Thursday, January 05, 2006

Traffic Congestion

Stockholm is experimenting with charging drivers entering in to city center to reduce the number of vehicles and avoid traffic congestion. The traffic scenario in Pune is getting worse day by day and if Pune has to keep up, it needs to take some drastic steps early on. MG Road has already implemented the Fussgaengerzone. How about closing more roads to private vehicles and really supporting the PMT/PCMT for once? There is a lesson or two we can learn from other congested cities in the world - but if we are ready to keep our eyes and ears open and give up the coveted vehicle if need be...

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