[sustran] SUTP Newsletter Jun-Jul-2009

[SUTP Team]

**** SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT (SUTP) ****
**** Newsletter 03/09 - Jun - Jul 2009****

Important: A PDF version of this text based newsletter can be downloaded 
from http://www.sutp.org/documents/NL-Jun-Jul-09.pdf


*** Topic of the Month ***

Changing the reigning paradigm


Car clogged streets, inadequate walking areas and unsafe roads are the 
common features of many developing cities.

Various ventures have been undertaken to ameliorate the situation but 
the solutions developed in most cases have been either temporary or 
unsatisfactory. At the same time, some of these solutions were taken 
without knowledge of long-term impacts, resulting in further 
deterioration of the existing conditions. Some such solutions included 
e.g. increased investment in road widening projects that have failed to 
reduce congestion problems, while they have also increased the number of 
problems in the long run.

More from: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=819&Itemid=48&lang=uk 



*** New Publications ***

Reading List – Car free Development

The idea of Car Free Development is gaining increasing attention around 
the globe.  Designing streets for people, not just cars, is considered 
to be a key issue in efforts aimed at reducing car dependency and 
promoting low carbon mobility, such as public transport enhancement and 
fostering non-motorised transport. Moreover, recent concepts summarised 
under the term New Street Design help to reconcile traffic movement with 
the needs of pedestrians and the desire for attractive public spaces.

This document aims at providing the reader with an overview of the 
latest available literature on Car Free Development and New Street 
Design. Moreover, it includes links to a wide range of related 
organisations and projects.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1714&Itemid=1&lang=uk 


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Translation: Transport Demand Management now in Chinese

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) aims to increase the efficiency 
of a transport system by discouraging “unnecessary” private vehicle use, 
by promoting more effective, healthy and environment-friendly modes of 
transport and by integrating urban development and transport.

For cities that are contemplating on solutions to solve their urban 
transport problems this training document should be of great support in 
making their decisions. Authored by Todd Litman, Andrea Broaddus and 
Gopinath Menon this document focuses on strategies for implementing TDM 
measures and on formulating related policies.

The document is now translated into Chinese by Beijing Transportation 
Research Center. A Spanish translation is expected to be available by 
end of October 2009.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1716&Itemid=1&lang=uk 

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GTZ Sourcebook on urban transport for the South Asian Audience

GTZ SUTP’s flagship publication “Sustainable Urban Transport: A 
Sourcebook for Policy-makers in Developing Countries” has been adapted 
for the South Asian audience and is available for purchase in its print 
version. The South Asian version of the sourcebook is titled 
“Sustainable Urban Transport: A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in South 
Asian Cities”. The two volumes of this edition contain 12 modules 
specifically selected and adapted for the South Asian context.
Dr. Ramachandran, Secretary to the Government of India (Urban 
Development), Ministry of Urban Development, underlines in his foreword: 
“The Sourcebook can serve as a toolkit for policy-makers in the state 
and city governments and support them in adopting sustainable transport 
solutions for their respective cities”. Prof. Shivanand Swamy, Associate 
Director, CEPT, points out in his preface to the publication: “that [it] 
will provide guidance to the city administrators and planners in a 
variety of topics from urban transport institutions to details of 
planning for non-motorized transport, including other important issues 
such as bus regulation and planning and bus rapid transit.”

Both dignitaries agree that the publication would increase the 
understanding of the readers on various urban transport issues and help 
policy-makers make sustainable choices for their cities. The sourcebook 
supports the view of the National Urban Transport Policy-2006 (NUTP)'s 
recommendation on moving people and not vehicles, among various other 
principles.

The ISBN’s for the Volumes are 023-063-834-1 and 023-063-834-X. Queries 
for purchase may be directed to Mr. Suresh Gopal, McMillan Publishers at 
sgopal at macmillan.co.in

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Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide has been mostly translated into Chinese 
language

The Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide is the most comprehensive resource 
for planning a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, beginning with project 
preparation all the way through to implementation.

