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Thinking about Development Economics

5:00pm Oct 4

My university work going back to the early sixties was in the field of development economics, and so it seems only right that as I work on my new book, "Getting Around: On Cities, Indolence, Complexity and Equity" I keep at least some of th
is in mind. The book is in fact a strategic rethink of the most important things I have observed and learned over forty years of international work in the field of transport and cities -- so it seems like a good idea if I can at least from time to time get my head out of the pure transport and mobility perspective, and keep in mind what the development economics approach has to offer by way of broader horizons and ideas. It is a wonderful, rich and highly diversified field, and if it has lost some of its shine in the last couple of decades, let me assure you that those working in the field are just gathering their strength to make a new round of contributions and impacts.

So with that in mind, I have just today opened a new focus forum in Facebook that if you are interested you can find at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thinking-about-Development-Economics/389252557812543 For the moment it is an empty box, but I am sure it will shortly start to have a vigorous life of its own. Have a look and make up your mind for yourself.

In this forum, we will be looking at the intersect of development economics and the issues and event...

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#1824

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Fri Oct 5, 2012 11:11 am
Subject: CAI Asia - Walkability App - Android Apps on Google Play

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Eric Britton posted in World City Bike Forum

CAI Asia - Walkability App - Android Apps on Google Play

8:31am Oct 5

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How comfortable and safe a footpath or sidewalk is, determines it's "Walkability". Have you ever com...

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#1825

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Mon Oct 8, 2012 5:30 pm
Subject: Worst Practices Department] Despite data showing Greece is heading for its...

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Eric Britton posted in World Streets Worst Practices Department

Greece to spend almost €100m on building F1 track - Telegraph

7:06pm Oct 8

Despite data showing Greece is heading for its sixth year of recession, the government is pushing ahead with constructing the track in Xalandritsa, near Patras.

The total cost of the project will be €94.6m (£75.6m) and it is hoped the circuit will be able to host a Formula One race in the future.

The news comes as a draft Budget for 2013 shows that the Greek finance ministry expects GDP to contract by 3.8pc next year after shrinking 6.5pc this year.

Meanwhile, Premier Antonis Samaras must prove to the troika he can deliver an austerity package of €13.5bn, amid reports at the weekend that Greece will need financial help from Europe for the next eight years.

Mr Samaras will target pensions, benefits, and top civil service pay in a bid to unlock the next €31bn payment from the EU.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Greece has 'unblocked' €30m so it can build a motor racing circuit capable of hosting a Formula On...

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#1826

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:58 am
Subject: Op-Ed: Why things are not good for UK citizens --...

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Eric Britton posted in World Transport Policy and Practice

Subject: [World Transport Policy and Practice] Op-Ed: Why things are not good for UK citizens --...

Why things are not good for UK citizens — and how to make them better

10:50am Oct 10

Op-Ed: Why things are not good for UK citizens -- and how to make them better

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- By John Whitelegg

We are not doing very well in the UK on things that matter to most people. We are the 6^th richest country in the world and yet we come very near the bottom of most rankings on things like child poverty, inequality, pensioner poverty, excess winter deaths, teenage pregnancy, NEETS, percentage of electricity generated from renewables, levels of cycling and quality of public transport. None of this is necessary and it is safe to assume that local and central governemnt did not set out to achieve these poor quality outcomes. So what is going on?

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#1827

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:55 pm
Subject: World Transport Policy & Practice – Vol. 18, No. 4

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Eric Britton posted in World Transport Policy and Practice

See http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/world-transport-policy-practice-vol-18-no-4/ for the full feature.

World Transport Policy & Practice – Vol. 18, No. 4

3:33pm Oct 11

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The three articles in this Autumn 2012 issue make an important contribution to transport debate and point clearly to different ways of viewing some of the key public policy issues currently underpinning transport and urban planning thinking.

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#1828

From: Rishi Aggarwal <rishiagg@...>
Date: Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:42 am
Subject: Government of Maharashtra, Brihunmumbai Municipal Corporation: Stop the Coast Road project

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#1829

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:50 pm
Subject: World Streets/Facebook working link:

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Eric Britton posted in World Transport Policy and Practice

6:18pm Oct 17

World Streets/Facebook working link:

What you have here is an uneasy compromise between what we would like to be able to put at your disposal and what is possible given the present state of the software behind this publication.

We think it important to ensure the most direct and lively integration of the considerable discussions, comments and information that is being made available on the Facebook sites and the basic journal which appears here under WordPress.

So for the time being we ask you to click here to pick up the latest on the Facebook site, until the time comes that we can already publish it sound easy to handle way here.

Thanks for your understanding, and if you think of a better way of doing this, please get in touch.

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* Click for latest events and announcements from World Streets on Facebook

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#1830

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:27 pm
Subject: Behind every "worst practice" there is a sloppy...

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Eric Britton posted in World Streets Worst Practices Department

The Truth About Light Rail - Pt. 1

7:27pm Oct 20

Behind every "worst practice" there is a sloppy idea. (This is an IQ test.)

