[sustran] Re: [World Streets] What do Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and World Streets have in common?

[Cornie Huizenga]

Dear Ashok,

Do you have a picture of the hoarding?

Cornie
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM, ashok datar <datar.ashok at gmail.com> wrote:

> a provocative large hoarding ostensibly put up in Mumbai exhorting the
> finance minister ahead of the presentation of budget on 28th march says
>
> MR Finance Minister
> why cant we have more roads and
> less road taxes ?
>
> who is asking this and which interest group it represents
> ashok datar
>
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:07 PM, eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org
> >wrote:
>
> > WHAT DO TUNISIA, EGYPT, LIBYA AND WORLD STREETS HAVE IN COMMON?
> > Eric Britton, editor | 26 February 2011 at 17:04 | Categories: editorial,
> > media, paradigm change, social media | URL: http://wp.me/p1fsqb-i3
> >
> > We try very hard to stay on topic in World Streets, not always easy since
> > our bailiwick is so vast. But there are times when, if we are to do our
> > self-assigned job, we need to look even broader yet.
> >
> > One of the fundamental tenets of World Streets is that the decisions that
> > in
> > the past have shaped the streets and mobility arrangements of our cities
> > now
> > have to be sharply revised and brought into the realities of this very
> > different 21st century. In the past the shaping decisions and investments
> > in
> > the sector were made in more or less closed committees manned (I chose my
> > word carefully) by a very narrow range of social-economic groups (mainly
> > more or less educated males, with secure jobs, fast cars and fat
> pensions).
> > With the utterly unsurprising results  that the mobility system they
> > ordered
> > up was the one that served them best: i.e., lots of roads for fast
> driving,
> > cheap gas, and plenty of free places to park. Bien sûr mon ami.   [...]
> >
> > Read more of this post: http://wp.me/p1fsqb-i3
> >
> >
> >
> >
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