Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest -Vol. 5 Issue 12

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Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest
Vol. 5 Issue 12
1 August 2008

SUMA News Digest is a free weekly 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!

GTZ-SUTP: GTZ delivers 2-day and 6-day training courses on Mass
Transit in Indore (India)

GTZ SUTP has delivered training courses on Mass Transit in Indore
(India) from June 26 to July 1, as part of the SUMA project. The
training courses were held in cooperation with WRI-Embarq and ITDP,
and main trainers were Darío Hidalgo (WRI), Shreya Gadepalli (ITDP),
Carlosfelipe Pardo (GTZ). Read More

http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1201&Itemid=132&lang=uk

ADB: Asia on the Move: Energy Efficient and Inclusive Transport

The Forum is organized by ADB and co-sponsored by the global Transport
Knowledge Partnership. The Resource Speakers would be renowned experts
from governments, financial institutions, civil society, academia, and
international organizations. Visit the link to know more about the
workshop

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2008/ADB-Transport-Forum-2008/

NEWSREPORTS

South Korea promoting bicycle use- http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72912.html

Philippines: Higher Transport Fares Demanded-
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72907.html

Bangladesh: Mindset Change A Must For Woman-Friendly Bus Journey:
Study
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72913.html

India:Tata Motors To Roll out Electric Cars:
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72921.html

India : From Busway to BRT- http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72904.html

Why readers aren't overjoyed at travelling by bus in Viet Nam-
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72914.html

Malaysia : Gas for Buses-http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/
article-72908.html

Sri Lanka seeks to improve Public Transport to cut fuel costs and
fuel.
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72930.html

Chinese cities overhaul transport systems for Olympics
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72931.html

China: Urban Thinker: GZ BRT Should be Integrated with Metro
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72890.html

Combodia : Road deaths soar in first four months of 2008
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72932.html

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INTERESTING FINDS/SEMINARS

FREIGHT TRANSPORT IN A CARBON CONSTRAINED ECONOMY: National Transport
Commission and Rare Consulting

Global concerns about the potential impact of climate change on human
civilisation have given rise to an international policy debate about
ways to deliver significant and sustained reductions in global
greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, no country has a detailed
strategy or plan for cutting freight transport emissions over the
longer term. The aim of this discussion paper is to start to plan ways
in whichemissions from freight transport can be cut over the longer
term. Indeed, there are many measures that can be taken now to start
reducing emissions. Many of these measures are productivity reforms
which have the double benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and
reducing the cost of transport. This report contains a set of
proposals for comment that will start focusing actions on ways to
reduce freight transport emissions over the longer term. Read more…

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72916.html


FUEL QUALITY SEMINAR – Japan Automobile Research Institute

JARI China Roundtable 2008 focused how local government introduced
vehicle emission regulation of national plan at local level.
In order to reduce emission from vehicles, improvement of vehicle fuel
quality is considered as a prerequisite. Improvement of fuel quality
is effective for not only new vehicle but also vehicle in-use. It is
important to introduce appropriate fuel quality with emission
regulation level in advance or in the same timing of introduction of
vehicle emission regulation. Contact: khi...@jari.or.jp for more
details

http://www.jari.or.jp/en/rt_en/rt0806_en.html

2007- WORKSHOP ON TRANSPORT, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND EQUITY IN INDIAN
CITIES

The workshop which was funded by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute,
the Canadian International Development Agency, and the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and was held December
17-19, 2007, brought together 60-70 persons, including academic
researchers, senior government decision makers, and private sector,
industry, and NGO representatives, from India, Canada, and other
countries. Five graduate students from Canada, and more from India,
participated. Access the presentations at

http://www.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning/research/projects/indiancities/

MOUD: INDIA – STUDY IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES IN URBAN
AREAS IN INDIA
The final report has been uploaded in the internet and it contains a
wide spectrum of issues pertaining to urban transport in Indian
Cities.

http://urbanindia.nic.in/moud/programme/ut/main.htm

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

•In South Korea, women constitute 38% of Total Vehicle Registrations

(http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/life/news/
article_1389304.php/Women_driving_car_sales_in_South_Korea)
•In India, there is One Road Accident Death every 5 minutes

(http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/
One_fatal_accident_every_five_minutes_on_Indian_roads/articleshow/
3138719.cms)

•With 50% increase in fuel price, modal change from car to bus or
subway is expected at minimum 3.9% to maximum 8.5%

(www.internationaltransportforum.org/Topics/Workshops/
WS2LeeSlides.ppt)

•If 100% public transit user subsidy is implemented, 18% of current
private vehicle user will switch over to public transport

(www.internationaltransportforum.org/Topics/Workshops/
WS2LeeSlides.ppt)

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
ADB: Asia on the Move: Energy Efficient and Inclusive Transport,
September-9-12/2008

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2008/ADB-Transport-Forum-2008/

"BRT Systems in India and Abroad" from 24 to 26 September, 2008 at
Visakhapatnam, India.

http://www.gvpcoeedu.org/brts.html

Fourteenth International Conference on Urban Transport and the
Environment in the 21st Century, 1 - 3 September 2008, Malta,

http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/urban08/

PODCAR City Sustainable Transport Conference,
14-16 September 2008, Ithaca, New York,

http://www.podcar.org/ithacaconference/

UITP 2nd Sustainable Development Conference
Making tomorrow today
22-24 October 2008, Milan, Italy

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72425.html

Better Air Quality (BAQ) Workshop 2008
12-14 November 2008 Bangkok, Thailand

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72312.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

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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.