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Shopping malls as public space in India
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The Great FSI Debate : Increasing FSI improves housing solutions
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The Great FSI Debate : Indian Cities & the Shanghai Fascination
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The Great FSI Debate: Use FSI in a holistic manner.
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The Great FSI Debate: Benefits of Urban Density
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The Great FSI Debate: FSI versus Quality of Life
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Why small towns are lagging behind?
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Live: Highlights from Indian Budget 2013 for the Urban Infrastructure Sector
28 February 2013 7:15 AM | No Comments
Housing India
Why Mumbai Needs a Strategic Urban Design/ Ecological Master Plan
Revival of Historic cores of Cities
What Architecture means…
My big idea for cities in 2012: Cities with Shared Pod Car Systems
My big idea for cities in 2012: Making cities Sustainable
My big idea for cities in 2012: Making cities Sustainable
In light of the recent environment!
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The Urban Vision : Capture the BIG Picture
Mobility Archive
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Portland’s TravelSmart and SmartTrips
Posted on August 9, 2011 | 8 CommentsDespite a great public transit network and bicycling/pedestrian infrastructure, a majority of residents in Portland still choose single-occupancy car trips as their primary mode of transport. The two primary reasons for such travel behaviour are thought to be lack of information amongst road users about... -
Interview with Derek Hofbauer
Posted on July 24, 2011 | 5 CommentsWith its proven track record, Indian cities have the opportunity to learn and adapt individualised marketing techniques to manage a ballooning demand for single-occupancy car travel. In this candid interview, Derek Hofbauer explains the nuances of individualised marketing, citing experiences from Portland, Australia and Europe to make an irrefutable case for this method. Read on to gain more insights into a novel yet simple concept. -
Transportation Systems Management and Operations
Posted on June 1, 2011 | 14 CommentsManaging smooth flow of traffic has been a daunting challenge in Indian cities, where not only is car use growing exponentially, but the scope of modal conflicts is larger than in developed countries. Indian roads are used by over 18 modes of transport, including non-motorised... -
Interview with Deena Platman
Posted on May 21, 2011 | 7 CommentsDeena Platman, Principal Transportation Planner at Metro in Portland, Oregon is implementing cutting edge solutions to a problem that is exceptionally common to large Indian cities today – inefficient traffic management. A transportation planner with over 15 years of experience, she currently leads a revolutionary... -
New York is closing down its roads to cars!
Posted on November 8, 2009 | 6 CommentsIn a move that is likely to have a dramatic ripple affect on thinking on Urban Renewal across the globe- New York City is closing down some of its major roads to cars. A program titled “Green Light for Midtown” has turned lanes of... -
What is the greatest threat to our planet?
Posted on May 9, 2009 | 11 CommentsThis 3-minute video asks the question “What’s the greatest threat to our planet?” and explains how sustainability is embedded in the way a city is built. A city that has an urban form that is sprawled, auto-centric, low- density and is not... -
New Ideas For Transit In Los Angeles
Posted on February 25, 2009 | 5 CommentsMumbai and Delhi aren’t the only places with transit headaches. In fact, the mother of all freeway cities, Los Angeles, has reached its breaking point. Just try taking the 10 freeway eastbound any day after 4 p.m. I dare you. The effects of traffic and... -
Automobile and the city.
Posted on January 31, 2009 | 9 Comments“Most problems the developing world is facing become better as one gets richer. Except for transportation, it gets worse.” Enrique Peñalosa, the revolutionary urbanist and the former mayor of Bogota said to me in an Interview in Mumbai, even as the rush-hour traffic soared... -
Challenge of Energy Transition
Posted on January 29, 2009 | 7 CommentsCOSTS AND CHALLENGES OF ENERGY TRANSITION Andrew McKillop Former Expert-Programming, Div A-Policy, DG XVII-Energy, European Commission, Brussels Submission to FINSIA for JASSA journal, Version 3.1, Jan 2009 ABSTRACT Costs for moving away from fossil fuels, on a worldwide base, can be quantified and estimated in various ways, using different hypotheses... -
Have you walked in your city recently?
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 46 CommentsThere was a time when I used walk extensively- from my college to the office and home and to almost everywhere else. I remember always looking forward to those walks to reflect, think and relax. I am nostalgic about those times in my favourite city...
