Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are close substitutes for cars and two-wheelers because they cover longer distances with less effort. Thus, e-bikes will play a key role in shifting passenger and freight trips away from high-polluting private vehicles and generating fewer emissions if used at scale. While vehicle electrification has focused …
As Delhi awaits the next consignment of 200 low-floor DTC buses, to be delivered by April this year, nearly 1,000 DTC bus drivers will be trained at the Driver Training Institute. The institute in Burari was set up in 2005 by Ashok Leyland in 2005 in collaboration with the Delhi …
AHMEDABAD: In what could be said to pump adrenaline into BRTS project, the Centre has approved a rolling stock stimulus fund of Rs 282 crore for BRTS, new green CNG AMTS and feeder buses for BRTS network for Ahmedabad. These buses would not include the first 50 BRTS buses that …
New Delhi: After the High Court put a stay on the order of Delhi Lokayukta Justice M M Sarin asking the Sheila Dikshit Government to produce documents pertaining to the purchase of 625 non-AC, low-floor and CNG buses, it is learnt that his office will be defending the order. The …
New Delhi: A Supreme Court panel on environment has suggested tax measures and integration of public transport systems of satellite townships to decongest the NCR and reduce vehicular pollution, even as it noted that cars have taken up most of the public space in the Capital. In a meeting with …
Following the alleged lapses in the purchase of low-floor buses in the Capital, the Delhi Lokayukta has taken a serious note of the non-production of records by Delhi Government. The Lokayukta headed by Justice Mahmohan Sarin stated that
New Delhi: It seems the civil society protests over the poor condition of civic amenities and infrastructure in Gurgaon last year have had an effect on the authorities. The Haryana government has come out with a list of promises for Gurgaon residents this year. The promises include increasing city
This paper by CAI-Asia recaptures highlights of 2008 related to urban transportation, air quality, and climate change. Summarizes some of the significant events, news, issues of 2008 for policy makers, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders working on SUT issues in Asia. Year 2008, from the urban transport perspective,can be considered …
In what comes as a major respite to scores of Delhiites whose cars run on CNG, the Capital will soon have 50 more CNG filling stations. Also, the existing and new filling stations will sport a new look before the Commonwealth Games with Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the sole CNG …
Alternative fuels employed in road transport: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Methanol and Blended/ Ethanol and Electricity. The main objective to introduce CNG as transport fuel in Pakistan was, natural gas being an indigenous energy resource: lessens the import bills; availability, secure energy supplies; robust infrastructure; energy …
Sindh Minister for Transport Akhtar Hussain Jadoon has said that the government will launch the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Transport Programme, which envisages bringing on roads 1,000 CNG-fuelled buses to provide better and economical transport facility to people. The minister said at a meeting with the officers of Regional Transport Authority …
Bus makers and transport companies in an unformed market The city bus wants to change, it wants to keep step with the times. The question is: can the business reinvent itself and make city buses that are convenient and affordable? Till now, buses in India have been trucks, literally. Taking …
A range of financial options to choose from City buses need to be affordable as well as comfortable and efficient. It is well known that bus operations would cost anywhere between Rs 20 per km and Rs 50 per km, depending on the cost of the bus and its operating …
