Connecting the News
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On face of it , the following news appear “ unrelated
“ :
Highlights :
* The number of daily travellers of BEST buses in Mumbai
has dropped from 42 lakh (
per day ) to 25 lakh . BEST’s annual loss is
about Rs 900 crore and its accumulated
loss is over Rs 5,000 crore . BEST will
need Rs 10,000 crore in the next 5 / 6 years
for its existing operations .
BEST’s running cost is Rs 107
per Km ( for its diesel buses ) whereas Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation , just signed a
lease agreement for Electric Buses at
Rs 8.7 per Km !
[ Ref : https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/ev-electricvehicles-eesl-
wetlease.html ]
Mumbai: Price capping for your taxi and auto rides
to be delayed further
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-price-capping-for-your-taxi-and-auto-rides-to-be-delayed-further/story-4hGjTJJo1DL2WZKsaT3nWN.html
Highlights
:
* During peak hours , UBER / OLA charge a “ surge price “ which
is 4 to 5 times the normal price !
Khatua Panel – 2016 ( which reviewed the recommendations of Hakim Panel
– 2012 ) wants this limited to 2.5 times ( still taking advantage of the fact
that the citizens do not have a faster / cheaper / better alternative ! )
Dutch may soon get paid for cycling to work
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/dutch-may-soon-get-paid-for-cycling-to-work/articleshow/64609156.cms
Highlights :
One innovative idea is to
compensate employees for cycling to work, with Van Veldhoven proposing a reimbursement of 19 cents ( Rs 15 ) per kilometre cycled
from home and back
through fiscal rewards
such as subsidies to buy bicycles " with major
national employers
and small and medium
enterprises," her ministry said in a statement.
More than half of people's daily trips in the Netherlands are less than 7.5 kilometres and
more than half live less than 15 kilometres from work.
"With the development of the electric
bicycle, this distance can easily be covered," the
ministry added, saying nearly 100 million euros have been budgeted to
increase bicycle
roads and its parking space.
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