FUTURE OF MASS

TRANSPORTATION IN
INDIA

PRESENTED BY:
AAINDRI THAKURI
ENROLLMENT NUMBER-
A91207218041
INTRODUCTION TO MASS TRANSPORT

 Mass transportation usually means

forms of transportation that move a
fairly large number of people at one
time throughout a metropolitan
urban/suburban area. It usually
refers to a system that includes bus,
light rail, rapid transit rail (subways
and elevated lines) and commuter
rail.
 PROMBLEMS IN PRESENT
TRANSPORTATION
 India’s rapid population growth and economic
upswing present both a challenge and an opportunity.
The metro trains are congested, the roads are clogged
with cars and the bus service is inadequate. Something
needs to be done urgently to enable an easier commute.

Our cities are groaning under the pressure of too many

cars and way too many people. Traffic jams cost the
country dearly: increased pollution, economic loss,
frustration and road rage. We had around 4.5 million
vehicles registered in 1980 and the figure skyrocketed
to nearly 210 million vehicles in 2015. Delhi alone had
ten million vehicles in 2016! It’s no surprise that some
people have to spend two hours commuting to work.
 MOVEMENT IN INDIA
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) has
launched the “Passenger Mobility Enhancement” project in
partnership with the World Bank. The federal government
will be launching a scheme to encourage state bus
transport undertakings to reduce their losses by investing
in the technology. The operators will need to commit the
reduction in the loss and the federal government will give
funding.
REPLACEMENTS OF PUBLIC
BUSES
The federal government has unveiled an ambitious project
to replace all public bus transport fleets with hybrid
technology. The government launched the full indigenous
retro-fitted electric bus, converting existing conventional
fuel buses into electric buses, developed by KPIT
Technologies and Central Institute of Road Transport
(CIRT).
Innovative technology
 IT solutions are important for public transport
systems and information is becoming critical for
any service planning. The key factors such as
passenger demand; journey demand; service hour;
and service frequency have great impact on the
expenditure and revenue of any authority or
operator

All metro systems have implemented smart

ticketing solutions for its ‘closed’ environment;
Delhi Metro sells approximately 16,000 smartcards
a day and 1.8 million commuters use the card
daily. However, the smart ticketing systems are
not yet integrated with the bus system.
 Mumbai is another example that has various
modes of public transport including suburban
railway lines, metro, buses, taxis and auto-
rickshaws. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority (MMRDA) has appointed
London’s Transport for London (TfL) to prepare a
detailed plan for an integrated ticketing system
in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. An
integrated system is planned to be rolled-out by
2018.
Switching to Euro VI by 2020
 The federal government has decided to shift to
Bharat Stage VI (the equivalent of Euro VI)
emission standards for various category vehicles
by 2020. The decision has been made to leapfrog
directly from Euro IV emission norms for petrol
and diesel to Euro VI standards. This is a great
move and demonstrates the commitment of the
federal government to curbing air pollution.
DEVELOPMENT IN WATER
TRANSPORTATION
 The development of waterborne transportation is
one of the key priorities of the federal
government in India. The 2016 National
Waterway Act was enacted in March 2016 to
regulate the development of 111 national
waterways, out of which 106 are new national
waterways. Currently India is conducting only
3.5% of trade through waterborne transport,
compared to 47% in China; 40% in Europe; 44%
in Japan and Korea; and 35% in Bangladesh.
 FUTURE OF INDIAN RAILWAYS
IN INDIA
 The all major station ( category A & A-1, over 400 no.)
are being undertaken under development of world class
standard through station development authority on PPP
mode. In this case waste / underutilized ( which otherwise
being encroached ) land is being monetized to mobilize
land value resources with zero cost to railways as done for
airport at mumbai / hyderabad/ banglore etc cities.

Electrification of all major route covering 90% of route.

this will have major impact on energy and operation
efficiency of railways along with speed enhancement.
Diesel locomotives would be for emergency purpose may
10% or less.
 All loco pulled passenger trains to be replaced by self
propelled train set like EMU / MEMUs. This would result in
faster acceleration/ deceleration or braking. This is the type
of passenger rails being used world wide.

 Major cities/ urban areas ( above 15–20 lakhs population

) are being provided with metro / suburban rail system to
commute as rapid mass transport.

 High speed corridors development projects / bullet trains.

( about 10 routes already identified ,where traffic density is
more ).

 Massive usage of information technology (IT) like ERP

implementations in train operation and its internal resource
managements.
FUTURE OF AVIATION SECTOR IN
INDIA
 The aviation sector has emerged as one of the most rapidly
developing industries in India. India is presently considered
as the third largest domestic civil aviation market in the
world.

Increase in air traffic: The latest report on civil aviation

predicts an overall development in air traffic. The number of
passengers and also the volume of goods and mails carried by
airplanes today show a substantial increase over those of the
last few years. This indicates that the civil aviation will have a
bright future.

Popularity: In near future, domestic air travel will be more

popular than before and expected to become the ordinary
way of transportation. The demand for the aviation industry
in recent time predicts the concrete reality of the future.