Is Metro the answer to urban Indias transportation problems?
India’s urban transportation problems – Is Metro the right answer? • In the last four decades, Pune’s population has increased by four times whereas the vehicle population has increased by 87 times and the road length only by five times • More than 60% of the road accident victims in Ahmedabad are pedestrians and cyclists Between 1951 and 2001, India’s urban population grew by 262% to reach 286 million from 62 million and is expected to reach 1.4 billion by 20261. At the same time the share of buses in total motorized vehicles has drastically come down from 11.1% to mere 1.1%. The Urban Development Plan Formulation and implementation (UDPFI) guidelines formulated by Institute of Town Planners India (ITPI) for Ministry of Urban Development recommend an allocation of 20-25% of total city’s land for transport and communications in metro cities, 18-20% land in large cities and 12-14% in medium cities. It’s interesting to see the share in present systems. For Bangalore the share is 8.4%, fo
