• ISSN: 2349-6002
  • UGC Approved Journal No 47859

SUSTAINABLE INTRA-CITY MOBILITY (A CASE STUDY OF GURUGRAM AND FARIDBAD DISTRICTS)

  • Unique Paper ID: 158858
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 852-857
  • Abstract:
  • Individuals’ ownership and riding on fossil fuel driven mode of transportation or in its modern avatar e- vehicles are obnoxious to environment and highly detrimental to seamless, reliable and eco-friendly Intra-city connectivity so necessary for sustaining efficiency and productivity of the systems and people across vital sectors of the city life. To address the twin challenges of faster and reliable modes of transportation with minimum carbon footprints, there is need for new plans and policies for people adopting sustainable mobility which shall give robust impetus to the smart city initiatives contributing in the enhanced productivity.Growing urbanisation necessitates the need for an efficient transportation system to citizenry who commutes every day to far of destination using various modes of transport depending on their income level and distance from the home. The article opines that mobility has to be sustainable so as to minimise various economic and social cost related to city transport. The present study is based on the field survey of three hundred randomised selected respondents in Faridabad and Gurugram districts to gauge the intentions for owing individual motorised transport.The paper highlights the need for collaboration and collective efforts by the urban local bodies, citizenry and the Civil society to adopt such policies and practices so that people prefer collective and eco-friendly modes of transport rather than individuals using personal vehicles.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 852-857

SUSTAINABLE INTRA-CITY MOBILITY (A CASE STUDY OF GURUGRAM AND FARIDBAD DISTRICTS)

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