[sustran] SUTP Annual Newsletter 2010
SUTP Team
sutp at sutp.org
Mon Jan 31 16:31:08 JST 2011
GIZ - Sustainable Urban Transport Project in 2010
Summary newsletter
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A html version of the newsletter can be seen at :
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Dear colleagues,
Happy New Year! In this year-end edition of our newsletter, you will
find a summary of SUTP’s key activities during the year 2010. This
includes news, publications, training program conducted, events and some
key user statistics for the SUTP website. We thank you for your interest
in our project and hope that our website continues to be your one-stop
platform for viewing all activities, knowledge material and events
related to sustainable urban transport! Please keep visiting our
website www.sutp.org
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Major News
GIZ is now GIZ
From January 1, 2011, The German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) became the
German International Cooperation (GIZ). GIZ brings together under one
roof the long-standing expertise of the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst
(DED) GmbH (German development service), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Technische Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Technical Cooperation) and
InWEnt – Capacity Building International, Germany. The SUTP project work
areas and activities remain unchanged.
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2547&Itemid=1&lang=en
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European Mobility Week in L’viv, Ukraine
L’viv was the first Ukrainian city that participated in the traditional
European Mobility Week in 2010, where more than 1900 European also
participated. L’viv City Council jointly with GIZ, on behalf of the
German Federal Ministry for Environment, prepared several events during
the European Mobility Week. Partners included the State Traffic
Inspectorate of Lviv, bicycle dealers “VeloBajk” and “Komanchero” as
well as NGOs “Rukh” and “Koleso Vitriv”. The slogan for 2010 year was
"Travel smarter - live better."
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/suteca/mfwl/European_Mobility_Week_in_Lviv_Summary_final.pdf
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The City of Solo is working on a Sustainable Urban Transport Strategy
and Plans
With the assistance of CDIA and GIZ-SUTIP, the City of Solo in Central
Java, Indonesia is working on establishing a Sustainable Urban Transport
Strategy and Implementation Plans. The goal of this cooperation is to
create a long-term strategy for sustainable urban transport development,
a mid-term action plan and the corresponding list of priority investment
projects.
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2450&Itemid=1&lang=en
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GIZ’s contribution to the improved mobility situation in Johannesburg
during the Soccer World Cup
During the FIFA World Cup in 2010, the thousands of visitors to the four
million metropolis of Johannesburg did not need to worry about getting
to the two stadiums in the quickest, safest and most comfortable way.
Commissioned by the German Federal Government, the Kreditanstalt für
Wiederaufbau (KfW) Bankengruppe,financed the planning of a new public
transport system in Johannesburg and the German Technical Cooperation
(GIZ) played an active role in advising the City of Johannesburg on the
planning and the construction of its Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2080
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Some key GIZ-SUTP Publications in 2010 (free download on www.sutp.org)
Module 1f "Financing Sustainable Urban Transport"
Authored by Ko Sakamoto, this new GIZ Sourcebook module provides
detailed information on available options for financing urban transport.
It presents different financing instruments and ways in which they can
be best used, and how to optimally combine them. This module is
dedicated to policy makers, financial sector specialists and urban
planners/practitioners working on key challenges related to financing
urban transport systems. The module provides options to close the gap
between the ever growing demand for efficient, equitable and
environmentally friendly urban transport systems on one hand, and the
dwindling financial resources available to state and local authorities
on the other.
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2293&Itemid=1&lang=en
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Module 1g "Urban Freight in Developing Cities"
This module describes the importance of freight transportation in the
context of urban development and provides detailed information on
available options to meet current and future challenges for urban goods
transport in rapidly growing cities of the developing world. The module
has been written by Bernhard O. Herzog, expert in the field of freight
operation and fleet-management with more than 30 years experience in the
field of transport planning and logistics.
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2473&Itemid=1&lang=en
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Module 2c “Parking Management: A Contribution towards Liveable Cities”
Poor parking management or unregulated parking results in traffic
congestion, disruption of the usability and aesthetics of urban spaces,
corruption, hindrance of pedestrian access and movement, safety
concerns, inequitable usage of road space, etc. Authored by Tom Rye,
this module discusses the various definitional, operational, planning,
institutional and social challenges around parking practices in cities,
and how these could be overcome. The module also discusses topics like
types of marking, parking demand and common myths associated with
vehicle parking.
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2471&Itemid=1&lang=en
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Translations
Module 5f: Adapting Urban Transport to Climate Change
Available in Chinese
(http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2282&Itemid=1&lang=en)
and
Spanish (http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2038)
Training Document on Transportation Demand Management - Available in
Vietnamese, Ukrainian and Bahasa Indonesia
Download:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=97&Itemid=54&Itemid=196
Cycling-inclusive Policy Development: A Handbook - Some Chapters
available in Ukrainian and in Spanish
- Download:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=97&Itemid=54&Itemid=196)
BRT Planning Guide - Available in Spanish
(http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1910&Itemid=1%E2%8C%A9=en)
Transport and Climate Change - Available in Ukrainian
(http://www.sutp.org/suteca/mfwl/5e_TCC_UA13.pdf)
Intelligent Transport Systems - Available in Ukrainian
(http://www.sutp.org/suteca/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=15&Itemid=59&lang=ua)
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Technical Documents released in 2010
TD. No. 3 Public Bicycle Schemes: Applying the concept in developing
cities (examples from India)
The objective of this technical document is to familiarize city
authorities, transport planners, businesses, civil society
representatives and policy makers in developing cities with the concept
and various components of a public bicycle program, and to provide
initial guidance and advice on designing and implementing such a program
in Indian cities.
