science, Research and Technology. This six-year investment covers research by CRL Energy and Industrial Research Ltd and could see New Zealand powered by 'clean green' hydrogen energy by 2020.
Speakers include Michael McDonald, Head of Methanex's Fuel Cell Division in Vancouver, Michael J Binder and Mark Williams from the US Department of Energy and Simon Whitehouse, Director of Alternative Transport in Perth.
BP, Methanex, Meridian Energy, Solid Energy, Transpower and the Bus and Coach Association are sponsoring the event. A number of government agencies including EECA are also sponsoring the event.
Attendance is by invitation only, and details can be obtained from Connie Crookshanks at the Ministry for the Environment, email connie.crookshanks@mfe.govt.nz, phone 04 917 3745.
SECOND DRAFT OF EMISSIONS RULE RELEASED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION
The second draft of the Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Rule was released late last year by the Ministry of Transport. The Rule will ensure all vehicles entering New Zealand are manufactured to a recognised international emissions standard. It will apply to both new and used vehicles and will begin to take effect from 1 January 2004. The requirements of the Rule will be phased in over the next four years to take account of the improving fuel quality in New Zealand. Vehicles already in New Zealand will not be affected.
The highest standard set for petrol vehicles under the proposed Rule is the European Union's Euro III standard, which will come into force from 2006. In the EU the Euro III standard has been in place since 2001. Light diesel vehicles will be required to meet the Euro IV standard by 2006 which will be required in the EU from 2005.
The Rule is part of the Ministry of Transport's developing Vehicle Emissions Policy which is working towards reducing the harmful emissions from motor vehicles such as nitrous oxides, hydrocarbons and particulates. The social cost of these emissions became clear early last year when research revealed the so called 'invisible road toll,' deaths occurring as a result of exposure to vehicle emissions, was killing almost as many people as road accidents.
Key stakeholders have until 31 January 2003 to make submissions. The Rule is expected to become law by mid year.
For more information check out the "Current" section of the Ministry of Transport's website: www.transport.govt.nz.
DIESELS DOMINATE IN ENERGYWISE RALLY
The outstanding fuel efficiency of new diesel cars was highlighted in the recent EnergyWise Rally 2002 where they took out the top four environment placings (other vehicles, not commercially available in New Zealand yet, received higher ratings but were not eligible for awards). The winning vehicle, a Peugeot 406 HDi, achieved an outstanding fuel efficiency of 4.2 litres per 100 km. This would save the typical New Zealand family $670 a year in fuel, even allowing for road user charges. The Peugeot covered the 1500km route from Auckland to Wellington and back on $39 of diesel. Could your car achieve that?
The EnergyWise Rally highlighted both the excellent fuel efficiency of new vehicles, and the importance of driver behaviour. For example, the largest car in the Rally, a 5.7 litre Holden Commodore driven by Greg Murphy and Jason Richards, scored the highest fuel economy at 9.9 litres per 100 km. This result is slightly better than the fuel economy of a typical New Zealand 2 litre car! With an engine nearly three times the size of the average family car, the Commodore's fuel efficiency can only have been achieved through skilled driving and technological advances. And speed need not be compromised - unsurprisingly the V8 supercar drivers were the first to finish every stage. Jason Richard's said "If you imagine there is an egg under the accelerator when you are driving it's easy."
To minimise the event's impact on the environment EECA and the Motor Industry Association have planted 150 trees in Wellington, Palmerston North and Auckland. These trees will mitigate the effects of the CO2 emitted by the Rally vehicles, making the event 'carbon neutral.'
For full results of the Rally, check out www.energywiserally.org.nz.
URBAN DESIGN FORUM NEW ZEALAND
A new forum of New Zealand planning and design professionals, academics and a range of other people interested in urban design is gathering momentum. The 'Urban Design Forum NZ' has chapters in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin as well as a nationwide e-mail newsletter.
The Forum is still in its formative stages, and will be looking to define a mission during the Urbanism Down Under Forum in Auckland (see "Events" below). One of its key tasks is likely to be encouraging high profile debates and promoting political leadership at all levels of government on urban design.
To subscribe to the newsletter or for details of local contacts e-mail Bernie Walsh bernadine.walsh@northshorecity.govt.nz
UK DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CLAMPS DOWN ON TRAVEL IMPACTS OF RETAILERS
John Prescott, the UK deputy Prime Minister has over-ruled a decision to allow furniture retailer IKEA to build a 28,000 square metre outlet in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Planning permission was rejected on the grounds that the proposed store ran counter to a planning policy guideline which aims to reduce the need to travel, especially by car.
Despite proposals by the furniture retailer to make public transport, walking and cycling viable options for travel to the store, Prescott noted that surveys suggested 90% of customers would still travel to the store by car. He suggested IKEA could investigate more central sites capable of accommodating the development, "in whole or disaggregated form."
