[sustran] Re: Bus Transport

Sujit Patwardhan sujit at vsnl.com
Mon Feb 25 15:38:17 JST 2002


25 February 2002



Dear Alan,
I too was surprised to see Bangalore on the list and am trying to get the 
details. Will share the information with the group... or perhaps Dinesh 
Mohan can kindly enlighten us ?
--
Sujit







At 08:00 AM 2/25/02 +0400, you wrote:
>"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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