From MPai at wri.org Sun Feb 1 19:47:00 2009 From: MPai at wri.org (Madhav Pai) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 05:47:00 -0500 Subject: [sustran] 12 Indian Cities - Transport Indicators Message-ID: <46E2E1971BCEC1459149FBB1A4B4342C03924158@wricsex029330.WRI.CRM.Local> Dear All: We just finished a report compiling and comparing transport and air quality indicators data for 12 India cities. The report handout is available at http://www.embarq.org/en/india-transport-indicators These are indicators reported in city development plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development between 2005 and 2007. The list was created with an intention to include, metropolitan cities, cities with ongoing or future BRT projects. We divided the 12 cities into three categories, "metro" cities (Chennai, Mumbai, and Delhi), "millennium bloomers" (Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Pune) and "now exploding" (Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur, Mysore, Rajkot and Surat). Look forward to hearing you comments. Sincerely; Madhav Madhav Pai Technical Director - India EMBARQ, The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport Godrel & Boyce Premises Gaswork Lane, Lalbaug, Parel, Mumbai 400012 email: mpai@wri.org phone: +91 22 24713565 fax: +91 22 24713591 cell: +91 99875 48808 website: embarq.wri.org blog: TheCityFix.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Delhi Metro's Phase I saves passenger time, cut fuel costs, reduces capital and operating costs of vehicles, reduces environmental damage, prevents accidents and reduces maintenance cost on infrastructure, *says the study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute*. Read more @ http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/metro-saved-rs-2-000-crore-in-five-years-study/417216/ best Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Skype : sudhirgota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090202/80850a04/attachment.html From litman at vtpi.org Wed Feb 4 01:44:31 2009 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:44:31 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Smart Transportation Economic Stimulation - New VTPI Report Message-ID: <20090203164514.22E302C308@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> "Smart Transportation Economic Stimulation: Infrastructure Investments That Support Strategic Planning Objectives Provide True Economic Development" (www.vtpi.org/econ_stim.pdf ) Summary This timely new report discusses factors to consider when evaluating transportation economic stimulation strategies. Transportation investments can have large long-term economic, social and environmental impacts. Expanding urban highways tends to stimulate motor vehicle travel and sprawl, exacerbating future transport problems and threatening future economic productivity. Improving alternative modes (walking and cycling conditions, and public transit service quality) tends to reduce total motor vehicle traffic and associated costs, providing additional long-term economic savings and benefits. Increasing transport system efficiency tends to create far more jobs than those created directly by infrastructure investments. Domestic automobile industry subsidies are ineffective at stimulating employment or economic development. Public policies intended to support domestic automobile sales could be economically harmful in the long-term. Conclusions Many types of public investments can stimulate short-term employment and economic activity but some are better overall because they also support other strategic goals. Smart economic stimulation responds to future demands and helps achieve various economic, social and environmental objectives. This study indicates that highway rehabilitation and safety programs are economically beneficial, but urban highway expansion tends to stimulate more driving and sprawl, exacerbating transportation problems. Demographic and economic trends reduce highway expansion benefits and increase demand for high quality alternatives. Investments that improve alternative modes tend to provide greater total benefits. Increasing transport system efficiency is particularly important for long-term economic development. Vehicle and fuel purchases generate fewer domestic jobs and less economic activity than most other consumer expenditures. Each million dollar shifted from purchasing fuel to a typical bundle of consumer goods adds 4.5 U.S. jobs, and this is likely to increase significantly in the long run as international oil prices rise and domestic production declines. Each million shifted from general motor vehicle expenditures (purchase of vehicles, servicing, insurance, etc.) adds about 3.6 U.S. jobs. Public transit operations create a particularly large number of jobs. A reasonable scenario of aggressive fuel economy targets, investments in alternative modes and supportive land use policies can reduce U.S. fuel consumption 20-40%, saving future consumers $150-350 billion annually in fuel and vehicle expenses, providing economic benefits from reduced fuel import costs of similar magnitude, producing additional economic, social and environmental benefits, and generating 1 to 2 million additional annual domestic jobs. This equals the total (not annual) jobs created by $30 to $60 billion of infrastructure expenditures and is five to ten times greater than the jobs provided by domestic vehicle manufactures. Sincerely, Todd Alexander Litman Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org) litman@vtpi.org Phone & Fax 250-360-1560 1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090203/8bf6bac2/attachment.html From phaizan at gmail.com Wed Feb 4 18:04:21 2009 From: phaizan at gmail.com (Faizan Jawed) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:34:21 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Piece in The Economist: Home again, home again Message-ID: Transport and quality of life: Accounts and reflections from Cambridge, London and New Delhi. Interesting read. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13047681&source=hptextfeature&CFID=41445608&CFTOKEN=73494795 With kind regards, Faizan. 2008 RIBA Norman Foster Traveling Scholar Berkeley Prize 2008 Finalist +91-9820981298 phaizan@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090204/9fda4b09/attachment.html From sudhir at cai-asia.org Thu Feb 5 08:38:18 2009 From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:38:18 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Lessons from a Helmet Wearing Campaign in Vietnam Message-ID: In case you have missed this... "Lessons from a Helmet Wearing Campaign in Vietnam" November 3, 2008 This paper will briefly lay out a case study of the implementation of a helmet wearing campaign in Vietnam carried out from August 2006 - present by Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP Foundation) and the Vietnam Helmet Wearing Coalition (VHWC). The campaign's objectives were (1) to fundamentally challenge existing helmet use habits of riders and passengers and (2) to create momentum for the implementation and enforcement of a mandatory helmet law. This paper will discuss why the campaign was necessary, how it was initiated, and what successes resulted. *Methods*: Preliminary studies revealed that the campaign needed to target "daily excuses," like "it ruins my hair," rather than helmet safety basics. Campaign elements included concerts, billboards, and television commercials. Post-campaign effectiveness measures included observational studies of helmet use and surveys of helmet-use perceptions. *Results*: Surveys indicated that after being exposed to campaign messages, a higher percent of people chose "safety" as the response to the question: "Why should you wear a helmet?" Observational studies showed helmet use tripled after 4 months of the campaign. Once new legislation was passed in December 2007, helmet use rates amongst adults approached 100%, though compliance amongst passengers under age 14 remained low. *Conclusions*: A successful public awareness campaign must address the specific barrier to helmet use in the target demographic. In this case, the target demographic was both young road users and the Vietnamese government. The high helmet use rates amongst adults today in Vietnam also helped reveal that different messages must be crafted to target child helmet use, and for this reason the next phase of the campaign will specifically focus on parents and children. * Read More : http://www.asiainjury.org/uploads/Craft_Paper_for_2nd_Asia_Pacific_Paper.pdf * A lesson for other countries :-) -- Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Skype : sudhirgota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I saw some figures on environmental benefits and wanted to discuss on this in next SUMA news letter. best regards, Sudhir Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Skype : sudhirgota -- Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Skype : sudhirgota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090205/0db164a3/attachment.html From sutp at sutp.org Thu Feb 5 14:52:33 2009 From: sutp at sutp.org (SUTP Team) Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:22:33 +0530 Subject: [sustran] GTZ SUTP summary of activities in 2008 Message-ID: <498A7EA1.30009@sutp.org> For the convenience of the people interested in the activities of the GTZ's Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) a summary of the project activities has been published as a document available for download from (http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=390) The document contains the major publications in 2008 along with the GTZ SUTP's new partnerships and information on the GTZ's Fuel Price data. Any enquiries related to the document can be addressed to sutp[at]sutp.org With best regards SUTP Team From rushdia at gmail.com Sat Feb 7 03:14:28 2009 From: rushdia at gmail.com (Rushdia Mehreen) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 13:14:28 -0500 Subject: [sustran] metro rail project in Hyderabad In-Reply-To: <20090206030125.0168C2C3C8@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> References: <20090206030125.0168C2C3C8@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> Message-ID: <252349BE3D334AB196152F593F4B0FBC@sz650nc> Hello all, The metro rail project is underway in Hyderabad, India; I would like to hear your views on this project and if you think it is an ideal (or almost ideal) sustainable transport project. I am basically looking for some critical view of it. Thanks, Rushdia From rushdia at gmail.com Sat Feb 7 03:17:07 2009 From: rushdia at gmail.com (Rushdia Mehreen) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 13:17:07 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: metro rail project in Hyderabad References: <20090206030125.0168C2C3C8@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> Message-ID: <678A7DCD47C645C2AB0EF88DC572C12E@sz650nc> Here is a link to its official website: http://www.hyderabadmetrorail.in/home.html -----Original Message----- From: Rushdia Mehreen [mailto:rushdia@gmail.com] Sent: February-06-09 1:14 PM To: 'sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org' Subject: metro rail project in Hyderabad Hello all, The metro rail project is underway in Hyderabad, India; I would like to hear your views on this project and if you think it is an ideal (or almost ideal) sustainable transport project. I am basically looking for some critical view of it. Thanks, Rushdia From sujitjp at gmail.com Sat Feb 7 03:35:11 2009 From: sujitjp at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan) Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 00:05:11 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: metro rail project in Hyderabad In-Reply-To: <252349BE3D334AB196152F593F4B0FBC@sz650nc> References: <20090206030125.0168C2C3C8@mx-list.jca.ne.jp> <252349BE3D334AB196152F593F4B0FBC@sz650nc> Message-ID: <4cfd20aa0902061035w5793b30ftd21e8f50c4585373@mail.gmail.com> Rushdia, If cost has anything to do with sustainability you may want to look elesewhere. But I suggest you contact Dr C Ramachandraiah who has been waging a lone battle against the Hyderabad Metro Rail project - and most of his charges are proving to be correct. His contact Email is "Dr C Ramachandraiah" , -- Sujit On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Rushdia Mehreen wrote: > Hello all, > > The metro rail project is underway in Hyderabad, India; I would like to > hear > your views on this project and if you think it is an ideal (or almost > ideal) > sustainable transport project. I am basically looking for some critical > view > of it. > > Thanks, > Rushdia > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via > YAHOOGROUPS. > > Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to > join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The > yahoogroups version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the > real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you > can). 