Tag: non-motorized transport
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Smart Cities Smart Solutions
[box type=”shadow” ] Smart City consultants tell TrafficInfraTech on the role they play in choosing the right travel solution, integrating it into the macro picture, facing the challenges and making the smart travel option viable for the common man. [/box] That the Government of India’s Smart City Mission is an ambitious and impressive initiative that…
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An Eco-Mobility Equation
Combining the integration of Bike, Bus, Metro and Walk (BBMW) with transit-oriented development, demand management and integrated pricing schemes, the authors present an ecomobility equation which outlines how developing cities can improve their transportation network. In terms of urban development, the characteristics like extremely high population density, dramatic motorization, mixed land-use pattern, mixed traffic flow…
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Urban Safety: The two-wheeler phenomenon
Ranjit Gadgil, Programme Director, Parisar, discusses the safety risks associated with the ever-increasing use of two wheelers in the country, and the need to improve public transport. Pune, once known as a ?cycling city? has very rapidly transformed into a ?two-wheeler? city, a process which began in the late 80s, accelerating throughout the 90s. With…