Eco India: Why Ahmedabad is turning to bicycles to ease traffic congestion
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
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The humble bicycle occupied a special place among working class Indians for decades especially because it was cost-effective and utilitarian. Modernisation introduced faster modes of transportation and bicycles were sidelined. But in the last few years, with increasing traffic congestion and pollution, many cities in India introduced private pay-as-you-go bikes. This week, we visit Ahmedabad to understand how they fit into the city’s mobility plan.
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Protected Cycling Lanes!
That’s the next stage to sincere cycling adoption.
I am from ahmedabad and guys let me tell you ahmedabad is the best when it comes to a clean green organised city with good public transport I have live in mumbai Delhi and a city in Karnataka but no one matches the safety that ahmedabad guarantes
If we are comparing just buses as public transport I do agree. But dmrc is doing a fantastic job in connectivity of Delhi.. I am in Chandigarh now and still miss the ease of transportation there.
@@sassy_llama5909 bro I have live in delhi but I think they r way too crowded and vonjusted am sure there r some but just talking from experience
Encouraging to see evolving transport, hope to see more improvements
Very refreshing, always good to see "Common People's Willpower" toward making change.
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taking Netherlands as an inspiration certainly the bicycle culture can certainly be implemented but the biggest problem is Gujarat's heat!
Good morning Med Dr., I am 200% sure Indian tech people can make a cooling ventilator on the bicycle that is powered with the energy of the moving legs of the cyclist 😘 Groetjes from Holland🌷
@@ingejustavanderhelm5208 what's your Instagram handle?
@@ingejustavanderhelm5208 How do you guys manage cycling in winters ? Aren't most of the months too cold and snowy for cycling ?
@@PiyushUniyalMPH the netherlands had mostly a mild climate because its near the sea. So the winters arent harsh and the summers aren’t very hot either. In the winters it can go down to 0 degrees but it doesnr happen that often and in summers the average is around 20. And of course the land is very flat so biking is ideal. I am a dutch born indian but to be honest. Biking culture will not succeed in India. Firstly to due its warm climate and sometimes even extremely humid and uneven land which makes it difficult to ride.
@@TheUndertaker2408 yes these two are main concerns along with complete lack of biking infra
In chandigarh the government has start the Smart Bike project which works just like the one in Ahmedabad and many people have started using this facility. It is refreshing to see these red bikes on roads. This is a good initiative. However there is a problem with these bicycles not being charged most of the times. I have used smart bike two times and both times the bicycles were not charged.
Finally, an Indian city giving the city back to its people. All cities should be for people and not for cars. Keep going Ahmedabad! and be an inspiration to all of India. ❤🚲
40 degree mein cycle chalayi h kabhi?
@@donquixote1066 Actually it's proven fewer cars in the cities reduces temperatures in the cities.
@@socialistsolidarity 35 bhi bahut zyada hota h bhai. Ek baar cycling karo dhoop mein. Phir is idea ko support/oppose karna.
Where are the safe cycle tracks in Amd or any Indian city ? In Amd people don't have traffic discipline esp scooters & bikes and accidents are very common. In that rash driving only a foolish bicycle rider will risk life & injury to ride on the roads
@@aosaeanor They don't get that. People see a good cause and want to support it without thinking about the practicality of it. This cycle idea will always be a flop in the hot climate of India.
September, October, November, December, January, February and March are the best months to be Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad has changed a lot.
It is also important to build cycling velodromes near universities and sport complexes so that both district and city level competitions as well as international competitions can take place and athletes will have a place to train. So that way the mindset of a healthy lifestyle evolves.
In India Municipal urban planning does not make side walks a must. This is British era legacy that continues till date. When India cannot change/ update archaic rules can modern thoughts of bicycle tracks & such ever be thought of by such people ?
Great Initiative,Mybyk,BRT and Amdabyk. I would suggest you Should Go All Over City wide Awareness of Bike ,as Healthy and Cheap Mode of Transport,And Make Payment Parity to Poor Citizens also. It's Time to Think For Cities Vulnerable and Make Everybody feel Part of This Initiative by making Affordable to Each and Every Citizen. This should not be a show Business, But Should Be A Show Business,For All Rich and Poor Resident of City "We Care, On Bicycle Be Their". All The Best.
every step counts ❤.. hope for the great change
It's crazy in Ahmedabad. We need more Electric Bicycles.. would be faster as well.
Amd literally has no traffic discipline among people. Rash driving is common esp by motorized two wheelers & accidents are very common. Add to that people honk unnecessarily.
Looks pretty clean for an Indian city
The city is clean & Municipality does a great job to ensure it stays like that. But people don't. As is common with Indians, people throw trash everywhere. Besides the trash strewn around, its not uncommon to find trash piles in public areas.
