[sustran] Re: transit in Mexico city

[TR Saranathan]

Dear Sustranians,
I have been reading many views regarding "No Car Day and Cycle Lanes etc."
These concepts have to be included at the time of new Town Planning Areas. 
This is possible in India since new Townships will be coming up.
Still, Public Transport will be most effective.
In some parts of the country we find people coming from their homes to the 
nearst Railway Station to catch local trains to their official destinies. I 
have seen this in Chennai(Madras).
Regarding private cars 'pooling' and a combination of private cars and 
public transport will be useful
All these are possible only all the stake holdrs and players come together 
to propose an integrated formula. So far each one is expressing their views 
independently.
I wish Sustran takes it up as an exercise in collecting all the information 
available and edit and send to all the other members and experts to elicit 
their valued opinion.
Dr.T.R.Saranathan


>From: Alan Patrick Howes <APHOWES at dm.gov.ae>
>Reply-To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
>To: "'sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org'" <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
>Subject: [sustran] Re: transit in Mexico city
>Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 07:59:06 +0400
>
>I certainly don't claim to be any sort of expert on cycling, but having
>observed it both in the UK and the Gulf, my views are:
>
>1) Certain basic safety standards have to be enforced. I have never yet 
>seen
>a cyclist in the Gulf with lights, whereas in the UK no-one would ride
>without them - both from self-preservation, and because they would be
>stopped by the police. I dread to think what the accident rate here must be
>for cycles.
>
>2) Cyclways are worth providing if by doing so you can provide cyclists 
>with
>a more direct or level route than by following the road, e.g. going through
>a park rather than round it.
>
>3) Most importantly, bikes need special attention at some junctions, where
>otherwise they can be very vulnerable.
>
>
>--
>Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
>      Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
>aphowes at dm.gov.ae
>Tel:    +971 4 286 1616 ext 214
>Mobile: +971 50 5989661
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ramon [mailto:bayk at quickweb.com.ph]
> > Sent: Sun, March 31, 2002 5:24 PM
> > To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
> > Subject: [sustran] Re: transit in Mexico city
> >
> >
> > I am not familiar with the situation in Mexico DF but I would
> > guess that 25
> > km is the longest trip from home to work? If that's so, then
> > it is a stretch
> > to cycle but certainly not impossible. I cycle 15 km to work
> > daily and it
> > takes me about an hour to do so. Add another 10 km and that's
> > much less than
> > the 2-3 hours of commute by public transport (I'm assuming)
> > that has been
> > reported. I do not generally advocate separate bikeways for
> > cyclists because
> > I think they are unnecessary. What I do advocate is for
> > cyclists to undergo
> > proper training so that: 1) they can cycle safely on roads;
> > and 2) they can
> > enjoy cycling as an activity in itself -- something that will
> > sustain their
> > cycling  more than the usually good-intentioned but usually
> > poorly designed
> > and implemented bikeways.
> >
> > Ramon
> >




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