Individual modes: efficiency or illusion. A case of Bangalore city Modes de transport individuels: efficacite ou illusion. Etude de cas dans la ville de Bangalore

摘要

The 'Desire for Movement' is one of the fundamental needs of human being. Transport plays a vital role in the economic development of any country. In India, people had to switch over to individual modes due to inadequacy and inefficiency of mass transportation system. Advantages of Individual modes especially 2 wheelrs, is that they can easily reach any place inside the congested area. The rapid increase in number of vehicles is giving rise to a set of new problems in road safety, congestion, traffic control, noise pollution, air pollution and fuel problems etc. This indicates that individual modes have two faces: Efficiency and Illusion. In the case of Bangalore city are studied the accident and environmental problems that the city is now facing. Environmental problems due to vehicular emissions and accidents due to personalized modes compared to other modes has been analyzed based on the registered motor vehicles. This will be useful for policy makers while decision-making.