Hi In my home town Pondicherry 25 years back if you see both male and female go every where using their bicycle only.Bi cycle was the official transport of both Rich and poor earlier. this article took me back to my good old cycling days. Good to read that the trend is comming back slowly.
tearing down the macadam? google search of 'macadam' gives 8,760,000 hits whereas 'road' gives 738,000,000 hits. u have any problem with the word "road" other than the urge to show that u know an obscure word like "macadam".
Re: macadam?
by Jayanth on Jun 11, 2010 02:19 PM
Seriously, what's your problem? If its a new word, its always interesting to use it or know about it. Btw, "tearing down the macadam", reads a lot better than "tearing down the road". Lets not be cynical about anything and everything.
Re: Re: macadam?
by sriprasad sridhar on Jun 11, 2010 02:45 PM
Boss.....the objective of communication is to make the readers understand. "Macadam" simply does not serve that.
Cycling on the Indian Roads is very unsafe with chaotic traffic everywhere. it is very difficult if there is no separate tracks for the sake of the cyclists. most of the hit and run accident victims are cyclists, pedestrians and two wheel drivers. This point should be kept in my mind before you venture for cycling on the indian roads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Cycling on Indian Roads.
by rao dhananjay on Jun 25, 2010 11:34 AM
Sorry friend...not to single out your comment.... I would like to reach out each person reading this and say...there are thousand reasons to avoid cycling and just few to do it.... But bottomline is..its worth it.... lets not be cynical about this movement and lets reach out to the authorities like our municipal corporations or companies and raise our voice for better facilities....
I regularly cycle to work here. There are proper cycling tracks which are maintained periodically. My few colleagues also bought cycle after me. I saw one thing that Indians here see cyclist in a different way but americans really appreciate to ride cycle to work as its go green effort and good for health. I chhose to cycle as my workplace is not too far, good to keep my tummy in, no issues with parking and no licence required.
Re: I cycle to work here in Florida, US
by Bitter Truth on Jun 13, 2010 05:32 PM
Come back to India and cycle to work! You will know how different and tough it is in India.
Re: encourage cycling
by Abhay Phansekar on Jun 10, 2010 09:00 PM
When more and more people start using cycles for daily travel, I'm sure the government will take notice and plan roads and other support infrastructure for cyclists. It will save huge amount of fossile fules and help reduce our carbon footprint. Keep our environment polution free, and last but not the least, keep us fit.
