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CALL FOR PAPERS RETHINKING URBAN INCLUSION: SPACES, MOBILISATIONS, INTERVENTIONS to be held in Coimbra, Portugal, 28-30 June 2012 With almost half the world's population living in cities, questioning the urban dimension of social inclusion and exclusion is imperative. Urban inclusion is increasingly influenced - and often constrained - by intertwined processes of economic globalization, state re-articulation, polarization and diversification of (local) populations and the political practices they add to the city. Educational, health and environmental inequalities, segregation, unemployment, lack of political participation, discrimination and the inability to deal with different forms of participation are all phenomena of exclusion with a local dimension but a multi-scalar nature. At the same time, acting towards social inclusion is developed around ideas, knowledge(s), experiences, resources and capacities which are (dis)located across an array of arenas and distributed among different actors. While traditional concepts and practices of urban inclusion centered on institutions and top-down decision-making seem inadequate to tackle this complexity, new ones are often in their infancy and may be in tension with more established policies. Contesting the centrality of the state and market pervasiveness, a new variety of counter-hegemonic positions and projects, and alternative visions of urban democracy and justice that inform bottom-up and participatory approaches to urban inclusion, have become popular in the Global South, while their transposition to cities in the Global North have met resistance or hardly gone beyond theorization.  The Conference aims to understand and ultimately rethink social inclusion at the urban scale, as the product of broader dynamics and the interaction of different actors and languages. How can we trace, define, and challenge the new subtle forms of social and territorial exclusion, trying to reinvent urban in

Clean transport, Urban transport Action Plan on urban mobility The European Commission adopted the Action Plan on urban mobility on 30 September 2009. The Action Plan proposes twenty measures to encourage and help local, regional and national authorities in achieving their goals for sustainable urban mobility. With the Action Plan, the European Commission presents for the first time a comprehensive support package in the field of urban mobility. Local, regional and national authorities are free to use this support, and the tools that will be offered. By doing so, they will be better equipped to address the challenge of sustainable urban mobility, which will facilitate their policy making. In addition, Europe's citizens and companies will benefit from this on a daily basis. The actions are being launched over the three years following the Action Plan's adoption. The European Commission will conduct a review of the implementation of the Action Plan in the year 2012, and will assess the need for further action. European Commission conference on urban mobility The European Commission hosted a conference on urban mobility in the context of the Action Plan on Urban Mobility on Wednesday 24 March 2010 in Brussels, within the framework of the European Union Sustainable Energy Week. Related documents Legislation Action Plan on urban mobility [COM(2009) 490] Press room Commission takes action to make urban travel greener, better organised and more user-friendly [IP/09/1379, 30/09/2009] Action Plan on Urban Mobility [MEMO/09/424, 30/09/2009] Documentation Information leaflet [2 MB] Council conclusions on Action Plan on Urban Mobility (24 June 2010) [49 KB] European Parliament resolution of 23 April 2009 on an action plan on urban mobility Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on an Action Plan on Urban Mobility Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and

Urban transport in the developing world: perspectives from the first decade of the new millenium Harry T. Dimitriou, Ralph Gakenheimer 0 Resenhas Edward Elgar Publishing, 30/03/2011 - 631 páginas The twenty thematic chapters in this book provide a broad set of perspectives on the plight, possibilities and opportunities of urban transport in the developing world, set against the challenges of sustainable development. The contributors expertly set the international context of transport policy-making and planning for developing cities and present a critical review of recent developments that have taken place and which offer lessons for the future. The special features that distinguish this book are: its multiple institutional perspectives on transport in the urban development of developing cities: its efforts to link sustainability with urban transport and other development concerns; and its understanding of the consequences of globalism in choices and obligations for urban transport. This Handbook will prove invaluable for professional practitioners and academics engaged in and concerned with the future of movement in cities of the developing world. It will also be of interest to students of urban transport and city planning, particularly those from developing countries. Politicians, policy-makers and international development agencies and investors, as well as those working for international non-government organizations wishing to familiarize themselves with the mounting transportation challenges of developing cities, will also find this book a source of inspiration. « Menos    Ver uma prévia deste livro » O que estão dizendo - Escrever uma resenha Não encontramos nenhuma resenha nos lugares comuns. Livros relacionados ‹ Sustainability and cities Peter Newman, Jeffrey R. Kenworthy Urban transport planning Harry T. Dimitriou Cities on the move World Bank, K. M. Gwilliam Urban transport development Emin Tengström A developmental approach to urb

