We, in Save Pune Traffic
Movement, believe: Pune needs the following for the traffic to get
completely transformed:
- A clear vision for
the traffic of Pune, which will encompass the interests of all from
pedestrian to truck driver and from citizen to governing authorities.
It will provide a guiding light to enable us to define missions and
plans of individual elements.
- Comprehensive long term plan, which
will spell out Strategies and actions
- to manage and limit the growth of
vehicle population
- to make public transport system
efficient and appealing
- to make roads network to meet the
needs of automobiles as well as pedestrians and cyclists
- to make road signs & signaling
system efficient, accurate, adaptable and highly reliable. Right
planning with careful analysis of traffic flow conditions,
expected growth and proper use of technology can go a long way to
achieve efficient control of traffic.
- to make strict laws and efficient
system of checks and controls for penalizing the defaulters
heavily, making the rules-breaking an extremely costly option.
- to spell out the roles and
responsibilities of all the governing authorities and the citizens
- to compulsorily make formal
periodic review process (at least twice a year) to critically
review the status of the every action and take corrective
measures, where needed.
- to plan for the optimal movement
of traffic taking into account
the types of population areas and the movement of people based on
various needs and to handle the peak traffic times.
- Strategies to minimize the air and noise
pollution
- Missions, objectives and plans, in
sync with the vision and the abovementioned comprehensive plan, for
all elements (i.e. governing authorities and citizens).
- All governing
authorities should declare these openly, including the response time
commitment to feedbacks/queries/suggestions from citizens.
- Similarly, all citizens and
citizen bodies such as organizations of all types, clubs and
associations of all types should take it as a cause to encourage
responsible citizenship and deplore irresponsible behavior. All
schools, colleges and parent communities should work together to
encourage citizens of tomorrow to take pride in responsible
behavior and impart skills regarding safe behavior on the roads.
- Identification of recurring problems
and meeting the challenge by finding innovative solutions, in our own
context. Governing authorities and the Citizens should team up in the
process of problem identification as well as coming up with
solutions.
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