#TIL: What is the cost of commuting in Indian Cities?
As we enter a new decade (as per the Gregorian calendar), we find ourselves looking back at possible lessons from the last decade. As a developing nation, India is home to highly price-sensitive commuters. In other words, even penny increase in commuting prices reflect in commuter choices.
This piece explores the cost of commute in Top 10 Most Expensive Indian cities, based on Numbeo’s information in five simple graphs.
The most expensive cities, excluding housing rent include Gurgaon, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi, Noida, Pune, Bangalore, Thane, Indore and Goa. These cities are closely followed by Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Coimbatore.
- This graph represents the cost of commute, including one-way ticket in a public transport, taxi starting rate, taxi fare after 1 km and 1 hour waiting time for taxis.
2. This graph represents the cost of owning private vehicles in the ten most expensive cities in India.
3. This graph compares the total travel costs and devices an index to represent the relative cost of transportation.
4. This graph represents the cost of transportation, along with total cost of living with and without rent.
5. This graph represents other expenses, including groceries index, restaurant price index and local purchasing power index.
Today I learnt (TIL) is a weekly series by OMI that brings you interesting nuggets of information that you didn’t know you needed.
