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China fact of the day
That the [Shanghai pedestrian traffic] guards have no powers of arrest, or even the ability to issue tickets, allows many pedestrians to feel free to ignore them. What is worse, they are frequent targets of aggression from crowds of sneering and cursing pedestrians. According to the city government, they are physically assaulted at a rate of about 20 times a month. [emphasis added]
Here is the full and fascinating story of the traffic mess we call Shanghai. Any predictions on when the city turns into a mass of frozen gridlock? Or will they develop the technical infrastructure to institute road pricing, as Singapore has done?
Posted by Tyler Cowen on February 22, 2006 at 07:17 AM in Data Source | Permalink
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I didn't find traffic as bad as indicated here. It certainly wasn't as bad as Bangkok. But I think if any place can adjust to the growth in traffic it will be Shanghai. If the government wants to tear down a section of town to build a highway there is not much to stop it. Plus through several listed tollroad operators there is the capital to do it.
Posted by: asiequana at Feb 22, 2006 8:10:01 AM
New York City's traffic agents used to be frequent targets for assaults. They worked under the municipal Department of Transportation and were called "Brownies" after the color of their uniforms.
Following an organizational reshuffling about a decade ago, the traffic agents were removed from the DOT's auspices and put under the control of the Police Department. Gone were the brown uniforms, replaced by ones with a fairly close similarity to those of the NYPD. There was no expansion in the traffic agents' authority, however; as before, they were unarmed and had no police powers other than the ability to issue tickets.
A welcome but quite unforeseen consequence of the organizational reshuffling was that assaults on traffic agents plummeted. Angry motorists apparently were reluctant to attack people connected to the NYPD even though they must have known that the agents weren't "real" police officers.
Posted by: Peter at Feb 22, 2006 9:47:12 AM
I do not hope they follow the American style and do little or nothing. Congestion pricing or 'value-pricing' would be a good approach.
Posted by: Chris at Feb 22, 2006 10:02:57 AM
their subway, bus, and alternative lanes are already pretty good.
what i see, especially taken the millions that aren't rich in shanghai, is more scooters and electric bikes or even fold up electric bikes. These are after all afordable both in price and fuel consumption. after all the ban on electric bikes lasted what like 2 months in beijing? might add the number of skateboarders in shanghai is impressive =)
peace,
A
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I've got nothing to add on the cialis front, but I was living in NYC at the time they switched from Brownies to Traffic Cops. I distinctly remember the main reason cited at the time was to reduce assaults on Brownies. It wasn't unforeseen at all.
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