Road safety annual report 2023
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
<font class="UCASE">the common </font> wisdom of electoral democracy might call for politicians, specialising in arithmetic, who can identify the biggest number. But the post-modern understanding of electoral politics may demand integrating a small number of voters whose limit to power is tending towards infinity! Let us look at how a few road dividers on a stretch of 19 km in Delhi have completely divided the urban classes (see page: 32-38).<br>
On April 21, a small stretch of road in a congested corner of south Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, turned into an epicentre of chaos, confusion and downright indignation.
A Down To Earth report on the unsustainable growth of personal vehicles. This situation could have been averted had public transport not been neglected.
The Capital will take another major leap in the field of public transportation with induction of air-conditioned buses into the Delhi Transport Corporation fleet this coming week. These red low-floor buses will hopefully draw more and more users of cars and other private vehicles over to the public transport system. The new air-conditioned buses would provide the citizens a more comfortable mode of travel, especially in the hot and humid summer months. According to Delhi Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf, these would form the first lot of air-conditioned buses to be inducted into the DTC.
The metro rail reaching Dilshad Garden in East Delhi six months ahead of schedule has raised the hopes of residents in several other parts of the Capital where work related to the expansion of the rail network is currently under way. Offering a huge relief to travellers by cutting down the commuting time and affording comfortable travel, the Delhi Metro in its second phase will cover 125 km. After the Dilshad Garden line becomes operational on June 4, the next line to be commissioned will be the Vishwavidyalaya
A file picture of public transport vehicles. Automatic and frequent fare increases in public bus transport (PBT) operations, as also fiscal incentives to attract more investments
With the financial bids for the first two monorail routes in the city set to be opened on June 15, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has got a list of routes from the city's bus transport body
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is on a five-day visit here to acquaint herself with Beijing's preparations for the Olympics and study its rapid bus transit system in the backdrop of the controversy over the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor in the Indian capital. With the Commonwealth Games in Delhi two years away, Dikshit, who arrived here today, would meet officials of the organising committee of the Olympic Games and visit the Games venues, official sources said. During her stay in the city, she would also see how Beijing's rapid bus transit system is working, they said.
CSE releases findings of a perception survey of commuters
Delhi government is planning to ban private buses on the BRT corridor. According to sources, the move follows yesterday's accident on the corridor, in which a security guard was killed by a private bus. So far 10 accidents have been reported on the BRT corridor and out of them six had taken place this month. Only one of the cases involved a DTC bus. According to a senior official of the transport department, the drivers of private buses are not disciplined and they drive in a rash and negligent manner.