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 …
A plea seeking stay of the state government notification directing to public schools of national capital to provide their buses for running as public transport from January 1 to 15 when the number of private vehicles on the capital's roads will drastically fall, was filed in Delhi High Court on …
The Delhi government has decided to reduce the number of extra buses to be deployed during the odd-even traffic trial to 3,000, down from 6,000 proposed earlier, because of the exemption given to two-wheelers, transport minister Gopal Rai said on Sunday . Rai made the announcement during a visit to …
A brand new solar powered bus, which looks just like an ordinary public bus to the naked eye, officially hit the road of Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet autonomous region in November. "Compared to the oil powered buses, the biggest distinction is that the roof of the new …
The Delhi government is no longer looking to purchase new buses for DTC. Instead, DTC has proposed a new cluster system that will allow the state bus authority to run buses without having to provide depot space. Delhi Transport Corporation head C R Garg said, “We've got in principle approval …
In a bid to tackle “immense shortage” of buses in the city, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is likely to run buses under the cluster scheme on the lines of Delhi Integrated Multi-Model Transit System (DIMTS), which currently operates orange buses. Transport minister Gopal Rai said that DTC has prepared …
17 standard low-floor buses and seven mini-buses have been deployed The Puducherry Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) has inducted 24 standard and mini-buses into its fleet. Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Wednesday flagged off the new buses purchased under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). PRTC Managing Director P. …
The government is planning to set up a green fund to convert diesel buses of state transport corporations into cost-efficient electric buses. The ministry for roads, transport and highways is in talks with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for project assistance. “We are starting a pilot project with 20 buses …
The National Green Tribunal today asked Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, which supply buses to Delhi Transport Corporation, why these vehicles caused noise pollution on roads and directed them to submit details, including their designs. "All these buses which you have designed, why are they so noisy? DTC is planning …
Delhi has over 82 lakh registered motor vehicles. Of them, only 40,947 are buses. The skew probably explains the city's gridlocked mess, for traffic experts say that the only solution to road congestion in the capital lies in using the humble bus judiciously. And yet, it is the bus that …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed Delhi Police to develop a traffic policy to decongest the capital. It also instructed the cops to hold consultations with Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan governments before finalizing the policy within a week. The tribunal has asked police to solve the congestion caused …
Effective August 24, no vehicles will be allowed in the heart of Rwanda's capital Kigali, widely regarded as the cleanest city in Africa. Except special services vehicles such as ambulances, others are prohibited in the streets of the declared 'Car-Free Zone.' "Normally, a city is for people not vehicles," said …
The damage done to Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses on Wednesday at Janakpuri and Inderlok poves that how vulnerable the public transport in the capital is. Be it protests, agitation or any accident caused, people attack DTC buses or cluster buses. While almost every other day such cases are reported, …
The number of buses in Delhi has decreased over the years. In the 1980s, there were 57 buses for every one lakh Delhiites. By 2007-08 the figure had fallen to 34, and today it stands at just 25. In itself, the numerical slide should imply the streets are freer. But …
India is currently considering establishing fuel efficiency regulation for new trucks and buses. This process formally started in July 2014 when the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas officially constituted a Steering Committee to guide the regulatory development process (Minstry of Petroleum & Natural Gas 2014). In any regulatory development …
The world’s fastest charging electric bus is now operating in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo. According to local transportation authorities, the public bus — which was manufactured in Ningbo and runs along a 24-stop, 11 kilometre route — takes as little as 10 seconds to charge up and …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked the Centre to respond on whether or not the pollution-under-control (PUC) testing system can be expanded to include various parameters such as PM2.5 (fine, respirable particulate matter) and hydrocarbons. As of now, PUC testing consists only of checking the opacity of emissions from …
Go-Ahead London has contracted BYD Company + Alexander Dennis Limited to provide 51 emissions-free, all-electric buses as part of a £19 million deal between the groups, according to a recent press release. The 51-strong electric bus fleet will, once delivered, represent the largest such fleet in the whole of Europe, …
Hong Kong commuters can expect to ride more on electric buses from later this year. New World First Bus and Citybus on Thursday announced the arrival of the first of five battery-powered buses they had ordered from mainland manufacturer BYD. The 11.6-metre-long single-deck K9R model bus is air conditioned and …
Buses that neither belch pollution nor draw on coal power are starting to appear on city streets with the support of Silicon Valley and a company backed by Warren Buffett. Over the next six months, Seattle is rolling out two all-electric buses made by Kleiner Perkins-backed Proterra Inc. The city …
CSE condemns Delhi government decision of scrapping BRT without strategy for integrated public transport systems CSE believes it is regrettable that the Delhi government has prioritised taking back the space from the transport of the masses to give it to the polluting cars and SUVs in a city where every …
