[sustran] Bangalore is THE worst cities in India for pedestrians

[eric britton]

the largely “signal free” highway linking Yelahanka and the new BIAL airport in Bangalore, on which automobiles travel at speeds considerably above the posted limit, with the result that the highway has become a “death trap” for hapless pedestrians and area residents, with 17 road traffic fatalities and 36 injuries in the first five weeks after the highway was opened (Kurup and Gandhi 2008)."

 



 

We're getting a most expressive response to this idea of, let's call it, a House of Shame exercise. And even if we assume that Bangalore is what it is, it just may be  that there may be even worse cities in the subcontinent for pedestrians and those with mobility limitations, the very fact that we would go for it with a kind of vengeful glee – and that others might show up, saying something like, well you think B is bad, what about . . . ?

 

The key to our undeniable success will lie in the choice of parameters by which to define their degree of ineptitude and disgrace.  I can think of a bunch and I am sure that the ped and E&H specialists among us will have lists that will drive mine right into the ground. But one way or another it’s the numbers that tell the story.

 

By the way, speaking of numbers,  how much is a dead Indian worth? Or more to the point, an Indian pedestrian who is struck by a motor vehicle, the driver gets taken to court and then what happens? How much?

 

Madhav. That's a very fine paper. It would be great if we could do an introductory perhaps quickly  essay on it for India Streets, and then link to your full 2009 piece. 

 

Now what?

 

Eric

 

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