Inside India’s Plans To Leapfrog The Western Model Of Car Ownership

Get the Full StoryAs the country’s growing middle class starts to emulate the developed world’s car culture, the government is trying to chart a different path.

At rush hour, the gridlock on a highway in Delhi, India, looks a lot like Los Angeles. As more Indians are able to afford cars–and as the country’s population soon becomes the largest in the world–traffic and pollution throughout the country could be set to become much, much worse. But the government has decided to try to develop in a radically different direction than America, avoiding further sprawl and car-dependency. By the end of next decade, it wants most–if not all–vehicles in India to run on electricity, most cars to be shared, and cities to be designed for humans rather than cars.Read Full Story

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