COVID-19: How to balance people’s safety and mobility
The major challenge in India post-lockdown is going to be maintaining people’s mobility without compromising safety
Bike-share companies are transforming US cities – and they're just getting started
The humble bicycle, aided by smartphone technology, is resurging as an urban transportation option
Kashmir has about 200,000 LPG-fitted vehicles, but not a single authorised filling station
Due to the unavailability of LPG filling stations, the owners of LPG-fitted vehicles have resorted to illegal means to refill their cars
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
On the wrong track
Mobile app-based taxi services encourage car pooling, offer cheaper personal transport solution. Instead of banning them, the government must …
Revision in Delhi’s parking rates is a positive step
This measure must be combined with other steps to address the problem of the increasing number of private vehicles
Mr Chidambaram, show some courage to win votes
Excise cut for all types of vehicles, especially fuel-guzzling SUVs, undermines earlier UPA decisions in public interest
What is Aam Aadmi Party’s new deal on transport?
There are dangers in ignoring the demand for collective dignity on roads and in pandering to the arrogance of cars. Hope AAP will steer the …
Dilli's world class pretensions exposed
At the outset, I wish to express my profound sense of shock and sadness at Sunita Narain’s unfortunate accident. I continue to pray and …
Profitable exit
Reliance abandons the first public-private partnership in Metro transport. Time to revise rules
Tram to oblivion
Kolkata witnesses the last days of a non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport, while trams make a comeback in cities around the world. …
What is threatening ecology of Alappuzha?
The Kerala government needs to stringently regulate houseboats and improve the inland waterway system
Politicising public mobility can decongest Delhi’s roads
The occupation of footpaths and public spaces in the capital by illegally-parked cars has put pedestrains at jeopardy
Rapid transit for BRT corridors
Delhi High Court dismisses plea to scrap bus rapid transit corridors; state plans 14 more
Stuart Cole on effective transport management
Transport economist Stuart Cole is director of the Wales Transport Research Centre in Cardiff. On a recent visit to Mumbai, he spoke to Nidhi …
Delhi public transport: Good news and bad news
The new state budget of Delhi promises upscaling of public transport and bus fleet electrification. But the new Economic Survey warns about …
Cramming cities with electric vehicles means we're still depending on cars — and that's a huge problem
Electric vehicles are made with finite mineral resources that are extracted under concerning environmental and labour conditions
Clean cooking fuel, urban mobility find place in Union Budget 2021-22
Rs 18,000 crore to support public bus transport services; experts believe move could bring down pollution
The e-vehicle paradox
In spite of the change technology promises, the change on ground is so miniscule that the reality of dirty energy and dirty vehicles swamps the …
High-speed derailment
Indefinite closure of Delhi airport metro line dashes faith in public private partnerships
The matatus of Nairobi: A necessary bane
Unorganised public transport system in the Kenyan city presents several challenges towards sustainable mobility
How accessible, connected is Delhi? Not much, says new CSE study
Low-income neighbourhoods of Delhi are more inaccessible; but higher income, planned areas also fall short of benchmarks
Air pollution
The Modi government released the National Air Quality Index (AQI) for public information
A trial with too many errors
Infighting within AAP post its brute win in Delhi raises doubts about civil society's tryst with electoral politics
‘We'll improve mass rapid transport, tap solar power'
Harsh Vardhan, who has served as Delhi health minister and is the man behind the Pulse Polio campaign, is the chief ministerial candidate of the …