Public Transport and Mobility

Smog Digest

March - May 2012

Parking: Multi-level dilemma

Lessons from Multi-Level Parking in Delhi
CSE calls for end to parking subsidies, an effective increase in parking charges, stringent enforcement and high penalties for violations.

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Rs 80-crore parking facility in Sarojini Nagar draws very few cars, forces a rethink of Delhi’s parking policy: says CSE

• CSE releases findings on parking in Sarojini Nagar and the lessons from it

• Says without a clear strategy, expensive parking structures can neither reduce parking chaos nor parking demand

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CSE workshop: 'Our Right of Way: Walk and Cycle'

CSE’s clean air and urban mobility team organized a workshop ‘Our Right of Way: Walk and Cycle’ in New Delhi on March 22, 2012. This discussion forum included participants from all the key organsiations, stakeholders, civil society representatives, policy makers bicycle industries, cycle clubs and regulators. All witnessed the different source of knowledge at one go from different stakeholders.

One third of Delhi walks to work, but are our roads designed for safe walking and cycling? Latest CSE survey findings say no

• Delhi has yet to wake up the mobility crisis. Increased use of cars is reducing people carrying capacity of roads.

• Total walk and cycle trips are more than double the share of car trips.

CSE conference on Clean and Sustainable Mobility for all: Agenda for Reforms

September 28-29, 2011, New Delhi

The Centre for Science and Environment(CSE) welcomes Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) proposal to hike parking charges as a step towards further reform.

• City needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage.

• Higher revenue from increased parking charges should be reinvested to improve public transport

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Smog Digest

Smog digest is a news service on vehicular pollution based on news clippings selected from leading Indian newspapers and newsmagazine. It also highlights the key developments from South Asian countries. The months witnessed lots of action and developments on the vehicular pollution front in India.