What if our daily commute did more than just take us from point A to B? What if streets could calm us, transit could uplift us, and travel time could add value to our well-being? In this feature on The World Symposium on Sustainable Transport and Liveability, held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, in June this year, Trafficinfratech ...
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Redeveloping Bus Ports
Mumbai’s Parin Shah Architects has been appointed to design a transit oriented development (TOD) master plan for four major cities of Gujarat. Architect Parin Shah deciphers the details of TOD which is still a fairly new concept in India, and takes us through his Gujarat projects. Transit oriented design is a new upcoming sustainable approach to planning large spaces. The ...
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 pattern, informal public transport, inefficient ...
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