IPCC estimates that 13 per cent of greenhouse gases globally are caused by the transport sector. In Mumbai, for example, 60 per cent of the air pollution is generated by vehicles. Delhi, the first city in the world to switch to compressed natural gas for all public vehicles, now has as many cars as the three other metros put together. It has now put in place the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) which has come under attack from the car lobby and an uninformed media.
The idea is to expose the journalists from other cities in India to the fact that BRTS is a low-cost and smart solution to transportation woes and that it stands in sharp contrast to the capital-intensive and long-gestation investment in a Metro.
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| 09.30 am Registration |
| 10.00 am |
| Introduction: Dr (Ms) Geetam Tiwari, Associate
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology, Delhi Download Presentation |
| 10.30 am |
| Buses for Public Transport: Delhi
BRTS Case Study: Ms Anumita Roy Chowdhary, Associate
Director, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi Download Presentation
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| 11.30 am Tea Break: |
| 11.45 am |
| Presentation: Mr Sandeep Gandhi, Project
Scientist, Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) Pvt.
Ltd., TBIU, IIT, Delhi Download Presentation
Followed by Q & A
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| 01.30 pm Lunch Break |
| 02.30 pm Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMTS) |
| 05.30 pm Field Trip: First Delhi BRTS Route
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| Day 2: Thursday, October 30, 2009 |
| 05.30 pm Meeting with
Ms Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi,
Govt. of NCT of Delhi |