The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
As India's capital, Delhi has grown across sectors - industry, transport, and housing - which contribute to an increase in air pollution. This, in turn, has increased health risks, which are refl ected in a rise in respiratory ailments. While the benefi ts of some interventions in the transport sector …
Stressing on the planned development of cities Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav directed officials to give priority to construction of integrated townships for weaker and lower income group people. The LDA officials were asked to complete all formalities for the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS). "The work should start for construction …
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Tuesday ordered the preparation of a detailed project report (DPR) for implementing Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Lucknow. In this regard, Akhilesh also set up a high-powered committee headed by chief secretary Jawed Usmani to prepare the DPR. Department of housing and urban …
Over 50 Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) of south Delhi localities will hold a symbolic candle light march demanding to scrap the Bus Rapid Corridor which is responsible for causing perennial traffic woes. Local residents are exasperated with the Transport Department’s passivity to implement the Delhi High Court’s order to revert …
For a city that hopes to follow Delhi’s growth trajectory, Mumbai is only all too eager to soak in everything that a three-time chief minister “passionately in love with Delhi” has to offer. So when Sheila Dikshit came to Express Adda in Mumbai for a freewheeling chat, an exchange of …
Questions Raised On Surveys Too New Delhi: Almost a month after the Central Road Research Institute submitted an interim report on the revised traffic plan for the BRT corridor, the Delhi government and other transport agencies seem to be questioning the methodology applied for the study. Sources said questions over …
Putting a serious question mark on Delhi government’s sincerity in resolving the issue of BRT mess, Delhi Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely was conspicuously absent in the meeting of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and various Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs). The meeting was held at Dikshit’s residence on Monday morning. …
Urban transport determines the shape of a city and its ecological footprint. Many cities in low- and middle-income countries are at a crossroads. Policy decisions taken now, while car use is still relatively low and cities retain a relatively transit friendly, compact urban form, will affect how people will live …
All vehicles will once again be allowed to ply on the lanes reserved for buses on the city’s BRT corridor after the Delhi high court’s directive to the government on Wednesday calling for opening the stretch to all vehicles for smooth flow of traffic. The court asked the city government …
Acting CJ points to interim trial report which says traffic moved freely once dedicated lanes were done away with. The 5.8-km long Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand may not remain a stretch with dedicated lanes once Delhi High Court passes its final order. On Wednesday, …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court has left it to Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to decide if it wants to continue allowing private vehicles to ply on the bus lane of the BRT corridor till the completion of its study. A division bench of acting Chief Justice A K …
AHMEDABAD: Mass transport services like the BRTS of Ahmedabad will have to be implemented in other cities of the state. This was stated by the chairman of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Sudhir Krishnan. He said that BRTS in Ahmedabad was a success and hence the same should be replicated in …
After a study by the Institute of Urban Transport revealed that the Kolkata tram is a cheaper, environment-friendly mode of transport, the Ministry of Urban Development has asked metropolitan cities to consider re-introducing trams. The ministry suggested that trams could be introduced along Bus Rapid Transit corridors. The Municipal Corporation …
Changes in traffic flow at Chirag Dilli, Siri Fort intersections The flow of traffic between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand along the Capital's much talked about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will revert to the original lane system from Wednesday. The Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS), which operates the …
From Wednesday traffic snarls will be back to trouble lakhs of commuters on the BRT corridor with Delhi Government deciding to revert back to the dedicated lane system. The decision was taken in a meeting held by the transport department of Delhi Government, headed by Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, …
New Delhi: The BRT corridor is back with the Delhi integrated multi-modal transit system. However, DIMTS officials said signal cycles would go back to the original format only after the rest of the bus rapid transit corridor is restored to the previous state. While officially there is no word on …
On the final day of the BRT trial run, there was no clarity on whether dedicated bus lanes would be continued. The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) team carrying out the study recommended that BRT lanes are not needed and that vehicular movement be continued as per the plan for …
For lakhs of commuters jostling for space on the narrow lanes of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor, the six days’ respite allowing mixed vehicles has been extended till May 21. The arrangement for the trial run, which was to conclude on May 17, will now continue for the next …
The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted six weeks’ more time to the city government to file its report on the ongoing study by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) on the traffic flow on BRT corridor after opening it to all vehicles and not restricting it to just buses. …
The Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System which manages the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridor in South Delhi has got a case registered with Delhi Police against Colonel B. B. Sharan of NGO Nyaybhoomi, who is a petitioner in the Delhi High Court in a case on viability …
