Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific is a peer-reviewed journal published once a year by the Transport Division (TD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The main objectives of the Bulletin are to provide a medium for the …
The Transport Ministry has formulated the draft Urban Transport Master Plan for the Colombo Metropolitan Region and the suburbs to address issues in the transport sector including heavy congestion in the Colombo city within the next 20 years. This plan containing short and medium and long term solutions to ease …
Underlining the mismatch between vehicular growth and road space, T G Sitharam, the chairperson of Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc, has stressed linking Bangalore to its satellite towns with ring and circular rail lines. Addressing a day-long workshop on urban mobility here on Monday, Sitharam …
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.
While transport has been an essential element in the rapid growth and economic development of Asia and the Pacific, the sector is now at a crossroads more than ever before. Rocketing demand for transport services is putting extreme pressure on existing infrastructure at a time when public budgets are constrained …
The Kerala Perspective Plan 2030 (KPP) is a Government of Kerala initiative that will serve as the basis for implementation of a series of initiatives aimed at fostering sustainable and inclusive growth of the economy. These initiatives will facilitate Kerala’s economy to leapfrog and to attain developmental parameters of high …
A new report issued jointly by the Atlantic Council and the Stimson Center, The Security of Cities: Ecology and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet, argues that the environmental security field has yet to incorporate global urbanization, the twenty-first century’s central demographic trend, fully into its purview. Environmental security, which focuses …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikas Vs DMRC & Others dated 23/10/2013 on the issue of cutting trees for the work of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/272-2013(OA)_23Oct2013.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=5581
Sunita Narain—our colleague and friend—was seriously injured in an accident while cycling yesterday. A car hit her and fled. This cruel act of crime and heartlessness could have shattered our faith in humanity had it not been for the kind act of the stranger family who rushed her to hospital …
The Union Urban Development Ministry has finally recognised the ban on cycles imposed in Kolkata as a contravention of the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006, and decided to take up the issue with the Mamata Banerjee government. The ban has also left the Ministry embarrassed, given that its aggressive campaign …
The People’s Vision Document (PVD), which has been submitted to the development plan (DP) department, has called for a planned, holistic approach to solve the city’s transport problem, make the transport system more peoplefriendly and sustainable, and to use it to shape development. The PVD pointed to the limited success …
To streamline the transport network in urban areas of Himachal Pradesh, the urban development department has mooted a proposal to set up Urban Mobility Transport Authority (UMTA) in the hill state, which would not only suggest ways and means to decongest towns but would also implement new projects like ropeways, …
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 …
The urgent need to reconfigure and transform urban areas to consume fewer resources, emit less pollution, minimize greenhouse gas production, protect natural ecosystems and increase the adaptive capacity to deal with climate risks is widely recognized. The implementation of improved sustainability measures in cities requires integrated thinking that encompasses a …
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 …
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.
New Delhi, September 26, 2013 78 per cent of cities in India have particulate pollution levels that exceed the standards. Only two cities – both from Kerala – meet the clean air benchmark of the CPCB for PM10. Bus transport ridership is declining. In Delhi, it has dropped from 60 …
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.
NIUA Criticizes Transit-Oriented Development, Parking & Farmhouse Policies The draft Master Plan 2021 for Delhi, now under preparation, has been criticized by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), which has been assigned the task of doing a peer review by the urban development ministry. In its mid-term review – …
To understand the core processes and benchmarks that can transform cities into superior places to live and work, McKinsey developed and analyzed a comprehensive database of urban economic, social, and environmental performance indicators. The research included interviewing 30 mayors and other leaders in city governments on four continents and synthesizing …
