[sustran] Re: Mumbai and BEST

[Debi Goenka]

Hi Alan
I will be happy to welcome you to Mumbai, and I am sure we can do a lot to 
improve public transport in Mumbai.
Cheers
Debi
PS One of the issues that we can discuss - "Do we want Mumbai to be 
Shanghaied?"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan P Howes" <alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk>
To: <sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:00 AM
Subject: [sustran] Mumbai and BEST


I will shortly be realising a long-held ambition, and paying my first
visit to India.  (Dubai, while containing many Indians, didn't really
count.)  I will be coming to Mumbai, to work on an "Institutional
Development Study" for BEST, or at least its bus operating arm.

The project will cover at least 12 months, and I expect to be in
Mumbai for a few months within that period - first visit in April or
May, I should think.  I have not yet fully read the brief - it is
mainly about increased efficiency within the organisation, but I hope
to be able to address wider transport issues too.  I have seen plenty
of coverage of such things on this list in the past (from Kisan,
Debi?).

So - I would be very pleased to exchange opinions with "interested
parties", and perhaps to meet any Mumbai/Bombay sustranners when I get
there.

Regards, Alan

(PS: I was rather shocked to discover that Mumbai has a poorer ratio
of buses to people than Edinburgh - never mind Shanghai, which is
perhaps a better comparison.)
-- 
Alan P Howes, Perthshire, Scotland
alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/alanhowes/  [Needs Updating!]



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