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090207/c3aa3321/attachment.html From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Sat Feb 7 19:06:25 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:06:25 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Sustran update on "Messages to America" plus call for contributors and ideas Message-ID: <006e01c9890b$bec84010$3c58c030$@britton@ecoplan.org> Submittal guidelines for international contributions to National Journal Transportation Panel: The National Journal in Washington, DC, has created an expert blog in which they've invited a couple dozen "transportation insiders" (in their words) in order to provide counsel and guidelines to be transportation team of the incoming Obama administration. You can see all about it at http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2009/01/transportation-beyond-our- borders.php . The idea is that each week the editors are asking the expert panel to respond to a question in the hope that some interesting ideas will appear there and make their way into the discussions and considerations of the incoming team at the Department of Transportation. The question to which I would like to draw your attention here is: ?What lessons can America learn from the rest of the world in terms of transportation developments that are safe, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable? ?We Americans often think of ourselves as sitting at the very top of the social, economic, technological, entertainment, and political pyramid. After all, we invented human flight, the Super Bowl, the Interstate Highway, the transcontinental railroad, and Rock ?n? Roll. But perhaps we?re not as advanced as we like to think. Perhaps innovations in transportation, land use, and energy consumption are much more evenly distributed around the world than we ever thought possible. Indeed, perhaps America is closer to the middle or bottom of the pyramid when it comes to transportation investments. What lessons can America learn from the rest of the world in terms of transportation developments that are safe, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable?? Since the editors originally invited me to join this panel, I guess in part because they think I have something to say from an international perspective, I have had a bit of a role in getting this question onto the agenda. As those of you who know me can well imagine, I think I have something to say on this . . . however I think I have an even better idea than that, so let me share it with you. Specifically, I would like to offer you the chance to respond to this question terms of the following routine, if you agree: 1. Please address ONE AND ONLY ONE IDEA OR TOPIC either to me privately via eric.britton@newmobility.org, or if you feel it will be of interest to the group as a whole to the New Mobility Caf? at NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com (if you do this, kindly conserve the above Subject line). 2. Closing date for submittals:, 19 February 2009 3. Start with a short topic statement/summary (ten words or less) 4. Kindly make your point in less than 400 words. 5. Sign it in a succinct matter with your name, institutional affiliation, country, and e-mail. 6. Allow me to edit it on the understanding that I will not denature your commentary. Finally, let me invite you to have a look at the latest addition of the report in progress which you can find by clicking to www.messages.newmobility.org. I think that the report itself is the best guide to what we are trying to achieve, and you will find some additional guidelines in the first two pages as well as examples of the contributions. Just below you have a list of countries thus far covered -- if your country there? Do not you think it should be? -- and the authors who have thus far joined the project. In addition to hoping to get contributions from further countries, we are very interested to have more contributions from the Global South, both from the vantage of what the developing countries have to demonstrate and teach transportation planners and policymakers in the United States (quite a bit I would say) as well as expressing your need for more appropriate model for sustainable transportation from the United States which is an important reference for people in the developing world wishing to Institute meaningful transportation reforms. I very much hope that this will be of use to you and look forward to hearing what you have to suggest. With all good wishes, Eric Britton PS. A quick word on future plans for this collaborative project. First, we will be making the final submittal of report to the National Journal and its readers at the US Department of transportation and other agencies on 26 February. Second, we intend to publish a revised and extended version of report as a special number of the Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice in April. Third, we are looking into organizing our first international video and audio working session which will be open to all of our colleagues at no cost sometime early this spring. Additional information will be provided on this as soon as things firm up here. Austria, Australia, Canada, Estonia, Europe, France, Germany, Global South, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States of America Robert Anderson, Alexander Berthelsen, Eric Britton, Dave Brook, Martin Cassini, Julien Chantefort, Colin Clarke, Andrew Combes, Philippe Crist, Andrew Curran, Todd Edelman, Paul Fenton, Geoff Gardner, Jan Gehl, Marie Danielle V. Guillen, Ann Hackett, Peter Hotz, Adhiraj Joglekar, Jeff Kenworthy, Murray King, Martin Kroon, Morten Lange, Roy Langston, Zvi Leve, David Levinger, Michael Lewyn, Todd Litman, Sabine Lutz, Margaret Mahan, Karel Martens, Rory McMullan, Paul Minett,, Mikel Murga, Peter Newman, Pascal van den Noort , Richard Oram, Carlos Felipe Pardo, Joanna Parr, Anthony Perl, Gil Penalosa, Ian Perry, Mark L. 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Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), Bangalore City Connect Foundations, and Ride a Cycle Foundation were the local partners for the workshop. The workshop was very successful with participation from public, private and civil society sectors. Mr. Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Member of Parliament, and the convener of ABIDE was the chief guest for the workshop. http://www.embarq.org/en/news/09/01/28/embarq-co-sponsors-bangalore-cycling-workshop http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Making_Bangalore_cycle_friendly/articleshow/4058037.cms *India Transport Indicators* ? Embarq has released the draft report on India Transport Indicators. These are indicators reported in city development plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development between 2005 and 2007. The list was created with an intention to include, metropolitan cities, cities with ongoing or future BRT projects. We divided the 12 cities into three categories, "metro" cities (Chennai, Mumbai, and Delhi), "millennium bloomers" (Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Pune) and "now exploding" (Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur, Mysore, Rajkot and Surat). http://www.embarq.org/en/india-transport-indicators *Delhi BRTS* -with the financial support of Climate Works Foundation, has collaborated with the Center for Science and the Environment CSE in reviewing the current BRT corridor in Delhi and the proposed expansions to provide recommendations to the local authorities on the best way to enhance current operations and incorporate best practices in the proposed expansions. Modifications of the existing operations are expected during 2009 and expansions are expected to be completed in 2010. http://thecityfix.com/op-ed-say-yes-to-improving-delhis-brt/ NEWSREPORTS *HEADLINES* Pakistan: Karachi badly needs cycling, pedestrian tracks http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73237.html China: City to spend US$379m on 3,200 new buses (Shanghai) http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73235.html China: China to subsidize purchases of clean-energy cars http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-69329.html India : 100 AMTS buses proposed to link BRTS network (Ahmedabad) http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73226.html India : West Bengal plans BRTS http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73230.html Singapore : Singapore increases ten times their CNG vehicles http://www.gnvmagazine.com/ingles/detalle_noticia.php?id=911 Global : Global Transport Sector Meets To Discuss Greenhouse Gas http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1623956/global_transport_sector_meets_to_discuss_greenhouse_gas/ Bangladesh : Record car sales raise fear of traffic chaos in Dhaka http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South_Asia/Record_car_sales_raise_fear_of_traffic_chaos_in_Dhaka/articleshow/4040078.cms * * * * *INTERESTING FINDS/SEMINARS* *Summary of World Urban Transport Leaders Summit 2008* The inaugural World Urban Transport Leaders Summit was held from 4 to 6 November 2008 and addressed the theme "Transforming Urban Transport for Liveability and Sustainability". Organised by LTA Academy, the event included a two day conference, guided site visits and various networking and social programmes. The summary has been uploaded at http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73231.html *Does Traffic Congestion Reduce Employment Growth?* This paper examines the impact of traffic congestion on employment growth in large U.S. metropolitan areas. Historical highway construction, political variables, and other traffic measures serve as instruments for endogenous congestion. The results show that high initial levels of congestion dampen subsequent employment growth. The contentious part of the study is one of the conclusions that expanding road capacity can generate long term economic growth. Read More http://www.economics.uci.edu/docs/micro/f08/hymel.pdf ** *Urban Bus Specifications* Indian Ministry of Urban Development has released the book on urban bus specifications to serve the purpose of educating people about efforts collectively being made by the Government, Industry and Academia to improve urban bus- based transportation. The release of the book comes during interesting times as government has increased the investment on public transportation as only 25 of large cities in India offer some form of organized city bus service. Read more http://urbanindia.nic.in/moud/programme/ut/urbanbus_spec.pdf ** *FOOD FOR THOUGHT * Freight Transport Over the last 15 years there has been no significant change in the fuel efficiency of road freight transport in EU - www.transportenvironment.org/Publications/prep_hand_out/lid:525 Shanghai In the ten years to 2000, the length of roads increased by 40 per cent, and the number of cars quadrupled to just over one million. Official predictions state that by 2020 Shanghai will have 2.5 million private cars, and that daily motor vehicle trips will increase to seven million compared to just over three million in 2000. ? Shanghai - Mobility On Demand Urban Implementation Case Study * * Air Pollution - Taipei, China Commuters' PM exposures are significantly influenced by their choice of commuting modes. Significant long traveling time in the outdoor environment is an important factor contributing to whole-trip PM exposures for motorcycle, bus and MRT commuters. This is the reason why motorcycle, bus and MRT commuters had higher exposure than car commuters. - Dai-Hua Tsai etal. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V78-4T2RYPR-2&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=1bdea5cf1166b33ffb80c53c3f467a20 ** *CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS * We in CAI-Asia are looking for good analytical/research papers on Sustainable Transport and Air Pollution. If you would like your paper to be linked/ published in the CAI website, please let us know? * * * * *MARK YOUR CALENDARS* JARI China Roundtable 2009 , 13 February 2009 Beijing http://www.jari.or.jp/en/index.html Fourth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST forum) in Asia, Seoul, South Korea, 24-26 February 2009 http://www.uncrd.or.jp/env/4th-regional-est-forum/index.htm Third International Conference on Urban Transport Systems, Shanghai, China, 18-20 March 2009 http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/conferences/Call-for-Papers-v2.pdf Transport Asia 2009 Exhibition, Karachi, Pakistan, 28-30 March 2009 http://www.transportasia.com.pk/ The 4th International Conference on Future Urban Transport, Goteburg, Sweden, 19-21April 2009 http://www.fut.se/ Urban Transportation 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 26-29 April 2009 http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=166586 Sustainable Development 2009, Cyprus, 13 - 15 May 2009 http://www.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/sustainable-development-2009.html eceee 2009 Summer Study, C?te d'Azur, France, 1-6 June 2009 http://www.eceee.org/summer_study/ Urban Transport 2009, Bologna, Italy, 22-24 June 2009 http://www2.