Overview

• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said pod-based ‘flying buses’ will link Dhaula Kuan to Manesar on elevated tracks, carrying two to six passengers per pod at speeds up to 240 km/h.
• Feasibility studies for similar aerial pod networks are underway in Pune and Bengaluru to assess technical and traffic-relief benefits.
• The transport ministry is also designing a double-deck mountain bus system to connect remote communities in Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir.
• The Nagpur trial features a 135-seat electric coach with executive seating, on-board TV, bus hostesses and flash-charging stops every 40 km that recharge the battery in 30 seconds.
• Officials plan to extend the electric bus service along major corridors including Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Dehradun, Bengaluru-Chennai and Mumbai-Nashik and Pune with fares 30 percent below diesel equivalents.