http://hs.raiandrai.com/bg FOSS: freedom matters! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:06:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://hs.raiandrai.com/bg/civil-engineering/ludhiana-metro/#comment-29 Navdeep Asija Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:21:25 +0000 http://hs.raiandrai.com/bg/civil-engineering/ludhiana-metro/#comment-29 Dear Sukhjit Ji, Thanks for your valuable comments. You rightly mentioned average traffic speed of Delhi traffic is 6km/hr and it is likely to go down because of the increase in motor vehicles. Well, you already replied my answer; if with huge investment Delhi traffic is not going to improve;speed is likely to go down, vehicle density likely to go up, then I don't see any reason to start Metro. Metro is completely defeated in its primary purpose and you admit this. I live in Delhi and couple of times used metro. Metro is something which does not provide node to node connectivity. Today 80% Delhi ridership comes from buses only and not from metro. Here I am not taking financial into account but the comfort, how most of the Delhi people commute. Take the example of Ludhiana only, Industrial area roads are not good to travel even, unplanned flyovers have already worsen the situation. If by improving existing road based network, things are going to be better then why do we need Metro. Low floor bused in Delhi have increased their comfort level almost equal to metro. Metro is only viable where your average trip length is more than 15km. In Ludhiana it is less than 8km. Recent research have proven that access trip cost to reach metro cost more than 21/- Rs which means metro is going to be mode of commuting for rich only. Kolkata metro started in 1977, not able to get the 10% of total ridership within city? Government does not function on financial calculations but government do have priority list. It's up to the government to decide, whether they are interested to build good schools, primary healthcare center or expensive metro, where with almost equal to the annual budget of Punjab not 1% of the entire Punjab populations is going to be benefited. In the above discussion, I have taken the data related to comfort level and ridership not cost of construction; I hope that justify my argument. Regards, Dear Sukhjit Ji,
Thanks for your valuable comments. You rightly mentioned average traffic speed of Delhi traffic is 6km/hr and it is likely to go down because of the increase in motor vehicles. Well, you already replied my answer; if with huge investment Delhi traffic is not going to improve;speed is likely to go down, vehicle density likely to go up, then I don’t see any reason to start Metro. Metro is completely defeated in its primary purpose and you admit this. I live in Delhi and couple of times used metro. Metro is something which does not provide node to node connectivity. Today 80% Delhi ridership comes from buses only and not from metro. Here I am not taking financial into account but the comfort, how most of the Delhi people commute.
Take the example of Ludhiana only, Industrial area roads are not good to travel even, unplanned flyovers have already worsen the situation. If by improving existing road based network, things are going to be better then why do we need Metro. Low floor bused in Delhi have increased their comfort level almost equal to metro. Metro is only viable where your average trip length is more than 15km. In Ludhiana it is less than 8km. Recent research have proven that access trip cost to reach metro cost more than 21/- Rs which means metro is going to be mode of commuting for rich only. Kolkata metro started in 1977, not able to get the 10% of total ridership within city?
Government does not function on financial calculations but government do have priority list. It’s up to the government to decide, whether they are interested to build good schools, primary healthcare center or expensive metro, where with almost equal to the annual budget of Punjab not 1% of the entire Punjab populations is going to be benefited. In the above discussion, I have taken the data related to comfort level and ridership not cost of construction; I hope that justify my argument.
Regards,

]]> http://hs.raiandrai.com/bg/civil-engineering/ludhiana-metro/#comment-15 sukhjit singh Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:24:35 +0000 http://hs.raiandrai.com/bg/civil-engineering/ludhiana-metro/#comment-15 Dear navdeep it is not the financial viabilities that drive the govt. if u have ever been to delhi metro then only will u realise that how good it is, don't go in for direct maths of the project, do you know avg spped of vehicle in delhi is going to be 6km/h in coming years as density of vehicle is increasing day by day, further the vehicular pollution, if u live in ludhiana then u must be breathing and aware of the poison emitted by public transport in ldh i.e autos. and what to say about the snarling traffic in ludhiana, i suggest go to delhi travel in metro and u will realise that it should be there. Dear navdeep it is not the financial viabilities that drive the govt. if u have ever been to delhi metro then only will u realise that how good it is, don’t go in for direct maths of the project, do you know avg spped of vehicle in delhi is going to be 6km/h in coming years as density of vehicle is increasing day by day, further the vehicular pollution, if u live in ludhiana then u must be breathing and aware of the poison emitted by public transport in ldh i.e autos. and what to say about the snarling traffic in ludhiana, i suggest go to delhi travel in metro and u will realise that it should be there.

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