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Srikanth Ramakrishnan

Srikanth’s interests include public transit, urban management and transportation infrastructure.

How Bengaluru’s Public Transport System Can Evolve To Serve The City Better

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A Volvo bus in Bengaluru.

BEST Is Doing Better: How Mumbai Is On A Mission To Provide Improved Public Transport 

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A 21-seater mini buses launched by BEST. (Karthik Nadar/Twitter)

Why The Idea Of ‘Free Ride For Women Commuters’ In Delhi Has Disaster Written All Over It

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Women at a metro station.

Why Governments Should Stop Being Airheaded, And Get Rail Instead

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MAKING A BULLET POINT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe (JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)

Once Again, Congress And Allies Have Problems With EVMs; Once Again, Here’s Why They Shouldn’t

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A polling staff tallies the candidates names on the electronic voting machines (Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

In The Spirit Of Swachh Bharat, Lavato Is Setting High Standards With Its Lavatory Service

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The exterior of Lavato’s first outlet at Krishnagiri (Srikanth Ramakrishnan/Swarajya)

Here’s How Mumbai Can Create A Robust Water Transit System 

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A hovercraft in the Mumbai Harbour (Bachchan Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The Big Ban Season: Stopgap Solutions To Delhi Pollution Will Simply Not Work

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Slow moving traffic due to Smog in Delhi (Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

How Pune Plans To Cycle Into A Smart City

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Cycle lanes in Aundh (Srikanth Ramakrishnan/Swarajya)

What Ails The Mumbai Monorail And How Can We Fix It?

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The Mumbai Monorail during its initial trial run in 2013. (Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

Beam Me Down, Scotty

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A 3D printed car made by Divergent 3D, displayed during an auto trade show in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/GettyImages) 

FASTag Was Always The Solution To Getting Past Toll Plazas, Not VIP Lanes

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FASTag lane at a toll plaza (Twitter)

Reimagining The Future Of Bengaluru’s Transport System

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A plan to ease the traffic woes by 2030.

Taming The Socialist Mindset: Why E Sreedharan Is Partly Right, Yet Mostly Wrong On Railways And Bullet Trains

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Shinkansen bullet trains at Tokyo Train Station (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Emission-Free Last-Mile Connectivity: Why Bengaluru Must Build Safe Cycle Tracks Than Go After Pod Taxis

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Zoomcar’s Pedl cycles have become a popular mode of transport for residents looking to go green, in some parts of the city. (Karan Kamble/Swarajya)

Dear Activists, Profit In Public Transport Is Important To Get People To Give Up Their Cars

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One of the original red BMTC Volvo buses acquired in 2006 (Nikhil K/Wikimedia Commons)

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Flooding In Mumbai?

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A man pushes his vehicle as it rains at Andheri Subway in Mumbai. (Shashi S Kashyap/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Why We Need Expressways And Public Transport To Meet

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Expressways

Clamour For Lower Metro Fare: Why Madras High Court Must Look The Other Way

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For the Chennai Metro to be profitable, market-driven fares are the only way out.

Mumbai 2025: The Grand Rebuilding Of India’s First Metropolis

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(Coastal Road Project illustration)

Kaala: Pa Ranjith Has Got Dharavi And Its Redevelopment Wrong

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Upgrading Yesvantpur-Hosur Railway Track Can Ease Much Of East And South Bengaluru’s Traffic Woes

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Yesvantpur Junction

Namma Metro May Save Rs 65 Lakh A Month; Now Is The Time To Consolidate And Make Things Better

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A commuter stands by the door on the Namma Metro in Bengaluru. (Jagdeesh MV/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) 

Loo Woes: Should Metro Stations Provide Toilet Facilities?  

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Passengers wait for a metro ride at the Versova Station, Andheri. (Kalpak Pathak/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

India Needs An Electric-Vehicle Policy; Here’s How It Can Go About It

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A Tesla Supercharger in Fremont, California (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Why Delhi Metro’s New Feeder Bus Plan Is Worth Emulating Across Cities

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New fleet of DMRC feeder buses during their induction on August 2014. (Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustan Times)

UPA-Era National Highways Created Quite A Mess, Nitin Gadkari Needs To Fix This First

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National Highway 544 between Erode and Coimbatore (Srikanth Ramakrishnan/Wikimedia Commons)

Congestion Charge Might Be The Best Way To Get People To ‘Bus Karo’ In A Car Nation Like Ours

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Traffic jam in India

What The Boring Company Now Has In Store For Mass Transit

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All tunnels and the Hyperloop will prioritise pedestrians and cyclists over cars, Elon Musk tweeted recently. (Photo: The Boring Company)

Urban Connectivity Chaos: People Managing Metro, Railway, Bus Stations Are Working In Silos

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Mumbai Metro at D N Nagar Depot (Mahendra Parikh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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