10th Urban Mobility India Conference & Exhibition and Awards for ‘Best Urban Transport Practices’

10th Urban Mobility India Conference and Exhibition

Question: 10th Urban Mobility India Conference and Exhibition, 2017 & CODATU XVII Conference recently concluded at Hyderabad. The Awards for the ‘Best Urban Transport Practices’ were announced. Who amongst the following has been chosen for the ‘Best Urban Transport Initiative’ Award?
(a) Surat
(b) Kochi
(c) Mysuru
(d) Hyderabad
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:

  • On November 4th, 2017, 10th Urban Mobility India Conference & Exhibition, 2017 and CODATU XVII Conference, was inaugurated in Hyderabad by Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu.
  • The conference was organized from November 4th-6th.
  • Overarching theme of this conference was “Intelligent, Inclusive and sustainable mobility”.
  • On the concluding day of the three day Urban Mobility Conference –cum-Exhibition at Hyderabad the Awards for the ‘Best Urban Transport Practices’ were announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
  • Surat Municipal Corporation has been chosen for the ‘Best City Bus Services Award’.
  • Kochi (Kerala) has been chosen for the ‘Best Urban Transport Initiative’ Award for completing its Metro Rail Project in a quick time.
  • Kochi has been chosen as the ‘Best City in Urban Transport Initiative’ category for its innovative features including implementation in integration with Water Transport.
  • Kochi Metro also introduced ‘Rupay’ based transit card.
  • Mysuru’s Public Bicycle Sharing has won the ‘Best Non-Motorised Transport’ Award for its Public Bicycle Sharing.
  • Mysure launched its Public Bicycle Sharing in June this year with 425 bicycles and 45 docking stations.
  • ‘Commendable Initiative Award’ under ‘Best Intelligent Transport Project’ category was given to H-TRIMS of Hyderabad.
  • Chittor has been chosen for the ‘Commendable Initiative Award’ for the city police’s initiative for improving road safety.
  • Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has won the Best Performer Award in the category of ‘no helmet-no petrol’.
  • Pune has won the Best Performer Award in the category of “automatic adjustment of signal timings based on traffic flows, pedestrian controlled signals and SMS based alerts to the citizens”.
  • Other Award Winners are as follows:
  • Commendable Urban Mass Transit Initiative for implementing Cluster Based Bus Transit System- Madhya Pradesh
  • Commendable Initiative for introducing Public Bicycle Sharing- Bhopal
  • Commendable City Bus Service Project initiative- Noida and Greater Noida
  • Commendable Initiative for introducing Special Bus Services for women- Andaman
  • Commendable Urban Mass Transit Initiative- Lucknow Metro Rail Project

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