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07 May 09

:: The Humsafar Trust :: About Us

  • The
    Humsafar Trust was set up in April 1994 by the leading gay activist
    Ashok
    Row Kavi
  • to reach out to the gay population in the Mumbai Metro and surrounding areas
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06 May 09

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India's techies take to cycling

  • nearly three million vehicles clog 500km (300 miles) of Bangalore's gridlocked
    roads, with 1,000 new vehicles added every day.

  • Concerns over traffic conditions and the environment, combined with the
    sedentary lifestyles peculiar to the software sector, have all combined to
    promote cycling to work in Bangalore.

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05 May 09

India's Anti-Gay Law Set for Biggest Court Challenge

  • activists to force India's government to strike down a Victorian-era law banning
    homosexuality
04 May 09

Cycling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Cycling is the use of bicycles

  • Road bikes tend to have a more upright shape and a shorter wheelbase, which
    make the bike more mobile but harder to ride slowly. The design, coupled with
    low or dropped handlebars, requires the rider to bend forward more, utilizing
    stronger muscles and reducing air resistance at high speed.

29 Apr 09

Bicycle commuting | Cycles of all sorts

  • In the West it is common to combine bicycle commuting with other means of public
    transportation (also known as mixed-mode commuting). Folding bicycles are used
    if space, fees or restrictions interfere with taking full size bicycles along.
    Another alternative is to have a bicycle parked at a station.

  • There are a number of issues to be addressed with respect to cycle commuting,
    many of which are raised as objections by those who choose not to do so. While
    it is undoubtedly a matter of personal choice, and these concerns are not
    without basis in fact, it is true to say that there are very few issues which
    have not been solved in one way or another by those who are committed to cycle
    commuting.

MMRDA - Projects - Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Useful for gathering general information about transportation policy in Mumbai. Also useful for finding someone to interview.

www.mmrdamumbai.org/projects_mutp.htm - Preview

Greenest city of India to promote ‘bike tourism’

  • CITCO has put around 10 ultra-modern bicycles, fitted with gearboxes, at the
    Sukhna Lake, one of the major tourist destinations here. Anyone interested in
    cycling can take these bicycles on rent.

Cyclists in city ask for more pedal - Mumbai - Cities - The Times of India

Activists Fawzan Javed and Colin Christopher, who initiated the move for the meeting, felt that starting a bicycle movement in Bandra would set a precedent for other suburbs to follow

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Mumbai cycling

  • a public meeting at the Carter Road amphitheatre, Bandra (W), to popularise
    cycling in the city to check pollution and reduce traffic congestion
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  • Activists Fawzan Javed and Colin Christopher, who initiated the move for the
    meeting, felt that starting a bicycle movement in Bandra would set a precedent
    for other suburbs to follow.
20 Apr 09

Bicycle Statistical Data: Usage, Productions and Sales

  • Hard facts on bike usage, production, sales, imports, exports and trade are
    hard to come by. Many of the best statistics are buried in papers that are
    presented at conferences such as VeloCity, ProBike and the Transportation
    Research Board (TRB). Sometimes these papers are published after the conferences
    but it can then be difficult to get a hold of the proceeding, and then they
    aren't very well indexed so you have to go through all of all of them to extract
    anything that might be useful to you.

  • Tokyo
    Japan
    Cost of owning a
    car is high: fuel taxes double those of the United States account for almost
    half of the price of gas; automobile tax levies and vehicle inspection fees
    amount to an average of almost $2,000 annually.

Welcome to Pukar

Describes an NGO geared towards improving urban centers.

www.pukar.org.in/news.htm - Preview

NGO

  • DO YOU









    Live in Mumbai?
    Have curiosity and concern about your city?
    Want to explore these curiosities and concerns?
    Want to have fun while discovering your city, locality and
    yourself?

  • PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action & Research) is an independent
    research–action organization. PUKAR wants to encourage youth to generate
    research projects on diverse aspects of MUMBAI through the Youth Fellowship
    Programme.


     Supported by the
    Sir Ratan Tata Trust, the Youth Fellowship Programme has facilitated more
    than 100 research projects on diverse aspects Mumbai in the last four years.
    More than 1200 youth have generated new knowledge about Mumbai through these
    projects.

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