I agree. But the throughput issue will also have people think "it's crowded, I won't use it". I did a short video in this regard, which some people have liked....
On Behalf Of John Ernst Sent: Monday, 3 December 2007 11:13 If I can pick up this now dated thread on the Jakarta busway (with apologies, I was on vacation)......
Dear Colleagues, Last week I attended the Energy Analysis Forum sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...
Todd Alexander Litman
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Dec 8, 2007 5:14 am
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Todd, I have serious concerns about the Cap and Trade approach to reducing emissions, as well as many of the alternatives you describe as being pushed because...
The most effective single short- and long-term solution is lower and properly enforced speed limits. They work both by reducing vehicle mileage and by reducing...
Totally agree with the following but would add that the benefits of (s)lower speed limits in urban areas also include making the choice of a car far less...
CALL FOR PAPERS NECTAR Cluster 2 (Policy and Environment) is organising a workshop on Transition towards Sustainable Mobility: the Role of Instruments, ...
December 12, 2007 - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/world/12climate.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Global Climate Talks Divided on Emissions Targets By THOMAS...
Greetings from Bali. All the key people are here. Every country wants someone else to move first. Some, like the US, don't really waant to move (imho). Don't...
Lee Schipper
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Dec 12, 2007 11:29 am
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<http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Streetsblog/~3/198809865/> Highlights of Yesterday’s Traffic Commission Meeting STREETSBLOG. Posted: 11 Dec 2007 02:23 PM CST...
[sent several days ago to Todd; now shared with the list] Todd, This is a very important message. Your analysis is excellent on the difficulties in regulating...
Chris Bradshaw
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Dec 13, 2007 5:47 pm
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Szanowni Państwo, Doamnelor şi Domnilor, Welcome to SUTECA – the new web-based forum for information on Sustainable Urban Transport...
Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest Vol. 4 Issue 22 17 December 2007 SUMA News Digest is a free weekly e-mail publication that features news,...
Dear World Carshare co-conspirators for sustainable development and social justice (and an ability to pay our bills at the end of the month), What about this? ...
We think we live in the present, but this present is so colored by all kinds of images that we have picked up along the way. And when it comes to rethinking,...
We have to reduce about 80% of our greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 to 15 years." - William Jefferson Clinton, 1 August 2006 As many of you in our...
Please find attached the application form for a conference to be held by Landor Conferences (the sister company to Landor Publishing, best known for the...
Hi, Does anyone know of any research or theory of urban planning or transport planning that takes *speed* as a factor to be taken into account? I have been...
Your question raises several related issues: First is the distinction between "mobility" and "accessibility" (http://www.vtpi.org/access.pdf ). Most current...
Todd Alexander Litman
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Jan 1, 2008 12:36 pm
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And I cycled to work for six years in DC and 6 years in Paris just to see what the city looked like on the surface. But I also paid through the nose to live in...
Lee Schipper
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Jan 1, 2008 12:40 pm
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1 January 2008 New Year Day Dear Lee, Very interesting and insightful observations. We need to think about all these issues when we think about urbanization,...
Try looking at Newman and Kenworthy (if you haven't already). http://davidpritchard.org/sustrans/NewKen99/ These authors use a model of the pedestrian, the...
Thanks, Carlos, Todd, Lee, Sujit, Simon. Much in this spirit I have for some years been a firm supporter of the concept of "slowth" - that which occurs in...
On speed, please see Mayer Hillman's and my report published by Policy Studies Institute in 1996 under the dreadful title Speed Control and Transport Policy...
Germans tighten road vehicle exhaust rules - Three German cities - Berlin, Cologne and Hanover - have introduced "environmental zones" to reduce fine particle...
Lee, I think you raise an important point: that our ultimate goal is to maximize human happiness (or more technically "social welfare") which requires...
