[sustran] Re: Chennai: NGO criticises proposal for construction ofmulti-storeyed parking lots

[Jain Alok]

It is highly unlikely that car users in Chennai can be made to shift
immediately to public transport. This is the loud minority and have
almost always gotten their way (it may be wrong but it's a fact) in
India. But instead of opposing the car-parks, why shouldn't one ask for:

- high parking charges with all of it going towards improvement of
public transport
- corresponding pedestrianisation, BRT, MRT or whatever is most suitable
(I remember when Singapore launched Area Licensing, they built
multi-story car parks on the periphery of the cordon and it worked quite
well
- removal of grade-level parkings and converting these lots into public
spaces

Alok

-----Original Message-----
From: arul rathinam [mailto:arulgreen at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:11 PM
To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport
Subject: [sustran] Chennai: NGO criticises proposal for construction
ofmulti-storeyed parking lots

NGO criticises proposal for construction of
multi-storeyed parking lots



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