[sustran] Re: Delhi's BRT project in trouble?

[Vinay Baindur]

Its all about who gets the voice in the Media and do the bus travelers need
to become a lobby , just like any of the other lobbies

We need to see the vernacular / hindi print and electronic media for that
coverage I guess

But it can leak out somewhere that indeed BRT is meant to enforce the
dedicated lane for buses and give over 50 % of the commuters PRIORITY
Vinay

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Paul Barter <paulbarter at nus.edu.sg> wrote:

> Will Delhi's BRT be given a chance to prove itself?
>
> Bad press and teething problems seem to be putting Delhi's ambitious BRT
> plans in danger.
>
> Delhi's BRT pilot phase has entered a trial period since Sunday. The
> first 5.6 km is due to start formally on 1 May.
>
> Unfortunately press coverage of the project continues to be extremely
> hostile. Reading some of the articles on this in the Indian media one
> could be forgiven for thinking that Delhi's entire congestion problem is
> caused by 5.6 km of busway.
>
> All this looks worrying for Delhi's BRT. If politicians cave in and
> abandon the project now it would be a huge setback for public transport
> in India.
>
> Read more of this article at http://reinventingtransport.blogspot.com/
> -----------------------------------
>
> I am sure some of you know more about Delhi's BRT than I do.
>
> Can it be rescued? Will the teething problems settle down before the
> politicians lose their backbone to support it? Was it a mistake to begin
> with such a challenging corridor? Will this episode give BRT a bad name
> in India as a whole and threaten even the Ahmedabad project, even though
> that project is for a much higher-end BRT system?
>
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