@@aosaeanor true but I noticed it at a much lower scale here compared to cities like Bangalore or Mumbai Pune.. and was also pleasantly surprised at the street vendors cleaning their areas before leaving:), go Amdavad👍
@@dheerajb1883 Street vendors usually clean their area & this is common across cities. It's people in general -- civic sense lacks
Amazing, it is si good to see such an attempt is happening at Ahmedabad and people are accepting the change.
ride sharing was a flop in Bangalore and other major cities due to poor bike maintenance, low ridership and frequent bike thefts. I doubt the success of this as well.
i have done 300kms on yulu bike in 2020 before pandemic.
It's because of the poor design of the city. It's built for vehicles and not people and bicycles.
It's already a success in ahemdabad
These bike sharing are started in 2008 in ahmadabad. So it already successful
This has been happening in Ahmedabad since years , mybyk is go to option for us!!
It's not just what they are showing here but we amdavadis really integrate into our lives
Well done citizens of Ahmedabad!
Amazing piece. Thank you so much.
Hope this starts in hyderabad too 👍
I already seen this bicycles' use by teens on main road to ease traffic congestion & high fuel cost problems in Chengannur, Kerala 20 years ago.
Where is the safe space to bicycle in metros in India? Even for short distances people opt for motorized vehicles
if ahmedabad actually cared about the ecosysytem, they would have planted some trees along the river, instead of being so proud of that concrete naala, they call river development
What makes you think that trees are some amazing thing which solves all the problems. And besides that to answer your question, they had planted trees but they haven't grown as much as they would have liked because they were stupid enough to forget to remove debris before planting trees. And the concrete is there to safeguard buildings from floods. Walls existed even before making this riverfront.
Don't care + didn't ask + still better than whatever shit-hole you reside in.
4:29 That Autorickshaw took a very dangerous right turn in front of the bus, without giving right indicator.
gujju rocks
Plural???
@@maazkalim kya
“gujju”
Marathi sands
Good initiative.
i live in science city and believe me ac bus are way cheap
Way forward
The only way to reduce traffic in India is for more people to work from home.
Better Public transport and proper road segregation is a must. The roads arent systematically engineered in India and people dont know proper traffic rules. Thats why its chaos in Indian cities. Vehicle ownership in and population density in india is a lot lower than in the netherlands. But in The netherlands there is a lot better traffic management and rules are stricter implied. Indian cities can learn from dutch engineers and rulemakers
the most imortant part of makin the my bike system successful will be to built a network of bike lanes through the city which is not present right now if it is built (which takes much less money to make than a elevated road or adding more lanes to existing roads which do not reduce traffic and infact increase traffic due to induced demand)
In India when sidewalks are not a must, any thoughts of a network of bicycle lanes seems a remote thought. Given the road congestion & literally unchecked motoroized vehicle purchases its impossible for bicycles to be a popular mode of transport
Traffic discipline is as good as non- existent among people in Ahmedabad. It is unsafe for motorized two wheelers & accidents are very common. Bicycle riders risk death & serious injury if they choose to cycle around the city
@@aosaeanor sidewalks are a must everywhere in the world and India is no different,places where sidewalks are there have much less people dying from car accidents because cars are not hitting the people walking on road.
Give me a robust reason why would sidewalks will ot be necessary not only in India but anywhere in the world on a busy road
@@aosaeanor exactly the reason to make protected bike lanes which are separated from road traffic by a physical barrier like a median with trees planted, accidents in a protected bike lanes are extremely rare and even when they are accidents its not fatal
Have you never seen a protected bike lane before?
@@Amaankf Check India's Muncipality rules . Sidewalks are not a must as part of road construction
The biggest problem Ahmedabad is facing is that of lack of walkability. And make the streets narrower, it will reduce speed of cars and thus travelling by bus will be faster than going by car and majority of people will start using BRTS and Metro
Does Dr Shalini Sinha use public transit? What would our cities look like if politicians made public transit their main mode of transportation?
back to the future.
Just expand the BRTS instead of waiting 30 years for Metro to come up!
Due to Digital divide these solutions doesn't help the whole humanity , yes nearly all people use smartphone nowadays but many of them uses only for entertainment.
I hope I will be proven wrong in near future.
Digital application is a far thought. As a start point where are the safe roads that bicycle riders can use in Metro cities ? Traffic congestion of Motorized vehicles are like rapidly growing cancer in India . What makes matters worse is the lack of well thought through long term plan for urban infra
2024 anyone?
Biking to work doesn't work because people sweat because of bike riding and then they smell horrible all day at work! In a country like India where it gets really hot quite early in the day, people will smell like goats! Then, will need a new invention at work: MyShower!
true, but for small distance commute, it is still a pretty good transport option.
@@ankushthakurrrr I agree
i have biked to work for 8 years. sometimes it was the only motivation to go to work.
Level of sweat for a small distance is not a problem. Plus trees can be planted to reduce the overall temperature of a city. This is also known as urban heat island effect
Before cars, people used to walk and cycle, do they think people worried about sweating then?
Good joke.i live in Abad.. most people travel by brts or personal vehicle. Not possible in mega city of Abad. To travel on bicycle for work
Give the urbane poor a free bike then they are no longer poor
BRTS is a complete failure in bhopal.
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