The document discusses restructuring auto-rickshaws in Indian cities to create a more sustainable urban transport system. It notes that auto-rickshaws currently play a major role in transportation in Indian cities, but can be improved. The document proposes assessing how to control private car ownership through vehicle sharing systems like auto-rickshaws and examines initial successes with improving auto-rickshaws in some Indian cities through measures such as permitting and driver training. It concludes by laying out a long-term vision for transforming the auto-rickshaw sector.

1. Restructuring Auto-rickshaws within a Sustainable Urban Transport System in Indian Cities Urban Mobility India 2010 December 4th, 2010

2. Current Indian Urban Transport Context

3. Auto-rickshaws in the Indian Urban Context Source: City Traffic & Transportation Plans (CTTPs) * Mumbai shares include Taxis Source: Study on Traffic and Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban Areas in India, Final Report, Ministry of Urban Development, May 2008; Revised with EMBARQ survey estimates

4. Sustainability Aspects of Auto-rickshaws Objective: Assessment of the relative contribution of motorized modes on pedestrian fatalities relative to their share of VKT Source: Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), IIT Delhi, April 2004 Pedestrians constitute a large share of road fatalities in Indian cities Source: National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore Source: Mumbai Traffic Police, Road Fatality Data

5. IPT stands for Intermediate Public Transport (including auto-rickshaws and taxis) Figures in brackets represent number of fatalities per 100,000 VKT Source: Comprehensive Transportation Study for Mumbai Metropolitan Region, July 2008; and Mumbai Traffic Police Source: Comprehensive Traffic & Transportation Plan for Bangalore, 2007; and NIMHANS

6. Source: Central Pollution Control Board, National Air Quality Monitoring Program (NAMP) Source: Surveys, EMBARQ, 2010

7. “Driver” based “Vehicle Sharing” systems, like auto-rickshaws, will play a key role in Indian cities in controlling private car ownership Source: EMBARQ Vehicle Sharing Framework

9. Current Situation in the Auto-rickshaw Sector

10. Initial Successes in Indian Cities

11. City Case Study Source: City Comprehensive Mobility Plans; EMBARQ

12. City Case Study Source: EMBARQ Survey, August 2010

13. City Case Study Source: EMBARQ Survey, August 2010

14. City Case Study Source: EMBARQ Survey, Rajkot City, August 2010

15. City Case Study Source: EMBARQ Survey, Rajkot City, August 2010

18. Long-term Vision for the Auto-rickshaw Sector