1.
Catalyzing SCALE

2. A glimse of the journey so far…

3. REINVENTING CYCLE RICKSHAWS (1997-2003)
Tangible Scale
From 5 prototypes to 500,000 modern cycle rickshaws
4-5 million zero-carbon trips daily;
Dignified livelihood to over a million.

4. AHMEDABAD JANMARG: India’s first (high-quality) BRT System
RE-IMAGINING BUS TRANSIT (2003 onwards)
AHMEDABAD JANMARG: India’s first (high-quality) BRT System
Inspired dozens of cities nationally and internationally;
Informed national guidelines

6. CHENNAI: First Indian city with NMT-first Policy
CREATING STREETS FOR ALL (2009 onwards)
CHENNAI: First Indian city with NMT-first Policy
Hundreds of kilometers being retrofitted
Inspiring cities locally and nationally;
Informing state & national guidelines

7. PUNE: First Indian city with Street Design Guidelines
Hundreds of kilometers being retrofitted
First Indian City with Progressive Parking Policy

8. BUILDING TRANSIT-ORIENTED CITIES (2011 - )
Ahmedabad: First Indian city with a TOD Master Plan
Jharkhand: First Indian state with TOD Policy
Maharashtra: First Indian state with Urban Mobility Policy

9. STATE & NATIONAL POLICIES
National Policies/Standards
Indian Roads Congress: Guidelines for
BRT,
Street network planning,
Motorized Traffic Control
Parking management
Inputs to national policies:
TOD policy;
Metro (MRT) Policy;
Green Urban Mobility Scheme
State Policies/Standards
Maharashtra
State Urban Transport Policy published
Urban Habitat Policy in prep
State Budget and Finance paper under prep
Jharkhand
State TOD Policy adopted
State Parking Policy in prep
Tamil Nadu
Intermodal integration standards in prep
Street Design standards under review

10. MAKING TRANSPORT GENDER-RESPONSIVE (2017 - )
Bringing Gender and Transport onto the National Agenda

12. MODEL POLICIES/TOR & PUBLICATIONS
Complete Streets
RFP for empaneling urban designers for complete streets
Urban Street Design Manual
Street Design Implementation Basics
Case studies of best practices
Public Transport
PT Database and status report
MRT alternatives analysis
Case studies of PT-ITS best practices
Model RFP for PT-ITS
Parking
RFP for hiring operators for on-street parking management
Parking study methodology
Policies
State urban transport policy template
State TOD Policy template
State street design and management policy template
Parking Policy template
State budget and finance papers

13. The way forward …

14. Urban India is exploding
200 million new residents in 2 decades
590m
380m
City size

15. BUT BARELY ANY FOOTPATHS
More than a third of all trips on foot
BUT BARELY ANY FOOTPATHS

16. BUT NO FACILITIES FOR CYCLISTS
More people on cycles than on cars
BUT NO FACILITIES FOR CYCLISTS

17. 30% of trips on public transport
But barely any buses

18. BUT THEY OCCUPY MORE THAN 2/3rds OF ROAD SPACE
Only 20% of trips on personal motor vehicles
BUT THEY OCCUPY MORE THAN 2/3rds OF ROAD SPACE

19. are on foot or public transport
9/10 trips by women
are on foot or public transport

20. What are the alternatives before us?

21. Our Vision People of all ages, incomes, gender, and ability
Get to live a life of dignity
In cities that provide access to jobs, education, and recreation
Through means of mobility that are
Accessible, affordable, safe, and sustainable.

22. Our Objective By 2031, in Indian cities,
Vehicle Kilometers Travelled (VKT) will stabilize at levels;
At least 80% of people [are] near transit (PNT)*;
Ambient air quality will exceed WHO standards;
Less than 10 persons per million will die due to road crashes.
* 50% will live near rapid transit in case of cities larger than half million

23. Our Needs (2031) 30000 km Streets for All! 250,000 Buses in Action!
5000-km Smart Rapid Transit!

24. Our Approach INSPIRE EMBED EXPAND CREATE
Media, Events, Advocacy, and Partnerships
CREATE
Tools & Model Projects
EMBED
Policies, Standards & Finance
EXPAND
Train at Scale to Build Capacity

25. Our Labs
DELHI 4%
GUJARAT 7%
JHARKHAND 2%
MAHARASHTRA
14%
Catalyzing Transformation in over a Third of Urban India 9%
TAMIL NADU

26. Expanding through state-wide scale-up
TAMIL NADU
Chennai
Tirupur
Salem
Trichy
Coimbatore
Madurai
Leveraging national schemes: Smart Cities Mission, etc

27. OUR STRATEGY
By 2021,
Help four deep-dive states adopt Urban Transport Policies, Action Plans, and Regulations;
Launch a state-level mega ‘green mobility’ programme that fund and finance urban mobility transformation;
Provide deep-dive and targeted cities tools (planning, design, RFPs) and guide them in implementing project (procuring consultants & contractors, review, monitoring);
Under the aegis of the deep-dive states, expand capacity amongst all their cities to plan, implement, and monitor;
Leverage national-level capacity building programmes to expand reach and build relationships with additional states to reform policies and launch of mega ‘green mobility’ programmes.

28. THE TRANSFORMERS: 25, young, and growing!

29. Better Streets – Better Cities – Better Lives
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Better Streets – Better Cities – Better Lives
HIGH DENSITY
MIXED USE
INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PARKING REFORM
ACTIVE EDGES
WALKING & CYCLINGS 29 29 29

30. “There is enough for everyone’s need;
Not enough for everyone’s greed.”
Mahatma Gandhi