Welcome to Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP)
Achieving sustainable urban transport has become a primary objective with the adoption of National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) by the Government of India (GoI). To foster a long-term partnership between GoI and state/local governments in the implementation of a greener environment under the ambit of the NUTP, GoI has initiated the Sustainable Urban Transport Project with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), World Bank and UNDP. Efforts to reduce or contain environmental risks form an important component of this project.
SUTP consists of capacity building programmes and city demonstration projects, which aim to induce a major change in urban transport in India. The project is assisting in the training and professional development of transport professionals in India and has produced manuals and guidelines for urban transport institutions, systems and design processes. The project is also supporting the design and delivery of innovative sustainable urban transport systems in five demonstration cities.
SUTP is supported by the Government of India (GoI), through the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), the Global Environment Fund
(GEF), World Bank, United Nations Development Agency (UNDP), the states and cities for which the demonstration projects are located within.
The project is administered nationally by a Project Management Unit (PMU) in the MoUD. The PMU is staffed by a team of professionals supported by a Project Management Consultant (PMC). Each of the demonstration cities has a Project Implementation Unit (PIU).
GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION
The Sustainable Urban Transport consists of three components, which are Component 1 Capacity Building, Component 2 Demonstration Projects and Component 3 Strengthening of Project Management capabilities. A general summary of the project is given below.
Table: General Project Information
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Project |
Sustainable Urban Transport Project |
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GEF Grant Number |
TF095549-IN |
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Project ID |
P100589 |
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Project Approval |
10 December 2009 |
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Project Start Date |
May 2010 |
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Project End Date |
November 2014 |
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Closing Date (revised) |
30 March 2018 |
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Country |
India |
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Implementing Agencies – Component 1: Capacity Building |
PMU, IUT, MoUD |
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Implementing Agencies – Component 2: Demonstration Cities |
NRDA, AICTSL, HDBRTSC, KSRTC, PCMC |
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Implementing Agencies – Component 3: Project Management Capability strengthening |
PMU, MoUD |
UPCOMING EVENTS
Planning, Implementing & Operating BRTS in India: Knowledge & Experience Exchange Round-table
A “roundtable” is being organized by Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Ministry of Urban Development and the World Bank on 26-27 May, 2017 in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
The responsible officials from cities with either an operating BRT application or one in progress are invited to participate, along with interested state government urban transport and related officials (maximum of 2 officials).
The roundtable would be one and half day long and be divided into relevant sessions which require deliberation. The emphasis would be on each city outlining the problems they ran into in the respective phase or area and what they would suggest others do differently.