New Delhi:Ministry of Urban Development will organise three day
Urban Mobility India Conference and Exhibition here from tomorrow. Union Minister
for Urban Development, S.Jaipal Reddy will inaugurate the conference and Saugata
Roy, Minister of State for Urban Development will inaugurate the Urban Mobility
Expo. The aim of this conference is to bring together policy makers, decision
makers, planners, engineers, manufactures and suppliers of various technologies
in road and rail based modes of mass transit and associated technologies such
as ITS, for mutual interaction and benefit from each others' work/experience.
International and National experts, who have led the implementation and operation
of best practice projects, will share their experience and exchange information.
Research agencies will present their findings on relevant issues. This year, the
conference theme is 'Sustainable Urban Transport'. Presentations will be largely
based on case studies of best practice projects with the following sub-themes:
Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority, Service Level Benchmarks, Strategies
for Parking, Planning for Special Events, Transit Oriented Development, Mobility
Issues of the Disadvantaged, Intelligent Transport Systems, Fare Collection Systems
and Fare Policies & PPP in Urban Bus Operations and Maintenance Strategies.
