[sustran] Experts for more roads in city? LEE SCHIPPER DID NOT SAY THIS AT ALL

Eric Britton eric.britton at ecoplan.org
Mon Mar 20 20:13:10 JST 2006


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So it is clear here are the rebuttals to this junk.  I posted my reply on
that newspaper's web site. I was unable to track down the deaf reporter who
wrote this.  I can't even pronounce or locate the names of those two
intersections he says I mentioned.

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        I WAS BLATANTLY MISQUOTED IN THIS STORY 

I have been BLATLANTLY misquoted in this story. I said that increasing the
area of Pune devoted to roads to 18-20% would NOT solve traffic problems. I
cited my home city of Los Angeles, point out that taking that much of the
area for road space destroyed much of the city. I hope Pune is not so
destroyed. 

I did point out that options like bus Rapid transit would maximize the
access of ordinary citizens of Pune without gobbling up huge amounts of land
or money.

Fortunately I think local political leaders agree. Better buses are a better
investment then endless investment in roads and other expensive schemes. 

Next time I kindly invite your reporter to get his facts straight on what I
said by talking directly to me.

Lee Schipper, Ph.D.
Director of Research
EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Transport and Environment
Pune, 18 March 2006
        Posted by: LEE SCHIPPER, United States, 18-03-2006 at 1253 hours IST




>>> eric.britton at ecoplan.org 3/19/2006 4:55:58 AM >>>

Experts for more roads in city

<http://www.expressindia.com/about/feedback.html?mailto==vvdeshmukh@expressi
n 
dia.com> Express News Service


Pune, March 17: EMBARQ, a World Research Initiative Centre for Transport and
Environment, stressed on the need for the city to increase the percentage of
land use for transport from 4 per cent to 20-22 per cent to stem the traffic
problems. Presenting the findings before Municipal Commissioner Nitin Kareer
on Friday before, EMBARQ's director of research, Lee Schipper suggested that
more roads are necessary for tackling the traffic problems. 

Funded by Swedish Institute of Development Authority, EMBARQ has been
studying traffic woes of Pune, Xian in China and Hanoi in Vietnam under the
project Partnership for Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia (PSUTA) to
suggest ways of coping up with increasing traffic. 

Schipper said that compared to the other two cities, Pune's traffic
comprises two-wheelers, autorickshaws, buses all plying on narrow roads in
downtown parts. ''Pune has less vehicle speed (12 km/hr) in comparison wih
the two cities and the traffic fatality is minimum here.'' 

He said that Nalstop and Swargate chowks have higher traffic density
compared to Bhosari - an industrial area. EMBARQ study revealed that around
60 percent, is directly exposed to air pollution. 

Advocating Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the city, Schipper blamed the
city planners for failing to undertake any impact study to calculate the
improvements done after implementations of projects. 

Experts from Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) underlined fifty
indicators for ascertaining a sustainable transport system and recommended
monitoring the indicators by conducting frequent trend analysis to ensure
transport in the city. 

[eb: We'd like to see (a) that list and (b) how Pune fared in it. Can anyway
get this to the group????]

Source: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=4140
<http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=%174140>  






 

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