Sustainability impact assessment of transportation policies – A case study for Bangalore city

Verma, Ashish; Rahul, T.M.; Dixit, Malvika

doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2014.06.001

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“…Apart from these strategies, the focus is on restricting vehicular movement through effective traffic management strategies such as congestion pricing, shared mobility, and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) [ 26 , 73 ]. Congestion pricing is one of the best policies in reducing congestion and pollution [ 89 ]. In Europe, it is widely used in London, Stockholm, and Oslo.…”

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Evolution of Urban Transportation Policies in India: A Review and Analysis

Verma

Vajjarapu²,

Subramanian

2021

Transp. in Dev. Econ.

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India’s rising population and vehicular ownership have led to problems such as traffic congestion, pollution, and road accidents. The transportation sector is a crucial player in the country’s economy, but at the same time, it is also a significant contributor to climate change. Since climate change is a global threat, most transportation policies eventually lead to solving the climate change problem to achieve sustainable transportation. Despite commitments from various countries, the carbon emissions are still to come down and require the implementation of ambitious policies. Globally, countries are increasingly putting more effort towards sustainable transportation through various policy initiatives, and so does India. Given the growing transport-related externalities, the policy stance of India towards urban transportation is also gradually shifting to a systems approach from supply-oriented to demand-oriented policies. This paper highlights the significant transportation problems faced in India and how the Government of India’s transportation sector policy interventions for cities have evolved since its independence. The challenges and gaps in the existing policies are discussed, and possible ways to frame the policies are presented. This study finds that most government policy initiatives are still to see the intended level of success. This is majorly due to lack of monitoring, complex institutional capacities and urban governance, irregular zoning of land and inefficient comprehensive development and mobility plans.

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Evolution of Urban Transportation Policies in India: A Review and Analysis

Verma

Vajjarapu²,

Subramanian

2021

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“…Illahi and Mir (2020a) provided useful insights for the selection of these methods to develop sustainable transportation indices. Normalization is a technique that makes the STIs (with different units) comparable (Maoh and Kanaroglou, 2009; Verma, 2015). It is noteworthy that if different normalization methods are applied to the same data set, it may yield contrasting results (Cherchye et al , 2007).…”

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“…On one hand, it boosts the overall development and general welfare of the people (Diaz-Sarachaga et al , 2018) by providing accessibility to jobs and goods and services, linking communities, improving social prosperity and elevating economic progress (Malayath and Verma, 2013). On the other hand, it is one of the major and growing contributors of environmental pollution (WHO, 2016; Danish et al , 2019), every year nearly 1.35 million people lose their lives in road traffic crashes alone (WHO, 2018), land-use issues are worsening (Qureshi and Huapu, 2007) and there are huge economic losses associated with it due to congestion, accidents, repair and maintenance (Verma et al , 2015; Mittal and Biswas, 2019). This demands optimization of the transportation system with an integrated approach such that the detrimental effects are minimized while positive impacts are maximized.…”

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An indicator-based integrated methodology for evaluating sustainability in transportation systems using multivariate statistics and fuzzy logic

Illahi

Mir

2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to quantify and evaluate transport sustainability from an integrated perspective. It is argued that transportation systems being interdisciplinary and complex, the integrated approach towards quantification and evaluation would present its sustainability goals’ attainment in a much better way. Design/methodology/approach The proposed integrated methodology is divided into five major steps that are sub-divided. It adopts a three-tier classification system i.e. pillar, sub-division and indicator. In total, 116 sustainable transportation indicators (STIs) were classified into 10 subdivisions corresponding to three sustainability pillars. The weighting and aggregation of STIs were done using a combination of a statistical tool called principal component analysis/factor analysis, a machine learning tool called fuzzy logic and equal weighting method. The final output that the proposed integrated methodology generates is a new composite index called the integrated sustainable transportation index (IIST). Findings To check the credibility of the proposed integrated methodology, it was applied to 26 states and the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, India. Based on the computed IIST, 27 study zones were ranked and mapped. The results showed that while Tamil Nadu (0.643), Telangana (0.574) and Maharashtra (0.564) were the best-performing states, Goa (0.347), Chhattisgarh (0.436) and Meghalaya (0.439) were the worst-performing states, as far as the relative transportation sustainability is concerned. Practical implications The proposed integrated methodology could be useful for transportation evaluators, planners and policymakers who can recognize, track and improve the strengths and overcome the weaknesses within a transportation system. Originality/value The novelty of this research work is that it uses a multi-stage multi-tool approach to quantify and evaluate transport sustainability that minimizes the demerits of single-stage individual tools while maximizing their merits.

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“…For instance, Tobollik et al studied the impact of transport policies and mostly its related air pollution on health using particulate matter (<2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter PM 2.5 ) and elemental carbon (EC) [4]. Verma et al assessed the sustainability impact of transportation policies in Bangalore city [5]. Sun et al evaluated the low-carbon transport policies based on multi-actor multi-criteria analysis (MAMCA) in Tianjin [6].…”

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confidence: 99%