Thanks to Yoli for this link:

Article by Jason henderson in SF Streetsblog: Worried about more
Deepwater Horizons? Stop driving, and the drilling will take care of
itself....

http://tinyurl.com/2aoj6pa

Excellent!

Rick

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****** SUTP Newsletter ******
****** Issue 02/10 March - April 2010 ******

A PDF version of the newsletter can be downloaded from
http://www.sutp.org/documents/newsletters/NL-MAR-APR-2010.pdf
An online version is also available at
http://www.sutp.org/newsletters/NL-Mar-Apr-10.html

The Future of Mobility- Shanghai Expo 2010

The City of Bremen and GTZ are proud to present three workshops on “The Future
of Mobility” at the Bremen Stand in the Urban Best Practice Area at the
Shanghai Expo from May 24th to 26th, 2010. Events are scheduled from 2 to 5 pm
and are focusing on the following three key topics of sustainable urban
transport:
Day 1 - Mon, 24th: Transport and Urban Development
Day 2 - Tue, 25th: Low Carbon Mobility for Cities
Day 3 - Wed, 26th: The Role of Electric Vehicles

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1976

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Ukrainian version of the module "Transport and Climate Change" is now available

GTZ announces the release of the Ukrainian version of the module "Transport and
Climate Change". The module summarises the challenges that climate change
mitigation has to face in the transport sector and presents the major options
and instruments to deal with them. The module is a comprehensive summary of
sustainable transport policy options and sketches out their potential for the
reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

The module draws on the existing GTZ-sourcebook on sustainable urban transport
and thus offers both a comprehensive overview and a thematic entry point to the
whole world of sustainable transport. To ease access to more detailed
information, the module includes many references to the other sourcebook
modules. The authors, Holger Dalkmann and Charlotte Brannigan, work at the
Centre for Sustainability (C4S) at the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), UK.
The module has been translated to Ukrainian Language in the context of the
project “Climate-friendly Mobility in Ukrainian Cities”. The project is
financed by the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety in the context of the International Climate Protection
Initiative.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/suteca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72%3A201\
0-04-23-10-08-52&catid=1%3Aproject-news&Itemid=56&lang=ua

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GTZ MD shares his vision on sustainable transportation

The internet platform Comment: Vision - a joint website of the TV station
“Euronews”, the Newspaper “European Voice” and SHELL - discussed in
March this year the subject “As well as seeking alternative fuels, should we
be changing our entire transportation culture?”. A variety of experts gave
statements to this key question of transport policy, among them was also GTZ’s
managing director Hans-Joachim Preuß. He concluded that “we need a paradigm
shift!. . . changing the transportation culture is key for sustainable
development and prevention of dangerous climate change”.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1955

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Sustainable transport pioneers to speak at Velo-City Global, 2010

Velo-City Global, 2010, to be held from 22-25 June at Copenhagen in Denmark,
aims to bring together cycling experts, city planners, decision makers, NGOs and
researchers from all over the world to discuss the potential and challenges of
cycling. This year this event will exhibit an exciting line-up of speakers which
includes Enrique Peñalosa, Jan Gehl, Janette Sadik-Khan and John Whitelegg.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1995

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GTZ Workshop at the Deutsche Welle Media Forum 2010

The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will take place from June 21-23 in Bonn,
Germany. The forum is to develop strategies within an interdisciplinary
framework regarding the challenges of climate change. GTZ is attending the Forum
and organizing the Workshop “Beyond clean congestion? – Pathways for
Sustainable Mobility” on Tuesday June 22nd at 11:30. In this workshop the
contribution of transport to global carbon emissions is highlighted and the
problem of oil dependency of the transport sector for the next 20 years is
pointed out. Smart urban planning and investments in low carbon modes will be
presented as a strategy towards sustainable development, and solutions offering
potential to reduce green house emissions and foster economic development will
be discussed.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1996

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Further Signatories to the Kyoto Declaration on Environmentally Sustainable
Transport (EST)

On March 16, 2010, 10 further Asian cities signed the Kyoto Declaration on
Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Seoul, Korea. One of the cities
to sign the Declaration was Solo, which is a partner in the GTZ implemented
Project “Sustainable Urban Transport Improvements Project (SUTIP) in
Indonesia”, financed by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1934

