[sustran] Re: Lee Schipper wrote

[Sunny]

Yes Lee, you r right a clean two wheeler is the alternative but what 
exactly is this "clean" 2-wheeler in my opinion it should be a bicycle 
or a rickshaw (3-wheeler) and if it is then that's what we want in the 
cities but not motorbikes using clean fuels. Motorcycles using 
electricity would be great but the source of electricity is also to be 
considered, still will this reduce the accidents?

Sunny

Lee Schipper wrote:
> Not sure I agree with the complaint. Visiting Hanoi many times, I see a
> mess, but I also see a population that moves slowly on relat ively clean
> two stroke four wheelers. There is not room for
> four wheelers -- there will be room for buses..but clean two wheelers
> may be a "solution" to balancing individual and collective mobility. And
> Dinesh points out that a clean three wheel autorickshaw may be the most
> sustainable transport form of all, even if it doesnt look like a
> bicycle, BRT, or commuter rail!
>
> Motor cycles, if we mean "choppers" is not sustainable -- but small low
> power two wheelers, even th electric variety, make an important
> contribution in a few places and could make more..
>
> Lee Schipper, Ph.D., Director of Research
> EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Transport and Environment
> World Resources Institute
> 10 G St NE, Washington DC 20002 USA
> Phone +1 202 729 7735; Fax +1 202 729 7775
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