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 …
From traditional means of palanquins to modern means of transportation, the face of Indian transportation system has progressed at a rapid pace since the inception of economic liberalization of the 1990s. India's public transports systems which is rising by almost 10% a year are among the most heavily used in …
This document details the new Standard of assessing the quality of BRT systems developed by Institute for Transportation & Development Policy. The BRT Standard is an effort by leading technical experts to come to a common understanding of what constitutes internationally recognized best practice in BRT system design. The best …
The Planning Commission vide their Order No.18/3/2011-Tpt dated 06.04.2011 has constituted a Working Group on Road Transport for the Formulation of Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). In order to assist the Working Group in finalization of its report, MoRT&H; vide its OM No.RT-21012/4/2011-T dated 7th June, 2011 had formed a …
By 2015, it expects more than 50 % of sales to come from Asia Volvo on Thursday launched its new range of buses, comprising city bus and coaches, aimed at inter-State routes and cities. The expanded range of Volvo buses in India now includes three new models that are the …
Haryana government has announced that it will run 35 Volvo buses on the Chandigarh-New Delhi route. Ten such buses are already plying on this route and the transport department is going to add another 25 Volvo buses to its fleet. “The buses, purchased by the transport department will be on …
It will place orders for two vehicles before year-end with Ashok Leyland If all goes well, Bangaloreans will soon be travelling in ‘diesel hybrid’ vehicles. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is planning to introduce ‘diesel hybrid’ vehicles for public transport on a pilot basis in the City by mid-2012. …
Mexico City's sleek new public bus system is attracting significant international funding in carbon credit sales, part of the capital's ongoing effort to reduce pollution and green up its smoggy image. The government of this sprawling metropolis of 9 million recently announced that the first phase of its rapid transit …
Mexico City's sleek new public bus system is attracting significant international funding in carbon credit sales, part of the capital's ongoing effort to reduce pollution and green up its smoggy image. The government of this sprawling metropolis of 9 million recently announced that the first phase of its rapid transit …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has set the ball rolling for setting up a smart card-based single ticket system for all modes of transport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. All public transport operators, except Railways, have confirmed their participation in the project. The MMRDA has invited requests for …
The Delhi government on Tuesday has won the “Best PPP Initiative in Urban Transport” award for introducing cluster buses in the city at the Urban Mobility Conference 2011 organised by the Institute of Urban Transport (India). The awards were given away by Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and was …
Bald Tyres, Dirty Interiors, Broken Glasses A Common Sight Jaipur: The introduction of low-floor buses as an effort to get the public transport system streamlined, a couple of years ago, had been welcomed by all. However, now only 30% in the fleet of 280 low-floor buses plying on Jaipur roads …
The preliminary project report for the six Bus Rapid Transit corridors (BRT) under Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) has been submitted to the government. Keeping in mind the congestion along all the BRT corridors, DIMTS has suggested that some portions along each of the corridors need not have dedicated …
Rs 250-crore terminal to be built at Hebbal on PPP model The State government has submitted a proposal to the Centre to provide 500 buses to the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). Home and Transport Minister R Ashoka, speaking after distributing …
Cluster-2 of private stage carriage buses was launched by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from Delhi Secretariat on Monday with 50 non-airconditioned buses being flagged off. The first cluster of this service was launched in May this year. The flag-off also marked another major stride in Delhi adopting the public-private partnership …
The Haryana government on Thursday approved the proposal of procuring 60-low floor air-conditioned and non-air conditioned buses, officials said. They buses are scheduled to ply as part of the intra-city bus service from the first week of February next year. Sanctions were also granted for the post of general manager, …
The Urban Development Ministry has given in-principle approval to three Regional Rapid Transit System corridors which will vastly improve Delhi's connectivity with Alwar, Panipat and Meerut. The Urban Development Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, “approved in-principle the concept proposal of implementing Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in three important corridors in …
Panel to evaluate report which identified 100 routes The city's residents may be keenly anticipating the launch of the metro and monorail services. But, the next big innovation in public transportation may yet turn out to be the return of the humble bus — one with a shorter wheelbase and …
Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finalized feasibility report for launching of Prime Minister’s CDA Rapid Bus Transit Project and will advertise the formal process for the procurement of CNG buses during this week. The process of procurement will be completed within 20 days after the advertisement and the project will …
KOLKATA, 10 OCT: As the state does not have a steady supply of compressed natural gas (CNG), the state transport department has taken up a project to use coalbed methane (CBM) as an alternative to run buses in the state to check pollution. Unlike CNG, the state has a rich …
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses will soon be running on fuel derived from vegetable waste and sludge from treated sewage. The Centre has struck a deal with the Swedish government to set up a compressed biofuel plant at Delhi Jal Board’s Keshopur sewage treatment plant (STP). The fuel …
