Category Archives: Cycle lanes

Transportation in the United States: An open letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Mr. Chavan, USA is just beginning to realize that there are big flaws in the way it has planned its transportation infrastructure. These mistakes have resulted in huge petroleum imports that drain USA’s exchequer, in a greenhouse gas footprint that threatens the survival of the human species, in an infrastructure demand that helps no one but the contractors who build the infrastructure, and in the all-round destruction of America’s oldest cities. That is the “world-class” transportation infrastructure that you seek to emulate. Continue reading →

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Navi Mumbai: Retrofitting a “planned” city

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

In some sense, Navi Mumbai is just another suburb of Mumbai, but in some other ways, Navi Mumbai is the solution to Mumbai’s problems. Navi Mumbai has a mandate to attract persons from Mumbai and reduce the congestion and over-crowding there. But to achieve that, it needs to make the daily trip to work cheaper and less time-consuming. Continue reading →

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