[sustran] Re: MMRDA will file PIL to block Tata's Rs1 lakh car

[Gina Anderson]

Note, para 3 below, people do not complain in Sg because they can't,  
so take that evidence with a grain of salt.

The free bus services here are not the best of the examples noted,  
they are not well used; but some of the other free bus services  
mentioned are great, excellent idea thrown in.

Gina
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Regina Anderson, AICP
WholeChoice Master Planning, Pedestrian Design, Sustainability
Singapore
phone +65 6467-6594


Quoting Sunny <sunny.enie at gmail.com>:

>        Yes, Chuwa has a point. Providing free public transport will be
> a good option and it could be financed thru parking charges and car
> taxes. Just to add to the examples mentioned Perth, Australia has
> this service called CAT and they are like 3 different circular routes
> and the service is free and I was told that it is funded by the
> parking charges.
>
> Bangkok on the other hand provides free shuttle service to some of
> its skytrain (BTS) stations. IMO, Bangkok could also provide free NMT
> (rickshaws) into the small streets (sois) if this could be done the
> use of motorbike taxi could be reduced to a great extent.
>
> Singapore is definitely an example and it is also worth noting that
> people seldom complain of the economic instruments as they have
> affordable public transport and other alternatives to a car.
>
> So, in the end it again comes to putting more financial burden on car
> USERS and also to some extent on car owners. Making the car travel
> hard and at the same time providing affordable, safe and convenient
> (sustainable)  public transport would be the solution.
>
> kind regards
>
>   *
>   *
>
>   Santhosh K. (Sunny) Kodukula
> Project Assistant
> GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP)
> Room 0942, Transport Division, UN-ESCAP ESCAP UN Building
> Rajadamnern Nok Rd. Bangkok 10200, Thailand
> Tel:  +66 (0) 2 - 288  1321
> Fax: +66 (0) 2 - 280  6042
> Mobile: +66 (0) 84–113-0181
> e-mail: santhosh.kodukula at sutp.org[1]
> Website: www.sutp.org[2]
> Skype: sunny_nwho
>
> chuwa wrote:    Thanks to everyone, this thread has been highly
> stimulating and educating for me.
>
> I hope not to distract the discussion but just chance upon this
> article (http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/07/05/NoFares1/) which make a
> interesting connection back to the current discussion of banning
> cheap cars. What can be more compelling than "cheap car"? What if
> instead of banning "cheap car", there is someone offering free & good
> public buses in Mumbai?
> To go all the ay, perhaps it can be a profitable business model to
> offer this service for free in exchange of an opportunity to be in
> touch with the mass. Like JCDecaux sponsor street furniture, or
> Google offer excellent free search engine for the world, both to
> capture a critical "touch point' with the mass.
> In Singapore, there are several "free" bus routes linking large
> shopping malls and MRT stations. Mentioned in the article, high
> quality free bus service in Hasselt, Belgium has been expended 500%
> since it started in 1996 and now has a ridership close to 4 Millions.
>
>
>
> Links:
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> [1] mailto:santhosh.kodukula at sutp.org
> [2] http://www.sutp.org
>