Critical Issues Related to Metro Rail Projects in India

Niraj Sharma, Rajni Dhyani and S. Gangopadhyay
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Niraj Sharma: Principal Scientist, Environmental Science Division CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India neeraj.crri@mail.nic.in; sharmaniraj1990@rediffmail.com
Rajni Dhyani: PhD Research Scholar, AcSIR, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India
S. Gangopadhyay: Director, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute New Delhi, India

Journal of Infrastructure Development, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 67-86

Abstract: Rail-based ‘Mass Rapid Transit System’ has been widely accepted as a solution for most of the traffic and environmental pollution related problems which major cities throughout the world are facing now. Metro rail construction activities are being undertaken in a big way in India, existing metro rail network of the city of Kolkata and Delhi are being expanded, while it is under various stages of construction in cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. In the present article, important environmental and other critical issues have been discussed in the Indian context which are equally relevant in other developing counties.

Keywords: Public transportation; Mass Rapid Transit System; urban traffic; passenger ridership; critical issues; emission reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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