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What Is Loitering, Really?

America’s laws against lingering have roots in Medieval and Elizabethan England. Since 1342, the goal has always been to keep anyone “out of

To loiter is simply to be in one place. Loitering happens when people start to find that suspicious , to think one doesnt belong in that place, environment...

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In Washington, Walk on the Grass, but Step Gently

The National Mall’s installation of expensive new turf and its imposition of new rules have created an identity crisis: Should the mall rema

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Paris Will Finally Let You Have a Little Fun in Its Public Parks

Bikes, games, picnics, and dogs are finally getting a warmer welcome in the French capital’s famously stringent parks and gardens.

If Paris did it, why not Mumbai

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How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world

In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerab

There was a time, in the 1950s and 60s, when cyclists were under severe threat of being expelled from Dutch cities by the growing number of cars. Only thanks to fierce activism and a number of decisive events would Amsterdam succeed in becoming what it is, unquestionably, now: the bicycle capital of the world.

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The Fight For Mumbai’s Coastline | Nature inFocus

Here is why the citizens of Mumbai are protesting its ambitious (read disastrous) 1.7 billion dollar traffic solution – the Mumbai Coastal R

1. Where Will The Wildlife Go?

2. Where Will The Tides Go?

3. Where Will The Fishermen Go?

4. False Promises

5. A Connection Lost?

6. What Can You Do?

Reclaim your shores, the right way. Visit the city’s coastline, document its richness and share it with everyone. Stay informed and spread awareness about its importance with your friends and famil

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In Bengaluru, once India’s ‘garden city’, parks are now restricted areas that keep the poor out

Academics and activists call this the privatisation of public spaces.

Short bursts of a screeching sound filled the air. It wasn’t a bird, it was a man with a whistle. And as he blew into it, everyone in the park slowly began to make his or her way out. It was 10 am, and in Bengaluru – the capital of Karnataka – that’s when many neighbourhood parks close, re-opening only after 5 pm, even on a Saturday

We all have lived this scene in Mumbai, though BMC promised to open parks betweek 6am and 9 pm with only 3 hours off from 12pm to 3pm... Same goes with keep off the grass rules in many park such as Bajaj. This is what we are fighting for : a real public open space

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Deaths due to potholes is unacceptable: Supreme Court

The bench sought a response from the Centre on the report filed by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety.

accidents.

It also raised the issue of deaths in accidents due to potholes on roads, particularly in Mumbai, and said that according to reports, there were around 4,000 potholes in Mumbai.

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Revealed: air pollution may be damaging 'every organ in the body'

Exclusive: Comprehensive analysis finds harm from head to toe, including dementia, heart and lung disease, fertility problems and reduced in

The research shows head-to-toe harm, from heart and lung disease to diabetes and dementia, and from liver problems and bladder cancer to brittle bones and damaged skin. Fertility, foetuses and children are also affected by toxic air, the review found.

Air pollution is a “public health emergency”, according to the World Health Organization, with more than 90% of the global population enduring toxic outdoor air. New analysis indicates 8.8m early deaths each year – double earlier estimates – making air pollution a bigger killer than tobacco smoking.

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Is this a proper way to dispose waste??

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Infrastructure and environment battle it out in the maximum city |

Mumbai's coastline and green spaces are under threat from a series of infrastructure projects that could impact the marine ecology, flora, f

"Forests, wildlife, water bodies, rivers, clean air and coastal zones are precious natural resources that belong to the people and we need to protect them"

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Are Mumbaikars prepared for the environmental impact of new coastal projects? |

The cranes and backhoes are out. The boats, trawlers, and the beach walkers are waiting. The sea around Mumbai may be calm, but with multipl

"Mumbai’s existing roads are not equipped to handle the traffic that its new highways, freeways and sea links will spew out.” But even if they were, there is enough evidence to prove that more roads, low parking and no congestion costs only incentivise car ownership and increase traffic, not reduce it.

The second concern with these projects is a lack of holistic urban planning. Desai points out that “the idea of building special economic zones and business districts in the city’s suburbs was to develop other parts of the cities”, then why should more roads lead to South Mumbai?

There is already an ongoing 172-km metro project which aims to connect the entire city. The coastal road, therefore, is wasteful because the shoddy urban planning has resulted in a situation where, Roshni Udyavar Yehuda, an architect who specialises in environmental design, says, “two ongoing projects—the metro and the coastal road—will compete with each other”.

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Does India need a high speed railway that will only benefice a small portion of society? What about improving the local railway so people stop being crushed or thrown out of their regular commute?

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Why Free Parking Comes at a Price

Many people see a free parking space as an entitlement, but an author argues that it’s a subsidy that wastes space and money.

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We can’t miss the bus for metros and bikes - Firstpost

India urgently needs a mega bus initiative that provides affordable and easy service

Greater London, home to nine million inhabitants, has 9,300 double-decker city buses, the equivalent of around 15,000 standard-sized buses. Shenzhen, a megacity of 12 million residents, has 16,000 standard-sized buses.

Bengaluru, a city of similar size, has a mere 6,600. And Bengaluru is the only one that meets the government’s benchmark of 600 buses per million inhabitants. Chennai is next but falls well short with less than 400 buses per million. The figure drops precipitously for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune—the only cities with public fleets of more than a thousand.

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New York drivers spent an average of 91 hours in traffic last year

And NYC also claims the title for the second worst traffic-jammed city in the country.