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Metro Pricing | Un-fare deals

Metro Pricing | Un-fare deals

Thousands of home buyers on the Noida-Greater Noida stretch heaved a sigh of relief early this year when the 20.6-km Metro rail project between Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway was cleared by the Ministry of Urban Development.

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Metro Rail: Glamour meets utility

Metro Rail: Glamour meets utility

A round 2.5 million passengers use the Delhi Metro everyday that has an operational distance of 190 km with an aim to touch 400 km by 2021. "Despite the metro expanding across cities, the pace of metro expansion is inadequate

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New avenues of transport

New avenues of transport

Urban infrastructure development in India has taken a faster pace in the recent past with a slew of projects getting operational while some are under implementation.

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Monorail as an urban rapid transit

Monorail as an urban rapid transit

The best suited approach to increase the efficiency of transport is to seamlessly integrate better and immediate modes of commuting that offer reliable and quality services, says Kanesan Veluppillai. Keeping urban infrastructure at focus, the government has announced 2010-2020 as the decade of innovation in transportation. A sustainable, cost-efficient and environment-friendly tra­nsport system is what modern India envisions of today.

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Steering the growth

Steering the growth

India's urban infrastructure is growing at a phenomenal pace, but due to improper urban planning in the past, growth is not able to match the pace of economic activities in the urban areas, says Kumar Ramesh.

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Bumper to bummer

Bumper to bummer

What our cities must get right before jumping to future transport options. “Why focus on urban transport?” asked a 2005 government presentation document, somewhat rhetorically.