Overview Conference Summary Presentations Sponsors Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities Conference Agenda Format for Paper Submission Track Chairs and Conference Program Committee Freight Week Hotels/Room Accommodations Things to do   SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS Select the presentation to view or download it. Presentations are in pdf format. Date Session Speaker Presentation Title Organization 2/1/2006 Opening Plenary Session George Schoener A Draft Framework for National Freight Policy (1.03MB) US Department of Transportation     Paul Bingham Future Freight Transportation Demand (1.018 KB) 1018 1Global Insight 2/1/2006 Luncheon Keynote Speaker Lillian Borrone Wanted: Dangerously Good Solutions for Freight Transportation 247 KB) Eno Transportation Foundation 2/2/2006 Plenary Session -- Best Practices John Horsley The Role of State DOTs in Managing Urban Goods Movement (357 KB) AASHTO     Harold Linnenkohl Managing Urban Goods Movement: Growing the Georgia Economy (425 KB) Georgia Department of Transportation     Ron McCready National Cooperative Freight Research Program (36 KB) Transportation Research Board Please select from the topics below to view the papers presented in that catagory. Otherwise, you may scroll the page to view all papers presented. PORT ECONOMICS: RAIL SOLUTIONS: TECHNOLOGY FOR PORT OPERATIONS I & II: TRUCK SOLUTIONS: TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT & SPILLOVERS: URBAN FREIGHT & TRIP DEMAND: INTERMODAL FEDERAL & STATE PLANNING: ALGORITHMS FOR PORT OPERATIONS: URBAN LOGISTICS: INSTITUTIONS & POLICY ISSUES: PORT PRODUCTIVITY I & II PORTS & NETWORK LOS: LABOR ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION:  MANAGING IMPACTS OF URBAN FREIGHT: REGIONAL FREIGHT FLOWS: REDUCING EMISSIONS: CALIFORNIA PORTS, PLANS & POLICY: PORT SECURITY & TERRORIST EVENTS: EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT I & II: PRICING & PRODUCTIVITY: ENVIRONMENTAL & ECONOMIC IMPACTS: DISASTER MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT:   PORT ECONOMICS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author: Port Infrastructure Investment Analysi

DOSSIER/ Villes chinoises en mouvement- Revenir au sommaire Abstracts in english Traduction : Iain Whyte Editorial Antoine Loubière, Editor-in-chief of "Urbanisme", outlines the contents of the special feature entitled "Chinese Cities on the Move", produced in partnership with l'Institut pour la Ville en Mouvement (PSA Peugeot-Citroën) / The City on the Move Institute. The IVM organised an international symposium in Beijing from 11 to 13 October 2004 on the subject of "Urban mobilities: the research issues in China and abroad". The feature contains a report on this symposium and on the Chinese city workshops dedicated to Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Wuhan. The rebirth of Chinese cities Paradoxically, in spite of being in the grips of globalisation, metropolisation and the constraints of ever more complex urban management, Chinese cities seem to be undergoing a normalisation process. The reforms initiated over 20 years ago have completely changed the urban scene in China inherited from Maoism. Jean-François Doulet, who teaches at l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and heads the IVM's China programme, explains this change. Round-table discussion: French views on Chinese cities This round-table discussion brought together French researchers (François Ascher, Georges Amar) and French urban development professionals (Bernard Reichen, Laurent Théry, Étienne Tricaud) involved in IVM initiatives in China. The participants first discussed the conditions in which Chinese cities develop. They then discussed the part played by mobility in the structuring of Chinese cities, asking themselves if there was a "Chinese model" of urban development in contrast to the European and US models. The International Symposium in Beijing (11-13 October 2004) After a presentation of the IVM's China programme, based notably on an interview with its Secretary General, Xavier Fels, head of external relations at PSA Peugeot-Citroën, th

