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. …
PUNE: The heavy fines proposed in the draft Road Transport and Safety Bill would help curb traffic violations which will gradually bring down the number of accidents in the city, road safety experts and traffic officials said. Every year, around 400 lives are lost on the city's roads. The traffic …
BHOPAL: Beginning September 21, every Sunday will be observed as Raahgiri Day in state capital. Vehicular traffic on the busy road connecting Bharat Bhawan with Van Vihar would be banned from 6 am to noon to enable health-conscious citizens of Bhopal to either go cycling, or indulge in yoga and …
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency delegation that met with the district administration, at the deputy commissioner's office, in Mysore, on Wednesday. DH Photo Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) that has proposed to bring Mysore and Bangalore cities under Intelligent Transport System (ITS), held its maiden introductory meeting in Mysore, on …
Encouraging people to abandon their cars and use public transport or walk or cycle around cities offers the "least pain, most gain" way to cut air pollution from traffic by 2050, a new international study said on Wednesday. The report, by the University of California and the Institute for Transportation …
In a bid to curb the rising number of road accidents and inculcate a culture of safe driving, the agencies associated with the urban mobility in the national capital, including Delhi Transport Corporation, Delhi Metro, Public Works Department and Traffic Police have been asked to submit their “road safety plans” …
A final notification will be issued after ten days to allow e-rickshaws which have been banned from plying on the roads here by the Delhi High Court over safety issues, the government said on Monday. “A notification pertaining to e-rickshaw has been issued. We will put it on website and …
Experts Hail Proposals Mooted By The Centre Proposals in the draft Road Transport and Safety Bill are just what the doctor ordered and Kochi urgently needs to implement, according to transport experts in the city . Over the years, public pressure has been mounting to augment Kochi's weak public transport …
The business case for Canberra's light rail line to Gungahlin has received the government's final approval, the project set to cost up to $783 million. Capital Metro Minister Simon Corbell told an industry briefing on Monday the project's final business case would be released as part of the public-private-partnership agreement …
An Act to provide a scientifically planned and evolving framework for the safety of all road users in India, including vulnerable road users, and for enabling the seamless development of a secure, efficient, cost-effective, sustainable and inclusive transport system for the movement of passenger and freight in the country as …
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 07 – 13 September 2014.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday allowed the Haryana government to issue permits to private operators where larger "public interest" was involved. The stay on issuance of fresh permits under the state's new transport policy will, however, continue. October 9 has been fixed as the next date …
The number and extent of roads will expand dramatically this century. Globally, at least 25 million kilometres of new roads are anticipated by 2050; a 60% increase in the total length of roads over that in 2010. Nine-tenths of all road construction is expected to occur in developing nations, including …
Stating that e-rickshaws are ‘illegal’ according to existing laws, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the Central government’s plea to lift the ban on e-rickshaws. A bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul also directed the Delhi government and the authorities concerned to act in conformity with …
The directorate of transport, government of Goa, in association with Yes Bank, on Monday, launched an awareness campaign on road safety, focusing on the theme 'Helmet-wear if you care'. The campaign, 'Say yes to road safety', was launched at V M Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar, by transport and public …
E-rickshaws won’t be allowed to go faster than 15 km/h or carry more than four passengers as the municipal corporations are working to regulate all aspects of the battery-operated three-wheelers. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee passed its e-rickshaw policy on Wednesday. The document includes a speed limit, a …
London Mayor Boris Johnson plans to build two cycle routes crossing the capital from north to south and east to west to encourage Londoners to use their bikes in a city where nine cyclists were killed this year. The two paths will separate cyclists from other traffic, forming Europe’s longest …
Beijing's 21 million residents have been urged to use public transport and shun peak hours in September as the Chinese capital braces for the gridlock that comes with the beginning of the school year. Beijing's traffic regulator, which has called next month "the most congested" of this year, has forecast …
Failing to elicit a response from the last two bids, the Delhi Transport Corporation may soon sign a deal with an Indian automotive manufacturing company to procure a total of 1,380 semi-low-floor buses to replace its fleet of standard-floor ones (yellow buses). “We invited global players for procurement of 1,380 …
Twenty eight major highway projects have hit a road block owing to clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forest. Some projects are as old as 2006. Stretch along Karnala Bird Sanctuary near Mumbai on National Highway 17 has been lying unattended because of clearances to be acquired from Ministry …
Most research studies seeking to understand walking and cycling behaviours have used cross-sectional data to explain inter-individual differences at a particular point in time. Investigations of individual walking and cycling over time are limited, despite the fact that insights on this could be valuable for informing policies to support life-long …
