Mobility and Congestion in Urban India

Akbar, Prottoy A. ; Couture, Victor ; Duranton, Gilles ; Ghani, Ejaz

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: URBAN TRANSPORT;    ROADS;    TRAFFIC CONGESTION;    TRAVEL SPEED;    URBANIZATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8546
RP-ID  :  WPS8546

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper uses a popular web mappingand transportation service to generate information for morethan 22 million counterfactual trip instances in 154 largeIndian cities. It then develops a methodology to estimaterobust indices of mobility for these cities. The estimationallows for an exact decomposition of overall mobility intouncongested mobility and the congestion delays caused bytraffic. The paper first documents wide variation inmobility across Indian cities. It then shows that thisvariation is driven primarily by uncongested mobility.Finally, the paper investigates correlates of mobility andcongestion. Denser and more populated cities are slower, inpart because of congestion, especially close to theircenters. Urban economic development is generally correlatedwith better uncongested mobility, worse congestion, andoverall with better mobility.