My (un)walkable city | Notes on Walkability and the Dominance of Vehicular Traffic
Kavas Kapadia
Architect Kavas Kapadia discusses his take on how uncontrolled vehicular traffic took over walkability.
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Architect Kavas Kapadia discusses his take on how uncontrolled vehicular traffic took over walkability.
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Durganand Balsavar remembers B.V.Doshi
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