Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pramod Tyagi Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/03/3035. A proposal was initiated by State of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Transport to start a Driving Training Institution at Mukundpur and permission was also granted. …
Mission will provide funds for support infrastructure too The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has sanctioned another 400 buses for the State to be operated under the JNNURM extended scheme. For the State, it is a big disappointment, as it had pitched for 1,011 buses at an estimated …
This set of codes to design urban codes is an attempt to make a bridge between the current research on safe urban roads and safe road design in our cities today. For example the Indian Road Congress Standard (IRC) code for urban roads, IRC 86-1983, `The Geometric Guidelines for Urban …
Travel within any Indian city is usually crowded and slow. But Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), capital of West Bengal, has certain advantages. Its underground rail network, which was the first to open in India in 1984, is being extended. Uniquely in the country, electric trams clatter along its streets. Public transport …
Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility argues that the development of sustainable urban transport systems requires a conceptual leap. The purpose 'transportation' and 'mobility' is to gain access to destinations, activities, services and goods. Thus access is the ultimate objective of transportation. As a result, urban planning and design …
Without new actions to limit vehicle emissions, the health impacts from road transportation will increase significantly from present-day levels in many countries around the world. However, stringent limits on vehicle emissions can force the introduction of technologies that will cut emissions of local air pollutants by more than 99 percent …
This factsheet provides information on existing status and scenario of urban transport system in Kathmandu Valley and provides recommendation to make it more efficient, accessible, equitable and sustainable.
Kerala has been asked to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for operating and managing the buses procured by the State with assistance of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Setting up the SPV is the main condition put forward to the Local Self-Government Department by the …
Arunachal Pradesh government has approved in principle the revised city development plan for the State Capital for its planned growth and accelerated development. Chief Minister Nabam Tuki approved the plan after a threadbare discussion on a blueprint presented by Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Private Ltd, a consultancy agency, under the …
"In India, use of bicycle is still not encouraged much. However, in countries like Denmark and Netherland, bicycles are extensively used and are even considered a convenient means of transportation," said a New Delhi-based expert on transport, Anvita Arora. She was addressing a seminar jointly organized by Indore-based NGO Rupankan …
The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is all set to send a proposal on the Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) scheme to the Centre in a move to decongest the Walled City area. After receiving nod from the state steering committee for the scheme, JDA will now be seeking Centre's aid to …
When the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) uprooted his roadside shack on National Highway (NH) 1 in Haryana's Shahbad town in 2009, Sahib Singh built a shop on wheels. Every time the highway officials harassed him, the 40-year-old mechanic simply moved his workshop to a less contentious location. But …
The Central Government on Monday submitted before the Kerala High Court that it had already declined a request by the state government to ply buses allotted to Kochi city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme, to destinations outside the city limits. Counsel for the Centre T …
The Jaipur Metro project has come at the right time to make up for the poor public transport in the state capital. Relating the project to boom in population, private vehicles, industrialization and employment in the recent times, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which has complied several reports, says that …
The overarching objective of the parking policy is to develop parking places and organise parking activities for all types of modes of transport .The policy also aims to discourage daily usage of personalized motorized vehicles, promotion of mass transportation and use of non-motorized transport system.
New Delhi: The government touted petrol as the rich man’s fuel to stop subsidy. But a recent survey shows 62% of the fuel flowing into the market is consumed by the aam aadmi’s sawari — two-wheelers — while about 2% is being sold loose by people to earn their livelihood …
The state government has chalked out plans to improve conditions of 2,158 km State Highways at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore in four years. For the first phase, 381 km of road projects involving expenditure of around Rs 633 crore have been put to tender. The state has introduced …
Pedestrians are an endangered community in Bangalore — at least one is killed and four are injured every day in accidents on city roads, if statistics with Bangalore traffic police are anything to go by. Till August 31 this year, 262 pedestrians were killed and 979 injured; pedestrians accounted for …
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has urged the Centre to provide an additional 1,000 buses to it under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for Himachal to improve its services in the hill state. Addressing a press conference here today, Transport Minister GS Bali said of the …
Hailing Karnataka’s efforts in providing better public transport system, the Centre on Wednesday sanctioned 2,104 buses to the State under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). A high-level committee headed by Sudhir Krishna, secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, sanctioned the buses to Karnataka, to be deployed in Bangalore. “As …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to implement the Directorate of Urban Land Transport’s (DULT) recommendations on parking fees in the City. The DULT had proposed an exorbitant price for parking in premium locations and the central business district. It had categorised the parking zones into three packages …
