MUMBAI: Mumbai is probably the most car-congested city in India. The density of personal vehicles in Mumbai soared 18% in just two years to 510 vehicles for every kilometre of highway. This has resulted in huge traffic jams, pollution and unauthorised parking.
Pune follows Mumbai with 359 vehicles per km, in comparison with 319 in Kolkata, 297 in Chennai, 149 in Bengaluru and 108 in Delhi, reveal statistics from state delivery departments.
“If there is no keep watch over over acquire or mobility of personal vehicles, commuting through highway will transform a nightmare,” said Ashok Datar, a delivery skilled who advocates the use of buses.
In mid-2016, the car density in Mumbai was once 430 vehicles per km, a determine that has long past as much as 510 vehicles/km (highway duration of 2,000km), in keeping with knowledge procured from the Maharashtra delivery ministry.
Maximum high-end vehicles and SUVs are registered in Powai
This has taken the full collection of registered private vehicles on city roads as of date to 10.2 lakh—around 28% of Mumbai’s general vehicular population of 36 lakh.
RTO officials said maximum car registrations have been in western suburbs which has over five lakh registered vehicles, adopted through three.three lakh within the island city and 1.7 lakh private vehicles within the japanese suburbs.
Officials said upmarket areas in japanese suburbs like Powai had the maximum registrations for high-end vehicles and SUVs lately. Chembur was once the next big suburb on the japanese side to have car registrations in virtually every middle magnificence family, the officials said. The Eastern Freeway is a preferred course for the ones in Chembur because it supplies a high-speed hook up with SoBo and saves over half an hour in commuting time.
RTO information additionally confirmed that Colaba-Cuffe Parade had a huge vehicular population, including many commercial automobiles, in comparison with tony areas of Malabar Hill, Nepean Sea Road and Pedder Road. In the western suburbs, Andheri and Goregaon had several residential and commercial hubs where car population has swelled over the years. The subsequent three car-congested western suburbs have been Kandivli, Bandra and Borivli, with a lot of families getting into for larger vehicles that occupy extra highway space, an authentic said.
A contemporary find out about through Mumbai Environmental Social Network, a think tank, confirmed that among private automobiles, 49% of highway space is occupied through private vehicles—all kinds, including SUVs. This is a key reason for increasing traffic congestion, with reasonable velocity on Western Express freeway shedding to 10kmph all the way through top hours, and on LBS Marg to lower than 8kmph.
Transport professionals are alarmed through the rise in private vehicles, which they say is an “obstacle” to the growth of public delivery. They fear the rise in automobiles may just result in parking woes. “There is an pressing wish to set up a parking authority to put into effect the new parking policy, and impose congestion tax in industry hubs,” said A V Shenoy of Mumbai Transport Forum. “The arterial highway will have to be stored freed from parking (on either side) all the way through top hours. It will liberate highway space and allow movement of 50% extra automobiles, especially buses,” he said, adding that emerging car population additionally ends up in pollution.
Transport commissioners, up to now, have instructed ways to keep watch over enlargement of car population in Mumbai. An authentic said the federal government was once fascinated with putting in place several Metro Rail corridors which is able to ensure that a clean commute in long term and inspire public delivery.
Private vehicles are easy to buy at the present time, said a car dealer. “The reasonable age of a purchaser is 18-35 and she or he can get easy EMIs and down payments. Many buyers are those who shuttle to work through train but choose a car for circle of relatives goal or to power on weekends,” he added.
Pune follows Mumbai with 359 vehicles per km, in comparison with 319 in Kolkata, 297 in Chennai, 149 in Bengaluru and 108 in Delhi, reveal statistics from state delivery departments.
“If there is no keep watch over over acquire or mobility of personal vehicles, commuting through highway will transform a nightmare,” said Ashok Datar, a delivery skilled who advocates the use of buses.
In mid-2016, the car density in Mumbai was once 430 vehicles per km, a determine that has long past as much as 510 vehicles/km (highway duration of 2,000km), in keeping with knowledge procured from the Maharashtra delivery ministry.
Maximum high-end vehicles and SUVs are registered in Powai
This has taken the full collection of registered private vehicles on city roads as of date to 10.2 lakh—around 28% of Mumbai’s general vehicular population of 36 lakh.
RTO officials said maximum car registrations have been in western suburbs which has over five lakh registered vehicles, adopted through three.three lakh within the island city and 1.7 lakh private vehicles within the japanese suburbs.
Officials said upmarket areas in japanese suburbs like Powai had the maximum registrations for high-end vehicles and SUVs lately. Chembur was once the next big suburb on the japanese side to have car registrations in virtually every middle magnificence family, the officials said. The Eastern Freeway is a preferred course for the ones in Chembur because it supplies a high-speed hook up with SoBo and saves over half an hour in commuting time.
RTO information additionally confirmed that Colaba-Cuffe Parade had a huge vehicular population, including many commercial automobiles, in comparison with tony areas of Malabar Hill, Nepean Sea Road and Pedder Road. In the western suburbs, Andheri and Goregaon had several residential and commercial hubs where car population has swelled over the years. The subsequent three car-congested western suburbs have been Kandivli, Bandra and Borivli, with a lot of families getting into for larger vehicles that occupy extra highway space, an authentic said.
A contemporary find out about through Mumbai Environmental Social Network, a think tank, confirmed that among private automobiles, 49% of highway space is occupied through private vehicles—all kinds, including SUVs. This is a key reason for increasing traffic congestion, with reasonable velocity on Western Express freeway shedding to 10kmph all the way through top hours, and on LBS Marg to lower than 8kmph.
Transport professionals are alarmed through the rise in private vehicles, which they say is an “obstacle” to the growth of public delivery. They fear the rise in automobiles may just result in parking woes. “There is an pressing wish to set up a parking authority to put into effect the new parking policy, and impose congestion tax in industry hubs,” said A V Shenoy of Mumbai Transport Forum. “The arterial highway will have to be stored freed from parking (on either side) all the way through top hours. It will liberate highway space and allow movement of 50% extra automobiles, especially buses,” he said, adding that emerging car population additionally ends up in pollution.
Transport commissioners, up to now, have instructed ways to keep watch over enlargement of car population in Mumbai. An authentic said the federal government was once fascinated with putting in place several Metro Rail corridors which is able to ensure that a clean commute in long term and inspire public delivery.
Private vehicles are easy to buy at the present time, said a car dealer. “The reasonable age of a purchaser is 18-35 and she or he can get easy EMIs and down payments. Many buyers are those who shuttle to work through train but choose a car for circle of relatives goal or to power on weekends,” he added.
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