The transport system in India
caters to population of 70 to 75% using public transport, cycling or walking. And the population
in urban cities is also closer to 30% and expected to increase to 87% by year
2031. The transport
reforms hint at utilizing technology resources, where urban transport fund, parking
policy, advertisement policy and constitution of Unified Metropolitan Transport
Authority (UMTA) are main ones. Only about a handful of cities from chosen 65 have been able to
come up with at least one reform so far. That is why the smart transport systems
in the country can produce reforms and provide the impetus to enabling better
efficient and effective transport
network.
Smart transport systems include
increasing number of surveillance of transport systems, better efficiency in fuel usage and
increasing the throughput of resources utilized. Such a network is able to reap
efficiencies of the system
within cities and innovate better management
of public transport
projects. At the
level of cities the
smart transport can
be funded by either state or center therefore the onus of providing for better
reforms and faster implementation should become channeled, smooth, rigorous and
comprehensive in details. Smart
transport systems that have been implemented in other cities of world like Stockholm,
Amsterdam etc. have yielded a greater safety, high utilization efficiency,
higher fuel efficiency and better management of transport. This way the cities were able to mandate a lower
difficulty level in sanctioning and providing salaries, deploying, operations,
sales and marketing in the projects
for smart transport.
With the inclusion of
the stand on comprehensive city
governance reforms, India will not deteriorate any further. There would be
cohesion between the various agencies responsible for urban development and
planning. Every urban plan will have a long-term view for smart transport which also pre
assesses given flyovers and high investment mass transit projects with no
proper feeder services, high accident rates and risk to health through
increasing air pollution. With the introduction of a Smart transport as part of smart cities, 100 smart cities and 500 cities in India will be
rejuvenated and transformed with an allocation of close to Rs 1 lakh crore, for
a period of five years. This plan is the biggest one so far for transport systems
progress and city
development and as part of Smart
city the aim is also to better city governance and international quality levels
of life for citizens.
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