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India On Path To Become World’s Second Largest Metro Network System: Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri

Arun Kumar Das

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Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri launching the 'Transforming Urban Landscape' e-booklet.

The Road Ahead For Urban Air Mobility Systems In India

Ankit Saxena

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Global innovators are actively creating new transportation systems, with UAM emerging as a prominent solution. (Representative Image)

Ban Diesel-Powered Four Wheelers In Cities With Million Plus Population By 2027: Govt Panel Report

Swarajya News Staff

7mo News Brief

Trichy’s Mobility Plan Identifies Three Metro Rail Corridors To Strengthen City’s Long-Term Public Transport Infrastructure

Ankit Saxena

8mo Infrastructure

Boost To Urban Mobility In Chennai As Private Operators Get Nod To Ply 1,000 Buses Under World Bank Funded Urban Renewal Programme

S Rajesh

9mo Infrastructure

Union Govt To Unveil Rs 18,000 Crore Scheme To Run 10,500 Buses In 108 Cities

Swarajya Staff

2yr Infrastructure

BEST electric buses (BEST Bus Transport)

Make-In-India On Track: Alstom Delivers First Indigenously Built Kanpur Metro Trainset

Arun Kumar Das

2yr News Brief

The India-built trainsets for Kanpur Metro.

Work On 120 Km Chennai Metro Phase II Begins By Early 2020, To Be Operational By 2026; Station Size Reduced

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

The Chennai metro (Photo byJaison G/India Today Group/Getty Images)

Will Pod Taxis Solve India’s Traffic Problem?

Swarajya Videos

5yr Videos

A rendering of a PRT system in Stockholm (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/visulogik/">Hans Kylberg</a>/Flickr)

To The Moon And Back, And Off Again: BMTC Buses Cover Thrice The Average Lunar Distance Per Day

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Image courtesy of (@krpuramtrfps/Twitter)

Chinese Stock Rolling On Indian Tracks: CRRC Dalian Delivers First Three Coaches For Nagpur Metro

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Bengaluru Metro: Running Hours Extended By 30 Minutes; Green Line To Soon See Six-Car Train

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Namma Metro kicked off from Mahatma Gandhi road to Byappanahalli in Bangalore on 20 October 2011 in Bengaluru. (Jagdeesh MV/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Greater Noida West To Be Linked With Noida Sector 71 By Metro, Long-Stalled Project Revived By Authorities

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

KSRTC Fails To Launch Double-Decker Buses Despite Centre’s Support, Says Bus-Makers Only Supply Bulk Orders

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

A BEST double-decker bus in front of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai (Representative Image) (Andy Wright via Wikimedia Commons)

Mumbai Metro: Cost Sharing Dispute Between MMRDA, Mumbai Port Trust Hits ‘Metro 11’ Project Connecting GPO-Wadala

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

A view of Mumbai Metro (World of India/Facebook)

Namma Metro, BMTC Have Brought Down Bengalureans’ Office Commute Time By 11 Minutes, Says Study

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

The newly inaugurate Namma Metro kicked off from Mahatma Gandhi road to Byappanahalli in Bangalore on October 20, 2011 in Bangalore. (Photo by Jagdeesh MV/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The Bigger, The Better: Delhi Metro To Add Two Extra Coaches To Its Trains To Meet Soaring Passenger Growth

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

The Delhi Metro (Priyanka Parashar/Mint via Getty Images)

Mumbai Metro To Get Bigger: Contract For 378 Coaches To Be Finalised By October End

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Mumbai metro (Kalpak Pathak/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Bangalore Buses Crawl At 12 kmph: Traffic Congestion Brings Down Average Speed Of BMTC, Dip In Revenues Reported

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

One of the original red BMTC Volvo buses acquired in 2006 (Nikhil K/Wikimedia Commons)

BMRCL Talks The Walk; Plans Wider Footpaths Near 26 Metro Stations

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Namma Metro in Bengaluru (Photo by Jagdeesh MV/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Kochi Water Metro: Tender For Manufacturing Of Boats To Be Awarded By December

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Architect’s conception of water metro (@KochiMetroRail/Twitter)

Whitefield Metro To Bring Relief For Bengaluru: Peak Hour Travel Time To Reduce By 21 Per Cent, Says Study

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Patna Metro Takes Shape, To Have Equal Stretch Of Underground And Elevated Tracks

