tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561829398685858313.post2455061218314240056..comments2023-05-08T04:06:30.276-07:00Comments on Notes of an Itinerant Mendicant: No Street-side stalls, No Sidewalks: Foundations for an unsafe and gridlocked Panjim CityJason Keith Fernandeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747657801280747019noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561829398685858313.post-2273774466613605122009-03-03T00:22:00.000-08:002009-03-03T00:22:00.000-08:00No one who drives a car ever thinks of themselves ...No one who drives a car ever thinks of themselves as an encroacher, when in fact they take up an often unjustifiable amount of space on roads, pavements and public places. The issue is not about what is legal and illegal - and there is no point getting stuck into that (as in roy's comment). And as for road rage... do you really care about that? Enraged motorists may eventually discover it is more peaceful to leave their cars at home! :)<BR/>On a more positive note, you know Nanded town in Maharashtra are re-making their highway-style roads into wide pavements (with open places for stalls), trees, lanes for non-motorised vehicles etc - leaving much narrower roads for cars to make slow and orderly process. Similarly Mysore - where apparently the city have decided they don't want to spoil their city with flyovers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561829398685858313.post-76076427769683796762009-02-19T04:38:00.000-08:002009-02-19T04:38:00.000-08:00Hi Jason,My first comment on your blog. I think yo...Hi Jason,<BR/><BR/>My first comment on your blog. I think your posts and articles are excellent. You have the gift of writing succinctly what the rest of us feel.<BR/><BR/>I particularly agree with this one, as it is one close to my heart. Chryselle feels strongly about this too.<BR/><BR/>I'll send you a fecebook message to discuss this further.<BR/><BR/>All the best, & keep writing your mind,<BR/><BR/>LuisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561829398685858313.post-49845879321045402642009-02-17T22:58:00.000-08:002009-02-17T22:58:00.000-08:00i dont think its so much the culture of sharing as...i dont think its so much the culture of sharing as much as it is the culture of rule breaking that leads to the apathetic mess you describe. Encroaching space - whether its breaking a red light, or parking on the sidewalk etc. etc. is a root cause of latent road rage in our cities. Everytime you cut a red light, you are a scamster, rule breaker and a fraud - much like mr. raju. Everytime you bully your way through, expecting everyone else to follow the rules while you non chalantly break them - leads to the actual experience we all feel on our roads. Its not just a class conspiracy. All rule breakers, regardless of class, are guilty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com