{"248701":{"#nid":"248701","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Kolkata\u0027s bike ban bad for business says Jason Vargo (PhD \u002712)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe recently implemented bike ban in Kolkata, India is a move in the wrong direction for the emerging economy writes Jason Vargo (PhD \u002712) and Jonathan Patz of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \u0022Kolkata has chosen to pursue a misguided policy whose negative implications will affect global climate as well as the local health and economy.\u0022 Previously Kolkata facilitated 2.5 million bike trips per day, which will now have to be replaced by other modes of transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2013-10-24 21:58:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:45","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Society for Human Resource Management","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jason-vargo\/kolkata-bike-ban_b_4157234.html","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"6451","name":"bicycle"},{"id":"78121","name":"bicycle ban"},{"id":"5688","name":"bike"},{"id":"78111","name":"bike ban"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"398","name":"health"},{"id":"2998","name":"India"},{"id":"78091","name":"jason vargo"},{"id":"78101","name":"kolkata"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}