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 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Private Investment in Public Transport, 07/12/2016. Financial assistance provided for public transport and parking projects by Ministry of Urban Development, State and city wise, during last three years and the current year are annexed.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Private Investment in Public Transport, 07/12/2016. Financial assistance provided for public transport and parking projects by Ministry of Urban Development, State and city wise, during last three years and the current year are annexed.
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Ravindra Ramchandra Waghmare Vs Indore Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 29/11/2016 regarding Bus Rapid Transit System Corridor proposed to be developed by the Municipal Corporation, Bhopal on the stretch of around 8 kms. As per Bhopal Development Plan, 2005 …
Greater investment in greener, more sustainable transport systems is essential for propelling the economic and social development that is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, according to an expert panel report delivered to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Finding that global, national and local transport systems are hobbled by inefficiencies …
Many of the world’s most important cities are expanding rapidly without adequate transportation planning. People Near Rapid Transit (PNT) measures the number of residents in a city who live within a short walking distance (1 km) of high-quality rapid transit. This is a good way to estimate accessibility and rapid …
Bengaluru: The Paris Agreement on climate change may be a step in the right direction but developing countries like India are exempt from binding commitments, which is bound to have adverse effects, experts said on Thursday. Bengaluru, for example, doesn't even have an action plan in place, they pointed out. …
"There is no need to implement the third phase of odd-even scheme during monsoon season as the pollution is on the lowest level during this season," said Delhi's Transport Minister Satyendar Jain. Delhi Transport Minister Satyendar Jain on July 12 hinted at introducing the third phase of the odd-even scheme …
Who would not be acquainted with smart phones, smart classes and smart cities? What goes behind building up these 'smart' things is, the upgraded technology that makes life easier. Inspired by the smart e-rickshaw project of Varanasi launched in May, the Gujarat Government has given a thumbs up to a …
The BRT Standard is the centerpiece of a global effort by leaders in bus transportation design to establish a common definition of bus rapid transit (BRT) and ensure that BRT systems more uniformly deliver world-class passenger experiences, significant economic benefits, and positive environmental impacts. BRT plays an important role in …
Pune: While a number of accidents took place on the Nagar road BRTS corridor last month, the Pune Municipal Corporation has planned to build 5 foot over bridges to prevent accidents. However, NGO Nagrik Chetna Manch has said, ``the latest plan to build the foot over bridges is nothing but …
A high-powered committee on 'Decongestion of Traffic in Delhi' constituted by Minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu has recommended a better use of existing road space, multi-model integration, better traffic management, paradigm shift from car-centric to people-centric planning for more use of public transport and saying 'no' to more …
Slew of measures favoured by the committee include introduction of congestion tax While the Delhi Government has scrapped the controversial BRT, a central panel has recommended that more such corridors should be set up and 6,000 buses procured for public transport in interventions worth Rs 20,000 crore for traffic decongestion …
The international sustainable transport community began 2016 with strong momentum stemming from two major United Nations (UN) agreements in 2015: the Paris Agreement for preventing catastrophic climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which set the global development agenda to 2030. To help ensure that these frameworks and agreements …
The international sustainable transport community began 2016 with strong momentum stemming from two major United Nations (UN) agreements in 2015: the Paris Agreement for preventing catastrophic climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which set the global development agenda to 2030. To help ensure that these frameworks and agreements …
Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh’s fast emerging high–tech capital city is expected to receive a major funding push from the Central Government if it makes it in the next round of competition for inclusion in the ambitious ‘Smart City’ project. Notably, a total of seven capital cities in the country left out …
City residents and NGOs have urged the district administration to start a massive campaign to plant native saplings and trees to restore Amritsar’s green cover and identify the sources of pollution in the city after a WHO report placed Amritsar at 21st rank in the list of most polluted cities …
A report on Smart Urban Mobility. commissioned by the IRU initiated All India Smart Move High Level Group and produced by the Institute of Urban Transport, has laid out clear recommendations to create a sustainable, integrated transport system for India. The report’s recommendations focus on removing existing barriers and facilitating …
The city is set to have three more monitoring stations and one mobile van to constantly monitor air quality, the government today announced while enunciating steps to combat spiralling air pollution in the budget for 2016-17. It also earmarked Rs 137 crore for a long pending project under which LED …
Road infrastructure became a separate head for allocation this budget, in sync with the government's plan to cut air pollution, and factoring in road improvement for public transport, non-motorised vehicles and pedestrians. The plan outlay for this is Rs 2,208 crore, which is 11% of the total plan outlay. Two …
The Green Line of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has been inaugurated by the Prime Minister. This is a historic moment as for the last several years, in fact since the early 1970’s, we kept hearing about a public mass transit system for Karachi. A lot of plans and …