MIT Smart Cities: City Car Published February 12, 2008 Energy Policy , Transportation 2 Comments Tags: Automotive X Prize, Electric Car When I think of car sharing in the U.S., I think of Flexcar and Zipcar [they have merged -- new name is Zipcar]. Together I think they had around 5,000 vehicles at merger time in 2007. But so far carsharing has no measurable impact on urban traffic or CO2 load. Some of the consumer resistance may be price. That's where the MIT City Car looks promising - this is exactly what I want for the urban short-trips that involved carrying stuff back to the transport station. I could imagine the Buenos Aires CBD traffic density being cut in half or more by a hundred thousand of these way-cool cars, with a "luggage cart" stand every couple of blocks. And a little car that can move in any direction on its four independent wheel-robots would be very appealing - though possibly deadly amidst speeding BA taxis… UPDATE 080212: Some clarifications are required, prompted by comments to this post from carsharing pioneer Dave Brook - whose blog is a recommended source on the industry. I'll just briefly enumerate these points: 1. Carsharing cannot make a major impact on urban traffic/CO2 load unless the concept wins large scale adoption by consumers who elect to substitute public transport + carsharing for their current single-passenger-per-vehicle preferences. 2. Not being privy to any objective studies of consumer preferences, I'm speculating that at least two factors will gate acceptance: convenience and price. On convenience the City Car concept might contribute if deployed with sufficient spatial frequency to e.g. make Ms. shopper happy running her errands within a convenient carsharing radius around a transport station. My speculation is that density is probably not coarser than a 2 block grid. 3. Price - The City Car could make high frequency deployment more economic by introducing several operating cost efficiencies

Publications Note: Several of these documents contain draft versions of published work (or in different stages of being published). For citations and quotations please refer to the officially published version. The contents of this site can be freely used for personal use ONLY. Although the material contained in this web site is freely available, it is not public domain. Its contents, in whole or in part (including graphics and datasets), cannot be copied and published in ANY form (printed or electronic) without consent. Permission to use any graphic material herein in any form of publication, such as an article, a book or a conference presentation, on any media must be requested prior to use. Books | Book Chapters | Articles in Preparation | Refereed Articles | Special Issues | Reviews & Reports Books Rodrigue, J-P, T. Notteboom and J. Shaw (2012) (eds) The Sage Handbook of Transport Studies, London: Sage. Forthcoming. Rodrigue, J-P, C. Comtois and B. Slack (2009) The Geography of Transport Systems, Second Edition, London: Routledge, 352 pages. ISBN: 9780415483247. Rodrigue, J-P, C. Comtois and B. Slack (2006) The Geography of Transport Systems, London: Routledge, 296 pages, ISBN: 0415354412. Rodrigue, J-P (2000) L'espace économique mondial: les économies avancées et la mondialisation, (The Global Economic Space : Advanced Economies and Globalization), Collection géographie contemporaine, Sainte Foy : Presses de l'Université du Québec, 534 pages. ISBN 2760510379. PricewaterhouseCoopers Best Business Book Award. Book Chapters (2012) "Commercial Goods Transport" in UN-HABITAT, 2013 Global Report on Human Settlements: Sustainable Urban Transport, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, London: Earthscan. In preparation. (2012) "Transport, Flows and Globalization", in J-P Rodrigue, T. Notteboom and J. Shaw (eds) The Sage Handbook of Transport Studies, London: Sage. In preparation. Rodrigue, J-P, B. Slack and C. Comtois (2012) "Green Supply Cha

The Bikeable City - a course in how to plan for cycle friendly cities Call for expressions of interest The Cycling Embassy of Denmark, CED is offering a cycle planning course, The Bikeable City, in how to plan for cycle friendly cities. Many cities round the world want to develop their traffic culture with a view to more sustainable mobility. We are seeing public transport systems developing along these lines in many cities throughout the world. Along with this, there is a wish to develop a cycle culture in order to increase the mobility of the citizens and to reduce private car traffic in the cities. The aim of the course is to contribute to the development of liveable and bikeable cities throughout the world. Development of a cycle culture is an important part of sustainable mobility. The objective is to increase cycling by creating a safe environment for cyclists, which will also contribute to urban life, to a liveable urban environment and to the health of the citizens. Moreover, a bikeable city will contribute to important Millennium Development Goals in reducing poverty, developing democracy and increasing both gender equality and growth through increased mobility. Overall objective: To develop liveable and bikeable cities To support cycling-friendly policy development. To increase cycling as a mean of sustainable mobility To develop a cycle culture which contributes to urban life, and urban environment and health To strengthen the advocacy for cycling in civil society To support development goals in cities such as: poverty reduction, democracy, gender equality, growth through increased mobility, affordable transport To create a safe environment for cyclists.   The target groups are professionals from Danida collaborating countries working in Danida projects such as city administrations, local authority politicians, urban planners and designers and cycle advocacy groups in civil society. Possible participating countries could be: Bangladesh, Benin, Bhu

