[sustran] Janette Sadik-Khan: Bicycle Visionary

[Sujit Patwardhan]

11 September 2011



*SOMETHING lovely and all too rare happened to Janette Sadik-Khan, New York
City’s frequently demonized transportation commissioner, as she and I rode
our bikes down Park Avenue South one morning last month: Sadik-Khan got
unsolicited, unfettered prais**e.*



Do read this article to see how one official with the right ideas
can transform the face of a city - even when that city is New York !!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/bruni-janette-sadik-khan-bicycle-visionary.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

In contrast Pune a city once known as the Cycling City is doing everything
possible to delay (or even kill) its *Public Bicycle Scheme. *Our elected
representatives who think nothing of wasting public funds on
Car-centric developments such as flyovers and elevated roads are suddenly
asking why the city is wasting 3 crores on its Public Bicycle Scheme.

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Sujit






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*“..each million we invest into urban motorways is an investment
to destroy the city“*

Mayor Hans Joachim Vogel
Munich 1970

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