Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest Vol. 6 Issue 5 – 28 June 2009

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Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) News Digest Vol. 6 Issue 5 –
28 June 2009

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!

Bellagio Declaration - Twenty one representatives from eighteen
different organizations working on transport and climate change in
developing countries met 12 -16 May, 2009 in Bellagio, in a meeting to
build a consensus on the required policy response to the growing CO2
emissions from transport in the developing world. The meeting resulted
in the Bellagio Declaration on Transportation and Climate Change.

Read more @ http://www.sutp.org/bellagio-declaration/

DART team visits Ahmedabad, India - ITDP and the city of Ahmedabad
recently hosted representatives from the city of Dar es Salaam who
came to learn more about the Ahmedabad’s Bus Rapid Transit System
(BRTS). Ahmedabad’s initial 12.5 km BRTS corridor is in the final
stages of construction. On a site visit to the corridor, the delegates
had an opportunity to tour new stations and take a ride in a BRTS
bus.

Read more @ http://www.itdp.org/index.php/projects/update/dart_team_visits_ahmedabad/

ADB Clean Energy forum & SAFE Annual Convention 2009 -CAI-Asia center
participated in 4th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 and SAFE Annual
Convention 2009(organized by Society for Automotive Fitness and
Environment). The presentations on E-Bikes and Inspection and
Maintenance in Asian countries can be accessed @
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73435_ebike.pdf &

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-73436_safe.pdf

GTZ - GTZ Sourcebook on urban transport for the South Asian Audience
- GTZ SUTP’s flagship publication “Sustainable Urban Transport: A
Sourcebook for Policy-makers in Developing Countries” has been adapted
for the South Asian audience and is available for purchase in its
print version.
Read more @

http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1568&Itemid=1&lang=uk

NEWSREPORTS

HEADLINES
Malaysia : Planning a better city with the people
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73448.html

Malaysia : Time to stop the reckless bus drivers
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73449.html

ASIA: Regional Railway Links Aim to Boost Trade, Cooperation
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73442.html

Global: Commentary: "Smart" and "green" right direction for future
urban public transport
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73446.html

India: Delhi plans ‘exclusive’ fund for future transport projects
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73443.html

India: WB to provide $5 bn loan for urban development
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73444.html

Bangladesh: Level crossings unsafe
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73447.html

Vietnam: Transport department wants single agency on traffic lights
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73450.html

Vietnam: Measures urged to curb traffic pollution
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73451.html

Philippines : Public transportation routes up for review to curb
emissions
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73452.html

Pakistan : Air of big cities unhealthy
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73453.html

Pakistan : 500 CNG buses project ‘ready to kick off’
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73454.html

China: Survey: four-fifths urban Chinese say traffic jam haunts their
cities
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73455.html

Indonesia : Motorcyclists face high risks
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73456.html

Indonesia : Chaotic public transportation is here to stay: Expert
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73457.html

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INTERESTING FINDS/SEMINARS

Global status report on road safety -

“Pedestrians, cyclists among main road traffic crash victims”
The first global assessment of road safety finds that almost half of
the estimated 1.27 million people who die in road traffic crashes
every year are pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists. While progress
has been made towards protecting people in cars, the needs of these
vulnerable groups of road users are not being met. It uses a
standardized method that allows comparisons between countries to be
made. While road traffic death rates in many high-income countries
have stabilized or declined in recent decades, research suggests road
deaths are increasing in most regions of the world and that if trends
continue unabated, they will rise to an estimated 2.4 million a year
by 2030. Clearly, developing nations have a huge challenge ahead !!
read more @
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2009/road_safety_report_20090615/en/index.html

Environmental assessment of passenger transportation should include
infrastructure and supply chains

This excellent study tries to evaluate the emissions generated for
different modes from life cycle perspective.Most current decision-
making relies on analysis at the tailpipe, ignoring vehicle
production, infrastructure provision, and fuel production required for
support.The authors conclude that to appropriately mitigate
environmental impacts from transportation, it is necessary for
decision makers to consider the life-cycle energy use and emissions.
The authors present results of a comprehensive life-cycle energy,
greenhouse gas emissions, and selected criteria air pollutant
emissions inventory for automobiles, buses, trains, and airplanes in
the US, including vehicles, infrastructure, fuel production, and
supply chains.
Read More @
http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/2/024008/

Policy for better Air Quality in Asia: Proposal for a Policy
Evaluation Method for four ASEAN Countries

In this interesting research, policy issues from four ASEAN countries-
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand are analyzed and its
impact on air quality estimated. The author has estimated the 2015 car
stock by emission regulation levels from past trends. Considering
these car stock results, this paper emphasizes monitoring problems
such as vehicle registration systems, inspection and maintenance (I/M)
systems and fuel quality monitoring systems for vehicles in use.
Monitoring problems in developing countries share similar
characteristics such as a weakness in government initiatives and
inadequate operation of government agencies, which results from a lack
of human resources and analysis of facilities.
Read more @
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/15081/1/MPRA_paper_15081.pdf

Sustainable Automobile Society in East Asia (SASEA) project

Concerned with the increasing levels of air pollution caused by motor
vehicles in Asia’s major cities, a group of researchers brought
together by Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) and Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) initiated the
Sustainable Automobile Society in East Asia (SASEA) project. It aims
to contribute to the application of sustainable development from a
viewpoint of air pollution reduction and the growing economies of East
Asia.
Read more @ .
<http://www.eria.org/research/y2008-no7.html>http://www.eria.org/
research/y2008-no7.html

Walkability

Walk the Talk: CAI-Asia Center's Walkability Experiment - Two British
School Manila (BSM) students volunteer to conduct a modified version
of the World Bank's walkability survey in selected Metro Manila areas
…
Read more @ http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73429.html
and http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73432.html

Access Prof Madhav Badami’s presentation in ADB Manila @
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73426.html

Centre for Science and Environment has released its report on
Walkability in New Delhi titled “how walkable is our cities?” . The
survey exposed many startling facts
read more @ http://www.cseindia.org/campaign/apc/pdf/Walkability.pdf

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Citynet Congress 2009, 11 September, Yokohama,
http://www.citynet2009yokohama.jp/index_en.html

5th International Marketing Conference - Successfully marketing
public transport, 7-9 October 2009, Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/lisbon/en/

8th International Conference of EASTS, 19-October, 2009, Surabaya
http://www.easts2009.org/

Accident Prevention: Road Safety Measures 4th IRF Regional Conference
on Road Safety, 23 October 2009 , New Delhi, India

http://www.irfnet.org/eventdetail.php?catid=1&id=100&title=4th%20Regional%20IRF%20Conference%20on%20Road%20Safety

2nd MENA Public Transport Congress and Showcase , 25-27 October 2009,
Doha, Qatar
http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/qatar/en/index.cfm

TRAINING PROGRAMME, 8th Training Programme for Public Transport
Managers ,
16-18 November 2009, Belfast, http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/8Training/en/index.cfm

Urban Mobility India – 2009, 3-December 2009, New Delhi,
http://www.iutindia.org/urban2009.html

TRB 89th Annual Meeting, 10 January, 2010, Washington DC
http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/default.asp

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The Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program is supported by
the Asian Development Bank through a grant from Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency. SUMA is implemented by the Clean Air
Initiative for Asian Cities Center (www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia), in
partnership with 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)