Azam Ali

PhD Student in Transport Studies at Leeds. Usually tweeting about transport & current reads.

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

@clickbaiitt Yes, as Fanon rightly argues “The black man wants to be like the-white man. For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white. Long ago the black man admitted the unarguable superiority of the white man, and all his efforts are aimed at achieving a white existence.”

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

Shifting activities to ring road would negate the benefits of a ring road, and after 10-20 years there will be a need for another ring road.

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

Oh God, we are making the same mistakes again and again. The best thing which government could do to solve traffic congestion is do nothing. One of the reasons why we can not develop good density/city centers, is because of decisions like this. Raja Bazar initially had an

[Khadim Ali khan Yousaf zai @Alikhanyzai]

پیرودھائی جنرل بس اسٹینڈ سمیت تمام پبلک ٹرانسپورٹ کو رنگ روڈ راولپنڈی پر منتقل کیا جا رہا ہے۔
◀️اسلام آباد کی سبزی منڈی بھی رنگ روڈ پر شفٹ کی جائے گی۔
◀️فیض آباد، 26 نمبر چونگی اور دیگر تمام بس اڈے بھی منتقل ہوں گے۔
◀️آئندہ ہیوی ٹرانسپورٹ کو راولپنڈی شہر کے اندر داخلے کی اجازت نہیں ہو گی۔
◀️پیرودھائی بس اسٹینڈ حکومتِ پنجاب کی مکمل ملکیت میں آ جائے گا۔
◀️پیرودھائی سے راولپنڈی اور اسلام آباد کے لیے لوکل بس سروس چلائی جائے گی۔
◀️لوکل بسوں کا کرایہ 20 سے 50 روپے کے درمیان ہو گا۔
◀️مسافر ایک ہی بس سروس کے ذریعے شہر کے مختلف علاقوں تک جا سکیں گے۔
◀️پشاور سے آنے والی ٹرانسپورٹ کے لیے ممکنہ طور پر اسلام آباد ایئرپورٹ کے قریب اڈہ قائم کیا جائے گا۔
◀️پنجاب سے آنے والی تمام ٹرانسپورٹ رنگ روڈ پر جائے گی، چاہے موٹر وے سے آئے یا جی ٹی روڈ سے۔
◀️رنگ روڈ موٹر وے اور جی ٹی روڈ دونوں کو آپس میں جوڑتی ہے۔
◀️آزاد کشمیر سے آنے والی ٹریفک (براستہ مری) کو بہارہ کہو کے قریب روکا جائے گا۔
◀️آزاد کشمیر کے دیگر اضلاع سے آنے والی ٹریفک روات رنگ روڈ استعمال کرے گی۔
◀️اس وقت رنگ روڈ روات سے نئے اسلام آباد ایئرپورٹ تک مکمل کی جا رہی ہے۔

◀️جب رنگ روڈ ایئرپورٹ سے بہارہ کہو تک مکمل ہو جائے گی تو بہارہ کہو کی ٹریفک بھی روات کے ذریعے رنگ روڈ پر منتقل کر دی جائے گی۔

◀️مجموعی طور پر یہ منصوبہ ٹریفک مینجمنٹ کے لحاظ سے بہترین پلاننگ قرار دیا جا رہا ہے۔

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

public transport systems that there is a single core, where most trips converge to and the basic concept of a city is that people from other areas, including other cities and the peripheries, interact with each other and enjoy benefits of agglomeration.

[Muhammad Zain Mobeen @zain_talk]

If you're in Pakistan and looking for a chance to learn the basics of astronomy from a professional, then this is your chance. 🥳

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

@melfatricrhai Sorry to hear that Mel. Hope you’re doing well in these tough days.

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

@Baiguette What I have learned is that 2 to 3 runs per week is more than enough in terms of progress and recovery. The couch to 5k application/training plan, which takes 9 weeks to run 30 mins, worked really well even though had to repeat some weeks & pace should be in which you can talk.

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

Were it to break, one can get a new one from the market
This earthen cup of mine is better than Jamshed's goblet

اور بازار سے لے آئے اگر ٹوٹ گیا
ساغر جم سے مرا جام سفال اچھا ہے
- مرزا غالب

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

@zain_talk And a time for occidentalism.

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; a time to tear down and a time to build; a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

It's really interesting to see that the antonym of love is peace. I guess there's no peace while in love or ishq.

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

He has also set eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing can be taken from it. - Ecclesiastes

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

@faizan__ukk People in offices/CDA do know about this report but most bury their heads in the sand.

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

Was reading the Greater Islamabad-Rawalpindi Area Transportation Study (published in 1995). The study concludes that Islamabad has a good chance not to be trapped into the vicious automobile dependent planning but incompetent people in offices & CDA... @ayesharshahid @navift

[Muhammad Zain Mobeen @zain_talk]

Had the misfortune yesterday to use @inDrive last night. I decided to cancel the ride given the sheer incompetence of the driver only to receive a physical threat from him via text (attached below). It's one thing to be unprofessional but to be a deliquant on top of that really

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

Does the moth think about the flames?
For Love's spirit, thought is a disgrace.
When the warrior hears the sound of the drum, at once he is with
ten thousand men.
Rumi

[Azam Ali @AzamAli1996]

Sema is only for the restless spirit-so jump up quickly. Why do
you wait?
Do not sit here with your own thoughts - if you are a human go to the Beloved.
Do not say, "Perhaps He does not want me."
What business has a thirsty man with such words?

[Indian Urbanism @IndianUrbanist]

In every city with a metro system, 70%-80% of all trips are less than 10 km. Metros start to save time on a door-to-door basis for trips longer than 12-15 km. This is the primary reason why metro systems will have low ridership.

[Muhammad Zain Mobeen @zain_talk]

We were very fortunate to have had the opportunity to discuss Edward Said's book Covering Islam, during Bookhour at @atomcamp. During the session we touched upon the many themes of Said's seminal work and how they still remain relevant in today's geopolitics.