Cycling Data The collection of data on the number of bicycles per household, number of bicycle journeys and the nature of those journeys helps to inform transport policy and practice. Filter by : All |  Case Studies | Cycling Advocacy | Effective Marketing | International | Resources | Videos | United Kingdom | Australia | Victoria | New South Wales | Queensland | New Zealand | South Australia | Bike Commuting | Bike Share Schemes | Europe | North America | State and Territory Government | Tasmania | Sustainable Urban Transport Plans | Cost Benefit Analysis | Research paper | Austroads | Australian Capital Territory | Local Government | Northern Territory | National Government | Western Australia | United States of America | Canada | Australian Bicycle Council Active Transportation Beyond Urban Centers (USA) 06th Feb 2012 Active Transportation Beyond Urban Centers was published by Rails-to-Trails Conservacy in January 2012. It shows that in large and small "rural cores" of 2,500 to 50,000 residents, the share of total trips made on foot or by bike is only 20 percent below the rate for larger urban cores. Furthermore, when it comes to work trips, rural areas fall right in line with the national rates of biking and walking to work. Read more Local Government Bicycle Account 2011 (Australia) 02nd Feb 2012 In January 2012 the Australian Bicycle Council released the results of Local Government and Cycling Survey undertaken in July 2011. Councils responding to the survey spent more than $72 million on bicycle-related programs in 2009-10. More than two thirds of responding councils either have a bicycle strategy or are working towards one. As at June 2010, councils responding to the survey reported having constructed 11,704km of cycling infrastructure. When their cycle networks are complete the infrastructure will measure 17,842km. Read more Weather or Not to Cycle: Temporal Trends and Impact of Weather on Cycling in an Urban Environment (Canada) 01st Feb 2012 Thi

Press release 12/13/2010 The City on the Move Institute (IVM) Celebrates its 10th Anniversary Philippe Varin, Chairman of the PSA Peugeot Citroën Managing Board and President of IVM, opened the seminar organized to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the City on the Move Institute (IVM) by hailing the Institute's valuable contribution to recent developments in the area of urban mobility. Founded by PSA Peugeot Citroën in 2000, IVM deploys urban mobility research projects and initiatives in Europe, Latin America and Asia and contributes to the creation of innovative solutions by conducting trials in rapidly changing cities. In 2011, the Institute will launch a research project to see how major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Greater Paris are addressing mobility issues. The programme will be led by IVM's Chinese, Latin American and European university chairs. As part of the programme, IVM has signed an agreement with the Université Paris-Est centre for research and higher education, which brings together the main research laboratories, universities and institutes that work on urban planning, regional development and transport in France. As a non-profit association, the Institute actively takes part in public discussions and is committed to broadening its horizons. Consequently, in 2011 it will be looking to establish partnerships in order to exchange ideas with stakeholders in the emerging mobility landscape. During the seminar, Philippe Varin reaffirmed IVM's importance for PSA Peugeot Citroën. "Today, car ownership is not the only way to procure freedom and independence of movement, and this development has led to a series of major changes," he said. "While the Group is well-equipped to study the technical and scientific aspects of the trend, the sociological impact around the world is best analysed by IVM, a conscientious and committed observer of urban change. This analysis is leading

