From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Wed Feb 1 23:56:22 2012 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:56:22 +0100 Subject: [sustran] World Streets: Safe Streets? Who cares? Message-ID: <00e201cce0f1$acb07f50$06117df0$@britton@ecoplan.org> New post on World Streets : The New Mobility Agenda >From the editor: Safe Streets? Who cares? It is a truly dreadful thing for anyone, me for instance, to lay on you anything as hackneyed as: a picture is worth a thousand words. But let me show you a couple of pictures and leave it to you to draw your own conclusions. The topic is the first round of reactions to our [...] Read more of this post http://wp.me/psKUY-2bD From navdeep.asija at gmail.com Thu Feb 2 01:34:43 2012 From: navdeep.asija at gmail.com (Asija, Navdeep) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:04:43 +0530 Subject: [sustran] No helmet, no petrol in Ranchi Message-ID: Ranchi: If you drive into a Ranchi petrol station on your two-wheeler without a helmet, be prepared to be refused fuel. To ensure the safety of bikers, the Ranchi district administration has directed petrol pump owners not to give fuel to those who are not wearing a helmet, an official said Tuesday. "Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Ranchi K K Soan has directed all pump owners of Ranchi not to give petrol to two-wheeler riders without helmets. He has also asked petrol pump owners to come out with such a notice at their petrol pumps," an official said. Petrol pump owners have also been asked to set up CCTV cameras. Soan has also asked them to note down the number of a two-wheeler if its rider is without a helmet and tries to get petrol by force. - The move is aimed at minimising the casualties in road accidents. In Ranchi, there are more than 43,000 registered two-wheelers. Police in the past had launched a special drive against those not wearing helmet. Ranchi police early this month had also started garlanding such riders. Petrol pump owners are skeptical of the move. There are around 95 petrol stations in Ranchi. http://zeenews.india.com/news/jharkhand/no-helmet-no-petrol-in-ranchi_755897.html From edelman at greenidea.eu Thu Feb 2 09:23:29 2012 From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman) Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:23:29 +0100 Subject: [sustran] India to spend 10 billion dollars on 20, 000 new city buses! Message-ID: <4F29D781.5030408@greenidea.eu> Just kidding!!! http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,812714,00.html#ref=nlint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale (about 100 million per plane) A new made-in-Europe citybus costs about 500,000 dollars so for local manufacture 20,000 buses is probably a very conservative figure. (See also, "Pakistan" and "Laughing European managers and shareholders") From Todd, Europeans for Sustainable Exports -- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory / SLOWFactory Mobile: ++49(0)162 814 4081 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu Skype: toddedelman https://www.facebook.com/Iamtoddedelman http://twitter.com/toddedelman http://de.linkedin.com/in/toddedelman Urbanstr. 45 10967 Berlin Germany From edelman at greenidea.eu Thu Feb 2 18:30:23 2012 From: edelman at greenidea.eu (Todd Edelman) Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:30:23 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: India to spend 10 billion dollars on 20, 000 new city buses! In-Reply-To: <4F29D781.5030408@greenidea.eu> References: <4F29D781.5030408@greenidea.eu> Message-ID: <4F2A57AF.7040900@greenidea.eu> Update: Was told that an articulated bus, e.g. for BRT, costs about 200k in Colombia, and that costs in India should be similar. So then, the subject should read: "India to spend 10 billion dollars on 50,000 new buses for BRT"!!! - T On 02/02/2012 01:23 AM, Todd Edelman wrote: > Just kidding!!! > > http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,812714,00.html#ref=nlint > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale (about 100 million per plane) > A new made-in-Europe citybus costs about 500,000 dollars so for local > manufacture 20,000 buses is probably a very conservative figure. > > (See also, "Pakistan" and "Laughing European managers and shareholders") > > From Todd, Europeans for Sustainable Exports > -- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory / SLOWFactory Mobile: ++49(0)162 814 4081 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu Skype: toddedelman https://www.facebook.com/Iamtoddedelman http://twitter.com/toddedelman http://de.linkedin.com/in/toddedelman Urbanstr. 45 10967 Berlin Germany From cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org Sat Feb 4 13:53:14 2012 From: cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org (Cornie Huizenga) Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:53:14 +0800 Subject: [sustran] I had it all wrong! saving the world or world domination? Message-ID: Dear All, When people ask me what I am doing - I often say that I am busy saving the world, but it is clear that I have it all wrong - it is world domination that I am after. I hope that the Tea Party does not find out about the letter we have send to all the governments of this world this week asking them to incorporate sustainable mobility in the outcome of the Rio+20 Conference this June. Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot Jared Soares for The New York Times At a Roanoke County, Va., meeting, dozens opposed the county's paying $1,200 to a nonprofit. Many are suspicious of environmental initiatives. Ed Elswick, a county supervisor, voiced criticism at last month's meeting. They are showing up at planning meetings to denounce bike lanes on public streets and smart meters on home appliances ? efforts they equate to a big-government blueprint against individual rights. ?Down the road, this data will be used against you,? warned one speaker at a recent Roanoke County, Va., Board of Supervisors meeting who turned out with dozens of people opposed to the county?s paying $1,200 in dues to a nonprofit that consults on sustainability issues. Local officials say they would dismiss such notions except that the growing and often heated protests are having an effect. In Maine, the Tea Party-backed Republican governor canceled a project to ease congestion along the Route 1 corridor after protesters complained it was part of the United Nations plot. Similar opposition helped doom a high-speed trainline in Florida. And more than a dozen cities, towns and counties, under new pressure, have cut off financing for a program that offers expertise on how to measure and cut carbon emissions. ?It sounds a little on the weird side, but we?ve found we ignore it at our own peril,? said George Homewood, a vice president of the American Planning Association?s chapter in Virginia. The protests date to 1992 when the United Nations passed a sweeping, but nonbinding, 100-plus-page resolution called Agenda 21 that was designed to encourage nations to use fewer resources and conserve open land by steering development to already dense areas. They have gained momentum in the past two years because of the emergence of the Tea Party movement, harnessing its suspicion about government power and belief that man-made global warmingis a hoax. In January, the Republican Party adopted its own resolution against what it called ?the destructive and insidious nature? of Agenda 21. And Newt Gingrich took aim at it during a Republican debate in November. Tom DeWeese, the founder of the American Policy Center, a Warrenton, Va.-based foundation that advocates limited government, says he has been a leader in the opposition to Agenda 21 since 1992. Until a few years ago, he had few followers beyond a handful of farmers and ranchers in rural areas. Now, he is a regular speaker at Tea Party events. Membership is rising, Mr. DeWeese said, because what he sees as tangible Agenda 21-inspired controls on water and energy use are intruding into everyday life. ?People may be acting out at some of these meetings, and I do not condone that. But their elected representatives are not listening and they are frustrated.? Fox News has also helped spread the message. In June, after President Obama signed an executive order creating a White House Rural Council to ?enhance federal engagement with rural communities,? Fox programs linked the order to Agenda 21. A Fox commentator, Eric Bolling, said the council sounded ?eerily similar to a U.N. plan called Agenda 21, where a centralized planning agency would be responsible for oversight into all areas of our lives. A one world order .? The movement has been particularly effective in Tea Party strongholds like Virginia, Florida and Texas, but the police have been called in to contain protests in states including Maryland and California, where opponents are fighting laws passed in recent years to encourage development around public transportation hubs and dense areas in an effort to save money and preserve rural communities. One group has become a particular target. Iclei ? Local Governments for Sustainability USA , an Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit, sells software and offers advice to communities looking to reduce their carbon footprints. A City Council meeting in Missoula, Mont., in December got out of hand and required police intervention over $1,200 in dues to Iclei. At a Board of Supervisors meeting in Roanoke in late January, Cher McCoy, a Tea Party member from nearby Lexington, Va., generated sustained applause when she warned: ?They get you hooked, and then Agenda 21 takes over. Your rights are stripped one by one.? Echoing other protesters, Ms. McCoy identified smart meters, devices being installed by utility companies to collect information on energy use, as part of the conspiracy. ?The real job of smart meters is to spy on you and control you ? when you can and cannot use electrical appliances,? she said. Ilana Preuss , vice president of Smart Growth America, a national coalition of nonprofits that supports economic development while conserving open spaces and farmland, said, ?The real danger is not that they will get rid of some piece of software from Iclei? but that ?people will be too scared to have a conversation about local development. And that is an important conversation to be having.? In some cases, the protests have not been large, but they are powerful because officials are concerned about the Tea Party. On the campaign trail, Mr. Gingrich has called Agenda 21 an important issue and has said, ?I would explicitly repudiate what Obama has done on Agenda 21.? The Republican National Committee resolution, passed without fanfare on Jan. 13, declared, ?The United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called ?sustainable development? views the American way of life of private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms; all as destructive to the environment.? Other conservatives have welcomed the scrutiny of land-use issues, but they do not agree with the emphasis on Agenda 21. Jeremy Rabkin, a professor of law at George Mason University specializing in sovereignty issues, said there were ?entirely legitimate concerns about international standards that come into American law without formal ratification by the Senate.? But some local officials argue that the programs that protesters see as part of the conspiracy are entirely created by local governments with the express intent of saving money ? the central goal of the Tea Party movement. Planning groups, several of which said they had never heard of Agenda 21 until protesters burst in, are counterorganizing. Summer Frederick, the project manager for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission in Charlottesville, Va., which withdrew its dues to Iclei and its support from a national mayors? agreement on climate change late last year after a campaign by protesters, now conducts seminars on how to deal with Agenda 21 critics. (Among her tips: remove the podium and microphones, which can make it ?very easy for a critic to hijack a meeting.?) Roanoke?s Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 to renew its Iclei financing after many residents voiced their support. ?The Tea Party people say they want nonpolluted air and clean water and everything we promote and support, but they also say it?s a communist movement,? said Charlotte Moore, a supervisor who voted yes. ?I really don?t understand what they want.? Cornie -- Cornie Huizenga Joint Convener Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport Mobile: +86 13901949332 cornie.huizenga@slocatpartnership.org www.slocat.net From kanthikannan at gmail.com Sun Feb 5 13:31:34 2012 From: kanthikannan at gmail.com (Kanthi Kannan) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:01:34 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Re: Contact details Message-ID: <4f2e0645.8921440a.7735.fffff9b1@mx.google.com> Dear all Greetings!! Can any one please help us with the contact details of Dr. Pawan Kumar from Town and Country Planning Organization, Ministry of Urban Development? Thanks Kanthi From shapshico at gmail.com Tue Feb 7 00:54:58 2012 From: shapshico at gmail.com (Gregorio Villacorta Alegria) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:54:58 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) Message-ID: Dear Friends We would like to find some paper about road safety and social inclusion relationated to Metros, or other massive public transport. Thanks in advance, Gregorio Villacorta. Metro of Lima Per? From operations at velomondial.net Tue Feb 7 01:13:28 2012 From: operations at velomondial.net (Pascal van den Noort) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:13:28 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=238 http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=198 http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=323 Found with the search engine below Pascal J.W. van den Noort Executive Director Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National operations@velomondial.net +31206270675 landline +31627055688 mobile phone Velo Mondial's Blog Click above button once for information on urban mobility issues you always wanted to have On 6 feb. 2012, at 16:54, Gregorio Villacorta Alegria wrote: > Dear Friends > > We would like to find some paper about road safety and social inclusion > relationated to Metros, or other massive public transport. > > Thanks in advance, > > Gregorio Villacorta. > Metro of Lima > Per? > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). > From operations at velomondial.net Tue Feb 7 01:22:06 2012 From: operations at velomondial.net (Pascal van den Noort) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:22:06 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please find the search engine here: http://www.civitas-mimosa.eu/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=282&Itemid=435 Pascal J.W. van den Noort Executive Director Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National operations@velomondial.net +31206270675 landline +31627055688 mobile phone Velo Mondial's Blog Click above button once for information on urban mobility issues you always wanted to have On 6 feb. 2012, at 17:13, Pascal van den Noort wrote: > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=238 > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=198 > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=323 > > Found with the search engine below > > > Pascal J.W. van den Noort > Executive Director > Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National > > operations@velomondial.net > +31206270675 landline > +31627055688 mobile phone > Velo Mondial's Blog > > > > Click above button once for information on urban mobility issues you always wanted to have > > > > On 6 feb. 2012, at 16:54, Gregorio Villacorta Alegria wrote: > >> Dear Friends >> >> We would like to find some paper about road safety and social inclusion >> relationated to Metros, or other massive public transport. