In Race to Build Metro Trains, How Indian Cities Ignored Larger Mobility Issue
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In Race to Build Metro Trains, How Indian Cities Ignored Larger Mobility Issue

The Quint  

"In 1980s, probably we had a very good public transport system," said Swamy. "If you were to look at the time till even the early 90s, many Indian cities, which presently do not have public transport, used to have good public transport," said Gadepalli. "In the Indian context, public transport fare should be half of whatever it costs to go on a two-wheeler," said Gadepalli. So two-wheeler usage, therefore, we find very high and if we want to wean away people from two-wheelers to public transport, it has to meet the reliability, comfort, convenience, and economy of a two-wheeler," added Tiwari.

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