Urban transport sustainability assessment for the Use of motorized vehicles in road transport india

Abstract

Abstract Urban population growth in India observes continuous increase since 1901 with 34.03 % in 2018 allowing swelling of urban limits as per the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Considering urban growth the Ministry of Transport has been active for developing urban roads increasing road length to 58, 97, 671 km in 2017. Consequent to urban growth and developed roads is observed the raise in vehicle ownership adding on to motorized vehicles adapting modal shifts leading to amassed use of speed moving motorized vehicle/s. The total number of motorized vehicles in 2017 is 253,311 thousands. A research study marks the rate of increase in motorized vehicles as 11.69% against the 1.84% growth of the population in India. These Motorized vehicles are the major pollution contributor, producing significant amounts of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and other pollution leading to significant number sharing about 2/3rd of air pollution-related deaths in India. The road side landscape can help in reducing the effect of pollution due to these vehicles if planted appropriately. The use of multimodal integrated transportation is one of the solution to integrate the public transport allowing private transport network with provisions for non-motorized transport. This paper aims to urban transport sustainability assessment for the use of motorized vehicles in road transport India. The objectives of this paper include the study of increasing rate of motorized vehicles as against the urban growth and accidents due to air pollution from these vehicles, and the probable solutions for the reduction of accidents in India with emphasis on study from Maharashtra. Maharashtra being at the top in the vehicle ownership in India it is selected for the case study along with the assessment study on multi modal transport solution at Nagpur.