The decision effectively recognises that a destination's site is the greatest determinant of the amount of travel it creates, rather than the modal options which are available.
For more information see http://society.guardian.co.uk/urbandesign/story/0,11200,842420,00.html
NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL PUTS OFF WORKPLACE PARKING LEVY
Nottingham City Council has further delayed plans to implement a workplace parking levy (WPL), prompting speculation that the project - just the third of its type in the world - could be abandoned. Already delayed a year from its initial start date of 2003 it will now not be introduced until April 2005.
In the interim the success of the London congestion charging scheme will be monitored and a study will be undertaken into whether road user charging might be a more suitable policy.
The Nottingham WPL is expected to cost employers around ?150 per commuter car parking space per year, and rise to around ?350 over 10 years. The WPL would generate ?5-15 million per year and would be used to fund infrastructure improvements for public transport, walking and cycling as well as new roads.
For more information visit the Nottingham City Council's WPL website: http://www.congestionfreenottingham.com/
BUSES GETTING GREATER PRIORITY
Buses are to get increased priority in London with an ?850 million package of bus priority measures recently announced for the city. The package will result in priority measures covering 21% of the city's 3000 km of bus routes.
The bus priority action plan for 2004-2011 identifies the next phase of bus priority beyond the completion of work on the 850 km London Bus Priority Network and the 69-route London Bus Initiative. These are both due to be completed by 2004.
Phase one of the plan, from 2004-08, would concentrate on expanding bus priority to other routes across London. The second phase, from 2008-11, would involve intensifying bus priority on a 630 km core priority network. Measures could include physical segregation of bus lanes; guided busways; bus gates and expanded camera and CCTV enforcement. A 'hearts and minds' campaign to win public support for the measures is also being developed.
For more information visit Transport for London's website www.londontransport.co.uk.
EVENTS
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BIKEWISE BUSINESS BATTLE. 15 - 23 February, 2003. New Zealand. Be in to win Kathmandu gear or a "work shout" by getting lots of people from your organisation to bike to work. For more information check out www.bikewisebattle.co.nz.
LAND TRANSPORT SUMMIT. 18 - 19 February, 2003. Auckland. For more information go to www.conferenz.co.nz.
URBANISM DOWN UNDER 2003 - "TRANSFORMING CITIES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND." 20 - 22 March, 2003. Auckland. www.cce.auckland.ac.nz/urbanismdownunder/index.htm.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN THE ASIAN REGION. 23 - 25 March 2003. Nagoya, Japan. www.oecd.org/pdf/M00034000/M00034076.pdf.
WALK21 IV - THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WALKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 1 - 3 May, 2003. Portland, Oregon, USA. www.walk21.com.
NZPI 2003 CONFERENCE - Vision 50/50: 22 - 24 May 2003. Hamilton. www.nzplanning.co.nz.
10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH.
10 - 14 August 2003. Lucerne, Switzerland. www.ce.utexas.edu/iatbr/Conference2003/iatbr2003.htm.
AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM 2003. 1 - 3 October 2003. Wellington. A call for papers will occur in early 2003. For more information please contact Tony Brennand: tony.brennand@wrc.govt.nz.
RESOURCES
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VTPI - TRANSPORTATION COST AND BENEFIT ANALYSIS GUIDEBOOK
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute has posted an online edition of "Transportation Cost And Benefit Analysis: Techniques, Estimates And Implications." This 350-page guidebook provides comprehensive information on transportation costs and benefits for use in planning and policy analysis. It is one of the most detailed studies of transportation economic, social and environmental impacts, and the only one that is regularly expanded and updated as new information becomes available. It provides estimates of twenty costs for eleven different transport modes under three travel conditions in a format designed to easily compare transportation alternatives. It also indicates the distribution of costs.
For example, it provides estimates of the internal and external costs of automobile use, and the potential cost savings from a shift to alternative modes under rural, urban-off-peak and urban-peak conditions.
The Guidebook reviews previous transportation impact studies, discusses economic evaluation practices, describes how nonmarket impacts are estimated, discusses major findings, evaluates criticisms of transportation costing, and explores implications and applications of this research. It
provides extensive reference information, mostly available through the Internet, allowing users to obtain additional information when needed.
The Guidebook is available free at http://www.vtpi.org/tca
OLD ROADS TO GREEN ROADS
The British Road Federation has just released a useful new reference work: "Old Roads to Green Roads - Improving the environmental performance of the existing road network." The book is a practical guide to the type of measures that could be implemented on the existing road network to improve its environmental performance, and to bring old roads up to the latest design standards. In the past little attention has been paid to the environmental condition of roads that were not due to be improved. Some of the key concerns for the public are noise, landscape, lighting and the recycling of materials for repair and maintenance. Considerable progress has been made in these fields in recent years, but the potential for change has not always been fully appreciated.
