Delhi govt to set up sustainable mobility centre with IIIT Delhi

15 Jul 2022 CW Team

The Delhi government will set up a centre for sustainable mobility in partnership with IIIT Delhi to find urban mobility solutions, officials said today.

Delhi Transport Commissioner Ashish Kundra said a memorandum of understanding has been signed for the purpose with the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT Delhi). “Urban mobility problems to be addressed in partnership with academia," he added in a tweet.

Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said several breakthrough initiatives of the Arvind Kejriwal government, like open transit data, integrating bus data with Google maps and One Delhi app, were technically supported by an IIIT Delhi team.

He expressed confidence that the partnership will help Delhi achieve more milestones in smart and reliable transport.

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