- Country:
- India
- Implementing organisation:
- Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP)
- Partner institution(s):
- Ministry of Urban Development (MOUD) - India
- BMU grant:
- € 2,350,000
- Duration:
- 09/2015 till 12/2020
- Website(s):
As of: December 2019
The Government of India plans a major investment in urban transport. As then-Chief Minister of Gujarat, the present Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, oversaw the creation of Ahmedabad Janmarg, India’s first high-quality bus rapid transit (BRT) system, together with zoning and parking reforms, the best in the country. ITDP led the technical support for both efforts. With the likely ramp-up of national government funding in urban infrastructure, a rare opportunity exists to leverage cost-effective mass transit infrastructure on a large scale. Much decision making will rest with state governments. ITDP’s India Sustainable Mobility Initiative will focus on the development of effective state-level urban transport policies and capacity building in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. The aim is that by the end of the grant, state policies will promote high quality BRT together with zoning and parking reform, to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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