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 …

City bus: in demand, out of supply

After years of building roads and flyovers, Delhi government has decided to change tack to address congestion on its roads

Urbanizing the ride

Bus makers and transport companies in an unformed market The city bus wants to change, it wants to keep step with the times. The question is: can the business reinvent itself and make city buses that are convenient and affordable? Till now, buses in India have been trucks, literally. Taking …

Pick your fix

A range of financial options to choose from City buses need to be affordable as well as comfortable and efficient. It is well known that bus operations would cost anywhere between Rs 20 per km and Rs 50 per km, depending on the cost of the bus and its operating …

Bus body

Buses common in India are called

Bus stop

Government has made state bus companies unprofitable, pricing the bus off city roads Automakers prefer to sell cars

Motorized, stuck

Transport in Indian cities headed the wrong way: ministry After a gap of 14 years, the Union Ministry of Urban Development commissioned a study on the state of transport in Indian cities. The data showed Indian cities sinking deeper into a spiral of congestion and air pollution

30 cities tested for:

Accessibility to public transport Congestion Walkability City bus supply Safety Para transit Slow moving vehicles On-street parking interference

Will you leave Nano home for BRTS?

AHMEDABAD: No traffic jams, air-conditioned travel and soothing music as you cut down your travel time by half. If that was the new face of transport

Monorail project work to start in Jan

The first monorail corridor in the country will finally see the light of day, but at a cost higher than what was expected. The executive committee of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) gave the green signal to the of 19.5km corridor from Jacob Circle to Chembur. Initially, the …

Work on second line of Metro rail to start in January: MMRDA

Mumbai, October 16 The work on the second line of the metro rail that

Civic body set to start BRTS work on Airport-Balewadi stretch

Pune, October 16 After developing the road from Airport to Balewadi, the Pune Municipal Corporation is all set to introduce Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on the route.

Monorail from BKC to Bandra rly station gets MMRDAs nod

Mumbai, October 15 The highest body of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday cleared the proposal for a nine km monorail connecting Bandra-Kurla complex and Bandra railway station. This project will address the growing demands of a better transportation service in the business district. The monorail route …

Metro design: Cong MLA seeks public debate

Bangalore, DHNS: Congress MLA for Sarvagnanagar, K J George, has urged Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa not to alter the design of the six stations of Metro Rail coming up in various parts of the City. In a letter, he said the design for the six stations were finalised after …

Need to increase number of public transport users stressed

Chief Urban Planner of CMDA S.Santhanam (second from left), releasing a book on application of geomatics in urban transportation planning and management at St.Peter

DMRC seeks approval to prepare metro DPR

Lucknow: The dream of Lucknow to have a metro rail has inched a bit closer towards reality. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), after conducting an initial feasibility study, has sought the state government approval for preparing a detailed project report (DPR) on the proposed project. LDA vice-chairman, Mukesh Meshram …

Namma Metro chugs on a slow track

By S Praveen Dhaneshkar, DH News Service, Bangalore: Despite Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa emphatically stating that Namma Metro is on track and would be completed by December 2010, the construction activity on Reach One (M Chinnaswamy cricket stadium/Anil Kumle circle to Byappanahalli) appears to have slowed down... And who …

Urban public transport systems: Are the taxation policies congenial for their survival and growth?

Public transport systems in cities in India are largely bus-based and operated by public agencies. The performance of these organisations on the financial front has been rather wanting. Several reasons

The state of the nation: transport

In this State of the Nation report the Institution of Civil Engineers sets out a 10 step plan which offers a solution to the transport problems facing the UK. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) envisages major transport changes in the UK by 2020.

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