SUTP Activites

GTZ at CIVITAS Forum Conference in Poland

Sunny kodukula — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:30:02 +0000

Mr. Stefan Belka, Transport Policy Advisor, participated at the CIVITAS (CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability) Forum 2009. The Conference presents an annual platform of the correspondent Initiative initiated by the European Commission and was hosted by the City of Krakow in Poland from 19 – 21 October.

UPDATE OF "NON-URBAN TRANSPORT PHOTO DVD 2009"

Sunny kodukula — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:25:08 +0000

The Non-Urban Transport photo DVD developed by GTZ has been updated. The update contains nearly 1000 new photos spanning over various aspects of non-urban transport issues/practices. The photos are contributed by experts working in transport projects around the world and also by photographers with passion on urban transport issues.

This DVD is an extension to the previous Non-Urban Photo Surveys from August 2003 and available on request at transport@gtz.de. SUTP visitors and users are also encouraged to contribute to further editions of this photo DVD by sending their photographs to sutp@sutp.org. Contributors will be duly acknowledged.

Planning and Implementation of Non Motorized Transport Facilities Workshop in Delhi 3-4 ...

Sunny kodukula — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:24:08 +0000

GTZ-SUTP in partnership with the WRI-EMBARQ organised a two day workshop on “Planning and Implementation of Non Motorized Transport Facilities”. The workshop was held at the India International Centre, New Delhi on the 3-4 of November 2009.

This workshop provided a unique opportunity for participants to understand the approach to planning for Non Motorized Transport (NMT) facilities viz. walking and cycling, and gain exposure to the various issues involved in the planning and implementation of NMT Facilities. As a part of the workshop the participants also took part in a site visit in Delhi to analyse the conditions of walking and cycling.

The future for land transport: A final plea on the negotiating text

Sunny kodukula — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:39:16 +0000

Dear readers,

We are happy to announce our Side Event at the UNFCCC Barcelona Climate Talks:

The future for land transport: A final plea on the negotiating text

Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009 11:00 – 12:30

Room 4 - Barcelona Convention Centre (FIRA GRAN VIA)

Carrer del Foc 47, 08038 Barcelona, Spain

The "Bridging the Gap: Pathways for Transport in the Post-2012 Process" Initiative invites you to a Side Event at the Barcelona Climate Talks. This event will present recent thinking from transport and climate change experts in the form of recommendations for how the negotiating texts could be amended to make better provisions for land transport, thereby enabling the sector to participate in a low carbon future. With only weeks left until the COP15, the event will provide a “final plea” on the negotiating text to ensure that no barriers exist for land transport, allowing the sector to play a vital role in the Post-2012 framework.

At a glance - GTZ Transport and Mobility - Media

Sunny kodukula — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:54:10 +0000

This document is an easy guide to the various transport related projects and issues that GTZ is current involved in. The document also provides links the to various important publications by GTZ.

The document is available for download from here 170.22 Kb.

Any queries and suggestions may be sent to sutp[at]sutp.org

Social Change and Urban Transport technical document published

Sunny kodukula — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:23:08 +0000

Despite the growing awareness of the need of sustainability in transport planning, efforts to work on this topic have focused on the environmental and economic aspects, but there have been few projects and initiatives investigating and working upon social aspects of transport, the third of the main pillars of sustainability.

GTZ SUTP has published its Technical Document # 2 titled "Social Change and urban transport" which describes how transport in its social dimension has many intricacies that should be taken into account when analysing existing policies and developing new ones. It provides a description of the main issues to be tackled, the main stakeholders in the local and international/Multilateral level and it provides some indication as to how to implement social change in transport and gives a brief overview of social impact assessment as an aid in such a process.

The document can be downloaded from here 5.50 Mb by registered users. Unregistered users can register here.

GTZ SUTP coorganizes a BRT training course in Mexico

Sunny kodukula — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:40:09 +0000

During October 15-16, 2009, GTZ delivered a training course on Bus Rapid Transit Planning in Mexico City, coorganized by WRI Embarq and CTS, Mexico. The main trainer of this two-day course was Dr Darío Hidalgo from WRI Embarq, and there were 34 participants from various Mexican cities. Participants learned various issues related to BRT planning and were given supporting material on the topic, including the BRT planning guide that was published in 2007 by GTZ and other partners and is available here.

Newsletter Issue 02: Transport and Climate Change

Sunny kodukula — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:42:30 +0000

Dear subscribers,

We are pleased to publish the second issue of our newsletter on land transport and climate change (download here ).

‘Bridging the Gap: Pathways for Transport in a Post 2012 Process’ is an initiative of GTZ, TRL, UITP and Veolia Transport created to tackle climate emissions from land transport and link this issue with the climate negotiations. We encourage you to help us to circulate this information widely in order to encourage people to support the aim of the initiative.

SUTP at Asian Pacific Forum (APF) Berlin

Sunny kodukula — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:21:17 +0000

From 8-10 October 2009 Manfred Breithaupt participated at the APF in Berlin. See www.asiapacificforum.net. On October 9th GTZ co-sponsored the Dialogue Forum on “Public Urban Transport in Vietnam”, mainly with participants from Hanoi and Danang City. M. Breithaupt presented on “Challenges regarding the integration of Urban Planning and Transport Planning in Developing Cities”. The visitors from Vietnam also met city and transport officials in Berlin, Frankfurt, Vienna and other locations.

A new project on Public Transport improvement in Danang, involving KfW and GTZ, is under preparation.

GTZ and UITP training at OTP, Bangkok

Sunny kodukula — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:11:02 +0000

Bangkok, September 29. Under the Sustainable Urban Transport Project GTZ and UITP hold a training at the Office for Transport and Traffic Policy (OTP) in Bangkok. Daniel Bongardt (GTZ), introduced into the concept of sustainable urban transport and presented examples for public transport organization in Germany. Heather Allen from UITP discussed the economic, social and environmental benefits of public transport and Thirayoot Limanond (GTZ-SUTP) explained pedestrian and bicyclist needs. About 25 participants form OTP and the Ministry of Transport had livable discussions with the trainers. Based on a long history of cooperation, further collaboration in transport integration and policy development is envisaged.