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Bangalore to get national school of planning

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An allocation of Rs. 15 crore has been made for it: Tripathy

SOUGHT-AFTER CITY: (From left) Secretary-General of UITP Hans Rat, BMTC Managing Director Upendra Tripathy, Transport Minister N. Cheluvaraya Swamy and Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Board. A. Ravindra at the launch of the first UITP office in India, in Bangalore on Monday. — Photo: K. Gopinathan

BANGALORE: A national school of planning and city architecture that will suggest ways of integrating transport and urban planning issues will come up soon in Bangalore, Upendra Tripathy, Managing Director, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, said on Monday.

"We have allocated Rs. 15 crore for it, which will come up on 20 acres of land. Its aim will be to combine transport, city development and the environment," he said at the launch of the first International Association of Public Transport (UITP) office in India.

"After much deliberations and consultation with other members from India, we have chosen Bangalore as the destination," said Hans Rat, Secretary-General of UITP.

UITP is an international organisation based in Brussels in Belgium and has worked in the field of public transport for over 100 years. It has over 2,700 members from more than 90 countries and provides inputs on latest technology regarding transport.

D. Thangaraj, Principal Secretary (Transport), observed that with the challenges facing the transport sector, using international experiences and adopting best practices from other cities would help Bangalore. A. Ravindra, Deputy Chairman of State Planning Board, said policies must aim at discouraging private vehicles and provide incentives for using public transport.

Quoting a study, he said it had been found about 8 to 16 per cent of a household's income was spent on commuting.

Transport Minister N. Cheluvaraya Swamy was present.

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