International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic System

Design and Innovations in Transportation Systems for ‘Make in India’

  1. Avitesh Avitesh ✉

Abstract

Increasing demand for passenger and freight transport in urban areas is a challenge for governments and transport authorities in India. Energy use, space use, road safety, air quality and noise pollution are a few of the road transport–related issues that Indian cities have to cope with. Every day, our mayors and councillors are concerned about finding solutions to urban transport problems that do not slow down the local economy but bring local communities to prosperity. Step by step, Indian cities are establishing an Indian model for urban transport solutions. It has been an interesting time, working against a backdrop of Indian, national and local policies to tackle the economic crisis. It was also a time when the Indians prepared decisive policy documents in the field of transport, and urban transport in particular (the Urban Mobility Action Plan).

Read more of it

Subscribe to one journal or build your own list of several. One invoice, one payment, access for a full year.

Subscribe to journals →

Publish your article

Peer-reviewed journals across every subject, with open access options. Send your manuscript to the right editor today.

Publish with us → Calculate your APC
Support