On Thursday 08 Nov 2007 10:03 pm, Dave Long wrote:
If I
ever go back to the States, I'd probably be dead within the month,
having picked up the habit of walking in front of moving cars without
a second thought.
The reason you don't die here is that people who used to die were promised
A new school of traffic design says we should get rid of stop signs
and red lights and let cars, bikes and people mingle together. It
sounds insane, but it works.
This works very well for the area in front of my apartment. There's
a sidewalk on one side, but the other is café terraces,
On 08/11/2007, Dave Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I
ever go back to the States, I'd probably be dead within the month,
having picked up the habit of walking in front of moving cars without
a second thought.
You'll be right at home here in Madras (and, perhaps, all of India)
C
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On 11/7/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
India was ahead of the curve, on this one...
A new school of traffic design says we should get rid of stop signs
and red lights and let cars, bikes and people mingle together. It
sounds insane, but it works.
Biju Chacko wrote [at 02:48 PM 11/7/2007] :
IMO, this depends very much on the Western sense of community and
civic responsibility. In Bangalore it just results in endless
gridlock.
I have seen this model work in various places, including Bangalore.
Bangalore's current traffic woes [1] are a
This is a little OT but has anyone seen the new Yahoo! Maps for India.
They do an excellent job of giving you directions and include 'India'
specific pointer such as:
Slight Left (past Bata Showroom on the right) onto Banasvadi Main Rd
Slight 1st Left (past Petrol Pump on the right) onto
India was ahead of the curve, on this one...
A new school of traffic design says we should get rid of stop signs
and red lights and let cars, bikes and people mingle together. It
sounds insane, but it works.
http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2004/05/20/traffic_design/index.html