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Gregorio Villacorta. >> Metro of Lima >> Per? >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit >> http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss >> >> ================================================================ >> SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). >> > From litman at vtpi.org Tue Feb 7 02:04:21 2012 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:04:21 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <018901cce4f1$64dabd90$2e9038b0$@org> See my report, "Evaluating Public Transport Health Impacts" (http://www.vtpi.org/tran_health.pdf ) which summarizes various research indicating that residents of cities with high quality public transport systems tend to have much lower traffic fatality rates than residents of more automobile-dependent communities. Also see: APHA (2010), The Hidden Health Costs of Transportation: Backgrounder, American Public Health Association (www.apha.org); at www.apha.org/advocacy/reports/reports ATSB (2007), International Road Safety Comparisons: The 2005 Report A Comparison of Road Safety Statistics in OECD Nations and Australia, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (www.atsb.gov.au); at www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2007/pdf/Int_comp_05.pdf.=20 G. Chi, et al. (2011), Gasoline Price Effects on Traffic Safety in Urban = and Rural Areas: Evidence from Minnesota, 1998=A8C2007, presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (www.trb.org); at = http://nexus. umn.edu/Papers/GasolinePricesAndTrafficSafetyMinnesota.pdf.=20 Eric Dumbaugh and Robert Rae (2009), =A1=B0Safe Urban Form: Revisiting = the Relationship Between Community Design and Traffic Safety,=A1=B1 Journal = of the American Planning Association, Vol. 75, No. 3, Summer 2009; at http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/891216__911996851.pdf.=20 Michelle Ernst and Lilly Shoup (2009), Dangerous by Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths (and Making Great = Neighborhoods), Transport for America (http://t4america.org); at http://t4america.org/docs/dangerousbydesign/dangerous_by_design.pdf.=20 Reid Ewing and Eric Dumbaugh (2009), =A1=B0The Built Environment and = Traffic Safety: A Review of Empirical Evidence,=A1=B1 Journal of Planning = Literature, Vol. 23 No. 4, May 2009, pp. 347-367. Lawrence Frank, Sarah Kavage and Todd Litman (2006), Promoting Public = Health Through Smart Growth: Building Healthier Communities Through = Transportation And Land Use Policies, Smart Growth BC (www.smartgrowth.bc.ca); at = www.vtpi. org/sgbc_health.pdf.=20 Samjin Lim, Wonchol Kim, Sangmoon Jung and Myungsoon Chang (2006), = =A1=B0Bus Traffic Accident Analysis: Before and after Transportation Reform in Seoul,=A1=B1 Seoul Studies Journal, Seoul Development Institute = (www.sdi.re.kr). Todd Litman (2005), =A1=B0Terrorism, Transit and Public Safety: = Evaluating the Risks,=A1=B1 Journal of Public Transit, Vol. 8, No. 4 (www.nctr.usf.edu/jpt/journal.htm), pp. 33-46.; at = www.vtpi.org/transitrisk. pdf.=20 Todd Litman (2009), =A1=B0Transportation Policy and Injury = Control,=A1=B1 Injury Prevention, Vol. 15, Issue 6 (http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/15/6/362.full); at www.vtpi.org/tpic.pdf. Gordon Lovegrove and Terek Sayed (2006), =A1=B0Macro-level Collision = Prediction Model For Evaluating Neighborhood Level Traffic Safety,=A1=B1 Canadian = Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 5 (http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_tocs_e?cjce_cjce5-06_33), = May, pp. 609-621. William H. Lucy (2003), =A1=B0Mortality Risk Associated With Leaving = Home: Recognizing the Relevance of the Built Environment,=A1=B1 American = Journal of Public Health, Vol 93, No. 9, September 2003, pp. 1564-1569; at www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/93/9/1564. Murray May, Paul J. Tranter and James R. Warn (2011), =A1=B0Progressing = Road Safety Through Deep Change And Transformational Leadership,=A1=B1 = Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 19, pp. 1423-1430; abstract at www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692311001098. Ari Rabl and Audrey de Nazelle (2012), =A1=B0Benefits of Shift From Car = to Active Transport,=A1=B1 Transport Policy, Vol. 19, pp. 121-131; at www.citeulike.org/article/9904895. David Rojas-Rueda, Audrey de Nazelle, Marko Tainio and Mark J = Nieuwenhuijsen (2011), =A1=B0The Health Risks And Benefits Of Cycling In Urban = Environments Compared With Car Use: Health Impact Assessment Study,=A1=B1 BMJ, = 343:d4521 (www.bmj.com); at www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4521.full. Joachim Scheiner and Christian Holz-Rau (2011), =A1=B0A Residential = Location Approach To Traffic Safety: Two Case Studies From Germany,=A1=B1 = Accident Analysis & Prevention (www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575), = Vol. 43, Is. 1, January, pp. 307-322 Maria Segui=A9\Gomez, et al. (2011), =A1=B0Exposure to Traffic and Risk = of Hospitalization Due to Injuries,=A1=B1 Journal of Risk Analysis, Vol. = 31, No. 3, pp. 466-474 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01509.x); at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01509.x/abstr= act . Sincerely, Todd Litman Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org) litman@vtpi.org facebook.com/todd.litman Phone & Fax 250-360-1560 1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA =A1=B0Efficiency - Equity - Clarity=A1=B1 -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+litman=3Dvtpi.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+litman=3Dvtpi.org@list.jca.apc.org] On = Behalf Of Gregorio Villacorta Alegria Sent: February-06-12 7:55 AM To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport Subject: [sustran] Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit = Projects) Dear Friends We would like to find some paper about road safety and social inclusion relationated to Metros, or other massive public transport. Thanks in advance, Gregorio Villacorta. Metro of Lima Per=A8=B2 --------------------------------------------------------=20 To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=3D014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South').=20 From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Feb 7 21:35:14 2012 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:35:14 +0100 Subject: [sustran] World Streets - WOrk program for 2012 Message-ID: <016401cce595$0048f190$00dad4b0$@britton@ecoplan.org> cid:image002.jpg@01CCE595.63972780 If you are at all curious about what is cooking at World Streets and New Mobility for the coming year, you can find an advanced draft of the work program waiting for at http://www.scribd.com/doc/80750733/World-Streets-2012-Work-Program-V17 If you have comments or suggestions, this would be a great time to have them. And if you think you might want to be part of any of this, all the better. Get in touch. Eric Britton PS. Read www.WorldStreets.org. It refreshes. _______________ EcoPlan International Francis Eric Knight-Britton, Managing Director 9440 Readcrest Drive. Los Angeles, CA 90210 T: +1 (213) 985 3501 ? E: fe-knight-britton@ecoplan.org ? Skype: newmobility Sustainable Development, Business & Society | World Streets | New Mobility Partnerships P Before printing, a thought for the environment Un projet de l'Association Ecoplan International (Loi de 1901) 4, rue de Chevreuse / 10, rue Jospeh Bara ? Paris 75006 France T: +331 7550 3788 ? E: association@ecoplan.org Siret 304555295 00019 Arr?t? du ministre de l?int?rieur. 19 ao?t 1975 P Avant d'imprimer, pensez ? l'environnement -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Mark Gorton (45) is the founder of several innovative financial and technology Companies like Tower Research Capital LLC, a money management firm specializing in quantitative trading and investment strategies, as well as the founder of Lime Brokerage LLC , Lime Medical LLC and Lime Labs LLC and OpenPlans. Tower Research Capital is a regular recruiter at IITDelhi, IITBombay. Mark founded OpenPlans in 1999 after realizing the incredible potential of the open source movement to create tools that catalyse civic engagement. Mark holds degrees from Yale, Stanford, and Harvard Business School. In 2005 Mark founded the *New York City Streets Renaissance campaign *in partnership with the Project for Public Spaces and Transportation Alternatives. Event Details: On Thursday, February 9, 2012 At 5:30 pm Venue: HT Parekh Auditorium, 1st floor, Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) *Programme Schedule:* 5:30 pm- Registration and tea 6:00pm- Welcome and Introduction by Nalin Sinha, ITDP 6:05pm- Opening Remarks by Sunil Parekh, Founder and Chairman PanIIT Gujarat Alumni Association 6:15pm- Talk by Mark Gorton on *?Transforming cities through technology and smart transport choice- A New York Case study?* 6:45pm- Observation & Remarks by G. Mohapatra, Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 6:55pm- Questions and Answers 7:15pm- Special session on ?Reflections on Current Global Development in field of IT, New* *Media, Global Economy and Philanthropy. 7:30pm- Concluding Remarks *For more information, please write to india@itdp.org * -- Pooja Sanghani (Ms.) | Technical Officer Institute for Transportation & Development Policy 301, Paritosh, near Darpana Academy, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad, India Office +91 79 40069227 | Mobile +91 9879897959 | www.itdp.org *Promoting sustainable and equitable transportation worldwide* From shapshico at gmail.com Fri Feb 10 23:58:00 2012 From: shapshico at gmail.com (Gregorio Villacorta Alegria) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:58:00 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks a Lot Dear Pascal, these links and information are very useful for me... Regards Gregori 2012/2/6 Pascal van den Noort > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=238 > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=198 > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=323 > > Found with the search engine below > > > Pascal J.W. van den Noort > Executive Director > Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National > > operations@velomondial.net > +31206270675 landline > +31627055688 mobile phone > Velo Mondial's Blog > > > > Click above button once for information on urban mobility issues you > always wanted to have > > > > On 6 feb. 2012, at 16:54, Gregorio Villacorta Alegria wrote: > > Dear Friends > > We would like to find some paper about road safety and social inclusion > relationated to Metros, or other massive public transport. > > Thanks in advance, > > Gregorio Villacorta. > Metro of Lima > Per? > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > > > -- Ing. Gregorio Villacorta Alegr?a PEHCBM - ?rea de Obras Skype: goyotech M?vil :042-942905784 RPM: #324503 Juanju? - Per? From navdeep.asija at gmail.com Sat Feb 11 15:54:45 2012 From: navdeep.asija at gmail.com (Asija, Navdeep) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:24:45 +0530 Subject: [sustran] No parking, no car idea takes a hit Message-ID: Chandigarh The feasibility and legal tenability of Chandigarh Administration's idea to take an undertaking from a resident, who intends to purchase a car, that he has adequate parking space for his vehicle was questioned, on Friday, by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The amicus curiae appointed in the public interest litigation relating to the launch of eco-cabs objected to the undertaking. A division bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ajay Tewari questioned as to how a person living on the second-floor of a house can give an undertaking to have adequate parking space prior to purchase of a vehicle. APS Shergill, the amicus curiae, attacked UT's idea by stating that affidavit is the ?most abusive form of undertaking?. Shergill also added that there is no legal reprimand for filing a false affidavit. Expressing its disapproval over non-implementation of policies to curb traffic menace, Justice Surya Kant said that Chandigarh Administration's problem ?is that it announces but does not implement?. Appearing on behalf of Chandigarh Administration, its senior standing counsel, Sanjay Kaushal said that the Administration ?is not insensitive? towards the rising menace of traffic jams. He said that the Administration is taking effective steps to reduce traffic jams which are becoming ?unmanageable?. Reeta Kohli, also an amicus curiae in the public interest litigation, suggested that the Chandigarh Administration should ensure that optimum utilisation of parking space is done. Making a significant suggestion, Kohli said the parking areas in market can be converted for parking of vehicles in congested areas. She also said that the possibility of charging for parking a vehicle in the parking area can also be explored by the Chandigarh Administration. Kohli further suggested that the purchase of vehicles should be allowed depending on the number of adults in a family. Senior standing counsel Sanjay Kaushal added that the process to launch eco cabs is on and that the Administration will shortly hold a meeting in this regard. The division bench also asked over the haphazard parking of vehicles on High Court premises. In response to this, Kaushal said that the bus service started for lawyers received a very poor response as only two lawyers were availing the service. However, Kaushal added, that the bus service is now being made use of by High Court employees. