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CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE- URBAN TRANSPORT (COE- UT)



CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE- URBAN TRANSPORT (COE- UT)


About

The Center of Excellence in Urban Transport (CoE-UT) is a resource centre for urban transportation planning and management focusing on technical assistance and advisory activities, human resource development and knowledge management. The Centre has been recognized as a Centre of Excellence by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India and is supported by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The Centre's mission is to create, disseminate and apply interdisciplinary knowledge in urban transportation and thus contribute towards development of sustainable urban transportation systems.

Areas of Expertise

CoE-UT has been instrumental in putting in place a framework for design, operations and management of Janmarg, the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Ahmedabad; Sitilink BRT in Surat and HDBRTS at Hubbali-Dharwad. In addition, it has provided advisory services to several cities including Vadodara, Indore, Bhopal, Pune and Bhubaneswar on their public transport services. Other key areas of work include strategic planning, demand assessment studies and sustainable transport projects including land use transport integration, multi-modal integration, urban freight and parking studies.

Past Work
  1. Project on Surat -2046 Comprehensive Mobility Plan.
  2. Detailed Feasibility Study for Freight Management, Surat.
  3. Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) for Greater Ahmedabad Region.
  4. Report on Review and Recommendations of the Approval and Licensing Process for setting up Cold Storages in Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).
  5. Choice of Mode for Freight Transport - Rail v/s Road.
  6. Assessing the Relocation Plan of Markets away from the City Centre – A Case in Aurangabad City.
  7. Report on Urban Freight Logistics of the 21st Century: Towards circular and digitally enabled business models.
  8. Report on Managing urban freight transport in an expanding city — Case study of Ahmedabad.
  9. Report on Feasibility study of Electrification of Urban Freight in Surat.
  10. Report on Roadmap for Electrification of Urban Freight Vehicles in New Delhi
Success Stories

Surat and Ahmedabad CMP proposals on freight management have been considered for implementation.

Key Contact Person

Name: Shalini Sinha

E-mail ID: shalini.sinha@cept.ac.in

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