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New Project Flyer of the Bridging the Gap Initiative

The Initiative "Bridging the Gap: Pathways for Transport in a Post 2012 Process"
has updated its project flyer. The flyer is available in English and in Chinese.
The Bridging the Gap Initiative works actively towards integrating transport
into the current climate negotiations through five organizations with strong
international expertise in sustainable transport and climate change, namely -
GTZ, TRL, Veolia Transport, ITDP, and UITP.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1956

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GTZ participates in the UN forum on Urban Transport in Seoul, S.Korea

The UN Forum on Climate Change Mitigation, Fuel Efficiency and Sustainable
Development of Urban Transport met from 16-17 March 2010, in Seoul, Republic of
Korea, in preparation for the 18th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable
Development (CSD). The Forum included discussions on topic like enhancing public
transport to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, public private partnerships,
financing public transport in developing countries, etc.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1933

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Launch of Public Urban Transport Project in Danang, Vietnam

The "Developing Danang - Environmental City" project was launched jointly by GTZ
and the Danang city government on 3rd  March 2010 in Danang city. Within this
project there is a component to support the introduction of a bus based public
transport system in the city.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1920

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****** Publications *****


Sustainable Urban Transport:
A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in South Asian Cities Volume 3

GTZ has released the print version of its flagship publication "Sourcebook on
Sustainable Transport" adapted for the South Asian audience. This version of the
publication is third in series of the volumes on "A Sourcebook for Policy-makers
in South Asian Cites", and has 5 modules. The previously released two volumes
have 12 modules, thus totalling to now 17 modules (of 27 modules) in print form.
The foreword for the 250 page Volume 3 has been written by Dr. M. Ramachandran,
Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the preface
is contributed by Prof. H.M. Shivanand Swamy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1987

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Overview of public transport in Sub-Saharan Africa

“Overview of public transport in Sub-Saharan Africa”, is a study that has
been carried out for the Directorate-General for Research in the European
Commission with support of UITP and UATP. The study provides an overview of
public transport in Sub-Saharan African countries, including historical
background information, an overview of public transport regulations at federal
and local level as well as a snapshot on public transport operators and
different modes of public transport.

Link:
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1924

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Are vehicle reduction targets justified?

Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI) has released a
report on Vehicle Travel Reduction Targets. This report investigates whether
transportation policies should include targets to reduce vehicle travel and
encourage use of alternative modes, better known as mobility management
objectives. Mr. Litman is also the author of the GTZ Sourcebook module "2b:
Mobility Management".

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1922

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U.S.  Parking Policies: An Overview of Management Strategies

ITDP’s recent publication titled “U.S. Parking Policies: An Overview of
Management Strategies”, identifies core sustainable parking principles and
illustrates how smarter parking management can benefit consumers and businesses
in terms of time and money savings, while also leading to more livable and
attractive communities.

Link: http://www.itdp.org/documents/ITDP_US_Parking_Report.pdf

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Vietnamese-German Transport Research Centre Symposium 2010

The Vietnamese-German University (VGU) is a joint project between Vietnam and
Germany with the goal to set up a research-orientated university in Vietnam. It
had its official opening celebrations in September 2008 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Under the framework of VGU the Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD), Germany,
and the University of Transport and Communications (UTC), Vietnam, decided to
continue and to strengthen their existing cooperation and to establish a
Transport Research Centre in Vietnam.

Link: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1977

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Outline schedule of the 18th CSD published

The "organisation of work" of the two-week long 18th session of the UN
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), to be held in New York in May, has
now been published.

Link: http://www.transport2012.org/

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UITP released a new CD on IT solutions for public transport from the Proceedings
of IT-TRANS 2010

Link: http://www.uitp.org/publications/index2.cfm?id=3

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*** New addition to the SUTP India team ***

SUTP welcomes its newest team member, Chhavi Dhingra Deb. A civil and
transportation engineer, Chhavi has almost 5 years of research experience on
issues like transport access, energy and emissions, policy, institutions and
public transport improvement. She can be reached at Chhavi.Dhingra@...

