[sustran] we are looking for an important, a city-shaping number

[Eric Britton]

Dear Sustraners,

 
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We have something going on over at World Streets to which I would like to
call your attention this morning.

 

To make a long story short, we are looking for an important, a city-shaping
number, or perhaps a way for calculating that number or magnitude. You can
see it over at www.WorldStreets.org, with an introductory essay that has
been kindly contributed by Todd Litman. 

 

Here for better or worse is my introduction: 

I have long maintained that the cost of driving one more car in a city is
far greater than normally understood, with the result that the benefits to
the city of getting one car off the street are very very considerable. My
own working rule of thumb, admittedly crude and entirely unscientific, is
that every time a mayor or her team figure out how to remove one car from
the traffic stream -- without decreasing the quality of the overall mobility
system - brings about a benefit for all equal to at least one dollar a
car/km. But let's hear what Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy
Institute has to say about it.

 

I hope you will read, comment, and help us all to come up with some credible
indicators that can then be put to work for policy purposes. I truly believe
that this is going to be important for us and for our cites. 

 

Best/Eric

 

Eric Britton <http://www.britton.newmobility.org/>  | WorldStreets.org
<http://www.worldstreets.org/>  | NewMobility.org
<http://www.newmobility.org/>  | Paris  | +331 7550 3788 | Skype:
newmobility  

 

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