Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are close substitutes for cars and two-wheelers because they cover longer distances with less effort. Thus, e-bikes will play a key role in shifting passenger and freight trips away from high-polluting private vehicles and generating fewer emissions if used at scale. While vehicle electrification has focused …
The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) has released landmark research demonstrating a clear trend of expanding and accelerating climate action in the world’s megacities.Climate actions, such as implementing rigorous energy efficiency regulations for buildings, instituting bus rapid transit lines or flood mapping efforts, aim to reduce global greenhouse gas …
Even as there is interest among youths and professionals in city to ride bicycles, the government has drawn flak for not promoting the 'green' transport. Lack of adequate cycle tracks and encroachments on existing tracks have been a cause of concern, experts said. "Government should spread awareness about cycle tracks …
The new version of the ‘Future of Urban Mobility’ study was released and identifies the mobility challenges facing cities worldwide. The report includes an update of Arthur D. Little’s Urban Mobility Index, assessing the world’s cities in terms of mobility maturity and performance and together with UITP identifies strategic directions …
A PIL has been filed at Calcutta High Court against the ban on cycles from 174 Kolkata thoroughfares. NGOs and activists in the city have been campaigning intensely for the last few months, seeking a revoke of the restriction. The Union urban development ministry has also asked the Mamata Banerjee …
Demanding that cyclists and other users of non-motorised transport (NMT) should be allowed to move freely in the city, activists have sought the intervention of the Calcutta High Court. A PIL filed by members of the 'Chakra Satyagraha', a movement against the NMT ban, is expected to come up for …
Director of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Sunita Narain emphasized the need for promoting bicycle as a means of transport in cities in a big way to tackle the problem of air pollution, at in the cities. "If we don't have the right to breath and walk freely then …
Excessive Use Of Private Vehicles Creating Havoc In City, Says IISc Mobility Survey Lucknow: Lucknow urgently needs a robust public transport system to tackle the increasing urban roadways congestion, noise, air pollution, and traffic accidents, says a mobility survey conducted across five Indian cities. The survey was conducted in New …
Chinese government in collaboration with Capital Development Authority (CDA) would construct 44 kilometres cycling track in Islamabad. Talking to APP, a spokesman of CDA said that the authority will promote recreational activities in the city and will make the city more environment-friendly by providing cycling tracks. The Chinese delegation visited …
The city has poor facilities for bicycle users and pedestrians. Besides, use of private vehicles is quite high as compared to public transport, while road safety continues to be a cause of concern. All this have been reflected in the first-of-its-kind citizens’ Transportation Status Report (TSR) brought out by Parisar …
With the increased recognition that bicycling is a sustainable transportation mode choice, there is a continued interest in understanding how the built environment affects bicyclist travel behavior. Research on the influence of small-scale built form elements, such as street characteristics, on bicyclist wayfinding is limited. wayfinding is defined as a …
Efforts to manage Canadian cities through smart growth policies emphasize the importance of integrated public transit system and bicycle-transit integration. The goal of this paper is to review the impact of planning policies that promote utilitarian cycling on the provision of bicycle facilities (pathways, bikeways and parking) in Calgary. The …
This factsheet presents the current scenario of cycling environment in Kathmandu/Nepal, its contribution to better urban mobility, existing policies and plans for cycling infrastructures development, sharing international best practices/success stories, and recommends policies and programs to promote cycling culture in Kathmandu Valley and other the cities of Nepal. related content …
Road 'minorities'- bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled-are, sadly, a neglected lot on the city's BRTS stretch today. Ironically, when the BRTS was first inaugurated in 2009, it was socially marketed as one which held pedestrians and bicyclists in high esteem and provided them with dedicated lanes, universally accessible bus stops …
Motorcycles, Scooters to get costlier by . 1,500-10,000 The government is set to drive in stricter emission norms for two-wheelers which will make motorcyles and scooters less polluting but costlier by . 1,500-10,000. New emission norms for two wheelers to be sold in the country from 2015 have been finalised …
Project Will Be Scaled Up After Its Success At Kamatibaug Vadodara: Paris and Barcelona have done it. And so has New York and Boston. Now, Vadodara will be the first city of Gujarat to get a chance to use cycle as a mode of public transport. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) …
With a view to promoting non-motorised transport in the Millennium City, the citizens of Gurgaon along with some NGOs and support from the local administration observed “Raahgiri Day”, a weekly event, here on Sunday. The plying of motor vehicles is banned on a particular stretch of road from 7 a.m. …
A month after she was hit by a car while cycling near AIIMS Flyover, environmentalist Sunita Narain is recuperating slowly but is confident of getting back in the saddle. One of the several new items on her agenda is to pull out data on pedestrian and cycling accidents from the …
We have built city roads only for cars to move. Cars rule the road I write this column from my bed, recovering from an accident that broke my bones. I was hit by a speeding car while cycling. The driver fled the scene of the accident in the car, leaving …
Cyclists at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park hardly use the waste collection bag while pedalling inside the park. Not many know that they will get a reimbursement of Rs5 for the garbage they bring back from inside the park. The scheme was launched in 2011 along with the rent-a-cycle scheme …
Delhi traffic police launched a 'Drive Safely' campaign for cyclists today and distributed reflective stickers for bicycles to prevent accidents. The campaign comes in the wake of environmental activist Sunita Narain's accident a few days ago when a speeding car hit her as she was cycling near AIIMS flyover which …
