Metro rail Citizen Matters

City Buzz: COVID cases rise in capital | Oxford vaccine volunteers show normal parameters | NEET-JEE protests… and more

August 29, 2020 News Desk

From COVID-19 updates on cases and vaccine development, to the furore over the conduct of the NEET JEE examinations, catch some key urban highlights of the week.

City Buzz: Shaheen Bagh updates | Underwater Metro in Kolkata | Hope for Delhi pollution hotspots…and more

February 23, 2020 News Desk

Been busy during the week? Catch a recap of the most important news from our cities in our weekly round-up.

To develop a city for transit, or transit for a city?

February 9, 2019 Sonal Kulkarni

As urban centres thrive and expand beyond the reach of walking and cycling distances, it becomes important for cities to understand and provide the most efficient and sustainable ways of moving people and goods. Can transit oriented development hold the key?

Suburban rail systems in India: Can Bengaluru take a leaf from their books?

December 11, 2018 Sonal Kulkarni

Did you know that Mumbai local trains carry close to 8 million passengers a day? And Kolkata’s is the largest suburban railway network in India by track length and number of stations. The only way Bengaluru can get a suburban rail network comparable to these cities is through more funds, focus and administration.

City buzz: Do you know how many cars hit Mumbai roads daily?

January 20, 2018 News Desk

Mumbai’s alarming vehicular explosion, plans for CCTV footage for govt school parents in Delhi, and new Metro projects in the horizon — this and other news from urban India this week.

Metro projects booming, but how many will use them?

November 15, 2017 Navya P K

Some 50 Indian cities are looking at existing and proposed metro rail networks to relieve woes related to mobility and congestion. But with the prevailing planning, land use, and connectivity, will that remain a pipe dream?