[sustran] Re: City has no space for the pedestrian

[Todd Edelman]

This is horrible.

But please... there is no "Europe" in regards to sustainable mobility or 
urban policies. My point is not to make India seem better in comparison, 
but to prevent European countries which do things (much) worse than 
others from being examples of "best practice".

Of course, generally-speaking, the further west and north you go the 
better things get, but there is hardly a consistent pattern.

But - going beyond the pedestrian issue - I also like... love to point 
out that the main train station in Washington D.C. has better bicycle 
parking than its counterpart in Berlin.

-T



  On 08/09/2011 06:34 AM, Sunny Kodukula wrote:
> MUMBAI: Mumbai is slowly emerging as a pedestrian's nightmare with flyovers, road widening and infrastructure projects getting priority in urban planning.
>
> Transport experts say the exponential growth of cars in Mumbai (nearly doubling over the last two decades) has skewed policies unfairly in favour of easing traffic—with little consideration for pedestrians . This bucks the global trend where cities, particularly in Europe, are cutting out vehicles and embracing walkers.
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> Mumbai road kill
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> Pavements are shrinking though 44% of citizens walk some distance to work Nearly 78% of road fatalities are pedestrians. Bikers and three-wheelers are next at risk, accounting for 7% and 4% of fatalities There are 220 pedestrians per car in India compared to 2-3 per car in North America and Europe. It's 280 in China Pavements in Worli measured only 0 to 3 metres, whereas minimum width required is 2.5 to 4 metres (Source: World Bank, Neeri&  BMC)
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> Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-08/mumbai/29863629_1_road-fatalities-pedestrians-road-deaths
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