Re: carfree in the country

Zach,

My two cents are being sent before the high oil prices hit money markets.

This is an interesting discussion which I can relate to because I live
in a developing country and commute to work from my house in the
agricultural fringe about 40 kms from the city.

Mr.Pardo is absolutely correct. If I couldn't afford the gas prices
(just shot up today by 50%) I would have stopped my city work and
become a farmer so maybe I could produce my own fuel and food.

As far as my observations in Lahore go, the answer is an emphatic "no,
you need a well constructed road". In large cities of the Punjab, the
government has so far attempted to provide inter and intra district
public transport services but political instability and corruption
have left the inhabitants with few choices amidst unreliable and
unsafe infrastructure and transport services.

As an interesting aside, what I don't know is where my city limits lie
and it's almost impossible for some of us to even consider where the
city ends and the industrial or agricultural area starts. Haphazard
development along corridors has led to sprawl and government agencies
have a hard time in providing adequate services to these areas. Come
to think of it, they have a hard time in getting services to their
controlled areas--thereby necessitating, in part, my exodus from the
city.

Cheers,

Hassaan

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Institutional Development Specialist
Urban Sector Policy and Management Unit (The Urban Unit)
Planning & Development Department,
Government of the Punjab

A: 4-B Lytton Road, Lahore, Pakistan
T: 9213579-84 (Ext.116)
F: 9213585
M: 0345 455 6016
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http://hghazali.googlepages.com

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