Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) caters to 17% of the daily trips in Lucknow. This short report offers an overview of IPT vehicles i.e. auto-rickshaws, tempos and e-rickshaws in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The team conducted a survey in Lucknow, covering 322 IPT drivers to understand their vehicular, operational and economic characteristics. …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has planned Mass Transit System for Peshawar under technical assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide quality transport service to people of the city. KPK Minister for Transport, Information and Inter Provincial Coordination, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said while talking to media at a press conference …
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has taken the first step towards commencing the process of registration and licensing of cycle-rickshaws by framing draft guidelines in compliance with the directions of the Delhi High Court. On Tuesday, the matter was laid before the NDMC Standing Committee, but members postponed it till …
Mehsana Resident Comes Up With Solar Rickshaw Palanpur: As his small toy-like solarpowered tricycle passes through the streets and bazaars of Mehsana with his three children seated snugly behind him under a canopy, loud cheers are heard from passersby. Everyone seems to love the novel contraption moving smoothly on the …
With immediate effect; ban will be lifted after formulating policy for e-rickshaws. Worried about the rising number of electric rickshaws or e-rickshaws on city roads, the Delhi transport department on Tuesday has banned further sale of 250 volt rickshaws. With e-rickshaws not covered by any Act or policy, the transport …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday underlined the need for formulating a feasible regulatory framework for e-rickshaws, given their rapidly increasing numbers in the city. Diskhit said the Transport department needs to work out a regulatory policy. At present, e-rickshaws are not covered under the Motor Vehicle Act. The Chief …
Score For Being Environment Friendly But Cops, Some Experts See Chaos Risha Chitlangia TNN New Delhi: The Delhi government’s plan to promote non-motorised transport in the city, especially on arterial roads, has road safety experts and city planners divided. While traffic police and transport experts argue that a dedicated corridor …
The civic administration will now conduct a feasibility study of all multi-level parking proposals to ensure that there is no burden on the existing infrastructure in the vicinity. “When parking lots are built in congested areas, they can turn detrimental for the nearby areas in terms of vehicular congestion, pollution, …
JAIPUR: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) citizen's survey findings have offered the authorities real-time data to take some urgent steps to check rising pollution levels and encourage walking and cycling as feasible options for residents to travel small distances. The report stated that 40% residents prefer to walk …
Jharkhand High Court on Monday once again directed the government to free Ranchi’s roads of smoke-belching auto-rickshaws, plying within city limits without permits. The Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Tatia and Justice Jaya Roy was hearing a PIL by one Rajneesh Mishra on increasing pollution in the capital, caused primarily …
Global positioning systems will now be part of all auto-rickshaws in the city as the Delhi high court on Monday upheld the government’s notification for installation of GPS in auto-rickshaws. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw rejected the plea of the auto drivers’ association …
Dismissing a bunch of petitions by auto-rickshaw owners, the Delhi High Court on Monday gave the green signal for installation of Global Positioning System (GPS) and printers in auto-rickshaws for tracking their movement and providing print-outs of fares for distances travelled to passengers to provide secure and transparent travel to …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider objections to the Delhi government’s new policy, which allows one permit per person for fresh applicants and multiple permits for old players. The government’s Transport department had earlier this month issued a public notice, following the apex court’s permission to issue 45,000 …
The Environmental Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) presentation on a new parking policy for Delhi before the Lieutenant-Governor on Thursday argued that the rate of parking for surface parking should be kept higher than multi-level parking facilities. Other suggestions related to pricing made by Ms. Sunita Narain and Mr. …
With virtually all modes of transport going the hybrid way, here’s news that could make the rickshaw – which is now restricted to a few Indian cities and pockets of Asia – a possible mode of public transport. Twenty-six-year-old Sivaraj Muthuraman, a Tirupur-based innovator, has built a ‘hybrid’ rickshaw called …
Around 45,000 new autorickshaws are set to be added to Delhi roads by September. Senior officials in the transport department said the public notice for issuing new permits will be out before August 15. In the first phase, 10,000 permits will be issued, said officials. The decision to start issuing …
The intention was good, the implementation poor. The Ranchi district administration did win brownie points with Jharkhand High Court by grounding more than 5,000 smoke-belching and ageing auto-rickshaws in the capital from August 1, but at the cost of commuter ordeal. The 55 city buses and less than 6,000 auto-rickshaws …
Calcutta High Court on Thursday stoked the dying embers of the campaign against vehicle pollution by asking the Mamata Banerjee government to explain the continued presence of banned commercial transport on the streets and say how it intends banishing them. “Pollution caused by emission is causing serious health problems. The …
Acting on a Jharkhand High Court order, the government has decided to phase out 25,000 old and smoke-belching commercial vehicles from the first day of next month. The district transport department has already compiled a list of vehicles that will have to go off roads after the high court’s July …
New Delhi: Autorickshaw unions here are threatening to go on strike if the Delhi government does not rollback the recent hike in CNG prices or increase auto fares. They plan to give the government a week’s time to take a decision on the matter. Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh members would meet …
KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: A Kolkata engineer has designed a cycle-rickshaw that uses passenger load to push the vehicle and reduces the puller's drudgery by using bumps on the road for propulsion. Mr Pratik Kumar Ghosh's wonder vehicle, which promises to improve the lives of thousands of rickshaw pullers, is easy …
