OREANDA-NEWS. Government has conducted a study on projected traffic flow, freight transport and the investment required for development of infrastructure in transport sector during the next two decades. The recommendations of the study cover a wide range of cases related to transport including the need to frame an integrated transport policy. The major finding of the study is that ‘a transport system must cut across modes of transport, administrative geographies, and integrate capital investment with regulatory and policy for development’.

Some of the specific actions taken by Government include development of inland waterways, coastal shipping, dedicated freight corridors in railways, electronic tolling system, development of public transport including metro, bus rapid common ticketing for urban transport etc.

This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport & Highway, Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.