This. My mil took me for a walk in Mumbai. I tried to walk om the sidewalk and she said "no you'll get hurt, you have to walk on the street with the cars". Rickshaws buzzed by me within inches, and the pollution was nauseating. I wish india would invest in people infrastructure.

wurstgulasch3000@feddit.org · 1 pts · 249d

From my impression last month (only been there for two weeks) there are some cities that are investing in elevated metro lines at least. But more needs to be done, even the smaller placed I've been to were clearly car first

Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee · 1 pts · 245d

I had no such experience in Mumbai in 2015/2016 when I was there. And I did walk there quite a bit.

P13@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 250d

Funny anecdote.

I was only in Bengalore once for a few days but I guess I ended up walking through uncharacteristically nice areas. I would even say better than most urban Indian settings I’ve seen (only a handful of cities).

But definitely worth calling this out and striving for better! Thanks for the share.

NachBarcelona@piefed.social · -7 pts · 251d

Vomit inducing music.