Pvt Vehicles Rise As Public Transport Remains Poor

Pune: Smaller cities, experiencing a more rapid shift to personal vehicles in the absence of adequate investment in a strong public transport system, are struggling with severe air pollution, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) research has observed.

"In India, use of bicycle is still not encouraged much.

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 the period of the JNNURM up to March 2014. The government will provide funds to the cities to purchase a total 10,000 buses to improve public transport.”

The major cities of Amritsar and Ludhiana are all set to acquire the internationally recognised bus rapid transport system (BRTS) with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal giving his nod to re

Refurbishing It Will Waste Taxpayers’ Money, Say Experts

For most Puneites, traffic and transport pose the worst kind of problems.

The City’s hopes of getting a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) may have floundered in red tape, but the State government has offered Bangaloreans a fresh ray of hope that BRTS can be made a reality.