Tag: Sustainable Transport
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Building Livable Cities: Global Lessons for India from WSSTL-2025
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…
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World Symposium on sustainable transport and liveability- 2025
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…
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Charting a Course for India’s Sustainable Transport Transition: Insights from the Transport Transition Pathway Explorer (TTPE)
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…
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First World Symposium on Sustainable Transport and Livability (WSSTL-2025) at IISc Bangalore
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.…
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Sustainable Transport Policies for Bengaluru
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…
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Interview With:Jamshyd Godrej, Best global practices must be emulated
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…
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How to create A Great City?
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
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Difficulties in implementing Bus Reforms
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…
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Designing Infrastructure for Bicycles
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.