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****** Upcoming Events ******

03.05.2010 New York, USA: Committee on Sustainable Development
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=40\
6&lang=en

05.05.2010 Graz, AT: European Conference on Mobility Management
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=44\
1&lang=en

25.05.2010 Lisbon, PT: 16th IRF World Road Meeting
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=36\
1&lang=en

26.05.2010 Leipzig, DE: International Transport Forum 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=40\
4&lang=en

28.05.2010 Bonn, DE: Resilient Cities 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=44\
3&lang=en

30.05.2010 Jerusalem, IL :Conference o Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road
Users
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=42\
7&lang=en

02.06.2010 Hong Kong, CN: TRANSED 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=38\
0&lang=en

04.06.2010 Bonn, DE: UNFCC Side Event Bridging the Gap
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=44\
3&lang=en

07.06.2010 Brussels, BE: Transport Research Arena 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=39\
1&lang=en

08.06.2010 Bonn, DE: Bridging the Gap Workshop
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=44\
4&lang=en

14.06.2010 Boston, USA: Bus Rapid Transit World USA
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=42\
8&lang=en

22.06.2010 Copenhagen, DE: Velo-City 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=42\
1&lang=en

28.06.2010 York, U.K: Towards  Car-free Cities
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=43\
2&lang=en

28.06.2010 Singapore: World Cities Summit 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=43\
8&lang=en

30.06.2010 Singapore, World Urban Transport Leaders’ Summit
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=43\
9&lang=en

04.07.2010 Stuttgart,DE:, Cities for Mobility World Congress 2010
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=56&func=details&did=40\
1&lang=en

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should see it.



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A quote:

> All oil comes from someone�s backyard, and when we don�t reduce the
> amount of oil we consume, and refuse to drill at home, we end up
> getting people to drill for us in Kazakhstan, Angola and Nigeria �
> places without America�s strong environmental safeguards or the
> resources to enforce them.
>
> Kazakhstan, for one, had no comprehensive environmental laws until
> 2007, and Nigeria has suffered spills equivalent to that of the
> Exxon Valdez every year since 1969. (As of last year, Nigeria had
> 2,000 active spills.) Since the Santa Barbara spill of 1969, and
> the more than 40 Earth Days that have followed, Americans have
> increased by two-thirds the amount of petroleum we consume in our
> cars, while nearly quadrupling the quantity we import. Effectively,
> we�ve been importing oil and exporting spills to villages and
> waterways all over the world.
>

Read all about it:

http://tinyurl.com/36vs8lf

Rick
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http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com

Hi All,

See:

"Picturing a Car-Free Seine: The New Vision for the Paris Waterfront"

http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/05/07/picturing-a-car-free-seine-the-new-vision-\
for-the-paris-waterfront/

for some photographs of what is under consideration for the banks of the Seine.

Best,

J.


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China's People's Daily reports on Italy's first National Bike Day,
which included numerous well-received (albeit temporary) car-free
districts and roads:

http://tinyurl.com/2blgllk

Rick

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http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Lessons in Leadership / Profiles in Courage : "Bogot� Change
The Colombian presidential elections will be held in less than three weeks
on May 30. The campaign is all about ideas, leadership, and courage. And
what could be more critical for a country or a city event to have these
lined up together with a proven capacity to innovate, administrate, and to
ensure that good policies and measures are continuously being scrutinized
for performance and adapted to ensure that they are making the fullest
possible contribution, year after year after year? Grab a cup of coffee and
check out "Bogot� Change"



Article freely available in World Streets <http://www.worldstreets.org/>
today at www.WorldStreets.org
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Going car-free with kids in America: http://tinyurl.com/ybvhj6v

Sort of a primer for the dubious.

R
--
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http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Cul-de-sac neighborhoods force driving, impede walking and cycling,
cost more to maintain:

http://tinyurl.com/24cj5kz

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http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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As a carfree family of five, I second the Xtracyle as great way to get around
with kids and cargo.  I wish we had a bakfiet, but the Xtracycle and rain gear
works.

