Comments for THE CITY FIX

Comment on Highway Accidents in India Reach Staggering Levels by Vishwas

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:05:11 +0000

Ethan and sudhir,

Thank you for providing the statistics.

It will realy help me in my project..

Comment on Fighting Noise Pollution, Mumbai Celebrates No Honking Day by V Kumar

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:16:49 +0000

The Police can do a great job for the city of Mumbai by totally banning use of Loooooooud speakers on top of religous places all over Mumbai.

Comment on Fighting Noise Pollution, Mumbai Celebrates No Honking Day by V Kumar

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:12:00 +0000

If only the Trafic police & the enforcement agencies do work for what they are officially getting salary Mumbai can be a better place to live.
I strongly feel these enforcement agencies are only responsible for the ills of our beautiful city Mumbai.
They are the ones who allow Hawkers to come up on the foot path & generally 2 lanes of the road.They allow/permit vehicles to be parked all over on the behest of road side stores.
They allow shop owners to park their Bicycles , bikes across on the roads blocking 1-2 lanes , double parking.
If they come down from the flyovers for 3 months & do their duty of enforcing no parking & no hawkers up to 300 meters from traffic signal all our citizens can leave in peace.

My humble request to Traffic police is leave flyovers & corner spots ( No need to elobrate their motives) and come down on signals , regulate them. Ensure no parking / no hawkers /no honking up to 300 meters from signals & see the city getting in to life once again.Today it is getting sick due to these decipline enforcing agencies not doing their job & remaining stuck on flyovers & blind corners.

Comment on Fighting Noise Pollution, Mumbai Celebrates No Honking Day by V Kumar

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:53:40 +0000

I don’t agree that ‘No honking day’ was possible due to Traffic Police.
It was entirely the efforts put by Madam Mayor .
If Police was even 1% serious they would have declared ‘No honking day” at more frequent periods , at least 2-3 days a week. May be they should declare ‘No honking after 9pm ‘ all through Mumbai & totally Ban honking in areas near Malls ( Inorbit , Hypercity - Malad-W).
Traffic people should adopt areas like Malls , certain Artriary roads like Goregaon-Mulund Link roads.
They generally don’t take responsibility of maintaining traffic. They should not allow Parking / Hawkers 300 Mts from any traffic signal.They are a sight at most inappropriate places like flyovers and further slow down traffic.Their role as enforcer of Law is missing.

Comment on Bike For A Day by Justin

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:15:01 +0000

Everyone rides a bike a watch this countries problems melt away. If we work to attach a stigma to driving, like what has been attached to smoking, the change will take place and it will be wonderful. Ride a bike!!

Comment on Air Pollution Destroys Sense of Smell in Mexico City by Olfactory sense - a new casualty of pollution | Social Bridges

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:39:07 +0000

[…] To the list of air pollution’s health effects, add another one: loss of sense of smell. The residents of Mexico City have actually lost their sense of smell, according to a recently concluded study. Here is an interesting video about that. […]

Comment on The Public Supports Road Pricing by جک

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:27:18 +0000

thank you

Comment on Easing The Pain Caused by High Fuel Prices by CW

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:15:48 +0000

The best thing we can do is get the government off their drug trip and grow a crop that works. Industrial hemp is useless as a drug but it can provide over 50,000 products more environmentally friendly than products in use today. This single plant can provide all the basic necessities of human life, food, clothing, building material and fuel. Don’t let them lie to you about the land, there is plenty of farm land. We have over 100 million total farm acres in the USA and only use about half. The half that’s not being planted is way more than enough to grow ALL our fuel. Not only that but the government is still paying farmers not to plant. Watch the video titled “HEMP FUEL Can Supply All Our Energy Needs” and read the article titled “Marijuana Facts The Government Does Not Want You To Know” on the website referenced at the bottom of this post.
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Hemp requires no pesticides, no herbicides, and only moderate amounts of fertilizer.
Source: MARIJUANA AND HEMP THE UNTOLD STORY
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Hemp can produce several different kinds of fuel. In the 1800’s and 1900’s hempseed oil was the primary source of fuel in the United States and was commonly used for lamps and other oil energy needs. The diesel engine was originally designed to run on hemp oil because Rudolf Diesel assumed that it would be the most common fuel. Hemp is also the most efficient plant for the production of methanol. It is estimated that, in one form or another, hemp grown in the United States could provide up to ninety percent of the nation’s entire energy needs.
Source: Schaffer Library of Drug Policy
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Hemp is 4 times more efficient than corn as biofuel. Hemp pellets can be used to produce clean electricity.
… so powerful it could replace every type of fossil fuel energy product (oil, coal, and natural gas).
… This plant is the earth’s number one biomass resource or fastest growing annual plant for agriculture on a worldwide basis, producing up to 14 tons per acre. This is the only biomass source available that is capable of producing all the energy needs of the U.S. and the world…
Hemp will produce cleaner air and reduce greenhouse gases. When biomass fuel burns, it produces CO2 (the major cause of the greenhouse effect), the same as fossil fuel; but during the growth cycle of the plant, photosynthesis removes as much CO2 from the air as burning the biomass adds, so hemp actually cleans the atmosphere. After the first cycle there is no further loading to the atmosphere…
Source: USA Hemp Museum
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Read the article titled “Marijuana Facts The Government Does Not Want You To Know”,
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Comment on Easing The Pain Caused by High Fuel Prices by Lindsay

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:12:23 +0000

I agree with Dave. The current bike lanes are dangerous, as unaware drivers swing their doors open. That was how Clint Miceli was killed a couple weeks short of his 23rd birthday. (http://www.chicagobikeblog.com/2008/06/clinton-miceli.html). FYI- Washington DC is implementing the same bike program as Paris, calling it the SmartBike program.(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/us/27bikes.html)

Comment on Easing The Pain Caused by High Fuel Prices by Dave Reid

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:58:03 +0000

Nice… of course it is a Congressman from Portland who is biking! As far as improving biking facilities, I agree that if you want to see an up-tick in biking use then truly bike lanes are needed. By true lanes I mean “cycle tracks” which are between the sidewalk and the parking lane. This format has the impact of encouraging more biking as it feels much safer than a painted line protecting you. And it improves the pedestrian experience by getting bikes of the sidewalks, adding more distance between the sidewalk and the auto lanes, and it slows traffic by give the appearance of a narrower lane.