The million-dollar Mobility 2001 study mostly covers familiar territory. While not as biased as one would expect given its sponsors, it generalizes too much from US experience. It also lacks insights into the very subjects these corporations should be strongest, such as projections for future oil reserves, and trends in cleaner vehicle technology development. As…
Author: Nneka Njoku
When local snipers targeted construction workers, the government decided to build a bulletproof wall to protect cars from bullets. (Last November, the government had to use considerable force to move some 400 Palestinian demonstrators who protested against their land been taken for road construction.) Further eroding potential ridership are delays in the lateral connecting roads…
For the full policy and their summary of public comments, please see: https://www.ebrd.com/new/index.htm The final Property Policy accepted certain changes suggested by ITDP and CEE Bankwatch. These include an increased focus on brownfield redevelopment and corporate governance, agreeing to have the Environmental Appraisal Unit review the current environmental protocols to be used when doing due…
This year’s tour was the biggest so far since it started in 1999. There were a total of around 700 registered riders, and about 2000 riders in total. This can be attributed to an unprecedented media blitz in print and television through partnerships with The Philippine Daily Inquirer and Bantay Kalikasan. Other sponsors that helped…
Included in this vision are the following components: Restructure the road network to provide better access to key destinations and to facilitate the passing of traffic outside of central urban zones. Improve the public transport sector by implementing transit corridors that feature exclusive bus lanes. Create disincentives to private vehicle use by introducing restrictions through…
The likely outcome of more road construction is all too often repeated with all too familiar results. The new roadways quickly fill up with induced traffic, while public transport is left in more traffic with less available investment for improvement. Because only 20% of Mexico City residents use private automobiles, the huge price tag of…
At the federal level, thanks to effective lobbying from the corporation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has deemed the Segway equal to a motorized wheelchair and would ostensibly operate free of regulation. While Federal law as it stands does not allow the Segway to be used on federally funded sidewalks and bike paths, on…
According to Ciudad Viva (Living City), a local non-governmental organisation formed from the original anti-highway coalition, “the communities succeeded in saving a good part of the neighbourhoods that would have been destroyed, but now the entire city is touched by the damage to its river.” Chile’s new environmental legislation requires that the project undergo an…
Nevertheless, eight years after the end of Apartheid, in excess of 250,000 families are on waiting lists for low-income homes, the population of AIDS orphans is rapidly on the increase, and access to public transport remains minimal. Given these goals and the plans to achieve them, it is worth asking whether the planned R 7…