At present only mega cities having certain level of transport system, so people are moving in to those cities for their livelihood. We have to change the scenario for future sustainability. We need to develop advance level of transport systems in all types of cities which can carry large number of users. Keshav Kumar Rail, MRTS & Transit Infra Expert
Keshav is having more than 17 years of experience in successfully managing large scale infrastructure projects. He was associated with Delhi Metro, GE Transportation, PwC, High Speed Rail and other Railway & Transit projects. How has been your journey in the Railway and Metro sector ? What do you about the future of Urban Transit system in India ? First of all, I would like thank urban Transport News for giving an opportunity to share my journey and thought about the development of Urban Transport system in Indian cities. I spent significant years for the development of Public transport system. Post education, I started my professional journey from Indian Railway and then joined Delhi Metro. It was a turning point for me to explore the Metro System which was started recently in Delhi. After Delhi Metro work for the development of Metro network in Gurgaon, Locomotive project in GE transport, High Speed Railway development in JICT and PwC advisory service for the development of Rail, MRTS and other modes of Public Transport systems. See in India, most of the cities are highly dense, unplanned
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developed and lacking for a reliable transportation system Also number of road accidents are very high. The present traffic system is highly stressed condition (due to depleted infrastructure, poor connectivity, lower average speed etc.) and unable to cater the future requirement of cities. Its not only impacting environment but also affecting the overall economic conditions of the users. Considering all such issue, we must have a combination of sustainable and green transport solution in urban areas. The traffic problems are increasing in the cities with increase in population. As an Urban Transit expert, what would you suggest for this problem ? With increased urbanisation and rise in population , one of the most challenging and complicated issues in city life is the traffic problem. Peak-hour traffic congestion in almost all large and growing metropolitan regions around the world is here to stay. In fact, it is almost certain to get worse during at least the next few decades, mainly because of rising vehicular movement.
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