########################################################################## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
--- Philip Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding Gabriel de Figueiredo's comment about the > design, the TOI > interview has this concluding line: "It not only > saves space but also > optimises their use by allowing for cyber cafes, > marts, jogging tracks etc > on the roof top and deliver containerised garbage to > dumps automatically". > Hope this reference will be of interest. > Precisely. But the photos of the "test track" disprove this notion of space-saving! Imagine a sky-train between the Panjim town square (in front of the Church) to Miramar. Where are these huge concrete pillars going to be placed? On the middle of existing roads? On pavements? And what about access to the "stations"? Where will the staircases be? Will there be any lifts (elevators in American terms) for old/infirm/disabled people? I cannot perceive this project to save ANY space at all. Unless my imagination is faulty. Forget the cyber-cafes, marts, jogging tracks on any "roof-tops". These are just pipe-dreams to divert attention from the problems. For a reality check, are there any adequate crossing facilities across the tracks at Konkan Railways stations for aged and/or disabled people? Remember the letters relating to old people having to cross railway tracks on foot and negotiate a steep climb to the station platform when a train at Margao station was diverted to an unused platform? Cheers, Gabriel. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
