All cities are getting congested - road space is limited but populations grow! Economic, eco-friehdly holistic solution is needed to meet requirements of...
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Hedge, Ashwin
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Oct 1, 2002 2:12 pm
Felt idle enough to list all the unsubstantiated claims in Jitendra Barve's email about an un-tried, un-tested concept still on the drawing board. 1. All...
I am sure we can make our points without attacking others or ridiculing them. Thanks. Sridhar ... Barve's ... board. ... is a ... need to ... and focus ... use...
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Hedge, Ashwin
HedgeA@...
Oct 1, 2002 5:27 pm
Point taken. My apologies. ... From: Sridhar Narayanan [mailto:nsridhar74@...] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 12:35 PM To: delhimetro@yahoogroups.com ...
hi all, i had some questions about the metro map. basically, if you look at the map of the London Underground and compare it, say, with the New York Subway...
well--i think that the stylised map is a real boon for the London metro because the number of lines is huge and the network complexity is high. in case of our ...
hmm .... i think you may have a point. though i don't know how complex the delhi system is going to get over time, since i am hoping that eventually bus routes...
Why not a combination of a 'stylized' and a map showing streets? However, I have not found a single good quality detailed street map of Delhi, except the Essar...
actually, i was wondering - would it be useful to get the essar people involved in the project? you'd need good quality street maps at stations, too, and they...
This is a nice report showing that people are at least thinking. Hopefully, they will start acting on these recommendations as well. I don't have any realistic...
Sorry, a small error in my last mail. Bahadurgarh needs to be replaced by Ballabhgarh. Bahadurgarh is on the north west, not to the south of Faridabad (which...
This report adds to the confusion on how the future phases of the Delhi metro would look like. Please see the map on the bottom of page 58 of the report to...
The Delhi 2021 report does add to the confusion. However, considering that it is dated January, 2001, many of the details mentioned would have changed /...
Some more intersting excerpts from the Delhi-2021 report. Here's what it says in Section 1.2.1 - Legacy of Past Governance, Page 5 "Ever since 1911, however,...
On the same web site I looked at page http://www.delhiplanning.nic.in/Write-up/2002-03/volume-III/Transport.pdf. There are some flyovers which are mentioned to...
Even though this email is not directly related but it sure is relevant. There was this concern decades back, when my parents used to take the road for going to...
Dear Ashish and All, I have to unfortunately agree with you. The only project of such magnitude that has at least partially succeeded to work is the Calcutta...
Hello friends, What’s new this time? Apparently, not much in the world of the Metro. However, a lot is going on to strengthen the road network in Delhi. One ...
Aashish, I dont know how seriously do you take Indian Express' report of the Bombay-Pune Expwy. Tire bursts are caused due to illegal practices on tires in...
Hi Dhaval and others, I agree with you that bad tryes (and cars!) are the real cause of trye bursts. My email was to exactly point out this irony with the...
Hello everyone, Yesterday Congress and BJP discussed the issue of statehood for Delhi, along with the contentious issue of the circulars issued by the Central ...
Hi All, I came accross an article on the Delhi Metro in the latest issue of a magazine called Urban Transport International. I have scanned the article and...
Hi Ashwin, That is indeed a great find. Thanks for that upload. Urban Transport International is published in France and promoted by the most popular Metro...
The Integrated Transport Action Plan for Delhi - which was supposed to be released on October 2, 2002, has been released today. The exercise is sound though...
Ashwin: Thanks for taking the trouble of scanning this article and making it available to everybody. It is good to see that the Delhi metro is getting some...
The Delhi Govt. has put up the background papers for the plan for a modern bus system in the city. The plan envisages contracts for private operators...
Hi, I see lots of references to the fact that the first line will start operating in Dec 2002, but is anyone aware of the exact date when this is to happen ?...
This write-up ( http://www.delhiplanning.nic.in/Write-up/2002-03/volume-I/Transport.pdf ) also has a mention of sky-bus metro for Delhi but doesn't seem to be...
