Category Archives: Navi Mumbai

Ringroading and Mumbai’s spatial structure

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

Mumbai is currently undergoing historic but unnoticed changes that might possibly alter its urban structure beyond anyone’s imagination. It’s monocentric structure that aligned the entire city towards the downtown in South Bombay is likely to change very soon. Indeed, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Airport, Highways, Land-use Planning, Metropolitan Government, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, New Towns, Suburbs, Transportation Planning | Tagged , | 3 Comments

What’s Mumbai been upto?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

The past month seems to have been a busy month for transportation planners in Mumbai. Here’s a quick round up of what’s going on (with only limited commentary on my part). Continue reading →

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Navi Mumbai: Retrofitting a “planned” city

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

In some sense, Navi Mumbai is just another suburb of Mumbai, but in some other ways, Navi Mumbai is the solution to Mumbai’s problems. Navi Mumbai has a mandate to attract persons from Mumbai and reduce the congestion and over-crowding there. But to achieve that, it needs to make the daily trip to work cheaper and less time-consuming. Continue reading →

Posted in Bike-renting, Buses, Cycle lanes, Cycling needs, Navi Mumbai, Needs Assessment, Needs of the poor, New Towns, Parking, Transportation Planning | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments