Private stage carriage bus operators across the country ferry 150 million people daily! With a majority of them operating in the non-urban sector, these operators provide critical and affordable public transport linkages across the regions. However, the rising fuel (diesel/ CNG) prices significantly threaten their current business. This issue brief …
China's capital Beijing, regularly shrouded in hazardous air pollution, plans to replace its oil-burning buses with greener models by 2017 to help clear the smog, state news agency Xinhua said. Nearly 14,000 new buses powered by electricity or natural gas will be bought to replace two-thirds of Beijing's bus fleet …
Pune: Daily commuters can expect some improvement in city’s public transport system as 660 buses, hired by PMPML, would start plying on the road by the end of January next year. About 330 of these buses were to be launched last Saturday at a formal programme by deputy chief minister …
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 …
New Delhi: With both BJP and AAP making chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s pet project, the Bus Rapid Transit Corridor, a poll issue, the CM has let it be known that even the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand stretch will be scrapped if her party returns to power. This realization, an admission of failure, …
Cabinet to take a decision on proposal soon Five special purpose vehicles (SPVs) will be floated to operate and manage 400 low-floor buses to be procured under the extended Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme for 12 districts in the State. The proposal to float them is before …
Friday, November 01, 2013 - Lahore—Lahore Transport Company (LTC) is playing significant role in transforming the traditional transport culture on modern lines and paying special emphasis on planning, enforcing and regulating the urban transport. Foreign direct investment and projects completed under effective mechanism of public private partnership has far reaching …
Beijing will ban half of its private cars and 80 percent of public vehicles from the roads if a red alert is issued on days of persistent pollution, the capital's information office said on Tuesday. Private vehicles will be barred from using the roads, based on odd and even license …
Hyderabad: Notwithstanding the strikes and financial troubles, the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation asserted on Thursday that it wanted to go ahead with its development schemes and announced the sanction of 737 new buses, under the JNNURM scheme, to be used in the four major cities of the state. Of …
The People’s Vision Document (PVD), which has been submitted to the development plan (DP) department, has called for a planned, holistic approach to solve the city’s transport problem, make the transport system more peoplefriendly and sustainable, and to use it to shape development. The PVD pointed to the limited success …
The Union government on Thursday approved the procurement of 500 buses under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. The buses will bolster the public transport system in the city. Civic officials said the approval came after a meeting on Thursday between stake holders with …
Taking a serious view of the increasing air pollution levels in City and worried over contribution of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses to it, the Corporation has decided to rope in the services of Sarathi squads to keep tabs on drivers who keep the ignition switched on while waiting …
Mission will provide funds for support infrastructure too The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has sanctioned another 400 buses for the State to be operated under the JNNURM extended scheme. For the State, it is a big disappointment, as it had pitched for 1,011 buses at an estimated …
Kerala has been asked to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for operating and managing the buses procured by the State with assistance of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Setting up the SPV is the main condition put forward to the Local Self-Government Department by the …
The Central Government on Monday submitted before the Kerala High Court that it had already declined a request by the state government to ply buses allotted to Kochi city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme, to destinations outside the city limits. Counsel for the Centre T …
CSE is organising a unique event to celebrate positive action on sustainable mobility in Indian cities. We are looking forward to engage in dialogue with changemakers in different cities of India who have made a difference to mobility and air quality related concerns. This is an occasion to acknowledge positive …
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has urged the Centre to provide an additional 1,000 buses to it under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for Himachal to improve its services in the hill state. Addressing a press conference here today, Transport Minister GS Bali said of the …
Hailing Karnataka’s efforts in providing better public transport system, the Centre on Wednesday sanctioned 2,104 buses to the State under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). A high-level committee headed by Sudhir Krishna, secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, sanctioned the buses to Karnataka, to be deployed in Bangalore. “As …
The use of zero-emission buses on Hong Kong roads is the city government's long-term goal to ease roadside air pollution and improve overall air quality, said Secretary for the Environment KS Wong Monday. "We launched our Clean Air Plan in March to set the target and also the timeline to …
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to purchase 665 buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Bapu Gaikwad, assistant transport planner of the civic traffic cell, said, “The Union government has sent letters to various cities, including Pimpri Chinchwad, informing them that it had extended …
Rajasthan will shortly get Rs.2,200 crore from the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for purchasing 1,000 new low-floor buses for plying in 10 cities, including Jaipur and Ajmer-Pushkar. State Additional Chief Secretary (Urban Development) G. S. Sandhu said at a conference on urban governance organised …
