CONNECTKaro participants convened in Mumbai, India, to discuss ways in which sustainable transport and urban development can help build a brighter future for India’s cities. Photo by EMBARQ.
- Abhijit Lokre
- Ahmedabad
- Anjum Parwez
- Armin Bruck
- Ashwin Prabhu
- bicyclists
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
- Bus Rapid Transit
- CEPT University
- ConnectKARO
- Delhi
- EMBARQ India
- Holger Dalkmann
- India
- Jamshyd Godrej
- Janmarg
- Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
- Madhav Pai
- Manjula Vinjamuri
- Mriganka Saxena
- Mumbai
- pedestrians
- Public Health
- public private partnerships
- road safety
- Shreya Gadepalli
- SK Lohia
- Sudhir Krishna
- Transit Oriented Development
- Urban Development + Accessibility
- Urban Planning
- V. Ravichandar
Earlier this year, a local NGO in Delhi filed a court petition demanding that the bus corridor be made open to mixed traffic.
Motorbike traffic stacks Ho Chi Minh City. A new BRT line could alleviate congestion in Vietnam’s largest city. Photo by Padmanaba01.
“Delhi’s bus corridor was not implemented as a full BRT system. It included exclusive buslanes, but did not have adequate stations, vehicles or information systems.
“Delhi’s bus corridor was not implemented as a full BRT system. It included exclusive buslanes, but did not have adequate stations, vehicles or information systems.
"The bus corridor has not been implemented as a full BRT system. It included exclusive bus lanes, but did not have adequate stations, vehicles, information systems, and lacked the centralised management," said Dario Hidalgo, Director of Research and Practice, EMBARQ.
But they agree that this can be easily set right. "The bus corridor can be improved, but not scrapped," added Hidalgo.
"The bus corridor has not been implemented as a full BRT system. It included exclusive bus lanes, but did not have adequate stations, vehicles, information systems, and lacked the centralised management," said Dario Hidalgo, Director of Research and Practice, EMBARQ.
But they agree that this can be easily set right. "The bus corridor can be improved, but not scrapped," added Hidalgo.
The court’s argument for justifying the use of bus lanes by all vehicles is based on traffic engineering studies focused on moving cars, not people. In this context, a bus is just three or four passenger car equivalents, but moves 80 people as opposed to eight.
The court’s argument for justifying the use of bus lanes by all vehicles is based on traffic engineering studies focused on moving cars, not people. In this context, a bus is just three or four passenger car equivalents, but moves 80 people as opposed to eight.
