[sustran] Re: Fwd: [UTSG] Transitioning countries, traffic operations and demands for expensive engineering solutions

[Bina C.Balakrishnan]

Hi Rob,

Do study the way Seoul, South Korea ripped up and discarded a complex
interchange in the heart of the City, and revived an almost dead river, the
Cheonggyecheon in a massive urban renewal effort- and a solution to the
transport problems of Seoul.

Best

Bina

Bina C. Balakrishnan
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Sustainable Transportation Policy, Planning & Management
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Paul Barter <peebeebarter at gmail.com> wrote:

> This question (below) from the UK's UTSG list looks like a case that will
> be
> familiar to many sustran-discussers. Robert Bain might appreciate your
> insights, references or cases. I don't think he is on this list, so cc him
> if you direct your answers to sustran-discuss.
>
> Paul
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Robert Bain <info at robbain.com>
> Date: 29 October 2010 17:20
> Subject: [UTSG] Transitioning countries, traffic operations and demands for
> expensive engineering solutions
> To: UTSG at jiscmail.ac.uk
>
> Hi
>
> If any list member is familiar with the following situation, could you
> please get in touch with me on info at robbain.com
>
> Two congested intersections impede the flow of traffic heading towards (and
> away from) a city centre.  There are local calls to grade-separate the
> intersections (expensive).  But effective operations at the intersections
> are hampered by friction (eg. vendor stalls), uncontrolled parking, private
> minibuses stopping at random etc.  Addressing these issues would go a long
> way to improving vehicle throughput - but local powers insist on their
> grand
> engineering solutions.
>
> There must be case-studies which have examined such situations - that could
> be used to counter the arguments for big engineering solutions.  Otherwise
> we're not addressing the fundamental problem - and will soon face calls for
> other expensive design solutions to be developed at other pinch-points on
> the network.
>
> Any thoughts or references, any one?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob
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