Delhi public transport: Good news and bad news

The new state budget of Delhi promises upscaling of public transport and bus fleet electrification. But the new Economic Survey warns about …

Leipzig Transport Summit: Decarbonise now; save on road, rail and airport maintenance

As per ITF projections, to provide the core infrastructure for the high ambition scenario in the report would require about 5 per cent less …

What commuters want

Rather than a top-bottom framework which assumes what people need, a bottom-up framework involving user perceptions will help in re-designing …

Metro, AC buses remain out of bounds for low-income group people

Experts at the two-day International Conclave in Delhi call for policy changes for making public transport affordable

What Delhi can learn from others about free public transport

India’s capital could learn from other countries and cities who have already implemented the measure

Kolkata rolls out CNG buses

West Bengal’s transport minister introduces two new CNG buses; service to be expanded soon

Why electric rickshaws need better regulation in India

Enabling rickshaw drivers to switch from pedal to electric will increase their income and reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector

Better, not faster transport: Decarbonising mobility shouldn’t be dysphoric

India needs to rethink if faster transport can be the only solution to changing travel behaviour

Simply Put: Luxembourg free public transport

Cramming cities with electric vehicles means we're still depending on cars — and that's a huge problem

Electric vehicles are made with finite mineral resources that are extracted under concerning environmental and labour conditions

COVID-19: India should act now to avert a bus sector collapse

The Centre should provide stimulus packages and chalk out long-term plan to revive te bus sector

Decongesting roads just as vital as introducing EVs to transform India’s transport sector. But who’s listening?

Traffic congestions lead to energy wastage & are a mental health hazard

Using green transport can prevent over 38,000 deaths in Africa’s Accra: WHO

Accra is one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa

Urban Ghana has poor access to jobs, healthcare due to lack of public transport: Report

World Bank report calls for strengthening public transport system in Accra, the capital city and other metropolitan cities in Ghana

How does the urban world commute? Study finds over half prefer cars

Global study reveals car dependence in urban areas worldwide, but high regional variances

Simply Put: Truck drivers’ protest

Revamping Delhi's 'Gramin Seva' service

The para-transit service started to serve people in Delhi's poor public tranport accessibility areas is deteoriorating; given its importance, it …

‘Hyperlocal neighbourhoods’ can promote sustainable travel, help decarbonise transport sector: Report

Trip avoidance research is the need of the hour, finds study

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

No country on sustainable transport track: Global mobility report

Most of the developed and developing countries were ranked low on policy goals of universal urban access, gender and efficiency

Run-up to CoP25 Santiago: Are global transport emissions on course?

This is the first article in a series on global sectoral emissions and the progress on mitigation action in the build-up to 25th Conference of …

The future of transport is electric

Countries need to get the policy mix right to encourage the switch to electric vehicles  

DTE Call for Action: Is rapid expansion of electric buses critical for India’s low-carbon strategy

Presently, around 370 million commuters use approximately 1.7 million buses daily. Even a small fragment of 10 to 20 per cent electrification can …

Assigning ‘perquisite value’ to e-2-wheelers, cycles can boost sustainable transport adoption in India. Here’s how

There is a need to review the taxation regime and to provide a clarification on the perquisite value of company-provided electric two-wheelers …

Indian roads belong to motorised vehicles, not cyclists or pedestrians

Vehicular emissions cannot be reduced without strengthening the public transport system