[sustran] Re: India: innovations in rickshaws (document)

[Walter Hook]

In my opinion, CP Bhatnagar is not a respected authority on this subject.  I
have had the pleasure of observing several of the 'innovations' he has
developed, and in practice they were impossible to operationalize.  I don't
believe any the vehicles he has designed are currently operational, or if
there are a few their numbers are very small.   I would suggest that you
contact Shreya Gadepalli d_ziner2k at yahoo.co.in, who's modern cycle rickshaw
design has now spread to about 9 Indian cities, and been copied by
manufacturers throughout the country, selling some 200,000 vehicles to date.


Walter Hook 

-----Original Message-----
From: sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org at list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org at list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Bartlett
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:37 AM
To: sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org
Subject: [sustran] India: innovations in rickshaws (document)

Hallo

I've just worked up a document on this topic together with Mr. CP 
Bhatnagar. It's another in the series of short documents on modes of
transport in different countries.

Anyone interested in a (free) copy is welcome to write to me directly - 
and as usual, comments are welcome, as are offers of collaboration from
persons and groups who would like to produce a similar document.

I'd also much welcome any comments people might have on the other 
documents in this series as reported to this network

Regards

Robert Bartlett
-------------------------------------------------------- 
IMPORTANT NOTE to everyone who gets sustran-discuss messages via
YAHOOGROUPS. 

Please go to http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss to join
the real sustran-discuss and get full membership rights. The yahoogroups
version is only a mirror and 'members' there cannot post to the real
sustran-discuss (even if the yahoogroups site makes it seem like you can).
Apologies for the confusing arrangement.

================================================================
SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred,
equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries
(the 'Global South').