Linda
My vegan blog:  http://veganlinda.blogspot.com/
My business:  http://triballife.net/
http://triballifeinc.blogspot.com/
My car free blog:  http://cucarfree.blogspot.com/
Our veg radio show:  http://fftradio.blogspot.com/

On May 11, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Richard Risemberg <rickrise@...> wrote:

Going car-free with kids in America: http://tinyurl.com/ybvhj6v

Sort of a primer for the dubious.

R
--
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http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com

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Important article in the Atlantic...a quote:

> Although building the infrastructure that supports dense
> development seems expensive, in the long run it�s actually much
> cheaper than conventional suburban infrastructure�at most one-tenth
> the cost per home. A mile of sewer line costs about the same to
> build whether it is on the metropolitan fringe or in a densely
> built inner suburb, but the line serves many more people in the
> inner suburb. And households in walkable urban areas use
> considerably less energy, in some instances at least a third less.
> High-density living even appears to spur faster rates of
> innovation; in a knowledge economy, ideas come faster and can be
> developed more quickly when more people can meet and mix easily.
>
> But most immediately, investment in rail, bike, and walking
> infrastructure, laying the groundwork for developing the kind of
> housing that is now in demand, is essential if we want to restore
> the economy to health. In the mid-to-late 20th century, the growth
> of the suburbs propelled America�s economy. Growth of walkable
> neighborhoods in cities and suburbs can play a similar role in the
> decades to come, sparking growth in the broader economy�but only if
> we start preparing today.
>

A link:

http://bit.ly/9yIGiG

Rick
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http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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on 5/13/10 7:18 AM, Richard Risemberg at rickrise@... wrote:

     But we don't want, and the Earth cannot sustain "growth in the broader
economy."

     Michael

On May 13, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Hayduke wrote:

> But we don't want, and the Earth cannot sustain "growth in the broader
> economy."


Still, that sells the infrastructure changes that can make survival
possible. Once livable, dense housing/commerce is in place (you'll
need commerce, unless you want to go back to subsistence farming,
which has not been an environmental success anywhere), you then have
the possibility of building towards a carfree society centered
primarily on local economies.

You can't get the social changes first if they're impossible to
survive because of bad design!

RR
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http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Interesting set of parameters for urbanizing suburban areas:

http://tinyurl.com/n3kx2d

Rick
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http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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No Accident: Traffic and Pedestrians in the Modern City
As most of our regular readers are well aware World Streets is no friend of
speed in cities. To the contrary, it is our firm position that a
considerable number of the basic objectives associated with sustainable
mobility and sustainable cities can be achieved if we do no more than to
reduce top speeds in and around our cities in a strategic and carefully
thought-out way. The great technological virtuosity of traffic engineers and
technical planners permit us to do this while at the same time retaining a
well working transportation system, a healthier city, and a viable local
economy. Listen to what John Rennie Short and Luis Mauricio Pinet-Peralta
have to tell us on the subject.




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With apologies to those of you who have already read this elsewhere:

Towards Carfree Cities IX: How Do We Get There?
York, United Kingdom: 28 June to 1 July 2010

The
goal of the Towards Carfree Cities conference series is to promote
alternatives to car-oriented urban and transport planning, with a focus
on strategy, collaboration and exchange to assist the practical work of
conference participants, from organising carfree days to planning the
carfree cities of the future.

Coming to the UK for the first
time, this year's conference is hosted by Carfree UK, with the support
of The Co-operative Membership, York City Council, Cycle Heaven of
York, Stockholm Environment Institute - York, and others. It will focus
on bringing carfree communities to life, considering a range of
strategies from temporary events to permanent road space reallocation
to promoting European models of new carfree development.

Also on the menu:

* Carfree city visions;
* Visualising a carfree quarter;
* Planning for the needs of carfree residents;
* The Quick and the Dead: a History of the Pedestrian;
* Designing walkable environments;
* The psychology of car dependence;
* Social marketing and behavioural change;
* How to win the arguments for less car use;
* Engaging with planners and politicians;
* Where next for carfree campaigning and research?

See http://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/programme_full.php for full programme
details.

Register now to be part of this year's must-see progressive planning and
transport event:
http://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/regform.php.

STOP
PRESS: We have just received news of a promotion from the train company
operating between London, York and Scotland. Book by 24 May and travel
for �9 each way, subject to availability:
http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/nine?WT.dcsvid=Mzk4NTM3OTM3MwS2&WT.mc_id=

We look forward to seeing you in York this summer!

