CONTENTSCERTIFICATE 2 UNDERTAKING 3 DISCLAIMER 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5 ABSTRACT I ACRONYMS IV CONTENTS VI LIST OF FIGURES IX 1 BACKGROUND 10 1.1 URBANIZATION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT 10 1.2 EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHALLENGES 12 1.3 INSTITUTION REBUILDING - A FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN 14 1.4 GOVERNMENT OF INDIAS INITIATIVES TOWARDS INTEGRATING URBAN TRANSPORT 16 1.5 FORMATION OF UNIFIED METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY (UMTA) 17 2 INTRODUCTION TO UMTA 18 2.1 THE CONCEPT OF UMTA 18 2.2 UMTA PANEL REVIEW INITIATIVES 18 2.3 NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON UMTA 20 2.4 UMTA WORKSHOP AT BANGALORE INITIATED BY IDES CONSULTANCY, JUNE 2009: 21 2.5 MODELS AND PRACTICES FOR EFFICIENT URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 22 2.6 ALTERNATIVES IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 23 2.7 DEVOLUTION OF POWERS 24 2.8 INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO PERFORM URBAN TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS 26 3 RESEARCH COMPONENTS 30 3.1 RESEARCH PROBLEM 30 3.2 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 30 3.3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 30 3.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 31 4 STUDYING BEST PRACTICES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS. 32 4.1 CASE OF SINGAPORE: LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY (LTA) 34 4.2 CASE OF LONDON: TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TFL) 43 4.3 CASE OF PARIS 65 4.4 LEARNINGS FROM BEST PRACTICES FOR INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT: 75 5 STUDYING INDIAN SCENARIO OF URBAN TRANSPORT PRACTICES IN METROPOLITAN CITIES 76 5.1 CASE OF MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION (MMR) 77 5.2 CASE OF HYDERABAD METROPOLITAN REGION (HMR) 93 5.3 CASE OF BANGALORE METROPOLITAN REGION BMR 104 5.4 ROLE OF BODIES INVOLVED IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN BMR 108 5.5 SUMMARY 115 6 CONCLUSIONS 117 6.1 COMPARISON BASED ON INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES/UMTA INITIATIVES AND INTEGRATED POLICIES 117 6.2 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT (COMPARISON) 121 6.3 COMPARISON OF CITIES BASED ON LANDUSE TRANSPORT RESPONSIBILITIES 125 6.4 PROFESSIONALS PERSPECTIVES ON UMTA 135 6.5 EXAMINING FACTORS OF UNIFIED TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN MUMBAI/ HYDERABAD AND BANGALORE 136 6.6 PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL WORKING OF UMTA 143 6.7 WAY FORWARD 144 BIBLIOGRAPHY 145