[sustran] Re: Reducing number of cars on the road

[Mohsin J. Sarker]

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From: "Al Dizon" <aldizon at pacific.net.sg>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12:21 PM
Subject: [sustran] Re: Reducing number of cars on the road

> Highways aren't built to solve congestion problem

I think it is not true 100%. In some cases highways's are built to solve
congestion problem. For example the bypasses of cities are built to reduce
the raffic through the city.

> Lest we forget: public policy demands that roads are built to facilitate
the
> movement of trade and commerce, and thus enable businessess, people and
> communities to carry out their business activities.

Yes, it is right. But is it essential to have automobile dominanted roads to
enable businessess, movement of trade and commerce ? I don't think so. We
can do all the things by well integrated alternative transport modes and by
essential road facilities for them.

Mohsin J. Sarker
Ph,D, Candidate
Regional Planning
Department of Civil Engineering
Utsunomiya University
7-1-2 Yoto, Utsunomiya, Japan 321-8585
Tel : +81-28-689-6223
Fax: +81-28-689-6230
Email: t9802 at cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp

Highways aren't built to
> solve congestion problem; congestion is solved by comprehensive urban
> planning, which may or may not require the development of road systems to
> keep comunities linked.
>
> Inequalities do exist in the use of road systems. Spatially, car users
have
> more space than the mass transit user. But this is more than compensated
for
> the price the mass transit user has to pay for the same trip.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paula Negron Poblete <negronpp at MAGELLAN.UMontreal.CA>
> To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:09 AM
> Subject: [sustran] Re: Reducing number of cars on the road
>
>
> > Concerning the thoughts of Mohsin Sarker about social inequality, my
> > thinking is that in develonig countries these inequalities already
> > exists. When autorities decide to invest in highways to solve the
> > congestion problem, it's a project that affects possitively mostly the
> > high clases, if you consider that more than 50% of households doesn't
> > have a private car (and that represents much more than 50% of the total
> > population). So, when we talk about higher prices in fuel or congestion
> > prices, I really don't think we're creating social inequality. I see
> > social inequality more as a matter of accessibility to employment, like
> > it's the case today. For more information about this subject, I recomend
> > the article of Paulo Camara and David Banister "Spatial inequalities in
> > the provision of public transport in Latin American cities" (Transport
> > reviews, 1993, vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 351-373).
> >
> > Paula Negron
> > University of Montreal
>
>