Bus Karo 2.0 Webinar 2: Applying Technology to Public Transport
byPriyanka Vasudevan
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This webinar was hosted on April 1, 2015 from 3 - 4 pm IST (check your local time here) by Prashanth Bachu, Project Manager – Urban Transport, EMBARQ India and Sunil Jagtap, Assistant Workshop Supervisor, Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT).
The adoption of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) into vehicles, infrastructure, traffic management and traveller information services has shown dramatic improvements in the safe and efficient mobility of people in USA, European nations, Japan, Middle East and Canada. This webinar briefly introduced the state of ITS and fuel efficiency in the Indian context, as discussed in EMBARQ India’s Bus Karo 2 publication, which was launched earlier this year. Using NMMT’s Driver Training Program as a case study, the discussion indicated the challenges, outcomes and plans of further expanding the program. The webinar took this discussion further to understand how technology can be an applied solution for other similar challenges in public transport operations.
This was the second webinar from the Bus Karo 2.0 webinar series. EMBARQ India's deep engagement on several projects with various city bus agencies has lead to the publishing of the Bus Karo 2.0 report, which documents the implementation of significant advancements in bus transport in India. As a part of the project, we have come up with a series of webinars, where each webinar will be conducted by EMBARQ India and the partner agency and focus on a different case study detailed in the report.