I have been thinking of writing something on the topic but i was lost for some years and i don't know where because no one else feels it, and they don't miss me but surely I do. This is my first post and I am not much aware of the rules here on blogger , if there is any, so kindly ignore it and enjoy the article which i hope u will.
The space available in the city is limited and everyone in the city has equal right on this space, A car needs around 23 sq m of area to be parked comfortably, and a poorest resident have around 18-20 sq m of living space. So, it is govt. who is actually providing land for elites for free or Rs 10 per hour. This has been a debate to make urban space more accessible to pedestrians and non motorized traffic than cars and two wheelers. In this sense, ensuring a bus ride to most of the citizens, along with other measures will lead to a decrease in personal vehicles on road and thus more space for others.
Most of the citizens of the Chandigarh mainly youngsters are not much concerned about the unsustainable state we are going towards. I don't know if our present pre teens and teens have even played cricket or anything else in the streets, I think they won't believe it that the streets were visible once, which are now covered by cars, almost all sectors are facing it. By that I don't mean that road is for playing but it was available and safe because of lesser vehicles. I may feel it more ( having read about it ) others may not, but its a fact that the occupied roads around houses actually has a negative impact on our behavior, not only that quarrel on parking space and a bump into someone or by someone, but generally too.
The role of Govt. is important in improving bus ride in terms of ease of access, safety, comfort, dignity etc. In other parts of the world many cities like Singapore, Jakarta have solved urban mobility problem by utilizing the bus system properly. The parking strategies in the city have to be improved to make most of the market area available for pedestrians. Two of the successful examples of such efforts are London city and Copenhagen. There must be provision along the main roads as planned in the original master plan of Chandigarh to accommodate the cyclists, pedestrians safely.
That will be all for now. The foremost objective of this blog is to start a discussion on what can be done to take the city beautiful towards a sustainable future. Some of the problems have been stated here and many more are there, which are worth mentioning and need efforts beyond the papers.
This city has offered us such a good life and it is our duty to take care of it.
Thanks.
It has been a long time when I last lived in Chandigarh city, and fortunately I got a chance to be here again. I noticed some positive and some negative changes in the city.
The positive is we have got the highest per capita income, so many cars and bikes, which has caused a hell lot of pollution and many other problems, a very slow response of govt. to the challenges of the changing city( no this one is not a change it has been like that ever since), by that I don't want to offend anyone but i sincerely want to raise some eyebrows and some steps too out of the luxury cars on the road to the reality.The space available in the city is limited and everyone in the city has equal right on this space, A car needs around 23 sq m of area to be parked comfortably, and a poorest resident have around 18-20 sq m of living space. So, it is govt. who is actually providing land for elites for free or Rs 10 per hour. This has been a debate to make urban space more accessible to pedestrians and non motorized traffic than cars and two wheelers. In this sense, ensuring a bus ride to most of the citizens, along with other measures will lead to a decrease in personal vehicles on road and thus more space for others.
Most of the citizens of the Chandigarh mainly youngsters are not much concerned about the unsustainable state we are going towards. I don't know if our present pre teens and teens have even played cricket or anything else in the streets, I think they won't believe it that the streets were visible once, which are now covered by cars, almost all sectors are facing it. By that I don't mean that road is for playing but it was available and safe because of lesser vehicles. I may feel it more ( having read about it ) others may not, but its a fact that the occupied roads around houses actually has a negative impact on our behavior, not only that quarrel on parking space and a bump into someone or by someone, but generally too.
The role of Govt. is important in improving bus ride in terms of ease of access, safety, comfort, dignity etc. In other parts of the world many cities like Singapore, Jakarta have solved urban mobility problem by utilizing the bus system properly. The parking strategies in the city have to be improved to make most of the market area available for pedestrians. Two of the successful examples of such efforts are London city and Copenhagen. There must be provision along the main roads as planned in the original master plan of Chandigarh to accommodate the cyclists, pedestrians safely.
That will be all for now. The foremost objective of this blog is to start a discussion on what can be done to take the city beautiful towards a sustainable future. Some of the problems have been stated here and many more are there, which are worth mentioning and need efforts beyond the papers.
This city has offered us such a good life and it is our duty to take care of it.
Thanks.
