<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=x-user-defined" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> yes I agree with Walter. The thing i dont understand is tht when the crime rates are high in the nights why stop bikes in the mornings and tht too during the working hours as Walter said it would surely make many lose income. I dont know if they have a courier service in Nigeria but if this is done in India it would affect many big companies as their letters are couriered locally and the delivery people use bikes. In my opinion bike reduction or mobility management programs should be gradually introduced while increasing other modes. On the long run sudden restraint programs could lead to 2 scenarios. One would be increased car usage or the other would be increased public transit usage (which i guess everyone here favours).  Ah... forgot abt the real question "Will this approach solve the crime problem?" my answer would be NO it would divert the criminals to use cars. Sunny Walter Hook wrote: <blockquote cite="mid011e01c6d1c6$d76b6fb0$3601a8c0@DFJLYL81" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> <div class="Section1"> This will have disastrous social consequences in both cities. I suppose over time the system will adapt with the increase in paratransit services (also hardly free from criminal behaviors!) and perhaps bicycles, but in the short term hundreds of thousands if not millions of people will face longer commutes and loss of income, and the loss of a valuable asset’s value (the motorbike itself). Surely if the problem is crime they should attack the crime problem, and not intervene in the traffic system. I am sure criminals will be able to afford vans next time.   w.   -----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org">sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org">mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org</a>] On Behalf Of joshua odeleye Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:30 AM To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org">sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org</a> Subject: [sustran] Re: Sustran-discuss Digest, Vol 36, Issue 27   <div> Dear All, </div> <div> What a coincident?Commercial motorcycles operation which happened to be a major means of urban transport in Nigerian cities have just been restricted within the hour of 6.00am-7.00pm in the city of Lagos..This is as a result of  the nefarious activities of some of the operatives who aid and abbet crimes,particularly at night.While the enforcement last, majority of people, i.e the urban poor,who depend largely on this means of transport feel the pain most.They have resulted to long distance trekking.Could someone tell me if this approach in addressing an aspect of urban crime is Sustainable? </div> <div> Regards, </div> <div> JOSHUA ODELEYE. </div> <div> NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY, </div> <div> ZARIA,NIGERIA.  </div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>