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TAKING STEPS: A Community Action Guide to People-Centred, Equitable and Sustainable Transport Written and compiled by Paul Barter and Tamim Raad
for the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific
(the SUSTRAN Network).  ISBN 983-40313-0-0.  March 2000.

Many of the contact details here are stale but the issues and ideas are still fresh.

CONTENTS

• Preliminaries and introduction 
  - what is the guide all about? (html)
  
  
• Basic principles of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport  (301k pdf)
  Ten Steps Towards More Sustainable and People-Centred Transport
  Visions and Choices
  The Purpose of Transport: Mobility or Accessibility?
  Comparing Transport Modes
  How Urban Transport Works: An Introduction
  
  
• The state of Asian urban transport (236 k  pdf)
  A brief history of transport in Asian cities
  The current state of urban transport in Asia
  
  
• Why worry about urban transport? (246k pdf)
  Social Equity
  Health and Safety
  Quality of life and community
  Economy and low cost 
  Ecological Sustainability
  
  
• Where next? Moving towards better urban transport (508k pdf)
  Introduction
  Feet First and Pedal Power
  Public Transport Priority
  Urban Planning and Land Use
  Transport Equity and Justice
  Transport Demand Management (TDM)
  Public participation, transparency and good governance
  Motorcycles
  Goods traffic
  Beware False Solutions 
  
  
• What can we do? (305 k  pdf)
  Action by community organisations
  Action by employers and businesses
  Individual actions
  Tools for action
  A to Z of urban transport terms
  Directory of key contacts
  Selected Resources and Readings
  About the SUSTRAN Network