Eric et al, Indeed! Let me re-state my posting more precisely: Sadly, assigning a high value even for small time savings for car users, WHILE NOT VALUING...
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Anjali Mahendra
anjali.mahendra@...
Jul 26, 2012 2:50 pm
I agree with Eric that it is standard practice, which is why neoclassical economics is never the right approach to analyze such transportation policy issues....
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bruun@...
Jul 26, 2012 3:04 pm
Anjali Yes, what the US Dot suggests is certainly better than assigning each individual commuter their own value of time based on their income, as the...
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Madhav Badami, Prof.
madhav.g.badami@...
Jul 26, 2012 3:07 pm
I suspect that in most instances (at least in India today), prioritizing cars is the default position, and happens without much if any analysis, neo-classical...
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Anjali Mahendra
anjali.mahendra@...
Jul 26, 2012 3:10 pm
I agree, and your ideas are good. The problem is pervasive in every area of transport policy. Thinking about toll roads and congestion pricing, an area I...
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bruun@...
Jul 26, 2012 3:11 pm
Madhav While we are on the subject, lets be blunt about another reality too. The decision makers often have a conflict of interest. They are amongst the...
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Visweswar
vissu.indian@...
Jul 26, 2012 3:42 pm
Anjali, I think you really made a valid statement " our methods of analysis need serious revisiting " . It is extremely pitiful to see that discrimination ...
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Madhav Badami, Prof.
madhav.g.badami@...
Jul 26, 2012 3:52 pm
Eric, I absolutely agree. They -- and indeed, many high income Indians in cities -- have an (almost exclusively) "windshield view" of the world, because they...
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Todd Alexander Litman
litman@...
Jul 26, 2012 4:00 pm
There is considerable debate among transport economists concerning how to correctly value congestion delay and travel time costs. The conventional practice,...
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P. Christopher Zegras
czegras@...
Jul 26, 2012 4:24 pm
The broader questions about allocation of scarce public resources to improving social welfare are important - practically, few if any societies I know of make...
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ashok datar
datar.ashok@...
Jul 26, 2012 4:46 pm
madhav and anjail and others I am shocked at the poor basis chosen for valuing the time savings based on the income dont we value the fuel saving per person km...
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FEKBRITTON
fekbritton@...
Jul 26, 2012 4:53 pm
Not meaning to talk all the time about the same subject, but our position (my position) is that if we wisely base all aspects of our transport/mobility system...
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Anjali Mahendra
anjali.mahendra@...
Jul 26, 2012 5:32 pm
" we need to disincentivize the private transport simultaneously while allowing public transport to offer superior experience." With this, I completely agree,...
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eric britton
eric.britton@...
Jul 26, 2012 5:52 pm
Madhav and others, I could not agree more. Bearing in mind that economics is in fact a branch of moral philosophy (True for Adam Smith and true too for us...
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Anjali Mahendra
anjali.mahendra@...
Jul 26, 2012 9:11 pm
For those interested, here is the updated version of the US DOT guidance on value of time for which I sent a link earlier. The earlier one was from 2003,...
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ashok datar
datar.ashok@...
Jul 27, 2012 4:22 am
In India , the situation is quite different than in the western countries. we have drivers in 2/3 of all private cars . what is the value of their time in...
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ashok datar
datar.ashok@...
Jul 27, 2012 4:37 am
madhav , anjali and others you have brought some very important and meaningful concepts of equity and ethics to the debate. but I would like to bring some...
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Rutul Joshi
joshirutul@...
Jul 27, 2012 4:37 am
Hi all, While we wait for the CRRI report, I would like to point out something that is ignored in such reports. The cycle tracks have been pretty succesful on...
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ashok datar
datar.ashok@...
Jul 27, 2012 4:48 am
Thanks Rutul let us bring out the hidden bicycle numbers out . this could be the single most important reason to justify BRTS ashok datar ... -- Ashok R.Datar ...
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debigoenka
debigoenka@...
Jul 27, 2012 6:10 am
Hi all I have recently had some unpleasant experience with some fleet taxi services in Mumbai, who, after taking your booking requests, either do not send a...
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bruun@...
Jul 27, 2012 8:15 am
Chris who is opposing speeding up transport for the poor out of fear of promoting sprawl?. I am opposing speeding up transport for the auto owners for fear of...
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ashok datar
datar.ashok@...
Jul 27, 2012 9:11 am
yes , this is a good observation Debi . One way to approach this problem is use of IT with the new developments in mobile telephony , it is possible that radio...
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Roger Gorham
roger.gorham@...
Jul 30, 2012 10:11 pm
Dear all, I'm wondering if anyone here has (or knows of any) good experiences of cycle way design that easily permit bicycles but discourage use by motorized...
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Carlosfelipe Pardo
carlosfpardo@...
Jul 30, 2012 10:31 pm
Hey Roger, The Dutch found a way to reduce speeds of motorized two wheelers in Houten through a weird slope/ramp. Any Dutch people around who can give...
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Ian Perry
ianenvironmental@...
Jul 30, 2012 10:34 pm
Hi Roger, I have seen (and photographed) an example in York (UK). It was the same as this one: http://www.cyclestreets.net/location/32706/ It was/is awful! ...
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Ian Perry
ianenvironmental@...
Jul 30, 2012 10:42 pm
Hi Carlosfelipe, I think you are referring to the "Drempels"; which are designed to slow human powered bicycle traffic - not scooters. Example from Houten ...
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Karl Fjellstrom
karl@...
Aug 1, 2012 8:37 am
some examples here: http://www.transportphoto.net/dt.aspx?l=en&dtid=701 best, Karl ... To search the archives of sustran-discuss visit ...
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Ian Perry
ianenvironmental@...
Aug 1, 2012 8:12 pm
Hi Karl, Looking at this picture (link below), it would appear that people are choosing to step off the path and onto the grass (the grass has been worn away)...
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Karthik Rao-Cavale
krc12353@...
Aug 1, 2012 8:26 pm
We had these barriers in our college, and I used to hate them. Everyone preferred to avoid the barriers rather than squeezing through, and I can't really say...
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Todd Edelman
edelman@...
Aug 1, 2012 8:38 pm
Karthik, So then it is only safer when crowded? Can't we do better? - T ... -- Todd Edelman Green Idea Factory / SLOWFactory Mobile: ++49(0)162 814 4081 ...
