[sustran] Re: Fw: [sustran] FW: Dinesh Mohon - CNG a big mistake?

Eric Bruun ericbruun at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 30 03:36:41 JST 2002


The reason that buses are singled out in India is probably the same as why
they are singled out in the US of A. They are not backed by politically
powerful corporations nor do the politicians use buses. In the US, they are
outnumbered by truck and long-distance buses by 100 to 1 and large
personal SUVS keep proliferating, yet transit agencies are being singled out
to lead the fight for cleaner air.

Eric Bruun

----- Original Message -----
From: "kisan mehta" <kisansbc at vsnl.com>
To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
Cc: "Jack Peckham" <jpeckham at chemweek.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:57 PM
Subject: [sustran] Fw: [sustran] FW: Dinesh Mohon - CNG a big mistake?


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kisan mehta <kisansbc at vsnl.com>
> To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [sustran] FW: Dinesh Mohon - CNG a big mistake?
>
>
> > Dear Sustran,  Clean Air Initiative Asia colleagues and Jack,
> >
>  Prof Dinesh Mohan has brought out pertinent issues via-a-vis
> branding public road buses as polluters in Delhi.   It is not only
> the number of buses  but, as stated by Prof Dinesh Mohan `one
> must look not only at the pollution caused per vehicle but also
> at the pollution caused per passenger transported over a
> kilometre.'  No control is exercised on personal vehicles
> which though serving an extremely small sector of the
> community have a high polution rate.  They affect the
> efficiency of public transport.
> >
> > He has very rightly dealt with the backlash that may come
> up on urban public transport and detrimental change over
> to private vehicles.    Central and State Governments
> are already using public resources to promote private
> vehicle ownership and usage.    The Supreme Court directive restricted to
> public road buses only would go to support
> ownership and usage of private vehicles and introduction
> of smaller non-efficient vehicles like rural mini buses,
> the cumulative effect of which would be marked
> deterioration of air quality.
> >
> > We fail to understand as to why buses only and no other
> polluting vehicles are being targeted and penalised.
> Low price for diesel has resulted in many motorists
> changing over to diesel operated vehicles which pollutes
> more.
>
> The air quality in India and more particularly in urban centres
> is very poor and is fast deteriorating due to increasing number
> of 2, 3 and 4 wheelers and absence of strict monitoring.
> Vehicles now enter, dock and get repaired in highly congested
> areas and thus affect larger number of people.
>
> Suffocating congestion, traffic jams, air quality deterioration
> are everywhere.  Controlling  and curbing the movement and
> docking of  vehicles  and of air quality are the need of the hour.
Vehicles
> pay nothing for use of  roads and polluting the environment.  It would be
> prudent to levy congestion and
> pollution tax at 10% each on fuel at the fuel outlets.
> Parking on roads and pavements should be banned.
> Incentives now extended for owning vehicles should be
> withdrawn.   What is required is to discourage residents
> from using vehicles.  Best wishes.
>
> Priya Salvi and Kisan Mehta
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Paul Barter <geobpa at nus.edu.sg>
> > To: <sustran-discuss at jca.apc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:33 AM
> > Subject: [sustran] FW: Dinesh Mohon - CNG a big mistake?
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jack Peckham [mailto:jpeckham at chemweek.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, 25 April 2002 1:19 AM
> > > To: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia
> > > Subject: [cai-asia] Fw: Air Pollution News Digest #7
>
>



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