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Cycling, a sustainable, healthy, and low-cost mode of travel, has seen a resurgence in popularity during the pandemic as cars and buses stayed off the roads. During the lockdown in the UK, cycle-to-work schemes saw a 200% rise in bicycle orders from emergency workers. In India, according to the All India Cycle Manufacturers Association, the cycling industry is expected to ...

This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.

Ambient air pollution became one of the major health threats for the Indian population during recent decades. It would go on to kill about one million people in the country in 2019. A vast majority of the population is continuously exposed to bad air, which does not...

This blog originally appeared on Business India.

Till early March, most global reports indicated that the number of cities in India with a population of more than 1 million, will grow from 42 to 68 by 2030. This equation may have altered considerably by June, due to the...

This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.

Transport sector is a significant contributor and hence tackling emissions from this sector will go a long way in reducing the overall air-quality problems of the city and the region.

Let’s look at Delhi, a range of emission inventory and source apportionment studies have been carried out for the NCT Delhi in the past few years (CPCB 2010; IIT Kanpur 2016; TERI 2018; Guttikunda 2018). These studies suggested that on-road...

This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.

In the present time, with technological advancements gaining popularity numerous services have migrated to online platforms, resulting in reduction of the infrastructural requirements to a large extend. A similar shift in bus ticketing systems is imminent. The COVID-19 pandemic has also brought to light the need for contactless ticketing and presented a vital opportunity to create a seamless ticketing...

This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.

When we think of air pollution, the smoggy outdoor haze of metropolitan cities comes to mind. With India being home to 21 out of 30 of the world’s most polluted cities, the visualization as an outdoor phenomenon is not completely...

This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) estimates that INR 39,20,000 crore (USD 600 billion) needs to be invested, between 2011-31, of which about 55% is to be allocated to urban roads and mass transit systems – a move that clearly highlights the importance of transport in urban development....

Globally, the passenger car segment has been the harbinger of the electric mobility shift — chiefly due to its automotive market domination in most countries pursuing transport electrification. While India’s Electric Vehicle (EV) mission has thus far been driven by two-wheelers and three-wheelers, electric car adoption is expected to accelerate in the coming decade.

In this fourth installment of the five-part blog series on the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of electric vehicles, we turn our attention to the electrification of cars.

Need for electrification of cars...

The Renewable Energy (RE) sector has primarily driven India’s transition to clean energy. India’s total wind energy is close to 37.7 GW, the fourth highest in the world after China, the US, and Germany (March 2020).

Globally, the offshore wind turbine installation as of 2019 stands at 29 GW. India’s national Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) plans to ramp up energy production from offshore wind turbines in India to 5 GW by 2022 and 30 GW by 2030. An assessment by the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) in 2017 pegged the total potential of offshore wind capacity in...

Earlier this year, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck India, saving lives became the singular goal of the administration and frontline workers. Rising to the challenge, the city administration, health institutions, law and order authorities, community organizations, entrepreneurs and innovators, all joined forces to offer prompt support and access to essential supplies. Today, as the nation grapples to adapt to a new and constantly evolving normal (amid prevailing pandemic), it is...