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Demographia - Wendell Cox 1

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#1831

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:02 pm
Subject: To my thinking, the concept of mixed use in a...

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Eric Britton posted in World Transport Policy and Practice

New Mobility Strategies from the ground up – Supporting local commerce and enterprise

1:13pm Oct 21

To my thinking, the concept of mixed use in a society that puts a premium on job creation and local entrepreneurship as well as sheer mobility per se, has not until now gotten a fair run, either in the literature or in practice. And yet it is vital to the future well being of our cities and those who live and work there.

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It is well established by now, in leading circles of knowledge, policy and practice at least, that m...

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#1832

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:04 am
Subject: WTPP Archives: Background and Introduction

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WTPP Archives: Background and Introduction

Posted on October 24, 2012 | Leave a comment

The goal of this supplementary website is to offer a comprehensive, easy to use archive offering ready access to the close to seventy editions of the Journal of World Transport Policy & Practice that have published under the leadership of Founding Editor John Whitelegg since 1995. We also offer here easy one click connections to a certain number of supporting projects and media, which you can see on the left hand column here.

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#1833

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:15 am
Subject: "Travel-Time Budget" for Twitter et al

fekbritton

Remember Yacov Zahavi of the World Bank and famous his "Travel-Time Budget"? In a nutshell it read like this: The research showed that…

a) most of the world spends about an hour a day in travel
b) most commutes are under half an hour, and
c) Families spend about 12-15% of their disposable income for mobility.

What's the point in our present discussion context?� Well, it's a question really.

As we talk about time spent/misspent with things that on the surface are supposed (at least in part) to be useful -- such as Twitter, Facebook, et al -- do we in fact have, individually and as groups, our own Time Budget for these kinds of "information commuting" activities.

From a personal point of view I may be protected because I put a high value (?!) on my personal time, to which I can add a pretty low threshold for wasting my time.� So I think personally I am OK. �Thus far.

But back to Zahavi, which is far more interesting than my personal case: There must be analysts who are working with this, and it would be interesting to know a bit more about them.� It can be argued that the social media are themselves a form of mobility.

In the meantime I muddle on and post this reflection to Facebook, Twitter and one or two other hopefully somewhat efficient places..

Eric Britton

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#1834

From: Dave Holladay <Tramsol@...>
Date: Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:14 pm
Subject: Re: WorldTransport Forum "Travel-Time Budget" for Twitter et al

Tramsol@...

You might also consider some figures I've noted lately

At fringe meeting Stephen Joseph mentioned that the average private car in the UK sits idle for over 90% of the time (94 or 96% IIRC)

Worryingly the UK in Europe is the market for over 30% of new car sales - to 12% of the total population.

Moving out of car ownership to sensible P-A-Y-G car use will generally boost a household's disposable income by around 20% (for very low wage households the running costs of a car can eat up nearly 60% of their income). That is a 20% boost to spending power with huge potential that is will be spent locally with local businesses, achieve by better use of resources - and no recourse to such false salvation as quantitative easing (AKA printing money). No need to give the workforce a pay rise, and no penalty of the increased income tax burden that would bring on the workers - effectively money currently being wasted on idle assets is unlocked. Maybe someone should tell 'Gideon' and his fellow finance ministers, about the whizzo idea.

The Belgian scheme of giving free bus travel when a car owner scraps their vehicle, is in effect a far better use of £1000 than simply a 'bung' to the individual to go and buy a new car and carry on with the same flawed regime. The UK even gets it wrong with electric cars and hybrids - rather than try and get individuals purchasing cars with a greater need for planned servicing and proper recycling, and with a cost that demands high utilisation, they should be putting more electric cars out in car share fleets.

I'll close with a new vignette of another fellow passenger on the train, who considers the extra £900/year he is paying for the first class season ticket a good value treat, having sold the car he used to drive with and made savings of over £2000/year, by switching to cycling and train use to get to work. Even that £900 cost is mitigated by the fact he gets a free coffee and snack on each trip, and free wifi when travelling and 250 days (typical annual commuting total) of £1.20 x 2 coffees makes a good value recovery on that extra cost. This of course excludes the 'gym' outlays no longer needed.

Dave

On 24/10/12 12:15, eric britton wrote:

Remember Yacov Zahavi of the World Bank and famous his "Travel-Time Budget"? In a nutshell it read like this: The research showed that…

a) most of the world spends about an hour a day in travel
b) most commutes are under half an hour, and
c) Families spend about 12-15% of their disposable income for mobility.

What's the point in our present discussion context? Well, it's a question really.

As we talk about time spent/misspent with things that on the surface are supposed (at least in part) to be useful -- such as Twitter, Facebook, et al -- do we in fact have, individually and as groups, our own Time Budget for these kinds of "information commuting" activities.

From a personal point of view I may be protected because I put a high value (?!) on my personal time, to which I can add a pretty low threshold for wasting my time. So I think personally I am OK. Thus far.

But back to Zahavi, which is far more interesting than my personal case: There must be analysts who are working with this, and it would be interesting to know a bit more about them. It can be argued that the social media are themselves a form of mobility.

