Stealing road for cycle track
New Pavements With Lane Eating Into Road Space, LG Frowns Megha Suri Singh | TNN
New Pavements With Lane Eating Into Road Space, LG Frowns Megha Suri Singh | TNN
<p>This draft report by the sub-committee on urban transport proposes parameters for the National Mission on Sustainable Habitat (NMSH) . It specially addresses norms for parking and congestion charges, pedestrianization & cycling and the model regulations for integrating transport Planning with master plans.</p>
function open_walkability() { newwd=window.open("dte_slideshow/20090430_walkability/walkability.htm","","height=600,width=600,scrollbar=yes"); newwd.moveTo(200,75); } Automobiles overwhelm Indian urban space
Cities Safer by Design is a global reference guide to help cities save lives from traffic fatalities through improved street design and smart urban development. Over 1.2 million people die in traffic crashes
NEW DELHI: Centre of Science and Environment director-general Sunita Narain was injured in a road accident while cycling near the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Sunday morning. According
Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand, a state that remains largely rural, but is urbanising fast. The use of personal motor vehicles is expanding rapidly in Ranchi, leading to congestion in central areas
As western auto markets shrink due to environmental concerns coupled with financial tightening and long-term worries about fuel supply, India has witnessed a decade-long steep sales growth rates in all categories of vehicles. The promise of a rapidly growing automobile market has brought every global auto manufacturer of significance to India.
The name Gore Vidal takes up more than two-thirds of the space on the cover of my old paperback collection of some of his essays. For good reason, as the same cover has New Statesman, a considerable thunderer in those days, describing Vidal as "America's finest essayist'. In it is a little gem, his 1974 essay, "What Robert Moses Did to New York city', which educated Indians worried about the urban blight afflicting their country can read with benefit.
Text of Delhi high court judgement in response to petition filed by Manushi & ITD against MCD on limiting cycle rickshaw licenses.The court has directed Delhi government,MCD,DDA & Delhi Police to constitute a task force to explore for solutions to manage road traffic, minimize congestion, reduce vehicular pollution and ensure equitable access to all classes of vehicles including non-motorized tran
The potential of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to reduce fuel consumption and global greenhouse gas emissions depends on how much they are effectively driven on electricity. Earlier studies
Demanding that cyclists and other users of non-motorised transport (NMT) should be allowed to move freely in the city, activists have sought the intervention of the Calcutta High Court. A PIL filed by members of the 'Chakra Satyagraha', a movement against the NMT ban, is expected to come up for hearing in a division bench of the court of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Joymalya Bagchi on Wednesday.
The proposed Euro 7 standards, which are to be implemented in 2027, set lower emissions limits than the current regulation, Euro VI, while expanding the driving conditions that are evaluated. This study
Sangeetha HERE is a man who thinks, talks and walks cycle rickshaws even if he does not drive one. Dr Pradip Kumar Sarmah, Executive Director of Centre for Rural Development (CRD) is a crusader for the cause of cycle rickshaw.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body (GB) on Monday approved a proposal for the public bicycle project. Under the Rs7-crore plan, the contractor would make 300 bicycles available to citizens
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has taken the first step towards commencing the process of registration and licensing of cycle-rickshaws by framing draft guidelines in compliance with the directions of the Delhi High Court. On Tuesday, the matter was laid before the NDMC Standing Committee, but members postponed it till the next meeting stating it required detailed discussions. A letter from the Municipal Commissioner on Tuesday stated that the application forms for registration of cycle rickshaw and licensing of pullers have been finalised. “There shall be a registration fee of Rs.500 (valid for five years) and parking fee of Rs.500 (one time) whereas the licensing fee to be charged for grant of puller/plier licence shall be Rs.150 (valid for three years) which has also been indicated on the top of the application forms…” states the letter.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the state government have decided to focus on the
<p>Reliable data on traffic deaths are important for planning road safety programmes and evaluating progress. Although pedestrians comprise approximately 40% of traffic deaths in low-income and middle-income
KOLKATA, 18 OCT: The state health department has decided to provide bicycles under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) to reach remote areas in the blocks. A team of officials from NRHM recently visited various block primary health care centres and primary health care centres and found that the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), who are
Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or emerging
LUCKNOW: About 16 people die and 58 are injured every hour in India due to road accidents - the death rate, in fact, is equivalent to wiping out about 40 per cent of the population of a small nation like