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/urban-transport-2009.html * * * CONTRIBUTE * * * To contribute articles, news items, or event announcements for the next issue, send an email with the complete details and URL source to suma-news-owner@googlegroups.com with subject "FOR SUMA NEWS". or mailto: sudhir@cai-asia.org Past issues from March and April 2008 are found at * http://groups.google.com/group/suma-news* * * * ABOUT SUMA * * * The Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program is supported by the Asian Development Bank through a grant from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. SUMA is implemented by the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Center (www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia), in partnership with EMBARQ - the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport (http://embarq.wri.org), GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project ( www.sutp.org), Interface for Cycling Expertise ( www.cycling.nl), Institute for Transportation and Development Policy ( www.itdp.org), and United Nations Center for Regional Development ( www.uncrd.or.jp/est) -- Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Skype : sudhirgota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090208/92dd494d/attachment.html From sudhir at cai-asia.org Mon Feb 9 10:46:54 2009 From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:46:54 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Good News from Philippines Message-ID: *President issues order encouraging people to walk, bike, and ride the train * By GENALYN KABILING http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN20090209147669.html In an effort to reduce the country's carbon footprint and improve air quality, President Arroyo has ordered transport authorities to craft a national Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) strategy for the country. In Administrative Order No. 254, the President said the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) must "reform" the transportation sector, particularly favoring non-motorized locomotion (walking and cycling) and mass transportation system in roads, to lessen consumption of fossil fuels. "The new paradigm in the movement of men and things must follow a simple principle: Those who have less in wheels must have more in road," the presidential order stated. Mrs. Arroyo directed the DoTC and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to convert roads using such principle to encourage more people to walk, bike, or catch the train rather than take their cars over short distances. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) was designated to coordinate with local government units and guide them on the plan to transform transportation system to favor parties engaged in these environment-friendly transportation alternatives. The transportation department was recently designated head of a task group that would reduce the country's use of fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. In AO 254 signed last January 30, the President said the Task Group on Fossil Fuels headed by Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza must coordinate closely with government agencies, international organizations, and the private sector on the formulation of a national EST strategy. The President also ordered Malacanang and other cabinet offices to bring down by 50 percent the use of fossil fuels within two years. She empowered the task group on fossil fuels to review the conformity of current laws on provisions of EST, identify and prioritize programs on achieving EST, and establish institutional and technical infrastructure requirement to implement the program. Presidential Adviser on Climate Change Heherson Alvarez was also assigned to consult with consumer groups and conduct media campaigns to reduce consumption of fossil fuels. Environment Secretary Lito Atienza will sit as deputy head of the task group on fossil fuels with members, namely, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes, Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Alvarez, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr., Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, Health Secretary Francisco Duque, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves, Trade Secretary Peter Favila, National Economic and Development Authority director general Ralph Recto. Other members are the chief executive officer and commissioner of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board, chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority, chairperson of the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, and representatives from academe and private sector. To support the operations of the Task Group, the President assigned DBM to set aside funds from the Special Vehicle Pollution Control Fund of the Motor Vehicle Users' Charges and other funding sources. The administrative order can be viewed at http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/AO254.pdf & http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-27072.html best regards, Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Skype : sudhirgota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090209/43bf1247/attachment.html From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Tue Feb 10 06:15:42 2009 From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:15:42 +0000 Subject: [sustran] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bogot=E1_modification_of_plate_restricti?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?on?= Message-ID: <49909CFE.8040609@gmail.com> Hi, Some of you may already know that Bogot?'s mayor has been struggling to find a way to solve the ever-increasing problem of congestion, and the only idea that has been implemented to date is modifying the plate restriction: until last week, the plate restriction had been running during the peak hours (6-9am, 4-7pm). From last Friday (one day after the carfree day), the plate restriction was changed to all day. I guess you're also aware of the fact that this type of all-day restriction has been implemented in Mexico and Santiago (among others), where the typical result is a very brief reduction in congestion, but a short time later citizens buy a second car and this will in turn generate even more congestion than before. Of course, there are even fewer citizens who can buy a second car, so the inequity between car users and users of other modes of transport is even bigger. Since I am not in Bogot?, I can't give a full account of what is happening. But just a few days after this measure has started, I see two interesting reactions: 1- A news report talking about the glories of renting a car to avoid the plate restriction, providing a detailed account of the way in which people can access this service (please note, this is not carsharing, but regular car rental) - however, the article also includes real sustainable transport options as well. Link below. 2- In one of the news reports of the measure (link below), a reader commented the following (my translation): "I have just bought another car for 5 million [roughly 2,000 USD], it pollutes more than a bus but what are we going to do..." (comment 22). Comments are welcome. link to the article regarding car rental: http://www.portafolio.com.co/finanzas/guias/vehiculos/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_PORTA-4795802.html Link to the article with the comment on buying a new car: http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/bogota/nuevo-pico-y-placa-ha-motivado-a-algunos-ciudadanos-a-organizar-su-transporte-de-diferentes-maneras_4802856-1 Best regards, Carlos. ps: I am still thinking Bogot? has turned itself into a time machine. From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Feb 10 18:00:15 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:00:15 +0100 Subject: [sustran] posting of individual contributions to the "Messages for America" project Message-ID: <015501c98b5e$0d395e60$27ac1b20$@britton@ecoplan.org> A quick note to inform you that we will be publishing each of the contributions to the "Messages for America" project on our New Mobility Think Pad blog, and that as they are logged in they will automatically be copied as well to the New Mobility Caf? for your information and eventual reference. So if you are not logged into the caf?, this may be one reason to encourage you to do so. Of course each of these contributions will be found in the compendium which is located at www.messages.newmobility.org I am doing this because I want them to get the broadest circulation possible, because we have a world that is badly in need of good new ideas in our sector. As opposed to the contents of our messages under these various discussion groups, those that appear on the blog are picked up by Google and the other search engines and hence make more broadly known. I hope you find some use in this and of course if you have ideas for new profiles or authors, we still have two weeks to get them into shape for publication. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090210/bf52c5d9/attachment.html From cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org Wed Feb 11 12:29:09 2009 From: cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org (Cornie Huizenga) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:29:09 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Information wanted on Freight and Logistics in developing countries: Climate and Environment. Message-ID: <7e2a2770902101929x3fa7b761q9b7e85693bec658f@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, I am interested to hear about organizations and universities that are conducting research on freight and logistics in developing or non-Annex 1 countries. I am especially interested in research and/or projects on the climate and other environmental dimensions of freight and logistics. However, statistical information on the composition of, and trends in the freight and logistics sector in developing countries is very much welcome. with best regards, Cornie -- Cornie Huizenga Convener on Transport and Climate Change Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees CAI-Asia Center www://cleanairnet.org/caiasia cornie.huizenga@cai-asia.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090211/b8a65992/attachment.html From sudhir at cai-asia.org Wed Feb 11 16:56:10 2009 From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:56:10 +0800 Subject: [sustran] =?windows-1252?Q?Can=92t_we_have_a_public_transport_sys?= =?windows-1252?Q?tem_for_HC=2C_asks_chief_justice?= Message-ID: Good questions :-) *Can't we have a public transport system for HC, asks chief justice* http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/cant-we-have-a-public-transport-system-for-hc-asks-chief-justice/421873/ *Chandigarh* "*Why can't we have a public transport system for the High Court? Can't we use buses rather than our cars to reach the court?" observed Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur* on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the construction of a school on a green patch in Sector 2, Panchkula. Discussing the increasing parking problem in the High Court, the chief justice asked the opinion of the advocates appearing in the case on using public transport system to reach the court. The chief justice also talked about renowned senior advocates in Delhi who travelled in buses on a daily basis to reach the Supreme Court. "Buses can pick and drop people to the High Court so that there are no parking problems," the Chief Justice said. Justice Thakur expressed deep concern over the lack of parking space for vehicles. "We are introducing multi-level parking system but what will happen to it after ten years? We all come to the court in our cars," he added. The observations were made during the resumed hearing of a PIL filed by 16 residents of Panchkula. The petitioners have challenged the construction of Dikshant Public School and sought directions to the Haryana government and the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to not allow the school on the only green patch left in the sector. The children of the sector will be deprived of a playground if the school comes up on the green patch, the petitioners have stated. On the last date of hearing, the High Court had hauled up HUDA for 'non-application of the mind' while granting license to a nursery school without keeping in view the inadequate infrastructure available for it. In its reply today, HUDA stated that the school authorities have not violated any rules and the construction is being carried out in strict adherence to building norms and layout plan. An apparent dissatisfied Chief Justice then asked the counsel for HUDA: "Do you have any norms for nursery schools? What are the norms for parking? Satisfy us about your parking norms. Are you going to make lives of people living in the vicinity miserable?" HUDA has now been asked to clarify its stand on parking norms. -- Sudhir Gota Transport Specialist CAI-Asia Center Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Metro Manila, Philippines 1605 Tel: +63-2-395-2843 Fax: +63-2-395-2846 http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia Skype : sudhirgota -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090217/de3c5b9a/attachment.html From rgraff at dvrpc.org Tue Feb 17 23:47:24 2009 From: rgraff at dvrpc.org (Graff, Robert) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:47:24 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Looking for information on alternative vehicle studies Message-ID: <27EF5D58E0436F49B3E73833C0FB51E20BCD40A657@dvrpc-ex02.dvrpc.org> Colleagues: I work for the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Greater Philadelphia, PA, metropolitan area. Our region is located on the US east coast, about halfway between New York and Washington, DC. We have about 6 million residents, and are the 5th or 6th largest region in the US. I have been asked to manage a small study looking at the "expected challenges and opportunities for the introduction to our region of alternatives to the current vehicle mix in order to inform policies that will allow our region to most effectively facilitate benefit from their introduction." The project description is copied below. I would greatly appreciate pointers toward any research or studies that might help. Feel free to respond directly to me at rgraff@dvrpc.org or to the list in general. Thanks in advance. With best regards, Rob Rob Graff Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission rgraff@dvrpc.org PROJECT: 10-xx-xxx Alternative Vehicles Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Project Coordinator: Robert Graff Project Managers: Patricia Elkis Goals: This project will: - Begin to prepare the region for the advent of a future vehicle mix which is