[sustran] Re: How many more conferences??

[Karthik Rao-Cavale]

Ma'am,

http://worldstreets.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/kaohsiung-2010-papers-are-streets-meant-for-travel-alone/

This paper I wrote for the Kaohsiung Conference might respond to your point
about the hawkers. It was not intended as a response, but I hope it serves
the counter your arguments against the hawkers. There is, I believe, great
potential for collaboration between hawkers and walkers - they go hand in
hand! It would be a tragedy if we allowed these synergies to be ignored and
continued fighting among ourselves while the motorcar lobby continues to
prey on space that belongs to us.

Regards,
karthik

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Kanthi Kannan <kanthikannan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear all
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> Greetings!!
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> It is sad to read about more and more conferences that talk about how urban
> transport needs to change its image and as to how the NMT is so critical
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> PT has to be improved.
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> When will we implement? Or even talk about the basic steps that need to be
> taken??
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> Even today many of our municipal commissioner talk about how roads are the
> priority and how only people like us talk about pedestrian infrastructure.
> To make these people understand our perspective is a tough ask because even
> as they do, they get transferred out.
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> The questions that we need to raise are this:
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> 1.      Is there a clear cut implementation plan after the conferences?
> 2.      In India, the urban transport is a state subject and hence the
> centre can only formulate the policy. Yet there is a lot that the central
> urban transport can do; they can call a meeting of the stakeholders say in
> the state capital and get the state urban authorities to attend the meeting
> and get a clear cut directive laid down.
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> It is really tragic that in the 21st century we are subjected to the
> humiliating sight of men relieving themselves and we as a nation unable to
> stop them. Who is responsible for this?
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> I find it strange that in all our conferences, we do have the government
> representatives and yet there does not seem to be any change on the ground.
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> IT is time that WE STOPPED TALKING AND
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> A.      Ensured that pedestrian are able to cross the road
> B.      Encroachments such as vehicles parked on the footpaths, debris on
> the footpaths was removed/ banned
> C.      Stop men relieving themselves in the open
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>  The minute we talk about clearing up of footpaths, there is a great lobby
> that talks about the hawkers. FORGET THE HAWKERS.
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> Thanks
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> Kanthi
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> THOSE WHO WALK CANNOT DECIDE AND THOSE WHO DECIDE DO NOT WALK
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> PS: I am not giving up. We shall win in the end but prolonging the war is
> expensive and a lot of lives are lost. Prevent loss of life
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> KK
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karthik <http://vishwakarman.wordpress.com>