Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about India

India’s Health Minister Wants Protected Bike Lanes Nationwide

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 28, 2014 | No Comments

There’s encouraging news out of India, where cities expect to add hundreds of millions of residents in the next few decades but are already choking on traffic congestion and auto exhaust. Dr. Harsh Vardhan was appointed to lead India’s health ministry by newly elected prime minister Narendra Modi this May, and he wants to promote bicycling […]

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Car Ownership May Be Down in the U.S., But It’s Soaring Globally

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 5, 2013 | No Comments

Two weeks ago, transportation researcher Michael Sivak brought us the news that there are fewer cars per person in the U.S. now than there were a few years ago – and that the number isn’t expected to rise again. But globally, the trend is in the opposite direction, and it’s alarming. The world is producing more […]

Update From Delhi: Separated Bike Lanes Far From Guaranteed

By Noah Kazis | Jan 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

Delhi currently has separated cycle tracks along its BRT corridors. Image: BRT_Delhi/Flickr On Monday, we reported on Delhi’s decision to install bike lanes on all its major roads — an intriguing piece of news from a developing world metropolis where private motoring appears poised to potentially overwhelm the city’s streets. We noted that it seemed […]

Delhi Turns to Bike Lanes to Tame World’s Most Dangerous Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

Space is at a premium on Delhi’s streets. Photo: DaveBleasdale/Flickr Delhi, home to over 12 million people and the seat of India’s national government, is widely considered to have the most dangerous traffic in the world. As the Guardian wrote recently, traffic safety in Delhi basically consists of "good horns, good brakes, good luck." Nationally, […]

“Do as We Say, Not as We Do” = No Model for Sustainability

By Brad Aaron | Apr 8, 2009 | 23 Comments

Traffic in Delhi and Atlanta. Notice which scene also includes bikes. Photos: Ri Co Fo To and silvrayn via Flickr Environmentally-conscious citizens of India aren’t alone in their concern about the rollout of the Tata Nano, the "world’s cheapest car." But in an op-ed piece for Forbes, Projjal Dutta, the director of sustainability initiatives for […]

Defying Media Spin, Poll Shows Public Support for Delhi BRT

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about how the new bus rapid transit system in Delhi, India was taking a drubbing from local media. Despite the fact that buses were packed with commuters following the launch of the pilot program, newspaper and TV reporters were quick to proclaim it a failure. But a […]

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