The TA aimed to provide urban transport toolkits to medium-sized cities in India to improve their transport planning approach and to assist in the process of their application of central funds. Further, to provide a guideline for the Ministry of Urban development to appraise the cities’ applications for financial assistance.
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Reviewed Indian urban transport policy.
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Identified key characteristics of medium-sized Indian cities.
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Examined the existing framework for infrastructure funding/relevant ongoing studies.
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Reviewed globally available physical and non-physical transport measures and their applicability to Indian cities.
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Assessed the impact of transport measures already implemented in Indian cities.
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Identified the critical factors for the selection of appropriate measures and used these to prepare guidelines and a toolkit to appraise measures.
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Prepared alternative transport development strategies; and developed detailed guidelines and toolkits for bus service improvements, master planning, bus rapid transit, parking, and non-motorized transport. These were disseminated to Indian cities in both hard and electronic formats, and training materials were also provided