[sustran] Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi!

[Viet Hung Khuat]

Dear Hafiza,
Thank for the information, if any of you have information about the
Motorcycle taxi in New Delhi and Taipei, Please kindly provide me.
Thank you for help!
Khuat Viet Hung
> Something from another list (gender and transport) that might be of
> interest to some here on sustran-discuss.
> Paul
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hafiza at bangla.net [mailto:hafiza at bangla.net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 10:59 AM
> > To: Gender and Transport
> > Subject: [gatnet] Re: Tempo Boys
> > 
> > 
> > > Dear Priyanthy
> > The teen  age tempo boys are still there working in Dhaka. As 
> > you know government has withdrawn the two stroke Engine 
> > tempos from Dhaka city, these are being replaced by four 
> > stroke engine tempos run by CNG. These tempos are operating 
> > not at the central part of the city but certainly in 
> > different routes connecting nodal points of Dhaka with its 
> > fringe areas. Tempo bys are still working there. On the other 
> > hand the two stroke engine tempos are operating in district 
> > towns (small towns) or the suburban areas at the periphery of 
> > Dhaka city (out side the City Corporation).
> > These tempo boys are still there. Over time many of them have 
> > eventually became driver of tempo or some other vehicle, 
> > operator of mini or big buses. Some of them became the 
> > workers indifferent workshops. In other words most of them 
> > are still involved with transport related activities directly 
> > or indirectly.
> > However it is remarkable that average age of the tempo boys 
> > has increased than the previous ones but still most of them 
> > are in teen age.
> > Regards Hafiza
> > 
> > Quoting Priyanthi <priyanthi.fernando at ifrtd.org>:
> > 
> > > A question for our Bangladeshi friends,.but one that might interest 
> > > everyone on this list.
> > >
> > 
> > >
> > > In the February 2001 issue of IFRTD's Forum News (check out our 
> > > website www.ifrtd.org <http://www.ifrtd.org/>  for a copy) 
> > we had an 
> > > article about the tempo boys. Four years later, do you still find 
> > > them?  Would like to know - as they raise issues relating 
> > to children as transporters.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Priyanthi
> 
> 
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