likely to be more heterogeneous than our current mix, which is largely limited to enclosed vehicles with four or more wheels using internal combustion engines burning gasoline. - Catalog the expected challenges and opportunities for the introduction to our region of alternatives to the current vehicle mix in order to inform policies that will allow our region to most effectively facilitate benefit from their introduction Description: Many observers expect that we are entering an era when the global supply of fossil fuel will become increasingly uncertain, with price fluctuations and a long-term increase in prices. In addition, concerns about levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are expected to lead to regulation of carbon dioxide emissions. Many expect the combination of these forces will lead over time to a change in the mix of propulsion systems for the vehicles that use our road network. Currently, that mix is dominated by enclosed vehicles with four or more wheels using internal combustion engines burning gasoline. This project will review readily available literature and data to seek answers to several key questions about possible future vehicle mixes, including electric vehicles: What are current expectations about the likely types of alternatives to the fossil-fuel burning internal combustion engine? What are the salient characteristics of these alternatives? How will they operate differently on the road network? What portion of trips currently made by users of our road network will be amenable to the various alternatives? What, if any, are the implications for our region for fueling these vehicles (e.g., charging stations, distribution of alternative liquid fuels)? What are likely to be the implications for parking systems? What are the air quality implications for various alternative vehicles? What are implications for the region?s economy of this emerging sector? What role is appropriate for DVRPC to play in promoting or preparing the region for alternative vehicles? Tasks: 1. Data collection and interpretation, such as: - Information on the salient characteristics of emerging vehicle types most likely to be on roads in the DVRPC region in the next decade, including vehicles currently in use here in limited numbers, vehicles in use elsewhere in the world, and vehicles being actively prototyped. - Usage patterns of vehicles in the region today, including trip length, daily mileage, and household vehicle sharing. - Information on where cars are currently parked at night and throughout the course of the day, including basic characteristics of those facilities. - Other information needed to address the questions outline above. 2. Evaluation of measures and strategies that might be considered for promoting or preparing the region for alternative vehicles, such as: - Opportunities and challenges for fleets, including taxis, rental cars, delivery vehicles, and government fleet. - Opportunities and challenges for local production of entire vehicles or vehicle components. - Implications of measures and strategies for DVRPC activities. - Implications for county and municipal operations, including zoning and codes. The scope of this project is primarily limited to reviewing, compiling, organizing, and summarizing existing studies and information from the DVRPC region and other regions. If funds permit, limited original research may be undertaken. Products: 1. Report on the opportunities and challenges for our region of the introduction of alternative vehicles. Beneficiaries: Member governments; DVRPC planning professionals; state and federal agencies; municipal officials; citizens. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090217/6840348f/attachment.html From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Mon Feb 23 21:03:09 2009 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (Eric Britton) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:03:09 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Announcement of World Streets. To go online on March 1 2009. Message-ID: <017001c995ae$cd455150$67cff3f0$@britton@ecoplan.org> Paris, Monday, February 23, 2009 Executive summary: Check it out at www.worldstreets.org Dear worldwide friends and colleagues, I am delighted to announce the creation of a new collaborative toolset under the New Mobility Agenda, The World Streets blog which you can find in its almost-ready-to-dance version today at www.worldstreets.org . Let me explain what this is, why we have done it, and how it works. Why: The basic idea is to create a much higher visibility public forum for some of the most outstanding contributions on problems and innovations that are coming in here from groups and colleagues around the world, bearing in mind that the messages we exchange with each other on The New Mobility Caf? or the other focus discussion groups are not only far too many in number but also hidden from public view -- that is to say are not picked up by Google or the other search engines. So this end, one of the jobs that World Streets is shortly ready to undertake will be to make this missing link. The issues too important and the stakes too high for us to give less than our very best. Getting started: Even if the site is still in working form, let me invite you to come on in and have a look for yourself. Once you have generally shopped around to get a feel for the place, you may find it useful to click your way down the small Table of Contents that appears on the top left bar -- we call it the Streets Map -- where you might wish to give particular attention to the Start Here and Subscribe links which provide useful information on how to work with this new tool. Comments: One of the goals I had in mind in putting this together was a desire to provide a better way of linking comments and conversations to specific pieces that start off the process of commentary, challenging, rectification, complaining, what have you. And even if we are careful in the existing discussion fora to try to maintain continuity in such exchanges through preservation of original subject lines, it is nonetheless my observation that it is difficult to turn this into not only a real dialogue, but one that later can be easily accessed by anyone who wishes to have a chance to figure out "what was all that about?". We clearly need to do better and now we have the tools to do exactly that. (You will see how the new Comment routine works in the Start Here section.) Translations: One area in which we are trying hard to mobilize the available tools to broaden the international reach of all this good work is through the incorporation of machine translations directly into the site. Thus when you check-in you will see right up top that there are machine translation links which will almost immediately transform the text of the entire site into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish with just a single click. Moreover as you will see these translations are certainly not perfect, nonetheless they do provide valuable clues concerning the original image language text. But all of that you will see in the explanatory information that appears in the site itself. Postings: All items that appear on World Streets are for now being automatically copied to the New Mobility Caf? and to the World Transport Forum, so that those who have not subscribed directly will be able to follow the state of play. Eventually this cross-posting routine may be changed, but for now it seems like a good way to get started and to share the news. Future contributions: You will note that there are careful guidelines on this on the site. I should mention that it is our firm intention to stick to the main criteria that characterize all of the work of the New Mobility Agenda which are carefully set out under www.strategies.newmobility.org and in particular the dogged insistence on our full attention to measures, projects, programs, and other initiatives which can bear fruit of significant GHG reductions within the 2009-2012 horizon. Feedback and suggestions: You will see that considerable additional work is going to be needed to turn it into the easy-to-use, creative to work with site that we hope it will eventually become. Just as is the case with content where I hope we will be hearing from you with your ideas, it will also be invaluable at this early point to have your criticism and suggestions as to how we can make this into a better site for us all. Supporting World Streets: Finally, if you might have any suggestions as to institutions or even individuals who might wish to get involved to provide financial or technical support for World Streets, well this would be the perfect time to hear from you. So welcome to World Streets, it belongs to all of us and will be just as good as all of us can make it. We will open for business on 1 March, but in the meantime let me invite you in already to look around and tell us how to do better. Hope you like it, Eric Britton PS. I hope you will feel more than free to share this announcement with colleagues in other lists who share our concerns and interests. Thank you. The New Mobility Agenda cid:image001.jpg@01C8DAF3.F7EBC130 Technology transforms time and space . . . and our minds New Mobility Partnerships ? http://www.newmobility.org & check out World Streets -- www.Worldstreets.org Europe: 8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 75006 Paris, France T: +331 4326 1323 or +339 7044 4179 Skype: ericbritton USA: 9440 Readcrest Drive Los Angeles, CA 90210 T: +1 310 601-8468 Skype : newmobility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090223/c52d6005/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I might share with you my own observation that in the small handful of languages that I am comfortable with, which include none of the above, the results are pretty nicely workable, though of course far from perfect. Still if you are curious and want to know... It would be very kind if you have that competence if you might take your time to test and let me know. Kind thanks/Eric Britton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Honestly, it's been such a waste," Selamet Daroyni, the executive director of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, told a press conference. Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve the short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less dependent on cars. "If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I'd say these events did not help much," Selamet said. He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers. Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another without reducing air pollutants. He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable. "Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is working, so I doubt the report," he said. Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many violations, with some of the violators being government officials and policemen. Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. "In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of this program," she said. Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any. Jakarta's car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last Sunday of each month. This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events. -- -------------------------------------------- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory Urbanstr. 45 D-10967 Berlin Germany Skype: toddedelman Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu www.flickr.com/photos/edelman CAR is over. If you want it. "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" - B. Brecht (with slight modification) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090224/7d5f3f93/attachment.html From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Wed Feb 25 00:42:07 2009 From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:42:07 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" In-Reply-To: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> References: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> Message-ID: <7272a1b30902240742l72427f26rcd5fd446694d1dce@mail.gmail.com> Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogot?, and found, among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study is available (in Spanish) from Olga Luc?a Sarmiento < osarmien@uniandes.edu.co> Best regards, Carlos. 2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory > Activists: Car-Free Days Are ?A Waste? > http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html > > Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to > temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a > re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air > pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, including > those by senior officials. > > ?Legally, the car-free days cannot be stopped, but the city administration > should halt them temporarily and conduct a review of what went wrong. > Honestly, it?s been such a waste,? Selamet Daroyni, the executive director > of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, > told a press conference. > > Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve the > short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to > encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less > dependent on cars. > > ?If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I?d say these > events did not help much,? Selamet said. > > He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction > and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers. > > Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said > car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another > without reducing air pollutants. > > He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or > BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable. > > ?Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is > working, so I doubt the report,? he said. > > Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many > violations, with some of the violators being government officials and > policemen. > > Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources > monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free > days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. > > ?In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of > this program,? she said. > > Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because > the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any. > > Jakarta?s car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last > Sunday of each month. > > This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events. > > -- > -------------------------------------------- > > Todd Edelman > Green Idea Factory > > Urbanstr. 45 > D-10967 Berlin > Germany > > Skype: toddedelman > Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 > Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 > edelman@greenidea.euwww.greenidea.euwww.flickr.com/photos/edelman > > CAR is over. If you want it. > > "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" > - B. Brecht (with slight modification) > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via > YAHOOGROUPS. > > Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to > join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The > yahoogroups version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the > real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you > can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement. > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090224/8a81ba24/attachment.html From sksunny at gmail.com Wed Feb 25 01:01:10 2009 From: sksunny at gmail.com (Sunny) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:01:10 +0700 Subject: [sustran] Government rewards London for tackling congestion Message-ID: <255cf00902240801q312e0bfaw308dc0134e118ff5@mail.gmail.com> Government rewards London for tackling congestion Traffic damages the environment and the economy, government warns http://www.businessgreen.com/2237107 Despite some criticism of mayor Boris Johnson's record on the environment, it appears that central government at least is pleased with the progress London has made to curb congestion. The Department for Transport has announced that it is awarding Greater London ?3.9m as part of the government's Urban Congestion Fund after the capital exceeded targets for tackling traffic problems. Transport minister Paul Clark claimed the extra funding should be used to help London continue to tackle congestion, which should also have economic benefits. "I am delighted that Greater London is being rewarded for beating its congestion targets. The money will help local authorities give road users in these areas faster, safer and more reliable journeys ? benefiting the local economy," said Clark. Aside from the obvious environmental impact of slow-moving traffic from exhaust emissions, congestion has serious consequences for the economy, according to the DFT. "Across England we have now provided nearly ?23m to the participating authorities to tackle urban congestion which is responsible for 80 per cent of all our congestion problems," added Clark. According to recently released transport statistics, in the London area, the average journey time fell by 5.1 per cent, while the average level of travel fell by 1.5 per cent. The apparent drop in congestion in the capital follows recent criticism of mayor Johnson for his handling of traffic management in the capital after Transport for London admitted in a report that congestion in London's congestion charge zone was now as bad as it had been in February 2003 before the charge was introduced. The return to pre-congestion charge levels was put down to a reduction in road space resulting from increased road works and more allocation of space to bikes and buses. In a statement released last year, Friends of the Earth also criticised the mayor's environmental record for his first 100 days in office. The mayor initiated several measures that could have taken London in the "wrong direction ", including scrapping plans to introduce an emissions-related congestion charge for London and re-opening the public consultation on a western extension of the original charging zone, the group claimed. But despite recognising London's progress on tackling congestion, the mayor's office and central government remain firmly divided on the issue of a third runway at Heathrow. "The massive expansion in Heathrow's capacity would have an adverse impact on efforts to tackle climate change, it would increase aircraft noise, worsen road congestion and further reduce air quality in one of the most polluted parts of London," the mayor said in a recent statement. According to the DFT, London is one of 10 urban areas across the UK sharing a total of ?10.7m for beating congestion targets. The other areas are Nottingham, Leicester, Greater Manchester, West Midlands, Tyne & Wear, Merseyside, the west of England, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. The ?60m Urban Congestion Performance Fund was set up to help cities and towns in the UK tackle congestion. Further funds will be available over the next two years, provided the areas continue to exceed their target performance, the government claims. --- Sunny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090224/2ff5cf34/attachment.html From zvi.leve at gmail.com Wed Feb 25 01:03:14 2009 From: zvi.leve at gmail.com (Zvi Leve) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:03:14 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" In-Reply-To: <7272a1b30902240742l72427f26rcd5fd446694d1dce@mail.gmail.com> References: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> <7272a1b30902240742l72427f26rcd5fd446694d1dce@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Obviously the devil is in the details. In Bogota, the program is implemented in a very coherent and comprehensive way, but this has been developed over years of experience (here are more details in Spanish). There are connected corridors from one end of the city to the otherwhich become effectively 'non-motorized' during the ciclovia period. Plus they have very effective enforcement to keep it that way. I have a number of relatively recent pictures of Bogota's Ciclovia on my photo web-site, plus there is an entire photo pool dedicated to it . If there is no connectivity between the areas which have the ciclovia activities and there is not serious planning and enforcement, then it certainly could make things worse. But change does not happen by some miracle. It takes continuous concerted efforts. If the current implementation in Jakarta is not working, then perhaps it is best to review what the problems are.... Better not to waste the current momentum with a faulty implementation. Best regards, Zvi 2009/2/24 Carlosfelipe Pardo > Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing > days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogot?, and found, > among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was > 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, > so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study > is available (in Spanish) from Olga Luc?a Sarmiento < > osarmien@uniandes.edu.co> > Best regards, > > Carlos. > > 2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory > >> Activists: Car-Free Days Are ?A Waste? >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090224/3b269900/attachment.html From whook at itdp.org Wed Feb 25 01:11:34 2009 From: whook at itdp.org (Walter Hook) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:11:34 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" In-Reply-To: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> References: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> Message-ID: <0747770273AF4E40BE93C7349EAF9D05@DFJLYL81> This is interesting. Walhi Jakarta comes out against car free days because they 'did not help much.' This sounds like something from the Onion. "Environmental activists support return to coal fired power plants, say wind turbines are just weak palliative" Environmentalists from Walhi Jakarta came out in support of coal fired power plants today, arguing that with the sort of wind turbines, hydro, 'clean coal', solar panels, and other palliatives cropping up, the public is just not that fired up about environmental concerns any more. "We still have air pollution", said Rina Siryani, "but without all that black soot falling on our heads everyday, donations to Walhi Jakarta are way down. And those car free days, with people riding around on bicycles, its making people think we don't have any problems any more. We propose forcing people to drive cars on Sundays, that will remind people of the hell they live through every other day." _____ From: sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:27 AM To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport Subject: [sustran] Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" Activists: Car-Free Days Are 'A Waste' http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, including those by senior officials. "Legally, the car-free days cannot be stopped, but the city administration should halt them temporarily and conduct a review of what went wrong. Honestly, it's been such a waste," Selamet Daroyni, the executive director of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, told a press conference. Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve the short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less dependent on cars. "If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I'd say these events did not help much," Selamet said. He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers. Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another without reducing air pollutants. He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable. "Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is working, so I doubt the report," he said. Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many violations, with some of the violators being government officials and policemen. Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. "In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of this program," she said. Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any. Jakarta's car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last Sunday of each month. This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events. -- -------------------------------------------- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory Urbanstr. 45 D-10967 Berlin Germany Skype: toddedelman Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu www.flickr.com/photos/edelman CAR is over. If you want it. "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" - B. Brecht (with slight modification) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090224/76a85a71/attachment.html From whook at itdp.org Wed Feb 25 01:17:17 2009 From: whook at itdp.org (Walter Hook) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:17:17 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" In-Reply-To: <7272a1b30902240742l72427f26rcd5fd446694d1dce@mail.gmail.com> References: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> <7272a1b30902240742l72427f26rcd5fd446694d1dce@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <338E07A343564BB19478EAC41C91CBEE@DFJLYL81> Can u explain why this might be the case? Actual measurements of air emissions are subject to all sorts of normal weather based variation and are largely meaningless unless collected over many many days under similar conditions. But perhaps there are reasons why it might be true. London?s congestion charge for instance led to a big shift towards more bus and taxi and motorbike use. In London buses and taxis use diesel which is heavier in particulates than the cars, and motorbikes are also heavier in particulates. Maybe in Bogota people are taking more taxis and traditional buses on car free day, which are not banned? If traditional bus use is up, these are very polluting vehicles due to the poor quality of diesel fuel in Colombia. So its not impossible, but it could just be that the data is poor. _____ From: sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Carlosfelipe Pardo Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:42 AM To: sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org; johnernst@itdp.org; damantoro@gmail.com; Breithaupt Manfred GTZ 4413; dino.teddyputra@gmail.com Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogot?, and found, among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study is available (in Spanish) from Olga Luc?a Sarmiento Best regards, Carlos. 2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory Activists: Car-Free Days Are ?A Waste? http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, including those by senior officials. ?Legally, the car-free days cannot be stopped, but the city administration should halt them temporarily and conduct a review of what went wrong. Honestly, it?s been such a waste,? Selamet Daroyni, the executive director of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, told a press conference. Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve the short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less dependent on cars. ?If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I?d say these events did not help much,? Selamet said. He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers. Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another without reducing air pollutants. He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable. ?Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is working, so I doubt the report,? he said. Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many violations, with some of the violators being government officials and policemen. Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. ?In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of this program,? she said. Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any. Jakarta?s car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last Sunday of each month. This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events. -- -------------------------------------------- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory Urbanstr. 45 D-10967 Berlin Germany Skype: toddedelman Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu www.flickr.com/photos/edelman CAR is over. If you want it. "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" - B. Brecht (with slight modification) -------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via YAHOOGROUPS. Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The yahoogroups version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you can). 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Rivera) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:45:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" ( need confirmation) References: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> <7272a1b30902240742l72427f26rcd5fd446694d1dce@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <549110.31664.qm@web110107.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> I really wonder if that is an exact quote from Daroyni, the indonesian environmental activist ( or maybe it might be just another journalistic device for the desired impact of the article's strong heading). Walter might confirm for us if Daroyni indeed declared that dangerous word "waste"-- for every newspaper to feast on. Or maybe it was said out of context? Hurray, cheered the die hard fossil fuel box users. No committed advocate in his/her right mind would ever declare efforts as a "waste" since the process of even having declared carless days, including all the road closures in Indonesia -- are milestones in themselves. Public participation is not an overnight thing. It takes some time---- this overturning of the tide of the power of the noise of people in their comfort zones ( bureaucrats, etc in the case as was mentioned) . Come on, they just started the carless days in 2007, its been barely 2 years. The article mention little gains. Talk about balanced reporting. ROSELLE LEAH K RIVERA Department of Women and Development Studies College of Social Work and Community Development University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City Philippines PhD Fellow in Development Studies Institute of Social Studies The Hague, The Netherlands ________________________________ From: Carlosfelipe Pardo To: sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org; johnernst@itdp.org; damantoro@gmail.com; Breithaupt Manfred GTZ 4413 ; dino.teddyputra@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:42:07 PM Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogot?, and found, among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study is available (in Spanish) from Olga Luc?a Sarmiento Best regards, Carlos. 2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory Activists: Car-Free Days Are ?A Waste?http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, including those by senior officials. ?Legally, the car-free days cannot be stopped, but the city administration should halt them temporarily and conduct a review of what went wrong. Honestly, it?s been such a waste,? Selamet Daroyni, the executive director of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, told a press conference. Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve the short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less dependent on cars. ?If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I?d say these events did not help much,? Selamet said. He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers. Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another without reducing air pollutants.. He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable. ?Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is working, so I doubt the report,? he said. Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many violations, with some of the violators being government officials and policemen. Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. ?In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of this program,? she said. Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any. Jakarta?s car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last Sunday of each month. This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events. -- -------------------------------------------- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory Urbanstr. 45 D-10967 Berlin Germany Skype: toddedelman Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu www.flickr.com/photos/edelman CAR is over. If you want it. "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" - B. Brecht (with slight modification) -------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via YAHOOGROUPS. Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The yahoogroups version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you can). 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URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090224/0e608492/attachment.html From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Wed Feb 25 02:24:37 2009 From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:24:37 +0000 Subject: [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" In-Reply-To: <338E07A343564BB19478EAC41C91CBEE@DFJLYL81> References: <49A411DB.8080700@greenidea.eu> <7272a1b30902240742l72427f26rcd5fd446694d1dce@mail.gmail.com> <338E07A343564BB19478EAC41C91CBEE@DFJLYL81> Message-ID: <7272a1b30902240924g749fb82di8fdf771864f9e6b5@mail.gmail.com> The methodology for the Bogot? study was pretty good since was developed by the expert there in air quality plus an epidemiologist. I think the difference between the Bogot? study and the Jakarta numbers is that the Bogot? one was done in a road where there were no parallel roads with cars, plus near a park (Virrey)... yes, to an extent biased, but they proved a point. I was talking at that time with Olga Luc?a to see if there could be a better way to do a real experimental study, with four situations, but it's pretty impossible. The other thing is that they were comparing Sunday with weekday, which can also have differences. (ccing Olga Luc?a, maybe she can give some feedback). Carlos. 2009/2/24 Walter Hook > Can u explain why this might be the case? Actual measurements of air > emissions are subject to all sorts of normal weather based variation and are > largely meaningless unless collected over many many days under similar > conditions. But perhaps there are reasons why it might be true. London?s > congestion charge for instance led to a big shift towards more bus and taxi > and motorbike use. In London buses and taxis use diesel which is heavier > in particulates than the cars, and motorbikes are also heavier in > particulates. Maybe in Bogota people are taking more taxis and traditional > buses on car free day, which are not banned? If traditional bus use is up, > these are very polluting vehicles due to the poor quality of diesel fuel in > Colombia. So its not impossible, but it could just be that the data is > poor. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto: > sustran-discuss-bounces+whook =itdp.org@ > list.jca.apc.org] *On Behalf Of *Carlosfelipe Pardo > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:42 AM > *To:* sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org; johnernst@itdp.org; > damantoro@gmail.com; Breithaupt Manfred GTZ 4413; > dino.teddyputra@gmail.com > *Subject:* [sustran] Re: Jakarta: Activists say Carfree Days are "A Waste" > > > > Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing > days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogot?, and found, > among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was > 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, > so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study > is available (in Spanish) from Olga Luc?a Sarmiento < > osarmien@uniandes.edu.co> > > > > Best regards, > > > Carlos. > > 2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory > *Activists: Car-Free Days Are ?A Waste?* > > http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html > > Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to > temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a > re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air > pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, including > those by senior officials. > > ?Legally, the car-free days cannot be stopped, but the city administration > should halt them temporarily and conduct a review of what went wrong. > Honestly, it?s been such a waste,? Selamet Daroyni, the executive director > of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, > told a press conference. > > Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve the > short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to > encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less > dependent on cars. > > ?If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I?d say these > events did not help much,? Selamet said. > > He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction > and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers. > > Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said > car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another > without reducing air pollutants. > > He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or > BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable. > > ?Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is > working, so I doubt the report,? he said. > > Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many > violations, with some of the violators being government officials and > policemen. > > Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources > monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free > days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. > > ?In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of > this program,? she said. > > Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because > the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any. > > Jakarta?s car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last > Sunday of each month. > > This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events. > > -- > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > Todd Edelman > > Green Idea Factory > > > > Urbanstr. 45 > > D-10967 Berlin > > Germany > > > > Skype: toddedelman > > Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 > > Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 > > > > edelman@greenidea.eu > > www.greenidea.eu > > www.flickr.com/photos/edelman > > > > CAR is over. If you want it. > > > > "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" > > - B. Brecht (with slight modification) > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via > YAHOOGROUPS. > > Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to > join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The > yahoogroups version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the > real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you > can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement. > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090224/ddfbc346/attachment.html From yanivbin at gmail.com Thu Feb 26 02:07:27 2009 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:37:27 +0530 Subject: [sustran] PMC's feeder service plan get WB boost Message-ID: <86b8a7050902250907s2feb6a01n9595d55a167f97cc@mail.gmail.com> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pune/PMCs_feeder_service_plan_get_WB_boost/articleshow/4185283.cms PMC's feeder service plan get WB boost 25 Feb 2009, 0118 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation's plans to provide feeder services of non-motorised transport towards the pilot bus rapid transit routes received a boost with the World Bank agreeing to provide the PMC's share of funds for the project. The project, which is an initiative of the central government for which Pune is chosen as one of the demonstration cities, was to be implemented with Rs 117 crore from the World Bank and additional share funds from the PMC. Municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi told TOI: "Considering the budget deficit that the PMC is facing, the WB will now be funding Rs 200 crore for the project, which is a significant support to the civic body." The civic officials also proposed to the WB delegation that visited PMC on Tuesday to fund some of the pedestrian overbridges that have been proposed on the BRT routes in the city. "We have identified at least 20 critical spots where overbridges are a must. We have proposed to the WB that if they can fund at least 10 such bridges at the highly congested junctions," an official said. He added that the PMC has come up with a new design for the pedestrian bridges to ensure that they don't remain unutilised. "We have made an attractive design with steps not more than six inches high." The World Bank delegation is also on a three-day visit to Pimpri-Chinchwad to negotiate a soft loan for implementing the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) project in the area. Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma said: "The five-member delegation will return to Pimpri on Wednesday after a visit to Pune. The decisions taken during the discussions would be known on Wednesday." PCMC officials said the delegation gathered information about the BRTS projects to be implemented in the municipal limits under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The delegation will also visit the BRTS sites. The PCMC plans to implement BRTS on four routes, namely, Pune-Mumbai highway; Aundh-Ravet road; eight-kilometre-long corridor from Nashik Phata to Wakad and 11.2-kilometre-long corridor from Kalewadi Phata to Dehu-Alandi road. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090225/1d3f977d/attachment.html From madhav.g.badami at mcgill.ca Thu Feb 26 03:07:14 2009 From: madhav.g.badami at mcgill.ca (Madhav Badami, Prof.) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:07:14 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: PMC's feeder service plan get WB boost References: <86b8a7050902250907s2feb6a01n9595d55a167f97cc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <45AEE06A4800AF4FAD8BEF09C433D85F0A98CA6B@EXCHANGE2VS2.campus.mcgill.ca> Dear Vinay, Thanks very much for your posting. It certainly is important to ensure easy and safe pedestrian access to BRT and public transit. And indeed, there might be certain situations in which a pedestrian over-bridge or under-pass may be called for. However, I fear a trend toward over-bridges and under-passes or subways as the means to provide pedestrian access in Indian cities. What we need is not a few pedestrian over-bridges or subways, at such phenomenal expense, but for pedestrians (and cyclists) to be able to cross roads conveniently and safely, at grade, at tens of thousands of places, and to make it possible for them to do so at low cost. This is precisely how this end is achieved in Montreal, where I happen to live, by means of the simple expedient of the zebra crossing and the traffic light. I am in fact having a hard time trying to recall where the pedestrian over-bridges are in this city (there are no more than a handful). Apart from the unattractiveness and very limited utility -- from the point of view of pedestrians -- of a small number of pedestrian over-bridges or subways (which is what you would get with the meagre budgets allocated for "pedestrianization"), there is a more fundamental issue -- underlying the notion of pedestrian over-bridges and subways is the assumption that automobile traffic is primary (and something which pedestrians should not disrupt). What we need most of all is to begin to think of feet (the standard fitment with which all of us come into the world) as the most important travel mode, and walking as the fundamental basis of urban transport (or more precisely, accessibility) policy, and not merely as a "feeder" service for BRT or whatever, or even as merely "non-motorized" transport; and finally, to stop being spellbound by needlessly fancy and expensive technological means to achieve simple ends. Cheers, Madhav ************************************************************************ "As for the future, your task is not to foresee, but to enable it." Antoine de Saint-Exupery Madhav G. Badami, PhD School of Urban Planning and McGill School of Environment Associate Director of Graduate Affairs, McGill School of Environment McGill University Macdonald-Harrington Building 815 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, QC, H3A 2K6, Canada Phone: 514-398-3183 Fax: 514-398-8376; 514-398-1643 URLs: www.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning www.mcgill.ca/mse e-mail: madhav.badami@mcgill.ca -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+madhav.g.badami=mcgill.ca@list.jca.apc.org on behalf of Vinay Baindur Sent: Wed 25/02/2009 12:07 PM To: Hasiru Usiru Subject: [sustran] PMC's feeder service plan get WB boost http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pune/PMCs_feeder_service_plan_get_WB_boost/articleshow/4185283.cms PMC's feeder service plan get WB boost 25 Feb 2009, 0118 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation's plans to provide feeder services of non-motorised transport towards the pilot bus rapid transit routes received a boost with the World Bank agreeing to provide the PMC's share of funds for the project. The project, which is an initiative of the central government for which Pune is chosen as one of the demonstration cities, was to be implemented with Rs 117 crore from the World Bank and additional share funds from the PMC. Municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi told TOI: "Considering the budget deficit that the PMC is facing, the WB will now be funding Rs 200 crore for the project, which is a significant support to the civic body." The civic officials also proposed to the WB delegation that visited PMC on Tuesday to fund some of the pedestrian overbridges that have been proposed on the BRT routes in the city. "We have identified at least 20 critical spots where overbridges are a must. We have proposed to the WB that if they can fund at least 10 such bridges at the highly congested junctions," an official said. He added that the PMC has come up with a new design for the pedestrian bridges to ensure that they don't remain unutilised. "We have made an attractive design with steps not more than six inches high." The World Bank delegation is also on a three-day visit to Pimpri-Chinchwad to negotiate a soft loan for implementing the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) project in the area. Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma said: "The five-member delegation will return to Pimpri on Wednesday after a visit to Pune. The decisions taken during the discussions would be known on Wednesday." PCMC officials said the delegation gathered information about the BRTS projects to be implemented in the municipal limits under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The delegation will also visit the BRTS sites. The PCMC plans to implement BRTS on four routes, namely, Pune-Mumbai highway; Aundh-Ravet road; eight-kilometre-long corridor from Nashik Phata to Wakad and 11.2-kilometre-long corridor from Kalewadi Phata to Dehu-Alandi road. From yanivbin at gmail.com Thu Feb 26 05:02:22 2009 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:32:22 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: PMC's feeder service plan get WB boost In-Reply-To: <45AEE06A4800AF4FAD8BEF09C433D85F0A98CA6B@EXCHANGE2VS2.campus.mcgill.ca> References: <86b8a7050902250907s2feb6a01n9595d55a167f97cc@mail.gmail.com> <45AEE06A4800AF4FAD8BEF09C433D85F0A98CA6B@EXCHANGE2VS2.campus.mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <86b8a7050902251202p6fa1b101hfed508851859ae1a@mail.gmail.com> Bangalore city corporation has just prepared a budget today which proposes to have a no of subways for pedestrians The issue becomes who gets priority human or car? We are soon getting converted to a car city which will somehow not be for pedestrians, cyclist or other NMT Vinay On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Madhav Badami, Prof. < madhav.g.badami@mcgill.ca> wrote: > Dear Vinay, > > Thanks very much for your posting. It certainly is important to ensure easy > and safe pedestrian access to BRT and public transit. And indeed, there > might be certain situations in which a pedestrian over-bridge or under-pass > may be called for. However, I fear a trend toward over-bridges and > under-passes or subways as the means to provide pedestrian access in Indian > cities. > > What we need is not a few pedestrian over-bridges or subways, at such > phenomenal expense, but for pedestrians (and cyclists) to be able to cross > roads conveniently and safely, at grade, at tens of thousands of places, and > to make it possible for them to do so at low cost. This is precisely how > this end is achieved in Montreal, where I happen to live, by means of the > simple expedient of the zebra crossing and the traffic light. I am in fact > having a hard time trying to recall where the pedestrian over-bridges are in > this city (there are no more than a handful). > > Apart from the unattractiveness and very limited utility -- from the point > of view of pedestrians -- of a small number of pedestrian over-bridges or > subways (which is what you would get with the meagre budgets allocated for > "pedestrianization"), there is a more fundamental issue -- underlying the > notion of pedestrian over-bridges and subways is the assumption that > automobile traffic is primary (and something which pedestrians should not > disrupt). > > What we need most of all is to begin to think of feet (the standard fitment > with which all of us come into the world) as the most important travel mode, > and walking as the fundamental basis of urban transport (or more precisely, > accessibility) policy, and not merely as a "feeder" service for BRT or > whatever, or even as merely "non-motorized" transport; and finally, to stop > being spellbound by needlessly fancy and expensive technological means to > achieve simple ends. > > Cheers, > > Madhav > > > ************************************************************************ > > "As for the future, your task is not to foresee, but to enable it." > Antoine de Saint-Exupery > > Madhav G. Badami, PhD > School of Urban Planning and McGill School of Environment > Associate Director of Graduate Affairs, McGill School of Environment > McGill University > Macdonald-Harrington Building > 815 Sherbrooke Street West > Montreal, QC, H3A 2K6, Canada > > Phone: 514-398-3183 > Fax: 514-398-8376; 514-398-1643 > URLs: www.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning > www.mcgill.ca/mse > e-mail : madhav.badami@mcgill.ca > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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By this time, the preliminary assessment showed that the CFD without carefull traffic management of surrounding road network will cause traffic deteriorating in surounding area which lead to higher air pollution. thanks _TDM On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote: > Funny... The Universidad de los Andes did a study last September comparing > days with ciclovia (Sunday carfree) and regular days in Bogot?, and found, > among others, that PM10 was 13 times higher during a weekday, and noise was > 7 times higher. This was done with actual measurements during various days, > so it would be more relevant than the opinions shown below... the full study > is available (in Spanish) from Olga Luc?a Sarmiento < > osarmien@uniandes.edu.co> > Best regards, > > Carlos. > > 2009/2/24 Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory > >> Activists: Car-Free Days Are ?A Waste? >> http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/city/article/10931.html >> >> Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to >> temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a >> re-evaluation was needed because the event had failed to reduce air >> pollution and loose regulations have resulted in many violations, including >> those by senior officials. >> >> ?Legally, the car-free days cannot be stopped, but the city administration >> should halt them temporarily and conduct a review of what went wrong. >> Honestly, it?s been such a waste,? Selamet Daroyni, the executive director >> of the Jakarta branch of Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, >> told a press conference. >> >> Selamet said car-free days, generally on Sundays, had failed to achieve >> the short-term objective of minimizing air pollution and also had failed to >> encourage Jakarta residents to be more environmentally friendly and less >> dependent on cars. >> >> ?If we perceive this issue from the three success indicators, I?d say >> these events did not help much,? Selamet said. >> >> He said the indicators were public participation, air pollution reduction >> and public obedience, including by government officials and law enforcers. >> >> Ahmad Safrudin, of the Committee for Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline, said >> car-free days merely relocated traffic flow from one place to another >> without reducing air pollutants. >> >> He said that a report by the Jakarta Environmental Management Board, or >> BPLHD, that air pollution has decreased significantly was unreliable. >> >> ?Jakarta has five air quality monitoring systems, but only one of them is >> working, so I doubt the report,? he said. >> >> Ahmad said the inefficiency of car-free days had been proven by many >> violations, with some of the violators being government officials and >> policemen. >> >> Responding to criticism, Rina Suryani, the BPLHD head of natural resources >> monitoring, said they had scientific measurements to prove that car-free >> days had in fact contributed significantly to air pollution reduction. >> >> ?In some parts of Jakarta, the air quality has gotten better because of >> this program,? she said. >> >> Rina said the board could not enforce sanctions against violators because >> the 2005 bylaw enabling car-free days had not stipulated any. >> >> Jakarta?s car-free days began in September 2007 and are held on the last >> Sunday of each month. >> >> This year BPLHD has scheduled 22 road closure events. >> >> -- >> -------------------------------------------- >> >> Todd Edelman >> Green Idea Factory >> >> Urbanstr. 