[sustran] Article on India and public transport

[Eric Bruun]

The most recent issue of Journal of Public Transportation (Vol. 7 No. 4) has
an article by John Pucher, et.al entitled "The Crisis of Public Transport in
India: Overwhelming Needs but Limited Resources"

Eric Bruun

----- Original Message -----
From: "Debi Goenka" <debi at beag.net>
To: <alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk>; "Asia and the Pacific sustainable
transport" <sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: [sustran] Re: Mumbai and BEST


> 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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equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries
(the 'Global South'). Because of the history of the list, the main focus is
on urban transport policy in Asia.