This book is available to purchase from Landor Books: www.landorbooks.co.uk.
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Thanks, Philip.
From matthias_mueth at hotmail.com Tue Jan 28 18:06:11 2003
From: matthias_mueth at hotmail.com (matthias mueth)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:06:11 +0100
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From jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr Tue Jan 28 19:25:02 2003
From: jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr (Jean-Michel CUSSET)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:25:02 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <200301281023.LAA28386@docsrvr.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
Le 28 Jan 03, ? 10:06, matthias mueth a ?crit:
dear sustran-discuss members,
vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the (rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the
automotive industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city this was, andwhether there is any quotable information on
this(bibliographical notes)???
thank you very much.
best regards,
matthias mueth
----------------------------
Dear colleagues,dear Mathias,
I read some papers on this question a long time ago. I think there was a paper and reply in the Journal of America Planning
Association in the 70's or 80's. I try to find it again.
In fact there is some literature on this debate (is car industry responsible or not).
Best regards
hamburg/germany
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Directeur de recherche au CNRS
Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports
e-mail : jean-michel.cusset@let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr
T?l (33) 4 72 72 64 49 fax (33) 4 72 72 64 48
From ecologic at gn.apc.org Tue Jan 28 19:34:43 2003
From: ecologic at gn.apc.org (John Whitelegg)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:34:43 -0000
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
References:
Message-ID: <004e01c2c6b8$f030b040$4c8bf8d4@lancs.ac.uk>
Yes, you are right. The source is:
Yago, G (1984)
The decline of transit: urban transportation in German and US cities, 1900-1970
Cambridge Universitry Press
ISBN 0 521 25633 X
Good luck
John Whitelegg
----- Original Message -----
From: matthias mueth
To: sustran-discuss@jca.ax.apc.org ; sustran-discuss@jca.apc.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: [sustran] question
dear sustran-discuss members,
vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the (rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the automotive industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city this was, and whether there is any quotable information on this(bibliographical notes)???
thank you very much.
best regards,
matthias mueth
hamburg/germany
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From: lfwright at usa.net (Lloyd Wright)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 05:38:53 -0500
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From matthias_mueth at hotmail.com Tue Jan 28 20:24:35 2003
From: matthias_mueth at hotmail.com (matthias mueth)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:24:35 +0100
Subject: [sustran] thank you
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From jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr Tue Jan 28 23:08:36 2003
From: jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr (Jean-Michel CUSSET)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:08:36 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: thank you
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <200301281407.PAA27826@docsrvr.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
Le 28 Jan 03, ? 12:24, matthias mueth a ?crit:
this is great - thank you all so much for the instant information and references!!!
best regards,
matthias mueth
MSN Groups & Chat - Freunde finden - leicht gemacht Hier klicken
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Dear Mathias,
I just found the 'good' reference for you :
Christopher Zearfoss, General motors and the demise of streetcars
Traffic Quarterly, vo. 52, n?1, pp. 14-15
in the same issue, replies by Brian Cudahy, then Peter Cole
Are you writing some book about streetcar history
Good luck
Jean Michel
Jean Michel CUSSET
Directeur de recherche au CNRS
Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports
e-mail : jean-michel.cusset@let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr
T?l (33) 4 72 72 64 49 fax (33) 4 72 72 64 48
From jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr Tue Jan 28 23:25:23 2003
From: jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr (Jean-Michel CUSSET)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:25:23 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Re: thank you Another reference
In-Reply-To: <200301281407.PAA27826@docsrvr.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
References:
Message-ID: <200301281424.PAA13874@docsrvr.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
Le 28 Jan 03, ? 15:08, Jean-Michel CUSSET a ?crit:
> Le 28 Jan 03, ? 12:24, matthias mueth a ?crit:
>
>
>
>
> this is great - thank you all so much for the instant information and references!!!
> best regards,
> matthias mueth
>
>
> MSN Groups & Chat - Freunde finden - leicht gemacht Hier klicken
> -------------
> Dear Mathias,
>
> I just found the 'good' reference for you :
> Christopher Zearfoss, General motors and the demise of streetcars
> Traffic Quarterly, vo. 52, n?1, pp. 14-15
> in the same issue, replies by Brian Cudahy, then Peter Cole
> Are you writing some book about streetcar history
>
> Good luck
>
> Jean Michel
>
> Jean Michel CUSSET
> Directeur de recherche au CNRS
> Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports
> e-mail : jean-michel.cusset@let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr
> T?l (33) 4 72 72 64 49 fax (33) 4 72 72 64 48
------------
Please, see at this website :
http://pages.infinitif.net/fpepin/pfgm.htm
A lot of websites leading to the debate on General Motors and US
Streetcars
JM
Jean Michel CUSSET
Directeur de recherche au CNRS
Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports
e-mail : jean-michel.cusset@let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr
T?l (33) 4 72 72 64 49 fax (33) 4 72 72 64 48
From howes at emirates.net.ae Wed Jan 29 00:45:46 2003
From: howes at emirates.net.ae (Alan P Howes)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:45:46 +0400
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
Message-ID:
Aha - now I remember. Funny, I saw that movie but can't remember the
plot line ...
