INDTUK - Sustainable Auto-Rickshaw
Transport and Logistics
Publication Year: 2020
Author(s): Menon M
Abstract:
Auto-rickshaws have been a landmark feature of Indian cities since their introduction in the late 1950s, becoming an indispensable aspect of urban mobility for millions of people. The auto-rickshaw sector could play a key role in shaping a sustainable urban transport ecosystem; it is, however, still an inefficient sector that neither answers appropriately to the changing dynamics of urban mobility in India nor embeds a sustainable pattern of transportation.
This 4 year (March 2016 to February 2020) project aimed at promoting sustainable lifestyles and poverty reduction while reducing CO2 emissions and air pollution in India. The project fostered the scaling up of a replicable and integrated model of sustainable auto-rickshaw transport, based on clean technologies in the Cities of Bangalore and Chennai.
The projects target the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
Goal 1: No poverty
Goal 5: Gender equality
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Country: India
Publisher/Organisation: Switch Asia
Rights: Switch Asia
URL:
https://www.switch-asia.eu/project/sustainable-auto-rickshaw/
Theme: Sustainable transportation | Subtheme: Public
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