Transport in Mumbai
[1] Mumbai has the largest organized bus transport network among major Indian cities.
Mumbai's public transport consists primarily of rapid transit on exclusive suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines serving outlying suburbs, the bus services of the three municipalities making up the metropolitan area, public taxis and auto rickshaws, as well as ferry services.
It is projected to be used by 130,000 vehicles daily and to reduce travel time between South Mumbai and the Western Suburbs from 2 hours to 40 minutes.
Black and yellow Fiat taxis are an integral part of the city's heritage and have been depicted in numerous Bollywood movies.
Authorities encourage passengers to make complaints, for refusal to convey, excess fare, tampered meters, fake tariff cards, misconduct by drivers by direct email[9][10][11][12] as well as by a website.
They have been allowed to travel between Sion to Mulund in the Central Suburbs and up to Mankhurd on the Harbour line.
People who wish to travel beyond Mumbai to suburbs like Vashi, Airoli have to catch a suburban rickshaw.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) updated the auto-rickshaw fares and declared a hike recently that is applied from 1 March 2021.
[16] In 2021, UK-based car-sharing company Hiyacar has announced in a survey that Mumbai is the most stressful city in the world for driving.
It is notoriously hard to get into the first class compartment as the coach is overcrowded with people hanging out of the doors.
[citation needed] Since 2017, Mumbai Suburban Rail became the first in India to operate Air-Conditioned rakes in its Western and Central line.
There are also women-only cars (termed 'ladies'),[21] and since 1992, 'Ladies Special' trains with all coaches reserved for women passengers.
[22] In January 2004, a master transit plan was unveiled by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
[23][24][25] A successful trial run was conducted in May 2013, and the system's first line entered operation in June 2014,[26][27][28] although some aspects of the project were afflicted by delays and cost issues.
The corridors are: The 650 km Mumbai-Ahemdabad Bullet train project is another major high-speed rail project that is supposed to run between Mumbai and Ahemdabad is poised to revolutionize travel time between these two major cities which usually would take about 7 to 8 hours to a meager 2hrs 57mins.This would create demand for real estate in key areas such as Thane, Dombivali and Kalyan.
[citation needed] The new integrated terminal T2 was inaugurated on 10 January 2014[40] and opened for international operations on 12 February 2014, increasing the capacity of the airport to 40 million passengers annually.
[41] A dedicated six lane, elevated road connecting the new terminal with the main arterial Western Express Highway was also opened to the public the same day.
