EMBARQ India - Talking Transit August 2012 - Introduction

Amit BhattStrategy Head – Urban Transport

EMBARQ’s mission is to catalyze and help implement environmentally and financially sustainable transport solutions to improve quality of life in cities

Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Urban Transport

Pedestrian and Bicycles

Public Transportation

Disincentives to Car Use

Cleaner and Cooler Fuels and Vehicles

Transit Oriented Development

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Public Transport - Bus Systems

High qualityUser orientedFastReliableLow cost

Leeds, UK

Sao PauloCuritiba

Bus Karo

Bus Karo – Guidebook on bus operations and planningTechnical workshops for 50+ citiesDirect Mentoring | Pilot Projects for 10+ citiesSupport to Ministry of Urban Development for 2nd round of bus procurement

Bus Karo Plus

Outcome By 2016, 20+ Indian Cities have more than 40% of motorized travel in public transport

Bus Karo Plus

Talking Transit• Capacity Building

Workshop • Study Tours

Mentoring Transit• Helping - pilot

Initiatives• Technical support

Learning Transit• Bus Karo• Case studies,

Databases• Best practices

1st Workshop – Support Infrastructure for Public Transport

AICTSL

AMTS

APSRTC

ASRTU

BEST

BMTC

Chennai City Connect

CTU

DTC

HRTC

IUT

JCTSL

KSRTC

MBT

NEKRTC

NMMT

NRDA

PRTC

Prasanna Purple

RMC

Star Bus Pvt. Ltd

TNSTC

UMTC

UNDP

Participants

Thank you!