In the meantime I muddle on and post this reflection to Facebook, Twitter and one or two other hopefully somewhat efficient places..

Eric Britton

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#1835

From: Richard Layman <rlaymandc@...>
Date: Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: [NewMobilityCafe] "Travel-Time Budget" for Twitter et al

rlaymandc

you mention social media as a form of mobility. I can't claim to have read all the great work that's out there on agglomeration economies and transportation. HOWEVER, David Engwicht's _Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns: Better Living Through Less Traffic_, has an incredibly great discussion and a diagram on how cities were created to facilitate (all forms of) exchange, and the impact of devoting space to auto traffic at the expense of other modes reduces the spaces made available to facilitate exchange.

Social media is another form of exchange. It facilitates interaction. But like induced demand with adding roadway lanes, social media induces "time demand". In the US, it is argued that part of the decline in car purchasing is because of the increased use of social media within younger demographics.

Richard Layman

From: eric britton <eric.britton@...>
To: worldtransport@yahoogroups.com; NewMobilityCafe@yahoogroups.com; 'Global 'South' Sustainable Transport' <sustran-discuss@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:15 AM
Subject: [NewMobilityCafe] "Travel-Time Budget" for Twitter et al

Remember Yacov Zahavi of the World Bank and famous his "Travel-Time Budget"? In a nutshell it read like this: The research showed that…

a) most of the world spends about an hour a day in travel
b) most commutes are under half an hour, and
c) Families spend about 12-15% of their disposable income for mobility.

What's the point in our present discussion context? Well, it's a question really.

From a personal point of view I may be protected because I put a high value (?!) on my personal time, to which I can add a pretty low threshold for wasting my time. So I think personally I am OK. Thus far.

But back to Zahavi, which is far more interesting than my personal case: There must be analysts who are working with this, and it would be interesting to know a bit more about them. It can be argued that the social media are themselves a form of mobility.

In the meantime I muddle on and post this reflection to Facebook, Twitter and one or two other hopefully somewhat efficient places..

Eric Britton

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#1836

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:46 pm
Subject: Unconfusing the World Transport and other YohooGroups and social media

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Unconfusing the World Transport and other YahooGroups Fora in our New Mobility family of projects and sites. Let's try this in three crisp parts:

World Transport Forum:

The World Transport Forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldTransport has been in operation since February 1999 and presently serves some 274 international subscribers.

� It is intended specifically to support the Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice, and in particular to work in close tandem with the original Eco-Logica publication site at http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/worldtransport.htmland the new WTPP Archives that is just now opening at http://worldtransportjournal.wordpress.com/.

� The YahooGroups Forum is intended for those who read, wish to follow and contribute to the Journal. We try to keep the mailings tightly focused to the interests of this group.

� These Fora have the advantage of offering an fully searchable information base of messages and information shared over the years (unlike the more ephemeral Facebook and, above all, Twitter).

� For those who enjoy Facebook there is a parallel Facebook support page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Transport-Policy-Practice/300664846701299

World Streets and the New Mobility Caf�:

The New Mobility Caf� (at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewMobilityCafe/) has been in operation since July 1999 and presently supports some 253 subscribers.

� The Caf� is the main conversation and exchange point in support of World Streets and all our collaborative work in the broad areas of the New Mobility Agenda more broadly.

� World Streets also maintains its own Facebook site at http://www.facebook.com/worldstreets

Other Focus Groups:

We also maintain a collection of other more specialized fora and social media sites, focusing on developments and exchanges in such areas as

1. Carsharing (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCarShare/) - Since September 1998, 107 members. Also on line at http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldcarshare/

2. City cycling (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCityBike) - Since January 2008, 111 members. Also http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldcitybike/

3. Taxes and value capture (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LandCafe/ - Since July 2003, 101 members and with more than 14,000 ,messages our most lively discussion group. Also http://www.facebook.com/groups/landcafe/

4. Car Free Caf� (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CarFreeCafe - Since April 2005, 122 members - also http://www.facebook.com/WorldCarFreeCafe

5. Sustran Global South Network. In addition we feed in information and ideas on a regular basis to the Sustran Global South Network (sustran-discuss@...).

I hope that this will be reasonably clear and that it will help you to decide how, if at all, you wish to take advantage of these collaborative groups. We try very hard to say rigorously on focus and to avoid unnecessary overlap between these groups and ask that those involved in each try to do the same.� And yes indeed, if you have ideas and clues for us as to how to do a better job on all this, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

In the meantime plug into World Streets and the Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice and be part of the leading edge.

Free Subscription: To sign up for your free subscription to World Transport quarterly, click-- mailto:subscribe@... - and off we go.

Eric Britton

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#1837

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:59 pm
Subject: 26 Oct. Update on World Transport Archives. And a question

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26 Oct. Update on World Transport Archives: Reference http://wp.me/p2PF75-38.