Thanks to Bob for this.
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:50:35 -0500 (EST), Access Systems
wrote to "Transit-Prof (E-mail)"
:
the actual story is not quite as sensational but more effective, in
the
40's and 50's a company called National City Lines was formed to
aquire
trolley companies and convert them to bus, National City Lines was
General
Motors, Firestone tire, and Shell Oil (Standard Oil) they were pretty
successful and in fact there was an anti trust suit by the government
against them, and they were found guilty and I believe the fine was
$500..(sort of like the Microsoft thing)
this is the basis for the movie "Roger Rabbit" The company was very
successful but did have some major failures (Philadelphia) The
company
then sold the transit companies to the metro areas and no longer
exists as
a transit operating authority (I believe they ceased to exist about 5
years ago as a legal entity)
there is much more about this and can be found with a web search under
the
name National City Lines
Bob
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Alan Patrick Howes wrote to transit-prof:
Perhaps more chance of an answer here!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: matthias mueth [mailto:matthias_mueth@hotmail.com]
>
> dear sustran-discuss members,
>
> vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the
> (rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the automotive
> industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
>
> can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city this
> was, and whether there is any quotable information on this(bibliographical
> notes)???
ASCII Ribbon Campaign accessBob
NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail
accessys@smartnospam.net
NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems,
engineers
NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil
right
--
Alan Howes, Dubai, UAE (Otherwise Perthshire, Scotland)
alaninthegulf@yahoo.co.uk
Professional website (Needs Updating!):
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/
From fenyk at eden.rutgers.edu Wed Jan 29 00:57:19 2003
From: fenyk at eden.rutgers.edu ( . . . h . f e n y k . . .)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:57:19 -0500
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
References:
Message-ID: <005901c2c6e5$f01ce0b0$2a99e6a5@CUPRA443>
There is a good short video (pre-cursor to Roger Rabbit) that describes all
this in detail.
It's called "Taken for a Ride" and is about 45 minutes long. Filmakers:
Jim Klein and Martha Olson at New Day Films.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan P Howes"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
> Aha - now I remember. Funny, I saw that movie but can't remember the
> plot line ...
>
> Thanks to Bob for this.
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:50:35 -0500 (EST), Access Systems
> wrote to "Transit-Prof (E-mail)"
> :
>
> the actual story is not quite as sensational but more effective, in
> the
> 40's and 50's a company called National City Lines was formed to
> aquire
> trolley companies and convert them to bus, National City Lines was
> General
> Motors, Firestone tire, and Shell Oil (Standard Oil) they were pretty
> successful and in fact there was an anti trust suit by the government
> against them, and they were found guilty and I believe the fine was
> $500..(sort of like the Microsoft thing)
>
> this is the basis for the movie "Roger Rabbit" The company was very
> successful but did have some major failures (Philadelphia) The
> company
> then sold the transit companies to the metro areas and no longer
> exists as
> a transit operating authority (I believe they ceased to exist about 5
> years ago as a legal entity)
>
> there is much more about this and can be found with a web search under
> the
> name National City Lines
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Alan Patrick Howes wrote to transit-prof:
>
> Perhaps more chance of an answer here!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: matthias mueth [mailto:matthias_mueth@hotmail.com]
> >
> > dear sustran-discuss members,
> >
> > vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the
> > (rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the automotive
> > industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
> >
> > can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city
this
> > was, and whether there is any quotable information on
this(bibliographical
> > notes)???
>
>
>
> ASCII Ribbon Campaign accessBob
> NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail
> accessys@smartnospam.net
> NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems,
> engineers
> NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil
> right
>
> --
> Alan Howes, Dubai, UAE (Otherwise Perthshire, Scotland)
> alaninthegulf@yahoo.co.uk
> Professional website (Needs Updating!):
> http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/
>
>
From townsend at central.murdoch.edu.au Wed Jan 29 02:42:24 2003
From: townsend at central.murdoch.edu.au (Craig Townsend)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 01:42:24 +0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <1043775744.3e36c100b5d53@wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au>
Hi Matthias,
The case of streetcars in LA is of course highly debated. Those who dispute
the role of a "road lobby" or "automobile interests" in the decline of
streetcars in America include:
Richmond, Jonathan. 1998. ?The Mythical Conception of Rail Transit in Los
Angeles.? Journal of Architectural and Planning Research . v.15, n.4:294-320.
Slater, Cliff. 1997. ?General Motors and the Demise of Streetcars.?
Transportation Quarterly 51:45-66.
(Note that this article which was not particularly rigorous preceded an
excellent exchange the followed in the next issue of Transportation Quarterly,
to which Jean Michel refers.)
Wachs, Martin. 1996. ?The Evolution of Transportation Policy in Los Angeles:
Images of Past Policies and Future Prospects.? Pp. 106-159 in The City: Los
Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century, edited by Allen
J. Scott and Edward W. Soja. Berkeley: University of California Press.
If my memory is correct, the following book (which was one of the first to
systematically identify a "great web of automotive interests" in the USA)
includes reprints of some key documents from the anti-trust suit filed by the
US government against GM over the streetcar case:
Taebel, Delbert A., and James V. Cornehls. 1977. The Political Economy of
Urban Transportation. London: Kennikat Press.
Best wishes,
Craig
Vancouver, Canada
Quoting matthias mueth :
>
> dear sustran-discuss members,
> vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the
> (rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the automotive
> industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
> can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city this
> was, and?whether there is any quotable information on this(bibliographical
> notes)????
> thank you very much.
> best regards,
> matthias mueth
> hamburg/germany
> ?Fotos? - ?MSN Fotos das virtuelle Fotoalbum. Allen Freunden zeigen oder
> einfach online entwickeln lassen: Hier klicken
>
From mally at ieee.org Wed Jan 29 04:54:16 2003
From: mally at ieee.org (Jack Mallinckrodt)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:54:16 -0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030128114943.025c3600@mail.earthlink.net>
matthias,
This sounds like the famous, so-called "GM Conspiracy" trial which is
extensively documented at http://www.lava.net/cslater/TQ.HTM.
In summary from that document:
"In February 1974, Bradford Snell, a young government attorney, helped
create the myth that General Motors caused the demise of America's
streetcar system and that without GM's interference streetcars would be
alive and well today. GM may have conspired with others to sell more of
their automotive products to transportation companies, but that is
irrelevant to his contention that GM helped replace streetcars with
economically inferior buses. That they had done?just as they had earlier
sought to replace the horse and buggy with the automobile.
"The issue is whether or not the buses that replaced the electric
streetcars were economically superior. Without GM's interference would the
United States today have a viable streetcar system? This article makes the
case that, GM or not, under a less onerous regulatory environment, buses
would have replaced streetcars even earlier than they actually did."
Jack
At 01:06 AM 1/28/03, matthias mueth wrote:
>dear sustran-discuss members,
>
>vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the
>(rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the automotive
>industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
>
>can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city this
>was, and whether there is any quotable information on this(bibliographical
>notes)???
>
>thank you very much.
>
>best regards,
>
>matthias mueth
>hamburg/germany
>
>
>
>
>----------
>Fotos - MSN Fotos das virtuelle Fotoalbum. Allen Freunden zeigen oder
>einfach online entwickeln lassen: Hier klicken
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From mally at ieee.org Wed Jan 29 04:54:16 2003
From: mally at ieee.org (Jack Mallinckrodt)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:54:16 -0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: question
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030128114943.025c3600@mail.earthlink.net>
matthias,
This sounds like the famous, so-called "GM Conspiracy" trial which is
extensively documented at http://www.lava.net/cslater/TQ.HTM.
In summary from that document:
"In February 1974, Bradford Snell, a young government attorney, helped
create the myth that General Motors caused the demise of America's
streetcar system and that without GM's interference streetcars would be
alive and well today. GM may have conspired with others to sell more of
their automotive products to transportation companies, but that is
irrelevant to his contention that GM helped replace streetcars with
economically inferior buses. That they had done?just as they had earlier
sought to replace the horse and buggy with the automobile.
"The issue is whether or not the buses that replaced the electric
streetcars were economically superior. Without GM's interference would the
United States today have a viable streetcar system? This article makes the
case that, GM or not, under a less onerous regulatory environment, buses
would have replaced streetcars even earlier than they actually did."
Jack
At 01:06 AM 1/28/03, matthias mueth wrote:
>dear sustran-discuss members,
>
>vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the
>(rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the automotive
>industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
>
>can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city this
>was, and whether there is any quotable information on this(bibliographical
>notes)???
>
>thank you very much.
>
>best regards,
>
>matthias mueth
>hamburg/germany
>
>
>
>
>----------
>Fotos - MSN Fotos das virtuelle Fotoalbum. Allen Freunden zeigen oder
>einfach online entwickeln lassen: Hier klicken
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From jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr Wed Jan 29 16:29:32 2003
From: jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr (Jean-Michel CUSSET)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:29:32 +0100
Subject: [sustran] Streetcar again
Message-ID: <200301290728.IAA27565@docsrvr.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
0100,0100,0100Dear Mattias,
You can download Cliff Slater's paper "General Motors and the Demise
of Streetcars" from this webite address :
http://www.lava.net/cslater/TQ.HTM
To-day the discussion in the US is not about the demise of the streetcars
but the renewal of light rail ! This is a "big" debate about the faisability of
light rail projects. In France the renewal of 'trams' appears in a different
context.
In my opinion light rail system is quite suited to several cities but it is not
a panacea. Light rail, as tram before, is a rather 'romantic' public transport
system but this aspect is not included in the project evaluation ex ante.
Best wishes
Jean Michel
Jean Michel CUSSET
Directeur de recherche au CNRS
Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports
e-mail : jean-michel.cusset@let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr
T?l (33) 4 72 72 64 49 fax (33) 4 72 72 64 48
From knebworth at iinet.net.au Wed Jan 29 17:48:45 2003
From: knebworth at iinet.net.au (knebworth@iinet.net.au)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:48:45
Subject: [sustran] Mattias information request
Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20030129174845.00a73bc0@mail.iinet.net.au>
Mattias
Chapter Two of the following reference provides an historical run-down of
transit and links to many worthwhile additional references.
Transportation Research Board, (2001). Making Transit Work: Insight from
Western Europe, Canada and the United States. Transportation Research
Board, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Special Report
257, Washington, 2001, 186pp.
I hope that this information will assist.
Kind regards
Iain Cameron
Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy
Murdoch University
Murdoch 6150
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Home Address and Communication Details:
29 Knebworth Avenue
HIGHGATE 6003
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Telephone home: 61 8 9227 8678
Fax home: 61 8 9227 1664
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From litman at vtpi.org Wed Jan 29 23:47:22 2003
From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 06:47:22 -0800
Subject: [sustran] Re: Streetcar again
In-Reply-To: <200301290728.IAA27565@docsrvr.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20030129063946.017f0920@mail.highspeedplus.com>
I agree that there are both advantages and disadvantages of light rail
compared with bus transit, and so each tends to be most effective in
certain circumstances. For discussion see the following documents:
"Transit Evaluation," Online TDM Encyclopedia, Victoria Transport Policy
Institute (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm62.htm).
Todd Litman, "Light Rail Economic Opportunity Study," Island Tranformations
(www.islandtransformations.org), 2002.
At 08:29 AM 1/29/2003 +0100, Jean-Michel CUSSET wrote:
>Dear Mattias,
>
>You can download Cliff Slater's paper "General Motors and the Demise of
>Streetcars" from this webite address :
>http://www.lava.net/cslater/TQ.HTM
>
>To-day the discussion in the US is not about the demise of the streetcars
>but the renewal of light rail ! This is a "big" debate about the
>faisability of light rail projects. In France the renewal of 'trams'
>appears in a different context.
>In my opinion light rail system is quite suited to several cities but it
>is not a panacea. Light rail, as tram before, is a rather 'romantic'
>public transport system but this aspect is not included in the project
>evaluation ex ante.
>
>Best wishes
>
>Jean Michel
>
>Jean Michel CUSSET Directeur de recherche au CNRS Laboratoire d'Economie
>des Transports e-mail : jean-michel.cusset@let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr T?l (33) 4
>72 72 64 49 fax (33) 4 72 72 64 48
>
>
>
>
Sincerely,
Todd Litman, Director
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560
Email: litman@vtpi.org
Website: http://www.vtpi.org
From townsend at central.murdoch.edu.au Thu Jan 30 14:14:14 2003
From: townsend at central.murdoch.edu.au (Craig Townsend)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:14:14 +0800
Subject: [sustran] NYTimes.com Article: Clean, Modern Subway,
Efficiently Built. In India?
Message-ID: <1043903654.3e38b4a66c07c@wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au>
Clean, Modern Subway, Efficiently Built. In India?
January 29, 2003
By DAVID ROHDE
NEW DELHI, Jan. 23 - The trains arrive with a whisper,
speak with a computerized voice and at times are driven by
women. Passengers board quickly and quietly at stations
that are clean and airy, with graceful 30-foot arched
ceilings and computerized entryways.
In a city of 14 million people that otherwise tends toward
controlled anarchy, it is a pride-inspiring marvel.
New Delhi's new $2 billion subway system, barely more than
a month old, is altering Indians' view of themselves and
their capital.
For Shashi Brabha and Sohan Sing, two beaming college
students taking a ride purely for the pleasure of it, it
represents all that India can be. "It was good," a grinning
Ms. Brabha said after her first ride. "It was modern."
The Metro is not the first subway built in India -
Calcutta's decade-old system holds that honor - and the
full 62 mile, 90-station system will not be completed until
2010.
But already New Delhi's system is being hailed as a
political, managerial and engineering triumph. The first
five miles of the system opened on Dec. 24, on budget and
on time - a rarity in Indian public works projects.
Not least, over the last four and a half years, much of the
sprawling system has been built in, above and beneath some
of the most densely populated square miles on earth.
The success of the project, built with Japanese aid money,
has become a striking symbol of change in India. Hundreds
of thousands of people take what they call joy rides, short
trips to savor the efficiency, modernity and sense of
progress the new system seems to generate.
Tourists add it to their itinerary. Residents of outlying
communities drive in for a ride. Parents bring their
children.
"You don't feel the speed," said Sugandha Salhan, a
10-year-old girl who marveled at the smooth ride.
Much of the credit for the project's success goes to a
70-year-old longtime public servant who oversaw it,
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, an engineer who has been hailed
for maintaining zero tolerance for corruption and coming up
with innovative solutions to problems.
His success has indirectly bolstered the stand of Indians
who advocate the privatization of government-run industries
criticized for waste, poor service and fraud.
Instead of creating a ponderous bureaucracy, he
subcontracted most of the construction work, hiring top
Indian and foreign engineering firms. Of the 20,000 workers
involved in the project, only 400 are government employees.
Older Delhi-ites marvel that Metro workers do an
extraordinary thing for notoriously bureaucratic Indian
civil servants: they quickly respond to complaints.
In a feat of engineering, construction workers are building
almost seven miles of underground tunnels and nearly 32
miles of above-ground track without closing major roads.
Down the center of busy avenues, precast 50-ton blocks of
reinforced concrete are being fashioned into an overheard
track. Cranes lift sections at night when there is little
traffic. During the day, tens of thousands of cars speed
underneath as workers secure the track.
In four and a half years of construction, eight people have
died in accidents. The number is considered a measure of
success. One of those killed was an unlucky thief who tried
to steal braces holding up a concrete slab; it fell and
killed him.
Much of the subway is being constructed in one of the most
densely populated places on earth, Old Delhi, a packed
warren of decrepit buildings and choked streets that
resembles a human petri dish. Lower Manhattan, by
comparison, seems like an open field.
Near Hauz Quazi Circle, where five roads meet and hundreds
of small stores sell every imaginable type of building
supply, one large building has been knocked down for the
construction of a subway station underground. Surrounding
the site on all sides, shops and apartment still teem with
life.
Ninety feet below ground, a German-built boring machine is
carving out two-and-a-half-mile dual tunnels for the
trains. In other areas of the city, contractors closed down
one lane of a road, dug a trench up to 90 feet deep and
then covered it so the road could quickly reopen.
Owners of 38 shops demolished to make way for the station
complained that they were not being fairly compensated, but
more than a dozen businessman interviewed around the
construction all praised the project.
Shopkeepers pointed out steel girders erected to steady the
walls of nearby buildings and monitors that measure
vibrations. They said dump trunks haul dirt only at night
and crews wash down the streets before morning.
"How can you build something in an area like this?"
marveled Bharat Bhushan, whose hardware store sits on a
narrow lane in Old Delhi choked by wave after wave of
humanity. "It is exemplary."
Manoj Kumar, 21, a cigarette vendor whose kiosk is a few
feet from an overhead track, uttered not a word of
complaint about the dust, danger and inconvenience of the
sprawling project. Supporting it, he suggested, is a civic
duty. "This is good work," he said. "This is development.
This will be the pride of Delhi."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/international/asia/29DELH.html?
ex=1044903048&ei=1&en=7d623322d2840335
From binac at rediffmail.com Thu Jan 30 20:56:37 2003
From: binac at rediffmail.com (Bina C. Balakrishnan)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:56:37 -0000
Subject: [sustran] Re: RE: Invitation for Seminar on Challenges of Sustainable
Urban Transport
Message-ID: <20030130115637.15367.qmail@webmail7.rediffmail.com>
The International Institute for Sustainable Future, Mumbai have
requested me to post this invitation to a seminar they are
organising, on the sustran-list. The seminar is on 26th/27th
February, 2003, at Mumbai, India. They are also inviting papers
for the seminar. Those interested are requested to contact the
IISF directly, at the addresses given below.
