[sustran] Re: HCMC Highway

[Pascal Desmond]

While it is good to see some pedestrian infrastructure [altho if they
didn't build the road it is likely that the walkways would be superfluous],
it is saddening to see Vietnam adopting the same disastrous policies as the
rest of us ... especially when you consider how they defeated the U.S.A.
[and before them France and Japan] using bicycles as the main component of
their military logistics.

The first acquisitions of a post-austerity society are affluenza and amnesia.

>From: Craig Townsend <townsend at central.murdoch.edu.au>

>Trans City Highway to Combat Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Woes
>
>HANOI, Jan 7 Asia Pulse - In the latest measure to alleviate the traffic
>that regularly slows Ho Chi Minh City cars to a crawl, municipal
>authorities have announced a plan to build a 21.4km-long, east-west
>highway. Officials said the Japan International Co-operation Bank (JICB)
>had agreed to provide loans of more than Y67,055 million (US$664,000) for
>the project, which has already been submitted to the Government for approval.
>
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>
>Under the same project, the city plans to upgrade five bridges and build
>about 20 pedestrian walkways with the assistance of Japan's Overseas
>Economic Co-operation Fund.

Kind regards
Pascal Desmond.