Dear Dr Mukherjee :
Through DNA ( 11 sept ) , you have asked citizens (
Mumbaikars ) for suggestions re proposed cycle track along Tansa pipe line
At the outset , allow me to congratulate you on this
very welcome initiative !
I request you to consider my following blog as a
suggestion to extend your idea further
Please feel free to write / phone , should you need
any clarifications
With Regards,
hemen
parekh
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
Sunday, 3 September
2017
A Sensible Solution
Hindustan
Times ( 03 Sept ) carries following news report :
“
Soon , cycle or jog on one of country’s longest tracks “
Highlights :
· BMC
will create a 39 km long cycling / jogging track along Tansa
pipeline , stretching from Mulund to Antop Hill in Wadala , shortest route
connecting the eastern suburbs and parts of central Mumbai
· It
will be a 10 M wide corridor on both the sides of the
pipeline , and require removal of 15,000 structures along the pipeline
· It
will have 40 entry-exit
points and connect 19 railway stations , seven Metro and four monorail stations
· It
will cost Rs 300
crore and it’s first phase will start in
October and entire length is expected to be completed by 2019
I
would say , “ Not a day too soon “ !
This
idea ( already implemented in several countries ) will go a long way to reduce
Mumbai’s famous traffic jams and the parking problems for its 22 lakh cars and 17 lakh motor-cycles !
While
welcoming this excellent initiative , I urge BMC / Maharashtra Government
to consider following suggestions :
· Construct 40 Meter wide , light-load-carrying ( LLC ) roads over
all the railway tracks in Mumbai ( may be totalling 100 Km ? ) , exclusively for
bicycles ( not
for those 17 lakh motor-cycles )
· These
“ Overhead Bicycle Tracks ( LLC = OBT ) “ could be covered with
roofs made of TESLA’s Solar Roof-Tiles ,
to generate Solar Power .
In Gujarat , some irrigation canals have been covered by Solar Panels , in
order to
generate power and reduce water-loss due to evaporation .
With TESLA Roof-Tiles
there is no need to install separate
conventional Solar Panels
· Besides
generating Solar Power , the slanting roofs over LLCs , will prevent the train tracks below from getting flooded during
heavy rains .
· Rain-Water-Collection gutters along both
sides of the roof will enable “ Rain
Water Harvesting “
· Just
2 months ago , Sai Baba Trust (
Shirdi ) announced installation of “ Electricity Generating Floor Tiles “ in its compound , which will produce
electricity by people walking over it !
BMC
should consider installing such floor-tiles along
the entire length of OBT , which would generate FOOT POWER to augment the overhead SOLAR POWER
Read
:
Sai Baba may save the World [
06 June 2017 ]
· Provide
LIFTS ( to take the bicycles , up or down ) at all
Entry – Exit points
· Also provide along the LLCs , “ Bicycle Stands “ at every 1 km distance for parking “ Bicycle Taxies
“
( BIXI
/ http://montreal.bixi.com/en
)
· On
the LLC , provide a separate LANE / TRACK (
in each direction ) for ordinary bicycles fitted
with Geo-Orbital
Electric Wheel ,
which would enable a rider to go 20
miles at a speed of 20 MPH – and 50
miles if you also pedal a little bit !
·
· For
benefits of this suggestion , read :
A Radical Radial Revolution [
18 Aug 2016 ]
04
Sept 2017
www.hemenparekh.in /
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