In mid 1995 the first edition of the Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice hit the streets. A compact 52 pages, it was introduced by an editorial by John Whitelegg as founding editor, with thought-proving original articles by Stefanie B�ge (The well-travelled yogurt pot), Peter Newman (The end of the urban freeway), Paul Mees (Urban transport policy paradoxes in Australia), Leo Lemmers (How Amsterdam plans to reduce car traffic), Rudolf H.H. Pfleiderer & Martin Dieterich (New roads generate new traffic), Werner Rien and Michael Roggenkamp (Can trams carry cargo? new logistics for urban area), Peter Strutynski (A new approach to reducing road freight transport), Helmut Holzapfel (Violence and the car), and Michael Glotz-Richter (Living without a car).

If you go today to the new (and still in process) edition of the World Transport Archives at http://worldtransportarchives.wordpress.com� and then work your way down the right menu to the last of the entries thus far been posted (or perhaps more easily just click to http://wp.me/p2PF75-38), you will be able to read freely and at leisure on your PC, Tablet or smart phone the full content of this outstanding first edition, with the other 65 editions till now to be brought on line in the coming weeks.

The outstanding contribution of the WTPP Archives is that it is putting these important contributions into higher profile, along with providing a battery of search tools which are conveniently placed so that interested readers will be able to find their way quickly to specific topics, authors, numbers, countries, etc.

Now here is my question to you this morning:� In your view is this a useful contribution?� And if so, may we have your counsel as to how to do a better job. �And finally, if you have a bit of time and taste for this sort of thing would you like to lend a hand to the somewhat meticulous work of getting all these materials on line in good order?� Think of this as a form of crowdsourcing. The secret weapon of democracy in the 21st century.

Eric Britton

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Francis Eric Knight-Britton, Managing Director /� Editor

New Mobility Partnerships | World Streets |� The Equity/Transport Project

9, rue Gabillot 69003 Lyon France | T. +339 8326 9459| M. +336 5088 0787� | E. eric.britton@...� �| S. newmobility

� 9440 Readcrest Drive. Los Angeles, CA� 90210� | Tel. +1 213� 985 3501� |� eric.britton@...� |� Skype: ericbritton

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#1838

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:26 pm
Subject: NEW MOBILITY AGENDA/GETTING AROUND: WEB, BLOGS & SUPPORTING SOCIAL MEDIA

fekbritton

NEW MOBILITY AGENDA/GETTING AROUND:

WEB, BLOGS & SUPPORTING SOCIAL MEDIA

Source:29/10/12 http://worldstreets.wordpress.com

When it comes to the multiplicity of internet sites and media that together make up the at-times somewhat labyrinthine New Mobility Agenda, there is a certain logic in our gameplan. Here in summary how things look today in the hope that it will help you make better use of the considerable potential of these tools. in your work.

To support the various dedicated website and blogs, we also try to being in social media. Twitter we nominally use but still have not found the hook. Facebook has its uses but it is close to zero when it comes to context and less than that for depth of coverage.� More,� one important job it does not handle is to provide a searchable repository not only of messages but also shared documents and threads of discussions. For that reason we try to make sure that for each Facebook group, there is a parallel YahooGroups Forum that is available to provide at least a workable approximation of� this shared, searchable� database function.�

In all cases, the moderator ensures that the discussions rigorously keep to the focus of the group in the knowledge that everyone is short on time.� In several cases the original web sits have not been entirely kept up to date. This is noted in each instance.

Here is how things stand on our principal projects� on this sunny late October day in Lyon:

WORLD STREETS

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com

WEB: http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm

TW: https://twitter.com/worldstreets

FB: http://www.facebook.com/NewMobilityAgenda

YG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewMobilityCafe

JOURNAL OF WORLD TRANSPORT POLICY AND PRACTICE

BLOG: https://worldtransportarchives.wordpress.com/

PUBLISHER: http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/worldtransport.html

FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Transport-Archives

YG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldTransport

CARSHARING:

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/sharetransport/carshare/

WEB: http://ecoplan.org/carshare/

TW: https://twitter.com/worldcarshare

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldcarshare/�

YG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCarShare

CITY BIKES:

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/modes/cycling/

WEB: http://www.worldcitybike.org/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldcitybike/

YG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCityBike

CAR FREE CAF�

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/modes/cars/car-free/

WEB: http://www.worldcarfreedays.com

FB: http://www.facebook.com/WorldCarFreeCafe

YG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CarFreeCafe

EQUITY-BASED TRANSPORT

BLOG: http://equitytransport.wordpress.com/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/EquityTransport

YG:� Uses http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewMobilityCafe

TW: https://twitter.com/EquityT

WORLD SHARE/TRANSPORT FORUM

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/?cat=48609120

WEB: http://sharetransport.org/

FB: �http://www.facebook.com/groups/135703483141939/

SUSTRAN GLOBAL SOUTH

Blog: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/region/global-south/

YG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sustran-discuss/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldstreets/

WOMEN IN TRANSPORT: EQUITY/EFFICIENCY

WEB: http://www.ecoplan.org/gatnet/gt_index.htm (out of date)

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/users/women/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/gatnet/

