Intermediate public transport services such as auto-rickshaws are an important part of sustainable urban transport in India. Photo by Roy Sinai.
"The launch of G-Auto service comes at a time when auto rickshaws in Rajkot do not run as per assigned meter rate and drivers charges whatever they want. However, the G-Auto will run on meter rate. To handle the projects RMC is in talk with Akshay Mani, transport planner with EMBARQ India in Mumbai," the municipal commissioner added.
"The launch of G-Auto service comes at a time when auto rickshaws in Rajkot do not run as per assigned meter rate and drivers charges whatever they want. However, the G-Auto will run on meter rate. To handle the projects RMC is in talk with Akshay Mani, transport planner with EMBARQ India in Mumbai," the municipal commissioner added.
To discourage car use and boost rickshaws, "tax policies need to change," says Akshay Mani, of the sustainable transport nonprofit EMBARQ. "People who choose to drive a car should pay higher taxes and parking fees," he says.
To discourage car use and boost rickshaws, "tax policies need to change," says Akshay Mani, of the sustainable transport nonprofit EMBARQ. "People who choose to drive a car should pay higher taxes and parking fees," he says.
But three-wheelers are a valuable cog in the sustainable transit chain: Provided older makes go green, according to a new analysis from Embarq, the transit unit of the World Resources Institute, an environmental group. Their merits include affordability, maneuverability in snarled cities—after accidents they often serve as ambulances—and accessibility for the disabled, elderly and women.
But three-wheelers are a valuable cog in the sustainable transit chain: Provided older makes go green, according to a new analysis from Embarq, the transit unit of the World Resources Institute, an environmental group. Their merits include affordability, maneuverability in snarled cities—after accidents they often serve as ambulances—and accessibility for the disabled, elderly and women.
The population of Indian cities, already more than 340 million, is projected to reach nearly 600 million by 2030. By then daily passenger trips among 87 of the country's major cities will have doubled to roughly 482 million a day.
The population of Indian cities, already more than 340 million, is projected to reach nearly 600 million by 2030. By then daily passenger trips among 87 of the country's major cities will have doubled to roughly 482 million a day.
“Auto drivers are in the grip of private financiers and, moreover, governance is playing a big role in determining the economics of this operation, escalating costs, impacting the behaviour of the driver and increasing victimization of passengers,” said Akshay Mani, a Mumbai-based transportation researcher at Embarq, part of the World Resources Institute’s environmental think tank.
