[sustran] Re: Commuters pain study

[Sudhir]

Hi Rutul,

The problem with that study is that it considers commuting as driving . More
than 1/3 trips are NMT related...

see my blog on this -
http://transport-solutions.blogspot.com/2010/07/commuter-pain-survey-is-driving-painful.html

<http://transport-solutions.blogspot.com/2010/07/commuter-pain-survey-is-driving-painful.html>
regards
Sudhir

On 2 July 2010 18:24, Rutul Joshi <joshirutul at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I came across this ‘interesting’ study done by IBM (!) and thought of
> sharing it
> with everyone. Here is the
> link:http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32017.wss#resource
>
> This study is making big headlines in Indian newspapers. It is a big 'news'
> that
> Delhi is world’s fifth worst city for the commuters after spending billions
> of
> dollars in 'solving' traffic problems!
>
> It is not quite clear to me why IBM is interested in this kind of study.
> Probably they are eying the market share in the ITS applications!
>
> Best,
> Rutul Rutul Joshi,
> PhD researcher
> Centre for Transport & Society
> University of the West of England
> BRISTOL BS16 1QY
> www.transport.uwe.ac.uk
>
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