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Mobility and Congestion in Urban India / Akbar, Prottoy A.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Akbar, Prottoy A.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities.
- Crime and Society.
- Determinants of Travel Speed.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- International Economics and Trade.
- International Trade and Trade Rules.
- Roads.
- Social Development.
- Traffic.
- Urban Transportation.
- Local Subjects:
- Cities.
- Crime and Society.
- Determinants of Travel Speed.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- International Economics and Trade.
- International Trade and Trade Rules.
- Roads.
- Social Development.
- Traffic.
- Urban Transportation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (64 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2018.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper uses a popular web mapping and transportation service to generate information for more than 22 million counterfactual trip instances in 154 large Indian cities. It then develops a methodology to estimate robust indices of mobility for these cities. The estimation allows for an exact decomposition of overall mobility into uncongested mobility and the congestion delays caused by traffic. The paper first documents wide variation in mobility across Indian cities. It then shows that this variation is driven primarily by uncongested mobility. Finally, the paper investigates correlates of mobility and congestion. Denser and more populated cities are slower, in part because of congestion, especially close to their centers. Urban economic development is generally correlated with better uncongested mobility, worse congestion, and overall with better mobility.
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