Best Wishes
Bina C. Balakrishnan
Consultant
Transportation Planning & Engineering
Mumbai
"MOBILITY 2003:CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT"
Organized by
International Institute for Sustainable Future
Founder director,
Dr. Rashmi Mayur, UN Advisor
26-27 February 2003
Host: The Orchid, Mumbai, India
www.iisfb.org/transport
1
Introduction:
Everywhere human beings are on the move - in developed as well as
in developing countries - and we are moving faster than ever
before, thanks to the revolution in transportation technologies of
the last 150 years. This revolution has taken us to the far
reaches of the earth, space and under the sea.
Judging from the speed of the changes, this is only a beginning.
Despite all the major advances in transportation technologies,
planning and development, cities around the world are suffering
from a thrombosis, unknown in the history of humankind. Only 30
years ago, it was a great pleasure to travel from the suburbs of
Mumbai to the city about 15 to 20 km away in half an hour to 45
minutes by public or private transport. Today, the situation has
dramatically worsened.
During the peak morning and evening hours, it would take nearly
two hours to cover the same distance. During this period, millions
of people waste precious hours of their life breathing the most
poisonous air and exposing themselves to accidents, tensions, not
to speak of innumerable diseases like emphysema, asthma,
bronchitis and lung cancer. The 2001 Report of the Mumbai
Metropolitan Regional Development
Authority (MMRDA) indicates that the numbers of motor vehicles
have increased 30 fold in the last 50 years, and nearly 80% of
this increase is attributed to private vehicles. Meanwhile, 11
million passengers commute to the city and back everyday in the
most horrendous conditions.
Bombay is not an isolated example of this pathological scenario.
Delhi, Kolkatta, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, in India; Manila,
Bangkok, Mexico City, Cairo, Sao Paulo, Seoul and every other
major city in the developing world, are in the same jeopardy.
Despite enormous efforts by policy makers, planners, technologists
and economists, the situation
continues to worsen as the cities grow larger and as the number of
vehicles grows geometrically.
Are we ready to face the challenges of transport in the urban
agglomerations of our future? 'Mobility 2003' presents a unique
opportunity for planners, thinkers, scientists, policy-makers and
all those who care for the future, to search for solutions and
alternatives.
Objectives and topics:
- Critically examining the existing transport and infrastructure
in Indian cities, and elsewhere in developing countries
- Examining the economic and social impacts of transportation;
their effects on health through air and noise pollution
- Examining existing transport infrastructure in Mumbai and other
cities
in relation to future projections of population and vehicular
increase
- Improving mobility in cities through holistic planning of public
and private transport
- Exploring new cleaner fuels for transportation: their viability
and scope
- The role of technology and planning in creating sustainable
transportation
- Estimating the cost of change to a sustainable transport
system
- Studying examples of cities that have made the transformation to
cleaner and greener alternatives, eg. Curitiba
For whom? The conference is open to a broad range of experts:
planners, architects, engineers, scientists, policy makers, and
representatives of NGOs, government and business. It will also be
beneficial for
students, teachers, researchers, futurists and economists. It is a
meeting for all those searching for alternatives to the present.
Paper presentation: Anyone interested in presenting a technical
paper should send an abstract in no more than 500 words by 10 Feb
2003. Papers should be sent on A-4 size in Microsoft Word in a
31/2 format floppy disk (along with hard copy) or by email. Please
also send 2 passport size photographs and a brief CV.
Registration fees: Corporate delegates: Rs. 2000/- NGOs and
Individuals : Rs. 1500/- Students and Teachers: Rs. 1000/- IISF
members: Rs. 800/-
Registration fees includes conference kit, lunch and refreshments,
and conference compendium.
Special offer: Register before 30 January 2003 and avail of a 20%
discount on the registration fees!
About International Institute for Sustainable Future
The International Institute for Sustainable Future is a non-profit
NGO affiliated with the United Nations, with offices in New York,
and Mumbai. Its objective is to provide education, training and
research to
bring sustainable development. During the past fifteen years, the
institute has worked on varied projects including waste recycling
in Malaysia, appropriate technology development in Sri Lanka,
energy development in Kenya, water planning in Ghana, CNG public
transport system in Algiers, and innumerable projects in India.
Dr. Rashmi Mayur is the founder-director of the institute.
(Further details at www.iisfb.org) Date 26-27 February 2003
Venue The Orchid Adjacent to Domestic Airport, Nehru Road, Vile
Parle (East), Mumbai 400 099,
):
91(022) 2616 4040 * 2616 4141 Organizers International Institute
for
Sustainable Future, Mumbai
Host The Orchid, Mumbai
For further Information Communicate with Roshni Udyavar
Program Coordinator,
International Institute for Sustainable Future,
73A, Mittal Tower,
Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021, India
): 022-2204 5758 * Fax: 022-2287 1250 * E-mail:
iisfb@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in * Website: www.iisfb.org/transport
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From: matthias_mueth at hotmail.com (matthias mueth)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:51:04 +0100
Subject: [sustran] thank you
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