Bangalore

India’s booming population and rapidly urbanizing, motorizing society urgently demands better and affordable sustainable transportation, including bus rapid transit (BRT), sidewalks and cycling lanes. More and more, Indian civil society is mobilizing mass communications campaigns, ...

In March 2010, my team of five U.S. MBA students had the opportunity to connect with a sector of society that was previously unknown to us – the auto rickshaw drivers of India. As part ...

Ahmedabad has set a new standard for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in India. That was the consensus at a recent capacity-building workshop educating other city officials about the planning and implementation of the local ...

Senior transport engineer for sustainable transport from the USA, Dario Hidalgo, on Friday pointed out that building roads, flyovers, underpasses and widening of roads is not enough to get rid of traffic congestion in urban areas.

There is a need to rethink the entire paradigm of transportation in a manner which is sustainable and inclusive. The first step for that is to encourage and plan for low-energy, less-space consuming and zero-pollution modes like cycling. Bangalore wants to not only be a cycle friendly city, but, be a model for other cities in India to emulate.

EMBARQ -- the World Resources Institute Centre for Sustainable Transport -- has shown interest in telecom data as a planning tool. Formed in 2002, the association acts as a catalyst for socially, financially, and environmentally sound solutions to the problems of urban mobility.

The `Bangalore Cyclin Initiative' was hosted by the Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA) in partnership with EMBARQ -- World Resources Institute Centre for Substantial Transport on Saturday at the KSRTC central office.