Dear colleagues,
please take note of the new handbook on cycling-inclusive policy development:
Released:
"Cycling-inclusive Policy Development: A Handbook"
GTZ SUTP and the Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-Ce) have
joined efforts in the development of a training document entitled
"Cycling-inclusive Policy Development: A Handbook". This handbook
provides detailed information on how to develop cycling-friendly policies and
facilities. It can help you, as a planner, engineer, community leader of
advocate to enrich your own ideas about the future traffic and transport system
where you live and work. It has been written by 12 authors who are experts in
different fields of cycling-inclusive development.
The handbook covers the following issues:
The publication is also part of Sustainable Urban Mobility
in Asia (SUMA) initiative, of which GTZ and I-CE are partners. It contains 256
fully illustrated pages, 19 tables, 33 boxes and 214 figures.
Free download: SUTP users can download the document by visiting http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1462&Itemid=1&lang=uk.
Unregistered visitors can register (at no cost) on the SUTP
website and then proceed to download:
www.sutp.org
About SUTP: The Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) is a global
partnership 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. SUTP developed the
publication “Sustainable Transport: A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in
developing cities” consisting of more than 26 modules. The sourcebook addresses
the key areas of a sustainable transport policy framework for a developing
city. It is also complemented by a series of training documents and other
material. More on www.sutp.org
About SUMA: The Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program of the
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia),
Asian Development Bank (www.adb.org),
EMBARQ-the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport (http://embarq.wri.org), GTZ Sustainable
Urban Transport Project (www.sutp.org),
Interface for Cycling Expertise (www.cycling.nl),
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (www.itdp.org), and United Nations Center
for Regional Development (www.uncrd.or.jp/est)
is made possible through the generous support of the Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency (www.sida.se).
SUMA works with Asian countries and cities to strengthen the formulation and
implementation of sustainable urban transportation policies, specifically in
(i) improving urban air quality by adopting AQM planning in sustainable
transport policies, (ii) improving road safety by encouraging non-motorized
transport, and (iii) reducing transport's contribution to climate change by adopting
a co-benefits approach with urban air quality management.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards,
Armin Wagner
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Transport Policy Advisor
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
(German Technical Cooperation)
Division 44 - Water,
Energy, Transport
Transport and Mobility
P.O. Box 5180
65726 Eschborn, Germany
Tel.: + 49 6196 79- 6467
Fax: + 49 6196 79-80 6467
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