Congestion reduction strategies: a case for congestion pricing for Connaught Place area, Delhi
Student name: Ms Garima Taneja
Guide: Prof Badal Mukhopadhyay
Year of completion: 2011
Host Organisation: Centre for Science and Environment
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Ms Anumita Roy Chowdhary
Abstract: With rapid growth of urbanization in the recent decades, there has been increase in the
personalized mode of travel in most cities, leading to the problem of congestion. This
congestion problem had resulted in longer travel time, reduced average speed and increased fuel
consumption and also higher levels of pollution. This study develops a model and methodology
to estimate the congestion costs, in order to levy an optimal charge. Three major congestion
costs are analysed in this paper – value of time cost, fuel cost and pollution cost. The study
estimates the total as well as the marginal congestion costs for cars for the Central Business
District of Delhi, the Connaught Place Area and suggests an optimal congestion price for the
area.
