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Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific: sustainable and inclusive urban transport

The Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific is published once a year by the Transport Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

Publication Date: 
22/12/2015
UNESCAP
Tags:
Urban Transport, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Urban Air Quality, PM 2.5, Ahmedabad (T), Delhi, Public Transport, Pakistan, Motorised Vehicles
Transport

Draft Smart City plan moots BRTS, bicycle sharing

A majority of respondents want Rockfort and Thillainagar area for the project

Publication Date: 
10/12/2015
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Cycles, Smart City, Transport
Air Pollution

Pollution, no rain aggravate allergies among kids, elderly

Dust displaced in the air is becoming an increasing cause of breathing related problems among children and old-age persons as is evident from the rise in patients reporting at government and privat

Publication Date: 
10/12/2015
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Air Pollution, Children, Child Health, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Arvind Kejriwal’s odd & even plan: Odd to punish buses even while favouring polluting diesel cars

Motor vehicle, air pollution, Bharat Stage

Publication Date: 
08/12/2015
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Bharat Stage V, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Cars
Transport

Government clears Rs 11 crore to scrap Rs 150 crore BRT project

The Delhi government on Tuesday approved an estimate of around Rs11 crore to scrap the controversial bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in south Delhi built by the previous Sheila Dikshit government

Publication Date: 
04/11/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Public Transport, Transport
Air Pollution

BRTS project raises air pollution, traffic woes

The ambitious Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project is nowhere near completion. Travelling on city roads especially on a two-wheeler has become a nightmare.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2015
PK Jaiswar, Manmeet Singh
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Amritsar (T), Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Air Pollution, WHO, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Respiratory Diseases, Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Transport

Bad road design leaved Delhi in knots

As Delhi grapples with congested roads and the increasing volume of traffic, its PWD minister has an interesting take on the problem.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2015
Neha Lalchandani
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Roads, Public Transport, Pedestrians, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Transport
Transport

Squeezed out of space, cyclists endangered species in Delhi

Delhi is dangerous for cyclists. Last year 820 out 1,629 traffic fatalities were of people on bicycles.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2015
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Cycles, Two Wheelers, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Transport
Transport

C’garh to adopt US model of Public Transport corridors

Chhattisgarh is all set to adopt the US model of developing dedicated Public Transport corridors in its cities.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2015
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Public Transport, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Raipur (T), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Smart City, Transport
Transport

Reinvented BRT must be convenient, comfortable and cool

The existing bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in Delhi is widely criticized but experts agree that Delhi's traffic woes can only end by improving the bus service and creating a wide network of BRTs

Publication Date: 
09/09/2015
Neha Lalchandani
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Public Transport, Air Pollution, Cycles, Transport

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