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/no-parking-no-car-idea-takes-a-hit/910764/ From yanivbin at gmail.com Tue Feb 14 02:50:20 2012 From: yanivbin at gmail.com (Vinay Baindur) Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:20:20 +0530 Subject: [sustran] IIT-Delhi scientists develop autos that run on hydrogen; cause negligible pollution Message-ID: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/shipping-/-transport/IIT-Delhi-scientists-have-developed-autos-that-run-on-hydrogen-cause-negligible-pollution/articleshow/11858081.cms *IIT-Delhi scientists develop autos that run on hydrogen; cause negligible pollution* It's the main fuel of NASA's space shuttle launchers and will now power a test fleet of autos in the city. Hydrogen, so far used terrestrially in some avant-garde customized cars and experimental bus fleets, will run 15 auto rickshaws developed as part of an IIT-Delhi project. But unlike London's hydrogen buses and California's Hydrogen Highway project that use complicated fuel-cell technology, the Delhi autos will be built around cheaper internal combustion engines. Professor LM Das of IIT-D, who has perfected the technology, explains the rationale for hydrogen power: "Hydrogen is like a slightly temperamental child. You need to tame it. Once controlled, it can be much more efficient than even compressed natural gas (CNG)". Das says he conceived the idea of using compressed hydrogen as an automotive fuel with Delhi's air pollution in mind. In the early '80s, it was a bold initiative - an idea ahead of its time. Lay acquaintances thought he was talking about making a hydrogen bomb. Detractors in the scientific community dismissed his research as a freak project. But Das soldiered on alone over the next three decades as associates came and went. "No one can turn a blind eye to the environmental degradation caused by vehicles. In fact, before CNG came, Delhi had become unlivable. So, despite all the criticism that my research was too futuristic, I pursued it. Now the world knows that aggressive steps are required to mitigate the environmental damage that has been done," he says. Unlike petroleum-derived hydrocarbon fuels, pure hydrogen does not produce toxic carbon monoxide or the heat-trapping carbon dioxide on combustion. There are no oxides of sulphur, nor any particulates. Water vapour and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are the only byproducts. Although NOx is a pollutant, Das claims their engine has been optimized to reduce its emission greatly. "We got the best efficiency and very low emissions," he says. As a member of the government-appointed core group on automotive research, Das had worked on a hydrogen fuel assignment from United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) based in Istanbul, in 2006. Over the next three years, the engines were developed at IIT. A conventional CNG engine was used with modifications for compressed hydrogen gas. While the project at IIT-D's Department of Energy Studies resembled a turnstile, one man alone stayed on with Das - lab technician GP Singh. The 14-member team stabilized after the project was officially taken over by automobile firm Mahindra that has built up a strong presence in alternative energy with hybrid and electric vehicles. The new system was implemented on autos provided by the company and trials were done inside the IIT campus. Apart from developing the autos - branded Mahindra HyAlfa and shown to the public at last month's Auto Expo - Das' team is also working on two hydrogen-fuelled minibuses with a 2014 deadline. Senior project scientist , GP Subhash, who quit his job at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies to join Das, says the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is keen on developing a hydrogen-run minibus. "The Rs 15-crore project aims to develop two mini buses by 2014. The idea will take some time to be part of our daily lives. But we are at it to prove the efficiency of hydrogen fuel," he says. Meanwhile, the HyAlfa, which resembles Mahindra's Alfa autos commonly seen in NCR towns, awaits its commercial launch and will be the first mass-produced hydrogen-run internal combustion engine vehicle in the world. The higher price of the modified engine and fuel system is a challenge, though, for its target market. The economics of running these autos in Delhi is yet to be worked out. But Das, Subhash and their team are looking forward to the day when the technology will become an example for the world and give Delhiites a chance to have a smooth ride with less noise and smoke. From patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com Thu Feb 16 15:21:53 2012 From: patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com (Sujit Patwardhan) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:51:53 +0530 Subject: [sustran] Fwd: Flyovers couldn't resolve congestion across the world: Sujit Patwardhan - DNA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: A.V.Shenoy Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:33 AM Subject: Flyovers couldn't resolve congestion across the world: Sujit Patwardhan - DNA ** Flyovers couldn?t resolve congestion across the world: Sujit Patwardhan Published: Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012, 12:36 IST By *Soumabha Nandi * | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA Founder member and trustee of Parisar, Sujit Patwardhan, is working hard to bring the environment issues to the forefront through citizens? campaigns and collaborative activism with other like-minded organisations. The aim is to ensure that industrial and urban development does not lead to damage and destruction of the environment. He speaks to* Soumabha Nandi* about the traffic woes that have engulfed the city of late. *What has made city roads a nightmare for pedestrians? Where are the authorities failing?* Roads become safe or dangerous depending on the way they are designed. If the road is primarily meant for smooth and uninterrupted flow of vehicles, then the tendency is to make it wider over the years. However, the wider the road, it becomes more unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists. This is because wide roads encourage speeding. If road safety is the prime concern of the city, then authorities will ensure that the roads within the city are not widened and speed limits are strictly enforced. Instead of trying to accommodate more and more vehicles, the city needs to invest in public transport system and run it efficiently. The majority of deaths reported are of pedestrians and this number is growing each year. According to the latest figure, around 460 fatal road accidents took place annually. *What are the reasons for the large number of accidents on the expressway?* The traffic problem on the expressway is different from that of the city. One assumes that since the expressway connects two cities, it would ensure smooth traffic flow and reduce travel time. This means driving at a high speed, which requires skills on the part of the drivers and also efficient cars to ensure safe driving. But, we lack in both these inputs. I strongly feel that strict rules should be enforced for granting driving licences and stricter action should be taken against rash drivers. With a large number of flyovers and overbridges being constructed in the city, do you think that the traffic woes of the city can be resolved? Flyovers, freeways and elevated roads have not been able to resolve road congestion in any city across the world. The more number of roads you construct, the more vehicles you attract. In many cities, elevated roads and flyovers are now being dismantled as they have failed to reduce traffic congestion. If you look at the initiatives in developed countries, you will notice that the focus has now shifted on narrowing the roads, widening the sidewalks, improving public transportation and giving highest priority to walking and cycling in order to improve the quality of living in cities. *Due to the poor state of public transport system, people are forced to use private vehicles which cause traffic congestion. What is your opinion?* Politicians talk about improving public transport in election manifestos and the bureaucrats sing a similar tune but when it comes to action, they are only interested in constructing more roads, widen the existing ones and build half a dozen flyovers. Such projects violate the basic principles of the National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) and Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)under which the central government funding is made available primarily for the improvement of public transportation. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *[image: ParisarLogoVSmall.gif] * * * *Parisar* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sujit Patwardhan patwardhan.sujit@gmail.com sujit@parisar.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yamuna, ICS Colony, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007, India Tel: +91 20 25537955 Cell: +91 98220 26627 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blog: http://motif.posterous.com/ Parisar: www.parisar.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Obama Administration has tentatively approved Shell's plans to drill this summer in both of Alaska's Polar Bear Seas. http://bit.ly/zqxOHX -- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory / SLOWFactory Mobile: ++49(0)162 814 4081 edelman@greenidea.eu www.greenidea.eu Skype: toddedelman https://www.facebook.com/Iamtoddedelman http://twitter.com/toddedelman http://de.linkedin.com/in/toddedelman Urbanstr. 45 10967 Berlin Germany From sudhir at cai-asia.org Thu Feb 16 17:31:17 2012 From: sudhir at cai-asia.org (Sudhir) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:31:17 +0800 Subject: [sustran] Use foot-overbridge, win 100 $ : Cops to reward pedestrians Message-ID: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/use-footoverbridge-win-rs-5-000-cops-to-reward-pedestrians/912762/ One can win 100$ if they use foot over bridges while walking in Delhi :-) Jaywalking could cost you a chance to win Rs 5,000. This is the prize money on offer for the users of foot-overbridges across the Capital. The Delhi Traffic Police, buoyed by the response to a similar initiative, are once again offering coupons to those using certain foot-overbridges in the city. The coupons will then go in for a lucky draw and the winner will receive Rs 5,000. The first drive was launched on January 1, as part of Road Safety Week, and 19,998 coupons were distributed to pedestrians during the peak hours. Starting Thursday, traffic personnel at specific locations will be distributing the lucky draw coupons. The drive will continue till February 22. Police have refused to identify the locations as they fear ?it will defeat the purpose? of the drive. ?We will not disclose the names of the FOBs where the coupons will be distributed as it will defeat the whole purpose of the scheme. People will then come to the area just for the coupons, which is not the purpose. The main aim is to push for the usage of FOB?s by pedestrians,? said Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic). This time, personnel will also collect contact details of those who are handed the coupons. The move is aimed at ensuring the winner receives the prize money. ?The pedestrian who won the draw last time has still not come to claim the prize money. Last time, we did not take down the phone number and other details of pedestrians so we were not able to contact the winner. This time it will be more organised,? Garg said. The last drive was held outside the Income Tax Office near Pragati Maidan and in Anand Vihar. ?We received a huge response the last time we took the initiative, so we wish to keep up the effort. We have identified two locations ? one each in Central and South Delhi areas. Coupons will be distributed in these areas during peak hours,? said Garg. If nothing else, the prize money would encourage the pedestrians to obey road safety rules, he said. Police are also planning to make the scheme a monthly affair. From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Fri Feb 17 18:01:44 2012 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:01:44 +0100 Subject: [sustran] EQUITY-BASED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS - Reveiw draft Message-ID: <012701cced52$e56fc3b0$b04f4b10$@britton@ecoplan.org> EQUITY-BASED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS I have just completed an advanced worked draft for a project getting underway in Helsinki, the goal of which is to spend the month of March is a series of peer meetings, dialogues and confrontations around the concept of equity-based transport systems. I will be pleased to share it with anyone on this list against your comments and suggestions. For a copy, please drop me a line at eric.britton@worldstreets.org. I look forward to this. Regards/Eric Britton Eric Britton | NewMobility.org | WorldStreets.org | Paris +331 7550 3788 | USA +1 213 985 3501 | Skype: newmobility P Avant d'imprimer, pensez ? l'environnement From barbara at rideyourcity.co.za Tue Feb 21 15:42:11 2012 From: barbara at rideyourcity.co.za (Barbara Jennings) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:42:11 +0200 Subject: [sustran] Developing a low carbon budget for southern Africa Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We are doing research into developing a low carbon budget for southern Africa, in collaboration with the WWF. Your assistance would be much appreciated as we gather info - are you able to direct us to useful websites/documents, or send any research you or your colleagues have completed? We are particularly interested in research conducted in South Africa and other developing countries. