CII in association with its Knowledge Partner, Accenture released a publication titled “Urban Mass Transportation in India – Carving the Future of Public Transport” against the backdrop of the International Conference on Urban Mass Transportation held on 21 March, 2014 at New Delhi.
The paper reviews the Urban Mass Transportation Systems in India and across the world. It is brought out that there has to be in place an integrated transport strategy within a larger sustainable urban planning and governance model to establish and implement an agenda for intelligent and clean transport over a long-term period. The usage of private cars needs to be curbed and active transportation demand management needs to be encouraged using intelligent systems and pricing mechanisms, as well as considering alternative solutions of no-travelling like e-services or home-working.