Amit BhattStrategy Head – Urban Transport
EMBARQ’s mission is to catalyze and help implement environmentally and financially sustainable transport solutions to improve quality of life in cities
Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Urban Transport
Pedestrian and Bicycles
Public Transportation
Disincentives to Car Use
Cleaner and Cooler Fuels and Vehicles
Transit Oriented Development
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Public Transport - Bus Systems
High qualityUser orientedFastReliableLow cost
Leeds, UK
Sao PauloCuritiba
Bus Karo
Bus Karo – Guidebook on bus operations and planningTechnical workshops for 50+ citiesDirect Mentoring | Pilot Projects for 10+ citiesSupport to Ministry of Urban Development for 2nd round of bus procurement
Bus Karo Plus
Outcome By 2016, 20+ Indian Cities have more than 40% of motorized travel in public transport
Bus Karo Plus
Talking Transit• Capacity Building
Workshop • Study Tours
Mentoring Transit• Helping - pilot
Initiatives• Technical support
Learning Transit• Bus Karo• Case studies,
Databases• Best practices
1st Workshop – Support Infrastructure for Public Transport
AICTSL
AMTS
APSRTC
ASRTU
BEST
BMTC
Chennai City Connect
CTU
DTC
HRTC
IUT
JCTSL
KSRTC
MBT
NEKRTC
NMMT
NRDA
PRTC
Prasanna Purple
RMC
Star Bus Pvt. Ltd
TNSTC
UMTC
UNDP
Participants
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