Cities all over the world are trying to ease congestion on roads and check car population to free their road space. Anumita Roychowdhury finds out where India is headed and what lessons can the country learn from them.

Electric cars are not just for the eco-conscious any more. Auto majors showcased their electric and hybrid vehicles at the recent Delhi auto expo. Their future rests on battery development

After years of building roads and flyovers, Delhi government has decided to change tack to address congestion on its roads invest in new, sleek buses to restricted private vehicles. Other cities have followed suit. But their dream bus is either not on the market or just too expensive. Orders placed several months ago are overdue. The two major bus makers, Tata and Ashok Leyland, can barely deliver 100 a month till they ramp up production. sunita narain and arnab pratim dutta chase India's bus business and ask what would it take to transition to good urban transport

Ultra-cheap small cars will tilt the balance against public transport. Urban congestion, unsustainable fuel load, air pollution and health problems will follow. A look into skewed policies that drive the wheels of misfortune...

Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A small movement is emerging in Europe

Late last year, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indian Railways (IR) castigated the for squandering money on import deals which would not fully satisfy India's needs for indigenisation of technology. Down To Earth discovered that though electrification seems to be the thrust area of the IR, the ministry's internal documents raised many uncomfortable questions about the economic viability of the plans. The West is now pushing train travel as the most efficient and environmentally benign mode of transportation. But our inquiries into the state of Indian Railways exposed the tracks being charted out by the planners as myopic and import-intensive