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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Experts for more roads in city</span></font></b></p>
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<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Pune, March 17:</span></font></b> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>EMBARQ, a World Research Initiative
Centre for Transport and Environment, stressed on the need for the city to
increase the percentage of land use for transport from 4 per cent to 20-22
per cent to stem the traffic problems. Presenting the findings before
Municipal Commissioner Nitin Kareer on Friday before, EMBARQ’s director
of research, Lee Schipper suggested that more roads are necessary for
tackling the traffic problems. </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Funded
by Swedish Institute of Development Authority, EMBARQ has been studying
traffic woes of Pune, Xian in </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>China</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hanoi</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Vietnam</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> under the
project Partnership for Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia (PSUTA) to
suggest ways of coping up with increasing traffic. </span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Schipper
said that compared to the other two cities, Pune’s traffic comprises two-wheelers,
autorickshaws, buses all plying on narrow roads in downtown parts.
‘‘Pune has less vehicle speed (12 km/hr) in comparison wih the
two cities and the traffic fatality is minimum here.’’ </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>He
said that Nalstop and Swargate chowks have higher traffic density compared to
Bhosari — an industrial area. EMBARQ study revealed that around 60
percent, is directly exposed to air pollution. </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Advocating
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the city, Schipper blamed the city planners
for failing to undertake any impact study to calculate the improvements done
after implementations of projects. </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
background:yellow'>Experts from Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT)
underlined fifty indicators for ascertaining a sustainable transport system
and recommended monitoring the indicators by conducting frequent trend
analysis to ensure transport in the city.</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[<b><span style='background:yellow;font-weight:
bold'>eb: We’d like to see (a) that list and (b) how Pune fared in it.
Can anyway get this to the group????]</span></b></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Source: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=174140</span></font></p>
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