City transport infrastructure continues to be under increasing strain, with congestion visible everywhere. The number of private vehicles is going up fast, while the share of public transport is not reaching the dominant share it should take, considering the constraints on available road space. Despite significant initiatives to better organise mobility within cities — the National Urban Transport Policy of 2006, and more central support for metro rail systems in cities and bus rapid transit systems, for example — mobility and congestion issues are being addressed only at the fringe.
Larger long-term initiatives that need to be taken by positioning
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