Sustainable Transport Coalition of WA

We can't use it – so why the heck are we prospecting for new oil?

The Guardian, 27 September 2010

Forget, for a moment, the fragility of the Arctic environment and the likely consequences of a spill there. Forget the dangers of deepwater drilling in a strait plagued by storms and icebergs, and the difficulties – greater than in the Gulf of Mexico – of capping a leaking well there. There's an even bigger question raised by a British company's discovery of oil off the coast of Greenland. It's the same question that is invoked by the decision the British government is expected to make tomorrow: to allow exploration wells to be drilled in deep waters to the west of Shetland. Why the heck are we prospecting for new oil anyway?

Their Moon Shot and Ours

New York Times, 25 September 2010

China is doing moon shots. Yes, that’s plural. When I say “moon shots” I mean big, multibillion-dollar, 25-year-horizon, game-changing investments. China has at least four going now: one is building a network of ultramodern airports; another is building a web of high-speed trains connecting major cities; a third is in bioscience, where the Beijing Genomics Institute this year ordered 128 DNA sequencers — from America — giving China the largest number in the world in one institute to launch its own stem cell/genetic engineering industry; and, finally, Beijing just announced that it was providing $15 billion in seed money for the country’s leading auto and battery companies to create an electric car industry, starting in 20 pilot cities. In essence, China Inc. just named its dream team of 16-state-owned enterprises to move China off oil and into the next industrial growth engine: electric cars.

e-bikes take China's streets by storm

The Hindu, 27 September 2010

Last week, as the streets of Beijing were paralysed by a record 140 traffic jams, residents found themselves taking two or three hours to cover 10 km in their cars. Wang Meng, however, had no such problem. As Beijing's roads became sprawling parking lots, he zipped in and out of the rows of stranded cars as he sped to work on a battery-powered bike he bought for 1,000 yuan.

CAR USAGE, PERTH — REDUCTION MEASURES: 22 Sept

737. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the Minister for Transport:

I acknowledge that today is World Carfree Day. (1) Can the minister advise what plans the state government has to reduce car usage in Perth?

(2) How much is the government investing in alternatives to car usage, such as cycling and walking infrastructure, in the current financial year?

(3) Can the minister detail for each project funded during this financial year — (a) the name of the project; (b) the location; (c) the amount of funding allocated by the WA government; and (d) the amount of commonwealth funds allocated?

PERTH PARKING LEVY AND FUND: 22 Sept

731. Hon ALISON XAMON to the Minister for Transport:

I refer to the Perth parking levy and fund. (1) How is part of the funds from the $26 million a year Perth parking levy being spent to prioritise the bicycling environment in the central city area?

(2) Why are funds from the Perth parking fund not being utilised to improve the safety of the City West station to Perth Arena section of the principal shared path?

(3) What are the funding priorities of the Perth parking fund for the 2010–11 financial year?

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