Elevated toll roads for traffic snarls<\/p>\n
Despite the dire crisis by which Indonesia is sadly still
\ngripped, people still seem to use their cars, to judge by the
\never-present traffic jams. This caused me to think again about a
\npossible solution that would at least reduce the present load on
\ninadequate, overcongested roads. Clearly it is not the subway
\nfrom Blok M to Kota, one of the then minister of technology, now
\nPresident, B.J. Habibie's ideas. This was just another
\npretentious scheme for self-aggrandizement (like the quite
\nunnecessary national airplane), costing many millions of dollars
\n-- even into the billions.<\/p>\n
Looking at a map of London's extensive underground system
\ncovering hundreds of miles and with about 350 stations -- built
\nup over the past 100 years at a cost, in today's value, of tens
\nof billions pounds sterling, one sees the Habibie plan would only
\ncover perhaps eight kilometers, with perhaps half a dozen
\nstations. Yet even with its underground system, and a very good
\nnetwork of double-decker buses, London still has a traffic
\nproblem.<\/p>\n
Surely a far better answer -- and far less costly -- would be
\nan elevated (toll) road built along the same line as the subway,
\nor an elevated railway, like Bangkok, as and when the funds may
\nbe forthcoming.<\/p>\n
RB SAWREY-COOKSON<\/p>\n
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