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FIG 1.8
COMPOSITION OF REGISTERED
VEHICLE POPULATION IN INDIA (2012) [10]

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72%
OTHERS
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8%

REGISTERED
VEHICLES
IN INDIA

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14% -----------
5%

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1%

The traffic in Indian cities has mixed transport Increase in car ownership, driven by rising
modes. There are various modes of road household incomes, increasing population and
transport in India including 2- wheelers, Cars, urbanization have catalysed the per capita travel
SUVs, Jeeps, Mini Vans, Buses, Vans etc. Urban exponentially. The number and size of urban cities
road transport is increasing significantly per capita has also increased transport demand and the
however availability of road space per vehicle distance travelled per capita. Motorized two-
is declining rapidly, adding to urban congestion wheelers have been the most rapidly growing
woes. As on March 2011, two-wheelers account transport mode, with an average of 17% annual
for the largest share (72%) amongst the total growth rate between 2001- 2015. This rate is
registered motor vehicles of the country, higher than 15% annual average growth rate for
followed by Cars, Jeeps and Taxis (14%), other all types of motorized vehicles.
vehicles (8%), goods vehicles (5%) and buses
(1%) (Figure 1.8). The lag in investment in the transport
infrastructure has a detrimental effect on the
Inadequate and inefficient public transport as well booming car ownership, because available
as grossly inadequate infrastructure are some of road space per car is continuously shrinking.
the key reasons for sharp imbalance in modal Congestion leads to higher fuel use per
split of vehicle population, which has led to sharp km travelled, leading to significantly higher
spurt in demand for private vehicles. Modal share emissions.
of transport in Indian cities is given in figure 1.9.

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