Category: Non Motorised Transport
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Making Metro Sustainable
[box type=”shadow” ] Over the period of time, Metro projects in India have developed a better integrated intermodal system that offers the possibility of simultaneously reducing costs, increasing operator revenues and most importantly, passenger comfort [/box] With a modest beginning of 8 km in 2002, Metro rail has shown phenomenal growth in India. In the financial…
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Lucknow Metro: Nawab of All
This is one of the most ambitious Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) projects of the Uttar Pradesh government which has been executed and operated well within the sanctioned budget and within an extremely compressed deadline. It has achieved the distinction of being the fastest Metro project construction which has ever happened in this country and…
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The Future of Mobility: From Roads to Rails
India’s road traffic has reached a breaking point. In response, the Indian government has committed itself to expanding local public transportation. Today there are seven million vehicles in Delhi alone, including cars and motorized rickshaws — but excluding trucks. As part of this plan, rail-based transport will play a key role in inner-city traffic. Siemens…
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Transjakarta: A Study in Success
In January 2019, Transjakarta celebrated its 15th anniversary as the first BRT in South East Asia. Within 15 years, Transjakarta has become the longest BRT in the world and now boasts a daily ridership of 800,000 people. Its popularity and network are still growing. To date, Transjakarta is the longest BRT in the world –…
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High-Speed Rail: A sea of opportunities for Indian Industry
[box type=”shadow” ] Nikhil Bugalia who is currently pursuing his PhD – Infrastructure Systems Laboratory of Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan, gives an overview of the key technological components for the upcoming HSR projects in India [/box] The first High-Speed Rail (HSR) project in India, i.e., Mumbai- Ahmedabad HSR,…
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Hubballi-Dharwad Understanding the BRT standard
Though Indian BRT networks have not fared as well as their international counterparts, the system has a chance at redemption with the Hubballi-Dharwad BRT. Still on a trial run, HDBRTS has been working its way across the twin cities and through people’s travel needs in a phased manner. When the Hubballi-Dharwad bus-rapid transit system (HDBRTS)…
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Shared Electric Mobility The way forward for a sustainable transport ecosystem
Nitish Arora, Manager, Electric Vehicle & Clean Technology Track and Aishwarya Raman, Head of Research and Associate Director, Ola Mobility Institute explain how shifting consumers’ focus from ownership to shared access of products and services can usher in a change It took close to 60 years for the number of registered vehicles in India to…
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Lucknow Metro: On the Fastest Track
The speed with which Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation is running to complete its metro corridors establishes its title as the Country’s fastest metro project. The priority section of North-South Corridor (Phase 1-A) from Transport Nagar to Charbagh is already operational for public with effect from 2017. Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation– answers…
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How cities can learn from the past
[box type=”shadow” ]Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 urges city transport planners and politicians to get ahead of the game and start mapping out new rules for driverless roads[/box] For more than a decade, C40 has been working with cities to develop and share policies and practices that help address climate change. We know that technological…
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Women Safety & Public Transportation Ecosystem
Public transportation without safety measures like vehicle tracking devices and emergency response system in public transport are creating nightmare for women passengers to travel. A further delay in implementing such measures will only aggravate the current situation of public transport in India. On 28th November 2016, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Govt. of…