Dear Ayaz

Thanx for a well-argued column in HT today: "Coastal Rd: Improve infra, but not at the cost of the quality of life" (I on SoBo, 17 August 2015)

However, we are all in favour of improving the transport infra, but not only for the 7 % using motorised transport to commute  to south Mumbai and actually 1% only of all Mumbaikars travelling on the west coast (Lea Associates, international consulting firm on mobility plan for Mumbai). 

The 2.5% using cars out of the 15-16 million Mumbaikars reduces to 1-1.5% because the former includes those travelling on the eastern front, who won't switch to the west coast rd.

Any clarifications/arguments etc you want clarifications on , I can ask Ashok Datar of Mumbai Environmental Social Network (mesn.org) to provide.

We are in favour of Metro 3 (Colaba thru Bandra to SEEPZ and beyond) and Metro 2 (Charkop thru Bandra to Mankhurd) which will take care of all those who can switch from cars on the west coast  to this public transport, as well as A/C coaches in regular trains..

Best

Darryl