Urban Transport

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

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 …

Ride your bicycle beside the BRTS

Ahmedabad : The city could well get to see its first bicycle lanes by 2009. The entire network of BRTS corridor will have bicycle lanes alongside by then. These will be no ordinary lanes occupied by squatters or hawkers. It will be an exclusive zone for those who want to …

Special vehicle to complete all BRTS projects

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NOVEMBER 22 FOR completing all Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) projects in PimpriChinchwad, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has decided to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV). This is probably the first time that any municipal corporation in the country is forming an SPV for the completion …

Maken speaks up for BRT corridor

NEW DELHI: New Delhi MP and Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken on Thursday defended the controversial Bus Rapid Transit corridor project in the Capital stating that the concept was not bad and it was teething trouble on the first section that had caused inconvenience to citizens. …

On BRTS road, pedestrian is king

Ahmedabad : It is not be long before you could stop a barrage of vehicles heading your way while you cross a busy road in Ahmedabad with a simple press of a button. This is not a dream. On the ambitious BRTS bus corridor, almost 46 km of the first …

BRTS was an obstacle race against time

Ahmedabad: When JNNURM was launched by Government of India, Ahmedabad BRTS was first-of-its-kind in the country. For the first six months, we were hunting for an agency in this country that could appraise our project. Finally, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi agreed to appraise only the civil work …

Navi Mumbai gears up for a Metro

Mumbai, November 20 The satellite city has already begun planning for special corridors and has even roped in DMRC Even as Mumbai awaits its first Metro rail, its satellite city Navi Mumbai has already begun planning for metro rail corridors aiming for better connectivity. The City and Industrial Development Corporation …

BJP promises smooth drive for Delhi

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi has promised to review and modify the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor project, which it alleges has worsened traffic congestion in parts of the national capital and raised protests from citizens and town planners. In its manifesto for the Assembly election …

AMCs tinkering delays BRTS project by 3 months

Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: For the multicrore-rupee BRTS project, a meaningless conflict between the political and executive wings of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) concerning the design of the AEC flyover has led to a further three-month delay in commissioning of the BRTS services. This despite the fact that …

Monorail catching up, may replace two metro corridors

Mumbai, November 14 Capability of taking sharper turns makes monorail more flexible option in congested corridors With the decks being cleared for the country

Ahmedabad metro rail project put on fast track

Vinay Umarji / Vadodara November 14, 2008, 0:39 IST Gujarat CM asks DMRC to modify detailed project report. Even while the work on Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) is in process, Ahmedabad might its own metro rail sooner than expected. Buoyed by the upcoming metro rail projects in the country, …

Namma Metro cost to go up by Rs 2,000 cr

The costs of the 'Namma Metro' project will go up by at least Rs 2,000 crore once the project cost is revised next year, after completion of the tender process of stations, rolling stock (coaches) and reaches 2 and 3. This was announced by B S Sudhir Chandra, Director (Project …

Metro rail project: MMRDA counselled on avoiding delay

Mumbai, November 12 Rail Vikas Corporation MD writes to authority head, urban development secretary about possible

Buses and Barack Obama

We need to change our policies to get more buses on the roads

Metro project: change in plan to overcome design clash

Mumbai, November 6 One of the major impediments to the construction of the city's first metro rail corridor

Sustainable urban mobility in Asia

Sustained economic growth and increasing affluence in urban areas have enabled more people to afford cars, motorcycles, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). The preference for personal mobility has prevailed over public transportation, the latter being in a generally degenerated state. Latest research by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Clean …

A reformed CDM: including new mechanisms for sustainable development

The annual CD4CDM Perspectives Series features a topic of pivotal importance to the global carbon market. The series seeks to communicate the diverse insights and visions of leading actors in the carbon market to better inform the decisions of professionals and policymakers in developing countries. The second theme of the …

Urban transport in India: not so fast for the Nano car

As urbanization gathers pace in India, personal transport is among the priorities (for access and mobility), especially since mass transport is often not available or is of poor quality. To summarize, public transport and its clever use could bring us many advantages

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