Discussions:� http://goo.gl/Ntq95

LAND CAF�: TAXATION/VALUE CAPTURE

WEB: http://www.ecoplan.org/land/lc_index.htm (out of date)

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/economic-instruments/taxes/

FB: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LandCafe

YG: groups.yahoo.com/group/landcafe/

NUOVA MOBLITA

BLOG: http://nuovamobilita.wordpress.com/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/NuoMob

NOVA MOBILIDADE

BLOG: http://novamobilidade.wordpress.com/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/NovaMobilidade

STREETS OF INDIA

BLOG: http://indiastreets.wordpress.com/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/IndiaStreets

TW: https://twitter.com/indiastreets

ALSO on Facebook:

Thinking about Africa: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thinking-about-Africa-Transport-Equity/183396531766673

Thinking about China:� http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thinking-About-ChinaTransport-Equity/332432830112751

Streets of Iran: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Streets-of-Iran/184134385030465

Calles de Guadalajara: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Calles-de-Guadalajara/252290858149223

BRITTON MEANDERINGS;

NETWORK DISPATCHES: http://networkdispatches.wordpress.com/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/worldstreets

YG:� Uses http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewMobilityCafe

And something that I regard as more important than it may at first appear to be:

WORLD STREETS WORST PRACTICES DEPARTMENT

BLOG: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/worst-practices/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/worstpractices/

YG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HaveaStupidWeekend

In the hope that you may find some use in this, and as always your comments and suggestions warmly solicited.

#1839

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 8:38 am
Subject: “What are the top 3 things Paris has done in the last 10 years to deliver a genuinely sustainable transport system?”

fekbritton

New post on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities

“What are the top 3 things Paris has done in the last 10 years to deliver a genuinely sustainable transport system?”

The other day the phone rang and I heard the voice of my long time friend and valued collaborator Professor John Whitelegg telling me: "on 8th November I am giving a presentation in London at a conference organised by SNCF. It's all about London and Paris and what the cities can learn from each other. [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 2 November 2012 at 09:01 | Categories: cities, Europe, Governance, New Mobility, sustainability | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2nu

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#1840

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 7:09 pm
Subject: FW: [New post] Author/Article/Volume Index: 1995-2005

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "Here you have the latest WTPP Author Index from the current Eco-Logica site. We are adding it here with the intent of completing and updating it, and possibly putting it into more flexible form for referencing. Already it brings with it the advantage"

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Author/Article/Volume Index: 1995-2005

Here you have the latest WTPP Author Index from the current Eco-Logica site. We are adding it here with the intent of completing and updating it, and possibly putting it into more flexible form for referencing. Already it brings with it the advantage of being fully serachable, so it is defintiely a step in the right direction:

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From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:54 am
Subject: WTPP Author/Article/Year Index

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "4 Nov. 2012: Still work in progress. Pros: Authors, article titles are now entered into searchable content of the site. Cons: At present takes reader only to the indicated volume number, and not direct to article. In time it is the intention that th"

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WTPP Author/Article/Year Index

4 Nov. 2012: Still work in progress.

Pros: Authors, article titles are now entered into searchable content of the site.

Cons: At present takes reader only to the indicated volume number, and not direct to article. In time it is the intention that the volume contents will be disaggregated so that each article is directly accessible. Also from 2005 on has still to be completed. Also several links are still missing and need to be added.

Eric Britton, editor | November 4, 2012 at 09:50 | Categories: Authors, Incomplete, Working draft | URL: http://wp.me/p2PF75-49

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#1842

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Mon Nov 5, 2012 7:52 am
Subject: World Streets: Weekly digest for 5 November 2012

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Subject: Weekly digest for 5 November 2012

Eric Britton, editor posted: "John Pucher (cycling guru and Professor of Transport Policy at Rutgers university) gave a public lecture on cycling in cities in LA earlier this week, introducing his new book "City Cycling" to an attentive audience. Kent Strumpell of the City of LA Bic"

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John Pucher reports on “City Cycling”

John Pucher (cycling guru and Professor of Transport Policy at Rutgers university) gave a public lecture on cycling in cities in LA earlier this week, introducing his new book "City Cycling" to an attentive audience. Kent Strumpell of the City of LA Bicycle Advisory Committee was there taking notes. Which he kindly shares with us [...]

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“What are the top 3 things Paris has done in the last 10 years to deliver a genuinely sustainable transport system?”

