Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Govt Study Finds Public Transport System Suffering With Few Buses And Delays New Delhi: The preliminary findings of a study commissioned by the urban development ministry at the Centre has found that the availability of public transport (buses and Metro) in Delhi per 1,000 people is a shocking 0.504. Worse, …
Questions Raised On Surveys Too New Delhi: Almost a month after the Central Road Research Institute submitted an interim report on the revised traffic plan for the BRT corridor, the Delhi government and other transport agencies seem to be questioning the methodology applied for the study. Sources said questions over …
Plan To Keep 40km Vikaspuri-Noida Stretch Signal Free New Delhi: The Delhi government is now planning to make the drive from Vikaspuri to Noida signal free. The public works department is studying a plan to turn this 40km stretch into a red-lightfree zone. Out of this, the cabinet has already …
LUCKNOW: The Indian Railways in its vision statement for the year 2020 has envisaged construction of four dedicated high speed rail corridors connecting major cities. Six corridors have been shortlisted for pre-feasibility studies. Urban transport and high speed directorate of Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) on Saturday organised the …
NEW DELHI: The Urban Development Ministry has roped in some premier technology institutions to help in planning the urban transport system. Memoranda of Understanding were signed on Monday with IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, NIT Warangal and the CEPT University, Ahmedabad, to set up centres of excellence over the next four …
It Will Plan, Execute, Regulate Traffic Infrastructure New Delhi: Delhi government has prepared a cabinet note for the formation of the Delhi Urban Mass Transit Authority along the lines of the already existing United Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC). The new body will plan and execute …
Mumbai The research and training institute for mass transit systems set up in association with Federal Transit Authority (US Department of Transport) and Government of Maharashtra will be conducting its first training course from September 23 to 25. A team of seven experts from FTA and various US universities are …
Car owners in Delhi may be able to save up to 50 per cent travel cost by sharing rides under a citywide carpool scheme proposed by the Delhi transport department aimed at decongesting the city. People who register with the Pan City Mega Carpool (pcmc) scheme can get in touch …
Will people risk giving ride to strangers? car owners in Delhi may be able to save up to 50 per cent travel cost by sharing rides under a citywide carpool scheme proposed by the Delhi transport department aimed at decongesting the city. People who register with the Pan City Mega …
Public transport systems in cities in India are largely bus-based and operated by public agencies. The performance of these organisations on the financial front has been rather wanting. Several reasons
Man guilty of pooh-poohing all air pollution charges finally admits something is wrong Wednesday was a watershed. For, the man guilty of slamming the brakes on every move to convert polluting vehicles in town showed the first signs of being converted himself (see graphic). It happened during a closed-door meeting …
It's official now. You can expect to take a monorail through the congested lanes of the Walled City or hop onto a tram running at road level to catch an event at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the C o m m o n we a l t h Games. The …
For many years, India lagged behind the rest of the world in the field of urban public transport. This changed with the formation of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) in 1995, with the mandate to build a Metro system in the Indian capital New Delhi. The project has …
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 …
