Cars and two-wheelers constitute 85% of vehicles on roads but only 29% of overall trips in India.
@vabhis explains how most of the urban poor cannot afford even the most inexpensive motor vehicles. Yet, they bear the maximum brunt of road accidents and vehicular air pollution.
@vabhis explains how most of the urban poor cannot afford even the most inexpensive motor vehicles. Yet, they bear the maximum brunt of road accidents and vehicular air pollution.
Rapid urbanisation and haphazard planning have had disastrous consequences for urban poor, leaving them without proper access to employment, education and urban services.
Cities have become an exclusive space for the elite and white-collar workforce, writes @vabhis.
Cities have become an exclusive space for the elite and white-collar workforce, writes @vabhis.
Be it Mumbai's expensive Bandra–Worli sea link that caters only to cars or Ranchi's failure to fix its bus transport system, @vabhis finds that, in metros and non-metro cities alike, urban mobility has neglected the needs of poor commuters.
Almost 40% people in urban areas either walk or use bicycles. Yet, government urban planning has focused on infrastructure for motorised transport.
@vabhis recommends prioritising robust bus services, bike and pedestrian lanes, and sustainable mobility: epw.in/engage/article…
@vabhis recommends prioritising robust bus services, bike and pedestrian lanes, and sustainable mobility: epw.in/engage/article…
Join us for a conversation with @vabhis to understand how flawed urban planning and inadequate public transport facilities have been detrimental to the lives of the urban poor. 
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