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 …
The much hyped project of installing GPS systems in the CTU buses has hit another roadblock due to poor signal and lack of coordination between the company I Build, CTU and BSNL. The systems were installed to help commuters by providing them information about the bus routes. However, the problem …
The NCT govern ment on Friday told the Delhi high court that the Global Positioning System (GPS) is operational in 100 buses and will be installed in 1,000 more buses in four months. Appearing for the Delhi government, counsel Meera Bhatia told the division bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (mmrda) is rushing ahead with its multi-crore metro rail and monorail projects. But its proposal to build the less expensive Bus Rapid Transit System (brts) has been delayed. Reason: the development authority, charged with planning for Mumbai, transferred the project to the municipality in …
Sonika Gupta, 29, who lives in Delhi’s Geeta Colony troubles her husband every morning to drop her to Yamuna Bank Metro Station on his motorbike; there is no bus service to the station, which is four km from her house. An auto rickshaw ride costs her Rs 60 per trip. …
In the international climate negotiations preceding Copenhagen in December 2009, nationally appropriate mitigation actions, (NAMAs) were used as the solution of many open issues and with very different interpretations of what the term actually stands for. The negotiations have so far failed to define what NAMAs actually are. Views also …
There I was, zipping down bustling Ahmedabad. The bus stopped at a station, designed so the doors of the bus and the station open simultaneously to let passengers out and in. People were walking to the station, buying tickets and waiting. A notice flashed when the next bus would arrive. …
This policy aims at providing reliable and cost effective passenger transport facility to the consumer in rural areas including the interior small and big urban centers and semi-urbanized areas. It is likely to provide direct/indirect employment to about 6000 people. This Scheme may be called the Haryana Transport Policy, 2010. …
Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road and Fergusson College (FC) Road are important arterial roads in Pune. These roads run north-south and connect the Shivajinagar and Ganeshkhind areas to the Deccan Gymkhana and old city areas. There are many schools, colleges, offi ces, restaurants and commercial establishments around this area making these …
Shibu B S KOCHI: Jointly funded by the Centre and the state to give governance and infrastructure development in urban cities a renewed thrust, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects are proving to be a blessing for Kochi. Most of these projects are in various stages of …
New Delhi: Upset that the Delhi government has stopped procurement of semi low-floor and standard floor buses even when there is acute shortage of new vehicles, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked it to get cracking. A division bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice Manmohan Singh demanded an …
The replacement of foul-fumed vehicles is far from complete through the high court ban on them came into force six months ago. Sources said it would take another three to six months for the city to get rid of the entire foul fleet. According to government data, a total of …
The authors explore how school policies influence the environmental impacts of school commutes. The research is motivated by increased interest in school choice policies (in part because of the U.S.
Putting an end to a three-month-long wait, 14 low-floor buses reached Chandigarh late on Monday evening. These buses are expected to hit the roads within ten days. By February, the remaining 86 buses will be delivered by Tata Motors.
Pune Of all the problems of the city that have consistently defied solutions, Pune traffic must rank right up there. Even as about 600 new vehicles are added on to the city roads everyday, the public transport system
NEW DELHI: After developing the electric version of its flagship passenger car Indica, country's largest auto maker Tata Motors is now working on hybrid city buses aimed at providing eco-friendly transportation solutions for Indian cities. "The work is going on for hybrid city bus ... We think this will be …
Yogesh Kabirdoss | THE Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) will equip 1,500 more buses with the Global Positioning System (GPS) in addition to the present 600 by February, to augment its modern Passenger Information System (PIS). Sowmith Mukund, senior manager of Ashok Leylands's Telematics Business Unit, which has undertaken the project, …
The Sindh High Court expressed on Tuesday its grave concern over the slackness of the provincial authorities in resolving the issue of smoke-emitting and noise-creating vehicles and illegal bus terminals in the city.A division bench comprising Justices Mushir Alam and Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi also warned that if no positive action …
Kakoly Chatterjee, Yogima Seth New Delhi: Eleven months down the line, only 1,800 buses have been delivered so far against the expected 14,000 buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) announced in January, 2009. This has triggered a blame game between the urban development ministry and bus …
While the citizens of the Capital do not have enough potable water, the transport department of the Delhi government has decided to install water-softener plants to wash low-floor buses with an expenditure of lakhs of rupees. Delhi minister of transport Arvinder Singh said the water-softener plants would be installed in …