Eric Britton, editor | 2 November 2012 at 09:01 | Categories: cities, Europe, Governance, New Mobility, sustainability | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2nu

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "The Young Scholars/Future Leaders program organized in association with the inaugural Kaohsiung World Share/Transport Forum provided a highly innovative and useful component of the 2010 event, which we are keen on build on and extend in the future. To t"

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Young Scholars/Future Leaders Fellows Program: Kaohsiung World Share/Transport Forum 2010

The Young Scholars/Future Leaders program organized in association with the inaugural Kaohsiung World Share/Transport Forum provided a highly innovative and useful component of the 2010 event, which we are keen on build on and extend in the future. To this end, we publish here today background information taken from the original event, as a stepping [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 31 October 2012 at 14:16 | Categories: China, Conference, Kaohsiung, leadership, organization, Share/Transport, young people | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2nk

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "WEB, BLOGS & SUPPORTING SOCIAL MEDIA When it comes to the multiplicity of internet sites and media that together make up the at-times somewhat labyrinthine New Mobility Agenda, there is a certain if not always immediately app[rent underlying logic "

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NEW MOBILITY AGENDA/GETTING AROUND

WEB, BLOGS & SUPPORTING SOCIAL MEDIA When it comes to the multiplicity of internet sites and media that together make up the at-times somewhat labyrinthine New Mobility Agenda, there is a certain if not always immediately app[rent underlying logic in our gameplan. Here in summary how things look today in the hope that it will [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 29 October 2012 at 12:52 | Categories: Facebook, media, New Mobility, organization, social media, Twitter, YahooGroups | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2ni

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#1843

From: Richard Layman <rlaymandc@...>
Date: Mon Nov 5, 2012 11:03 am
Subject: Associated Press story on European cycling

rlaymandc

People might be interested in this.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2012/Nov-05/193869-wheel-you-marry-me-europe-has-crush-on-cycling.ashx#axzz2BLRhNpdR

Although it doesn't tell the full story on the state of bike sharing in Copenhagen. It talks about scrapping the current system, but not about what's coming.

For that, Danish (or Google Translate) is required.

http://politiken.dk/fotografier/ECE1801284/foto-se-koebenhavns-nye-pendlercykel/

Richard Layman

www.bicyclepass.com

Washington, DC

#1844

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 9:50 am
Subject: FW: [New post] John Pucher reports on “City Cycling”

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#1845

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Tue Nov 6, 2012 8:53 am
Subject: Bogota 21: Toward a world-class transit-oriented Metropolis (with commentary)

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Eric Britton posted in Sustran Global South

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Bogota 21: Toward a world-class transit-oriented Metropolis (with commentary)

10:41am Nov 6

This report sponsored by Siemens under a program initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) recommends “that about 4.2% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), needs to be spent annually to develop Bogotá into a world-class transit-oriented metropolis”. The report has been implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, active in Colombia for almost 50 years, and Siemens, a German global corporation present in Colombia for nearly 60 years. And to see it for yourself, click here for the full report that has just been released. http://despacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Bogota-21-english.pdf

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#1846

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:56 am
Subject: World Streets: Weekly digest for 12 November 2012

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“CAR21″: A Thinking Exercise (or New Ways of Owning and Using Cars in the 21st Century)

From the World Carshare Consortium: I would like to offer a "thought experiment" with anyone here who may wish to jump in with their ideas. criticism and/or proposals -- or perhaps only to pull up a chair and see what happens in a case like this. The short story is that I would like [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 10 November 2012 at 12:12 | Categories: behavior, CAR21, Cars, Carshare, cities, drivers, Land use, non-drivers, Pattern break, Request comments | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2ps

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "Take a break. And in case you missed them the first time around check out the Piano Stairs from Stockholm this weekend. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw] Now that we have seen that one, and since it is after all the weekend, w"

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Weekend leisure: Piano Stairs

Take a break. And in case you missed them the first time around check out the Piano Stairs from Stockholm this weekend.

Eric Britton, editor | 9 November 2012 at 18:38 | Categories: behavior, modification, social media | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2pk

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Eric Britton, editor posted: " [polldaddy poll=6674381] Gender parity at all levels of the planning and decision process is a persistent, insistent theme at World Streets. We do not mind repeating and being annoying on this topic, if that is the case. We invite you to cons"

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Importance of Gender Parity in Transport Planning and Policy

Eric Britton, editor | 8 November 2012 at 11:41 | Categories: behavior, gender, Governance, leadership | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2oF

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Eric Britton, editor posted: " This is quite typical as far as the overall geographic distribution is concerned. . On any given day we have anywhere from one hundred to one thousand-plus people coming in to World Streets, depending on lots of things. Our weakest points are Africa, "

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Who is reading World Streets today?

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "The European Economic and Social Committee is organizing a conference on "Achieving the goals of the White Paper on Transport: how civil society can help with delivery". This one day conference will take place at the Committee's premises on 7 December. Th"

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Achieving the goals of the EC White Paper on Transport: How civil society can help with delivery

The European Economic and Social Committee is organizing a conference on "Achieving the goals of the White Paper on Transport: how civil society can help with delivery". This one day conference will take place at the Committee's premises on 7 December. The principal document under discussion is entitled "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area [...]

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "That's great. But just because we voted today does not mean that we are done with our duty as a citizen in a true democracy. It's an important step, but not a final destination. Now we have the real work to do, day after day, year after year: vigil"

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Congratulations!

That's great. But just because we voted today does not mean that we are done with our duty as a citizen in a true democracy.

