Subash, Retrofitting cars to travel in previously well developed cities is a problem. London and Paris city centers are notorious for traffic congestion. Boston and Philadelphia have similar problem in the US. Streets are tiny and follow original cow paths. It's a mess when people journey to and from work. Traffic moves in Shanghai and Guangzhou, but the rebuilding is enormous as they double-deck the roads and restrict drivers. Problems will only grow with more cars, but that's what people want. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Subash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Subash, >> Thanks for the perspective from your part of the world. >> I respect your opinion. Talk to me again after 20 years of auto sales. :-) > > Bob, second pass... > > actually, automobiles here *were* a luxury. this kind of easy > availability of cheap loans and almost picking the car of your choice > off the shelves became widely prevalent here about 10 or so years ago. > the reason i switched to the motorcycle from a car, in 2003, to > commute to office was precisely because the roads had become a > nightmare to negotiate (of course personal comfort levels with traffic > may vary). a motorcycle was more handy and i've always been a > motorcycle person. five years more down the line, with roads remaining > more or less the same size and the number of cars having increased > exponentially, it has only got worse. i can only see the metro rail > getting more and more attractive. unless they find ways to broaden the > roads by at least 200%. and i can't see that happening in our cities. > twenty years, who knows? > > regards, subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
