Improve bus services in Navi Mumbai
One can't deny the fact that Navi Mumbai is facing a mobility crisis. Public transport in this city needs to be improved still further. The city is getting more and more populated day by day. Very soon the city will reel under chronic congestion. Hence the bus services in Navi Mumbai needs to be expanded.
There are in this city vested-interest groups, which are aggressively promoting debates that question the usefulness of bus transport, and they denounce the virtues of the proposal relating to expanding of bus services in the city. They criticize the move to dedicate lanes in certain parts of the city exclusively for bus services because this would reduce the space used by private vehicles. Navi Mumbai does have a developed road networks but the low-capacity transport modes such as cars occupy a substantial part of the road. Most of the road networks cannot be expanded much more and private vehicles are rapidly growing. As a result, the roads carry traffic volumes exceeding their capacity, leading to congestion. This has reduced journey speeds and helped ruin the environment. The recent air quality data proves this point.
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) must radically rethink their transportation plans. City managers need to realize that the only way to ensure urban mobility in the long run is if more and more people make trips using public transportation. Hence, in any future proposal, buses have to remain as the major mode of transport. Introduction of more bus services will play a critical role in shifting modal behaviour because it would offer the best door-to-door connectivity, and at relatively low cost. NMMC should invest a large amount of money for adding considerably to bus services to augment bus transport in the next five years.
Plying well-designed buses and opening dedicated lanes alone will not deliver. Integrating other modes of travel, installing an efficient signal system, improving travel information and running a reliable and safe service are imperative. There should be introduction of intelligent transport systems and smart electronic ticketing and payment. Equally important is the need to improve pedestrian paths that bring people to the buses. Only such moves can perfect Navi Mumbai transport system.
One can't deny the fact that Navi Mumbai is facing a mobility crisis. Public transport in this city needs to be improved still further. The city is getting more and more populated day by day. Very soon the city will reel under chronic congestion. Hence the bus services in Navi Mumbai needs to be expanded.
There are in this city vested-interest groups, which are aggressively promoting debates that question the usefulness of bus transport, and they denounce the virtues of the proposal relating to expanding of bus services in the city. They criticize the move to dedicate lanes in certain parts of the city exclusively for bus services because this would reduce the space used by private vehicles. Navi Mumbai does have a developed road networks but the low-capacity transport modes such as cars occupy a substantial part of the road. Most of the road networks cannot be expanded much more and private vehicles are rapidly growing. As a result, the roads carry traffic volumes exceeding their capacity, leading to congestion. This has reduced journey speeds and helped ruin the environment. The recent air quality data proves this point.
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) must radically rethink their transportation plans. City managers need to realize that the only way to ensure urban mobility in the long run is if more and more people make trips using public transportation. Hence, in any future proposal, buses have to remain as the major mode of transport. Introduction of more bus services will play a critical role in shifting modal behaviour because it would offer the best door-to-door connectivity, and at relatively low cost. NMMC should invest a large amount of money for adding considerably to bus services to augment bus transport in the next five years.
Plying well-designed buses and opening dedicated lanes alone will not deliver. Integrating other modes of travel, installing an efficient signal system, improving travel information and running a reliable and safe service are imperative. There should be introduction of intelligent transport systems and smart electronic ticketing and payment. Equally important is the need to improve pedestrian paths that bring people to the buses. Only such moves can perfect Navi Mumbai transport system.
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