Sujit Patwardhan

Environment, Sustainable Transportation, Jazz, Typography, Photography

[Sujit Patwardhan @sujitjp]

Instead of putting basic safety rules in place and enforcing their compliance, the Govt finds it much easier to offer ex-gracia payments that are useless to passengers who are dead.

[PMO India @PMOIndia]

An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each of the deceased due to the bus fire in Nashik. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000: PM @narendramodi

[sushma date @sushmadate]

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people an arm and a leg just to see 'em

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi

[Pune Ploggers @puneploggers]

Preventing the degradation of our tourist sites is a necessity. Adamant weights of trash are found here everyday. Responsible tourism can prevent imposing a new identity on them. We must understand appropriate conduct to follow and individually reduce polluting a tourist location

[Hannah Wiley @hannahcwiley]

"California Highway Patrol investigators identified 13 prior crashes involving [the driver]. Those incidents are the foundation for the district attorney’s case that she knew the dangers of reckless driving."

https://t.co/RPuVvbBajL

[Sujit Patwardhan @sujitjp]

But in my city cycle tracks are being removed as cars and 2 wheelers often get stuck in congestion!!!

[Ollie Oliver @Ollie_Cycles]

New rule: If a driver complains about a cyclist riding in the middle of the street on a street without a bike lane, the city has to put a protected bike lane on that street immediately. No council approval needed. We must get the bikes out or the way of these VIPs

[Sujit Patwardhan @sujitjp]

@ShitoleSanjay @PMPMLPune The way to reduce congestion is to restrict or even ban personal vehicles in the congested part and not to restrict or ban public transport.

[Nandini K Oza @OzaNandini]

Frontline reviews book, The Struggle for Narmada "THIS book is a must-read for those who want to understand fully & appreciate how development is an antithesis of itself... Adivasi leaders record the struggles of their community..." https://t.co/vSz3UjuVyL

[London Cycles @London_Cycles]

London wasn't always like this 🇬🇧

We could, and should, have the same in every UK city.

[Sujit Patwardhan @sujitjp]

Based on past experience he will be let off on bail and allowed to continue his crooked ways with full support of his leaders.

[Swara Bhasker @ReallySwara]

“On suspicion of being Muslim”
Let’s repeat that to ourselves until it dawns on us how deeply rotten we’ve become as a society, for having basically dehumanised and criminalised an entire community.
This is a deeply shamed & sickening state of affairs in our country. 💔

[Sujit Patwardhan @sujitjp]

Now whose turn is it?

[Nandini K Oza @OzaNandini]

Winds of change, @narendramodi 's friend @ScottMorrisonMP also voted out in Australia although he cooked Modi's favourite Khichdi to get #Australian Indian Votes. Earlier, Modi's good friend @Trump whom he endorsed was voted out in USA.

[Darryl Young @DarrylWYoung]

Or maybe an entire generation of State DOTs traditionalists are the problem and evolving or evicting them is the solution

[London YIMBY @londonyimby]

Strangely, Meard Street has survived for hundreds of years without being wide enough for a full size fire engine to turn around in

[Sujit Patwardhan @sujitjp]

Lesson for our cities?

[Natalia Barbour @natalia_barbour]

The culture of a city is reflected in how fast a pedestrian crosses the street and how much guilt they are feeling for blocking the traffic.

The goal should be a normal pace and zero guilt. The reality in many places is a jog and a hand wave to apologize for existing.

[Sujit Patwardhan @sujitjp]

Why then are trees the first victims of road making in many of our cities?

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Streets designed for parked and moving vehicles have many costs for society. Urban heat (+ its consequences) can be added to that list!

Read how to change this: https://t.co/AyHd6jMZk6
#Movement

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

On a 90 degree day, this tree canopy is heaven. More tree canopies on every street, please.

[Swara Bhasker @ReallySwara]

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