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Haryana Becomes First Indian State to Adopt a Vision Zero Approach Towards Road Safety
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Participants and WRI India staff at the closing session of the exposure visit
February 1, 2017: Empanelled as a national training institution for town planning by the Ministry of Urban Development since March 2016, WRI India has been leading capacity building initiatives under the purview of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
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Bus Karo Workshop, Bengaluru
Bengaluru, 17 November 2016: With fares lower than most modes of public transport, city buses plying long and short distances, offer an economically viable option to over 25 billion Indian commuters every day.
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AMRUT Capacity Building Workshop in Gujarat
Recently empanelled as a national training institution for urban planning by the Ministry of Urban Development, WRI India has been leading capacity building initiatives under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) programme in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Through a series of intensive residential workshops, our trainings strengthen the skills of Urban Local Bodies and introduce them to best practices in urban development solutions.
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IVZ Launch, Bhubaneswar
19 September 2016, Bhubaneswar: Odisha Transport Minister, Ramesh Chandra Mahji, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) Vice Chairperson, Dr. Krishan Kumar (IAS), and supermodel and actor, Milind Soman spoke at the inaugural session of India Vision Zero on 18 September 2016.
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Capacity Building Workshop in Madhya Pradesh
WRI India was recently empanelled as a national training institution for Urban Planning by the Ministry of Urban Development, and has been leading capacity building initiatives under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) programme in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Through a series of intensive residential workshops, our trainings strengthen the skills of Urban Local Bodies and introduce them to best practices in urban development solutions.
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KJ George and Jamshyd Godrej at Unlock Bengaluru
Hon’able Minister K. J. George, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Jamshyd Godrej, Madhav Pai, Aniruddha Dasgupta and V Ravichandar lead discourse at the Unlock Bengaluru (#UnlockBLR) conference in the city of Bengaluru on 9 July 2016. WRI India started participating in the Bengaluru dialogue in 2007, when Chief Secretary Mr. P.B.
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Roundtable in Delhi Facilitates Dialogue on Ridesharing and Bus Aggregation
Organized by WRI India Sustainable Cities in partnership with CIIE, and supported by Shell Foundation and Hewlett Foundation, the New Mobility Accelerator, launched as part of CONNECTKaro 2016, will help businesses to build a strong value proposition and enable them to access funding to scale.
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CONNECTKaro 2016 – Advancing Ideas to Action in Indian Cities
Focusing on the theme 'Advancing Ideas to Action in Cities', CONNECTKaro 2016 was held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on 5-7 April, 2016. CONNECTKaro, the annual flagship event of WRI India Sustainable Cities, engaged over 200 people in conversation around the issues related to public transport, urban expansion, clean energy, resilience and new mobility.
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Taxis operators and aggregators discuss the City Taxi Scheme 2015
Photo Credit: Pankaja Balaji/WRI
On October 31, 2015 WRI India India Sustainable Cities hosted a roundtable that provided a forum for various stakeholders in the Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) Sector to comment on the new City Taxi Scheme 2015. This new policy, submitted in October, was drafted by the Maharashtra state to create a level playing field for black-and-yellow taxis, taxis fleets and aggregators. The scheme proposed that online taxi aggregators such as Uber, Ola, and TaxiForSure be regulated under the Motor Vehicles Act.