STUDY OF NMT IN HYDERABAD
Keywords:
NMT, Pedestrians, Road accidents, Cycling, Public TransportationAbstract
Economic and Industrial growth is a positive sign for a developing country like India. But all this growth is
coming along with some new challenges to the environment and public which is creating an artificial disaster in urban
areas as Traffic jams and creating much of noise and pollution. Even more deaths are caused by the road accidents more
than t any other natural disaster or terrorist activities like 9/11. Unfortunately what happens on our urban transportation
is more vehicles move rather than more people , Which is the source of the problem.The present study is to identify the
reasons for this problem and working out a methodology to develop Non Motorized Transport(NMT)model for
cyberabad region in Hyderabad city. A detailed study is done to understand the problems of pedestrians,who are mostly
killed and injured on roads.Methodologies and measure are to be taken to make the road safer for pedestrians which by
adopting the best paratices of NMT policies of various developed countries where the importance is understand for the
safe roads and green public transport are recommend.The benfits of NMT and the cost of the components are also
worked out to develop NMT infrastructure for cyberabad region of Hyderabad city where more private vehicles are used
for commute.
