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NEW MOBILITY

There are no
comparable figures
that suggest how

many private
vehicles journeys
the country

should expect in
six months or a
year’s time. But
it is to be hoped
that the huge

reduction in motor
traffic caused by
the virus will not

be completely
reversed.

transport modes to avoid crowds. Recommencing of Public supply will require complementing
People may also avoid shared mobility Transport with greater these public transport systems with
modes like autorickshaws, micro-transit alternative modes of transit.
vans, e-rickshaws etc. The drivers confidence of Commuters Public transport is the backbone
employed in app-based taxi services India has a robust 673km of in most of the Indian urban centres
are economically suffering in the short operational metro rail in 18 major cities specially for the low/middle income
term due to the COVID-19 lockdown. and a BRT network of about 400 kms commuters for which these services
However, it cannot be said if these operational in 11 cities across country are the mainstay of their daily transit
modes may face long term economic carrying 10 million passengers daily. needs. Such section of the society has
effects in terms of reduced travel But owing to the social distancing no choice but to use public transit, and
demand. The planning for resumption, norms being practiced, their capacities however unsafe it may be under the
as well as the roadmap for recovery, would be at 25 to 50 percent of its current pandemic situation. To reach
therefore, make Financial Sustainability pre-coronavirus levels. Such dramatic the point for restoration of public
and Health & Safety the core tenets. and dynamic changes in demand and transit, and resume operations in all

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