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Ease of Moving: Kolkata most affordable, Delhi comfortable

The index covers 20 cities inhabited by approximately 92 million people and was based on a survey of over 43,000 respondents along with secondary data inputs.

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Kolkata ranked first in terms of affordability of public transport and 80 per cent of its commuters felt that it was reasonable and affordable while Delhi's transport has been found to be most comfortable, the Ease of Moving Index, 2018, report by Cab aggregator Ola's mobility institute stated.

The index covers 20 cities inhabited by approximately 92 million people and was based on a survey of over 43,000 respondents along with secondary data inputs. The report was released on Thursday by Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari.

The report revealed that more than 80 per cent of the people in the 20 cities felt that the mobility scenario in their respective cities has improved in the last five years. More than 60 per cent people surveyed also said that they used public transport.

"Public transport system should be popular...Almost 35 lakh people take aggregators on a daily basis, and the numbers could swell to 1 crore in next two to three years," Gadkari said at the launch of 'Ease of Moving Index India Report' by Ola Mobility Institute.

According to the report, cities were selected on the basis of their scale, character, culture, economy and geography and the evaluation was on the basis of accessibility, affordability, safety and efficiency. The 20 cities were categorised further on the basis of metro cities, booming cities and promising cities.

Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi were the metro cities; Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Patna and Surat were in the booming cities category while Kohima, Mysuru, Nanded, Vijaywada, Jabalpur and Jammu were in the promising cities category.

"Today, almost 70 per cent of the public transport users rely on cabs, autos, and non-motorised transport to access buses and metros. Integrating intermediate public transport (IPT) with modes of public transit through offline and online multimodal terminals and fare integration, can augment public transport usage in India," the report said. "Metropolitan cities like Delhi are already paving the way for this by making metro rail cards usable on buses as well," the report added.

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