InFocus: Building climate resilience through transport
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Chennai
Chennai’s bold move to go car-free
Chennai’s car-free Sundays at Elliot’s Beach Road saw citizens making the streets their own, with pedestrians and cyclists taking centre
Indian smart cities need a tenfold increase of mass rapid transit
India is urbanising at an unprecedented rate. A third of the country’s population—an estimated 400 million people—now lives in cities.
Chennai adopts NMT Policy: A quantum leap towards safer streets
By Aswathy Dilip Chennai is witnessing a transformation. Chennai Corporation is reclaiming precious road space from chaotic traffic, unregulated parking,
Whose city is it anyway? A people and transit-oriented approach to city building
by Ranga Rohini C In keeping with the goal of increasing public transport usage from 41 to 70 per cent
The New Chennai Streetscape
With technical assistance from ITDP India, the Corporation of Chennai has implemented the first kilometer of a planned 30 kms
In Chennai, Our Cities Ourselves Focused on People, Parking and Density
“Cities are for people,” said Mr. Phanindra Reddy, a Municipal Secretary of the Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) in the state
OCO Chennai Builds Support for Non-Motorized Transport
In the City of Chennai, the welfare of pedestrians and cyclists is often overlooked as crowded roads teeming with cars
ITDP India Workshops in Pune and Chennai Focus on Transport Planning through Capacity Building
by C. Ranga Rohini, ITDP Indian cities have traditionally been centered around walking and cycling as the primary means of
Envisioning a Comprehensive Transport Plan for Chennai
by C. Ranga Rohini, ITDP With a population of over 4.7 million and with a rapidly growing economy, the city