It has been prepared under the Cleaner Air and Better Health (CABH) project [Cooperative Agreement 72038621CA00010] The contents are the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government, or the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). [...] In this regard, the report delves into the institutional barriers and advocates for the establishment of a state-level body to oversee the urban transport system. [...] Hence, to facilitate the exchange of ideas, information, By legislative mandates, the state shall explore different and practical solutions to the growing problems of revenue streams and develop the State Urban Transport urban development, the present governance frameworks Fund (SUTF) to ensure the smooth functioning of must move from a linear structure to one that is more transportation projects. [...] This has resulted in the successful completion of multiple projects in the state, including The transport sector is budget-intensive, and hence, the construction of bus terminals, procurement of buses requires a fund dedicated specifically to urban transport by the state transport agencies, etc. [...] Initially, the state can provide seed capital for the formation of the SUTA, but Transportation catalyses economic development within then, it should aim to diversify sources of funding to urban areas, but its association with air pollution ensure the smooth functioning of the operations of the and other urban challenges necessitates a balanced SUTA and UMTAs and to support policy making and appro.
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Table of Contents
- Strengthening Indias Urban 3
- Transport Governance Through a State Unified 3
- Transport Authority 3
- Foreword 5
- Foreword 7
- Contents 9
- A. Key findings 11
- B. Key recommendations 11
- Executive summary 11
- Strengthening state-level urban transport governance is necessary for policy making departmental coordination and budget management. 11
- 1. Review of existing governance framework 14
- 1.1 Functional gaps and overlaps in transport planning 14
- 1.2 Gaps in the institutional framework at the state level 15
- 1.3 Challenges with the Unified Metropolitan Transport 16
- 1.4 Transport-related challenges in non-million-plus cities 17
- 2.1 Jurisdiction 17
- 2. Strengthening the state-level institutional framework with SUTA 17
- 2.3 Governing council coordinating body at the state level 18
- 2.2 Roles and responsibilities 18
- 2.4 Technical secretariat to support SUTA 20
- 3.1 Jurisdiction and functions of UMTAs 21
- 3.2 Executive council coordinating body at the metropolitan level 21
- 3.3 Technical secretariat of UMTA 21
- UMTAs to be formed under SUTA to bridge the gap between state-level policies and city level implementation. 21
- 3. UMTAs as subsidiary units of SUTA 21
- 4.1 Existing SUTFs in India 25
- 4. Financial and legal strengthening of SUTA and UMTA 25
- 4.2 SUTA can leverage SUTF for larger policy vision and goals 26
- 4.3 Legal powers to facilitate coordination 27
- 5. Conclusion 28
- Acronyms 29
