ENVR 201 Chapter Notes -Rational Pricing, Victim Blaming, Paradigm Shift
5 Nov 2013
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Urban transport planning is fundamentally about moral and political choices. Traffic fatalities are said to become the 5th leading cause of death by 2030 those causing them are least affected. Emissions and congestion are most widely cited issues. In a nation of pedestrians, the pedestrians have been rendered a third class citizen transport systems are becoming less and less walking accessibly. Countries are spending huge amounts of money to develop road networks as a method of modernization . Indian cities are investing a lot in roads and transit (train, bus) but little on facilities for cyclists and pedestrians. Congestion has been viewed as the largest transport problem this is expensive and. Building roads to reduce congestion is a vicious cycle. Institute said broader solutions must be applied to the problem . In india walking has become hazardous: no footpaths, no infrastructure to safely cross etc. Things are designed as if people on food did not exist .
