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 …
JYOTI VERMA THE ASIAN AGE Many people who relate high pollution levels in the city with their stress levels must now see the irony of the situation. For it is they who are in fact contributing to building pollution levels (air, water and noise) and adding to the carbon levels …
Metro projects can ease congestion in Indian cities. But lack of integrated planning is undoing the benefits of this mass transport system. This special Down To Earth report demands integration of Metro with buses and pedestrian paths. To know more click on the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20100415&filename;=news&sid;=22&sec;_id=9 See Also Report: Estimated …
Sonika Gupta, 29, who lives in Delhi’s Geeta Colony troubles her husband every morning to drop her to Yamuna Bank Metro Station on his motorbike; there is no bus service to the station, which is four km from her house. An auto rickshaw ride costs her Rs 60 per trip. …
A Lieutenant General in the Army rides a cycle to office and back twice a week. Not only does Commandant of the College of Military Engineering (CME), Lt Gen U S P Sinha, cycle five kilometres from home to office on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but all other officers and students …
Pune, once a city of bicycles, is now the automobile city and the presence of leading automobile manufacturers is only one side of the story. According to the Regional Transport Office (RTO), the last decade has seen the number of vehicles in the city growing by no less than 10 …
New Delhi: Parliament security has said it is ready to let in members on bicycles, in what can add a novel feature to the transport system among politicians. Security authorities have veered round to the view that not much needs to be done to make the system, geared for fourwheelers, …
CHENNAI: Cycle lanes will be created by Chennai Corporation to promote cycling and control vehicular pollution and fuel consumption. To attract tourists to the Marina beach, the civic body would provide cycles on rent during weekends. It would also conduct a study for urban redevelopment of T. Nagar. A firm, …
On May 30, 1896, Cosmopolitan sponsored a race of horseless ca-rriages in New York. In it were four Duryeas, a Booth Rogers and, from Paris, an Armstrong. After a parade of the participants, the race began. One Henry Wells of Springfield, Massa-chusetts, was driving a Duryea motor wagon when he …
Impact on public health of reducing greenhouse as emissions from urban land transport by Geetam Tiwari presented at the National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road and Fergusson College (FC) Road are important arterial roads in Pune. These roads run north-south and connect the Shivajinagar and Ganeshkhind areas to the Deccan Gymkhana and old city areas. There are many schools, colleges, offi ces, restaurants and commercial establishments around this area making these …
As western auto markets shrink due to environmental concerns coupled with financial tightening and long-term worries about fuel supply, India has witnessed a decade-long steep sales growth rates in all categories of vehicles. The promise of a rapidly growing automobile market has brought every global auto manufacturer of significance to …
The Gauhati University (GU) authorities have made an appeal to the members of the university community to make bicycling a habit to meet the challenges of global warming and climate change. For the purpose, the office of the GU Registrar has issued a written appeal to the members of the …
Ludhiana, February 23 After China, India has become the second largest producer of bicycles in the world. But the cycle industry feels that the gap of production between India and China had widened recently as the latter kept on upgrading the technology. But, India could not produce more than 15 …
Mumbai: The machine they rode was ordinary. So was their journey. And, so was their destination. But their mission was special: to spread the message that it
Mumbai A student picks up a bicycle waiting at Mulund station, rides it to Kelkar College and parks it at a cycle stand there, where it is ready for use by the next student. Mumbai has launched a bike-sharing system, following in the footsteps of Paris, London, Dublin and New …
Text of Delhi high court judgement in response to petition filed by Manushi & ITD against MCD on limiting cycle rickshaw licenses.The court has directed Delhi government,MCD,DDA & Delhi Police to constitute a task force to explore for solutions to manage road traffic, minimize congestion, reduce vehicular pollution and ensure …
Cycle rally by youth groups promotes environment awareness Tulsi Tushar Shah Ahmedabad: Chitra Pandya, 17, a student of civil engineering at Cept University, made a ballyhoo as she displayed a banner saying
