Mentor’s comment:
- The question is straight forward. And asks about the importance of urban mass transportIn the intro, briefly state about the rising problem of traffic congestions in the urban areas.
- In the body, the focus should be on the connection between the mass transport system and how it is connected with economic growth. Benefits like saving of travel time, saving of fuels, reducing the emission of polluting gases, health benefits and how each of these factors contributes to the economic development can be the part of the answer. Successful modes of mass transports like Mumbai local train and Delhi Metro can also be cited as examples of success.
- The answer can be concluded by stating the need to replicate the success stories of the Delhi and Mumbai mass transport systems in the rest of the country.
Answer
India’s urban population increased by 34% in 2017. The rapid pace with which urbanization is taking place is shifting the focus to the issue of transportation in our cities. Increased traffic congestion is resulting in slow urban mobility which can have a huge impact on the economy and quality of life of citizens.
Efficient and affordable urban mass transport: Keystone to economic development
- Supports clusters and agglomerations: In large metropolitan areas, growth can be slowed with the heavy usage of private vehicles. Effectively planned transportation can overcome this constraint and reinforce agglomerations by allowing more people to come closer together in higher density developments.
- Increase in productive man-hours: In large metros such as Bengaluru as well as some of the most congested cities, a large amount of time is spent in traffic during transit towards offices. These man-hours can be better utilized for productive work. The utilized time from faster and efficient transport systems can contribute to economic growth.
- Enhances job & labor force accessibility: Another economic benefit of transportation improvements is the resulting larger pool of employees available for the job market.
- Health benefits: In countries such as India, pollution is a major component of health problems. Most of the health problems are encountered by exposure to harmful air during travel. This health problem has the potential to cause long term drainage of economic resources. If an efficient transport system is available, there are more chances that commuters will avoid harmful road transport systems.
- Reducing global warming and meeting INDCs adopted in the Paris Agreement will further lead to sustainable development.
Way Forward
- Government has devised various policies for ensuring an affordable, efficient and accessible mobility system like – National Transit Oriented Development Policy, 2017; Green Urban Transport Scheme, 2016; FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric vehicles, etc.
- Despite these, Regulations must be introduced to encourage efficient use of existing roads and smarter traffic management. For example, not allowing trucks and large commercial carriers to ply city roads during the day.
- Upcoming projects like Hyperloop or Suburban railway may prove to be a better option.
- A good beginning is being made through the Smart Cities Programme, and all the selected 100 cities have put NMT (non-motorized transport) promotion as one of the goals in their respective Smart City Proposals.
Thus, to realize the objective of the rapid economic development of India – we must focus on increasing efficiency as well as the affordability of urban transportation.
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Hello Vishal,
-You need to focus more closely on keywords hidden in the statement of the question.
-In body part start with a briefing of “efficient and affordable urban mass transport” with examples and then you can start with the points you added.
-Good to have a subheading in your answers for better presentation and demarcation of points.
-Try to reflect some innovation in your answer writing by citing out of box dimension such as Efficient and Affordable urban mass transport also encourages women to participate in economic activity.
-Language is crisp and error-free.
Please review the answer.
Hello Dakshina,
-Always make sure in the introduction, instead of defining anything you should discuss the significance. For example in this question, you have defined the urban mass transport system instead of need or significance.
-An Introduction should always be followed by a proper heading as per the demand of the question.
-After an introduction, you could add a dimension on Efficient and Affordable transport system with an examples such as Delhi and Mumbai Metro.
-To address the core demand of the question use proper heading such as “How an efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India”
-Add more dimensions in your answer which are important such as Climate and link this with economic development.
-Improve your handwriting and structure your answer in a more presentable format to fetch a few extra marks.
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-Good start with facts/data in the introduction.
-Coverage of points are fair enough though you could also add a few more dimensions such as efficient and affordable urban transport system can encourage women to participate in the country economy.
-Presentation and Structure of the answer is good (continue highlighting the keywords in your answer)
-Keep writing like this.
-From next time please do provide payment ID when submitting answer for timely reviews.
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-You have a clear view of the introduction part (Good to add figure/numbers in the introduction).
-In-depth answer.
-Coverage is excellent and Points are well placed.
-Good flow of the structure.
-All the parts are answered in a holistic manner.
-Keep writing like this.
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-In introduction try to add some facts/figures to justify significance of affordable and effective transport system.
-The demand of the question is well addressed.
-Try to use heading as per the demand of the question (e.g Affordable and Efficient transport system can help in economic development in the following ways )
-Coverage of points are fair enough and well structured.
-For better presentation try to use sub-heading when you write the bullet points.
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