E10 How India Moves | Trends of India's Urban Mobility Crisis | The Sunita Narain Show

Описание: In this episode, Sunita Narain addresses the critical issue of urban mobility in India.

She highlights how traffic congestion is not just a personal inconvenience but a major challenge with significant costs to the economy and public health, particularly air pollution. Drawing on a report (read our full special reportage on 'How India Moves', here: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/topic/...) from her colleagues at Down to Earth and the Centre for Science and Environment, she reveals surprising trends found in a study of 50 Indian cities.

Ms. Narain argues that the exponential growth of private vehicles, especially cars, is consuming road space while moving a disproportionately small number of people. She stresses the importance of prioritizing and improving mass transit systems like buses, which are declining in number despite being the most efficient way to move large populations.

The show emphasizes that the future of urban mobility lies in moving people, not cars, by investing in integrated public transport, regulating para-transit, and creating safe, walkable, and cycle-friendly cities.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:03 - How India Moves?
01:55 - Political Economy of Mobility
02:55 - Right to Clean Air
03:17 - Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) pollution
04:21 - Private transport is exploding
06:44 - Bus has been displaced but not replaced
09:24 - Bus transport is not dead but declining
12:29 - Real cost of public transport
14:59 - What is Para-transit?
17:28 - Sprawling cities, increasing vehicular congestion
18:33 - What is a true meaning of mobility
20:03 - Para-transit is part of mass-transit
20:34 - We can still walk & cycle today
21:53 - Way forward: Moving people & not only vehicles
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