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SUMMARY:Public Transport & BRTS In Our Cities: Prioritizing the Bus- Meeting:01
DESCRIPTION:Pune Municipal Corporation’s  (PMC) demolition of the  Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) route on Pune-Nagar Road on 6th December night, generated multiple responses. Qaneez Sukharani, a citizen activist, while welcoming and thanking PMC for it said, “ it has brought great cheer and relief to citizens who traverse the dangerous BRTS corridor on Nagar Road. It is also a mark of respect to all those who have had accidents and lost their lives all these years due to BRTS.” A letter to the Pune Municipal Commissioner and other officers titled “ Strong objection to the destruction of BRTS  route …” by several “ Citizens and organizations promoting sustainable transportation “ says “  The golden opportunity to integrate the BRT with the metro, operational since 2015, has unfortunately been missed. Rather than opposing a road exclusively for vehicles, altering the BRT to be compatible with different modes of transportation would have been a more favorable strategy. Whether the BRT can function optimally or not depends on your administrative competence.” And  Inhaf ( Habitat Forum) and The Urban Lab, who have just published a detailed study on  BRTS Pune and Ahmedabad wrote, “ there is little doubt that demolition of the  route has sent  wrong and damaging signals everywhere.  Not only to the Pune city and its citizens, whether using the service or not, but also to other cities where BRTS is running, and where BRTS is being planned”. All these, interestingly, are from citizens or citizen groups. And they are not expressing similar views or taking identical positions.\nEfficient functioning of Pune’s transport system is critical to the city’s efficiency, productivity, mobility ,people friendliness and ease of living. It is a major determinant of positive growth of the city.  And efficient functioning is mainly the function of better coordination, supplementality and complimentality of its component systems. BRTS must be seen in that framework.\nUsing the incidence which has made the issue topical—public transport system and BRTS as its integral part– not only for Pune but other cities as well, and in response to a visible need for a public dialogue on public transport  system, INHAF, CEE, Parisar and The Urban Lab are jointly organizing two webinars on 21 and 22 December, 2023  to discuss not so much the demolition but the wider issues of public transport in our cities and position and role of BRTS in it. For an informed discussion a number of subject specialists, professionals, concerned citizens, subject experts and concerned officers form Pune city have been invited. Though experts, professionals and officials will facilitate informed dialogue, the webinar/meeting is open for all to participate and contribute.\nThe idea is to find ways to strengthen the public transport system.\n
URL:https://www.inhaf.org/webinar/public-transport-brts-in-our-cities-prioritizing-the-bus-meeting01/
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