The Chandigarh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1990
With reference to Chandigarh Administration’s Home Department Notification Bearing No. 4/1/33/89/HII (2)/12081, dated the 8th June, 1989 and in exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 28, 38, 65,
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"............ what was the question?"
<p>“…………… what was the question?”</p> <p>If you ask someone living in one of our medium or large cities to name the most serious civic problem faced by his city, he will more likely than not say it is the growing problem of traffic.</p>
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Why should we be proud to be Indians, or Citizens of our particular city? What is a "WORLD CLASS CITY"?
<div id="__ss_1849827">At a recent Interdisciplinary Group Meeting in UTTIPEC (<a href="http://uttipec.nic.in/">http://uttipec.nic.in/</a>), I gave a presentation on the path that planners, engineers and designers in the government should/ could take to achieve the World Class City goals of Delhi.
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Report on urban transport in Europe
The Green Paper on urban transport will address all transport modes, including walking, cycling, motor cycles and motor vehicles, and will cover both urban freight (and logistics)
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The electrification approach to urban mobility and transport
This paper emphasizes a major topic of ERTRAC
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Carbon 'Pedometer' Helps Volvo Cut Commute's Footprint
Using a mobile phone-based software program has enabled a test group of Volvo employees to cut the greenhouse gas emissions of their daily commute by more than 30 percent.
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Assessment of historic trend in mobility and energy use in India transportation sector using bottom-up approach
Transportation mobility in India has increased significantly in the past decades. From1970 to 2000, motorized mobility (passenger-km) has risen by 888%, compared with an 88% population growth. This contributed to many energy and environmental issues, and an energy strategy incorporates efficiency improvement and other measures needs to be designed.
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Faced with hike, auto unions threaten strike
Operating Costs Of Buses To Also Go Up, DTC
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A mixed blessing
India's consumers are greener due to necessity, not by choice
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Bus & taxi owners divided over diesel subsidy
KOLKATA, 18, Aug: The private bus and taxi owners will inform the state government about their decision regarding the transport strike shortly. The state transport minister Mr Ranjit Kundu today met leaders of taxi and bus owners to discuss the matter.
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Dynamics of urban mobility: a comparative analysis of megacities of India
This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. It investigate the quantity of energy use in 23 metropolitan regions for the period 1981
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Policies leave the city choking on traffic fumes
WITH EastLink due to open in the middle of this year, inner-city Melbourne will need to brace itself for the additional traffic that will hit the end of the Eastern Freeway.
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Efficient bus, train service only solution to transport problem'
Almost thirty percent of the vehicles that come to Colombo on week days are those used by public servants and most have drivers too, costing around 150,000 monthly for fuel and salary for each vehicle. It could be more cost effective and ease traffic congestion if public servants are paid 50,000 rupees monthly instead, Chairman, Road Development Authority, M. D. S. Fernando told The Island yesterday (13).
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Tram to oblivion
<p>While several cities across the world have revived their tramways, Kolkata naively ignored its tramways and witnesses the last days of this non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport. Read this special report in Down To Earth.</p> <p>Kolkata witnesses the last days of a non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport, while trams make a comeback in cities around the world.</p>
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Visionary
Proposed fiscal reforms for automotive fuels Petrol Increase selling price before state taxes and duties by Rs 2.50 per litre each month to align with full cost price Total increase of Rs 10.90 per litre in selling prices before taxes Temporary reduction in excise duty to Rs 10 per litre to be restored by March 2009 Total increase of Rs 11.28 per litre before
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Correcting distortions
A committee recommends rationalization of diesel and petrol prices The long awaited pricing formula for petroleum products to bail out the oil industry from impending bankruptcy has been tabled. If put into effect this prescription can correct distorted prices of automotive fuels of petrol and diesel and halt misuse of under-taxed and under-priced diesel by the car sector. This is
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Why the oil crisis will persist
According to recent statistics, U.S. motorists have responded to record-high prices at the pump by driving less. Any hope that this cutback will significantly restrain global oil prices is misplaced, however: fundamental factors of supply and demand in the world economy will keep oil costly for years to come. The hope that a cutback in driving by U.S.
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A case for daylight saving time (Letter)
MUCH is being written on DST. Some people have even sought legal redress in courts to force the government to undo DST. Let me give some important reasons why DST is of immense value: a) The government announced that 250 MW electricity was saved last year through DST. There should really be no other reason needed to repeat DST every year.
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The question of our age
The manner in which we change matters That we need to change is beyond doubt. What matters is the manner in which we plan to afford the change.
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Petroleum prices to rise as Indians buying more cars: Obama
Lalit K Jha/ PTI / Washington May 14, 2010, 20:39 IST Pushing for greater use of public transportation system, US President Barack Obama has said the increasing tendency in India and China to buy more cars would put increased pressure on fossil fuel.