On Behalf Of Eric Bruun Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:33 AM Also, don't forget that the avialable rights-of-way and existing infrastructure have a lot to...
In answer to Andrew Curry, as I said before, Cambridge doesn't deserve more than a category 3. While the local transport authority has implemented some useful ...
Those of you who have got to know me over the years are probably well aware that my self-assigned mission in the fight for sustainable development and social...
Can New Mobility achieve Lots Less Cars by simulating CarFree Days using the following 3 R's to reach a catagory 5? Reduce parking Replace...
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Lee Schipper
SCHIPPER@...
Feb 5, 2007 11:42 am
EMBARQ, WRI Center for Sustainable Transport has openings for two senior management positions - Deputy Director (http://www.wri.org/joblist/job.cfm?jid=224)...
PCU's = passenger car units - they are factors which try to convert different types of vehicle into equivalent numbers of passenger cars. There is a discussion...
when I write about similar issues I use these numbers: one mile lane of road can accommodate from 800-2200 cars/hour, 6,750 people by regular bus, 10,000...
Robert, As Richard already noted, this basically comes down to a question of what one is trying to model - is it vehicles (and if so, which vehicles), or is it...
Dear Sustran Colleagues, I have heard from several of you that the timing of the Friday session (see below) does not work for you, so I have scheduled a...
Congestion Charging and Road Pricing For High Performance Transportation Posted on: 12/14/2006 December 2006 Conference In a growing number of cities,...
I have no idea whether the concept of PCU is reliable, but I do think that the term is morally dubious because it seems to accept the car as the default means ...
Urban Transport Published: Friday 26 January 2007 | Updated: Monday 5 February 2007 The Commission will, in September 2007, adopt a Green Paper on urban ...
Hello, I am preparing a PhD Studentship application, and following conversations with Eric and the help of several people on UTSG who have helped me track down...
Stockholm Congestion Charge, Sweden The Stockholm congestion charge is a traffic congestion and environmental tax that has been imposed on the majority of...
The President pushes congestion pricing From the Wall Street Journal this week, an article ...
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Ian Wingrove
ian.wingrove@...
Feb 8, 2007 11:10 am
You might want to approach Transport for London about feedback material which comes out of their program of Personalised Travel Planning. I'm not sure how much...
Subject: Group review and commentary of New Mobility Agenda support project for Clinton Climate Initiative 1. Conference open to all comers, but please review...
May I suggest that the EU is designing out a solution if it says that "realistically the car will remain the most popular transport mode". Cars are not an end...
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clean.air
clean.air@...
Feb 9, 2007 4:58 pm
Great vision you show Simon. While the world Government's continue to show support for the notion that owning a car is desirable, we will follow our road to...
Thinking about the 5-category cities excercise proposed by Eric, in the case of Mexico City, which is what I know best, there are different perceptions of the...
Eric, This EU process on a review of urban transportation is worthy of us following it and at the appropriate moment, submitting a comprehensive set of...
Hi, If anyone is interested, there was a photo Flashmob in a TransMilenio station (Héroes) yesterday. It was done to react on TransMilenio's policy of not...
"We have to reduce about 80% of our greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 to 15 years." - William Jefferson Clinton, 1 August 2006 1. New Mobility...
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Todd Alexander Litman
litman@...
Feb 13, 2007 4:44 pm
Dear Colleagues, I am too busy at this time to participate frequently in this project but would like to share some ideas. Our report, "Win-Win Emission...
I asked to join the New Mobility Cafe because I have a general interest in livable streets and a specific interest in making my city -- Newton, Massachusetts...
Has anyone ever heard of requiring motorists to pull over for buses as a means of implementing better bus service? I'd like to know if the idea has been...
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Martin Cassini
martincassini@...
Feb 14, 2007 10:57 am
I've often thought this was a good idea - far better than squandering road capacity with permanent bus lanes that feed the egos of traffic dogmats but do...
haven't you read the increasing number of stories about drivers not pulling over for emergency vehicles? Is there a shoulder on which the bus could move (this...
In answer to Sean, changing the way motorists drive is a major undertaking, even when adequate enforcement tools are available. I'm not sure they are here. In...
