Improving Pune's infrastructure and social life

We are all aware of the the plight of Pune - bad roads, pollution, congestion, lack of footpaths, pathetic public transport, chaotic traffic. A much improved public transport would serve citizens of Pune well and reduce much of the above mentioned difficulties. I request your opinion on the SB Road Bus Priority Proposal I have submitted to the PMC, submitted to PMC in Dec 08. To collect views of people, I have created a web survey form. You may offer initial views by visiting this form here . This survey has only 4 Yes/No questions and a free text box for your comments / suggestions and should take only a minute of your time. However, before filling out the, please make yourself acquanited with the SB Road Bus Priority Scheme Proposal from the two part documentation below - Part One of the proposal is available here - (2MB) Part Two (FAQ format) is available here - (1MB) In summary , the SB road reportedly carries up to 58000 people per hour during peak time. Yet, this road is ser...

100th Monkey Syndrome / Critical Mass Theory


It is common for people to say "but what can we do?" or something similar. The critical mass theory explains why we need to be proactive and make the change happen quicker.

In his book The Hundredth Monkey, Ken Keyes, Jr। wrote about scientists who had been observing monkeys in the wild for thirty years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, when there was a serious drought & famine, they provided monkeys with sweet potatoes which they had dropped in sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the potatoes but found the sand unpleasant. One day, an eighteen month old monkey washed the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught the trick to her mother and her playmates, who taught it to their mothers. As the story is told, perhaps 99 monkeys learned to wash their sweet potato between 1952 and 1958. One day the 100th monkey learned to wash the potatoes. Suddenly, almost every monkey on the island began to wash their potatoes before eating them. The added energy of this 100th monkey had somehow created a behavioral breakthrough.

But, more amazing, the scientists observed that the act of washing sweet potatoes had jumped over the sea, because the colonies of monkeys on other islands, as far as 500 miles away, began washing their sweet potatoes.

This phenomena is known as "critical mass।" When a limited number of people know something in a new way, it remains the conscious property of only those people. However, there is a point at which if only one more person tunes in to a new awareness, that new awareness is picked up by everyone.

Come join the campaign

Popular posts from this blog

Current Online Campaigns for Better Pune

Improve Public Transport in Pune Join Over 1400 Pune citizens by following 3 simple steps - Visit the Campaign page: http://www.gopetition.com/online/8517.html Read the petition and Click Sign at the Bottom of the Page Finally enter your details on the form at the bottom of the page and click sign. To understand why this campaign is important, read the article 'Pune Caught in a Whirlpool - Can a Modern Public Transport System Rescue it' Campaign 2: Say No to Balbharati-Paud Bypass Support this campiagn by visiting http://www.gopetition.com/online/8763.html This Online Campaign has been started by Dr Uday Kulkarni, for more details visit http://www.rescuepune.blogspot.com/ or download an edited version here
Read more

Why I Oppose Balbharati - Paud bypass

18 months ago I wanted the road. But not any more bacuse of the reasons below. Any amount of new roads and flyovers will not solve the problem (see more details below). Bombay built 55 flyovers, with what result, there is still a perpetual gridlock on the roads of Mumbai. Also the road over the hill deforests 10,000 trees. How can that be taken care off by planting 1000 saplings (as the PMC says). The trees need at least 25years to grow and mature. Pune has not managed to finish more than 30% of work on flyovers in 2 LONG years. By the time they decide whether the Balbharati-Paud road should be over the hill or through a tunnel, commision it, find the money and eventually build it - It may 5 years before we ride on it. By then 60 Lacs additional vehicles will be added to Pune roads. What use will this by-pass be by then? The PMC is not even able to re-surface existing roads, can we trust them to build a road through the hills or a tunnel? MSRD has withdrawn its funding... Also look at ...
Read more

Improving Pune's infrastructure and social life

We are all aware of the the plight of Pune - bad roads, pollution, congestion, lack of footpaths, pathetic public transport, chaotic traffic. A much improved public transport would serve citizens of Pune well and reduce much of the above mentioned difficulties. I request your opinion on the SB Road Bus Priority Proposal I have submitted to the PMC, submitted to PMC in Dec 08. To collect views of people, I have created a web survey form. You may offer initial views by visiting this form here . This survey has only 4 Yes/No questions and a free text box for your comments / suggestions and should take only a minute of your time. However, before filling out the, please make yourself acquanited with the SB Road Bus Priority Scheme Proposal from the two part documentation below - Part One of the proposal is available here - (2MB) Part Two (FAQ format) is available here - (1MB) In summary , the SB road reportedly carries up to 58000 people per hour during peak time. Yet, this road is ser...
Read more