![]() Total road length of Delhi was 28,508 km including 388 km of National Highways. Major roadways include the Ring Road and the Outer Ring Road, which had a traffic density of 110,000 vehicles per day in 2001. At 1749 km of road length per 100 km 2, Delhi has one of the highest road densities in India. Roads in Delhi are maintained by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB), Public Works Department (PWD) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA). For the future, a high-speed rail link is being considered that would link New Delhi with Kunming, China via Myanmar Intra-city Transport Road transport Ĭurrently, the only international rail service in Delhi is the Samjhauta Express to Lahore, while it is possible to change trains to board rail services to Bangladesh and Nepal which commence in other cities of India. The Delhi government planned to have 413 km of metro, 292 km of BRT, and 50 km each of monorail and light rail by 2020. Heavy air traffic has emphasised the need for a secondary airport, which is expected to be Taj International Airport near Greater Noida, alongside the Delhi- Agra highway. In 2009–2010, IGI recorded a traffic of more than 25.01 million passengers, both Domestic and International. Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) serves Delhi for both domestic and international air connections, and is situated in the south-western corner of the city. Private vehicles account for 30% of the total demand for transport, while the rest of the demand is met largely by auto-rickshaws, taxis, rapid transit system and railways. However, buses continue to be the most popular means of transportation for intra-city travel, catering to about 60% of the total commuting requirements. Other means of transit include suburban railways, inter-state bus services and private taxis which can be rented for various purposes. With the introduction of Delhi Metro, a rail-based mass rapid transit system, rail-based transit systems have gained ground. Public transport in the metropolis includes the Delhi Metro, the Delhi Transport Corporation ( DTC) and DIMTS (Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System) bus system, auto-rickshaws, cycle-rickshaws, e-rickshaws, Grameen Seva and taxis. The next big leap in city transport was the opening of Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in 2002. But with the growing city, it soon proved inadequate, thus Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus system was established in May 1948. Prior to independence in the 1940s, public transport in the city was in private hands, with people relying mainly on tongas and the bus service of the 'Gwalior Transport Company' and 'Northern India Transport Company'. Therefore, serious efforts, including a number of transport infrastructure projects, are under way to encourage usage of public transport in the city. Delhi and NCR lose nearly 42 crore (420 million) man-hours every month while commuting between home and office through public transport, due to the traffic congestion. There are 16.6 million registered vehicles in the city as of 30 June 2014, which is the highest in the world among all cities, most of which do not follow any pollution emission norm (within municipal limits), while the Delhi metropolitan region ( NCR Delhi) has 11.2 million vehicles. The city has developed a highly efficient public transport system with the introduction of the Delhi Metro, which is undergoing a rapid modernization and expansion since 2006. Delhi has significant reliance on its transport infrastructure.
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