about the lack of progress in implementing parking reforms in Delhi and the NCR. These reforms are seen as crucial to reducing air pollution, particularly from private vehicles. It has issued a notice
Megha Suri,TNN With over 18 lakh private vehicles and parking space to accommodate barely 25,000, the Capital is reeling under a severe parking crisis. A recent survey by RITES has revealed that Vishwavidyalaya Metro station, Old Delhi Railway station, Karol Bagh and Bahadurshah Zafar Marg to have the most congested parking lots in the city.
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Parking is an essential component of the transportation system. Parking management can significantly reduce the number of parking spaces required in a particular situation, providing a variety of economic, social and environmental benefits.
If there are many left turns on a road, then a bus lane on the extreme left will hamper other traffic turning left or turning into traffic. It also means that every time the bus has to stop for
Cyclists rarely figure in debates on traffic but if you take the BRT corridor early morning it will be difficult to miss hundreds of commuters pedalling to work on the bicycle lane. On average
Public transport is the only answer to congestion and pollution The present crisis demands new solutions. And the solution is public transport, for space to accommodate cars is limited and
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.
Residents of AN-AM Block of Shalimar Bagh here are waging a war to save their greens that include 80 full-grown trees and a local park that they claim would be destroyed if the Government goes ahead with its plans to construct a multi-storey underground parking lot to accommodate the growing number of vehicles. The residents have also appealed to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and senior officials to save their greens.
Sas Nagar- Transporters in Mohali have become so powerful that despite written orders being issued forbidding parking of heavy vehicles at the Phase 2 market, half a dozen buses can be seen parked in the area every day, clearly flouting orders. The cleaning and repair work of these buses also take place in the parking area. The shopkeepers in the market say that if they try to tell the transporters about the rules that are stated clearly on the board at the entrance of the market, they are threatened with dire consequences.
According to sources, the traffic volume factored for the BRT project was based on two-year-old figures.
