By A. What does it mean to move as a woman in an Indian city? Does women’s experience of navigating urban India’ mobility differ from men? If yes, how? Are these differences more pronounced for women from economically disadvantaged groups, historically marginalised castes, religious minorities and women with disabilities? OMI…

#QuickRead By Roshan Toshniwal Cycling in fast moving traffic can pose a safety hazard, both for the cyclists and other traffic commuters. At the same time, unpredictable weather, steep gradients and inadequate illumination also pose safety risks . The solar roof cycling track in Hyderabad, with two stretches measuring 23…

By Adhnan Nazir Wani Achieving 10% ethanol blending in petrol (E10) five months ahead of its target marks a milestone for India’s bid for clean mobility through biofuels. It also reflects its rapid pace of ethanol production, having grown from 38 crore litres in FY 2013–14 to 867 crore litres…

By Roshan Toshniwal and Adhnan Nazir Wani Ranked as the cleanest city in India for the last 5 years, Indore is credited to house Asia’s largest bio-CNG plant. Labelled as ‘Gobar-Dhan’, the plant exhibits a practical circular solution to modern-day waste management problems. The process of generating bio-CNG from organic…

By Kajol Maheshwari The automobile industry is progressing towards sustainable and less polluting mobility technologies, but a significant pollutant that remains in the blind spot is tyres. Every time the vehicle uses a brake or acceleration or turns around a corner, tiny tyre particles become airborne, referred to as tyre…

By Apoorv Kulkarni In the early 1900s, designing inclusive cities was not top-of-mind for most town planners. But, when the first electrically operated traffic signals were installed in 1914 in Cleveland, USA, the change of signal was accompanied by a ringing sound. …

By Aishwarya Agarwal In 2018, Ford Brazil in partnership with GTB Brazil and Code Studio, redesigned the trunk mat of the Ecosport, their best-selling vehicle for disabled drivers, to give it a new function: a portable ‘Accessibility Mat’. It was designed to help disabled people to negotiate inaccessible streets having…

By Adhnan Nazir Wani Transportation fuelled by nothing but gravity! No, it’s not a reference to an act of jumping off the cliff. It’s the good old aerial ropeway, made with pulleys, trolleys, ropes and speed control elements. …

By Sayani Mandal George Lucas’s uber-famous franchise, Star Wars Universe created a wave across platforms, from lightsaber-inspired door handles to Baby Yoda-shaped pancake machines! And then, there are all the games, books, comics, and even fanfiction, all unfurling newer storylines by spilling them over into different platforms and media. “Transmedia…