Urban public transport and environmental economics - Evolving a model: A tale of two Indian cities, Pune and Banglore

摘要

The 1991 census, explained that at present there are 23 metropolitan cities in India and it is likely to increase by 30, by the turn of the century. The rate of urbanization will increase from 23 % to 30 % which means one-third of Indian population will live in metropolitan cities. On the other hand, the rate of vehicular population growth in metropolitan cities in India increase between 15 % and 200 % each year. Out of which major share has been taken by personalised vehicles i. e. , two-wheelers and cars. From this statistics one can find out the increase in the levels of pollution from metropolitan cities.