Delhi, the capital
city of India adds up thousands of people daily which is already congested with
11267 people per square km. Two years
ago WHO quoted Delhi’s air as dirtiest. Delhi metro is successful in reducing
the vehicular air pollution to a large extent apart from decreasing the travel
time. Delhi metro (DMRC) is owned by both
government of India and government of Delhi in equal proportions. Delhi also
has a robust bus transport system owned by Delhi Transport Corporation with the
largest fleet of CNG fuelled buses in the world. Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is a subsidiary
of government of Delhi.
Competitive
transportation systems
There is a difference of fares
between these two transport systems. In some routes DTC runs buses in parallel
to metro. So it is giving people to board a polluted route when an unpolluted route
is available. DTC which is also a transportation company as DMRC competes with
DMRC in some routes. Metro has the advantages of quick travel, least pollution,
decreases congestion and less waiting time should be given the priority. We
have different fare systems for metro and buses. A regular traveler who is living
more than a kilometer from a metro is now choosing to travel by bus his
complete journey so that he need not pay fares separately for both. This is one
reason why people travel in buses for far distances also even when a metro is
available which adds to green house emissions as buses are not as efficient as
metros and lead to congestion in city.
Priority
intervention: Need Co-operative transportation systems
Buses should be a supporting
transport to metro and fly from metro stations to the areas which are not
served by metro. A passenger must be able to board a bus to metro station, travel
by metro and reach his destination by bus from metro station with single travel
card or account. Two transportation systems and others if any have to make a
centralized tariff mechanism and charge the passenger only once in a day
proportional to the total distance travelled by him throughout the day at the
end of the day from his prepaid travel card or account.
Consequences:
Reduction in green house gases
With
Co-operative transportation systems it will become easier for the people to
move from one place to another through public transport system. As Vehicular
pollution is registering a growth of 14% per annum in Delhi, due to highest number
of registered cars compared to any other metropolitan city of India. Public
transport will have much lesser carbon emission per person per kilometer
compared to a four wheeler car in which generally only one person travel
despite its capacity to carry four or more. The solution lies in encouraging and
educating people by giving better, faster, safer and easier public
transportation compared to the four wheeler which plies on congested roads,
accident prone, needs attentive driving.
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