Sustainable Transport and Suburb Development
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During the last decade, most of the capital cities in India including New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore etc have seen a number of (suburban) developments mushrooming on the edges and extending the city limits. All these new suburb development then require improvements to the existing highways network to increase capacity. This increase in road transport is regarded as un sustainable by sustainability experts. The increase in road transport leads to an increase in number of cars which then have a number of damaging affects on our system:
i) The continuous increase in number of cars on our roads is contributing to the depletion of a finite stock of fossil fuel. There are a number of technological developments undergoing with respect to hybrid and electric cars, however, the use of such technology is seriously hampered by any sound advancement in the battery back up of such cars and the charging processes.
ii) The increase in cars on roads due to these new suburb developments also contribute in emitting a rising amount of carbon dioxide, which in turn lead to GHG emissions.
iii) In addition to the above, the number of casualties from traffic accidents is rapidly increasing in India.
It is well known that the impacts are not limited to carbon emissions or road casualties, there are a number of indirect impacts such as noise, unsustainable land developments and hence extended long journeys.
A high proportion of the young population in India is travelling much more than their parents with respect to their work related daily trips. The landuse plans developed by our planners have not encouraged making our internal city core dense but rather promoted a number of low to medium density developments to mushroom on the city edges. This in turn then does not necesarily provide a good platform to launch public transport initiatives.
This is very important that we reserve our existing resources for the future generation in a similar way that we use them today. Therefore there is an urgent need to change the way we undertake our planning of cities in India. There is a requirement to change the mindset and bring a change to develop more sustainable transport system. This transition to a sustainable transport system will involve a combination of technological, behavioural and demand management initiatives.
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I am back again after a long gap. no excuses! just being plain lazy!
During the last decade, most of the capital cities in India including New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore etc have seen a number of (suburban) developments mushrooming on the edges and extending the city limits. All these new suburb development then require improvements to the existing highways network to increase capacity. This increase in road transport is regarded as un sustainable by sustainability experts. The increase in road transport leads to an increase in number of cars which then have a number of damaging affects on our system:
i) The continuous increase in number of cars on our roads is contributing to the depletion of a finite stock of fossil fuel. There are a number of technological developments undergoing with respect to hybrid and electric cars, however, the use of such technology is seriously hampered by any sound advancement in the battery back up of such cars and the charging processes.
ii) The increase in cars on roads due to these new suburb developments also contribute in emitting a rising amount of carbon dioxide, which in turn lead to GHG emissions.
iii) In addition to the above, the number of casualties from traffic accidents is rapidly increasing in India.
It is well known that the impacts are not limited to carbon emissions or road casualties, there are a number of indirect impacts such as noise, unsustainable land developments and hence extended long journeys.
A high proportion of the young population in India is travelling much more than their parents with respect to their work related daily trips. The landuse plans developed by our planners have not encouraged making our internal city core dense but rather promoted a number of low to medium density developments to mushroom on the city edges. This in turn then does not necesarily provide a good platform to launch public transport initiatives.
This is very important that we reserve our existing resources for the future generation in a similar way that we use them today. Therefore there is an urgent need to change the way we undertake our planning of cities in India. There is a requirement to change the mindset and bring a change to develop more sustainable transport system. This transition to a sustainable transport system will involve a combination of technological, behavioural and demand management initiatives.
continue to follow to know more on this....
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