Hello, I just received a rather belated invitation to an interesting conference which will be held at the British Museum in London tomorrow 2 October. The ...
This e-mail is sent to draw your attention to a forthcoming book. It is Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil by Richard Gilbert and...
I suspect that one reason why people feel uneasy at the idea of free transit is the puritanical streak that many of us have. In London, public transport is...
[http://www.ecoplan.org/library/paris-draft.ppt] Paris's New Mobility Model You can access this PowerPoint presentation by clicking the above title link or...
My advanced draft for the Paris Vélib' project is now ready for review and comment. Below you will see the TOC for the report which runs to some 52 pages. I...
Sent: Saturday, 6 October 2007 20:52 Todd Edelman kindly brought this matter to our attention this morning. And since I too have been concerned about it and...
It occurred to me that this from the in-process Greening of Paris "Velib" draft might also be of use in the context of this latest round of discussions about...
On Behalf Of Chris Bradshaw This information about billboard-advertising concessions from the City of Paris puts this othewise noble project into a different...
I must say that I too like Chris Bradshaw, had thought (or assumed) the advertising would be related to the bikes and also to the stands where the bikes are...
It is absurd that such a valuable initiative shd have to be financed by sponsors or commercial advertising . Every city shd have a single budget covering both...
Michael, Thank you Michael for the thought-provoking message. As you noted, there are always trade-offs involved in any intervention, and it is all too easy to...
... From: Shaw, John - DOT [mailto:john.shaw@...] Sent: Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:09 If I've done the math correctly, for the Wisconsin state...
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Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Oct 10, 2007 7:58 pm
I commend Zvi and Stephen in keeping this intriguing thread going. The trade-offs are always a threat. I developed the Green Transportation Hierarchy (GTH,...
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Lee Schipper
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Oct 10, 2007 8:27 pm
Aha, but a single 3 km trip implies a cold engine, so the external costs (pollution, CO2) and fuel costs are considerably higher than on average for a longer...
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Lee Schipper
SCHIPPER@...
Oct 11, 2007 4:06 am
Remembering from a classic paper from EPA from the mid 1970s my recollection is that fuel use in the first 3 km will be 25% more than its long term average for...
1. John: . "total direct costs (including operation, maintenance, new construction, debt service, and highway police but excluding financial aid to local...
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Lee Schipper
SCHIPPER@...
Oct 11, 2007 4:38 pm
The question was really what it costs to drive 3km.. I pointed out that the energy and pollution emitted in a 3 km trip are much higher, per km, than in a...
Dear Kyoto World Cities and New Mobility colleagues , I guess there are thousands of earnest sustainability manifestos and swear sheets out there twisting...
On Behalf Of Walter Hook It has been a largely popular move in sao paulo, though i personally feel it is another example of what frequently happens in politics...
... million to install in Paris? That figure seems low, but, if true, it is about half of the price of ONE new tram or light-rail vehicle.<< Hmm. Okay. That's...
Thanks so much Alper. What I am scratching for is some indication of the "total cost" (including externalities) of a sample 3 km car trip made in a city center...
A few more pieces of the Euro puzzle from sent on by our friend Ronan taken from recent articles in the financial press here. I rough translate and summarize...
Well Walter, 3k Euros/bike x 20,600 bikes would give us ca. Euros 60 MM. That's maybe a number. But I see that not just for the bikes but for the whole...
Sent: Friday, 12 October 2007 17:57 Dear Walter, in this German Wikipedia http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrradverleih#Paris I found this information: "Die...
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Ian Wingrove
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Oct 12, 2007 4:51 pm
I am unclear on the setting up costs - but the running costs are estimated at 300 Euros a bike, or six million Euros a year. JC Decaux also paid Paris a...
Montreal will be starting a similar project next year, but I am not sure exactly how it will be funded. "The city has chosen Stationnement Montréal, a...
maybe the roads in Paris are particularly good. I ride about 270-300 days/year. I don't ride that far on a daily basis, to and from work and meetings, to the...
DC's is a little behind schedule too. It's an Adshel project, but it should launch next Spring for sure. Richard Layman P.S. another article people might find...
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Todd Alexander Litman
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Oct 14, 2007 4:50 pm
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