CRUCIAL meeting to get to, and stuck in a traffic jam? That is when you realize how much mobility matters. If in a non-airconditioned bus or in an autorickshaw, the smell of noxious exhaust fumes reinforces the menacing message of the pollution havoc wrought by motorized vehicles in our cities. Despite the compulsory use of CNG by public vehicles in Delhi, pollution is still at dangerous, health-affecting levels. In many other cities, it is possibly greater, made worse by the adulteration of fuel with cheaper kerosene.
Poor traffic management, driver indiscipline, and lack of enforcement contribute to jams, in addition to the sheer volume of traffic. A further problem is improper road engineering, ensuring flooding—often in the very same places — with the slightest rainfall. One has not seen a good study quantifying the massive monetary impact of person-hours lost, fuel wasted, and pollution resulting from idling engines in slow or immobile traffic. There is also the human cost of interviews missed, of ambulances delayed, of mental and physical strain.
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CRUCIAL meeting to get to, and stuck in a traffic jam? That is when you realize how much mobility matters. If in a non-airconditioned bus or in an autorickshaw, the smell of noxious exhaust fumes reinforces the menacing message of the pollution havoc wrought by motorized vehicles in our cities. Despite the compulsory use of CNG by public vehicles in Delhi, pollution is still at dangerous, health-affecting levels. In many other cities, it is possibly greater, made worse by the adulteration of fuel with cheaper kerosene.