Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Chapter 7

Management of Public Transport

7.1 Urban transport management

Urban areas in India suffer from inadequate road capacity leading to congestion and de-

lays both in the morning peak hour and evening peak hour. This peak period is getting

extended for more than two to three hours in the morning and another two to three hours

in the evening. This problem is much more critical in all metropolitan cities of India. The

congestion is due to demand being much higher than the capacity of the road network that

is available to cater to ...