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-----Original Message-----
From: Samir Kelekar
> MARG spends government money for a noble purpose, and not for personal
> luxuries
RESPONSE: Not to take anything away from MARG, Roland Martins and his
team of consumer advocates are also at the forefront of raising
awareness re traffic issues. [1] I'm sure there are others too.
Accurate performance measurement is most likely difficult in this
instance. Injuries and fatalities on Goa's roads have increased over the
years. 321 fatalities on Goa's roads in 2009. [2]
The number of vehicles have increased and so have the number of
vehicular trips on Goa's roads. Traffic jams, unseen 10 years ago, are
the norm now. In general, road-width has not increased for over 35 years.
With Bajaj ceasing production of scooters later this year (if not
already), its obvious more cars are being sold in India and road-space
is not increasing proportionally. Where's that SkyBus when we need it??
- B
[1]
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/172395.html
[2]
Source: Goa Police
