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Strengthening India’s Urban Transport Governance Through a State Unified Transport Authority

22 Oct 2024

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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32
Published in
India

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