tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9564708.post111805260719721679..comments2024-03-07T01:41:31.621+05:30Comments on Green channel: It all comes down to better pavementsRahul Bhatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11341722591215480211noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9564708.post-14675963807179832892017-05-26T08:48:01.764+05:302017-05-26T08:48:01.764+05:30Did you know that you can shorten your urls with A...Did you know that you can shorten your urls with <b><a href="http://shortener.syntaxlinks.com/r/AdFly" rel="nofollow">AdFly</a></b> and <b>get dollars for every visit to</b> your short links.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9564708.post-1118900881100709622005-06-16T11:18:00.000+05:302005-06-16T11:18:00.000+05:30Hello Anon,stats are alright, but my basic issue i...Hello Anon,<BR/><BR/>stats are alright, but my basic issue is that pedestrians and cars shouldn't share the same space because people get hurt. Whether you keep cars above or move them below the surface, there need to be demarcated areas where people can cross roads.<BR/><BR/>I would love to do without my car and use the public transportation system, and there are - I'm sure - lakhs out there like me too, but until using a car is less convenient than public transport, we'll continue traveling by car.<BR/><BR/>The flyovers are a mistake, an extremely short-term solution to a long-term problem.<BR/><BR/>But are you advocating that people be free to walk wherever they want, with your last paragraph? Even on the roads, which are meant for cars? I don't know if that's healthy for bones.<BR/><BR/>So basically what, then? Back to what I was saying: however you want it - cars above and people below, or vice versa - they really shouldn't use the same space, right?Rahul Bhatiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341722591215480211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9564708.post-1118840885917636912005-06-15T18:38:00.000+05:302005-06-15T18:38:00.000+05:30hey mr. b,YOU! You want to make indicators mandato...hey mr. b,<BR/>YOU! You want to make indicators mandatory? hee hee ha ha. Then you say, ‘ Driving is tough enough without having to look out for others, especially pedestrians.’ That is such a car owner’s pov. Bombay is a city of 120 lakh people. Nearly 80% of the total journeys made in the city, i. e. 11.2 mn out of 14 mn journeys per day are by public transport, mainly by suburban trains and buses. Car users approximately account for 5% journeys. Over 200 new cars registered every day, mostly by people who already have cars.<BR/>France will impose a green tax on big cars like SUVs and trucks, while providing rebates on small, fuel-efficient cars. The tax is as high as $ 4,000 on big cars, which are found to "pollute, occupy space and are dangerous to pedestrians." Singapore already has a congestion tax, ranging from one to three local dollars for all cars entering the central business district (CBD). <BR/>The Indian government totally a Neanderthal in matters of environment policy is seeking assistance of over Rs 10,000 crore from the Centre to build sea links and transharbour links, which will be accessed only by motorists. (God save us!)<BR/>Now I feel that there should be a subway system for cars – underground tunnels that cars can zip through. And let the streets be free for all of us to walk or cycle. On beautifully maintained roads that carry the smells from the sea. Instead of the 200 crores that have been spent on the flyovers, let’s spend a fraction of that money on making unbroken pavements. <BR/>You may say I’m a dreamer, but believe me, there are lakhs like me out there. Who just want to reclaim the old Bombay. Walk on a street watching the gothic steeples merging pell-mell with tall skyscrapers, pause midway between eating our next peanut or dabeli and just look up and watch the sky though the leaves of a huge rainforest tree, or actually have a civilised conversation as we walk down with our friend without cacophonous horns of yuppie drivers yelling out that the roads belong to the New Brash Get Out Of My F**** Way Drivers. <BR/><BR/>So there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9564708.post-1118148263229324432005-06-07T18:14:00.000+05:302005-06-07T18:14:00.000+05:30I'm optimistic. The area I live in used to be a co...I'm optimistic. The area I live in used to be a complete mess but they've developed it tremendously. It used to look like the edge of the world. And I think there's only one way this city is going to go: more development. There is too much invested here to let it go to waste.Rahul Bhatiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341722591215480211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9564708.post-1118139811092887052005-06-07T15:53:00.000+05:302005-06-07T15:53:00.000+05:30No way thats going to happen in India...there is a...No way thats going to happen in India...there is a mafia which operates and leases the encroachments on either side of the road on which the pavements should have beenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9564708.post-1118116567147420602005-06-07T09:26:00.000+05:302005-06-07T09:26:00.000+05:30What are the odds bro...what are the odds...? I do...What are the odds bro...what are the odds...? I don't see that happening in India for a long time..|| sbk ||https://www.blogger.com/profile/07933583834956271932noreply@blogger.com