Culture Quest India Transportation

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Culture Quest India!(Transportation)

• Wiley T. Dawson Jr.
• email wt.dawson_at_yahoo.com

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Eastern Connecticut State University

• Teaching in the 21st Century
• Summer Institute for Future Teachers
• July 2007

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Types of Transportation in India

• India has a large and widespread transportation
  system. The country has one of the world's
  largest railway and roadway network, transporting
  millions of people every year. On the other hand,
  an enormous section of the countrys
  transportation network remains weak in
  development.India has many types of
  transportation to its citizens that fall into
  the categories of traditional transportation,
  local transportation, and long distance
  transportation.

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Types of Traditional Transportation

• Walking
• Bullock carts
• Donkeys
• Palanquin
• Horse carriages
• Cycle rickshaw
• Bicycles
• Manually pulled rickshaw
• Trams

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Palanquin

• Palanquin was one of the luxurious methods used
  by the rich and nobles for traveling purposes.
  This was primarily used in the olden days to
  carry the deity or idol of the god.

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Bullock carts

• Bullock carting is a common way of transportation
  used traditionally since ancient times in India.
  It is still used today because modern cars are
  too expensive or it does not fit their lifestyle.

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Donkeys

• Donkeys are widely used in India as a means of
  transportation. They are usually used for
  transporting goods and people.

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Cycle rickshaw

• Rickshaws are a mode of human-powered transport
  a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one
  or two people. This way of transportation is for
  the social elite.

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Types of Local Transportation

• Buses
• Vans
• Auto rickshaws
• Two-wheelers
• Cars
• Utility vehicles
• Metro

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Car

• The demand for cars in India is one of the
  highest in the world. In2002 more than 50,000 new
  cars were brought in Delhi alone. Compact cars
  predominate due to low cost. Maruti, Hyundai,
  Tata Motors and Ford are the most popular brands.
  The Maruti had the highest market share until
  2004, when it was overtaken by other low cost
  models of Hyundai. Over the 20 year period since
  its introduction about 2.4 million units of
  Maruti 800 have been sold.

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Buses

• The use of buses is very popular for all classes
  of society. They are a cheap and easy mode of
  transport. The government is encouraging the
  people to use the bus since it reduces the number
  of vehicles on the road thus reducing traffic
  jams.

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Auto rickshaws

• An auto rickshaw (auto or rickshaw or tempo in
  popular parlance) is a three wheeler vehicle for
  hire. They typically have no doors or seatbelts.
  They are generally yellow or green in color and
  have a black or green canopy on the top. An auto
  rickshaw is generally characterized by a tin/iron
  body resting on three small wheels (one in front,
  two on the rear), a small cabin for the driver in
  the front and seating for three in the rear.

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Long distance transport

• Railways
• Buses
• Highways
• Ports and harbors
• Airports
• Heliports

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Ports and Harbors

• The ports are the main access of trade. There are
  12 main ports and about 180 small and midway
  ports in India. In India about 95 of the trade
  by size and 77 by price take place through the
  ports.

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Highways

• India has a network of National Highways
  connecting all the major cities and state
  capitals. As of 2005, India has a total of
  65,569 km of highways, of which 4,885 km are
  classified as expressways.

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Railways

• India's rail network is the longest of any
  country. Rail operations throughout the country
  are run by the state-owned company, Indian
  Railways. Covering a total length of around
  63,000 km (39,000 miles). Indian Railways uses
  three types of gauges  Broad Gauge, Metro Gauge
  and Narrow Gauge.

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info

• http//www.answers.com/topic/transport-in-india
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_India