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The last few postings on the list in regards to sound and urban spaces were much helpful. </SPAN><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>After reading, Mitchell Moss' and Anthony Townsend's article on transforming affect of telecommunications on urban spaces, I was inclined to add to it by the way of example from the Indian context. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Of the people who have been to Delhi, India, and have undertaken domestic air travel would be acquainted with the persistent problem of parking, traffic jams, and delays. There are two parking lot for the domestic airport. One is the VIP parking lot for which the charges are RS. 100 for an hour. The another one is the general parking lot for which one has to shell out RS 60 for four hours. For most of the people, the latter is much more economically feasible. However, entering the general parking lot and finding a suitable spot is no less than trying to figure out one's way through an extensive labyrinth of multiple puzzles with no clues whatsoever. In that sense, this is a rather time consuming endeavor and aggrieves the patient sensibilities of those who have just travelled across the Indian Skies. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In the last few years, however, significant changes have come about in the way people navigate through this specific 'spatial' situation. With the mobiles becoming ubiquitous, the navigations through this space have become much more 'fluid'. The importance of this 'space' as the authorized site for parking lot is diminishing. It is a common sight, now days, to see rows of cars parked along the road reaching to the airport. As and when the passenger from respective flights arrive, they call up the person who is come to receive them on their mobiles and at that very moment they drive towards the airport, around five minutes drive, and drive away without having to shell out either the cash or going through the agony of the labyrinth the parking lot is. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It is just one of the instances and there are many more. The issue is also far more complex and complicated than what the aforementioned instance conveys in terms of not only how the mobile technologies are transforming urban space but vice versa as well and what it does to the experience of both the 'space' and the 'technology'. However, for the moment, I will leave it at this. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks, Trebor, for the chapter! </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>cheers. </DIV><DIV>tripta</DIV><DIV>(This is a much delayed response to the specific thread. 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