Even the number of cars plying on the city roads, fuelled by low-budget options, continue to go on an upward curve, the Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said he is not

THE Union ministry of urban development has evolved a system for evaluating urban transportation services in cities across India.

The urban transportation toolkit was initially conceived by the Asian Development Bank in conjunction with the Government of Maharashtra. The initial approach followed to prepare the
toolkit included a review of documentation available on PPPs in urban transportation.

This report by ICCT reviews current trends in motorcycle emissions and fuel efficiency technology. Summarizes policy approaches to improve motorcycle emission and energy performance, and discusses what is required to implement these policies.

Most countries in the Commonwealth are involved in planning urban transportation futures to combat climate change. The proposed technical fixes will have little impact unless urban transportation planners resist the move toward infrastructure development that fixes our future to high energy use and CO2 emissions.

This analysis investigates the ability of nonmotorized travel (walking, cycling) to help achieve transportation planning objectives. It indicates that nonmotorized travel provides significant benefits, and that these benefits can increase with cost effective incentives.

The rapid growth in motor vehicle ownership and activity in India is causing a wide range of serious health, environmental, socio-economic, and resource use impacts, even as it provides mobility to millions, and contributes to employment and the economy. The loss of accessibility for pedestrians is one of the most important of these negative impacts, which remains neglected by policy.

Meghalaya Urban Affairs department yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with a private company to find ways to ease traffic congestion in the capital city.

The agreement was signed between the Department and Urban Mass Transit Company Limited (UMTC) to ease traffic congestion through a Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP).

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The Chandigarh Urban Complex is poised for a higher growth in coming decades. The above problems are bound to grow in magnitude unless advance actions are undertaken now. There is an urgent need for significant improvements in the transport system including mass transport system keeping in view the long term requirements.

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