Regards,

The TCC IX organising committee.

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Zagreb, Croatia: In protest of a proposed underground garage with a ramp on
the main pedestrian mall, and claims of corruption, large groups of people
have occupied the area and torn down fences.  This news thanks to a
bicyclist friend from Croatia who walked the street as a child.

Some of the many news items:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lTvORBc8W0&translated=1

http://www.jutarnji.hr/varsavska---tisuce-gradana-u-policijskom-obrucu/777389/?s\
ecId=79&foto=1

===
As long as I'm writing:

In local news here in the San Francisco Bay Area, a new phenomenon known as
"Bike Party" has begun, as an alternative to Critical Mass. Claiming to be
*not* a Critical Mass; stopping at stop lights and regrouping periodically
in parking lots; the ride on the Peninsula is very successful with thousands
of people every month. The first copycat Bike Party begins this Friday in
Oakland (concurrent with a Bike-In Movie in Berkeley). Critical Mass
continues as well. For official Ciclov�a style happenings: San Francisco now
has "Sunday Streets" and Oakland is organizing its first "Oaklavia" for June
27 (also a good time to be at the Carfree Cities Conference in York).  The
Bike Party phenomenon is valuable in bringing a taste of a better world
without being at all expressly political. It is interesting in the highly
racially segregated United States that there is a large Latino contingent;
bicycle activists have long grappled with how to bridge the racial divides
here.

http://www.sjbikeparty.org/
http://eastbaybikeparty.wordpress.com/

There's lots more news to be shared. If you aren't yet aware, a great source
for alternative transportation news in the USA is the (also fairly new)
StreetsBlog:

http://sf.streetsblog.org/

(That's San Francisco, click for other  cities such as New York.)

Petroleum provocation: what if there were a network of trucks powered by
electricity (via overhead wires) rather than diesel trucks? Cheaper, quicker
and more versatile than rail; able to serve decentralized land use found
today; taking advantage of existing road/bridge/distribution center
infrastructure, as well as existing electricity infrasstructure; and able to
re-use existing truck fleets.  Powered by electricity, which can come from
renewable sources, there is no other mass transport solution with a better
sustainability profile. Cost effective, energy efficient, and a huge
improvement for public health (reducing noise and air pollution). Why is
this not more discussed more and actively pursued?

~Jason
Berkeley
+1 510-725-9991
skype jasonmeggs


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Right.  More or less.

Genevieve, I agree the first question of course is "Can we get rid of
trucks?" as they're large beasts that don't mix well with people.  As a
practical matter we can't wave a magic wand and make goods movement
disappear without major problems (including starvation), so we have to do
something.

It's not that trucks are inherently healthy, it's that I don't believe
there's any better option for making major changes *soon* to reduce carbon
emissions, and *stop* using oil, along with other health, sustainability and
economic benefits.  There are many fine points and distinctions to be made.
To be clear: I do not propose removing existing rail and do not oppose
adopting new rail! (However, rail should be electrified as well.)

Why electrified trucks?

Trolley trucks (how about "T-Trucks") are much better than diesel trucks.
Quieter, "emission free," more powerful, more efficient, can be run on
renewable energy. Etc.

They are much quicker to implement than trains. Can do things trains can't.
Developed countries have large networks for trucking that mix with other
traffic.  This idea uses those existing networks, but in a new, better way,
retrofitting a new power system onto it.  Over time, alternatives can
replace the system.

Because T-Trucks will mostly operate on fixed routes (overhead wires),
adopting a T-Truck system means predictability for where trucks will be
(presently very difficult to control); thus if only T-Trucks are used, many
streets could be spared truck traffic. (True, they would have limited range
off the wires.) Trucks could then be treated more thoroughly as a separate
transport system (to some extent mimicking trains, much as Bus Rapid
Transit, or BRT, mimics a rail-based Metro system).

The idea of a large T-Truck system is still very much theoretical as they've
never been used *en masse* in the present day, although they've been used to
limited extent and for big site-specific jobs like mining. With a little bit
of funding I would put some serious work into this idea.

