Climate-Friendly Modernisation of Urban Transport in Tamil Nadu, India
SECTOR: Inclusive Mobility
COUNTRY : India
YEAR: 2020
CLIENT: KFW, PWC

ABOUT:

Vision for transport sector modernisation:
⦁ Service quality and performance turnaround
⦁ Improved operational and financial performance
⦁ Increasing share of public transportation / customer satisfaction
⦁ Improved environmental outcomes

Fleet Upgrades:
⦁ Expansion over 5 Phases starting 2020 with Phases 1 and 2 to be completed by 2024
⦁ Over 9,500 over-aged buses to be replaced with new BS VI buses 2,000 new electric vehicles to be inducted

Technology Upgrades:
⦁ Multimodal integration of operations and ticketing, especially in Chennai
⦁ Improvements to Passenger Information Systems
⦁ Telematics for optimised asset management and maintenance
⦁ ITS integration of core STU functions – finance, technical, operations and administration