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Write down one word that comes into your thought when you read the following word:

Write down one word that comes into your thought when you read the following word:. Transport. 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini. Words contributed by the participants:.

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  1. Write down one word that comes into your thought when you read the following word: Transport 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  2. Words contributed by the participants: 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  3. Improving the transportation sector? What do you understand by that? Transporting what? People or cars? Why do people need transportation? 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  4. People need transportation because it gives them the ability to move from one place to another. Is mobility a necessity in life? Yes, it is. Mobility give people access to……… So, transportation is all about accessibilityandmobility? 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  5. How to improve the mobility and accessibility of people? = How to improve the transportation sector? Do they both mean the same? If not what is the difference? 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  6. Mobility: Efficient movement of people and goods where congestion or inadequate roads need not be a problem Accessibility: ability to reach opportunities where congestion or inadequate roads should not be a problem Traffic: vehicle movement and speed where congestion or inadequate roads is a problem Source: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/sustran/access-mobility.html 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  7. In road-focused approach: access to services, goods and contacts requires a lots of mobility, as it is in the case of remote rural areas. Is it? 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  8. Tata’s nano car – any comments? 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  9. Source: www.cartoonstock.com/directory/t/traffic_jams.asp 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  10. What are the problems associated with automobile dependent cities? Environmental problems Economic problems Social problems 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  11. World Carfree Day September 22 Source: http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  12. How to access services, goods and contacts with less mobility? 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  13. - BRT system is different from conventional bus service • - buses run in dedicated lanes • - buses have signal priority so they spend less time stopped at red lights • board passengers through all doors after paying fares at station platforms • space for the busway is often re-allocated from existing traffic or parking lanes Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Station in Curitiba, Brazil which pioneered BRT technology in the 1970s Source: www.bcsea.org/publications/thejoule/010/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  14. BRT helps to reduce transport-related pollution, improve urban transport, improve accessibility, Improve traffic safety, improve public security, and boost the quality of public spaces in the City. Mexico’s BRT system The existing 20 km BRT line (is being extended to 220km in five years) already carries more than 260,000 passengers each day and has shortened commute times by up to an hour Source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/mexico_city_may.php 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  15. Bogotá, Colombia built 70 miles of bicycle routes and closed several streets to cars (converting them into pedestrian malls). • The initial $350 million, 38 km TransMilenio system was introduced in less than 2 years. • The buses are able to carry 780,000 people a day at an average speed of 26 km per hr. • - Unlike expensive subways or elevated trains, the TransMilenio actually runs at a profit. http://archive.wri.org/newsroom/wrifeatures_text.cfm?ContentID=880 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  16. The Transjakarta Busway in Indonesia, Asia’s biggest BRT, began operations in February 2004 amid stiff opposition - but its success silenced critics. The system carries 100,000 passengers a day, three times the number when it started. It is so popular that six corridors will be added in the next 3 years. Source: http://www.cleanairnet.org/baq2006/1757/propertyvalue-26756.html 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  17. TransSantiago BRT system in Santiago, Chile failed catastrophically.  Why? http://embarq.wri.org/documentupload/Willumsen_Transantiago_short.pdf http://embarq.wri.org/documentupload/Correa_Transantiago_short.pdf 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  18. Shanghai Overpass – a transport solution 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  19. London is the largest city to adopt congestion pricing “Congestion pricing is a superior gridlock and pollution solution because it has a financial incentive that discourages driving, encourages mass transit and funds it.”  - Michael Replogle cutting traffic and air pollution, fighting climate change to create high-quality public spaces Source: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1041/1/lang,uk/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  20. Congestion pricing works by shifting purely discretionary rush hour highway travel to other transportation modes or to off-peak periods, taking advantage of the fact that the majority of rush hour drivers on a typical urban highway are not commuters. Airline tickets and phone rates use congestion pricing Source: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1041/1/lang,uk/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  21. Paris created an individualized mass transit system called Vélib (“Freedom Bikes”).  People pay a low fee to use the bikes from one of the 1,200 bike parking stations located in the city and they can return the bikes to any station they wish.  By the end of 2007, Vélib had more than 1,200 stations and 15,000 bikes in the system.  As of November 2007, more than 11 million trips have been made on these bikes.  cutting traffic and air pollution, fighting climate change to create high-quality public spaces Source: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1041/1/lang,uk/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  22. $120M 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  23. Paris is revitalizing community life in public spaces • Paris is prioritizing pedestrians by renovating public squares and plazas, widening sidewalks, and adding new landscaping and raised crosswalks  • Paris has built more than 314 km of bike lanes, and bicycling has increased 48% during the past 5 years • 3 corridors of the new BRT system also opened in 2007  • private vehicle traffic is decreased by 20% • CO2 emissions is reduced by 9%   Source: http://www.sutp.org/content/view/1041/1/lang,uk/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  24. What about the terrain? Could you bicycle in Kandy with its high slopes? To experience an invention for cyclists on a slope in a country that gets very cold, visit http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/the_bicycle_lif.php 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  25. Isn’t it risky to ride a bicycle on city roads? To experience cyclists lives on a busy Dutch intersection without any traffic controls, visit http://westnorth.com/category/car-culture/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  26. Both the stop sign and stop light were invented in Detroit — ca. 1915 and 1920, respectively! Urban streets had been happily and safely shared by pedestrians, cyclists, horses, and whatnot. Traffic regulations only became necessary once cars began choking the streets, since cars’ size and speed make them nearly incapable of civilly sharing the road. Source: http://www.projetmontreal.org/programme/elements.php?lang=en 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

  27. When everyone drives a car, there will be no space on the road to drive it. Source: www.sustainable-transport.net/ 15 Feb 2008 R. Shanthini

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