[sustran] Re: Commuters pain study

[Cornie Huizenga]

Sudhir and Rutul,

It does not include public transport either.

Cornie

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Sudhir <sudhir at cai-asia.org> wrote:

> 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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