Mobility and Congestion in Urban India

This paper uses a popular web mapping and transportation service to generate information for more than 22 million counterfactual trip instances in 154 large Indian cities. It then develops a methodology to estimate robust indices of mobility for th...

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Main Authors:	Akbar, Prottoy A., Couture, Victor, Duranton, Gilles, Ghani, Ejaz
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	URBAN TRANSPORT ROADS TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAVEL SPEED URBANIZATION URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/811261533850020988/Mobility-and-congestion-in-urban-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30236

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spelling	okr-10986-302362021-06-08T14:42:47Z Mobility and Congestion in Urban India Akbar, Prottoy A. Couture, Victor Duranton, Gilles Ghani, Ejaz URBAN TRANSPORT ROADS TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAVEL SPEED URBANIZATION URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT This paper uses a popular web mapping and transportation service to generate information for more than 22 million counterfactual trip instances in 154 large Indian cities. It then develops a methodology to estimate robust indices of mobility for these cities. The estimation allows for an exact decomposition of overall mobility into uncongested mobility and the congestion delays caused by traffic. The paper first documents wide variation in mobility across Indian cities. It then shows that this variation is driven primarily by uncongested mobility. Finally, the paper investigates correlates of mobility and congestion. Denser and more populated cities are slower, in part because of congestion, especially close to their centers. Urban economic development is generally correlated with better uncongested mobility, worse congestion, and overall with better mobility. 2018-08-15T19:35:00Z 2018-08-15T19:35:00Z 2018-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/811261533850020988/Mobility-and-congestion-in-urban-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30236 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8546 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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topic	URBAN TRANSPORT ROADS TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAVEL SPEED URBANIZATION URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	URBAN TRANSPORT ROADS TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAVEL SPEED URBANIZATION URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Akbar, Prottoy A. Couture, Victor Duranton, Gilles Ghani, Ejaz Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
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description	This paper uses a popular web mapping and transportation service to generate information for more than 22 million counterfactual trip instances in 154 large Indian cities. It then develops a methodology to estimate robust indices of mobility for these cities. The estimation allows for an exact decomposition of overall mobility into uncongested mobility and the congestion delays caused by traffic. The paper first documents wide variation in mobility across Indian cities. It then shows that this variation is driven primarily by uncongested mobility. Finally, the paper investigates correlates of mobility and congestion. Denser and more populated cities are slower, in part because of congestion, especially close to their centers. Urban economic development is generally correlated with better uncongested mobility, worse congestion, and overall with better mobility.
format	Working Paper
author	Akbar, Prottoy A. Couture, Victor Duranton, Gilles Ghani, Ejaz
author_facet	Akbar, Prottoy A. Couture, Victor Duranton, Gilles Ghani, Ejaz
author_sort	Akbar, Prottoy A.
title	Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
title_short	Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
title_full	Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
title_fullStr	Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
title_full_unstemmed	Mobility and Congestion in Urban India
title_sort	mobility and congestion in urban india
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/811261533850020988/Mobility-and-congestion-in-urban-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30236
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Mobility and Congestion in Urban India

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