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, Barbara ____________________________________________________________ Barbara Jennings Editorial Office Manager MOBILITY ? Equitable, integrated, low carbon transport T / F: 021 701 7150 Unit C9 | Westlake Square | Tokai | 7945 | South Africa Website: Mobility Magazine Digital edition: http://issuu.com/mobilitymag/docs/edition13 From eric.britton at ecoplan.org Tue Feb 21 17:21:49 2012 From: eric.britton at ecoplan.org (eric britton) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:21:49 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Equitable Transportation Message-ID: <00eb01ccf071$ddfb8200$99f28600$@britton@ecoplan.org> From: Chris Bradshaw [mailto:c_bradshaw@rogers.com] This is a big elephant-in-the-room. Is access to transportation equitable. I raise this issue as one that the usual green-transportation agenda (more efficient cars, intelligent highways, better transit at rush hours) ignores. The others that are ignored are: health/obesity; health/trauma; health/stress, sprawl, congestion, social/community capital. I use the PED-CIVS acronym to identify those who the system ignores in favour of AAAs (active, affluent adults): It stands for poor, elderly, disabled, children, ill/infirm, visitors, and "simplicists" (this last eschews car-ownership). Your reference to the unemployed and under-employed suggests that I should add one: making it PED-CIVUS. The IVUs are really those temporarily in the PEDCS classes. The total in this group at any one time must be close to 50% (and will be higher as the aging occurs). In transit, the engineer-planners use the term "transit captive" to refer to those without the means to driver whenever the transit service "displeases" them. Their patronage, as a result, can be taken for granted. It is only the AAAs whose patronage they have to compete for. That is a distinction that is the opposite of what we need. [See Walker, Jarrett (2012), Human Transit, p. 44-45; or my essay: http://hearthhealth.wordpress.com/about/previously-published-works/feet-firs t-and-car-sharing-recent/transits-two-solitudes-%E2%80%9Cchoice%E2%80%9D-vs- %E2%80%9Ccaptive%E2%80%9D-riders-2009/] So, count me in as part of your group you are organizing to monitor this important study. Chris Bradshaw From alok.priyanka at gmail.com Wed Feb 22 14:29:29 2012 From: alok.priyanka at gmail.com (Alok Jain) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:59:29 +0530 Subject: [sustran] TOI Raising Pedestrian Issues Message-ID: <9AC1C7AB-7A00-42D3-BF3A-7CE1169755ED@gmail.com> A foothold? forget it http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/A-foothold-forget-it/articleshow/11985642.cms A bridge too far: Why foot overbridges are not used http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/A-bridge-too-far-Why-foot-overbridges-are-not-used/articleshow/11985618.cms This is how they steal your space http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/This-is-how-they-steal-your-space/articleshow/11985624.cms From shapshico at gmail.com Thu Feb 23 00:12:04 2012 From: shapshico at gmail.com (Gregorio Villacorta Alegria) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:12:04 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Chatarreo Message-ID: Dear friends, I would like a little help with a translation. How is the translation to english of the word "CHATARREO", is to start a research on internet about a plan for chatarreo of vehicles. Regards Gregorio From carlosfpardo at gmail.com Thu Feb 23 00:13:07 2012 From: carlosfpardo at gmail.com (Carlosfelipe Pardo) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:13:07 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Chatarreo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F450603.604@gmail.com> Scrappage. On 22/02/2012 10:12 a.m., Gregorio Villacorta Alegria wrote: > Dear friends, > > I would like a little help with a translation. > > How is the translation to english of the word "CHATARREO", is to start a > research on internet about a plan for chatarreo of vehicles. > > Regards > > Gregorio > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). > From shapshico at gmail.com Thu Feb 23 00:16:59 2012 From: shapshico at gmail.com (Gregorio Villacorta Alegria) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:16:59 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Chatarreo In-Reply-To: <4F450603.604@gmail.com> References: <4F450603.604@gmail.com> Message-ID: Gracias Felipe, Saludos Gregorio 2012/2/22 Carlosfelipe Pardo > Scrappage. > > > On 22/02/2012 10:12 a.m., Gregorio Villacorta Alegria wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> I would like a little help with a translation. >> >> How is the translation to english of the word "CHATARREO", is to start a >> research on internet about a plan for chatarreo of vehicles. >> >> Regards >> >> Gregorio >> ------------------------------**-------------------------- >> To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit >> http://www.google.com/coop/**cse?cx=014715651517519735401:**ijjtzwbu_ss >> >> ==============================**==============================**==== >> SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, >> equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries >> (the 'Global South'). >> >> -- Ing. Gregorio Villacorta Alegr?a PEHCBM - ?rea de Obras Skype: goyotech M?vil :042-942905784 RPM: #324503 Juanju? - Per? From roths at earthlink.net Thu Feb 23 00:34:52 2012 From: roths at earthlink.net (Gabriel Roth) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:34:52 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation In-Reply-To: <526118.1329902520173.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <526118.1329902520173.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <0A1BAC74-E30E-48C8-88B6-D9448A0BDF30@earthlink.net> Eric - My comment was made in the light of a recent exchange with the esteemed other Eric, which I reproduce below. However, more fundamentally, many concerns about "Equity" in transport relate to income inequality, and with the reality that those with more money can get better deals. But this is fundamental to the market system, which enables some to be richer than others. What I meant was that objections to the market system (which has been found to be best at raising overall living standards) are better discussed elsewhere, not on a site dealing with roads and urban development. I suppose I could have written more about "Equity" which, incidentally, is rarely defined by those who use that word. Do those who write about transport "equity" consider the equity of forcing low-income taxpayers to subsidize rail systems used mostly (in the UK and US) by those with higher incomes? Or the "equity" of requiring all in congested traffic to travel at the same, low, speed? Or of subsidizing high-cost unionized transit systems, while prohibiting low-cost, high-frequency, transit provided by shared taxis and associations of privately-owned minibuses? This is why some of us have been focusing on trying to get the most benefits out of our roads by applying to them the pricing and investment criteria we use for the allocation of other scarce resources, such as food, water and telecommunications. Such policies would enable those with urgent needs to be able pay more to travel more quickly, as in the Singapore and Stockholm congestion pricing zones. Many know that Singapore and Sweden, that adopt such policies, are not the poorest countries in the world. Best wishes - Gabriel *************************************** But if the 1% include ambulances, food delivery vans, people trying to catch planes, police trying to catch law-breakers, is it "equitable" to restrict their ability to travel faster ? On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:02 AM, eric britton wrote: > So right Gabriel. So very right. My response: > > My best response (for now) > > This is, if I may say it, an amazingly simple approach to transport policy and practice, in that once you understand and accept the basic principle a huge number of other good things follow. And you have only to look in one place to see if you have it -- and that is on the streets of your city. If the mayor, all public servants, and the top economic 1% of your community travel by the same means as the other 99%, you have an equitable system. Sometimes life is simple > > That's my point of departure in the first day of my pondering this new initiative. But be sure, I shall be working on it, and your note of caution is extremely appreciated. > > All the best/Eric > > > _______________ > EcoPlan International > Association loi de 1901 > > Eric Britton, Managing Director > Un projet de l'Association Ecoplan International (Loi de 1901) > 8/10, rue Jospeh Bara ? Paris 75006 France > +331 7550 3788 ? association@ecoplan.org ? Skype newmobility > Sustainable Development, Business & Society | World Streets | New Mobility Partnerships > Siret 304555295 00019 Arr?t? du ministre de l?int?rieur. 19 ao?t 1975 > > P Avant d'imprimer, pensez ? l'environnement > *************************************** On Feb 22, 2012, at 4:22 AM, Eric Bruun wrote: > Gabriel > > Would you care to elaborate on this? > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabriel Roth > Sent: Feb 21, 2012 5:28 PM > To: KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com > Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com, WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com, sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org > Subject: Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation > > > Eric - > > > Thanks, but please count me out of this one. Most concerns about "Equity" relate to the market system, not to transport. > > Best wishes - > > Gabriel > > > > On Feb 21, 2012, at 3:21 AM, eric britton wrote: > >> >> >> From: Chris Bradshaw [mailto:c_bradshaw@rogers.com] >> >> >> >> >> This is a big elephant-in-the-room. Is access to transportation equitable. I raise this issue as one that the usual green-transportation agenda (more efficient cars, intelligent highways, better transit at rush hours) ignores. The others that are ignored are: health/obesity; health/trauma; health/stress, sprawl, congestion, social/community capital. >> >> I use the PED-CIVS acronym to identify those who the system ignores in favour of AAAs (active, affluent adults): It stands for poor, elderly, disabled, children, ill/infirm, visitors, and "simplicists" (this last eschews car-ownership). Your reference to the unemployed and under-employed suggests that I should add one: making it PED-CIVUS. The IVUs are really those temporarily in the PEDCS classes. >> >> The total in this group at any one time must be close to 50% (and will be higher as the aging occurs). >> >> In transit, the engineer-planners use the term "transit captive" to refer to those without the means to driver whenever the transit service "displeases" them. Their patronage, as a result, can be taken for granted. It is only the AAAs whose patronage they have to compete for. That is a distinction that is the opposite of what we need. [See Walker, Jarrett (2012), Human Transit, p. 44-45; or my essay: http://hearthhealth.wordpress.com/about/previously-published-works/feet-first-and-car-sharing-recent/transits-two-solitudes-%E2%80%9Cchoice%E2%80%9D-vs-%E2%80%9Ccaptive%E2%80%9D-riders-2009/] >> >> So, count me in as part of your group you are organizing to monitor this important study. >> >> Chris Bradshaw >> >> > > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (3) > RECENT ACTIVITY: > Visit Your Group > _________________________________________________________ > The Kyoto 20/20 Cities Challenge: http://kyotocities.org > A single ambitious environmental objective for your city: > *** A 20% improvement in 20 months, and within budget. *** > > Please think twice before posting to the group as a whole > (It might be that your note is best sent to one person?) > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___ From ericbruun at earthlink.net Thu Feb 23 00:50:06 2012 From: ericbruun at earthlink.net (Eric Bruun) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:50:06 +0200 (GMT+02:00) Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation Message-ID: <26095445.1329925807224.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20120222/238a6d98/attachment-0001.html From roths at earthlink.net Thu Feb 23 03:33:02 2012 From: roths at earthlink.net (Gabriel Roth) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:33:02 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation In-Reply-To: <26095445.1329925807224.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <26095445.1329925807224.