A brand is how people feel about the product or service which is backed up by performance that reinforces the trust and belief. Today people arrive into large cities in India for economic opportunities. Among other aspirations, the mobility aspiration is to own a motor vehicle and upgrade it to…

The Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) is a reporting framework for companies in India to disclose their sustainability performance. It replaced the earlier Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) reporting framework called Business Responsibility Report (BRR) and BRSR is applicable to the top 1000 listed companies by market capital. While…

Do we have to be rich as a country before we get footpaths, bicycle lanes and bus lanes? I have been hearing this a lot recently. In fact by this logic metro trains and good quality roads should wait till we get rich because they are a luxury in a…

Karnataka has recorded the highest number of deaths in road accidents in India in 2020. According to the data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 13% of pedestrian deaths in India were reported from Karnataka in 2020. Further, as per the World Resources Institute, as many as 907 pedestrians…

What happened to Cycle To Work? It just became a critical cog in the evolution of the platform into something bigger. Cycle To Work was launched on the International Car Free day of 2018 as a tool to measure bicycle rides at a company level. In addition to serving as a motivational tool, it provided valuable…

I wrote a couple of pieces in March 2021, How do you invert the mobility pyramid? and Active Mobility Goals. It's worth a read because it already sets the context for a law in India that can punt liveability in cities, closer towards the climate resilience end zone. What I…

There is an increasing acknowledgement of the limits of personal vehicle usage in populated cities. All freedoms and comfort of personal choice come with attached collective problems it causes. In case of personal vehicles its the pollution, congestion and accidents to people who walk and cycle on the roads. This…

Silvassa is at the crossroads. Nestled in the Union Territory (UT) of Dadra & Nagar Haveli (DNH), its industrialisation effort two decades ago has given it many businesses, from multinationals to SME’s, which number more than 2500. The Special Economic Zones and Value Added Tax regimes gave the UT’s a…

You’re in a cozy café sipping coffee after a long yet rejuvenating day out with your bestie. You’ve shopped till you’ve dropped, eaten like there’s no tomorrow and even walked miles together, a perfect way to end a stressful week. Your friend grabs your hand in the huge crowd so…