[sustran] Re: Bus Transport

[Alan Patrick Howes]

"Unfortunately our decision makers continue ignoring this sane perspective."
- 
yes, here too!

However, I was particularly interested by the last paragraphs of the item - 

"Has this [high capacity busway] system been successfully implemented
elsewhere in the world?

This system has been very successfully implemented in many Latin American,
European and Asian cities. Curitiba in Brazil was the first to adopt it. It
has also been introduced in Bogota in Columbia, Nagoya in Japan, Utrecht in
Holland and Kunming in China. Bangalore will be the first city in India to
adopt it."

Bangalore doesn't get a mention anywhere els in the item. Can you tell us
more?

-- 
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: Sujit Patwardhan [mailto:sujit at vsnl.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 7:42 PM
To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
Subject: [sustran] Bus Transport


23 February 2002

Dear Sustran Friends,
There is an interesting piece (please see the link below)
http://www1.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1800615
in today's Times of India, Mumbai edition (Saturday February 2002) in the 
Interview section, where Dr Geetam Tiwari makes convincing points in favour 
of a bus based public transport system for Indian cities. Unfortunately our 
decision makers continue ignoring this sane perspective.
--
Sujit Patwardhan





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