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Eric - Of course you are right that "equity" is brought into these discussions. Often by those who do not like markets or the principle of "user pays"? So, it may well be "inescapable", but I do my best to escape it as I consider it a distraction from transport and land use issues. I wish others would avoid "equity" on transport lists, or at least define it properly if they feel impelled to discuss it. Best wishes - Gabriel On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Eric Bruun wrote: > Gabriel > > I see your point that much of the discussion of equity isn't really transport specific. > > But I think that the concept of equity is, to some extent, inescapable when discussing roads and urban development, since it involves public policy on investment, pricing, taxes, subsidies, potential discrimination against people whose age or health prevents them from using certain transport modes, etc. > > Eric B 2 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabriel Roth > Sent: Feb 22, 2012 5:34 PM > To: Eric Bruun , KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com > Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com, WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com, sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org > Subject: Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation > > Eric - > > My comment was made in the light of a recent exchange with the esteemed other Eric, which I reproduce below. > > However, more fundamentally, many concerns about "Equity" in transport relate to income inequality, and with the reality that those with more money can get better deals. But this is fundamental to the market system, which enables some to be richer than others. What I meant was that objections to the market system (which has been found to be best at raising overall living standards) are better discussed elsewhere, not on a site dealing with roads and urban development. > > I suppose I could have written more about "Equity" which, incidentally, is rarely defined by those who use that word. Do those who write about transport "equity" consider the equity of forcing low-income taxpayers to subsidize rail systems used mostly (in the UK and US) by those with higher incomes? Or the "equity" of requiring all in congested traffic to travel at the same, low, speed? Or of subsidizing high-cost unionized transit systems, while prohibiting low-cost, high-frequency, transit provided by shared taxis and associations of privately-owned minibuses? > > This is why some of us have been focusing on trying to get the most benefits out of our roads by applying to them the pricing and investment criteria we use for the allocation of other scarce resources, such as food, water and telecommunications. Such policies would enable those with urgent needs to be able pay more to travel more quickly, as in the Singapore and Stockholm congestion pricing zones. Many know that Singapore and Sweden, that adopt such policies, are not the poorest countries in the world. > > Best wishes - > > Gabriel > > *************************************** > But if the 1% include ambulances, food delivery vans, people trying to catch planes, police trying to catch law-breakers, is it "equitable" to restrict their ability to travel faster ? > > > > On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:02 AM, eric britton wrote: > >> So right Gabriel. So very right. My response: > >> > >> My best response (for now) > >> > >> This is, if I may say it, an amazingly simple approach to transport policy and practice, in that once you understand and accept the basic principle a huge number of other good things follow. And you have only to look in one place to see if you have it -- and that is on the streets of your city. If the mayor, all public servants, and the top economic 1% of your community travel by the same means as the other 99%, you have an equitable system. Sometimes life is simple > >> > >> That's my point of departure in the first day of my pondering this new initiative. But be sure, I shall be working on it, and your note of caution is extremely appreciated. > >> > >> All the best/Eric > >> > >> > >> _______________ > >> EcoPlan International > >> > Association loi de 1901 >> > >> Eric Britton, Managing Director > >> Un projet de l'Association Ecoplan International (Loi de 1901) > >> 8/10, rue Jospeh Bara ? Paris 75006 France > >> +331 7550 3788 > ? association@ecoplan.org ? Skype newmobility >> > Sustainable Development, Business & Society | World Streets | New Mobility Partnerships >> > Siret 304555295 00019 Arr?t? du ministre de l?int?rieur. 19 ao?t 1975 >> > >> P > Avant d'imprimer, pensez ? l'environnement >> > > > > > *************************************** > > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 4:22 AM, Eric Bruun wrote: > >> Gabriel >> >> Would you care to elaborate on this? >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gabriel Roth >> Sent: Feb 21, 2012 5:28 PM >> To: KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com >> Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com, WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com, sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org >> Subject: Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation >> >> >> Eric - >> >> >> Thanks, but please count me out of this one. Most concerns about "Equity" relate to the market system, not to transport. >> >> Best wishes - >> >> Gabriel >> >> >> >> On Feb 21, 2012, at 3:21 AM, eric britton wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> From: Chris Bradshaw [mailto:c_bradshaw@rogers.com] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> This is a big elephant-in-the-room. Is access to transportation equitable. I raise this issue as one that the usual green-transportation agenda (more efficient cars, intelligent highways, better transit at rush hours) ignores. The others that are ignored are: health/obesity; health/trauma; health/stress, sprawl, congestion, social/community capital. >>> >>> I use the PED-CIVS acronym to identify those who the system ignores in favour of AAAs (active, affluent adults): It stands for poor, elderly, disabled, children, ill/infirm, visitors, and "simplicists" (this last eschews car-ownership). Your reference to the unemployed and under-employed suggests that I should add one: making it PED-CIVUS. The IVUs are really those temporarily in the PEDCS classes. >>> >>> The total in this group at any one time must be close to 50% (and will be higher as the aging occurs). >>> >>> In transit, the engineer-planners use the term "transit captive" to refer to those without the means to driver whenever the transit service "displeases" them. Their patronage, as a result, can be taken for granted. It is only the AAAs whose patronage they have to compete for. That is a distinction that is the opposite of what we need. [See Walker, Jarrett (2012), Human Transit, p. 44-45; or my essay: http://hearthhealth.wordpress.com/about/previously-published-works/feet-first-and-car-sharing-recent/transits-two-solitudes-%E2%80%9Cchoice%E2%80%9D-vs-%E2%80%9Ccaptive%E2%80%9D-riders-2009/] >>> >>> So, count me in as part of your group you are organizing to monitor this important study. >>> >>> Chris Bradshaw >>> >>> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic >> Messages in this topic (3) >> RECENT ACTIVITY: >> Visit Your Group >> _________________________________________________________ >> The Kyoto 20/20 Cities Challenge: http://kyotocities.org >> A single ambitious environmental objective for your city: >> *** A 20% improvement in 20 months, and within budget. *** >> >> Please think twice before posting to the group as a whole >> (It might be that your note is best sent to one person?) >> Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use >> . >> >> __,_._,___ > > From gsbravi026 at yahoo.co.in Thu Feb 23 18:02:06 2012 From: gsbravi026 at yahoo.co.in (ravi gadepalli) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:32:06 +0530 (IST) Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1329987726.58646.YahooMailNeo@web137305.mail.in.yahoo.com> Work on social inclusion (or the lack of it) in Mass Transit projects in India has been done by Dr. Anvita Arora from IIT Delhi. The following link gives the handbook prepared as a part her study. http://tripp.iitd.ernet.in/publications/paper/SEIA_handbook.pdf Regards, Ravi Gadepalli, iTrans Pvt. Ltd., TBIU, IIT Delhi, New Delhi. ________________________________ From: Gregorio Villacorta Alegria To: Pascal van den Noort Cc: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport Sent: Friday, 10 February 2012 8:28 PM Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) Thanks a Lot Dear Pascal, these links and information are very useful for me... Regards Gregori 2012/2/6 Pascal van den Noort > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=238 > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=198 > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=323 > > Found with the search engine below > > > Pascal J.W. van den Noort > Executive Director > Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National > > operations@velomondial.net >? +31206270675 landline > +31627055688 mobile phone > Velo Mondial's Blog > > > > Click above button once for information on urban mobility issues you > always wanted to have > > > > On 6 feb. 2012, at 16:54, Gregorio Villacorta Alegria wrote: > > Dear Friends > > We would like to find some paper about road safety and social inclusion > relationated to Metros, or other massive public transport. > > Thanks in advance, > > Gregorio Villacorta. > Metro of Lima > Per? > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > > > -- Ing. Gregorio Villacorta Alegr?a PEHCBM - ?rea de Obras Skype: goyotech M?vil :042-942905784 RPM: #324503 Juanju? - Per? -------------------------------------------------------- To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss ================================================================ SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). From shapshico at gmail.com Fri Feb 24 00:13:05 2012 From: shapshico at gmail.com (Gregorio Villacorta Alegria) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:13:05 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) In-Reply-To: <1329987726.58646.YahooMailNeo@web137305.mail.in.yahoo.com> References: <1329987726.58646.YahooMailNeo@web137305.mail.in.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks a lot Ravi. Regards from Per? Gregorio 2012/2/23 ravi gadepalli > Work on social inclusion (or the lack of it) in Mass Transit projects in > India has been done by Dr. Anvita Arora from IIT Delhi. The following link > gives the handbook prepared as a part her study. > http://tripp.iitd.ernet.in/publications/paper/SEIA_handbook.pdf > > Regards, > Ravi Gadepalli, > iTrans Pvt. Ltd., > TBIU, IIT Delhi, > New Delhi. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gregorio Villacorta Alegria > *To:* Pascal van den Noort > *Cc:* Global 'South' Sustainable Transport < > sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org> > *Sent:* Friday, 10 February 2012 8:28 PM > *Subject:* [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit > Projects) > > Thanks a Lot Dear Pascal, these links and information are very useful for > me... > > Regards > > Gregori > > 2012/2/6 Pascal van den Noort > > > > > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=238 > > > > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=198 > > > > > http://www.civitas-initiative.org/index.php?id=79&sel_menu=134&measure_id=323 > > > > Found with the search engine below > > > > > > Pascal J.W. van den Noort > > Executive Director > > Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National > > > > operations@velomondial.net > > +31206270675 landline > > +31627055688 mobile phone > > Velo Mondial's Blog > > > > > > > > Click above button once for information on urban mobility issues you > > always wanted to have > > > > > > > > On 6 feb. 2012, at 16:54, Gregorio Villacorta Alegria wrote: > > > > Dear Friends > > > > We would like to find some paper about road safety and social inclusion > > relationated to Metros, or other massive public transport. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Gregorio Villacorta. > > Metro of Lima > > Per? > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > > > ================================================================ > > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > > (the 'Global South'). > > > > > > > > > -- > Ing. Gregorio Villacorta Alegr?a > PEHCBM - ?rea de Obras > Skype: goyotech > M?vil :042-942905784 > RPM: #324503 > Juanju? - Per? > -------------------------------------------------------- > To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit > http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=014715651517519735401:ijjtzwbu_ss > > ================================================================ > SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, > equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries > (the 'Global South'). > > > -- Ing. Gregorio Villacorta Alegr?a PEHCBM - ?rea de Obras Skype: goyotech M?vil :042-942905784 RPM: #324503 Juanju? - Per? From joshuaodeleye at yahoo.com Fri Feb 24 00:16:24 2012 From: joshuaodeleye at yahoo.com (joshua odeleye) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:16:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: [sustran] Re: Road Safety and Social Inclusion (Mass Transit Projects) Message-ID: <1330010184.4356.androidMobile@web112909.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> This is a good one. Warm regards, Joshua Odeleye NITT, Zaria,NIGERIA. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android From phaizan at gmail.com Fri Feb 24 05:45:16 2012 From: phaizan at gmail.com (Faizan Jawed Siddiqi) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:45:16 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Pro-cycling development in Vizag, India Message-ID: Vizag set to become cycle-proud G. V. Prasada Sarma This coastal city seems set to take new strides in going green ? and pedal-healthy. Having successfully introduced ?no motor vehicle' zones across 20 km of roads, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is seeking to further the use of cycles in order to reduce pollution caused by motor vehicles. It plans to introduce a community cycling initiative over 10.5 sq km of roads in downtown Visakhapatnam, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). *Popular* The introduction of four cycling zones, notably along the picturesque Beach Road, had caught the popular imagination in recent months. Every Monday, civic officials, including the Municipal Commissioner, use cycles or public transport to go to work, putting away official vehicles for the day. According to Municipal Commissioner B. Ramanjaneyulu, in the central parts of the city, cycling tracks will be earmarked on 100-feet roads to a width of about 8 feet. Five stations are proposed in the busy areas to park cycles. Such facilities at the bus station and the railway station would aid commuters. Those who can operate cycles with smart cards will get subsidised membership. Mr. Ramanjaneyulu said that along the 42-km Bus Rapid Transit System route also, provision has been made for cycling tracks. The GVMC will seek Rs.4 crore for the project. The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has offered Rs.1 crore. The Visakhapatnam Port Trust and certain industrial units have promised support. *Industrial pollution* Industrial pollution, including that generated by port operations, is a problem here. After sustained protests from residents, the Parliamentary Committee on Science, Technology and Environment has suggested a plan to plant 40 lakh saplings. Visakhapatnam is one of the four target cities where the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) has been working out strategies for climate change adaptation. The ICLEI South Asia has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the GVMC for a study on climate change mitigation strategies. It has promised technical support to import cycles to be made available to registered members once the cycling project is in place. Keywords: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation , no motor vehicle zone http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/article2925295.ece Faizan Jawed Siddiqi Master in City Planning, class of 2013 International Development Group MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning +1 617 359 8220 fjawed@mit.edu From francis.papon at ifsttar.fr Sun Feb 26 02:20:54 2012 From: francis.papon at ifsttar.fr (Francis Papon) Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:20:54 +0100 Subject: [sustran] Building the urban future and Transit Oriented Development (BUFTOD) Paris 16/17 April 2012 Message-ID: Conference announcement: Building the urban future and Transit Oriented Development (BUFTOD) in Paris 16/17 April 2012 Website www.lvmt.fr/buftod2012 Link to flyer here attached : http://www.lvmt.fr/buftod2012/IMG/pdf/flyer_buftod_web.pdf Link for registration : https://www.colloquium.fr/ei/cm.esp?id=565&pageid=_3ET0UVLVD Best regards, Francis Papon, Researcher at the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR) From litman at vtpi.org Tue Feb 28 08:37:48 2012 From: litman at vtpi.org (Todd Alexander Litman) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:37:48 -0800 Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation In-Reply-To: References: <26095445.1329925807224.