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Chandigarh: After Flip-Flop On Metro, City To Finally Go The Monorail Way

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

The Mumbai Monorail during its initial trial run in 2013. (representative image) (Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

Hyderabad Metro Starts Ameerpet-LB Nagar Line

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Flagging off ceremony of Ameerpet- LB Nagar Metro (@hmrgov/Twitter)

Under Pressure From Japanese Investor SoftBank, Uber And Ola Headed For Merger In India

Swarajya Staff

6yr Insta

Ola and Uber Cabs in Delhi. (Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Maharashtra To Revive Sick Transport Bodies, Sets Up Panel On Urban Transport

Swarajya Staff

6yr Insta

BEST buses at a depot (Natasha Hemrajani/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

WalkTransit: An Inexpensive Idea For Urban Mobility

Jay Srinivasan

7yr Infrastructure

WalkTransit could be a similar concept like the airport travelators. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

How ‘Big Data’ Can Help Build Better Cities

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7yr Books

How Should Mumbai’s Metro Rail Network Look? Here’s A Plan For The Future.

Kundan Srivastav

7yr Blogs

A Mumbai Metro train passes through a residential area (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Urban Transportation

India On Path To Become World’s Second Largest Metro Network System: Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri

The Road Ahead For Urban Air Mobility Systems In India

Ban Diesel-Powered Four Wheelers In Cities With Million Plus Population By 2027: Govt Panel Report

Trichy’s Mobility Plan Identifies Three Metro Rail Corridors To Strengthen City’s Long-Term Public Transport Infrastructure

Boost To Urban Mobility In Chennai As Private Operators Get Nod To Ply 1,000 Buses Under World Bank Funded Urban Renewal Programme

Union Govt To Unveil Rs 18,000 Crore Scheme To Run 10,500 Buses In 108 Cities

Make-In-India On Track: Alstom Delivers First Indigenously Built Kanpur Metro Trainset

Work On 120 Km Chennai Metro Phase II Begins By Early 2020, To Be Operational By 2026; Station Size Reduced

Will Pod Taxis Solve India’s Traffic Problem?

To The Moon And Back, And Off Again: BMTC Buses Cover Thrice The Average Lunar Distance Per Day

Chinese Stock Rolling On Indian Tracks: CRRC Dalian Delivers First Three Coaches For Nagpur Metro

Bengaluru Metro: Running Hours Extended By 30 Minutes; Green Line To Soon See Six-Car Train

Greater Noida West To Be Linked With Noida Sector 71 By Metro, Long-Stalled Project Revived By Authorities

KSRTC Fails To Launch Double-Decker Buses Despite Centre’s Support, Says Bus-Makers Only Supply Bulk Orders

Mumbai Metro: Cost Sharing Dispute Between MMRDA, Mumbai Port Trust Hits ‘Metro 11’ Project Connecting GPO-Wadala

Namma Metro, BMTC Have Brought Down Bengalureans’ Office Commute Time By 11 Minutes, Says Study

The Bigger, The Better: Delhi Metro To Add Two Extra Coaches To Its Trains To Meet Soaring Passenger Growth

Mumbai Metro To Get Bigger: Contract For 378 Coaches To Be Finalised By October End

Bangalore Buses Crawl At 12 kmph: Traffic Congestion Brings Down Average Speed Of BMTC, Dip In Revenues Reported

BMRCL Talks The Walk; Plans Wider Footpaths Near 26 Metro Stations

Kochi Water Metro: Tender For Manufacturing Of Boats To Be Awarded By December

Whitefield Metro To Bring Relief For Bengaluru: Peak Hour Travel Time To Reduce By 21 Per Cent, Says Study

Patna Metro Takes Shape, To Have Equal Stretch Of Underground And Elevated Tracks

Chandigarh: After Flip-Flop On Metro, City To Finally Go The Monorail Way

Hyderabad Metro Starts Ameerpet-LB Nagar Line

Under Pressure From Japanese Investor SoftBank, Uber And Ola Headed For Merger In India

Maharashtra To Revive Sick Transport Bodies, Sets Up Panel On Urban Transport

WalkTransit: An Inexpensive Idea For Urban Mobility

How ‘Big Data’ Can Help Build Better Cities

How Should Mumbai’s Metro Rail Network Look? Here’s A Plan For The Future.

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