Comments on: What is wrong with the article http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200501/what-is-wrong-with-the-article/ Where I torture reality till it confesses the truth Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ajit http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200501/what-is-wrong-with-the-article/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Ajit Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=219#comment-1011 Thats very right Ravikiran. In Pune (the main city area) the number of accidents have gone down over the last few years. The single largest factor being that the traffic has been reduced to a crawl due to the ever increasing vehicles on the road. Thats very right Ravikiran.
In Pune (the main city area) the number of accidents have gone down over the last few years. The single largest factor being that the traffic has been reduced to a crawl due to the ever increasing vehicles on the road.

]]> By: seven_times_six http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200501/what-is-wrong-with-the-article/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 seven_times_six Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=219#comment-1012 I think other than the one line on "slower traffic, shorter trip time" the article doesn't talk about commute time. It's main thrust is how to reduce speed without signs. The main flaw in my opinion is his very goal: to reduce speed. He talks for e.g. of removing lane markers to psychologically reduce the motorist's speed. To give this a touchy-feely socialist tinge, he also talks about "interactions" and "eye-contacts" and shiat like that. The purpose of roads is to have the maximum possible speed (traded off with safety). Not a minimally possible speed. And def. not social interaction. I think other than the one line on “slower traffic, shorter trip time” the article doesn’t talk about commute time.

It’s main thrust is how to reduce speed without signs. The main flaw in my opinion is his very goal: to reduce speed. He talks for e.g. of removing lane markers to psychologically reduce the motorist’s speed.

To give this a touchy-feely socialist tinge, he also talks about “interactions” and “eye-contacts” and shiat like that.

The purpose of roads is to have the maximum possible speed (traded off with safety). Not a minimally possible speed. And def. not social interaction.

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