GIZ-SUTP releases two new technical documents titled "Rising Automobile Dependency: How to Break the Trend22?= and "Measuring Public Transport Performance- Lessons for developing cities"

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GIZ-SUTP released two new technical documents titled "Rising Automobile Dependency: How to Break the Trend?" and "Measuring Public Transport Performance- Lessons for developing cities" at the recently held 6th Regional EST Forum and Urban Mobility India 2011, in New Delhi from 4-6 December, 2011. Short descriptions of the documents are provided below:   GIZ Technical Document No.8 "Rising Automobile Dependency: How to Break the Trend?" (Author: Santhosh Kodukula) Developing cities are facing the crisis of increasing automobiles and thereby the consequences such as reduced air quality and road safety and economic loss. Citing the current conditions and drawing upon best practices from various cities, GIZ  produced a document as a background paper for the 6th Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum held in Delhi during  4-6 December 2011. The document has been authored by Mr. Santhosh Kodukula and reviewed by peers in the sector. The document is 50 pages long with examples from Zurich, Switzerland; Copenhagen,  Denmark; Muenster and Freiburg, Germany, and Curitiba, Brazil on how to break the trend. The document can be accessed at: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2827&Itemid=1&lang=en GIZ Technical Document No.9 "Measuring Public Transport Performance- Lessons for developing cities" (Author: Chhavi Dhingra) How can we make public transport a more attractive and viable mode of travel? What do our riders expect from our services and how can we serve them better? How can we make our cities more sustainable by increasing the modal shares of public transport? What sort of indicators shall we develop to evaluate and benchmark our existing public transport systems? Most developing country cities and public transport authorities face these questions as they take on the big challenge of augmenting and improving public transport services. While doing so, cities need an effective performance measurement system for public transport which helps them assess their progress and define where they want to go in the future. This technical document describes the role that performance measurement can play in public transportation planning and management, the need for developing cities to adopt performance evaluation and the steps for initiating this. The document also presents examples on performance measurement from various cities across the world and their experiences. The document is 50 pages is long and has been authored by Miss Chhavi Dhingra and has been reviewed by experts working in this area. The information in this document will be useful to policy makers, analysts, and practitioners involved in urban transport planning and particularly public transport planning and provision in cities, in both developed and developing countries. The document can be accessed at: http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2826&Itemid=1&lang=en   View other Technical Documents by GIZ on urban transport http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=124&Itemid=54&lang=&Itemid=198