d. Environment friendly transportation:
Vehicles can be powered by LPG, natural gas or battery power. While great hope has been expressed in the development of battery-powered vehicles, there has recently been concern expressed at very high levels of lead pollution likely to occur.
e.Miscellaneous:
The planning of urban transit systems usually takes at least 5 years and needs a details examination to determine routine and the most appropriate system for given demand. There is then a period of some times severe traffic problems during construction stage. Eg. At the andheri flyover construction in Mumbai. In the city, such as Bangkok there is also the question of latent demand. This is the trip that is currently not made because it is too difficult. When a new system comes on stream making it suddenly easy to travel, the additional capacity is absorbed leaving no visible improvement on the existing network.Eg. The construction of the Paud-Phata flyover in Pune.
Conclusion:
Much needs to be done in the region if public transport is to play a significant role in the life of the city. The city cannot afford to cater only to the private car, and there has to be a general recognition that without public transport cities would be even less viable. Measures need to be taken in the short run to enhance the quality of service provided and to impose constraints on the use of private transport in cities. In the long term, there needs to be effective land use planning and the introduction of new transit systems to keep the city moving and to assist in making it pleasant to living .It must not be forgotten that cities are major contributors to the economic growth and we must make moment in and between cities as efficient as possible.
The report continues to point out that every conceivable form of traffic control measures are being tried somewhere in the region and that with only a few exceptions these measures are having little or no effect on the rising tide of motorization
Acknowledgement:
The Authors of this paper are thankful to Mr. Vidyadhar Deshpande ?Deputy Director?,? Town Planning And Transportation? for his guidance and making available the statistical data required for this paper.
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