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <032901ccf5a8$d07b63c0$71722b40$@org> It is true that transportation equity can be evaluated in various ways and that special interest groups often use equity concerns to advance their own agenda, but it tends to be an important concern in transport policy and planning decision-making, and there is a good body of literature on transport equity analysis. There are three major categories of transport equity: 1. Horizontal Equity (also called fairness) is concerned with whether each individual or group is treated equally, assuming that their needs and abilities are comparable. It suggests that people with comparable incomes and needs should receive an equal share of public resources and benefits, and bear an equal burden of public costs. It implies that costs should be borne by users unless a subsidy is specifically justified (i.e., the ?user pays principle?). 2. Vertical Equity With Regard to Income considers the allocation of costs between different income classes, assuming that public policies should favor people who are economically disadvantaged. Policies that provide a proportionally greater benefit to lower-income groups are called progressive, while those that make lower-income people relatively worse off are called regressive. 3. Vertical Equity With Regard to Mobility Need and Ability considers whether a transportation system provides adequate service to people who have special transportation needs (i.e., they are transportation disadvantaged). It justifies facility design features and special mobility services that provide access to people with disabilities. It suggests that public subsidies should be used to provide Basic Access to transportation disadvantaged people. Equity analysis is complicated by the fact that there are many types of impacts to consider and people can be grouped in various ways. A particular policy may seem equitable and justified when evaluated one way but not in another. It is therefore important that decision-makers understand these different perspectives and measurement units. I agree with Gabe that road pricing is often portrayed as regressive and therefore inequitable, although it is generally more equitable than other road funding options, particularly if there are good alternatives to driving. This is why most experts argue that a portion of road pricing revenues should be used to improve transport options. For more information see: Anvita Arora and Geetam Tiwari (2007), A Handbook for Socio-economic Impact Assessment (SEIA) of Future Urban Transport (FUT) Projects, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Program (TRIPP), Indian Institute of Technology (http://tripp.iitd.ernet.in); at http://tripp.iitd.ernet.in/publications/paper/SEIA_handbook.pdf. Judith Bell and Larry Cohen (2009), The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America, PolicyLink and the Prevention Institute Convergence Partnership (www.convergencepartnership.org/transportationhealthandequity). David J. Forkenbrock and Glen E. Weisbrod (2001), Guidebook for Assessing the Social and Economic Effects of Transportation Projects, NCHRP Report 456, Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press (www.trb.org). David Forkenbrock and Jason Sheeley (2004), Effective Methods for Environmental Justice Assessment, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 532, Transportation Research Board (www.trb.org); available at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_532.pdf. Todd Litman (2002), ?Evaluating Transportation Equity,? World Transport Policy & Practice (http://ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm), Volume 8, No. 2, Summer, pp. 50-65; revised version at www.vtpi.org/equity.pdf. Todd Litman (2006), You CAN Get There From Here: Evaluating Transportation Diversity, Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org); at www.vtpi.org/choice.pdf; originally published as, ?You Can Get There From Here: Evaluating Transportation Choice,? Transportation Research Record 1756, TRB (www.trb.org), 2001, pp. 32-41 Todd Litman and Marc Brenman (2011), A New Social Equity Agenda For Sustainable Transportation, Paper 12-3916, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (www.trb.org); at www.vtpi.org/equityagenda.pdf. Karen Lucas (2004), Running on Empty: Transport, Social Exclusion and Environmental Justice, Policy Press (www.bris.ac.uk/Publications/TPP/tpp.htm). Caroline Rodier, John E. Abraham, Brenda N. Dix and John D. Hunt (2010), Equity Analysis of Land Use and Transport Plans Using an Integrated Spatial Model, Report 09-08, Mineta Transportation Institute (www.transweb.sjsu.edu); at www.transweb.sjsu.edu/MTIportal/research/publications/documents/Equity%20Ana lysis%20of%20Land%20Use%20(with%20Covers).pdf. Thomas W. Sanchez, Richard Stolz and Jacinta S. Ma (2003), Moving to Equity: Addressing Inequitable Effects of Transportation Policies on Minorities, The Harvard University Civil Rights Project (www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu) and the Center for Community Change (www.communitychange.org). K.H. Schaeffer and Elliot Sclar (1980), Access for All, Columbia University Press (New York). Lisa Schweitzer and Brian Taylor (2008), ?Just Pricing: The Distributional Effects Of Congestion Pricing And Sales Taxes,? Transportation, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 797?812 (www.springerlink.com/content/l168327363227298); summarized in ?Just Road Pricing,? Access 36 (www.uctc.net/access); Spring 2010, pp. 2-7; at www.uctc.net/access/36/access36.pdf. SDC (2011), Fairness in a Car Dependent Society, Sustainable Development Commission (www.sd-commission.org.uk); at www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/fairness-in-a-car-dependent-society.html. Jamie E.L. Spinney, Darren M. Scott, and K. Bruce Newbold (2009), ?Transport Mobility Benefits And Quality Of Life: A Time-Use Perspective Of Elderly Canadians,? Transport Policy, Vol. 16, Is. 1, January, Pages 1-11. TRB (2011), Equity of Evolving Transportation Finance Mechanisms, Special Report 303, Transportation Research Board (www.trb.org); at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr303.pdf. Asha Weinstein Agrawal (2011), Getting Around When You?re Just Getting By: The Travel Behavior and Transportation Expenditures of Low-Income Adults, Mineta Transportation Institute (www.transweb.sjsu.edu); at www.transweb.sjsu.edu/MTIportal/research/publications/documents/2806_10-02.p df. Sincerely, Todd Litman Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org) litman@vtpi.org facebook.com/todd.litman Phone & Fax 250-360-1560 1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA ?Efficiency - Equity - Clarity? -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+litman=vtpi.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+litman=vtpi.org@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel Roth Sent: February-22-12 10:33 AM To: Eric Bruun Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com; WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com; KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com; sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation Eric - Of course you are right that "equity" is brought into these discussions. Often by those who do not like markets or the principle of "user pays"? So, it may well be "inescapable", but I do my best to escape it as I consider it a distraction from transport and land use issues. I wish others would avoid "equity" on transport lists, or at least define it properly if they feel impelled to discuss it. Best wishes - Gabriel On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Eric Bruun wrote: > Gabriel > > I see your point that much of the discussion of equity isn't really transport specific. > > But I think that the concept of equity is, to some extent, inescapable when discussing roads and urban development, since it involves public policy on investment, pricing, taxes, subsidies, potential discrimination against people whose age or health prevents them from using certain transport modes, etc. > > Eric B 2 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabriel Roth > Sent: Feb 22, 2012 5:34 PM > To: Eric Bruun , KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com > Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com, WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com, sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org > Subject: Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation > > Eric - > > My comment was made in the light of a recent exchange with the esteemed other Eric, which I reproduce below. > > However, more fundamentally, many concerns about "Equity" in transport relate to income inequality, and with the reality that those with more money can get better deals. But this is fundamental to the market system, which enables some to be richer than others. What I meant was that objections to the market system (which has been found to be best at raising overall living standards) are better discussed elsewhere, not on a site dealing with roads and urban development. > > I suppose I could have written more about "Equity" which, incidentally, is rarely defined by those who use that word. Do those who write about transport "equity" consider the equity of forcing low-income taxpayers to subsidize rail systems used mostly (in the UK and US) by those with higher incomes? Or the "equity" of requiring all in congested traffic to travel at the same, low, speed? Or of subsidizing high-cost unionized transit systems, while prohibiting low-cost, high-frequency, transit provided by shared taxis and associations of privately-owned minibuses? > > This is why some of us have been focusing on trying to get the most benefits out of our roads by applying to them the pricing and investment criteria we use for the allocation of other scarce resources, such as food, water and telecommunications. Such policies would enable those with urgent needs to be able pay more to travel more quickly, as in the Singapore and Stockholm congestion pricing zones. Many know that Singapore and Sweden, that adopt such policies, are not the poorest countries in the world. > > Best wishes - > > Gabriel > > *************************************** > But if the 1% include ambulances, food delivery vans, people trying to catch planes, police trying to catch law-breakers, is it "equitable" to restrict their ability to travel faster ? > > > > On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:02 AM, eric britton wrote: > >> So right Gabriel. So very right. My response: > >> > >> My best response (for now) > >> > >> This is, if I may say it, an amazingly simple approach to transport policy and practice, in that once you understand and accept the basic principle a huge number of other good things follow. And you have only to look in one place to see if you have it -- and that is on the streets of your city. If the mayor, all public servants, and the top economic 1% of your community travel by the same means as the other 99%, you have an equitable system. Sometimes life is simple > >> > >> That's my point of departure in the first day of my pondering this new initiative. But be sure, I shall be working on it, and your note of caution is extremely appreciated. > >> > >> All the best/Eric > >> > >> > >> _______________ > >> EcoPlan International > >> > Association loi de 1901 >> > >> Eric Britton, Managing Director > >> Un projet de l'Association Ecoplan International (Loi de 1901) > >> 8/10, rue Jospeh Bara ? Paris 75006 France > >> +331 7550 3788 > ? association@ecoplan.org ? Skype newmobility >> > Sustainable Development, Business & Society | World Streets | New Mobility Partnerships >> > Siret 304555295 00019 Arr?t? du ministre de l?int?rieur. 19 ao?t 1975 >> > >> P > Avant d'imprimer, pensez ? l'environnement >> > > > > > *************************************** > > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 4:22 AM, Eric Bruun wrote: > >> Gabriel >> >> Would you care to elaborate on this? >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gabriel Roth >> Sent: Feb 21, 2012 5:28 PM >> To: KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com >> Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com, WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com, sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org >> Subject: Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation >> >> >> Eric - >> >> >> Thanks, but please count me out of this one. Most concerns about "Equity" relate to the market system, not to transport. >> >> Best wishes - >> >> Gabriel >> >> >> >> On Feb 21, 2012, at 3:21 AM, eric britton wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> From: Chris Bradshaw [mailto:c_bradshaw@rogers.com] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> This is a big elephant-in-the-room. Is access to transportation equitable. I raise this issue as one that the usual green-transportation agenda (more efficient cars, intelligent highways, better transit at rush hours) ignores. The others that are ignored are: health/obesity; health/trauma; health/stress, sprawl, congestion, social/community capital. >>> >>> I use the PED-CIVS acronym to identify those who the system ignores in favour of AAAs (active, affluent adults): It stands for poor, elderly, disabled, children, ill/infirm, visitors, and "simplicists" (this last eschews car-ownership). Your reference to the unemployed and under-employed suggests that I should add one: making it PED-CIVUS. The IVUs are really those temporarily in the PEDCS classes. >>> >>> The total in this group at any one time must be close to 50% (and will be higher as the aging occurs). >>> >>> In transit, the engineer-planners use the term "transit captive" to refer to those without the means to driver whenever the transit service "displeases" them. Their patronage, as a result, can be taken for granted. It is only the AAAs whose patronage they have to compete for. That is a distinction that is the opposite of what we need. [See Walker, Jarrett (2012), Human Transit, p. 44-45; or my essay: http://hearthhealth.wordpress.com/about/previously-published-works/feet-firs t-and-car-sharing-recent/transits-two-solitudes-%E2%80%9Cchoice%E2%80%9D-vs- %E2%80%9Ccaptive%E2%80%9D-riders-2009/] >>> >>> So, count me in as part of your group you are organizing to monitor this important study. >>> >>> Chris Bradshaw >>> >>> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic >> Messages in this topic (3) >> RECENT ACTIVITY: >> Visit Your Group >> _________________________________________________________ >> The Kyoto 20/20 Cities Challenge: http://kyotocities.org >> A single ambitious environmental objective for your city: >> *** A 20% improvement in 20 months, and within budget. *** >> >> Please think twice before posting to the group as a whole >> (It might be that your note is best sent to one person?) >> Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? 