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E-Mobility Tech Lab Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Bengaluru
by Delta ith the envisaged draft new depots and TTMC/bus terminals will

elta Electronic launched its comprehensive mobility plan be set up mainly on the city’s outskirts.
e-mobility tech experience W(CMP), Bengaluru city is all The buses will have to be of smaller
Dcentre that aims to provide set for a phase-wise makeover. The capacity (10-20 seats), electric, semi-low
an industry platform supporting all CMP, prepared by the Infrastructure floor, standard and AC low-floor. It has
types of ratings and configurations. Development Corporation (Karnataka) also recommended smaller-sized vehicles
The company is also working on Ltd in association with BMRCL and to provide feeder services in interior
partnerships to establish charging DULT, recommended a fleet of 15,000 areas and at Metro stations.
infrastructure for two-wheelers BMTC buses by 2031, bus-priority lanes The CMP has recommended to
which shall be operational from H2 spanning 202-km in 11 high-density include environmental friendly buses
2020. Apart from live demonstration, corridors and 40 new depots and Traffic
the Centre is equipped with global and Transit Management Centres under lease model, technological
technology adoption methodology, (TTMCs) to boost public transport. interventions, common mobility card,
charging process simulation and At present, the corporation operates integrated commuter information
integration with multiple hardware, 6,634 buses on about 2,500 routes system, expansion of services to all
software and cloud servers. with 10 TTMCs and 45 depots. satellite bus stand, phasing out of all
The CMP suggested increasing the BS-II and BS-III vehicles and promoting
number of buses to 8,634 in 2021; the expansion of chartered services to
12,134 in 2025 and 15,134 in 2031. The IT firms and garment companies.
Metro Rail lines
operational in 18 cities Integrated Ticketing System for Railways

ccording to Hardeep Puri,
Minister of State, Ministry of ndian Railways, the largest beneficiary tapping a debit or credit card, which has
AHousing & Urban Affairs, 667- of Digital India initiative, is finalising been linked to the system. As part of
km of metro rail lines are presently Ipaperless and cashless smartcard- the, plan, the Railways will deploy card
operational in 18 cities, and about based ticketing system for seamless readers across the suburban network,
934km (including the 82-km Delhi- travel. The envisaged ITS will integrate all which will register tickets based on a
Meerut RRTS) are under construction public transport organisations (PTOs) in single tap on entry.
in various cities. The other initiatives the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)
in urban transport include: National and will be built to the specifications laid
Urban Transport Policy; Metro Rail down under Niti Aayog’s One Nation
Policy; Transit-Oriented Development One Card policy. The Mumbai Rail Vikas
Policy; National Common Mobility Corporation (MRVC) has been asked
Card; Metrolite; and Metroneo. to implement the ITS for the suburban
railway network in coordination with
Central Railway and Western Railway.
MRVC has shared the plan with Railway
Board already. The ITS would enable a
person to travel on public transport by

Tata Motors to deploy Tigor EVs in New Delhi
ata Motors announced a
partnership with Prakriti E-Mobility
TPrivate Ltd, to deploy 500 Tigor
EVs in New Delhi. Prakriti E-Mobility, an
EV based taxi service, will deploy the EVs
on its app-based platform EVERA, which
will serve in Delhi/NCR. The first batch of
over 160 Tigor EVs is expected to hit the
road by Jan’20.

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