Friday, July 02, 2004, Paris, France, Europe We have decided to work up a set of "Profiles of Courage", brief but sharp reminders of how a handful of...
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Kisan Mehta
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Jul 2, 2004 12:31 pm
Dear Colleagues, As you are aware many countries following the British system have what is known as `weak' mayors elected for one or two years by the elected...
Dear John and Howard I was very interested to read the Summary Recommendations of your SEI report - Aviation & Sustainability. I fully support your objective...
Dear John and Howard I was very interested to read the Summary Recommendations of your SEI report - Aviation & Sustainability. I fully support your objective...
I'm sorry but as I'm away from home at present I can't read attachments (at least the way I normally do so). But I would like to make the general point that I...
Towards Carfree Cities IV July 19-24, 2004 - Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany infoworldcarfree.net Towards Carfree Cities IV will bring together...
I remember that some time ago Birmingham was thinking of hosting a Formula 1 race on the city's inner ring road. The plan was referred to in David Lodge's ...
Incidentally, the Indpendent article refers to something as having taken place in London this Tuesday, but doesn't say what it was. Can someone please ...
2. things: 1. Conf at CBI re using land values to pay for transport. 2. F1 cars touring Central London forcing the closure of roads, tube stations and the loss...
Does anyone have any work on auctioning airport landing slots? Dave Dave Wetzel Vice-chair, Transport for London Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street. London....
In order for transport to become sustainable it will need to change into both a form and process which is truly sustainable, socially, economically,...
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Kisan Mehta
kisansbc@...
Jul 11, 2004 3:05 pm
Dear Colleagues, Our authorities- Central and State - are spending huge public funds to build more and more roads for driving without interruption but without...
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edeakin@...
Jul 11, 2004 3:44 pm
I suggest you contact Dan Brand at Charles River Associates, dxb@... Elizabeth Deakin UC Berkeley ... From: Wetzel Dave davewetzel@... Date: Fri, 9...
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Eric Bruun
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Jul 12, 2004 5:45 am
I think it is useful to disaggregate urban/suburban driving from intercity driving. If you do this, I think the statistics will show that continental Europe...
Why were most of the recommended links from the Observer article to groups involved in one way or another with the motor industry and none to environmental...
We do not use Congestion Charge net income specifically to reduce fares. The Mayor has decided that all net income to be used to encourage and help cyclists,...
Another reason why more people use buses in Britain may be that we lost a large number of important railway routes around the 60s. For many of them there is...
... I hope you will be interested in Dr Rana Roy's proposal that there should be a comprehensive tax review to compliment the Treasury's SR2004 (to be...
I don't know how this affects the issues, but "14% of car owners have switched to using the busway" is not the same as "14% of riders used to take a private ...
Terence Given the present economic policies of British Governments we have to do our best within these constraints. Hence, London has achieved circa a 4% modal...
Well, perhaps I am particularly well qualified to comment on Prof Echenique's report because I come from the same city. I have come to the conclusion that the...
Just a couple of comments. First, Michael Yeates puts forward the "fundamentalist" position (whereby all fuelled transport is considered to be unsustainable)...
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Eric Bruun
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Jul 25, 2004 6:25 am
I agree with Prof. Norton. I want to go even further. Well meaning environmental groups don't think through these issues. As a member of the Sierra Club, I...
Dear Sirs, Re: Development of new type of urban transport Sky Taxi I have invented a multimodal personal automated transport "Sky Taxi". I am sure that Sky...
To add a further comment to Eric Bruun: in general one can divide measures aimed at improving transport sustainability into the following classes: 1. Penalise...
... VTPI NEWS ... Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" ... Summer 2004 Vol. 7, No. 2 ... The Victoria Transport Policy...
Chain reaction Next year sees the completion of the National Cycle Network. But with strategies aimed at promoting this eco-friendly form of transport having ...
