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Sustainable Urban Transport Project Welcomes You

Policy-makers are facing demands to meet the changing mobility needs of citizens in ways which are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.

Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP)-Asia is a partnership between the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA, CITYNET and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) which aims to help developing world cities achieve their sustainable transport goals, through the dissemination of information about international experience and targeted work with particular cities.

NEW! Welcome to SUTECA : the new web-based forum for information on Sustainable Urban Transport in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

In follow up of the Workshops on Sustainable Urban Transport in Plock (2006, 2007) and Tallinn (2007), UNITAR and GTZ SUTP are happy to introduce this webpage and newsgroup for professionals and decision-makers in the ECA-region in order to facilitate and to enhance the dialogue on sustainable urban transport.

The web page www.sutp.org/suteca offers ample space for your contributions, news and information from the region and updates on on-going activities related to sustainable urban transport.

The SUTECA-newsgroup is open for all parties interested in sharing opinions, questions and concerns on sustainable urban transport. It is your forum! It allows you to contact about 100 professionals working in local authorities in the ECA region. As subscriber, just send your email to SUTECA@mailserv.gtz.de to get in contact!

BRT course in Guatemala

GTZ SUTP, along with Nestlac and other partners in Latin America, held a training course on Bus Rapid Transit Planning during May 8-9, 2008 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The course was be led by Angélica Castro (former Manager of TransMilenio) and supported by Carlosfelipe Pardo (GTZ) and other speakers. More information on the course is available from NESTLAC website here . The full program of the course (in Spanish) is available here . 45 participants took part in the course during the 2 days, which included people from Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and other Latin American countries. A full report on the course will be available upon request in June 2008.

Transport Sector and Climate Change - Online Debate launched by the International Transport Forum

The International Transport Forum has launched its second online debate on “The Transport Sector and Climate Change” in preparation for its upcoming Forum, to be held in Leipzig on 28-30 May.

“The transport sector is responsible for a significant and growing share of greenhouse gas emissions and most indications are that transport activity and emissions will double or more in the next 30 years”, said Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum in Paris on Monday, at the launch of their second online debate. “On the other hand”, explained Short “political objectives have set global emission reductions of the order of 50% by the middle of the century. The stark conclusion is that we do not have the policies in place or planned that can stabilise, let alone reduce transport emissions.”