'Jaago Re! One Billion Votes' from Janaagraha and Tata Tea

silkboard - 15-SEP-2008

Got this on Janaagraha's email group. worth posting, and nice initiative.

Public Transport - Bus service algorithm / checklist

asj - 30-AUG-2008

My views on BRT have been known for a while on Praja.

I am not anti or pro any model. I believe a place has a thing and a thing has a place. First we must be able to justify BRTS on basis of need, then it should be implementable on given corridor (just being able to implement without demonstrated need is no good).

Here is an algorithm which I would use -

Slum redevelopment authority and its questionable plans

asj - 10-JUL-2009

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Dharavi-remake-plan-a-

London bus lane in action - snap shot

asj - 1-FEB-2009

This is part of my usual journey from Hammersmith to Hounslow. I managed to track 4 of the 8 miles on foot up to Chiswick (by then it the light was getting poor) - here are some snap shots put together as a slide show.

[video:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3YbPCH5kGAg]

Sustainability - Making cities to be of one-hour wide functionality

asj - 30-JAN-2009

Speech by Mr. Peter Newman is a must read for all City Adminisrators and Town planners. Please do spend time reading. Its dense but insightful.

http://www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au/dev/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=59&languageId=1&contentId=248

City of flyovers

asj - 12-DEC-2008

Worth a read (got this from the sustrans email group)-

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20081209&fname=debarshi&sid=1&pn=1

ASJ

Will those days ever come back

asj - 15-OCT-2008

An old friend from Girgaum (densly populated South Mumbai) found me on the web. I left Girgaum in 1991.
 
But his e-mail or part of it is worth a ponder - 
 

Urban development, costs of Metro and Indian budget - a perspective

asj - 10-OCT-2008

In my arguments with regards BRTS, I often bring up the key but neglected and forgotten matter of cost-effectiveness of a given solution to our transportation problems. It should come as no surprise to most who are acquainted with my stance that I hate the idea of spending money without a clear crsip rationale and long term plan.  And the Metro falls under this category as far as I am concerned.

MMRDA officials have in the past replied in agreement to my suggestion that Mumbai Metro will not solve its problems at all. Given the fact that 10000 daily migrants to Mumbai will swell it to a city 30 million plus by 2030, it will be fair to say that whether Mumbai gets sea links or Metro rail, people will still be travelling in quasi or near stampede like situations and roads will always remain clogged.

Simple Solution to Ganesh Mandals and digging of the roads

asj - 1-SEP-2008

We all agonise each year over roads being dug up by Ganesh Mandals (Lokmanya Tilak must be restless seeing what his efforts to pull the community have come to).

In the past, I have suggested that barrels are used to support bamboo pole's. One can either fill the barrels with sand and rubble to support the pole or even produce pre-fabricated barrels filled with concrete with a central gap to secure the pole. I have seen such pre-fabricated barrels in use in UK where they are used to erect temporary traffic lights during road works.

see -

How good is your Road Safety Knowledge - Test your self against 170 questions

asj - 25-AUG-2008