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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am very much in favour of these traffic
calming devices and have suggested we incorporate the same on </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>New York city</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> streets. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Far fewer pedestrians would be killed on 5<sup>th</sup>
avenue if we had some nice hindu temples, cows, and elephants, in the middle of
the road to slow down the vehicles encouraged to drive 55kph by greenwaved ATS.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Walter </span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Madhav Badami, Prof.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 04, 2007 10:00
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [sustran] Re: Indian
roads - planes, cows, elephants, mosques</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Dear Carlos,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Once the craziness of the
academic term comes to an end, I promise a detailed response to Jonathan
Richmond's (and others') postings on the situation in India (and what we can
and ought to do about it). I will try and work elephants, cows and yoga
-- but not planes -- into my response as well :-). Meanwhile, I will leave
you with this personal viewpoint ... India is like life itself --
joyous, sometimes sublime, and at the very same time, very messy,
even obscene, but never ever dull and boring. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"As for the
future, your task is not to foresee, but to enable it."<br>
Antoine de Saint-Exupery<br>
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Madhav G. Badami, PhD<br>
School of Urban Planning and McGill School of Environment McGill University
Macdonald-Harrington Building<br>
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e-mail: <a href="mailto:madhav.badami@mcgill.ca">madhav.badami@mcgill.ca</a></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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sustran-discuss-bounces+madhav.g.badami=mcgill.ca@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+madhav.g.badami=mcgill.ca@list.jca.apc.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Carlos F. Pardo<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 04, 2007 9:42 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [sustran] Indian roads -
planes, cows, elephants, mosques</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We had the chance to be
in India (Delhi, Chandigarh, Pune) last week, working in a BRT training course
with the SUTP project, ITDP and World Bank (which was very useful). Parallel to
the workshop I would go walking around to see these cities. This news from a plane
in the middle of a road reminded me of some other issues I saw:<br>
<br>
- A mosque as wide as the sidewalk (Delhi), "blocking" the way for
pedestrians,<br>
- An elephant walking on a major arterial,<br>
- The typical cows in roundabouts or roads,<br>
- The classic situation of the "chaotic" Indian intersection.<br>
<br>
This has all made me think deeper about the recent discussion started by J.
Richmond. Is it institutions? Is it a deeply culturally rooted characteristic
of Indians? Is it religion, yoga or whatever? I bought a book on Indian culture
which I've started reading to see if I find any answers. I would really like to
hear from people in India their point of view on why they think this happens.
Being from Colombia, I'm completely lost trying to understand this.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
<br>
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take to remove a disused Boeing 737 that has been abandoned in a busy road.<br>
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