Delhi draft master plan 2041 : A heartening fresh approach to mobility

The capital's master plan has become more people-centric with time  

To sit or not to sit?: Using intermediary public transport during COVID-19 pandemic

More women rely on shared public transport compared to men; steppig out during a pandemic means paying a greater fare or risking exposure to the virus

COVID-19: How to avoid super-spreading events on the metro

COVID-19 hit public transit systems in New York, US and London, UK badly, causing several deaths

Curbs to chaos: The national capital commutes amid COVID-19 fears

Millions across the world have come out of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown and returned to work. Public transport with confined …

Free public transport: How Delhi can learn from Luxembourg

The European country, which has made all forms of public transport free, has a solution to India’s traffic jams

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

A self-evident truth: Delhi needs more public transport

The recent report by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to the Supreme Court highlighting the crucial need for more …

Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution

The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity

Mindless metro debate

What is at stake is a discussion on what it would take to make the public transport system of our cities truly the one that moves people, not …

CSE responds to DMRC’s comments on its recent analysis of urban transport

Says this is a welcome debate in Delhi on costs of urban commuting and public transport, and on who pays for the much-awaited modernisation of …

Across cities, commuters are giving metro a miss: CSE

Besides Delhi, cities such as Kochi, Lucknow and Chennai have seen a massive drop in projected ridership

Ban on diesel SUV to continue till March 31, SC reaffirms

The apex court has asked car manufacturers to prove that diesel SUVs are environment-friendly

Metro madness

Our little understood urban dystopia

Change the mindset from ‘last mile’ to ‘first mile’

Alaknanda and Chittaranjan Park in South Delhi epitomise everything that is wrong with urban mobility in India—a deluge of private cars …

Pune metro rail on track

Public hearing was a farce, say activists

High-speed derailment

Indefinite closure of Delhi airport metro line dashes faith in public private partnerships

NGT raps civic bodies, Delhi Metro for lying on cleaning debris from Yamuna banks

Wants fresh affidavits by May 7

Supreme Court asks Jaipur metro authorities to approach environment ministry for mining sand

City metro rail project likely to get delayed

DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line

DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line

Court stays works on Hyderabad Metro Rail corridor

Reprimands government for realigning the route without consulting the public

Coaches are overcrowded

Ridership is low

Real estate funds Metro

Urban planning given a miss  

Stranded at the station

Needed, integrated transport planning  

Profitable exit

Reliance abandons the first public-private partnership in Metro transport. Time to revise rules