The single-agency approach to city development, coupled with disincentivising unplanned growth, has been adopted internationally. In India, the ball often gets tossed between the two leading heads-the mayor and the municipal commissioner.
Tag: National Urban Transport Policy
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Urban transport: Curbing mobility
As urban commute continues to be more nightmarish with each passing day, the factors are too obvious, but what can our newer cities learn from the chaos that bad planning has wrought upon India's largest cities? Instead of reducing distances and commuters, attempts have been on increasing them.
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Prioritise urban infra
National Urban Transport Policy [NUTP] was cleared initially way back in 2006, with a vision statement, to "make our cities the most liveable in the world and enable them to become the engines of economic growth". Given the organisation of our cities' infrastructure, it will be a mammoth task for any city to bring order and predictability, let alone promote sustainable forms of transport.
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Urban Infra | The four corners of the pie
With cities holding 377 million people, or 31 per cent of total population, and expected to bloat further to over 40 per cent by 2030, Indian urban transport is one of the largest markets in the world.
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Urban Infra | The four corners of the pie
With cities holding 377 million people, or 31 per cent of total population, and expected to bloat further to over 40 per cent by 2030, Indian urban transport is one of the largest markets in the world.
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Analysis: Dealing with inadequacies, salvaging lifelines
The next decade is set to witness tremendous growth in rail and bus based urban transport systems like MRTS, BRTS and variants.