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "This report sponsored by Siemens under a program initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) recommends "that about 4.2% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), needs to be spent annually to develop "

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Bogota 21: Toward a world-class transit-oriented Metropolis (with commentary)

This report sponsored by Siemens under a program initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) recommends "that about 4.2% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), needs to be spent annually to develop Bogotá into a world-class transit-oriented metropolis". The report has been implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 5 November 2012 at 19:52 | Categories: collaborative project, investments, Old Mobility, public transport, Speed, sustainability, technology solutions | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2nJ

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#1847

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:05 pm
Subject: [xCar Futures: A Thinking Exercise]

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Eric Britton posted in xCar Futures: A Thinking Exercize

What is an (x)Car?

Just to be clear on this. It is a motorized vehicle, most often with four wheels, capable of carrying people and goods, and most probably for the decade ahead (the only one we really care about in this exercise) with a human being at some kind of wheel to guide it.

References:

· FB - http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldcarshare/

· World Streets - http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/category/xcar-landscape/

3:52pm Nov 13

Thinking Exercise?

Just to be sure that we are getting off on the same foot on this, let me excerpt a few lines from the WP entry on brainstorming:

Brainstorming - what we are calling a thinking exercise here -- is a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.

Advertising executive Alex F. Osborn began developing methods for creative problem solving in 1939. He was frustrated by employees’ inability to develop creative ideas individually for ad campaigns. In response, he began hosting group-thinking sessions and discovered a significant improvement in the quality and quantity of ideas produced by employees.

He claimed that two principles contribute to "ideative efficacy," these being "1. Defer judgment," and "2. Reach for quantity." Following these principles were his four general rules of brainstorming, established with intention to reduce social inhibitions among group members, stimulate idea generation, and increase overall creativity of the group.

1. Focus on quantity: This rule is a means of enhancing divergent production, aiming to facilitate problem solving through the maxim quantity breeds quality. The assumption is that the greater the number of ideas generated, the greater the chance of producing a radical and effective solution.

2. Withhold criticism: In brainstorming, criticism of ideas generated should be put 'on hold'. Instead, participants should focus on extending or adding to ideas, reserving criticism for a later 'critical stage' of the process. By suspending judgment, participants will feel free to generate unusual ideas.

3. Welcome unusual ideas: To get a good and long list of ideas, unusual ideas are welcomed. They can be generated by looking from new perspectives and suspending assumptions. These new ways of thinking may provide better solutions.

4. Combine and improve ideas: Good ideas may be combined to form a single better good idea, as suggested by the slogan "1+1=3". It is believed to stimulate the building of ideas by a process of association.

Osborn notes that brainstorming should address a specific question; he held that sessions addressing multiple questions were inefficient. Further, the problem must require the generation of ideas rather than judgment.

Are we together on this? ;-)

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From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:56 am
Subject: “CAR21?: A Thinking Exercise (or New Ways of Owning and Using Cars in t...

fekbritton

From the World Carshare Consortium: I would like to offer a "thought experiment" with anyone here who may wish to jump in with their ideas. criticism and/or proposals -- or perhaps only to pull up a chair and see what happens in a case like this. The short story is that I would like to see what, if anything, happens with a simple change of title and focus for this group -- the World Carshare consortium at http//worldcarshare.com + http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldcarshare/ + http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCarShare -- which for almost 15 years now has been focusing its attention on the varieties of carsharing that are fast multiplying and taking an increasingly important role in the mobility options of people in cities around the world. Carsharing has a brilliant, in many ways surprising and certainly very different future, which in fact is already well in process. But there is more to our story than that.

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#1849

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Thu Nov 8, 2012 1:52 pm
Subject: Importance of Gender Parity in Transport Planning and Policy

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Importance of Gender Parity in Transport Planning and Policy

See: article at http://wp.me/psKUY-2oF

Gender parity at all levels of the planning and decision process is a persistent, insistent theme at World Streets. We do not mind repeating and being annoying on this topic, if that is the case. We invite you to consult past articles and ongoing campaigns on women and leadership in our sector in the pages of World Streets.

We would also like to invite you to share your views on the poll that you will find at the top of the article.

# # #

When organizing a policy conference on participatory planning and active citizenry, how important would you say obtaining strong gender parity is?

1. Not important

2. Not appropriate in this case

3. Difficulty in finding qualified females to participate

4. Ready to work in this case to ensure a better level of gender parity

5. Make full parity a fundamental condition of the event

6. Aim for (5), do my best, and if I don't make it, swear to do better the next time.

7. I am willing to publicly record the final parity ratio after the event.

# # #

Thank you,

Eric Britton

#1850

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:08 am
Subject: World Streets: Weekly digest for 19 November 2012

fekbritton

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International Advisory Council on Sustainable Transportation

17 November 2012. With one eye to laying the base for our work and collaborative programs for 2013, we are in the process of updating and extending this list of distinguished international colleagues, each of whom is hard at work day after day on challenges, projects and programs, alone and with others, all in support [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 17 November 2012 at 12:59 | Categories: 2012, Advisory Panel, World Streets | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2sj

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "Brief: L.A. County toll lanes get smooth start, despite grumbling As officials unveiled the first toll lanes on an 11-mile stretch of the 110 Freeway this weekend, some drivers said they had questions about how the new fare program worked. The express "

