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 …
Rejecting the Delhi government’s contention that public opinion on using BRT corridor was positive, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that a study on its feasibility and other aspects of vehicular traffic needed to be conducted afresh. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv …
New Delhi: Built to promote public transport, the bus rapid transit corridor (BRT) was touted as a “green corridor” by the Delhi government when it came up in 2008. The idea was that increased usage of public transport would bring down reliability on private vehicles, and thus the resultant emissions, …
New Delhi: For the Delhi government, it seems, the traffic volume in the city has remained static in the past four years. In response to the Delhi high court’s order to get a “scientific study” conducted on the BRT corridor, the government is submitting a four-yearold study. The study, carried …
The Planning Commission cited shortage of funds as it punctured the Union Urban Development Ministry’s ambitious plans to popularise bicycle usage in metro cities. The Plan panel has refused to dole out Rs 150 crore to the Ministry for the Public Bicycle Scheme, which was proposed to be rolled out …
JAIPUR: Putting to rest the possibilities of constructing the elevated road from Pani- Pech to Collectorate Circle under Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project, phase II, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has sent a revised proposal of Rs 590 crore to the Centre for the approval. After the elevated road …
Cities now have the option of ensuring that their comprehensive plans are low on carbon emissions. Shakti’s support has helped develop a tool that can measure green house gas emission of various transport initiatives. The tool was developed by Emergent Ventures, India which works on sustainable solutions for various aspects …
This document details the new Standard of assessing the quality of BRT systems developed by Institute for Transportation & Development Policy. The BRT Standard is an effort by leading technical experts to come to a common understanding of what constitutes internationally recognized best practice in BRT system design. The best …
E. Sreedharan spoke to BW on urban transportation and the way forward for a country that is urbanising at a frenetic pace Most people take life easy after retirement. But Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, 79, has been on the job since he retired from the Indian Railways in 1990. The managing director …
E. Sreedharan spoke to BW on urban transportation and the way forward for a country that is urbanising at a frenetic pace Most people take life easy after retirement. But Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, 79, has been on the job since he retired from the Indian Railways in 1990. The managing director …
The present study documents ten urban transport initiatives / projects undertaken or are being undertaken in ten cities of India. It covers four Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) projects of Ahmedabad, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur; five modern city bus services of Jalandhar, Jabalpur, Surat, Vadodara and Jalgaon; and multilevel underground parking …
The City of Pune, Maharashtra, India is well known as the city of Two Wheelers and has a large two wheeler population; Also the traffic here is prone to frequent congestions during peak hours; leading to jams causing huge delays in travel times. Moreover, pollution created by these vehicles is …
The initial 5.8 Km of the Bus Corridor in Delhi became operational on April 20th 2008. The facility stretches from Moolchand to Ambedkar Nagar along JBT Marg in South Delhi. The corridor infrastructure consist of single median lanes for buses with physical segregation and double platform bus stops located close …
The pilot project on electric, hybrid buses for public transport looks more like a friendly nudge to industry to find 'real business' for a very expensive technology concept. Green steps without green target is a bad idea Beijing has introduced hybrid buses but it has also set fuel economy standards …
The outrage over nine per cent fare hike ignited over a million demonstrators in 100 cities across Brazil (Photo courtesy Agencia Brasil) While watching the mob fury on the streets of São Paulo on television recently I was stunned to see how bus fare hike could stoke such urban discontent. …
Author: Anumita Roychowdhury @ There are dangers in ignoring the demand for collective dignity on roads and in pandering to the arrogance of cars. Hope AAP will steer the change that Delhi needs Photo: Meeta Ahlawat The newly elected Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) metro ride to Ramlila ground for the …
