EU invests EUR 2.2 billion into 140 key transport project to accelerate economic recovery
European Union (EU) agreed on 21 July for a comprehensive package of EUR 1.83 trillion, which combines the Multilateral Financial Framework (MFF) and Next Generation EU (NGEU). The proposed package will help the EU to rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic and will support investment in the green and digital transitions.
Outdoor Taxi Digital Screen Market
Digital Out of Home or DOOH refers to digital media used for marketing purposes outside of the home. This includes any out-of-home (OOH) display, digital billboard or digital signage that can change its advertising content remotely using addressable electronic, LED, and screen technology but excludes TV advertising and radio advertising. DOOH accounted for 28.3 per […]
Regulatory Matrix – Ridesharing services in major cities across the globe
The article will give an glimpse about the Ridesharing (also called Ride-hailing / E-hailing / On-demand application) in different countries around the globe. Valoriser Consultants did an policy analysis of legal framework adopted in different cities or countries to create “Regulatory Matrix”. The matrix clubbed group of countries based on the policy framework to regulate […]
Bus transport market in Canada
Canada is known for the high rate of motor vehicles ownership in the world (~23.5 million motor vehicles 2018). Although there is high number of private cars but the bus market is also growing in the country. There are around 92,000 registered buses (2018), including urban transit, school buses and intercity/coaches. The large number of […]
Policy Framework for Dockless Bike-sharing in India
Over the past decade, station-based bike sharing has been successfully introduced to many cities worldwide, encouraging more cycling and promoting more healthy and liveable cities. While the environmental benefits of docked bike sharing is clear, the high implementation and operation costs have deterred some cities from embracing these schemes that promote the benefits of active […]
Bike taxis are LEGAL in India
India is a two-wheeler economy. As per Vahan digital register, there are around 245 million registered digitised vehicles in India as of 24 December 2018. However, around 75% of the registered vehicles are motorcycle / two-wheelers in India. There was no clarity on the legal status of bike taxis in India. However, Ministry of Road Transport […]
Public and Private Bus & Coach Market in East and South East Asia
South East Asia and South Asia region has a total population of 2.16 billion and 1.48 billion respectively making it around 50% of the total world population. The economy of these countries are in different stages of development some of the countries such as Singapore, South Korea, Japan are developed economies, whereas some of the […]
Electric Vehicles (EVs) Market in India
India is witnessing rapid urbanization, led to increase in demand for basic services including housing, water, sanitation and transport. The total number of registered motor vehicles in India has increased rapidly over the past decade (2001–2015), from 55 million in 2001 to 192 million in 2015. The rapid increase in private vehicle ownership is mainly […]
Auto-rickshaw Market in India – Opportunities for Electrification
In India, a large part of the daily transport takes place with two and three-wheelers. These are driven by exclusively following the internal combustion engines with low or no exhaust emissions. This has created huge problems with air pollution. Of the world’s 20 cities with the worst air quality, 13 are in India. Worst of […]
Electric bus market in China
Bus industry in China is the largest in the world. The country produced various types of buses and coaches – Large, Medium, Small, Hybrid and Electric. As more and more cities are introducing city buses and expanding network of BRT system, the demand for buses is growing steadily. Further, many cities are looking to substitute […]
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).