Challenges in Mass Transportation System

Background:

Most of the cities in India has grown in an unimaginable growth over the last 20 years. More or more peoples are migrating from rural areas to urban areas due to better job opportunity. and improved life style. Because of this there is lot of movement happening between the peoples.

Problem:

Challenge 1: Poor quality of roads

The quality of the roads are of poor quality due to which the vehicles has to move slow. An average a person has to waste 2 to 3 hrs average every day.

Challenge 2: Narrow roads

Because a sudden growth most of the arterial roads are narrow where as the vehicles are more. The ratio between the road capacity and vehicles is very high where traffic congestion is more/high.

Challenge 3: No driver discipline

There is a big cultural challenge with drivers. Lane discipline is not followed in many of the circumstances. This lead to lots of chaos in the roads.

Solutions:

The quality of the roads have to be increased. High quality standard to be set so that the contractor strictly follows the high standards. If there are any quality compromises then Govt must ensure that the standards are followed and practiced

There should be a good coordination across the different Govt. departments. This ensures loss in translation and gives better results.

Govt should implement good traffic management system to ensure smooth movements in the road. There should be a clear demarcation of medians, platforms and traffic signals for smooth movements.

Lane discipline should be followed as habit by everyone so that the accidents are avoided and human injuries or lives are saved.