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10 Road Transport Presentations-8552413118
10 Road Transport Presentations-8552413118
B.N. Puri
CEO & Director
Former Principal Advisor, Planning Commission
Significant
contribution to GDP • (about 3 per cent and Rs. 2000 billion).
and government
revenue
Significance Life
• Consider Full life cycle energy and Co2 impact of transport modes
Cycle Analysis
Except one no oil producing country can balance their budget at price less than US$ 100
per barrel.
Safety
Major causes of
• Drivers’ fault – 78.8 per cent of total accidents in India
accidents •Overloading/overcrowding of vehicles caused 20 per
cent of total accidents
Fiscal Issues
1. Generation of revenue 2. Economic efficiency.
Taxes, user charges and
subsidies serve : 3. Income distribution. 4. Environment sustainability.
Simplify the • through a mechanism akin to that used for transforming the
multiplicity of state complex state-level sales taxes to the simplified state VAT
level taxes system.
Institutional Strengthening
Trend of Road Traffic Fatalities in Selected Countries,
in Numbers
Road Traffic Fatalities in India
in Numbers
Public Transport
Role of Buses • Even in cities with mass transit system the majority of trips
will taken by ordinary buses
Technology
• One-third of fleet (freight) does 300 to 400 kms.
• 12 per cent of trips are empty.
Improvement • Use of information technology.
• Route rationalisation.
in productivity
• Fleet deployment.
• Rationalisation of maintenance practices.
• Maximisation of revenues.
Business
Models
Integrated Multimodal Transport System
R&D and Capacity Building
Summing Up
Thank You