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From shovan1209 at yahoo.com Tue Feb 28 23:29:24 2012 From: shovan1209 at yahoo.com (Syed Saiful Alam) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:29:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation In-Reply-To: <032901ccf5a8$d07b63c0$71722b40$@org> References: <26095445.1329925807224.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <032901ccf5a8$d07b63c0$71722b40$@org> Message-ID: <1330439364.82988.YahooMailNeo@web161704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Going Underground Yasmin Chowdhury?digs deep into Dhaka?s proposed metro system The recent decision to build a metro (underground rail) system in Dhaka has met with a range of responses. On one side is the "Hallelujah" response -- at last, the government is taking public transit seriously, with plans to invest serious funds (at least $3.2 billion) into making life easier for the masses. On the other hand, the project raises practical questions: how feasible is the plan, how much will eventually get built, will it actually function, and might not a different form of public transit -- say, a tram or trolley or rapid bus transit -- achieve similar benefits for about a hundred times less money . On the bright side, travelling in cities with a metro is a far different experience from travelling in those without one. Where I grew up, there is no developed system for public transit, and it is virtually impossible to get around without a car. Since I let my driver's license expire about a decade ago, I feel like a child when I move around, relying on adults to take me places. But when I visit big modern cities like Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, or any number of European cities, I can easily move around on my own. However, while the independent mobility is a blessing, it comes with a significant down-side. When travelling underground, we fail to experience the city we are in. Living in Boston and frequently travelling by subway, I had many of the stops memorised, and could easily get around underground -- but I had no idea what was over my head. When I finally got into the habit of walking through the city following the subway lines, above ground, I realised then that I was gaining a perspective of where buildings, monuments, and important parts of the city were in relation to each other -- not in terms of a subway map, but in terms of an actual physical layout. In the process, I realised how little I understood, after all those years of living there, about the true layout of Boston -- or of what was to be found in various neighbourhoods that I had ever only passed under. The parts of the city I knew best were those I walked in, or where the subway emerged into a street-level trolley, and there was a sense of connection between the passengers and the street life outside our windows. When travelling underground, we are unaware -- and, thus, often unconcerned -- about the situation at ground level. Passing beneath a slum, we don't pause to reflect on the lives of the people there, and whether something could be done to make it better, or why trash is thrown here and there, or how desolate some of the streets look. But we do notice those things when travelling on the surface, and there is the possibility that from noticing, we will go on to change it. This has a direct practical side as well for business owners: when travelling at ground level, we can see shops and other amenities. Oh, that's where I can buy that -- or, oh, that looks like a pleasant restaurant! And knowing where it is and how to access it, there is the possibility of going back someday. This is both a far more amusing way to pass the time when travelling than looking at tunnel walls, and also good for the businesses we pass. Then, of course, there are the practical matters. I remember seeing a map of the subway system in Washington, DC, which showed various "planned" routes. I remember seeing the same map year after year, and being surprised that they were never built. Short on funds? Similarly, I read in the newspaper in Bangkok that the sky-train was supposed to extend far beyond the existing network. That hasn't happened, and the sky-train itself took many years to build, in part, I hear, due to corruption. Meanwhile, the new metro in Bangkok doesn't go much beyond the sky-train. What then are the chances that Dhaka will succeed in building all that it has planned? If the existing plans prove unaffor-dable, as the price of materials continues to rise, how much will a very limited system help to reduce traffic congestion or make travelling easier? Meanwhile, building a subway system requires building a lot of tunnels. The funny thing about tunnels is, they have to be accessed from the street. This involves a lot of big holes, and while those holes are in place, streets are closed down. So congestion will be significantly worse during the construction of the metro system. There is also the issue of crowding on the subway. I was in New York City recently, and given the intense street-level congestion, when it was too far to walk, I tried the subway. It was certainly better than being stuck in traffic, but, of course, I had no idea where I was, and I couldn't decipher the thick New York accent of the conductor. On one trip, the train was so packed that I couldn't see out the windows to read the names of the stops. This made arriving at my destination a bit of a challenge, and left me as clueless as ever about the geography of Manhattan. The sky-train is often packed in Bangkok, with barely room to stand. Thais are polite, and I have never had a man grab me. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about my experience of riding in crowded subways in Boston, and I have heard horror stories about the system in Mexico, which apparently had to provide separate carriages for women to prevent sexual harassment on the packed trains. Then there are those lovely escalators down to the stations. Where there are hills, or where the system must go under high-rise buildings, stations must be built far below ground. Some of those escalators seem to go on forever. Stepping onto those moving stairs, with the ground so far below as to seem to belong almost to another planet, always makes my head spin. I was relieved, on a recent trip to DC, to discover that a Bangladeshi colleague had the same experience, only worse. He insisted on taking the lift. Of course, the lifts are intended mostly for the disabled, those with small children, or those with luggage, so sometimes one must wait a long time for them. Between the long lines for lifts and the crowded situation on the trains, it sometimes feels as if we have simply shifted a portion of our traffic congestion below ground. Speaking of traffic congestion, it helps to remember that people need to be able to get to and from the public transit stops. Getting from one stop to another quickly is a great convenience, but the benefits of that convenience are rapidly diminished when it is difficult to get from public transit to one's actual destination. I made a mistake in Bangkok once and got off at the wrong subway stop. As I came up to the street, I realised that where I needed to go was on the other side of a highway, with no provision for crossing. I could either go back underground, pay again, then wait for another train to come along to take me just one more stop, or I could risk my life running across the highway. Needless to say, I ran. In cities with broken sidewalks, and sidewalks blocked by parked cars, barbed wire and cement medians to prevent people from crossing the street, getting to and from public transit becomes a daunting challenge. Anyone in his right mind would choose to drive instead, if he had the option, thus defeating in large part the point of the public transit in the first place: to woo people away from their cars. Public transit doesn't exist in a vacuum -- it is part of the city, and it is meant to connect places not just along the tracks, but throughout the city. If people can't easily get to the stops on foot, or on rickshaw, then there is little point in building the system in the first place. Then there is that lovely dream of un-congested streets in Dhaka once our metro system is built. How many large, crowded cities with crowded metros have streets free of traffic jams? Let's face it, moving through a city underground -- even at a good pace -- just isn't that pleasant an experience. Subway stations are often hot and smelly. Homeless people tend to use them as urinals, and there are always those aggressive people who insist on smoking despite all the signs. If subways freed up the streets, then all the passengers who could afford a car or taxi would go back to riding in one. I remember being late for the airport in Boston once, and figuring that rather than going all that way below ground, changing trains twice, and moving at the snail's pace the Boston subway often goes at -- it is the oldest subway system in the US and thus the least modern -- I would take a taxi. Oops. Of course it took even longer, thanks to all the traffic, and I missed my plane. Yet Boston's subway system is far more extensive than Dhaka's is ever likely to be, it is easy to walk in Boston, there is a good bus system to complement the subway, and the population is a fraction of Dhaka's. So, why are there still traffic jams, when the metro is supposed to eliminate them? I'm sure the decision was made in good faith. Perhaps the planners involved have not spent much time in the major cities of the world, and experienced both their subways and the traffic situation above ground. Perhaps they feel that people enjoy being below ground, or that the city is best experienced as little as possible -- that is, either underground or safely insulated in a steel box. No doubt they consider the expenditure of a mere few billion dollars quite reasonable, pocket change really. Perhaps they are too busy to read the Strategic Transport Plan, which was meant to map out the best transport plan for the future, and which found that a metro would offer no significant improvements over surface public transit, and thus there was no justification for building it. Even allowing that a few billion dollars is a minor sum, which should involve little thought or planning before being spent, I would still suggest that when Dhaka's city planners make their final decision about an efficient, fast, affordable, high quality system of public transit, they should be careful not to miss the boat. It's a lot more expensive and technically more difficult to build and operate an underground system than a surface one. We would get a far more extensive system, with far lower fares or less government subsidy, if we built a surface rather than an underground system. The system could be built a lot faster than a metro, and with a lot less disruption of traffic during its construction. The issue of fares is important -- around the world, public transit tends to be inexpensive, and yet still highly subsidised by government. The more expensive the system is to build and maintain, the higher the fares and the subsidies, and the less that will eventually get built. People could see their city out the windows while riding, gaining both a sense of perspective and of knowledge of what was happening around them. A less expensive system could be started quickly, and gradually expanded. Ensuring that people can walk around the city would not only make the public transit system viable, but would also help reduce congestion by shifting some short distance trips to walking. The money to fix our footpaths, and the political will to ban cars parking on them, should not be more difficult to find than the billions planned for the metro. Public transit is definitely the way to go -- but not all public transit is created equal, and leaping onto the wrong train won't help us reach our final destination. ? ? Syed Saiful Alam +8801552442814 shovan1209@yahoo.com ________________________________ From: Todd Alexander Litman To: 'Gabriel Roth' ; 'Eric Bruun' Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com; WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com; KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com; sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:37 AM Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation It is true that transportation equity can be evaluated in various ways and that special interest groups often use equity concerns to advance their own agenda, but it tends to be an important concern in transport policy and planning decision-making, and there is a good body of literature on transport equity analysis. There are three major categories of transport equity: 1.??? Horizontal Equity (also called fairness) is concerned with whether each individual or group is treated equally, assuming that their needs and abilities are comparable. It suggests that people with comparable incomes and needs should receive an equal share of public resources and benefits, and bear an equal burden of public costs. It implies that costs should be borne by users unless a subsidy is specifically justified (i.e., the ?user pays principle?). ??? 