The increase in human population and influx of people from the rural to urban areas is leading tocongestion of cities. With cities expanding where the sub-urban areas are becoming the part of the citiesand the outskirts are turning into cities, the distance between sub urban parts and cities is increasingwhich in turn increases the time …
Category: Public transport
Design of Next-Generation AC City Bus for BEST Mumbai Transport
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) is a civic transport and electricity provider in Mumbai. The story of BEST starts in 1873 as a tramway company called “Bombay Tramway Company Limited”. The company set up a captive thermal power station in 1905 to generate electricity for its trams and also supply electricity to the …
Rejuvenating Kolkata’s Tram
Transportation is one of the foremost catalysts of the urban economy as it gives the necessary pace to it by means of connection between and among the places. The basic transport modes that serve commuters and other people to move in and around the urban area are Bus, Cabs, Trains, Metrorail, Ferry, and Trams. Among …