The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) is going to organise a three-day conference on Urban Transport in Hyderabad to discuss issues, challenges and solutions related to transport and mobility in the cities and towns.
About 1,000 policy makers including Mayors and Municipal Councillors from the five southern States, administrators, experts, urban planners, researchers and technology and service providers from over 20 Indian States and 25 foreign countries will converge at Hyderabad for a three day Conference from Saturday.
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the conference. Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhara Rao and Union Minister of HUA Hardeep Singh Puri will also address the inaugural session.
“Initiatives and experiences in respect of various aspects of urban transport of 86 cities including 36 foreign cities will be presented as case studies for detailed discussion,” said officials of Ministry of HUA.
According to officials, case studies of foreign cities to be discussed include Boudeau and lyan (France), lausanne (Switzerland), lisbon (Portugal), Gaudalajara (Mexico), Curitiba (Barzil), Bangkok (Thailand), Santiago (Chile), Constantine (Algeria), Cape Town (South Africa), Rabat (Morocco) and Dhaka (Bangladesh).
Indian city case studies to be presented and discussed include three relating to Hyderabad viz., Road Safety Aspects, Transit Oriented Development and Introduction of Tram Services besides Parking Policy, Planning and Implementation in Vijayawada, initiatives and experiences of Mysuru, Bengaluru, Chennai, Trivendrum, Varanasi, lucknow, transport planning for Maha Kumbh Mela to be held in Allahabad in 2019, Indore, Bhopal, Amritsar, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh and Kolkata.
A total of 60 Plenary, Special and Technical Sessions will be held over the next three years for a detailed discussion on Intelligent Transport Solutions, Inclusive Urban Transport and Sustainable Urban Transport Planning.
The highlight of the Hyderabad Conference is two Special Sessions for Mayors and Municipal Councillors from the States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Inclusive and Sustainable Mobility and Intelligent Mobility.
Hyderabad Conference will deliberate on various components of the chain of urban transport from conceptualization of urban transport projects, design, financing and execution. Nine leading transport technology and service providers will display the latest technologies.