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2917 On the Train Towards ...
edelman@... Send Email
Feb 1, 2006
8:05 am
From: (aables@...) Subject: [sustran] Fw: [cai-asia] Will maintenance keep 15-year old public transport buses clean? Hi Aurora, I wasnt clear on your...
2918 aables@... Send Email Feb 1, 2006
8:06 am
Dear SUSTRAN friends, We thought you might have something to say on this topic. Please see below. Best regards, Au Aurora Fe Ables Transport Researcher Clean...
2919 Brendan Finn
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Feb 1, 2006
8:44 am
Chris, No argument with any of what you say. Just one observation : transport is about the movement of people and goods, and we travel for a reason. How we...
2920 Brendan Finn
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Feb 1, 2006
9:00 am
Dear Aurora, In my opinion, the simple answer is that a good preventive maintenance regime will keep the buses a lot cleaner than they would be in the absence...
2921 On the Train Towards ...
edelman@... Send Email
Feb 1, 2006
9:10 am
Hi all, I like it that our "Tree of Usufruct" is being better defined. Everything is of course relative to a "spotless ideal" but at a certain point cold is...
2922 Guevarra, Joselito Lo...
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Feb 1, 2006
9:29 am
Dear Au, I'm assuming this has something to do with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) program for retiring 15yrs and older...
2923 Walter Hook
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Feb 1, 2006
3:36 pm
I am not an expert in this, but i do know that in most US cities transit authorities receiving money from the US Federal Transit Admin must use buses 10 years...
2924 Eric Bruun
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Feb 1, 2006
10:42 pm
To add to what Walter said: I think that it is not the bus chassis so much that is at issue, but the drive train. A bus that is not corroded and...
2925 Lee Schipper
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Feb 1, 2006
10:50 pm
The joker in the deck is contained in what Eric said. If you only put in a new engine, but not a completely new power train, you risk a total mismatch of...
2926 Guevarra, Joselito Lo...
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Feb 2, 2006
2:21 am
Eric, Foreign aid?! You must be joking right? The Philippines doesn't need aid to keep their ageing buses running. Yes, you're right. I too would choose to...
2927 hfabian@... Send Email Feb 2, 2006
7:04 am
Hi Lee, What was the cost of retrofitting a bus using the JM particle filters, or for the older buses DOCs, from your experience in Mexico? Are there ...
2928 Zeenara Najam
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Feb 3, 2006
1:57 am
I am currently conducting research on Bus Rapid Transit in Bangkok, likely demand for its services, and its potential for improving the environment through...
2929 Carlos F. Pardo SUTP
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Feb 3, 2006
12:46 pm
The GTZ SUTP has published a revised 40-page module on Public Awareness Raising in Sustainable Transport (module 1e, 3.8 MB) by Carlos F. Pardo. It has...
2930 Eric Bruun
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Feb 3, 2006
7:25 pm
One of the latest issues of Journal of Public Transportation has an interesting article about the amazingly quick overhaul of the Seoul bus network. You can...
2931 Paul Barter
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Feb 6, 2006
7:18 am
Some of you may be interested to know that Chennai (formerly Madras) in India is in the midst of a heated controversy over public transport. The Tamil Nadu...
2932 Paul Barter
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Feb 6, 2006
7:30 am
Thanks Eric for sharing news of this article. Seoul's story is extremely interesting and worth studying by other cities. The article prompted me to write a...
2933 (no author)
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Feb 6, 2006
6:11 pm
The experience in Chennai appears to be increasingly common in the larger Asian cities. Following some initial work by ITDP, Hyderabad was considering a BRT...
2934 Eric Bruun
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Feb 7, 2006
2:27 am
I would suggest that concerned individuals have a look at the Seattle Monorail fiasco. It shouldn't be hard to follow if one goes to the Seattle...
2935 Lee Schipper
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Feb 7, 2006
2:40 am
But one need only look to Bangkok to see the same problem...and the Seattle Monorail, like Bangkok, or the Metro in Lima, has many adherents. Something is not...
2936 Chris Bradshaw
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Feb 7, 2006
4:43 am
Brendan, You suggest that we should not consider 'sustainable transportation&#39; in a vacuum, or to get too idealistic. My post only tried to discuss basic...
2937 eric.britton
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Feb 7, 2006
10:37 am
The history of monorails fiascos is so long, so rocambolesque (is that a word in English? .. otherwise think Cervantes), and so without real exception that...
2938 Carlos F. Pardo SUTP
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Feb 7, 2006
11:49 am
Also, please don't forget that Le Corbusier gave Engineers a higher degree than architects, thus perpetuating the "need" to have engineers planning fast...
2939 Lee Schipper
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Feb 7, 2006
12:30 pm
Isnt the irony, however, that while "transportation choices should not undercut our continued ability to move about," is a lofty goal, each travel undercuts...
2940 Lee Schipper
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Feb 7, 2006
3:21 pm
I was thinking more generally of large over or underground systems (the Bangkok Metro you illustrated in 2004 !). I did'nt even know about K.. thanks for the...
2941 Karl Fjellstrom
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Feb 7, 2006
4:07 pm
Lee, Bangkok doesn't have a monorail, maybe you were thinking of Kuala Lumpur. I don't know if this KL system has any adherents (have never heard of one), but...
2942 arul rathinam
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Feb 7, 2006
4:35 pm
Dear Friends Greetings from PASUMAI THAAYAGAM When we are launching a Campaign for Sustainable Transport in Chennai, the State Government of Tamil Nadu has...
2943 Walter Hook
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Feb 7, 2006
4:42 pm
Leaving aside the issues of cost and getting to and from a monorail, and the difficulty of network development, I believe I've isolated the fallacy that leads...
2944 Todd Alexander Litman
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Feb 7, 2006
6:38 pm
... VTPI NEWS ... Victoria Transport Policy Institute "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" ... Winter 2006 Vol. 9, No. 1 ... The Victoria Transport Policy...
2945 On the Train Towards ...
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Feb 7, 2006
9:26 pm
Hi, This will definately not quiet the discussion about appropriate transport for developing countries: Tapping Into Asia’s Euros 10 Billion A Year Rail...
2946 Lee Schipper
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Feb 7, 2006
9:47 pm
Todd's two cents is not unreasonable. IF going underground both avoids moving people out of the way and reduces vehicular traffic, why not? But what about...
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