Michelin to Partner with City on the Move Institute At the Challenge Bibendum in Berlin, Michelin has announced its intention of partnering with the City on the Move Institute (IVM). Created and supported since June 2000 by PSA Peugeot Citroën, IVM is looking for new partnerships with companies in a range of industries that are capable of playing a decisive role in improving the quality of urban mobility in the years ahead. Michelin and IVM will exchange ideas and discuss challenges and solutions facing sustainable mobility, an area in which the two companies share a common interest. Michelin "Michelin has organised the Challenge Bibendum since 1998 and in 12 years, it has become an indispensable global event that enables all road mobility stakeholders to work, debate, learn and talk about what road mobility can and must do to become truly sustainable," said Jean-Dominique Senard, Managing General Partner of the Michelin Group. "PSA Peugeot Citroën is a longstanding partner to the Michelin Challenge Bibendum. Since the priorities of the City on the Move Institute and Michelin are perfectly aligned, it seemed entirely logical for us to become a partner to IVM and to officially announce the partnership in Berlin at the 11th Challenge Bibendum." City on the Move Institute "IVM was created to support public discussions about mobility and stakeholders in the process. To strengthen the Institute's development and outreach, we're now committed to working with key mobility players," said Philippe Varin, IVM President. "Michelin's decision to join us is an excellent example of this approach. I'm very pleased to have a partner with extensive experience and knowledge, which is so remarkably and concretely demonstrated at the Challenge Bibendum." Michelin will join IVM's executive bodies, and a common working programme will be developed in the near future to expand the partnership. A non-profit association, the Institute is dedicated to dev

Transport and the Urban Environment Jean-Paul Rodrigue Context Increasing urbanization and mobility has brought forward new dimensions of environmental issues, notably transportation. Urban transportation is now a source of several environmental problems. This course investigates the numerous dimensions involved, from environmental externalities induced by air, water, noise and hazardous materials pollution to socio-economic externalities imposed by land use, safety, and congestion. All these problems are fundamental to the issue of urban and transport sustainability. Policy formulation is the next major challenge and will have to include strategies that consider environmental and socio-economic externalities alike. Objective This course aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the role, function, extent and impacts of urban transportation over environmental systems. It is divided in two major parts, one conceptual and one methodological.

How knowledge and power flow between places and impact cities worldwide Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading geographers reveal that cities are not isolated objects of study, but dynamic, global-local assemblages of policies, practices, and ideas. The essays argue for a theorizing of urban policymaking and place-making that understands them as groups of territorial and relational geographies

Mobility Pricing Stakeholder Forum Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto -- Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Healthy Transport Consulting and our partners are proud to announce that the Transport Futures "Mobility Pricing Stakeholder Forum" - our sixth since 2008 -- will take place in Toronto on November 22nd. The Forum will build on the success of our previous educational events by focussing on gas taxes, parking fees and road pricing, especially as these measures relate to public acceptance. As detailed in our exciting agenda, the packed day of learning and interactive discussion will commence with keynote presentations by a top transport economist and a mobility pricing psychologist. With their assistance, a panel of diverse stakeholders will then spend the rest of the day responding to cutting-edge case studies and providing delegates with their viewpoints on five main barriers to mobility pricing implementation: technology, equity, investment, governance and leadership. Our esteemed speakers include: Kurt Van Dender,Chief Economist, International Transport Forum at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Jens Schade, Associate Professor, Dresden University of Technology Teresa Di Felice, Director of Government & Community Relations, CAA South Central Ontario David Hill, Senior Project Manager, Practice Leader, Parking Solutions, MMM Group Royson James, Columnist, The Toronto Star Richard Joy, Vice President, Policy & Government Relations, Toronto Board of Trade Gregory Thomas, Federal/Ontario Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation ... and more to be confirmed soon! As a delegate, you will have plenty of time to ask questions, provide feedback and network. Proceedings will be captured in order to create a 3-pronged educational/social outreach strategy that explicitly explains costs and benefits for government, business and the general public. This mobility pricing strategy will be used as the basis for a series of community workshops across

