Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest 13 November 2007
Aurora Fe Ables
Vol. 4 Issue 20
12 November 2007
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HEADLINES
Asia in General: Up to 36,150 deaths from ship emissions per year in
Asia
10 Nov 2007 By Stephen Frost, Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia
While the airline industry faces increasing pressure to report on and
deal with emissions, the shipping industry has sailed quietly under
the radar. However, as mentioned the other day, a new study on
mortality from shipping emissions has raised the issue in dramatic
fashion with the following conclusion: "shipping-related [particulate
matter] emissions are responsible for approximately 60,000
cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths annually, with most deaths
occurring near coastlines in Europe, East Asia, and South Asia. Under
current regulation and with the expected growth in shipping activity,
[the study estimates] that annual mortalities could increase by 40% by
2012. Sobering reading indeed.
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72244.html
Beijing, PR China: Beijing brings in bus rapid transit system quickly
and efficiently
09 Nov 2007 By Laura Tyrer, Engineeringnews.co.za
Nearly two years since the first line of Beijing's bus rapid transit
(BRT) system began operation, the rapid passenger transport system is
contributing to the reduction of the city's severely congested roads
and associated air pollution for which the city is infamous.
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72245.html
New Delhi, India: No, no, no, don't follow America
04 Nov 2007 By Thomas L. Friedman, International Herald Tribune
India is in serious danger - no, not from Pakistan or internal strife.
India is in danger from an Indian-made vehicle: a $2,500 passenger
car, the world's cheapest.
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72241.html
Beijing, PR China: Public transport popular than private cars
31 Oct 2007 China Daily
Beijing commuters using public transport now outnumber those using
private cars, according to the Beijing Municipal Committee of
Communications.
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-69329.html
For more news on China see also Ms. Li Shuang's CAI-Asia Project e-
newsletter, http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-69329.html
More air quality and sustainable mobility news at
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/propertyvalue-14783.html
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INTERESTING FINDS
Passenger Car Ownership Estimation toward 2030 in Japan (2007)
Ms. Keiko Hirota of the Japan Automotive Research Institute reports on
their passenger car ownership estimation model "JARI BAU Model" that
provides information on the total passenger car ownership in Japan
from the present until the year 2030, taking socio-economic factors
into account for the business-as-usual scenario. Ms. Hirota's article
is also available on "Studies in Regional Science" Vol.37, Issue No.1,
2007, pp.25-39.
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72246.html
Regulated and unregulated emissions from an internal combustion engine
operating on ethanol-containing fuels (2001)
S. G. Poulopoulos, D. P. Samaras and C. J. Philippopoulos of National
Technical University of Athens examine the effect of ethanol addition
to gasoline on regulated and unregulated vehicle emissions at engine
and catalyst outlets. Their paper is published in Atmospheric
Environment, Volume 35, Issue 26, September 2001, Pages 4399-4406.
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72234.html
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2007
14-17 November 2007, Shanghai, China
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-71218.html
Third International Mass Transport Fair
15-16 Nov 2007 Bogotá, Colombia
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72239.html
4th International Symposium on Travel Demand Management
16-18 Jul 2008 Vienna, Austria
Call for papers deadline 17 Dec 2007
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72218.html
2nd UCLG World Congress, Jeju 2007: Changing cities are driving our
world.
28-31 October 2007, Jeju, South Korea
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72188.html
13th Small Engine Technology Conference: 'Sustainable Mobility, Energy
Conserving for the Future
30 October- 1 November 2007, Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-71217.html
4th International Symposium on Travel Demand Management
16-18 Jul 2008 Vienna, Austria
Call for Papers Deadline: December 17, 2007
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72218.html
Towards Carfree Cities VIII
16-20 Jun 2008 Portland, Oregon, USA
Call for Program Proposals
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72243.html
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
* * * * THANKS * * * *
Thank you Li Shuang, Bert Fabian,Sophie Punte, and Keiko Hirota for
your inputs; and to Jaja Panopio and Mike Co for uploading the
articles. - Aurora Fe Ables, Editor, SUMA News; Transport Specialist,
CAI-Asia Center
* * * ABOUT SUMA * * *
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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 the
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.
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