2.??? Vertical Equity With Regard to Income considers the allocation of costs between different income classes, assuming that public policies should favor people who are economically disadvantaged. Policies that provide a proportionally greater benefit to lower-income groups are called progressive, while those that make lower-income people relatively worse off are called regressive. ? 3.??? Vertical Equity With Regard to Mobility Need and Ability considers whether a transportation system provides adequate service to people who have special transportation needs (i.e., they are transportation disadvantaged). It justifies facility design features and special mobility services that provide access to people with disabilities. It suggests that public subsidies should be used to provide Basic Access to transportation disadvantaged people. Equity analysis is complicated by the fact that there are many types of impacts to consider and people can be grouped in various ways. A particular policy may seem equitable and justified when evaluated one way but not in another. It is therefore important that decision-makers understand these different perspectives and measurement units. I agree with Gabe that road pricing is often portrayed as regressive and therefore inequitable, although it is generally more equitable than other road funding options, particularly if there are good alternatives to driving. This is why most experts argue that a portion of road pricing revenues should be used to improve transport options. For more information see: Anvita Arora and Geetam Tiwari (2007), A Handbook for Socio-economic Impact Assessment (SEIA) of Future Urban Transport (FUT) Projects, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Program (TRIPP), Indian Institute of Technology (http://tripp.iitd.ernet.in); at http://tripp.iitd.ernet.in/publications/paper/SEIA_handbook.pdf. Judith Bell and Larry Cohen (2009), The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America, PolicyLink and the Prevention Institute Convergence Partnership (www.convergencepartnership.org/transportationhealthandequity). David J. Forkenbrock and Glen E. Weisbrod (2001), Guidebook for Assessing the Social and Economic Effects of Transportation Projects, NCHRP Report 456, Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press (www.trb.org). David Forkenbrock and Jason Sheeley (2004), Effective Methods for Environmental Justice Assessment, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 532, Transportation Research Board (www.trb.org); available at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_532.pdf. Todd Litman (2002), ?Evaluating Transportation Equity,? World Transport Policy & Practice (http://ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm), Volume 8, No. 2, Summer, pp. 50-65; revised version at www.vtpi.org/equity.pdf. Todd Litman (2006), You CAN Get There From Here: Evaluating Transportation Diversity, Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org); at www.vtpi.org/choice.pdf; originally published as, ?You Can Get There From Here: Evaluating Transportation Choice,? Transportation Research Record 1756, TRB (www.trb.org), 2001, pp. 32-41 Todd Litman and Marc Brenman (2011), A New Social Equity Agenda For Sustainable Transportation, Paper 12-3916, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (www.trb.org); at www.vtpi.org/equityagenda.pdf. Karen Lucas (2004), Running on Empty: Transport, Social Exclusion and Environmental Justice, Policy Press (www.bris.ac.uk/Publications/TPP/tpp.htm). Caroline Rodier, John E. Abraham, Brenda N. Dix and John D. Hunt (2010), Equity Analysis of Land Use and Transport Plans Using an Integrated Spatial Model, Report 09-08, Mineta Transportation Institute (www.transweb.sjsu.edu); at www.transweb.sjsu.edu/MTIportal/research/publications/documents/Equity%20Ana lysis%20of%20Land%20Use%20(with%20Covers).pdf. Thomas W. Sanchez, Richard Stolz and Jacinta S. Ma (2003), Moving to Equity: Addressing Inequitable Effects of Transportation Policies on Minorities, The Harvard University Civil Rights Project (www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu) and the Center for Community Change (www.communitychange.org). K.H. Schaeffer and Elliot Sclar (1980), Access for All, Columbia University Press (New York). Lisa Schweitzer and Brian Taylor (2008), ?Just Pricing: The Distributional Effects Of Congestion Pricing And Sales Taxes,? Transportation, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 797?812 (www.springerlink.com/content/l168327363227298); summarized in ?Just Road Pricing,? Access 36 (www.uctc.net/access);? Spring 2010, pp. 2-7; at www.uctc.net/access/36/access36.pdf. SDC (2011), Fairness in a Car Dependent Society, Sustainable Development Commission (www.sd-commission.org.uk); at www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/fairness-in-a-car-dependent-society.html. Jamie E.L. Spinney, Darren M. Scott, and K. Bruce Newbold (2009), ?Transport Mobility Benefits And Quality Of Life: A Time-Use Perspective Of Elderly Canadians,? Transport Policy, Vol. 16, Is. 1, January, Pages 1-11. TRB (2011), Equity of Evolving Transportation Finance Mechanisms, Special Report 303, Transportation Research Board (www.trb.org); at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr303.pdf. Asha Weinstein Agrawal (2011), Getting Around When You?re Just Getting By: The Travel Behavior and Transportation Expenditures of Low-Income Adults, Mineta Transportation Institute (www.transweb.sjsu.edu); at www.transweb.sjsu.edu/MTIportal/research/publications/documents/2806_10-02.p df. Sincerely, Todd Litman Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org) litman@vtpi.org facebook.com/todd.litman Phone & Fax 250-360-1560 1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA ?Efficiency - Equity - Clarity? -----Original Message----- From: sustran-discuss-bounces+litman=vtpi.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+litman=vtpi.org@list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel Roth Sent: February-22-12 10:33 AM To: Eric Bruun Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com; WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com; KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com; sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org Subject: [sustran] Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation Eric - Of course you are right that "equity" is brought into these discussions. Often by those who do not like markets or the principle of? "user pays"? So, it may well be "inescapable", but I do my best to escape it as I consider it a distraction from transport and land use issues. I wish others would avoid "equity" on transport lists, or at least define it properly if they feel impelled to discuss it. Best wishes - Gabriel On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Eric Bruun wrote: > Gabriel > > I see your point that much of the discussion of equity isn't really transport specific. > > But I think that the concept of equity is, to some extent, inescapable when discussing roads and urban development, since it involves public policy on investment, pricing, taxes, subsidies, potential discrimination against people whose age or health prevents them from using certain transport modes, etc. > > Eric B 2 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabriel Roth > Sent: Feb 22, 2012 5:34 PM > To: Eric Bruun , KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com > Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com, WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com, sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org > Subject: Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation > > Eric - > > My comment was made in the light of a recent exchange with the esteemed other Eric, which I reproduce below. > > However, more fundamentally, many concerns about "Equity" in transport relate to income inequality, and with the reality that those with more money can get better deals. But this is fundamental to the market system, which enables some to be richer than others. What I meant was that objections to the market system (which has been found to be best at raising overall living standards) are better discussed elsewhere, not on a site dealing with roads and urban development. > > I suppose I could have written more about "Equity" which, incidentally, is rarely defined by those who use that word. Do those who write about transport "equity" consider the equity of forcing low-income taxpayers to subsidize rail systems used mostly (in the UK and US) by those with higher incomes? Or the "equity" of requiring all in congested traffic to travel at the same, low, speed? Or of subsidizing high-cost unionized transit systems, while prohibiting low-cost, high-frequency, transit provided by shared taxis and associations of privately-owned minibuses? > > This is why some of us have been focusing on trying to get the most benefits out of our roads by applying to them the pricing and investment criteria we use for the allocation of other scarce resources, such as food, water and telecommunications. Such policies would enable those with urgent needs to be able pay more to travel more quickly, as in the Singapore and Stockholm congestion pricing zones. Many know that Singapore and Sweden, that adopt such policies, are not the poorest countries in the world. > > Best wishes - > > Gabriel > > *************************************** > But if the 1% include ambulances, food delivery vans, people trying to catch planes, police trying to catch law-breakers, is it "equitable" to restrict their ability to travel faster ? > > > > On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:02 AM, eric britton wrote: > >> So right Gabriel. So very right.? My response: > >>? > >> My best response (for now) > >>? > >> This is, if I may say it, an amazingly simple approach to transport policy and practice, in that once you understand and accept the basic principle a huge number of other good things follow. And you have only to look in one place to see if you have it -- and that is on the streets of your city. If the mayor, all public servants, and the top economic 1% of your community travel by the same means as the other 99%, you have an equitable system. Sometimes life is simple > >>? > >> That's my point of departure in the first day of my pondering this new initiative. But be sure, I shall be working on it, and your note of caution is extremely appreciated. > >>? > >> All the best/Eric > >>? > >>? > >> _______________ > >> EcoPlan International > >>? ? > Association loi de 1901 >>? > >> Eric Britton, Managing Director > >> Un projet de l'Association Ecoplan International (Loi de 1901) > >> 8/10, rue Jospeh Bara? ?? Paris 75006 France > >> +331 7550 3788 >? ?? association@ecoplan.org? ? ?? Skype newmobility >>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? >? ? Sustainable Development, Business & Society | World Streets? | New Mobility Partnerships? >>? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > Siret 304555295 00019? Arr?t? du ministre de l?int?rieur. 19 ao?t 1975 >>? > >> P >? Avant d'imprimer, pensez ? l'environnement >>? > > > > > *************************************** > > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 4:22 AM, Eric Bruun wrote: > >> Gabriel >> >> Would you care to elaborate on this? >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gabriel Roth >> Sent: Feb 21, 2012 5:28 PM >> To: KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com >> Cc: NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com, WorldTransport@yahoogroups.com, sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org >> Subject: Re: [KyotoWorldCities] Equitable Transportation >> >>? >> Eric - >> >> >> Thanks, but please count me out of this one. Most concerns about "Equity" relate to the market system, not to transport. >> >> Best wishes - >> >> Gabriel >> >> >> >> On Feb 21, 2012, at 3:21 AM, eric britton wrote: >> >>>? >>> >>> From: Chris Bradshaw [mailto:c_bradshaw@rogers.com] >>> >>> >>>? >>> >>> This is a big elephant-in-the-room.? Is access to transportation equitable.? I raise this issue as one that the usual green-transportation agenda (more efficient cars, intelligent highways, better transit at rush hours) ignores.? The others that are ignored are: health/obesity; health/trauma; health/stress, sprawl, congestion, social/community capital. >>> >>> I use the PED-CIVS acronym to identify those who the system ignores in favour of AAAs (active, affluent adults):? It stands for poor, elderly, disabled, children, ill/infirm, visitors, and "simplicists" (this last eschews car-ownership).? Your reference to the unemployed and under-employed suggests that I should add one: making it PED-CIVUS.? The IVUs are really those temporarily in the PEDCS classes. >>> >>> The total in this group at any one time must be close to 50% (and will be higher as the aging occurs). >>> >>> In transit, the engineer-planners use the term "transit captive" to refer to those without the means to driver whenever the transit service "displeases" them.? Their patronage, as a result, can be taken for granted. It is only the AAAs whose patronage they have to compete for.? That is a distinction that is the opposite of what we need. [See Walker, Jarrett (2012), Human Transit, p. 44-45; or my essay: http://hearthhealth.wordpress.com/about/previously-published-works/feet-firs t-and-car-sharing-recent/transits-two-solitudes-%E2%80%9Cchoice%E2%80%9D-vs- %E2%80%9Ccaptive%E2%80%9D-riders-2009/] >>> >>> So, count me in as part of your group you are organizing to monitor this important study. >>> >>> Chris Bradshaw >>> >>> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic >> Messages in this topic (3) >> RECENT ACTIVITY: >> Visit Your Group >> _________________________________________________________ >> The Kyoto 20/20 Cities Challenge: http://kyotocities.org >> A single ambitious environmental objective for your city: >> *** A 20% improvement in 20 months, and within budget. *** >> >> Please think twice before posting to the group as a whole >> (It might be that your note is best sent to one person?) >> Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? 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