Where the pedestrian is a third class citizen

MADHAV G. BADAMI Pedestrian accessibility should become the first step in an enlightened urban transport policy. The rapid growth in automobile use in India is causing a wide range of adverse impacts, even as it provides mobility to millions of people and contributes to employment generation and the economy. While traffic congestion and emissions have attracted much [...]

Hyderabad : Peeing in the open

Hyderabad, March 7: Relieving oneself in public places is equivalent to stripping in public and should be made a punishable offence, a Hyderabad-based NGO said in petitions submitted to the National Women’s Commission and the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission. Ms Kanthi Kanan, founder of the Right to Walk Foundation that filed the petition, further [...]

Walkability

Pedestrians in India are a neglected lot. The callous disregard for their rights is evident from the fact that there isn’t a single law, legislation, rule or code that voices their rights and gives them the much needed legal platform from which to launch their battle against those who encroach upon [...]

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