Mumbais roadways
Jan 11, 2010 | 12:29 pm
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Mumbais roadways
Interesting observation....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1263...p_MIDDLELSMini
My best, awful story involves the traffic jam from hell in the late 90s. The 30 kilometers to the airport took seven hours - the last 30 minutes pushing my Padmini taxi through waist-high water. I still made my plane though. My flight's crew was stuck in the same jam.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1263...p_MIDDLELSMini
My best, awful story involves the traffic jam from hell in the late 90s. The 30 kilometers to the airport took seven hours - the last 30 minutes pushing my Padmini taxi through waist-high water. I still made my plane though. My flight's crew was stuck in the same jam.
Jan 14, 2010 | 9:35 pm
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what a great story:
I was planning to do some driving in Mumbai when I visit this summer, but it sounds like I should just stick to walking.
Originally Posted by Eric Bellman
Another frustrating perk of congested streets is that drivers rarely get to drive very fast. Less speed means fewer fatalities so as the number of cars in Mumbai has shot up in the last three years the number of traffic fatalities has actually fallen.
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Speed is such a rarity in my city that many drivers don't know how to handle the open road. Mumbai's beautiful, new Bandra-Worli Sea Link recently added speed bumps because too many people, unable to handle their cars at more than 50 kilometers per hour, were getting into accidents. The $400-million bridge, built to speed up traffic in Mumbai, had been too successful.
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To ensure the spending on roads doesn't take away from spending on infrastructure for the vast majority of Indians that never use cars. I suggest everyone be forced to buy two special options when they buy a new car: a piece of road and a parking spot.
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Speed is such a rarity in my city that many drivers don't know how to handle the open road. Mumbai's beautiful, new Bandra-Worli Sea Link recently added speed bumps because too many people, unable to handle their cars at more than 50 kilometers per hour, were getting into accidents. The $400-million bridge, built to speed up traffic in Mumbai, had been too successful.
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To ensure the spending on roads doesn't take away from spending on infrastructure for the vast majority of Indians that never use cars. I suggest everyone be forced to buy two special options when they buy a new car: a piece of road and a parking spot.
I was planning to do some driving in Mumbai when I visit this summer, but it sounds like I should just stick to walking.
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Jan 15, 2010 | 5:05 am
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Jan 15, 2010 | 10:58 am
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The guy on the bicycle did not brake/ stop or slow down. Except my buddy who was on all fours.