After the English and Portuguese versions being available since some 
time on www.sutp.org now the Chinese translation is nearly complete. All 
available sections can be downloaded from

http://www.itdp.org/index.php/microsite/brt_planning_guide/
http://www.chinabrt.org/cn/documents/pg.aspx


*** Recent Events ***

2009 International Forum on Urban Development and Planning, Harbin/China 
from July 12-13

Supported by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, PRC and 
People’s Government of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Municipal People’s 
Government, Chinese Society for Urban Studies and Urban Planning Society 
of China organized the 2009 International Forum on Urban Development and 
Planning in Harbin, with over 300 participants. The annual session has 
grown in importance over last years, and it brings people in China and 
around the world to the recognition that it is the trend of the times 
for China as well as the world in collectively driving towards 
sustainable cities. Manfred Breithaupt, Senior Transport Advisor of GTZ, 
participated and presented  “Towards low carbon urban transport”.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1731&Itemid=1&lang=uk 


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Thai delegation discussed opportunities for GHG reduction in the 
transport sector

Eschborn, Germany: On Monday July 20 a delegation of the Ministry of 
Transport of Thailand visited GTZ headquarter. Mr. Silpachai 
Jarukasemratana, Inspector at Ministry of Transport (MoT), was 
accompanied by representatives of the Office of Transport Policy (OTP), 
the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (DNA Thailand), Khon 
Kaen University and Ubon Ratchathani University.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1730&Itemid=1&lang=uk 


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Submit Nominations for the 6th Annual Sustainable Transport Awards

Award honors "visionary achievements in sustainable transportation and 
urban livability"

The deadline for nominations is September 15, 2009.

Announcement:

 From the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP):

The 6th Annual Sustainable Transport Award Nomination Process Is Now Open

Do you know a city that has done innovative work in transportation and 
livability this year? Nominate a city for the 2010 Sustainable Transport 
Award!

Criteria:

The Award recognizes a city that has made the most significant progress 
during the year in:

- improving public transportation,
- improving non-motorized travel and public space,
- implementing travel demand management programs to reduce private car use,
- reducing urban sprawl by linking transportation to development, and/ or
- reducing transport-related air pollution.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1715&Itemid=1

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Velo-City 2009: Charter of Brussels

Several European cities signed the Charter of Brussels in the European 
Parliament, bringing the Velo-city conference to a fitting conclusion.

By signing the charter, cities committed themselves to invest in bicycle 
policy as an integrated part of urban mobility. At the same time, the 
charter is a call on the European Union to promote urban cycling. For 
details please see http://www.velo-city2009.com/charter-brussels.html, 
for the Charter of Brussels click here.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1713&Itemid=1&lang=uk 


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Side event at the Bonn Climate Change Talks June 2009

Side event at the Bonn Climate Change Talks June 2009, eighth session of 
the AWG-KP and sixth session of the AWG-LC: MRV, NAMA, and sectoral 
approaches: Ensuring the role of land transport in the Post 2012 framework

On June 10th, GTZ, UIC, UITP, TRL and Veolia Transport hosted a side 
event in Bonn.. The aim was to raise awareness among negotiators to 
include the transport sector in a global deal on climate change to be 
agreed on in Copenhagen in December 2009. Transport accounts for 23 
percent of energy related CO2 emissions but so far did not contribute to 
emission reductions.

The side event took up a recent call for action from transport experts – 
the Bellagio Declaration and presented specific suggestions on how to 
integrate land transport into a climate change agreement. This included 
financing mitigation actions, capacity building for sustainable 
transport planning and possible ways how to measure, report and verify 
(MRV) emission reductions.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1659&Itemid=1&lang=uk 


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United Nations World Environment Day 2009 at GTZ in Eschborn, Germany

The theme of the 2009 United Nations World Environment Day on 5th of 
June was “Your Planet Needs You-unite to Combat Climate Change”.

GTZ this year laid its main focus on sustainable mobility. After an 
opening by CEO Wolfgang Schmitt, Louis Palmer reported about his 
exciting and successful world tour with a solar vehicle.

