[sustran] Re: Car Free Experiment in Pune

[Alan P Howes]

Congratulations to all involved!  I may even see it myself before too
long ...

Alan


On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:05:06 +0530, Sujit Patwardhan <sujit at vsnl.com>
wrote to Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport
<sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>:

>30 January 2006
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>On Saturday, 28th January, Pune joined the list 
>of a very small number of cities that have taken 
>the conscious decision to convert a road into a pedestrian plaza!
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>Although this is being done only on an 
>experimental and temporary basis, and for a start 
>only on Saturdays; with the enthusiastic response 
>of citizens and most of the shopkeepers, there is 
>little doubt that this will not only be a 
>permanent feature but will eventually become a 
>full time car-free street. A street, in Enrique 
>Penalosa's words, "for people rather than for the automobile".
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>Reproduced below are two articles from the local 
>media reporting that this transformation has been a BIG hit.
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>As a citizens' NGO working for a sustainable 
>transportation policy in Pune for over 6 years, 
>we are naturally thrilled by this development and 
>look forward to seeing more streets losing their 
>lethal baggage of auto vehicles and becoming more 
>humane and pleasant for all people, young and 
>old, male and female, rich and poor.
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>Thought I must share this with the SUSTRAN community.
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>Three Cheers!!!

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Alan P Howes, Perthshire, Scotland
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