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PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Getting Metros to Move again

The current pandemic has impacted every aspect of society and the
economy in India—and the public transport sector is no exception. After

months of inactivity during the lockdown, aviation and road-based
systems are beginning to operate, but metro systems in cities have not
been yet opened to the public. Prateek Diwan & Shilpa Kharwal, Senior
Project Associates and Sudeept Maiti, Project Manager, WRI, India talk

about the important aspects that need to be addressed before metros
can resume operations safely.

rior to the lockdown, metros their inherent nature of catering to direction traffic. Ensuring the safety
were serving up to 8 million larger passenger volumes in closed of commuters on transport systems
people across 13 cities and controlled station spaces. The which experience passenger flows of
every day--an integral part infrastructure is designed to handle this density will need careful planning.
Pof the mobility landscape large passenger flows, with systems Besides the challenges of ensuring
in many cities. Metro systems pose designed to cater to between 25,000- sanitization and protection measures
a higher risk of infection, due to 90,000 people in peak hour, peak for passengers, staff, and station

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