45 >> D-10967 Berlin >> Germany >> >> Skype: toddedelman >> Mobile: ++49 0162 814 4081 >> Home/Office: ++49 030 7554 0001 >> edelman@greenidea.euwww.greenidea.euwww.flickr.com/photos/edelman >> >> CAR is over. If you want it. >> >> "Fort mit der Autostadt und was Neues hingebaut!" >> - B. Brecht (with slight modification) >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via >> YAHOOGROUPS. >> >> Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to >> join the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The >> yahoogroups version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the >> real sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you >> can). Apologies for the confusing arrangement. >> >> ================================================================ >> SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, >> equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries >> (the 'Global South'). >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Recent research efforts harnessed these technologies for analyzing the patterns of different dynamic flows in the city such as environmental conditions, people movements, and events. While research efforts in pervasive computing have focused so far primarily on application areas such as health care, ambient assisted living, socializing, and gaming, the newly available information about urban dynamics provides a promising context for pervasive computing applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Research in ITS aims to enhance transportation infrastructure systems and services as well as the vehicle itself through information and communication systems. In recent years, ITS research has focused on riders and pedestrians as well. This workshop will explore uses of pervasive computing in ITS and other topics related to people's mobility. It will focus primarily on new methods for obtaining relevant real-time data, the provision of mobility information, as well as data fusion. We encourage submission of papers including, but not limited to the following topics: - Data gathering from pervasive networks (e.g. energy grids, sensor networks, mobile phone and other wireless networks) - Modeling and applications based on user generated content (blogs, txt, images, as well as participatory and opportunistic sensing) - Visualization and mapping - Machine learning for mobility applications - Dynamic routing algorithms for mobility - Context aware navigation systems - In-vehicle sensing systems - Recognition and classification of transportation/mobility mode - Environmental applications for ITS - Interaction between vehicle and fixed infrastructure/mobile devices PAPER SUBMISSION AND PARTICIPATION Authors are requested to submit either a full paper (max. 5 pages) or a position paper (max. 2 pages) in PDF, Springer LNCS format. - Position papers may present work in progress, results found, ideas and concepts for future research, as well as questions on topics relevant to the workshop. - Full papers should present novel contributions relevant to the topic of the workshop and must not overlap strongly with other papers previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. If a proceeding volume for Pervasive 2009 will be printed, it will include all full papers accepted to this workshop (otherwise papers will be published online). Submissions should be made via the EDAS system at: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=7367& All papers will be peer-reviewed by the workshop program committee. At least one author for each paper accepted is expected to attend the workshop. Non-archival working notes will be produced containing the papers presented at the workshop. Selected papers from the workshop may be considered for expansion and inclusion in a special issue of a selected journal. IMPORTANT DATES ? March 9, 2009: Deadline for the submission of workshop position papers ? March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance ? April 17, 2009: Deadline for preparing camera-ready copies ? May 11, 2009: InMotion 2009 workshop at Pervasive 2009 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Carlos Bento, University of Coimbra inmotion09@dei.uc.pt Assaf Biderman, MIT Senseable City Lab inmotion09@dei.uc.pt PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth College) Assaf Biderman (MIT) Carlos Bento (Univ of Coimbra) Christopher Zegras (MIT) Francisco C Pereira (Univ of Coimbra) Frank van der Hoeven (TUDelft) Jeffrey Hightower (Intel Seattle) Kristian Kloeckl (Univ of Venice) Mareike Kritzler (Univ of Munster) Robin Chase, CEO GoLoco.com, founder and former CEO Zipcar Stefan van der Spek (TUDelft) Urbano Nunes (Univ of Coimbra) -- P. Christopher Zegras Ford Career Development Asst. Professor, Urban Planning & Transportation Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning | Massachusetts Institute of Tech. 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 10-403 | Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617 452 2433 | Fax: 617 258 8081 | czegras@mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/czegras/www/Zegras.htm From sudhir at cai-asia.org Fri Feb 27 19:34:26 2009 From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:34:26 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Seoul Statement - Fourth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum Message-ID: Please have a look at the SEOUL statement from Fourth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum ** *SEOUL STATEMENT* *~ Towards the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) for a Low-Carbon Society and Green Growth in Asia ~* The participants, having met in Seoul, the Republic of Korea from 24 to 26 February 2009, for the Fourth Regional EST Forum, to draw up and adopt a statement for the promotion of environmentally sustainable transport in Asia, Noting that Asia is experiencing the fastest economic growth and by mid of this century, and at the current growth rate there might be more motorized vehicles in Asia than there would be in Europe and North America combined, and that the profound impact of this trend on quality of human life and environment can not be underestimated, Reaffirming and building upon the integrated EST measures defined under the Aichi Statement adopted at the First Regional EST Forum in Asia, held in Nagoya, Japan, on 1-2 August 2005, and considering that efforts to promote environmentally sustainable transport will not only result in the improvement of human health through the reduction of urban air pollution, but will also have important complementary (co-)benefits, including the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions, Recognizing the outcome of the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific held in Seoul in 2005, which endorsed environmentally sustainable economic growth, Green Growth, as a policy focus and important strategy for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as decoupling environmental degradation from development, Noting the commitment made by the Ministries of Health in Member States in the resolution of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in September 2008 to assess the health implications of the decisions made on climate change by the transport sector and advocate for the decision that provide opportunities for improving health, Realizing that transport services affect all aspects of sustainability - social, economic, and environmental - and that there is a need for safe, clean, and energy-efficient transport in order to achieve green growth through low-carbon transport in Asia, the participants are thus called upon to: 1. address transport issues with the broader environmental aims of green growth to encompass the transport-energy-carbon emission nexus, from energy consumption to the emissions and climate change perspectives; 2. develop strategies for low-carbon transport including the increasing shift to energy-efficient and low carbon modes to mitigate the effects of transport on climate, and the effects of climate change on transport services and other socioeconomic sectors; 3. focus on sustainable mobility and transport demand management (TDM) tools and measures [such as ? parking controls (including parking charges and pricing), road pricing and congestion charging, fuel and vehicle taxation, low and zero emission zones, car-free day, city centre pedestrianization, public transport priority and improvement measures, transit oriented development, appropriate road- space allocation to high-occupancy vehicles, efficient and affordable mass transit systems (such as BRT), and measures to help and develop non-motorized transport (walking and cycling) ], etc. with stakeholder consultation and participation rather than relying only on end-of-pipe solutions, so that local air pollutants and GHG emissions from transport sector can be addressed concurrently and effectively, thereby contributing to materializing a Low Carbon Asian Society; 4. as far as possible exploit benefits of adopting intelligent transport system (ITS), and of utilizing market mechanisms such as tax credits for environmentally friendly technologies, to make the transport services environment and people friendly, cost effective as well as energy efficient; 5. develop city partnerships and collaboration across national boundaries within Asia and between Asian cities and cities from other regions for mutual technical assistance and cooperation on implementing environmentally sound practices in transport sector, including recognition of the special needs of the post conflict countries; 6. strengthen regional cooperation, in particular among the international organizations and donors active in the region and member countries, to further improve and deepen the transport agenda at energy efficiency and climate change-related fora, including the Conference of Parties (COP), for achieving low-carbon society and green growth bearing in mind the ultimate objective of reducing global emissions under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); and 7. request international organizations and donor communities to mobilize necessary capacity building services and financial support to the developing member countries to enable them to overcome the complex technical barriers involved in developing transport projects for taking full benefit of the GHG market under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) stipulated by Kyoto Protocol. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090227/c39faf0f/attachment.html From kanthikannan at gmail.com Sat Feb 28 13:23:43 2009 From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan) Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:53:43 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: GHMC Budget : SAVE THE HYDERABADI PEDESTRIAN FROM EXTINCTION Message-ID: <49a8bc79.054c6e0a.2ded.46ca@mx.google.com> SAVE THE HYDERABADI PEDESTRIAN FROM EXTINCTION Hyderabad: Is the GHMC Budget forward looking? Where is the poor pedestrian in all this? How do the urban poor go to earn their livelihood? A Kilometre of 8 feet width footpath costs ONLY about 30 lakhs!! Can the GHMC not afford to spend that money and save lives?? Basically if about 250 Crores are made available, then the entire city's footpaths can be made walkable. Regards Kanthi Kannan The Right to Walk Foundation GHMC budget forward looking' Corporation's budget sees 8.4 p.c. hike from last year HYDERABAD: Economic slowdown notwithstanding, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, has pegged the next year's (2009-2010) budget outlay at Rs. 3,159 crore, a clean 8.4 per cent hike from last year's Rs. 2,920 crore with special focus on housing and poverty alleviation. Draft budget proposals released here on Thursday by Commissioner S.P. Singh projected a capital expenditure of Rs. 2,160 crore, same as capital receipts, with intent to go for 'innovative' methods to raise revenue from property tax in processing Layout Regularisation (LRS) and Building Penalisation Schemes (BPS) as well as PPP modes. Flanked by Special Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu and Additional Commissioner (Finance) B. Ramesh Babu, the Commissioner claimed that the budget was "realistic and futuristic" to propel the "right kind of balanced development". Separate budget A separate poverty alleviation budget was proposed for the first time with an outlay of Rs. 870.53 crore (including Rs. 630 crore for housing) or 28 per cent of the overall budget for improving the lives of the poor. "We were finding it difficult to track the spending on urban community development earlier," pointed out Mr. Singh and expected the new move to help identify and implement programmes for the poor better. "Our focus is to make Hyderabad an international class mega city with inclusive growth as infrastructure development also mean providing amenities like housing," he said. Major projects proposed are road restoration work at Rs. 354 crore, road widening Rs. 171 crore, storm water drains Rs. 180 crore, BRTS Rs. 150 crore, MMTS Rs. 200 crore, River Musi Rs. 15 crore and so on. Accepting that the recession was going to have its impact, he observed that revenues from ads, stamp duty, building fees, etc., could be hit. However, he expects substantial revenue from LRS and BPS processes as more than two lakh have applied for these schemes. "Without increasing property tax, there will be growth from assessment of new buildings, conversion from residential to commercial and extra built up space declared under BPS once the court case is over," he said. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20090228/8e3e81f4/attachment.html