Taxi Market in South East and South Asia
Gustavo Petro, Mayor of Bogota Columbia once said “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars, its where the rich use public transportation”, whilemobility and public transportation is a complex puzzle for urban policy makers around the world, taxi services is the key missing piece. Taxi services complete the puzzle by […]
Urban Rail network expansion in India
Transport infrastructure is one of the most important factors for a country’s progress. To keep this faster pace, for moving people, goods and services, metro rail projects are playing a crucial role not only as a transportation solution but as a means to transform cities. In order to expand the footprint of metro network in […]
Growing Indian Mega-Cities – Sustainable Future?
54% of the world's population now lives in urban areas and it is expected to increase to 66% by 2050 as per UN report "World Urbanization Prospects 2014". The report further highlights the emergence of 28 megacities, i.e. urban areas with 10 million inhabitants, around the world, compared to 10 megacities in 1990. Currently, Tokyo (Japan) is the world's most crowded city with 38 million inhabitants, followed by New Delhi (India) (25 million), Shanghai (China) (23 million) and Mumbai (India) (21 million).