{"id":28815,"date":"2018-10-24T15:03:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28815"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:33:08","slug":"decongesting-our-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/decongesting-our-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Decongesting our cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">Decongesting our cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Article:<\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>P. Agarwal, CEO, World Resources Institute India, suggests adoption of app-based public transport survives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><u>Important Analysis:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0<u>Objective:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aimed at improving public transport systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>3. Consequences of using private transport:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Severe traffic congestion<\/li>\n<li>Air pollution<\/li>\n<li>Impact on energy security of the nation.<\/li>\n<li>Impact on economic efficiency of cities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>4. Advantages of using public transport:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uses less road space<\/li>\n<li>Consumes less fuel<\/li>\n<li>Emit fewer pollutants on a per passenger basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>5. Steps taken by government to enhance the use of public transport.<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India has invested large amounts in high quality metro systems in cities such Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Jaipur and Lucknow.<\/li>\n<li>Other cities are also planning to build new metros.<\/li>\n<li>Bus systems have also been augmented at a high cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>6. Solutions:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public transport need to provide more convenience facilities to the people.<\/li>\n<li>The emerging slew of shared mobility options and app-based ride providers become important here.<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable mode of transport.<\/li>\n<li>App-based services wean people away from the public transport, so should not be allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Development in technology<\/li>\n<li>Modify regulations to accommodate app-based services.<\/li>\n<li>Safeguard investment in public transport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>7. Hurdles:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Services like the app-based mini-buses do not find favour with regulators.<\/li>\n<li>They are neither \u201cstage carriages\u201d nor \u201ccontract carriages\u201d under the Motor Vehicles Act.<\/li>\n<li>Stage carriages are those that ply along fixed routes and stop at predetermined stations to pick up and drop passengers.<\/li>\n<li>Contract carriages are vehicles that serve a single customer or a group of customers, to be picked and dropped between two designated places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decongesting our cities Article: P. Agarwal, CEO, World Resources Institute India, suggests adoption of app-based public transport survives. Important Analysis: 2.\u00a0\u00a0Objective: Aimed at improving public transport systems. 3. Consequences of using private transport: Severe traffic congestion Air pollution Impact on energy security of the nation. Impact on economic efficiency of cities 4. Advantages of using&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/decongesting-our-cities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Decongesting our cities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704703862},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}