Tag Archives: Sustainable Transport

Ann Das,  Dr. Furqan Bhat, Prof. (Dr.) Ashish Verma In the context of global mobility, sustainability becomes the need of the hour and it is essential for India to look beyond its borders and learn how global best practices can be adapted in mobility. The World Symposium on Sustainable Transport and Livability (WSSTL) stands as a global platform for this ...

WSSTL, a pioneering global initiative to address the critical challenges of urban mobility and liveability, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange to develop innovative, equitable, and sustainable transportation solutions, will be held from June 25-27, at J. N. Tata Auditorium, IISc Campus, Bengaluru. The Symposium is jointly organized by the Special Interest Group (SIG-F4) of the World Conference on Transport ...

India, a nation poised for rapid economic and demographic growth, faces an urgent challenge: decarbonizing its transportation sector while ensuring equitable access and affordability. With rising private car ownership and a transport system dominated by roadways, a transformative shift is essential. This article explores insights from the Transport Transition Pathway Explorer (TTPE), a cutting-edge tool designed to model and compare ...

The Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, together with the Special Interest Group (SIG)-F4 of WCTRS, is pleased to announce the 1st World Symposium on Sustainable Transport & Livability (WSSTL-2025). The event will be held at J N Tata Auditorium on the IISc Campus, Bangalore, from June 25 – 27, 2025. The symposium will bring together ...

Experts from the Indian Institute of Science have come up with several technical measures that can be adopted to transform the city’s traffic situation. The experts are of the opinion that the implementation of sustainable transport policies will decongest the Bengaluru traffic and mitigate emissions from vehicles. Bengaluru, has been a subject of mockery when it comes to traffic woes. ...

He dons a corporate hat. But Jamshyd N Godrej?s social consciousness gives his business acumen a tough competition. Chairman & Managing Director of Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd, Godrej is striving his best towards making cities sustainable through World Resource Institute India of which he is the Chairman. He travels by public transport often to understand the way it ...

In our Urban Design section this time, we discuss certain issues that go in making a city green, and also address the pedestrian and traffic woes, instead of writing about the design of a structure

Most of the state governments and city administrations are not yet ready to accept the fact that bus-based systems can help solve the traffic and mobility problems of urban India. This is what Madhav Pai, Director, EBARQ India and Centre for Sustainable Transport, and publisher of the ‘Bus Karo’ Project, feels. Bus Karo Project is a guidebook published by Centre ...

Delhi’s successful experimentation with providing the much needed infrastructure for cyclists needs to be replicated in other cities of India as well. Apart from reducing the traffic load on the roads, it will lead to environmental benefits too.