[sustran] Re: Country's largest flyover?

[Cornie Huizenga]

Hi Hassaan,

Would be interesting to have some more info on the numbers quoted:

*As many as 4 lakh 27 thousand vehicles will pass over a 2.6km long Muslim
Town Flyover daily. There will be a saving of Rs.2.6 billion in the fuel
due to smooth flow of traffic and this bridge will recoup its construction
cost only within a year.*

According to my calculations based on 18 hours a day 427,000 vehicles means
23,722 vehicles per hour and 395 cars per minute (18 hours per day!). That
is a pretty busy fly-over!

According to my calculations, based on the number of users this would mean
a saving of US$ 0.18 or PKR 16.3 per vehicle that passes over the flyover.
I wonder how the savings have been calculated?

Cornie





On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Hassaan Ghazali <hghazali at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> After all the discussions on pro-car/anti-car development, the news item
> I've enclosed the link to shows that you still can't stop public money from
> being squandered to benefit a measly 10 - 20 per cent of the car owning
> population. Another (sigh) feather in Pakistan's cap--and that too from a
> Chief Minister who was over-awed by the experiences in Bogota under Mayor
> Penalosa.
>
> http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/?p=181509
>
> Regards,
>
> Hassaan
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