One last thing on the "one last mile": Small-scale transport, including
bicycle trucks/trailers, *ideally* would serve a substantial portion of
"last mile" distribution, to further reduce the impacts of trucking; another
option is delivery to homes (including rolling shops) to reduce the impacts
of shopping trips on the city.

As for garbage trucks...

...that's another topic...

(Thanks for taking me up on the provocation.)

Jason






On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Todd Edelman <edelman@...> wrote:

>  Railways (electric or with their own power) and ships should/will always
> represent the main part of long distance freight. The main issue is the last
> (and first) parts of the journey.
>
> Joel Crawford has an excellent concept for metro-based urban freight, but
> this will be difficult to implement or even to retrofit (due to political
> will, perhaps even more so than costs).
>
> So you need to minimize changes of vehicle. Thus, the ideal system uses
> electric trains which go to location in a city but which does not disturb
> people, because intermodal freight yards are very noisy. Large ocean going
> ships can never go past the periphery, and this is moving further from
> downtowns because waterfront locations are very valuable real estate.
>
> Following that, trucks of various sizes are still the ideal last mile
> vehicle. There are already many electric-based examples, but gas or Diesel
> vehicles (the latter with particle filters) are cheaper to buy but more
> expensive to operate. Overhead wires work for trams and buses, but do not
> get close enough to enough locations to be a practical route for delivery.
> To make them get close enough could be extraordinarily expensive, and ugly
> in the eyes of some, e.g. to get down one road in a city to one destination
> for cargo.
>
> Dresden and Zurich have cargo trams for very limited purposes (a VW factory
> in the former and removing old fridges and computers from neighbourhoods in
> the latter) and Amsterdam might still do something a little more extensive.
> The limiting factors here are 1 - capacity on the network. Prague has an
> incredibly dense network of tram lines, but also trams running every few
> minutes or less about 18 hours a day, so there is no space for cargo trams
> and 2 - The need for a third vehicle, e.g. in the pilot for tram cargo in
> Amsterdam some little electric vehicles, but this idea is heavily ridiculed.
> (The website for the Amsterdam project is dead).
>
> Anyway, all cities are at least a little bit different from each other and
> sometimes solutions need to be custom-tailored. Utrecht in the Netherlands
> has this system http://www.cargohopper.com/ which apparently is nice and
> people like. Maybe some people reading this have more info.
>
> So, keeping this all in mind, what Jason suggested -  I guess we can call
> them "trolley trucks" - could be interesting in a city which has a huge
> amount of trolley lines which are for one reason or another underutilized in
> one part of the day, and if they lead to a lot of delivery points... but
> then again underutilized could mean at night, so than delivery could not
> happen. Then there would also need to be new vehicles developed.... the
> boxes but not the chassis could be re-used, it seems. These trucks could be
> dual-mode for overhead wires and off the grid....
>
> The most important thing is flexibility in design and in vehicles, and of
> course buying less and (generally) close. If we just bought 20% less stuff
> there would be - speaking generally - 20% less emissions with no change of
> vehicles or technology.
>
> - T
>
>
>
> On 05/21/2010 10:16 AM, Genevieve OConnell wrote:
>
>   how are trucks good for health, even electrically powered, when they are
> the cause of so much carnage on the roads?!!! think again. rail freight is a
> much better and safer option.
>
> --- On *Fri, 21/5/10, Jason Meggs <jmeggs@...> <jmeggs@...>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Jason Meggs <jmeggs@...> <jmeggs@...>
> Subject: [carfree_network] Big Protests in Zagreb / other
> To: carfree_cities@yahoogroups.com, "carfree_network"
> <carfree_network@googlegroups.com> <carfree_network@googlegroups.com>
> Received: Friday, 21 May, 2010, 4:02 AM
>
> Zagreb, Croatia: In protest of a proposed underground garage with a ramp on
> the main pedestrian mall, and claims of corruption, large groups of people
> have occupied the area and torn down fences.  This news thanks to a
> bicyclist friend from Croatia who walked the street as a child.
>
> Some of the many news items:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lTvORBc8W0&translated=1
>
>
>
http://www.jutarnji.hr/varsavska---tisuce-gradana-u-policijskom-obrucu/777389/?s\
ecId=79&foto=1
>
> ===
> As long as I'm writing:
>
> In local news here in the San Francisco Bay Area, a new phenomenon known as
> "Bike Party" has begun, as an alternative to Critical Mass. Claiming to be
> *not* a Critical Mass; stopping at stop lights and regrouping periodically
> in parking lots; the ride on the Peninsula is very successful with thousands
> of people every month. The first copycat Bike Party begins this Friday in
> Oakland (concurrent with a Bike-In Movie in Berkeley). Critical Mass
> continues as well. For official Ciclov�a style happenings: San Francisco now
> has "Sunday Streets" and Oakland is organizing its first "Oaklavia" for June
> 27 (also a good time to be at the Carfree Cities Conference in York).  The
> Bike Party phenomenon is valuable in bringing a taste of a better world
> without being at all expressly political. It is interesting in the highly
> racially segregated United States that there is a large Latino contingent;
> bicycle activists have long grappled with how to bridge the racial divides
> here.
>
> http://www.sjbikeparty.org/
> http://eastbaybikeparty.wordpress.com/
>
> There's lots more news to be shared. If you aren't yet aware, a great
> source for alternative transportation news in the USA is the (also fairly
> new) StreetsBlog:
>
> http://sf.streetsblog.org/
>
> (That's San Francisco, click for other  cities such as New York.)
>
> Petroleum provocation: what if there were a network of trucks powered by
> electricity (via overhead wires) rather than diesel trucks? Cheaper, quicker
> and more versatile than rail; able to serve decentralized land use found
> today; taking advantage of existing road/bridge/distribution center
> infrastructure, as well as existing electricity infrasstructure; and able to
> re-use existing truck fleets.  Powered by electricity, which can come from
> renewable sources, there is no other mass transport solution with a better
> sustainability profile. Cost effective, energy efficient, and a huge
> improvement for public health (reducing noise and air pollution). Why is
> this not more discussed more and actively pursued?
>
> ~Jason
> Berkeley
> +1 510-725-9991
> skype jasonmeggs
>
> Todd Edelman
> Green Idea Factory,
> a member of the OPENbike team
>
> Mobile: ++49(0)162 814 4081
> Immobile: ++49(0)30 7554 0001
> edelman@...@openbike.sewww.openbike.se
>
> Skype: toddedelman
>
> Urbanstr. 45
> 10967 Berlin
> Germany
>
> ***
>
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>
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Not designing bicycles, but designing infrastructure for bicycling.
Covers complete Streets and more.

