Abstract:

This study aims to assess the need and effectiveness of congestion pricing in Greater Mumbai as a Travel Demand Management (TDM) measure alongside other TDM measures and provides a roadmap for its implementation. This report provides a step-by-step process to plan and implement congestion pricing and, in doing so, presents a plan for congestion pricing in Mumbai. It also highlights the need to reimagine urban transport, why increasing road capacity is not a solution to mitigate congestion, some of the important travel demand management measures that a city can implement, why congestion pricing is one of the most effective means to curb congestion, and how other steps must be taken alongside congestion pricing to enhance its effectiveness.