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 …
It was symbolic perhaps that the capital's first Car-Free Day was ushered in with a bicycle rally. Indeed, the humble two wheeler was the focus of much thought on the day in the context of Delhi's high vehicular pollution and congested public roads. As Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who took …
The event will again be held in Dwarka on November 22 and unlike today — when it was observed only for half-a-day as it coincided with Dussehra. Terming Delhi’s first car-free day a “success” and the “beginning of a revolution”, Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday announced that the capital …
CSE’s exposure monitoring indicates dramatic drop of 60 per cent in PM2.5 levels compared to levels observed the previous day. This is supported by official ambient air quality monitoring that shows 45 per cent drop in overall PM2.5 levels across the city due to low traffic on the national holiday …
A month back, Gurgaon Police launched Car-Free Day, an initiative to decongest the city and improve its air quality. But four Tuesdays on, it appears to have morphed into a movement to encourage cycling, with the original concept of making some stretches of the city free of cars receding into …
The fifth edition of the Car Free Day on October 20, will emphasise on the need to promote cycle stands, said Gurgaon Joint Police Commissioner (Headquarters) Saurabh Singh on Monday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Gurgaon police and several stakeholders and organisers from Rapid Metro, Naggaro, …
With an intention to make capital congestion-free and encourage public transport, Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure Planning and Engineering Centre (UTTIPEC) has begun bicycle sharing system in Dwarka. As a part of the pilot project, a Detailed Project Report (DPR) was prepared and was approved by …
One-day scheme promoted by mayor Anne Hidalgo sees city centre mostly free of cars and lower speed limit in other districts With the eight lanes of France’s most famous avenue cleared of all traffic on Paris’s first car-free day, the usual cacophony of car-revving and thundering motorbike engines had given …
GURGAON: Cycling enthusiasts in the city have a reason to cheer because after the success of the first Car-Free Day on Tuesday, MCG is finally giving serious thought to bicycles to solve Gurgaon's traffic problems. The civic body is in talks with a private firm to build 60 cycle stands …
Come September 22, the Millennium City will observe car-free day every Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to encourage people to use alternative modes of transport. Though the whole city will celebrate the initiative, four major corridors -- DLF Cyber City, Cyber Park area, Golf Course Road and Electronic …
Delhi is dangerous for cyclists. Last year 820 out 1,629 traffic fatalities were of people on bicycles. This year, the Delhi Traffic Police says that cyclists account for 330 of the 750 fatalities till now. But this is not surprising. A glance at any street indicates the government's priorities on …
Close on the heels of the Himachal Pradesh high court ordering a ban on the registration of new vehicles without adequate parking space to show for them, the municipal corporation is all set to turn Shimla into a cycle city. Shimla has 80,000 registered vehicles while parking space is available …
The existing bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in Delhi is widely criticized but experts agree that Delhi's traffic woes can only end by improving the bus service and creating a wide network of BRTs. There's a new proposal now to let buses run in the extreme left lane along with …
Despite a steady decrease in emissions since 2002, transportation remained the most significant air pollution source in the urban centers throughout 2014, the Environmental Protection Ministry revealed on Wednesday. The ministry published its findings in its 2014 Air Quality Report, drawing data from more than 100 air quality monitoring stations …
While much has been talked about encouraging public transport and making Delhi roads pedestrian and cycle-friendly, nothing concrete has been done about it till date. In an RTI filed by activist Vedpal, it was found that to cater to around 25 lakh commuters of Delhi metro, there are only 85 …
London, Paris, New York, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv and other cities around the world have all in recent years developed bicycle share systems to ease up congestion, reduce air pollution and promote exercise. Now, it seems, Jerusalem is looking to get in on the pedal-powered action as well. To this …
Fatal traffic accidents involving elderly pedestrians and cyclists occur most frequently between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., a National Police Agency study has found. The study found between January and June the number of people aged 65 or over who died in traffic accidents rose 12 from a year earlier …
There are currently posters on bus stops all over Sydney saying: “A metre matters.” An initiative of the Amy Gillett Foundation, the campaign has a simple aim – stopping drivers from hitting cyclists. Gillett died on 18 July 2005, when she was struck by a teenage driver while training in …
GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is set to resume work on its ambitious cycle track project, after a stay imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was lifted, earlier this month. The principal bench of the tribunal, headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, disposed of a petition …
INDORE: Despite all the hype around ibus and BRTS corridor, only two per cent commuters in Indore are using public transport system, a survey report revealed on Tuesday. Number of people using ibus is even less as even this two per cent public transport users are distributed among ibus, auto …
The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry will set up a system designating certain roads as recommended cycling routes to help spur development of the bicycle tourism industry. Certified roads will get subsidies for improvements such as additional signposts, bicycle parking lots and toilets, ministry officials said Monday. The system …
