2.  Introduction
 Transport problems in Indian cities
 Causes
 Comparative analysis of four
metropolitan cities
 Case study- Pune , Bangalore
 Conclusion

3.  As India is becoming urbanized, urban
areas play a critical role in sustaining
economic growth.
 City efficiency largely depends upon the
effectiveness of its transport systems
 Poor transport systems stifle economic
growth and development
 Thus , transport is backbone of country’s
development.
 Means of transportation in city – private
owned vehicles, government owned
vehicles and intermediate vehicle
services.

5.  Motorized trips demand will continue to
grow faster than the population due to
economic and motorization growth
 motorization is growing faster than the
population (more than 10%/year for sale of
cars and 2/3 wheelers over the past 5
years)
 Traffic congestion and parking difficulties-
Accessing jobs, education, recreation and
similar activities is becoming increasingly
time consuming. Billions of man hours are
lost with people “stuck in traffic”.

6.  Increased fuel consumption
 Increasing levels of noise and
air pollution
 cost of travel
 Safety issues

7.  Poor condition of public transport

8.  Increasing urban population
 addition to routine urban transportation,
and contributing substantially to the
congestion, are networks of auto-rickshaws
and two-wheelers, as well as bullock carts
and hand-pulled rickshaws
 There has been a staggering 100 fold
increase in the population of motorized
vehicles, however, the expansion in the
road network has not been commensurate
with this increase
 Use of Low quality fuels
 Quality of roads

13.  (Kolkata) has a density of 814.80 vehicles, the
highest among per km road length as
compared to 766.31 for Mumbai, followed by
616.58 Chennai and 170 Delhi.
 But in terms of vehicle population Delhi topped
the list of metros with 44 lakh, followed by 16.44
lakh in Chennai, 14 lakh in Mumbai and 11.44
lakh in Kolkata.
 On the other hand, Kolkata has the minimum
road length among all the metros with 1,404
km, followed by 1,800 km in Chennai, 1,900 km
in Mumbai and 25,948 km in Delhi

14.  Delhi has highest registered vehicles
followed by Chennai , Mumbai and
Kolkata.
 Kolkata's vehicular traffic is very much in
the fast lane despite the metropolis
having the highest density of vehicles per
kilometre among all metros.
 One of the prime concerns in traffic
management was slow-moving vehicles.

17.  The city once called the “cycle-city” is now
commonly referred to as a “motor-cycle
city”
 The traffic problem in city like Pune is
increasing with every passing day.
 The fatality rate is one person a day or 10 to
15 a week which is very high.
 Bad condition of city roads
 Encroachment on footpaths that
contributes in poor discipline in pedestrians
who are forced to use roads to walk
 Auto drivers are the curse in the city as they
dominate the roads and take dangerous
cuts to go ahead and risks the lives of their
passengers

18.  Absence of functional hierarchy of road
network results into mixing up of local
and regional traffic
 There is a lack of adequate public
transport. Existing service standards are
poor. The bus fleet is old. Public transport
accounts for only 15 percent of the
vehicle kilometres travelled in the city.
Growing private vehicles are leading to
congestion.
 There is a lack of civic sense towards
traffic
 Various bottle necks at junctions

20.  Bangalore is amongst fastest growing
cities in Asia
 Bangalore has 37.9 lakh registered
vehicles
 Absence of Mass Transit System
 Existing public transport system is over
crowded during peak hours
 There is substantial increase in average
household income. This has led to high
private vehicle ownership

21.  Two-Wheelers accounts for
75% of all motorized
vehicles
 Congestion, high traffic
density, slow speeds,
delays, high travel cost are
due to high vehicle
ownership
 Ever increasing vehicular
growth is making the
situation worse
 Inadequate transportation
infrastructure . Existing
infrastructure can’t cope
with the increasing
demand

22. Transport demand in most of the Indian cities has increased
substantially due to increase in population as a result of
both natural increase and migration from rural areas and
smaller towns. Availability of motorized transport, increase in
household income, and increase in commercial and
industrial activities has further added to it.
Unfortunately, public transport systems in Indian cities have
not been able to keep pace with the rapid and substantial
increase in travel demand. Rail based public transport
services and well-organized bus transport services are
limited to few big cities only. Qualitatively, the available
public transport services are overcrowded particularly
during peak hours and involve long waiting periods. As a
result, there is a massive shift towards personalized
transport, specially cars and two-wheelers, and also
proliferation of various types of intermediate public
transport modes, such as auto-rickshaws and taxis.