1. Amit Bhatt
Strategy Head – Urban Transport

2. EMBARQ’s mission is to catalyze and help implement
environmentally and financially sustainable transport
solutions to improve quality of life in cities

3. Alternative Solutions for
Sustainable Urban
Transport
Pedestrian and Bicycles
Public Transportation
Disincentives to Car
Use
Cleaner and Cooler
Fuels and Vehicles
Transit Oriented
Development
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4. Public Transport - Bus Systems
High quality
User oriented
Fast
Reliable
Low cost Leeds, UK
Curitiba Sao Paulo

5. Bus Karo
Bus Karo – Guidebook on
bus operations and
planning
Technical workshops for
50+ cities
Direct Mentoring | Pilot
Projects for 10+ cities
Support to Ministry of
Urban Development for
2nd round of bus
procurement

6. Bus Karo Plus
Outcome
By 2016, 20+ Indian Cities have more than 40%
of motorized travel in public transport
Bus Karo Plus
Talking Transit Mentoring Learning Transit
• Capacity Building Transit • Bus Karo
Workshop • Helping - pilot • Case
• Study Tours Initiatives studies, Databases
• Technical support • Best practices

8. 1st Workshop –
Support Infrastructure for Public Transport

9. Participants
AICTSL DTC PRTC
AMTS HRTC Prasanna Purple
APSRTC IUT RMC
ASRTU JCTSL Star Bus Pvt. Ltd
BEST KSRTC TNSTC
BMTC MBT UMTC
Chennai City NEKRTC UNDP
Connect NMMT
CTU NRDA

10. Thank you!