tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post589014717947994912..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: Sustainable transport on the road to COP15? (We are a generation of great talkers.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-42594511916203057102009-10-21T13:52:09.124+02:002009-10-21T13:52:09.124+02:00More important than talking is acting.
Economic p...More important than talking is acting.<br /><br />Economic powers are dominant in the active fields encouraging the existing known technologies to be sustained.<br /><br />There are two basic ways to change the direction of the inertia, either try to curb it by policy that enhance controlled economic slowdown, or tunnel the development to innovative new sustainable methods. May I suggest the ideaOded Rothhttp://www.transportationet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-59139795228899904752009-10-21T13:00:27.012+02:002009-10-21T13:00:27.012+02:00Through work with the UK's cycling groups I...Through work with the UK's cycling groups I've been looking at cycle carriage on off-peak rail services by groups going cycling for leisure (and perhaps sport).<br /><br />Rail is often seen as the 'fix' for dealing with the huge overload of roads infrastructure by the short periods of commuting to daytime work each day. It may well moves millions of people, with great efficiencyDave Holladay, Scotlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-44076378436575782272009-10-21T07:51:07.067+02:002009-10-21T07:51:07.067+02:00IMHO we are not ready. Transport is not a party t...IMHO we are not ready. Transport is not a party to CO2 talks. Local, regional, and national transport stakeholders – planners, mayors, transit operators, developers, walkers, bikers are only there if they are invited by their delegations or as part of a true blizzard of interesting side events. I was in Kyoto and others through Cop 6, then again Montreal and and Bali. I will be in Copenhagen Lee Schipper, Berkeley CA USAnoreply@blogger.com