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Introduction
Sustainable urban mobility in India faces a number of technological and financial challenges. However, these challenges are exacerbated by regulatory challenges that are unique to the sector. Different aspects of urban transport are governed by different agencies at central, state and city level. While having multiple agencies to govern aspects of mobility, including public transport, air quality, planning etc. is inevitable and is constitutionally mandated, these multiple institutions and centres of power do not function under “a set of ordered rules� (Ostrom 2009). The lack of an overarching legislative framework for mobility leads to distortions in financing, implementation, and pricing. Policy analysis of the urban mobility sector focuses on the assessment of the following five aspects described below: Figure 1 Focus Areas for Mobility Policy
Structural
Consumer Engagement
Legislative Focus Areas for Transport Policy
Financial
Institutional
Source: MP Ensystems Research, 2018
1. Structural factors- Includes the agencies at the centre, state and city level. 2. Legislative aspects – There are laws and rules at the central and state levels governing different aspects of urban transport 3. Institutional aspects- Institutional factors in the transportation sector include planning, resource allocation, distribution of power, authority between levels of governments and
Urban Mobility Regulatory Environment in India
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