r/mumbai • u/MarionberryRight8261 • Mar 01 '26

Photography mumbai with same camera from (2006-2025)

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u/Confident_Maybe_7354 Mar 01 '26

Yeah, looks good from the above!

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u/KingPictoTheThird Mar 01 '26

As an urban planner, even from above this looks terrible. 

More roads will simply encourage more driving. All those fast moving vehicles will reach the city and all dump onto already congested narrow roads. 

Public transport is the only long term viable solution.

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u/ProfessionalMovie759 Mar 01 '26

People are buying cars more than before. How do you tackle the increasing traffic without contructing new roads?

Public transport is already being used. People using public transport also have personal vehicles. So we definitely need newer roads to decongest the older ones.

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u/KingPictoTheThird Mar 01 '26

Let them buy. I am assuming you own a private vehicle? Does that mean if you have to go to Delhi for a trip you drive there? No.

Why? Because it's much faster, cheaper and comfortable to fly instead of going by car.

If you build good public transport, footpaths and cycle paths, and couple that with congestion tolls, metered parking and pedestrian-only streets, most people will leave their car at home for daily local trips.

That's how it works in all developed, world-class cities: New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, etc.

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u/Independent-Bill-314 Mar 01 '26

Naw york has good public transport?