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Exploring Non-Motorized Transportation for Indian Cities: A Sustainable System

Meenu Chaudhary, Ashwani Kumar

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Abstract The existing modal share in Indian cities is in favor of non-motorized transport but there is a minimal infrastructure available to support non-motorized transportation. In most of the Indian cities, even in the megacities of India (population more than 8 million), 30% of the trips are made by non-motorized transportation, but the adverse climatic conditions, inappropriate infrastructure and facilities for non-motorized transportation and increasing accident risk to non-motorized users, the use of personal motorized vehicle is increasing. This trend is accompanied with the rise in traffic crashes and deteriorating air quality in cities. This paper discusses the various problems and issues related to Non-Motorized Transport in Indian cities and highlight the need to adopt non-motorized transportation. It further explores the existing provisions related to non-motorized transportation provided in India. Keywords: non-motorized transport, urbanization, walking

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