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

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

They used to have a bike rental place (it wasn't parking) at Union 
Station, but I think that is no longer there (and it wasn't public). 
People from Washington who are in the list can confirm.

On 09/08/2011 12:03 a.m., SUTP Team wrote:
> Todd, is the bicycle parking in DC not due to the bike sharing program they have or am i thinking of the wrong station.
>
> sunny
>
> On 09-Aug-2011, at 10:30 AM, Todd Edelman wrote:
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>> 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.
>>>
>>> Mumbai road kill
>>>
>>> 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)
>>>
>>>
>>> Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-08/mumbai/29863629_1_road-fatalities-pedestrians-road-deaths
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