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TD. No. 4 Transport Alliances - Promoting Cooperation and Integration to
offer a more attractive and efficient Public Transport
This report summarises the development of the German public transport
alliance system, the so called Verkehrsverbund that is often regarded as
the first and most successful form of integrated transport in the world.
It offers information on aspects ranging from institutional issues to
best practices in introducing an integrated fare system. This document
also looks at transport alliances in the neighbouring country of
Switzerland.
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TD. No. 5 Accessing Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport: A
Practical Overview
GIZ together with the Bridging the Gap Initiative has developed a
practical guide for developing country's governments on how to access
climate funds for sustainable land transport interventions. The guidance
focuses on climate change mitigation and introduces existing and
proposed sources of climate finance in the context of the land transport
sector.
Download and read more about the above technical documents :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=124&Itemid=54&lang=&Itemid=198
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Reading Lists
In order to assist researchers on their search for relevant documents
(case studies, project reports, papers, books, etc.), SUTP from time to
time compiles a reading list on a number of interesting topics relevant
to sustainable urban mobility. Reading lists for the following topics
were published in 2010:
- Informal Public Transport :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2163
- Electric Mobility :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2207&Itemid=1%E2%8C%A9=en
- Urban Transport and Health :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2295&Itemid=1%E2%8C%A9=en
- Public Bicycle Schemes :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2447&Itemid=1&lang=en
- Non-motorized transport :
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2430&Itemid=1&lang=en
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Mega events-pacemaker of sustainable urban transport concepts
Climate-friendly mobility cannot be separated and limited exclusively to
the period of a special event – be it a sports event, a concert or a
religious celebration. Rather, concepts and measures should kick-start a
move towards long-term climate-friendly conditions and behaviour in
cities. This document is an interesting compilation of instances where
mega events related to sports, etc. have triggered major reforms in
urban mobility, which people and cities have benefited from for years to
come. This document has been prepared by GIZ as part of the
‘Climate-friendly mobility in Ukrainian cities’ project, and discusses
key issues and recommendations and also provides a reading list on urban
mobility improvements during mega events.
Read more:
http://www.sutp.org/suteca/Mobility%20Mega%20Events_Sept%202010.pdf
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Training and Capacity building activities conducted by GIZ-SUTP in 2010
2010 proved to be yet another fulfilling year for GIZ-SUTP as it
successfully carried out a host of training programs in various parts of
the world. Given below is a summary of the programs carried out in 2010.
- One day Workshop on ‘Bus Rapid Transit’ organized by GIZ, Directorate
of Urban Land Transport (Bangalore), and Institute of Urban Transport
(India), 26th February 2010, Bangalore, India
- Two day training course on ‘Sustainable Urban Transport’ held by GIZ,
Land Transport Authority (LTA) Academy, Singapore, and the Malaysian
Institute of Planners, 2-3 August, 2010, Kuching, Malaysia
- Two day training course on ‘Travel Demand Management’ held by GIZ,
Clean Air Institute and CTS Mexico, supported by the Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy, 7-8 October, 2010, Mexico City,
Mexico
- E-learning course on ‘Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing
Countries’ with UNITAR, October 2010- March 2011
- BAQ 2010 Pre-event: One day learning course on ‘Financing Sustainable
Urban Transport – Bridging the Gap from Planning to Implementation’,
organized by GIZ, LTA Academy and CDIA Asia, 8 November, 2010, Singapore
- BAQ 2010 Post event: One day training course on ‘Transportation Demand
Management’, organized by GIZ and LTA Academy, 12 November, 2010, Singapore
- Urban Mobility India 2010 Pre-Event: One day training course on
'Transportation Demand Management and Financing Urban Transport' with
Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC), Institute of Urban Transport (IUT),
India, CEPT University and LTA Academy, Singapore
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User Characteristics for the SUTP website in 2010
In 2010, the SUTP website had around 2500 user registrations. The users
came from various continents and groups. Given below are some key trends
on user statistics for the SUTP website:
Majority of the SUTP users came from the NGO sector, followed by
universities, and the governmental bodies comprised 17% of the total
SUTP members. This indicates a vast interest amongst grass-root level
and think tank agencies to gain knowledge on sustainable urban transport.
Large amount of the users of the SUTP website came from Asia (including
Australasia) followed by Europe. This might be an indicator of the fact
that the resources available on the website are found to be suitable by
the Asian audiences.
By and large most of the subject areas related to sustainable urban
transport received similar attention. These interests continue to serve
as a basis for the GIZ-SUTP team as guidance for development of further
material.
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© Sustainable Urban Transport Project, 2011
A html version of the newsletter can be seen at :
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A PDF version can be downloaded from
http://www.sutp.org/newsletters/GIZ-Annual-NL-2010.pdf
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