Flyer:

http://twitpic.com/1pukuv

Rick

--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Interesting LA Times article on how LA's car culture undermines the
function of "location-based social networking."

Many very interesting comments on the effects of car culture on urban
life....

http://tinyurl.com/26e3mxp

I threw my two cents' worth into the comments section.

Rick

--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Good though dry PDF:

http://tinyurl.com/3227ky5

Rick

--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Small bike/ped subdivision planned for South Carolina:

http://tinyurl.com/2uyuonq

Still appears to be kind of  a bubble, but it may represent the
beginning of a change in attitude....

Rick
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Interesting view of urban design that fits well with carfree design.  Another
small step toward carfree cities.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1651619/the-new-urbanism-meets-the-end-of-the-world

One street, three months, 24/7:

http://tinyurl.com/262kqmq

Rick

--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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From: Erel Avineri [mailto:Erel.Avineri@...]
Sent: Friday, 28 May, 2010 15:12
Dear Eric,

Please find information on PhD Studentships in the Centre for Transport &
Society (CTS), University of the West of England, Bristol. Could you please
bring this to the attention of friends and colleagues at WorldTransport,
KyotoWorldCities and other relevant groups?

Thanks,

Erel


Two 3-year PhD Studentships are available in the Centre for Transport &
Society starting in October 2010.
Closing date for applications: Friday 25 June 2010.

--------------------------------------------------------------

The University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) is now inviting
applications from highly capable and enthusiastic individuals who wish to
study for a PhD in the area of 'transport and society'. UWE's Centre for
Transport & Society (CTS) has a strong focus across its research on
understanding and influencing travel behaviour. We expect this new PhD
research to further support the Centre's aim to improve and promote
understanding of the inherent links between lifestyles and personal travel
in the context of continuing social and technological change.

