Urban Transport Initiatives in India : Best Practices in PPP

• About the Project

• Major Objectives

• Project Funding

• Duration (Period)

• Core Team Members 

• Project Report

About the Project

The present study documents ten urban transport initiatives / projects undertaken or are being undertaken in ten cities of India. It covers four Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) projects of Ahmedabad, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur; five modern city bus services of Jalandhar, Jabalpur, Surat, Vadodara and Jalgaon; and multilevel underground parking project of Kolkata. Apart from Jaipur Public Transport (through BRT and modern city bus service) project, the remaining are Public-Private Partnership (PPP) based projects. For each, the study documents description of the project including situation before implementation of the initiative, factors of success, budgetary implications, performance and impacts of the project. Besides, it also identifies challenges / constraints, lessons learnt and finally provide suggestions.

Major Objectives  

The objectives of the project are as follows:

• Document the initiatives (rail based and bus based projects) undertaken and are being undertaken by 10 cities of India with focus on PPP.

• Identify challenges, lessons learned and give suggestions

Project Funding

The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.

Duration (Period)

Date of Commencement: March 2009

Expected Date of Completion:  December 2009 

(extended till March 2011).

Team Members working on the project at NIUA  

Principal Coordinator - Prof. Chetan Vaidya

Coordinator - Dr. Rajesh Chandra

Advisor - Dr. Debjani Ghosh

Research Team - Mr. Sarveshwer S. Vyas, Ms. Shilpi Roy, Ms. Priyam Sharma

Project Report

 

Urban Transport Initiatives in India : Best Practices in PPP

Preface, Study Team, List of  - Figures/ Tables/ Maps/ Abbreviations, Executive Summary

Chapter 1:  Introduction

Chapter 2:  Ahmedabad BRTS

Chapter 3:  Jaipur BRTS

Chapter 4:  Jalandhar City Bus Service

Chapter 5:  Jabalpur City Transport Service

Chapter 6:  Surat City Bus Service

Chapter 7:  Pimpri-Chinchwad BRTS

Chapter 8:  Vadodara City Bus Services

Chapter 9:  Jalgaon City Bus Services

Chapter 10:  Kolkata Car Parking System

Chapter 11:  Vishakhapatnam BRTS

Chapter 12:  Summary and Conclusions

References & Annexure

The Report has been submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development in March 2011

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