Urban Passenger Travel Statistics in India

The Ministry of Urban Development published the report on "Transport Strategies for Urban India" in May 2008. The urban passenger travel statistics presented in the reported are graphed here. The key messages are

• As the cities grew, access to the work places in less than 15 mins travel time decreases
• As the cities grew, the share of public transport in the form of buses (percent of passenger trips) increases
• As the cities grew, the share of non-motorized transport (NMT) in the form of walking and biking (percent of passenger trips) decreases
• As the cities grew, the share of para-transit mostly remained constant; biased higher in the bigger cities
  
• Lower the share of non-motorized transport in the city, lower the service index (% trips accessible in less than 15 mins travel time)
• Lower the share of NMT in the city, higher the congestion index, primarily due increase in the personal transport

Full report - "SIM-air Series 24-2009: 20 city case studies".

Click on the images to enlarge view. The population is plotted on a log scale.







Also see

• National Urban Transport Policy by MoUD
  
• National Auto Fuel Policy of India by GoI
  
• Public Transportation in India by ITDP
• Transport for Livable Cities: A Symposium on the Problems of Urban Transport (Seminar, November, 2007)
• Reducing Air Pollution from Urban Transport by the World Bank
• Reducing Vehicle Emissions in Asia by Asian Development Bank
• EE and CC Considerations for On-Road Transport in Asia by Asian Development Bank