Also the staff members could test electric scooters. The German Bicycle 
Club (ADFC) and a health insurance company (AOK) informed about the 
action "Bike To Work”, which GTZ takes also part of.

Also public transport was high on the agenda with presentations and a booth.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1628&Itemid=1

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GTZ at conference in Brazil

Mr. Sebastian Ebert, GTZ Consultant, participated at the “Brazil 
National Summit for Transport and the Environment” in Brasília. The 
congress was hosted by CTS-Brasil (The Center for Sustainable Transport 
Brazil) and CNT (Confederação Nacional do Transporte).

About 70 representatives from the government, development banks and 
non-governmental organizations attended the event to discuss the 
barriers and opportunities to reduce carbon emissions from the urban 
transport sector in Brazil and to prepare policy recommendations for 
inclusion in the Brazilian National Plan of Climate Change (PNMC), which 
is up for revision in 2010.

Link: 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1658&Itemid=1

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Transport and Climate Change - Newsletter Issue 01

We are pleased to publish the first issue of our newsletter on land 
transport and climate change (download 
http://www.sutp.org/documents/NL-TCC-ISS01.pdf).

The newsletter covers:

- Ten Principles for Integrating Transport and Climate Policy
- Key Messages for Negotiators
- Bellagio Declaration
- Submission on Transport to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term 
Cooperative Action under the Convention [AWG-LCA]
- Upcoming events
- Information about expert workshops that took place in March and June
- Publications on Transport and Climate Change

‘Bridging the Gap: Pathways for Transport in a Post 2012 Process’ is an 
initiative of GTZ, TRL, UITP and Veolia Transport created to tackle 
climate emissions from land transport and link this issue with the 
climate negotiations. To be informed regularly please subscribe to the 
newsletter via our website: http://www.sutp.org/bridgingthegap


*** Upcoming Events ***

24.08.2009 - Riga, LV: XXVII International Baltic Road Conference
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=365&lang=uk 



11.09.2009 - Yokohama, JP: CITYNET Congress 2009
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=307&lang=uk 



13.09.2009 - Sydney, AU: World Congress of the Renewable City
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=351&lang=uk 



16.09.2009 - Timisoara, RO: Environment and sustainable Transport
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=390&lang=uk 



20.09.2009 - Delft, NL: Thredbo 11 Conference
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=352&lang=uk 



21.09.2009 - Stockholm, SE: 16th ITS World Congress
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=362&lang=uk 



23.09.2009 - Incheon, KR: 13th REAAA Conference Korea 2009
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=323&lang=uk 



05.10.2009 - Noordwijkerhout, NL: European Transport Conference 2009
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=353&lang=uk 



07.10.2009 - New York, US: 10th Intl Conference on Walking and Liveable 
Communities
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=350&lang=uk 



12.10.2009 - Mexico, MX: V Congreso de Transporte Sustentable
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=347&lang=uk 



18.10.2009 - Porto, PT: Low Carbon Cities |45th ISOCARP Intl Congress
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=367&lang=uk 



20.10.2009 - Lille, FR: 9th International Conference on ITS 
Telecommunication
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=394&lang=uk 



25.10.2009 - Cape Town, SA: Promoting road safety for vulnerable road users
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=324&lang=uk 



25.10.2009 - Doha, QT: 2 nd MENA Public Transport Congress and Showcase
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=369&lang=uk 



26.10.2009 - Singapore, SG: 2nd World Roads Conference
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=306&lang=uk 



27.10.2009 - California, US: 4th Intl Conference on Women’s Issues in 
Transport
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=272&lang=uk 


16.11.2009 - Surabaya, ID: 8th International Conference of EASTS
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=301&lang=uk 


Important: A PDF version of this text based newsletter can be downloaded 
from http://www.sutp.org/documents/NL-Jun-Jul-09.pdf

Note: All the documents mentioned here are available for download from 
the SUTP website.
For registration please visit 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers&lang=uk