Summary:
Use Real Time Passenger Information and adopt open data policies to create apps that link buses, trains and shared taxis. Karnataka’s approach runs counter to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways committee report on ‘Taxi Policy Guideline to Promote Urban Mobility’ issued in December 2016, which the Ministry has accepted. Internationally, research points to wider social benefits of shared urban mobility. Costs of public transport could be cut by 50 per cent using shared vehicles. Strengthen the backbone, such as Bengaluru’s BMTC/Metro and similar networks in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and make regulatory changes to plug in shared taxis, bicycles and shared bikes, car pools and ride sharing..