Zambia non-motorised transport strategy
Non-motorised transport (NMT) offers basic mobility, affordable transport, access to public transport, and health benefits. Improving the convenience, comfort, and safety of walking and cycling reduces
Non Motorised Vehicles
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Formulating an urban transport policy: choosing between options
As the developing world rapidly urbanizes, the demands on transport systems also grow often at a faster pace than the population. Given the above tendency, an effective and coordinated approach to urban
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on reduce vehicular pollution, 18/12/2014
Question raised in Lok Sabha on reduce vehicular pollution, 18/12/2014.
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Urban mobility plans: national approaches and local practice
The document reviews approaches for Urban Mobility Plans (UMP) from various countries and showcases a growing number of examples calling for a shift away from the traditional, infrastructure-oriented approach
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Non-motorised vehicles will be focus of new Smart Cities
India’s to-be-built “Smart Cities” will lay considerable emphasis on a world-class public transport that discourages people from taking their personal vehicles out, while earmarking separate lanes for
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Chennai Non-Motorised Transport Policy 2014
The Chennai Corporation Council approved a non-motorised transport (NMT) policy to promote walking, cycling, cycle rickshaws, pushcarts and other forms of mobility powered by humans. The civic body has
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Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014
An Act to provide a scientifically planned and evolving framework for the safety of all road users in India, including vulnerable road users, and for enabling the seamless development of a secure, efficient,
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A global high shift scenario: impacts and potential for more public transport, walking, and cycling with lower car use
<p>This new report released by the University of California, Davis, and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) shows that getting away from" “car – centric” development will cut urban CO2 dramatically and also reduce costs especially in the fast developing countries – India and China</p>
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Toolkit for Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) 2014
The toolkit has been prepared jointly by the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) India, a team of researchers and consultants from premier institutions in India, the United Nations Environment Programme
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Fresh notification on banning cycles in Kolkata
A fresh notification prohibiting cycles and other forms of non-motorised transport along 174 major thoroughfares of the city has been issued by the Kolkata Police. Last year, the police had issued a
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Finally, PIL against cycle ban
A PIL has been filed at Calcutta High Court against the ban on cycles from 174 Kolkata thoroughfares. NGOs and activists in the city have been campaigning intensely for the last few months, seeking a revoke