The available studentships are not attached to pre-defined topics though the
following are illustrative of areas of interest to the Centre:

- Ageing, older people and transport behaviour
- Barriers and enablers to greater uptake of cycling
- Car ownership decisions and car-free or 'low-car' living
- Changing notions of ownership and use in the transport sector
- Decision making and the role of information
- Information age implications for social practices and travel
- Interactions between transport and spatial planning
- Reasons for the recent levelling off in car travel
- Road user attitudes and behaviour in relation to safety
- The lifestyles and travel characteristics of emerging generations of
adults
- Travel time use and value
- Understanding and influencing attitudes

As a strong candidate you will be attracted to this opportunity to shape
your own topic as part of the application you submit.

For further information and to apply please visit
<http://www.transport.uwe.ac.uk
<http://www.transport.uwe.ac.uk%20%3chttp:/www.transport.uwe.ac.uk>  >
>www.transport.uwe.ac.uk. Dr Erel Avineri
Reader in Travel Behaviour
Centre for Transport & Society
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Telephone: 0117 32 83197
Fax: 0117 32 83899
Email: Erel.Avineri@...
Web: http://www.transport.uwe.ac.uk/











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NYT article on indian road deaths increasing as the burgeoning
population of motorists crowds everyone else off the roads--or just
crushes them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/world/asia/08iht-roads.html?emc=eta1

Rick

--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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What really makes a safe road:

http://ow.ly/1VERu

RR

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Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.newcolonist.com
http://www.rickrise.com







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Getting your words out:

This is to invite you to consider posting your incisive comments on matters
which concern us here also to the new World Streets platform at
www.WorldStreets.org, which offers some nice advantages.

The routine is that your comments need to be associated with a given
article, and of course once posted they then become part of the article. (We
do need to admit that the comments are moderated and selected for relevance
in the context of the issues under discussion.)

Beyond this and in addition, if you scroll down a bit in the right hand
column you will see that the latest batch of comments are also brought to
the reader's attention there. And if you have signed in they will see your
pic and whatever contact information or references you may care to provide
there. This of course helps to the extent to which the various postings are
part of a broader knowledge-building exercise (one of the most important
objectives of this whole effort).

So I very much hope you will check it out and give it a try. It seems
important that these good exchanges not just get tossed up into the ethers
of cyberspace and then effectively disappear into the void forever.

And here is an example: - Cities need mobility, not cars

This discussion was initiated this week under the Sustran Forum and we
thought it would be a good idea if we could use the wide outreach of World
Streets to draw more attention to the exchanges, which you will now see are
unfolding under the heading of the introductory article, which you can see
here -
http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/the-first-step-in-the-new-mobil
ity-agenda-is-not-to-take-that-step-at-all/#more-2501

The first two comments have been plugged in by the editor, in the hope of
showing the way for others. And if this is topic which you have been giving
thought to, check it out and perhaps share your comments with our readers.

I very much hope we will be hearing from you.

And don't forget: "The First Step in the New Mobility Agenda . . . is not to
take that step at all"



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Interesting blog post, with photos and some discussion of old mail tunnels
connecting commercial buildings, and additional links.

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,23497.0/topicseen.html

This article mentioned public transit. For many
folks, biking and busing really are satisfying.
Even a family of 6 members can bike and bus our
regional transit county wide system (although
no guarantees that all 6 slots on the bike racks
will be available on the return trip!).

For San Luis Obispo County, California, the bike-bus
experience for a family is wonderfully rich.
Biking to the bus stop, riding to the Bob Jones
Trail to Avila Beach, and biking back on the
trail to the bus ride home is such a great
way to enjoy the day.

-Sheila

--- In carfree_cities@yahoogroups.com, Richard Risemberg <rickrise@...> wrote:
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> Going car-free with kids in America: http://tinyurl.com/ybvhj6v
>
> Sort of a primer for the dubious.
>
> R
> --
> Richard Risemberg
> http://www.bicyclefixation.com
> http://www.newcolonist.com
> http://www.rickrise.com
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