A round table, on the feasibility and implementation plan for electrification of public transportation in Bengaluru, was co-organised by CSTEP, India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF).
This paper compares frameworks and projections of energy consumption, carbon dioxide (CO2) and particulate matter (PM2.
Large-scale penetration of EV comes with a plethora of sectoral planning challenges and will require coordinated planning between the transport, urban planning and power sectors.
In 2017, Karnataka became the first Indian state to announce an EV Policy.
This paper reviews the past trends, the current situation the measures taken so far in the National Urban Transport Policy.
Institutional analysis of urban transportation in Bangalore.
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 Bengaluru.
Bengaluru's history of multiple (and often competing) transport agencies is a major reason for such unsustainable projects being proposed and implemented.
Extensive commercialisation of hydrogen vehicles is very much possible by the mid-21st century.
Ch 5: India in 'Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies' (The Urban Book Series).
This paper was presented as part of the High Speed Rail Symposium Conference, 2013.
