Anantha Lakshmi Paladugula

With increasing trends in road congestion, air pollution, energy demand and emissions, there is a need to look for effective solutions to meet the urban transport demand in Bangalore Investment in public transport is imperative Buses are the cheapest, relatively energy and emission efficient form of public transport systems which can be proposed to provide service to the core and peripheral areas in a shorter time span Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) with good network coverage in Bangalore Urban district and as well as some areas in Bangalore Rural district needs to be s

Quality of Life for All: A Sustainable Development Framework for India's Climate Policy

In 2017, Karnataka became the first Indian state to announce an EV Policy. In this project, CSTEP identified key barriers in large-scale EV penetration, towards preparing a long-term implementation plan for public electric bus (e-bus) transportation for Bengaluru.

This study placed improving quality of life at the centre of India's national climate policy and asked what happens to greenhouse gas emissions with such an approach. Using bottom-up scenario analyses, the sectoral interventions modelled in this research demonstrate that it is possible to get close to achieving the country's climate targets while improving quality of life at the same time. 

This paper compares frameworks and projections of energy consumption, carbon dioxide (CO2) and particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions from India's transportation sector, up to 2050. To understand the role of road transport in energy demand and emissions, five modeling teams developed baseline projections for India's transportation sector as part of intermodal comparison exercise under the Sustainable Growth Working Group (SGWG) of the US-India Energy Dialog.