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on 2009-04-29 and saved by 2 people
Traffic, construction, crackers are major noise-pollutants - Mumbai - The Times of India

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traffic noise on 2009-04-30 and saved by 2 people
- Traffic, construction activities and fire-crackers during festivities top the
  list of polluters in the
  
  city.
- According to activists,
  the biggest culprit is the blaring noise caused by honking. The use of shrill
  musical and multi-toned horns add to the cacophony on the streets, even in
  silent zones where honking is banned, including localities near hospitals,
  schools and courts. Noise from motors and exhaust system of vehicles are other
  high-level sounds created on city roads.
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- - Readings in the Crawford
    Market area revealed
  - The noise level
    for all category of vehicles were far above normal--two wheelers
    emitted up to 90 db (permissible level is 75 db), three wheelers 77-85 db
    (77db), cars up to 90 db (75 db) and trucks recorded between 80 db and 95 db (82
    db).
Mumbai traffic woes: 'Solution lies in dedicated bus lanes, congestion tax' - Mumbai - Cities - The Times of India

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traffic solution on 2009-04-30
- The
  experts say projects like Bus Rapid Transit System and areaspecific plying
  schemes would be more effective. P R K Murthy, Chief of Transport and
  Communication wing of MMRDA, said a congestion tax-money collected from
  motorists for plying in a congested areawould also help in lowering the vehicle
  density within the city thus restricting frequent traffic snarls.
- Restricting
  parking on arterial roads, car pooling and increasing buses through dedicated
  bus lanes are the three effective measures to lessen vehicle density, said
  expert Ashok Datar. He said imposing conditions on car occupancy, which is an
  average 1.8 persons per car in Mumbai, is also possible.
Soon, silent traffic jams in city - Mumbai - Cities - The Times of India

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noise solution traffic on 2009-04-30
- Traffic snarls in the city
  could soon be silent with the civic body and traffic police set to clamp down on
  honking with the creation of
  
  nearly 1,100 silent zones across the metropolis.
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 1,113
  locations as 'silence zones' across the city last month and will be putting up
  signages indicating it to the public.
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- - Penalties will be imposed on violators of the
    silent zones by local police and traffic police authorities, he said.
Potholes put traffic on W-E highway in a jam - Mumbai - Cities - The Times of India

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traffic jam potholes on 2009-04-30 and saved by 2 people
- Potholes are causing frequent
  traffic jams on the Western Express highway
- Kailash
  Aggarwal, a businessman who regularly uses the highway to reach his Tarapur
  factory from his Juhu residence, said: "Motorists are at a risk of developing
  back problems due to such pathetic roads."
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- - He pays the Rs 20-toll
    tax each time he passes the octroi post, but rues that the money is not being
    put to good use.
Can car-pooling rid Mumbai of traffic chaos?

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traffic solution ngo on 2009-04-30 and saved by 2 people
- Mumbai's harrowing traffic tribulations could soon be eased if car-pooling becomes a popular mode of transport in the city,
- We have a list of 4,000 people, mostly office-goers, who have shown interest in such a system," said Ashok Datar of NGO Mumbai Environment Social Network (MESN).
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- - "While single-use cars, particularly taxis can cost a bomb, when used on a shared basis, passengers have to pay just one-fourth of the total meter charge," said Arun Sabnis of NGO Fulora Foundation.
  - If the car pooling idea clicks with Mumbaikars, traffic could be brought down by close to 25 percent in just one and a half years, claims Ashok from Koolpool.
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traffic solution on 2009-05-01
- The basic objective of developing the Truck Terminal is to decongest South
  Mumbai by shifting the existing transport companies offices and godowns, which
  are today concentrated in B & C Wards in South Mumbai causing severe traffic
  congestion. It will also help to rationalise the movement of truck traffic on
  the city roads
Transportation

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- Transportation in Mumbai is a huge problem, especially due to the geography
  of the island. There is a large concentration of all the commercial and
  administrative functions on the southern end of the island due to the fact
  that the fort was located there and has since developed into a modern Central
  Business District.
- The number of commuters
  using railroads has increased five fold between 1959 and 1989.
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- - Today one of the major problems in Mumbai is traveling distances. The
    average distance traveled per passenger of mass transportation is 6 kilometers,
    nearly one-third the length of the island of Mumbai. Because of the overcrowding
    on the mass transit system, many people are switching to scooters or mopeds.
    This is problematic because it does not help with the pollution problem
    that Mumbai faces.
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Facts about transport in Mumbai

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Solutions For Road Junctions

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solution jam traffic on 2009-05-07
- Dedicated bus lane
- Rerouting vehicles
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- - Streamlining traffic)
  - Right turning lanes under the flyover
  - Dedicated right turn lane
  - Channelizing traffic
Concepts

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traffic rules

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traffic on 2009-05-18
Bad roads drain wallets, fuel road rage - Mumbai - Cities - The Times of India

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traffic potholes on 2009-05-23
- The city's bad roads are not
  only breaking backs but also axles and wallets.
- "Because of the bad roads,
  traffic moves slowly and we can't keep to scheduled times," says a BEST
  official, adding that not only do the jerks and jolts make their older
  passengers uncomfortable but also lead to more frequent tyre punctures and
  spring breakages.
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- - "My car is getting brutalised by the roads," moans Ashok
    Hegde, who travels on the western expressway every day.
  - One executive recounts how
    it took two hours to get from Bandra to the Sahar airport on one rainy evening,
    as cars piled up on the pockmarked roads.
  - Automobile repair shops say
    that after every monsoon, car and cab owners flood their garages after every
    monsoon. The worst hit are the small cars
    .
  - "The first casualty is
    the suspension, and that is the major repair work that we do every monsoon,"
    says garage owner Ravi Shinde, who sees a four-fold increase in business the
    month after the monsoon.
  - In extreme cases, says Shinde, the axle has
    broken and the windshields cracked when the vehicle goes over a particularly
    nasty hole.

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