[sustran] SUTP Newsletter March April 2010

[SUTP Team]

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The Future of Mobility- Shanghai Expo 2010

The City of Bremen and GTZ are proud to present three workshops on “The 
Future of Mobility” at the Bremen Stand in the Urban Best Practice Area 
at the Shanghai Expo from May 24th to 26th, 2010. Events are scheduled 
from 2 to 5 pm and are focusing on the following three key topics of 
sustainable urban transport:
Day 1 - Mon, 24th: Transport and Urban Development
Day 2 - Tue, 25th: Low Carbon Mobility for Cities
Day 3 - Wed, 26th: The Role of Electric Vehicles

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1976

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Ukrainian version of the module "Transport and Climate Change" is now 
available

GTZ announces the release of the Ukrainian version of the module 
"Transport and Climate Change". The module summarises the challenges 
that climate change mitigation has to face in the transport sector and 
presents the major options and instruments to deal with them. The module 
is a comprehensive summary of sustainable transport policy options and 
sketches out their potential for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

The module draws on the existing GTZ-sourcebook on sustainable urban 
transport and thus offers both a comprehensive overview and a thematic 
entry point to the whole world of sustainable transport. To ease access 
to more detailed information, the module includes many references to the 
other sourcebook modules. The authors, Holger Dalkmann and Charlotte 
Brannigan, work at the Centre for Sustainability (C4S) at the Transport 
Research Laboratory (TRL), UK. The module has been translated to 
Ukrainian Language in the context of the project “Climate-friendly 
Mobility in Ukrainian Cities”. The project is financed by the German 
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 
in the context of the International Climate Protection Initiative.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/suteca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72%3A2010-04-23-10-08-52&catid=1%3Aproject-news&Itemid=56&lang=ua 


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GTZ MD shares his vision on sustainable transportation

The internet platform Comment: Vision - a joint website of the TV 
station “Euronews”, the Newspaper “European Voice” and SHELL - discussed 
in March this year the subject “As well as seeking alternative fuels, 
should we be changing our entire transportation culture?”. A variety of 
experts gave statements to this key question of transport policy, among 
them was also GTZ’s managing director Hans-Joachim Preuß. He concluded 
that “we need a paradigm shift!. . . changing the transportation culture 
is key for sustainable development and prevention of dangerous climate 
change”.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1955

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Sustainable transport pioneers to speak at Velo-City Global, 2010

Velo-City Global, 2010, to be held from 22-25 June at Copenhagen in 
Denmark, aims to bring together cycling experts, city planners, decision 
makers, NGOs and researchers from all over the world to discuss the 
potential and challenges of cycling. This year this event will exhibit 
an exciting line-up of speakers which includes Enrique Peñalosa, Jan 
Gehl, Janette Sadik-Khan and John Whitelegg.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1995

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GTZ Workshop at the Deutsche Welle Media Forum 2010

The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will take place from June 21-23 in 
Bonn, Germany. The forum is to develop strategies within an 
interdisciplinary framework regarding the challenges of climate change. 
GTZ is attending the Forum and organizing the Workshop “Beyond clean 
congestion? – Pathways for Sustainable Mobility” on Tuesday June 22nd at 
11:30. In this workshop the contribution of transport to global carbon 
emissions is highlighted and the problem of oil dependency of the 
transport sector for the next 20 years is pointed out. Smart urban 
planning and investments in low carbon modes will be presented as a 
strategy towards sustainable development, and solutions offering 
potential to reduce green house emissions and foster economic 
development will be discussed.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1996

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Further Signatories to the Kyoto Declaration on Environmentally 
Sustainable Transport (EST)

On March 16, 2010, 10 further Asian cities signed the Kyoto Declaration 
on Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Seoul, Korea. One of 
the cities to sign the Declaration was Solo, which is a partner in the 
GTZ implemented Project “Sustainable Urban Transport Improvements 
Project (SUTIP) in Indonesia”, financed by the German Ministry for 
Economic Cooperation and Development.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1934

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New Project Flyer of the Bridging the Gap Initiative

The Initiative "Bridging the Gap: Pathways for Transport in a Post 2012 
Process" has updated its project flyer. The flyer is available in 
English and in Chinese. The Bridging the Gap Initiative works actively 
towards integrating transport into the current climate negotiations 
through five organizations with strong international expertise in 
sustainable transport and climate change, namely - GTZ, TRL, Veolia 
Transport, ITDP, and UITP.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1956

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GTZ participates in the UN forum on Urban Transport in Seoul, S.Korea

The UN Forum on Climate Change Mitigation, Fuel Efficiency and 
Sustainable Development of Urban Transport met from 16-17 March 2010, in 
Seoul, Republic of Korea, in preparation for the 18th session of the UN 
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). The Forum included 
discussions on topic like enhancing public transport to curb greenhouse 
gas (GHG) emissions, public private partnerships, financing public 
transport in developing countries, etc.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1933

