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 …
This paper demonstrates a bottom-up approach for developing urban transport strategies taking a case study of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. The strategies are proposed with respect to; solving the existing transportation problems, achievement of set goals for the city and minimization of negative impacts of transportation.
In this paper an attempt is made to study the profile of the bus operations in India with special emphasis on State Transport Undertakings. There is a need to review the regulatory aspects to promote the public transport sector. The paper mainly focuses on passenger demand, intelligent transport systems, accident …
This report compiles in one volume a snapshot of ADB's strategies, assistance, and lending activities to address the environment-development nexus in Asia and the Pacific. It describes development trends in the region, characterized by rapid economic growth in certain countries and a slower pace in other countries, the continued widespread …
Public transport service should live up to certain acceptable standards of quality, comfort and safety before it could gain public patronage. There are of course costs involved, but the people and their quality of life must come first if we destroy public transport we shall be condemned to re-invent it-but …
This document is the Inception Report of the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center for the implementation of the Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) Program under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Regional Technical Assistance (RETA) 6291: Rolling Out Air Quality Management and Sustainable Urban Transportation in Asia …
an ngo working with people affected by an urban transport project has been accused of irregularities. Mumbai's mayor, Shubha Raul has ordered an enquiry against Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (sparc) after charges of misappropriating funds were levied against the ngo. sparc has been involved in the relocation …
Small cars have had it good for quite a while, but the market could undergo a drastic transformation with the advent of ultra-cheap, small cars led by the Tatas' Rs 1 lakh model. The Tata car, the stuff of dreams millions of potential vehicle owners haven't yet dared to dream, …
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport are a key contributor to global climate change. In addressing the impacts of climate change through sustainable transport instruments, cities are also able to benefit from a range of co-benefits, including improved air quality, reduced noise from traffic, increased road safety, and a range of …
Rethinking urban mobility involves optimising the use of all the various modes of transport and organising "co-modality" between the different modes of collective transport (train, tram, metro, bus, taxi) and the different modes of individual transport (car, motorcycle, cycle, walking). It also involves achieving common objectives in terms of economic …
The Green Paper on urban transport will address all transport modes, including walking, cycling, motor cycles and motor vehicles, and will cover both urban freight (and logistics) and passenger transport. The functioning of the private car in cities will be addressed. In addition, the paper will emphasise the need for …
This paper provides a comparative overview of urban transport in the world’s two most populous countries: China and India. Cities in both countries are suffering from severe and worsening transport problems: air pollution, noise, traffic injuries and fatalities, congestion, parking shortages, energy use, and a lack of mobility for the …
Sustainable transport projects in general reduce GHG emissions. Such projects could thus qualify for the CDM and benefit from the sale of GHG offsets. This makes good projects economically more attractive and reduces barriers towards their successful implementation. The CDM can constitute an important additional revenue source for sustainable transport …
This report first introduces the background and objectives of the third phase research of the urban environment project on the transportation sector. It provides an overview of transport and environment in Asian cities. It illustrates the rationale of the scoping of focus policy areas and selection of case studies. It …
Some years ago, Delhi Transport Corporation (dtc) launched the Namaskar Seva. Under this the driver and conductor were to greet passengers with a namaste. The signboard in front of the bus did not have a route number; it only said Namaskar Seva. Without being too sure of where such buses …
THE Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (siam) says India produced over 10 million vehicles in 2006. The number of cars was more than one million. As the manufacture and sale of vehicles are important parameters of the national economy, this millionth-vehicle yardstick says the economy's fundamentals are buoyant. I have …
The objective of the Partnership for Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia (PSUTA) is to work with stakeholders in Asian cities to identify indicators of sustainable transport for use in policy making. It is a response to the extraordinary
This guidelines focus on the BRT environment and assume that interested parties can take advantage of existing guidelines to clarify general issues of access to public space, buildings, and pedestrian infrastructure. The guidelines generally follow the travel path of a passenger using a full-featured Bus Rapid Transit system. The accessible …
Urban India is beginning to explode. The question is if our cities will be able to manage this growth or will they just burst at the seams? The reason I ask this is because we still don't have a clue about what urban growth will mean for us. We cannot …
