Riding the Green Rails: Pune Metro’s Journey Towards Sustainable Transport

Abstract

This paper ponders over the effect of development of modern metro system in Pune to decrease the air pollution and reduce the traffic congestion. The feasibility and effectiveness evaluation of Pune Metro project is carried using the data of online survey and statistical analysis of Pune Metro project. In addition, this focuses on the development of the metro systems and environmental problems of Pune, additionally, it argues for an improvement in transportation alternative. This work employs an online survey of the public to measure the public opinion in regards to the impact of the metro, and analyses of secondary data addressing the trends of ridership and cost of construction that are utilized in determining the environmental and economic outcomes. It also goes further and reachable that the Pune Metro has been very satisfied and has also perceived environmental benefits from it. However, the network and expanding to having an ambitious level of connectivity were still identified by the research where improvement is warranted. However, there is some insight in the comparative statistical analysis as regards to the various metro lines, their efficiency, costs, and consistency which propel further development. Therefore, it concludes that the Pune Metro has been able to meet some extent towards sustainable urban transport, yet a large number of network expansion with better connectivity needs to be improved upon in future.