Help from CfIT for local authority practitioners working on the 'integration' of town planning and transport planning. If you think it is difficult to plan for sustainable travel, then think again. Urban structure and mobility are inextricably linked. This website gives expert advice on planning for a more effective location and form of development that can help achieve sustainable travel. This website and related work seeks to: Provide evidence for a range of actors involved in town planning and transport planning. Disseminate good practice, with an emphasis on 'strategic' issues and good working practices, developing 'key themes' for practice advice. Develop case study examples of current working practice in integrated urban and transport planning, with a focus on areas with development growth aspirations (such as Growth Areas and Growth Points). Provide signposts to related guidance by government and others. Hence, help practitioners more effectively use spatial planning tools in enabling greater sustainability in travel. The Evidence The location of activities - homes, workplaces, leisure, health, education and other facilities - act as the physical 'structuring framework' for travel. Although socio-economic, attitudinal and contextual characteristics all play important roles in the demand for travel, it is increasingly clear from the empirical evidence that there are significant associations between the built environment and travel. Urban Structure as an Enabler of Sustainable Travel Spatial planning is typically a long term instrument; its effects manifest themselves over several decades. However, the cumulative effect of land use decisions over recent decades has had a profound effect on travel patterns, and has the potential to have an equally significant effect, positively or negatively, in the future. Target Audience This website aims to publicise the evidence from research and practice which has become available since the last update

Cargo Cycle Crazy: 30+ Companies Form Freight Bike Federation  For Immediate Release. Cycle delivery companies from across Europe have gathered in Cambridge (UK) to form a European "Cycle Logistics" Lobby July 16, 2012 - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Over 30 companies from across Europe have joined forces to form the "European Cycle Logistics Federation". During a weekend event, the newly formed federation discussed ways to improve urban delivery and will act as a lobby group to promote cycle based delivery solutions.   "As a group we will be able to influence and convince stakeholders that freight bikes are a feasible option for delivering cargo in congested inner city areas. More cargo bikes delivering goods means less trucks in city centres and safer, liveable streets for people," says Rob King, founder of the Cambridge based cycle delivery company Outspoken Delivery which hosted the event. The event received praise from British politicians with Member of Parliament for Cambridge Julian Huppert stating: "Our city, which has the highest number of cyclists riding to and from work and school in the UK and a highly successful bike courier company, is a fitting place for such an event. Any changes that we can put in place to allow freight to be carried by bike have to be worthwhile. This idea has the potential to take vehicles off our roads, easing congestion and cutting carbon emissions. As a keen cyclist, it was very exciting to hear more about such great work."   It also won the interest of academics: "It's fascinating to be here in the early days of a new logistics paradigm. I see a knowledge community taking shape, defining and addressing shared challenges," said Proffesor Rachel Aldred, who directs the University of East London's Sustainable Mobilities Research Group and attended the event.    Participants at the event shared knowledge and experience on how cargo bicycles can reshape urban logistics. Speakers were adamant that cargo

Non-Motorised Transport Many urban residents in developing countries and emerging economies rely on cycling or walking but with economic growth, the Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) share in transport systems is being threatened. Yet, NMT or Active Transport (AT) bears a relevant potential in low carbon transport scenarios  and in urban mitigation action. This makes NMT a key element in the transition of transport policies to sustainable mobility. Cycling - Half of all trips in cities are short and within cycling distance. The protection (and revitalisation) of cycling in Asia and the promotion of cycling elsewhere have to become an ingredient in comprehensive mobility plans to mitigate GHG emission in developing country parties of the IPCC. Cycling bears substantial significance for avoiding emissions, poverty alleviation and development. The first results of calculating the carbon value of cycling can be found here. The earlier cycling expertise is brought into transport and urban planning processes, the larger the long term benefits from a cycling inclusive transport system will be. The post 2012 framework should lever government investments in planning for such systems. We can build upon the transition in transport strategy by, among others, the multilateral development banks. Local, national or international strategies and plans should be translated into Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). The NAMA framework can become a stimulus for most of the developing country parties to take up planning for cycling but only if cycling's GHG reduction potential and other benefits to society are better understood and made measurable, reportable and verifiable. The Global Cycling Coalition aims at contributing to SLoCaT's work program on this.

