Bring back the horse-drawn carriage + garbage in

13.II.1430

And the electric tramway too. We ought to push to bring back clopping the horse-drawn carriage for transport in downtown areas, with larger omnibus variants. Word!

We ought also to unleash the power and cleanliness of the bicycle (and scooters) for most delivery jobs as those circulate only in small-radius zones.

Motorized transport should only be between city districts , not within the same area. For instance, want to go from point A to point B within Mohandesseen, or from Mohandesseen to Zamalek, or from Zamalek to the oepra house, take a horse-drawn carriage. Want to hitch a ride to Heliopolis or Maadi? Then hail an automobile for-hire.

We ought to restore the inset-rail tramway in downtown streets , that does not disrupt other traffic flow , like we used to have in Cairo and Alex - use the dedicated rail strip variety only for transport between suburbs (like the present-dat Cairo and Alx metro).

Also clean up the act of bus drivers, livery cabs, microbus service, and for God's sake update and enforce a single taxi fare for each city. Taxi drivers and their customers should not have to bicker over rates. (Personally I never bicker over rates; the problem is that cab drivers refuse to hire their cars because of their expectation of getting stiffed by the riders - leaving me and countless others stranded waiting for a ride , whether there's an emergency or not - unless I start waving hundred-pound bills, which I do now often just to get a cab to stop and listen to where i'm going).

And BTW, as a P.S., the municipal authorities are obligated by the same law that taxes homeowners on their property to collect residential garbage at publicized schedules, not leave the garbage bags prey to the unminded stray animals (weasels, cats dogs and rats) for days before collecting only the emptied torn plastic bags.

These are the conditions in the supposedly middle-income residences. Naturally people manage by pulling rank and threatening lazy and irregular garbage collectors with punishing actions involving abuse by cops. This mode of doing things - extra-legally - however leaves single-person households like myself at the mercy of the whims the of Oliver Twists that collect my garbage (if we can call it collecting) - which translates into a mound of trash outside my kitchen door.

UPDATE 27.II.2009:
See Rome bans horse-drawn carriages