• Er. Manpreet Singh Saini

“Cities in India are generally called the “growth engines of economy”. Indian cities are witnessing a massive urban growth in the form of smart city and sustainable concept. To fulfill this criteria urban transport is first leg which has to be completed with much importance for the successful execution of other phases. Future growth in urban Indian cities is likely to reach 75% of GDP by 2030. Urbanization leads to rapid motorization. The strength of motor vehicles in many Indian cities has increased manifold in the last 10 years, causing massive road congestion, increased number of road accidents and also an increase in the consumption of petroleum fuels. The country adopted the “National Urban Transport Policy” in 2006 which is solely emphasizing on the importance on moving more person while using less vehicles. There is a need of hour to step back and review so that future directions can be better aligned to deal with the emerging problems. With no availability of public transport system in Jalandhar, the urban road infrastructure has taken a toll by around 12 lakh private vehicles on the city roads each day. When the urban transport system started in Jalandhar around 8,000 people used to travel in the city buses every day. Now, with no bus service to move inside the city ,urban transport services in particular have deteriorated and passengers have turned to “intermediate public transport” (IPT), such as personalized modes and the auto rickshaws hence further leading to the increase in traffic congestion and pollution in the city. In Punjab the main cause of failure of public transport is the plying of unauthorized auto rickshaws well within the municipal area, and according to municipal rules the city bus service cannot go beyond the municipal limit, this scenario generally gets in favor of unauthorized auto rickshaws as city bus need to stop at particular stop and take more time to cover the same distance through route. To overcome this problem to some extend I have proposed a model which may solve the urban transport problem in Jalandhar if applied in a proper and strict manner.

PLANNING FOR A FORMULATED GROWTH OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION IN JALANDHAR CITY

"PLANNING FOR A FORMULATED GROWTH OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION IN JALANDHAR CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.662-670, October 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDQ06094.pdf

"PLANNING FOR A FORMULATED GROWTH OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION IN JALANDHAR CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp662-670, October 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDQ06094.pdf