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Pandemic and Mobility - Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis for building solutions

COVD-19 is an unprecedented opportunity to change the way we travel, make commuting choices, and create inclusive and healthy spaces for overall well being says this paper published by the Centre for Science and Environment    

As Indian cities get ready to reopen the economy to secure jobs and livelihoods and end the human misery that the pandemic has occasioned, public transport and safe access have become an urgent necessity. The surreal images of empty roads, crisp clean air and blue skies during the lockdown that caught public imagination are also the evidence of disruption at a scale never witnessed or experienced before.