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Launch of Public Urban Transport Project in Danang, Vietnam

The "Developing Danang - Environmental City" project was launched 
jointly by GTZ and the Danang city government on 3rd  March 2010 in 
Danang city. Within this project there is a component to support the 
introduction of a bus based public transport system in the city.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1920

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****** Publications *****


Sustainable Urban Transport:
A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in South Asian Cities Volume 3

GTZ has released the print version of its flagship publication 
"Sourcebook on Sustainable Transport" adapted for the South Asian 
audience. This version of the publication is third in series of the 
volumes on "A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in South Asian Cites", and 
has 5 modules. The previously released two volumes have 12 modules, thus 
totalling to now 17 modules (of 27 modules) in print form. The foreword 
for the 250 page Volume 3 has been written by Dr. M. Ramachandran, 
Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the 
preface is contributed by Prof. H.M. Shivanand Swamy, CEPT University, 
Ahmedabad.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1987

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Overview of public transport in Sub-Saharan Africa

“Overview of public transport in Sub-Saharan Africa”, is a study that 
has been carried out for the Directorate-General for Research in the 
European Commission with support of UITP and UATP. The study provides an 
overview of public transport in Sub-Saharan African countries, including 
historical background information, an overview of public transport 
regulations at federal and local level as well as a snapshot on public 
transport operators and different modes of public transport.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1924

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Are vehicle reduction targets justified?

Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI) has 
released a report on Vehicle Travel Reduction Targets. This report 
investigates whether transportation policies should include targets to 
reduce vehicle travel and encourage use of alternative modes, better 
known as mobility management objectives. Mr. Litman is also the author 
of the GTZ Sourcebook module "2b: Mobility Management".

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1922

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U.S.  Parking Policies: An Overview of Management Strategies

ITDP’s recent publication titled “U.S. Parking Policies: An Overview of 
Management Strategies”, identifies core sustainable parking principles 
and illustrates how smarter parking management can benefit consumers and 
businesses in terms of time and money savings, while also leading to 
more livable and attractive communities.

Link: http://www.itdp.org/documents/ITDP_US_Parking_Report.pdf

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Vietnamese-German Transport Research Centre Symposium 2010

The Vietnamese-German University (VGU) is a joint project between 
Vietnam and Germany with the goal to set up a research-orientated 
university in Vietnam. It had its official opening celebrations in 
September 2008 in Ho Chi Minh City. Under the framework of VGU the 
Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD), Germany, and the University of 
Transport and Communications (UTC), Vietnam, decided to continue and to 
strengthen their existing cooperation and to establish a Transport 
Research Centre in Vietnam.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1977

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Outline schedule of the 18th CSD published

The "organisation of work" of the two-week long 18th session of the UN 
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), to be held in New York in 
May, has now been published.

Link: http://www.transport2012.org/

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UITP released a new CD on IT solutions for public transport from the 
Proceedings of IT-TRANS 2010

Link: http://www.uitp.org/publications/index2.cfm?id=3

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*** New addition to the SUTP India team ***

SUTP welcomes its newest team member, Chhavi Dhingra Deb. A civil and 
transportation engineer, Chhavi has almost 5 years of research 
experience on issues like transport access, energy and emissions, 
policy, institutions and public transport improvement. She can be 
reached at Chhavi.Dhingra at gtz.de

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****** Upcoming Events ******

03.05.2010 New York, USA: Committee on Sustainable Development
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=406&lang=en 


05.05.2010 Graz, AT: European Conference on Mobility Management
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=441&lang=en

25.05.2010 Lisbon, PT: 16th IRF World Road Meeting
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=361&lang=en

26.05.2010 Leipzig, DE: International Transport Forum 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=404&lang=en

28.05.2010 Bonn, DE: Resilient Cities 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=443&lang=en

30.05.2010 Jerusalem, IL :Conference o Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable 
Road Users
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=427&lang=en

02.06.2010 Hong Kong, CN: TRANSED 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=380&lang=en

04.06.2010 Bonn, DE: UNFCCC Side Event Bridging the Gap
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=443&lang=en

07.06.2010 Brussels, BE: Transport Research Arena 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=391&lang=en

08.06.2010 Bonn, DE: Bridging the Gap Workshop
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=444&lang=en

14.06.2010 Boston, USA: Bus Rapid Transit World USA
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=428&lang=en

22.06.2010 Copenhagen, DE: Velo-City 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=421&lang=en

28.06.2010 York, U.K: Towards  Car-free Cities
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=432&lang=en

28.06.2010 Singapore: World Cities Summit 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=438&lang=en

30.06.2010 Singapore, World Urban Transport Leaders’ Summit
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=439&lang=en

04.07.2010 Stuttgart,DE:, Cities for Mobility World Congress 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=401&lang=en

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