[sustran] Re: BRTS etc. in Mumbai

[Bina C. Balakrishnan]

Dear All

I apologise for not sending the link to the ppt on what we are 
doing in the transport sector of Mumbai. Its been up for quite a 
while, and the add is:


http://www.missionmumbai.org/mtp/Portals/0/Sustran%20presentation.pdf


I would appreciate any comments you may have.

Best

Bina
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 Bina C.Balakrishnan wrote :
>
>
>
>   Alan, Brendan,and the rest,
>
>I apologise for the delay in responding to the mails on the 
>BRTS,
>but we've been having long weekends with hard work in between 
>to
>make up, so... priorities being what they are...
>
>Do visit the MTSU web-site: www.visionmumbai.org, and you 
>should
>get a lot of answers to most of the questions you have, Alan. I 
>am
>also going to put up a small presentation that I made a few 
>weeks
>ago at the Pan IIT meeting in Mumbai on what we are doing on 
>the
>transportation side, so that you all get an  idea of how we are
>approaching things. The basic principle is "Resource 
>Optimisation"
>- of the existing road transportation resources. I had not put 
>it
>out on this forum earlier, because I thought it was a bit
>premature, but here goes, anyway...!
>
>Brendan, I appreciate your good wishes, and hope we continue to
>have the benefit of your opinion on our approaches.
>
>I shall let you know when the ppt is up - it will be a link 
>thru
>the Vision Mumbai site.
>Best,
>
>Bina
>
>
>On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 Alan Howes wrote :
> >Great minds ...
> >
> >I've just been reading the organisational bits of Bina's post
> >rather more carefully. I still don't have a feel for how much
> >clout the CWG has - OK the Gov of Maharashtra has accepted 
>the
> >CWG report - but does that guarantee action (not just
> >commissioning consultants, but committing to implementation).
> >And on a matter of detail, Bina says -
> >"we at the MTSU have already submitted our report to the
> >Government of Maharashtra- as long back as the 6th of 
>February
> >2007"
> >and then
> >"The CWG Report was formally presented on the 6th of 
>February,
> >2007, to all the departments ..."
> >
> >So I assume the consultants have not yet been appointed.  I 
>can't
> >see them taking less than six months to report, and I would 
>guess
> >at least nine months for implementation, even at Western rates 
>of
> >action - what price bus lanes by the end of this year?
> >
> >Is the MTSU report the same as the CWG report? When was the 
>CWG
> >formed? Sorry to ask so many questions!
> >
> >Regards, Alan
> >
> >
> >--
> >Alan Howes
> >Associate Transport Planner
> >Colin Buchanan
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Bina C. Balakrishnan
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Transportation Planning & Engineering
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