Vol. 5 Issue 14 - 21 November 2008

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Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest
Vol. 5 Issue 14 - 21 November 2008

SUMA News Digest is a free monthly e-mail publication that features
news, information, and events related to sustainable urban
transportation in Asia.

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SUMA PARTNERS ON THE MOVE!

SUMA partners in order to maximize the outreach activity and to make
more people aware of the benefits of SUMA, participated in the Better
Air Quality workshop which had approximately 1000 participants. Number
of presentations and pre events were conducted on sustainable urban
mobility in Asia during the period (November 10-14). Please click on
the link http://www.baq2008.org to know more about the training
courses, presentations etc.

The workshop had good media coverage on Sustainable Urban Transport.
Please click on the link http://www.baq2008.org/media/press-releases
to know more about the discussions and conclusions.

GTZ activities in BAQ can be found at
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1331&Itemid=1&lang=uk

Embarq in partnership with UMTC is bringing 30 Indian delegates to
Latin America in a study tour in order to understand and study the
process of planning or implementing BRT systems.

NEWSREPORTS

Asia: Batam, Makassar, Palembang Promise Green Transport
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73094.html

Pakistan: Public transportation continues to deteriorate
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73101.html

India: Asian Development Bank to finance BRTS plan
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73100.html

India: Fearing resentment, party mum on BRT
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73102.html

Korea: Bicycle Fever Sweeps Korea amid Energy, Environmental woes
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73096.html

Thailand: Three-Wheelers Destroy Peace
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73098.html

Asia: Clean Air and Livable Cities
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73095.html

Indonesia: City plans to reorganize Transjakarta
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/08/city-plans-reorganize-transjakarta.html

Singapore: Why wheelchair accessible buses refuse to accept wheelchair-
bound passengers?
http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A1Story20081118-101452.html

Thailand : Motorcycles and aging vehicles negate efforts to cut
emissions
http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A1Story20081118-101452.html

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INTERESTING FINDS/SEMINARS

Publication of the fall 2008 issue of the Journal of Transport and
Land Use, is available at
https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu.

The journal is freely accessible and it contains original
interdisciplinary papers on the interaction of transport and land
use.

EMBARQ has published reports on cities Queretaro, Hanoi, and Porto
Alegre which contains quantification of emissions reductions from
transport solutions. Please read http://embarq.wri.org/en/Article.140.aspx

CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

We in CAI-Asia are looking for good analytical/research papers on
Sustainable Transport and Air Pollution. If you would like your paper
to be linked/ published in the CAI website, please let us know…

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS

1.Conference & Exhibition on Urban Mobility In India-2008, 3rd - 5th
December, 2008
http://urbanmobilityindia.com/images/brochure.pdf &
http://urbanindia.nic.in/moud/programme/ut/annu_con_exhi.pdf
2.International Conference on Integrated Transport for Sustainable
Urban Development , 15/12/2008 , http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9167
3.Third International Conference on Urban Transport Systems, Shanghai
China,March 18-20, http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/conferences/Call-for-Papers-v2.pdf
4.Transport Asia 2009 Exhibition, Karachi Expo Centre,28-30 March 2009
5.The 4th International Conference on Future Urban Transport ,
19-21/4/2009 , http://www.fut.se/
6.eceee 2009 Summer Study , 1-6/6/2009 , http://www.eceee.org/summer_study/
7.Urban Transport 2009 , 22-24/6/2009 ,
http://www2.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/urban-transport-2009.html
8.ICSUTE 2009 : "International Conference on Sustainable Urban
Transport and Environment" Paris, France, June 24-26, 2009,
http://www.waset.org/wcset09/paris/icsute/

See more SUT events http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-27089.html
See CAI-Asia's events calendar http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-13577.html

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* * * ABOUT SUMA * * *

The Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program of the Clean
Air Initiative for Asian Cities
(www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia), Asian Development Bank ( www.adb.org),
EMBARQ-the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable
Transport ( http://embarq.wri.org ), GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport
Project
( www.sutp.org), Interface for Cycling Expertise ( www.cycling.nl),
Institute for Transportation and
Development Policy (www.itdp.org), and United Nations Center for
Regional Development (www.uncrd.or.jp/est) is made possible through
the generous support of the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency
( www.sida.se). SUMA works with Asian countries and cities to
strengthen then formulation and implementation of sustainable urban
transportation policies, specifically in (i) Improving urban air
quality by adopting AQM planning in sustainable transport policies and
promoting public transportation, (ii) Improving road safety by
encouraging non-motorized transport and public transport, and (iii)
Reducing transport's contribution to climate change by adopting a co-
benefits approach with urban air quality management