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HELP WANTED: African Streets and Mobilize in Dar es Saaam, 26-28 June 2018

See https://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/africa-streets-2018-letter-of-invitation/

Subject: Help wanted to bring Africa Streets to Dar es Salaam and the 26-28 June 2018 ITDP MOBILIZE events

Dear Friends of sustainable transport, sustainable cities, and sustainable lives,

Here is what I want to do for our common cause and that may interest you.. It is a long shot, but after half a day of…

Op-ed. Successful Fare-free Public Transport never comes alone

“Those that fail to learn the lessons of history, are doomed to repeat them.”  – Attributed to Winston Churchill (and others)

Discussions of free public transport are often presented by the media and too often even in expert discussions as if it were a new concept that has no history.  To make wise policy decisions we need to be aware of this history.

To this end, this broad historic  overview…

Op-Ed: What/who keeps holding back New Mobility reform in your city in 2018?

If you get it, New Mobility policy reform is a no-brainer. However, while the New Mobility Agenda is a great starting place, it is not going to get the job somehow miraculously done just because it is the only game in town when it comes to sustainable transport. There is plenty of competition for your thin wallet,  all that space on the street, and  especially for that space between our ears. We…

One small reason why Tallinn may feel they could use more public transport?

To get a better feel for this from the perspective of day to day reality when it comes to trying to get wherever you want to go during morning rush hour in Tallinn, let’s have a look at a report by two Estonian researchers, – by Helen Poltimäe and Mari Jüssi, under the title . . .

Factors Affecting Choice of Travel Mode in Tallinn

Tallinn 2018: Free public transport for all. Dream and reality

The program for the recent Tallinn international conference contains useful information and contacts for researchers, planners, policy makers and others wishing to understand the variety of approaches, projects and perceptions which make up this fast-growing and highly varied field of interest for cities and their citizens around the world.

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WORLD STREETS 3.0 WATCHING BRIEFS: 2018-2020

   Paris. 28 May 2018 update:

For the latest – v. 3.0 – edition of our long term  collaborative and action program, we decided first to review the work accomplished and lesson learned over the first decade (i.e., World Streets v. 1.0, March 2008- March 2018) —  and select from that collective  learning experience a set of  ten strategic policy targets that we intend to propose and support as…

Economic instruments as a lever for policy

Source: WHO http://www.who.int/heli/economics/econinstruments/en/

Objectives

Economic Instruments encompass a range of policy tools, from pollution taxes and marketable permits to deposit-refund systems and performance bonds. The common element of all economic instruments is that they effect change or influence behaviour through their impact on market signals.

Economic instruments are a means of…