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Brief: Los Angeles toll lanes get smooth start, despite some grumbling

Brief: L.A. County toll lanes get smooth start, despite grumbling As officials unveiled the first toll lanes on an 11-mile stretch of the 110 Freeway this weekend, some drivers said they had questions about how the new fare program worked. The express lanes were created using existing carpool lanes. As a result, drivers now can [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 16 November 2012 at 17:08 | Categories: 2012, Brief, demand management, drivers, pricing, Tolls, World Streets, xCar Landscape | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2s4

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "The long wait at the many unnecessary traffic lights in Germany may soon be over. Communities nationwide are exploring the use of alternative traffic control systems, such as roundabouts and zebra stripes, to resolve the traffic light's growing issues of "

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Brief: The long wait at the many unnecessary traffic lights in Germany may soon be over

The long wait at the many unnecessary traffic lights in Germany may soon be over. Communities nationwide are exploring the use of alternative traffic control systems, such as roundabouts and zebra stripes, to resolve the traffic light's growing issues of expense and safety. Among groups in favour of a large-scale switch, the German Cyclists’ Federation [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 15 November 2012 at 13:50 | Categories: 2012, Brief, Roundabouts, Safe Streets, Safety, traffic, traffic engineering, World Streets | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2rL

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "Just to be sure that we are all getting off on the right foot on this, let me excerpt a few lines from the WP entry on brainstorming. All this is well trod terrain, but just to be sure: Brainstorming - what we are calling here a thinking exercise -- is"

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xCar Thinking Exercise?

Just to be sure that we are all getting off on the right foot on this, let me excerpt a few lines from the WP entry on brainstorming. All this is well trod terrain, but just to be sure: Brainstorming - what we are calling here a thinking exercise -- is a group creativity technique [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 15 November 2012 at 08:29 | Categories: 2012, Auto industry, behavior, car owner/drivers, Cars, creativity, World Streets, xCar Landscape | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2rH

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "This is a collaborative thinking exercise addressing essentially a single question. But one of many parts. What is the "modern motor car" going to look like in the decade immediately ahead? Will it be more of the same? Or will it mutate into a very "

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The xCar Landscape: New Ways of Owning and Using Cars in the 21st Century

This is a collaborative thinking exercise addressing essentially a single question. But one of many parts. What is the "modern motor car" going to look like in the decade immediately ahead? Will it be more of the same? Or will it mutate into a very different form of mobility? Who is going to own it? [...]

Eric Britton, editor | 14 November 2012 at 09:49 | Categories: 2012, Auto industry, behavior, car owner/drivers, Cars, collaborative project, Governance, Mental maps, New Mobility, paradigm change, strategic planning, World Streets, xCar Landscape | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2rz

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Eric Britton, editor posted: "Brief: When it comes to choosing their means of transport, travellers in Germany and Europe reveal themselves surprisingly willing to switch modes. Almost 50 percent of those surveyed in six European countries say that they have changed their own mobility"

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Brief: When it comes to choosing their means of transport . . .

Brief: When it comes to choosing their means of transport, travellers in Germany and Europe reveal themselves surprisingly willing to switch modes. Almost 50 percent of those surveyed in six European countries say that they have changed their own mobility mix in the last few years. * Click here for survey.

Eric Britton, editor | 13 November 2012 at 16:14 | Categories: 2012, behavior, Brief, more choices, Pattern break, World Streets | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2rf

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#1851

From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:30 am
Subject: Some Early References on Free Public Transport

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Some Early References on Free Public Transport

This list is taken from the 2010 posting provided by the Free public transportation Debate at http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Free_public_transportation. It needs to be updated but still is a useful point of reference, along with the latest Wikipedia entry at Free Public Transport. Please send us your updates either as Comments here, or to editor@.... Thank you.

Eric Britton, editor | 20 November 2012 at 05:07 | Categories: 2012, Fare systems, free public transport, World Streets | URL: http://wp.me/psKUY-2uc

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From: "eric britton" <eric.britton@...>
Date: Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:08 pm
Subject: Free Public Transport! (But hey, are we talking about the same thing?)

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New post on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities

Free Public Transport! (But hey, are we talking about the same thing?)

Posted on 22 November 2012 | Leave a comment

On 22 June 2010 we posted in these pages an invitation to an open thinking exercise welcoming comments and views on the topic of “Free Public Transport”. Two weeks later to get the ball rolling we followed up with a first article setting out some basic principles under the title “Why Free Public Transport is perhaps a bad idea”. That posting has been among the more widely read here; as of this morning having been accessed some 3,942 times. Beyond that it opened up a small Tsunami of comments, reactions and clarifications, a number of which of high interest and thoughtfulness.

But here is the joker: Judging from the responses and conversations that followed it was clear that almost everybody was reading the word “Free” in that phrase as an adjective. But that is not quite what we had in mind. Rather it was part of what we wanted to have views on, but only part of it.

Click for more: http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/free-public-transport-but-hey-are-we-talking-about-the-same-thing/