Madhav Pai, a technical engineer who is co-ordinating the event said the workshop will present a perspective of Janmarg BRTS before the participants so that issues and challenges in implementing such systems can be understood. "The workshop would basically focus on capacity building for participant cities.
A systems approach, which combines infrastructure, vehicles, operations, technologies and user education, has created a seamless implementation process for Ahmedabad's Janmarg, write Madhav Pai and Abhijit Lokre.
A systems approach, which combines infrastructure, vehicles, operations, technologies and user education, has created a seamless implementation process for Ahmedabad's Janmarg, write Madhav Pai and Abhijit Lokre.
"I have no doubts that the ridership will emerge to make everything pay," said Lee Schipper, a transportation expert at the University of California, Berkeley. "Particularly if problems maintaining or expanding the nation's highways and airports drive up the costs of using roads or air."
"I have no doubts that the ridership will emerge to make everything pay," said Lee Schipper, a transportation expert at the University of California, Berkeley. "Particularly if problems maintaining or expanding the nation's highways and airports drive up the costs of using roads or air."
"We had a strong case for joining forces in the interest of reducing congestion, pollution and time delays due to poorly managed urban space," said Nancy Kete, director of EMBARQ, the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport.
"We had a strong case for joining forces in the interest of reducing congestion, pollution and time delays due to poorly managed urban space," said Nancy Kete, director of EMBARQ, the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport.
Senior transport engineer, Embarq, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport, Dario Hidalgo said that city’s Janmarg is a successful model for other Indian cities to follow.
Senior transport engineer, Embarq, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport, Dario Hidalgo said that city’s Janmarg is a successful model for other Indian cities to follow.
Discussing a smart transportation approach to solving the congestion and traffic problems in Mexico City, Adriana Lobo, director of Mexico’s Center for Sustainable Transport, says the solution is much less about hard infrastructure changes and more about software that can boost awareness and give people the information they need to make intelligent choices.
