The new WRI India research paper ‘Assessing Viability of Using Autorickshaws for Urban Freight Delivery’ explores the feasibility of a dual-utility strategy for autorickshaws and examines its potential impacts on driver incomes, safety, and the environment. It finds that using autorickshaws to transport freight as well as people could enable drivers to make more productive use of existing vehicles. It could also raise driver incomes by around 15 percent, reduce logistics costs for small and medium enterprises, make vehicle use more efficient, and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

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