<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Dear Sudhir, Yes you are right the concept of urban planning is flawed but at the same time we should not forget tht transport and planning are intricately linked and are interdependent. The origin and destination distance increases as the plan is done keeping the personal automobiles in mind if the govt had considered NMT then a city plan would have been compact. When you said TDM would not work I would disagree becoz TDM is not just managing mobility but also having a good planning practice. Smart growth, universal design etc...are TDM procedure and when govts implement TDM startegies it is not just one strategy they need to implement becoz again the techniques are interdependent so other techniques are also to be implemented like when a govt implements a bicycle plan then ther have to be enough facility for the bicycle parking and reduction in parking spaces improvements in public transport. just mere implementation of bicycle lanes will do no good. I would suggest <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.vtpi.org">www.vtpi.org</a> for an impressive on-line TDM encyclopaedia. You can see the links between TDM techniques in every strategy. you can also refer to GTZ-SUTP module on Mobility Management. cheers sunny Sudhir wrote: <blockquote cite="mid003201c7135d$f1a69160$d607a8c0@SA152A" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div> Dear Sujit,<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The entire concept of urban planning is flawed.<o:p></o:p> If you have great distance between Origin and Destination than there is no way that NMT would become popular.<o:p></o:p> No matter what TSM and TDM strategies the government would implement, the personal transport is going to increase enormously. <o:p></o:p> If during the preparation of Master Plans the concept of sustainable transport is introduced than only we can see some rapid changes.<o:p></o:p> It is a high time that the government implements master plans with concept of sustainable transport inbuilt in it. Regards Sudhir<o:p></o:p> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>