Carriage of convenience

Metro projects can ease congestion. But lack of integrated planning is undoing the benefits of this mass transport system. Nidhi Jamwal and Ankur …

A self-evident truth: Delhi needs more public transport

The recent report by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to the Supreme Court highlighting the crucial need for more …

Free public transport: How Delhi can learn from Luxembourg

The European country, which has made all forms of public transport free, has a solution to India’s traffic jams

CSE responds to DMRC’s comments on its recent analysis of urban transport

Says this is a welcome debate in Delhi on costs of urban commuting and public transport, and on who pays for the much-awaited modernisation of …

Mindless metro debate

What is at stake is a discussion on what it would take to make the public transport system of our cities truly the one that moves people, not …

Ban on diesel SUV to continue till March 31, SC reaffirms

The apex court has asked car manufacturers to prove that diesel SUVs are environment-friendly

The Moving City explains how Metro has changed Delhi’s geography, politics

It is a fun read for those who do not know Delhi Metro well and for those who are regular commuters

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Across cities, commuters are giving metro a miss: CSE

Besides Delhi, cities such as Kochi, Lucknow and Chennai have seen a massive drop in projected ridership

Curbs to chaos: The national capital commutes amid COVID-19 fears

Millions across the world have come out of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown and returned to work. Public transport with confined …

Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution

The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity

To sit or not to sit?: Using intermediary public transport during COVID-19 pandemic

More women rely on shared public transport compared to men; steppig out during a pandemic means paying a greater fare or risking exposure to the virus

Profitable exit

Reliance abandons the first public-private partnership in Metro transport. Time to revise rules

DPCC rapped for not checking if Metro rail, other agencies have rainwater harvesting systems

National Green Tribunal threatens contempt proceedings if pollution control panel fails to comply with orders in a week

Mockery or mock drill?

Sonal Matharu wonders when nature strikes unannounced what is the point of pre-announced mock drills

High-speed derailment

Indefinite closure of Delhi airport metro line dashes faith in public private partnerships

Who will repay loans for Delhi airport Metro, Reliance or DMRC?

Banks that helped build the most expensive and first public-private partnership Metro line in the country say it is a non-performing asset

Change the mindset from ‘last mile’ to ‘first mile’

Alaknanda and Chittaranjan Park in South Delhi epitomise everything that is wrong with urban mobility in India—a deluge of private cars …

Better, not faster transport: Decarbonising mobility shouldn’t be dysphoric

India needs to rethink if faster transport can be the only solution to changing travel behaviour

COVID-19: How to avoid super-spreading events on the metro

COVID-19 hit public transit systems in New York, US and London, UK badly, causing several deaths

Metro madness

Pune metro rail on track

Public hearing was a farce, say activists

Coaches are overcrowded

Ridership is low

Delhi draft master plan 2041 : A heartening fresh approach to mobility

The capital's master plan has become more people-centric with time  

Real estate funds Metro

Urban planning given a miss