Electric boost: Chennai's new transport road map to cut down carbon footprint
The New Indian Express|September 25, 2022
THE revised comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) of Chennai will focus on green mobility and creating infrastructure for electric vehicles and hydrogen-powered buses as Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) is hiring a consultant to update the Mobility Plan which was drafted in 2019.
C SHIVAKUMAR
Electric boost: Chennai's new transport road map to cut down carbon footprint

"The CMP, which is likely to be prepared keeping in mind the notification of expansion of Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) to above 5,000 sq km, covering the districts of Chennai, Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur and Chengalpattu, will look at creating infrastructure for the next 25 years taking into aspect growth of electric vehicles and use of hydrogen buses to cut down the carbon footprint," said I Jeyakumar, special officer for CUMTA.

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