Paying with lives for free parking

Blood bath over parking has not influenced the politics of the city to deliver on the right principles

Delhi notifies first-ever parking rules to restrain vehicle use, cut air pollution

The rule probibits parking in green areas, parks, footpaths, bus stops and intersections

Take a decision on draft parking rules, Supreme Court tells Delhi govt

The apex court has given the government 10 days to decide and also give an undertaking on the schedule of bus purchase

Footpaths for pedestrians: Will these hurdles be cleared?

The Supreme Court recently ordered that all footpaths in Delhi be made free of any kind of encroachment. Here are a few ways residents have made …

Revision in Delhi’s parking rates is a positive step

This measure must be combined with other steps to address the problem of the increasing number of private vehicles

Need parking policy to entitle every citizen to dignified life, says Supreme Court

The apex court upholds parking rules as a clean air strategy and asks for its implementation  

150 years of Calcutta Tramways: This icon is the future solution for the city which wants to write its requiem

All opposition against trams and public transport will fall flat if car users pay the true cost of owning and using a vehicle  

World Environment Day Special: Watch how shoppers breathe easy at car-free Karol Bagh

Pedestrian only street in Karol Bagh proves why urban renewal is needed for clean air and sustainability

Are vendors only encroachers of Delhi’s footpaths?

The authorities must consider removing illegally parked vehicles first and allot designated spaces on roads to street vendors

No parking

Made the down payment, signed installment papers and ready to hit the road with the new car. See how much your new buy would cost the city

Utter chaos

Faulty and ad hoc urban planning has plunged Indian cities into a vicious transport mess. CSE explains the problem with its study on Alaknanda in …

The ultimate justice

By asking lawyers to cycle to work to resolve Delhi’s endemic parking and traffic woes, the Chief Justice of India has shown the way. The …

A day in the life of a car park

We spent eight hours on a building's terrace at Connaught Place in Delhi, shooting a car parking lot. Cars kept whizzing in and out of the camera'…

No public transport?

Cars are swamping roads at an unprecedented rate, outstripping the increase in road space. The results are congestion, reduced mobility and …

Car Control

Cities all over the world are trying to ease congestion on roads. Not the choked Indian cities, though. Time to make cars in India pay the real …

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 23, 2019)

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

Delhi’s clean air challenge

It is time to understand what we have done and the actions we need to take urgently and decisively

Air pollution levels in Delhi drop by 60 per cent on car-free day

Delhi government has proved that reducing car numbers can significantly bring down pollution in a city where air pollution kills at least one …

Shimla to levy green fee on private vehicles

Fund to be used to improve road infrastructure and promote ecological sensitivity among tourists

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 …

Private vehicles eating into scare public land

Private vehicles are clogging city streets, as they grow at a frightening pace. Hidden subsidies help park them on scarce public land and …