LANGUAGE OPEN CONFERENCE SYSTEMS Conference Help USER You are logged in as... ihering My Profile Log Out CONFERENCE CONTENT Search Conference Information » Overview » Track Policies » Program » Presentations » Conference Schedule » Accommodation » Organizers and Partners » Timeline Browse By Conference By Author By Title FONT SIZE     INFORMATION For Readers For Authors HOME ABOUT USER HOME SEARCH ARCHIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS Home > Thirty Years after "Distinction" > Thirty Years After "Distinction" > Presentations and Authors Presentations and Authors Last name A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z All Track:   Cultural legitimacy and its metamorphoses (erudite vs. popular, omnivore vs. univore, etc.) Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose: Shifting Substance and Steadfast Structure in the Genesis of Lifestyles in the UK ABSTRACT PDF UNTITLED Will Atkinson L'Habitus et le changement de goût. Le cas du « petit personnel » travaillant sur des lieux d'exposition d'art légitime ABSTRACT Pascal Benvenuti Sociologie génétique des dispositions à l'éclectisme éclairé pour lire la littérature de jeunesse (4-8 ans) ABSTRACT PDF bonnery stephane Photography and the Body: representing class in news photographs ABSTRACT UNTITLED John Myles Capital Tastes. The Distinction in the Communication Age ABSTRACT PDF Antonio Di Stefano Emerging forms of cultural capital ABSTRACT PDF SLIDESHOW Annick Prieur, Mike Savage Perceptions of cultural hierarchies in present-day Dutch society ABSTRACT SLIDESHOW Marcel van den Haak Luttes de légitimité culturelle au sein d'une pratique illégitime. Le cas de la chasse ABSTRACT Héloïse Fradkine The challenge to go beyond Distinction, French teachers' cultural practices from 1970 to 2010 ABSTRACT SLIDESHOW Géraldine Farges Symbolic investment as contextualization. An experiment on the effects of modalities of presentation on the appreciation of artistic artefacts. ABSTRACT PDF

n Assessment of Public Transportation Markets Using NHTS Data This free webinar on Thursday, March 22 (noon to 1 PM ET) by the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida summarizes a recently released study by the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) that assesses a range of public transit markets for Florida and the U.S. as a whole. Data from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) are used. The public transit markets are defined with trip purpose and seven personal, household, and travel characteristics of persons in these transit markets, including driver status, immigration status, existence of medical conditions that make it difficult to travel out of the home, household income, vehicle availability, race and ethnicity, and monthly frequency of transit use. Based on an approach of cross tabulations, this study assesses these transit markets from five perspectives: 1. Market Size - how the overall transit market is distributed across these transit sub-markets. 2. Modal Share - how people within each transit market travel using various modes, including transit. 3. Attitudes - how people within each transit market feel about a set of transportation issues. 4. Socio-Demographics - personal, household, location, and travel characteristics of transit markets. 5. Trip Characteristics - transit-specific and general trip characteristics of transit markets. The assessment for Florida is limited to the first three perspectives due to sample size issues. The results presented are useful to operating agencies for strategic planning and to other government bodies for developing policies and funding programs for improving mobility of those who are transportation and economically disadvantaged and for improving the transportation system in general. Presenter: Xuehao Chu, PhD, Senior Research Associate, CUTR Webinar connection information: http://www.cutr.usf.edu/events

Spotlight on Pedestrian Safety by Tamara Redmon, Dan Gelinne, Leah Walton, and Jeff Miller FHWA's aggressive approach to reducing the fatality rate in 13 States and 5 municipalities is showing promising results. Focus cities have installed high-visibility crosswalks, such as this one in Montclair, NJ, in a number of locations to improve pedestrian safety. For the past 7.5 years, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has been trying to aggressively reduce pedestrian deaths by focusing extra resources on the States and cities with the highest numbers or rates of pedestrian fatalities. In recent years, 13 States experienced pedestrian fatalities above 150 per year and above the national rate of 2.5 per 100,000 population. In 2003 those States were Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. An increase in Nevada's rate later added it to the list, while Michigan dropped off in 2007. In addition, five cities had the highest number of fatalities per year: Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; and Phoenix, AZ. Washington, DC, later went on the list, and Detroit dropped off (only to rejoin in 2011). To address this challenge, FHWA's Focused Approach to Pedestrian Safety project began with a memorandum dated May 2004 outlining the goal of reducing pedestrian fatalities by 10 percent by the year 2008 (goal later changed to 2011). To address this performance goal, FHWA encouraged the affected States and cities to develop and implement pedestrian safety action plans. A previous article in Public Roads documented the early implementation of the Focused Approach to Pedestrian Safety (see "In Step With Safety" in the September/October 2006 issue). "The focused approach to pedestrian safety has changed the way road owners and operators view pedestrians," says Elizabeth Alicandri, FHWA director of the Office of Safety Programs. "One of the reasons it has bee