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Temporary solution, permanent jam [1]

Cars use more space, crowd the road and move far fewer people. Our educated road planners must count people, not vehicles

I write this stuck in traffic. Nothing unusual. But my location makes me realise, once again, how our highway route to progress is going nowhere. The road I am using is newly commissioned and expensive. It is the 28-km Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, which was built just a few years ago to take care of the explosion of traffic between the two cities. It is access-controlled, with a 32-lane toll plaza, and was to provide easy access and a fun ride. The concessionaire – built as it is under the famous public-private partnership model – took all steps to keep it prized for cars. “Slow-moving” traffic like motorcycles, bicycles and even three-wheelers were banned on it.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2012
Sunita Narain [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
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Delhi [4], Gurgaon (T) [5], Highways [6], Cars [7], Two And Three Wheelers [8], High Court [9], Congestion [10], Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) [11], Sunita Narain [12], CSE [13], Public Transport [14], Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) [15], Vehicles [16], Haryana [17], Transport [18]

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