Parking: Multi-level dilemma
Lessons from Multi-Level Parking in Delhi CSE calls for end to parking subsidies, an effective increase in parking charges, stringent enforcement and high penalties for violations. Read full Report (pdf)
Lessons from Multi-Level Parking in Delhi CSE calls for end to parking subsidies, an effective increase in parking charges, stringent enforcement and high penalties for violations. Read full Report (pdf)
Parking pricing strategies are essential tools for bringing about a balance in the modal split between private vehicles and the public transport by influencing the traveller’s choice. High congestion levels are due to the travellers’ preference for the private mode of transport. Therefore, in order to bring about a better modal split balance, it becomes imperative to improve the public transit quality and also to charge a fee in the form of congestion fee or parking fee in order to check the growing congestion.
CSE’s clean air and urban mobility team organized a workshop ‘Our Right of Way: Walk and Cycle’ in New Delhi on March 22, 2012.
September 28-29, 2011, New Delhi
City needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage. Higher revenue from increased parking charges should be reinvested to improve public transport
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Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi Date: August 17, 2011 (9.30 am – 5 pm) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organising an international conference – Parking Reforms for a Liveable City in New Delhi on August 17, 2011.
Smog digest is a news service on vehicular pollution based on news clippings selected from leading Indian newspapers and newsmagazine. It also highlights the key developments from South Asian countries. The months witnessed lots of action and developments on the vehicular pollution front in India.
A joint perception survey (April-May 2008) of commuters travelling on the BRT corridor, done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Delhi-based student groups Delhi Greens and the Indian Youth Climate Network, has found overwhelming support for the BRT system. Majority of commuters want BRT corridors in other parts of the city for better connectivity. Surprise finding: contrary to general perceptions, a large majority of car and two-wheeler drivers surveyed have supported the BRT. Read more…
Despite being one of the most polluted cities in the country, Delhi has succeeded in arresting the runaway air pollution.
Easing traffic the Beijing way impractical for Mumbai says government
Will people risk giving ride to strangers? Car owners in Delhi may be able to save up to 50 per cent travel cost by sharing rides under a citywide carpool scheme proposed by the Delhi transport department aimed at decongesting the city.
THE Union ministry of urban development has evolved a system for evaluating urban transportation services in cities across India.
There I was, zipping down bustling Ahmedabad. The bus stopped at a station, designed so the doors of the bus and the station open simultaneously to let passengers out and in. People were walking to the station, buying tickets and waiting. A notice flashed when the next bus would arrive. Each bus has a GPS device that transmits its movements to a spiffy control room inside the city corporation. You know when the next bus will come. It will be on time.