[sustran] Re: City has no space for the pedestrian

[Todd Edelman]

Hi,

Washington D.C. Union Station has a Bikestation 
<http://home.bikestation.com/washingtondc> with indoor parking and other 
services.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof has an inadequate supply of outdoor racks 
<http://bloggewasichwill.de/2010/10/berlin-du-kannst-dich-sehen-lassen/berlin_hauptbahnhof_fahrrad/>

- T

On 08/09/2011 12:41 PM, Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote:
> They used to have a bike rental place (it wasn't parking) at Union 
> Station, but I think that is no longer there (and it wasn't public). 
> People from Washington who are in the list can confirm.
>
> On 09/08/2011 12:03 a.m., SUTP Team wrote:
>> Todd, is the bicycle parking in DC not due to the bike sharing 
>> program they have or am i thinking of the wrong station.
>>
>> sunny
>>
>> On 09-Aug-2011, at 10:30 AM, Todd Edelman wrote:
>>
>>> This is horrible.
>>>
>>> But please... there is no "Europe" in regards to sustainable 
>>> mobility or
>>> urban policies. My point is not to make India seem better in 
>>> comparison,
>>> but to prevent European countries which do things (much) worse than
>>> others from being examples of "best practice".
>>>
>>> Of course, generally-speaking, the further west and north you go the
>>> better things get, but there is hardly a consistent pattern.
>>>
>>> But - going beyond the pedestrian issue - I also like... love to point
>>> out that the main train station in Washington D.C. has better bicycle
>>> parking than its counterpart in Berlin.
>>>
>>> -T
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   On 08/09/2011 06:34 AM, Sunny Kodukula wrote:
>>>> MUMBAI: Mumbai is slowly emerging as a pedestrian's nightmare with 
>>>> flyovers, road widening and infrastructure projects getting 
>>>> priority in urban planning.
>>>>
>>>> Transport experts say the exponential growth of cars in Mumbai 
>>>> (nearly doubling over the last two decades) has skewed policies 
>>>> unfairly in favour of easing traffic—with little consideration for 
>>>> pedestrians . This bucks the global trend where cities, 
>>>> particularly in Europe, are cutting out vehicles and embracing 
>>>> walkers.
>>>>
>>>> Mumbai road kill
>>>>
>>>> Pavements are shrinking though 44% of citizens walk some distance 
>>>> to work Nearly 78% of road fatalities are pedestrians. Bikers and 
>>>> three-wheelers are next at risk, accounting for 7% and 4% of 
>>>> fatalities There are 220 pedestrians per car in India compared to 
>>>> 2-3 per car in North America and Europe. It's 280 in China 
>>>> Pavements in Worli measured only 0 to 3 metres, whereas minimum 
>>>> width required is 2.5 to 4 metres (Source: World Bank, Neeri&   BMC)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Source: 
>>>> http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-08/mumbai/29863629_1_road-fatalities-pedestrians-road-deaths
>>>>
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>>>
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>


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