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color=#0000ff size=2>In other words, Bangalore is going the way Mumbai already
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sustran-discuss-bounces+alan.howes=cbuchanan.co.uk@list.jca.apc.org
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<B>On Behalf Of </B>Sujit Patwardhan<BR><B>Sent:</B> 15 March 2006
05:40<BR><B>To:</B> Asia and the Pacific sustainable
transport<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sustran] Re: Automobility or
Accessibility<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>15 March 2006<BR><BR><BR>Today Bangalore city's bus sytem is the most
efficient, reliable and profitable in the whole country but with the number of
auto vehicles growing at cancerour rate in the city and auto centric
infrastructure carried out by the administration (road widening, more roads, and
flyovers) in the last few years it is unlikely that the pubic transport buses
will be able to maintain their high performance levels for many more years.
<BR><BR>This is because infrastructure policies do not (yet) recognize that
unless the city gives priority to public transport, all the expensive
investments in roads and flyovers will come to nought. Going by the needs of the
MAJORITY the city needs better pedestrain facilities, cycle tracks and public
transport infrastructure which means BUS LANES and NOT flyovers. It also means
TDM measures so that people are encouraged to shift to public transport and made
to pay more realistic costs if they want to persist using personal vehicles.
<BR><BR>As far as I'm aware, this is not on the city's agenda at the moment.
Just buying a few Volvo buses is not going to do much for improving the
condition of public transport. And now that the city has committed itself to the
hugely expensive Metro it is difficult to imagine where the money will come from
for above measures (bus lanes, pedestrian facilities and cycle tracks).<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 3/15/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Vittal Kumar
A.</B> <<A
href="mailto:vittalkumar_a@yahoo.com">vittalkumar_a@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:
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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree with Todd, </DIV>
<DIV>Here is an example for initiative to attact such segment of
commuters. Bangalore increasingly adding personalized cars for office
commuting with reduced road space. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport
Corporation (BMTC) the state owned transport corporation introducing
innovative approaches for different commuter segments with varied
costs/services. Refer to the link </DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.thehindu.com/2006/02/18/stories/2006021822070300.htm">http://www.thehindu.com/2006/02/18/stories/2006021822070300.htm
</A></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/05/stories/2006030520370300.htm">http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/05/stories/2006030520370300.htm</A>
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<DIV>regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Vittal<BR><BR><B><I>Todd Alexander Litman <<A
href="mailto:litman@vtpi.org">litman@vtpi.org</A>> </I></B>wrote:</DIV>
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size=3><BR>I think that this reflects fundamental differences in how
transportation is defined. In many situations people assume that
'transportation' means motor vehicle travel, and so the best way to improve
transportation is to improve roads and parking facilities. But that approach
incurs huge costs and reduces other forms of mobility and accessibility, if
it displaces public transit and nonmotorized travel, or leads to sprawl. The
problem that we face is that transport planners often only consider direct,
short-term impacts (improved motor vehicle travel) and overlook secondary
impacts (reduced accessibility over the long term), and public officials
tend to be among the group that benefits most from automobile travel. These
issues are discussed in my paper "Measuring Transportation: Traffic,
Mobility and Accessibility" ( <A
href="http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf">http://www.vtpi.org/measure.pdf</A>
).<BR><BR>I think that the best way to counter this is to show that
expanding urban roads and parking facilities is very costly, and other
solutions are better overall. I think it is important to show that public
transit can be an elite service, that can attract wealthy commuters out of
their cars, if a city provides a variety of services, from cheap and basic
to premium and luxury) and gives public transit and nonmotorized travel
priority in traffic, land use, and pricing. This is the only way that urban
transportation systems can really work efficiently, and fortunately some of
the world's greatest cities (London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stockholm, Rome)
are now implementing these measures, which provides examples that we can
cite. However, I realize it is difficult to persuade people that the future
consists of less rather than more automobile traffic. <BR><BR><BR>Best
wishes,<BR>-Todd Litman<BR><BR><BR>At 01:05 AM 3/14/2006, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Dear Alok, Anant, Arul and others,<BR><BR>I feel that the
statement Alok posed "It is highly unlikely that car <BR>users in Chennai
can be made to shift immediately to public transport" <BR>to some extent
is valid but as I said in my earlier mail if there is <BR>political will
and consensus there will always be a success. In <BR>Singapore, there is
multi storey parking but as mentioned it serves as a <BR>Park-and-Ride for
their BRT and MRT facility and a multi-storey parking <BR>would be apt for
a small country like Singapore. But still having car <BR>restrictive
policies and measures make Singapore a pioneer in Asia. <BR>Restricting
car might not hurt the rich but the change comes in the <BR>neo-owners of
the cars or the prospective owners. Then there is the <BR>modal shift
going to other means which also include para transit. If a <BR>city can
develop good bus and train interactions like some places in <BR>Chennai
there can be a very less development of para transit. A BRT <BR>would be
an apt so lution for Chennai and interactions with BRT would be <BR>very
helpful like there can be a BRT, Bus, Train.<BR><BR>So investing on
parking provision will not be a good idea. As from my <BR>understanding of
Todd Litmans publications, as long as a city provides a <BR>safe way and
room for cars there will always be an increase in their <BR>number and in
the future this might lead to an utter traffic chaos. I <BR>see it
everyday here in Bangkok. Bangkok first in the early days had a <BR>good
and waterway network, followed by a good bus and tram network and <BR>was
the second city in Asia after Japan (sometime in the 1887)...but <BR>today
it is utter chaos and many of us here will agree to that....If <BR>chennai
does not hope to become a Bangkok of India it would be wise to <BR>opt for
a Transit and Non-motorised options and not for the flyovers and <BR>more
cars.<BR><BR>Sunny<BR><BR>Dear Alan, Regina, Carlos and Lloyd, <BR><BR>As
Lloyd and Carlos suggested shifting to cycle rickshaws wo uld be a
<BR>wise option but it has to be noted that cycle rickshaws can provide
<BR>service for short trips which can also be done by a walk and a bicycle
<BR>trip. Encouraging more NMT and introducing the idea of shared space in
<BR>come junctions of Mumbai would be a very nice option, car drivers
should <BR>notice that they are not the only users of the road but also
the road <BR>serves for several other modes. Implementing BRT would be a
better <BR>option as it takes the space from the car users and gives it to
the <BR>disadvantaged. BRT has a proven record of reducing crime rates and
Lloyd <BR>and Carlos are the best persons who can talk more on this.
Cities like <BR>Bogotá and Curitiba have experienced this and encouraging
pedestrian <BR>areas also is a strategy for reducing car dependency. Even
in Mumbai <BR>increasing parking space will not be an option. At first it
can be <BR>implemented area-wise and then extended. Glasgow is a good
example for <BR>this, a city that changed from a notorious state to a
pleasant.<BR><BR>Changing the look of rickshaws will be a very good idea.
This has been <BR>implemented in many places of Europe and in Japan there
has been a <BR>hybrid rickshaw which can run both on a battery and pedal
power. On the <BR>other hand they can even generate income among the lower
class of the <BR>society</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Sincerely,<BR>Todd Alexander Litman<BR>Victoria Transport Policy
Institute (<A href="http://www.vtpi.org/"> www.vtpi.org</A>)<BR><A
href="mailto:litman@vtpi.org">litman@vtpi.org</A><BR>Phone & Fax
250-360-1560<BR>1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA
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