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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said the current urbanisation patterns are causing unprecedented challenges to urban mobility systems.
He said a holistic and integrated approach to urban land use and transport planning and investment is needed if urban areas are to become, socially environmentally and economically sustainable.
Addressing the 10th Urban Mobility India Conference and Exhibition, 2017 at Hitex in Hyderabad today, he said, “The 2011 Census has clearly shown that urbanization in India is gaining momentum where every third person is living in urban areas. Urban sector’s share of country’s GDP is expected to increase from its current 66 percent to 75 percent by 2031.”
The event is being organised by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in partnership with the Telangana Government, CODATU, an organisation based in Paris, France, and involved in urban mobility.
“Despite the increasing level of urban mobility infrastructure worldwide, access to places/activities and services has become increasingly difficult in the urban areas.
Increased motorisation in the Indian cities have caused an ever increasing trend of congestion, pollution, increased travel time, thus producing negative externalities,” he observed
He expressed the need to lay increased focus on planning and design for sustainable and clean urban mobility. High capacity public transport systems are needed to reduce the negative externalities like air and noise pollution, accidents and greenhouse gas emissions. They also provide inclusive access to low income groups.
INTEGRATION OF LAND USE
The Vice President mentioned about the need to Integrate land use and transport planning and Integration between various modes of transport to provide seamless connectivity for the commuters.
He mentioned about the importance of last mile connectivity for high capacity public transport like metro rail to become popular.
The Land Value Capture Policy recently issued by the Government of India can be adopted by various agencies with help and facilitation by the respective city and state governments.
Metro rail
He said “I would like to congratulate the Government of Telangana for the speedy implementation of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project which, on completion, will become the World’s largest Metro Rail Project to be implemented in Public Private Partnership mode.”
Urban Mobility India Conference provides a forum for stakeholder participation in understanding various contemporary issues of urban transport, benefit from the experiences of international and domestic experts, get knowledge about the best practices globally and interact with the peer groups from different organizations.
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