[sustran] Re: How many more conferences??

[Kanthi Kannan]

Dear Eric and others

Greetings!!

In my mail regarding "How Many More Conferences" my intention was not to
target any specific conference but to discuss the issue and try and find out
if we as a collective group could really change at least a few things on the
ground.

In Hyderabad, the situation is becoming worse because of the footpath
encroachment by vehicles and also the dustbins on the footpaths. The
authorities turn a blind eye to this and only want vehicular traffic to move
rapidly. 

They have in fact made a zone of almost 6 km without any signals and all the
motorists are only too happy about this move.

Also I feel that we need to re-examine our core issues and what we can do
for implementing these ideas.

Let me again state that I have nothing against conferences and definitely
our group is pro sharing.

My only plea is for all of us to examine and try and find out what needs to
be done.

I think that all of us are optimists and particularly those from India
otherwise we will not be able to campaign and fight the battle at all.

We know that we will win (I keep stating this in all the interviews that I
give to the local media) but again when and therefore at what cost needs to
be thought.

Warm Regards

Kanthi



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Sent: 06 September 2010 22:19
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Cc: 'Dinesh Mohan'; rishiagg at gmail.com
Subject: [sustran] How many more conferences??

Couple of quick points about my mail on this of 4 Sept. 

 

1.     The planned date for India conference of the World Share/Transport
Forum is 2012 (not 2010).

2.     I really believe in this approach and I do hope that many of you will
follow the manner in which we are trying to open the door in Kaohsiung,
along with the rather broad array of ways of following up (collaborative
workshops, master classes, city dialogues, etc.). Now that's at
Www.kaohsiung.sharetransport.org 

3.     And of course everything that I have said with really quite a bit of
passion on the topic of the huge split between what is known and appreciated
at the leading edge in India, and the for the most part terribly backward
polices and investments that rule the day in our sector in that great and
sprawling country --- well that can of course be equally said of my much
beloved native country the USA (and believe me it's not always easy), which
is not only racing steadily backward in terms of all the key global
indicators in our sector, but is in the process serving as the perverse
model and excuse for all the rest.  

 

I am by the blood that runs in my veins an optimist. And I know that a
number of us and yet others are going to get together to bring the
share/transport agenda into the leading edge of transport policy and
practice in many parts of the world - and I want you to now that I am
already boiling to work with you all to make it a major shaping event in
India, as soon as we can get to work on it. Today might be a good day to
start.

 

Sharing, after all, is our only choice. 

 

Eric Britton

 

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