Tag Archives: Urban Transport

MMRDA has signed 11 MoUs at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. This is expected to help in urban transport, regional development and cutting-edge technologies thereby boosting economic growth and enhanced quality of life of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region over the next five years. Key areas of cooperation include strategic study on optimizing Mumbai’s transport infrastructure, achieving sustainable ...

MahaMetro Nagpur has partnered with TS Switch E-Ride Private Limited to launch an innovative app-based electric scooter-sharing service. This sustainable transportation initiative will allow commuters to book, track, and pay for rides via a dedicated smartphone app. Real-time updates on e-scooter availability, routes, and costs enhance user convenience, while strategically located docking stations near Metro stations ensure seamless access. Going ...

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 ...

Kochi, a vibrant city in Kerala, India, is renowned for its rich cultural heritage, historical significance, and picturesque backwaters. The Kochi Water Metro is a pioneering public water transportation initiative designed to enhance connectivity and reduce traffic congestion in the City. By utilizing the city’s extensive waterways, it offers an eco-friendly and efficient alternative to road travel. The project includes ...

On average, two people die on Mumbai’s roads owing to traffic crashes every day. The city ranks seventh in the country in terms of absolute numbers of road traffic fatalities. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are most vulnerable, and are involved in more than 90 percent of all road traffic fatalities. Young working populations – mostly men – are particularly affected. ...

As the name signifies, last mile connectivity (LMC) implies connecting services to the end point. In the context of urban transport, the term finds relevance in public transit systems where it is referred to as both the initial and the final leg of delivering connectivity – from origin to transit system and from transit system to destination. Last mile connecting ...

Since December 2012, there has been increased attention to women’s experience of public transport. While the demand to make public transport safer for women is rightly emphasized, there is a need for a holistic approach to “engender public transport” i.e. making men and women’s concerns an integral part of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (UNESCO 1997) of public transport. ...

Adopting state-of-the-art techniques just for personal vanity or CV building is likely to backfire in developing economies like India. India has quite different baseline conditions from western cities, more than simple quantitative differences in income levels and a different vehicle mix. Such differences must be borne in mind when determining ways to analyse the transport patterns for new transport infrastructure and policies, writes Richard Di Bona.

The central government is planning to introduce a one-time urban transport tax on private vehicles in an effort to encourage use of public transport and discourage the use of private vehicles. According to urban transport experts mega cities have 10% of total vehicles in the country, of which 90% are private vehicles. For existing vehicles the urban transport tax will ...

TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 in Mumbai lived up to the industry’s expectations from it. Ministries, government officers from various State Authorities & PWDs, Senior Traffic Police Officers, serious buyers, and many other trade specific visitors kept the exhibitors on their toes. TrafficInfraTech takes you to the scene of action of India’s most looked forward to Traffic Show. When over 78 exhibitors ...