[sustran] Re: an example of a worst practice

[Karthik Rao-Cavale]

Only last year, the Delhi High Court ruled that the policy of impounding
unlicensed cycle rickshaws violated constitutional guarantees in the Indian
Constitution.

Here is an article from today's Times of India in which the Municipal
Corporation bemoans the fact that it cannot use this policy any longer. The
cycle rickshaws are being described as a nuisance in the context of a Delhi
Metro station (where they provide last-mile connectivity) because nearby
residents are not able to take their cars in and out of their driveways.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/For-some-Kailash-Colony-Metro-a-pain/articleshow/9338442.cms

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:55 AM, eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org>wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cherry, Chris R (Christopher Cherry) [mailto:cherry at utk.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, 24 July, 2011 11:03
> To: eric britton; Walter Hook
>
> Eric and Walter,
>
> Here's an example of a worst practice, an analogue to the rickshaw ban you
> mentioned. This one is coming from Guangzhou, ITDP's sustainable city award
> winner this year. This was in the China Daily a couple of days ago.
> China is notorious for arbitrary "crackdowns" that have significant
> implications for (often poor) users of these vehicles. These crackdowns are
> infrequent, occur without warning, and are negatively reinforced by
> non-enforcement 360 days a year. This leads poor individuals to invest huge
> portions of their income to purchase these vehicles, for transportation or
> goods delivery, only to have them confiscated and crushed without warning
> (actually this happened to me once in Kunming.
>
> Fortunately I'm not poor, but I felt terrible watching rural migrants lose
> about everything they have in one swoop). Unfortunately, these individuals
> cannot afford to live near BRT or their trips are not adequately served by
> that mode. It would be interesting to compare this policy to a policy of
> impounding and crushing cars (with richer drivers) that drive or park on
> sidewalks. I think that the impact, considering purchasing power, might be
> about the same. I'm particularly interested in the paper's explicit mention
> of "tricycles used by the disabled" and "electric bicycles", two of the
> most
> socially and environmentally sustainable modes on earth.
>
> Chris Cherry
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