Connected Car
It is time for transport policy makers of respective State Governments to redesign these cities, which means further developments on improving the city should be focussed on ‘transit cities’. Transit cities give more importance to public transport, reduction of private cars on road with emphasis on improving ‘mobility’ and ‘accessibility’, and focus on time and location-specific road and parking pricing. Thus, the suggested restructuring transport proposals in Indian cities should be supported by good quality air-conditioned low floor transport buses supported by transport infrastructure. Efforts to promote park-once-and-walk districts with priced public parking, and to make parking more market-responsive are also essential. In Indian cities, transport network may be composed of public monopolies mainly buses, supported by well-regulated as also inefficient passive franchises.