ISBN: 978-81-951246-1-9
Author: Dr. Minal Anand Mapuskar
Year of Publication: 2021
Page Count: 244
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Description:
This book seeks to examine the state of transportation in Mumbai. Exploring
varied theoretical and institutional interpretations of Right to the City, it tries
to establish a connection between RTTC and issues of urban transportation.
Further making a critical assessment of various kinds of transport metrics in
a few select cities, it traces the international and national initiatives to
develop urban transportation policy, with special focus on the varied
dimensions of road transportation in the city of Mumbai in the context of the
multilayered changes brought by forces of neoliberalism and globalization.
It also evaluates the impact of macro-level changes in the political economy
on Mumbai’s road transportation. A case study of Metro Rail commuters in
Mumbai nds place in the discussion as well