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- Government officials and experts discussed sustainable public transport solutions for Hyderabad's traffic congestion at a panel discussion called 'Choked' at Goethe Zentrum.
- Special Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan said the government is planning quick fixes within three to six months, including action on 21 corridors with road engineering issues, four elevated corridors, and 60 kilometres of model pedestrian corridors with wider footpaths.
- Other measures in the pipeline include reviving the Hyderabad Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority, a single card for multimodal transport, a traffic alerts app, and around 100 interventions that could be implemented within a year.
- Experts on the panel argued that policies should discourage private transport and prioritise public transport and pedestrians, with calls to include marginalised communities in decision making.
What to watch next
- Implementation of the three-to-six-month quick solutions on the 21 identified corridors
- Progress on the four elevated corridors and 60 km of model pedestrian corridors
- Revival of the Hyderabad Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority and the single transport card
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Named India · Hyderabad · Anjali Lal Gupta · Goethe Zentrum · Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation · Hyderabad Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority · Jayesh Ranjan · Natasha Ramarathnam · Prashanth Bachu · R.V. Karnan · Supreme Court
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