Transport in Visakhapatnam

Transport in Visakhapatnam is the network of roads, railways, rapid transit system in the largest city of Andhra Pradesh .

There are kinds of buses that ply in city namely: Visakhapatnam Bus Rapid Transit System was completely operational.

[13] Vehicle for hire companies serving localities daily are Ola and Uber, While Rapido gives rides for one person only.

Cycle rickshaws are only confined to a very small area of the city and are almost disappeared, which were one of the major means of transport.

GVMC plans to introduce a community cycling initiative over 10.5 km2 of roads in downtown Visakhapatnam, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

GVMC has identified four corridors for mass rapid transit (MRT) covering a total distance of 75.3 km at an estimated cost of ₹15,933 crore.

Govt of Andhra Pradesh has planned to build trackless tram services in Visakhapatnam for a length of 60.2 km.

Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Vijayawada,[20] Tirupati, Dubai, Singapore and Kuala Lampur are the major Airway destinations from city airport.

Visakhapatnam Port is undergoing a modernization and expansion program aimed at increasing its capacity to 130 million tonnes by 2016–17, entailing an investment of ₹13,000 crores.

This will also solve the problem of air pollution caused by the open handling of coal that had earlier led to citywide protests.

The project is expected to cost ₹2,000 crore (US$230 million) and is to be undertaken through a Public- Private Partnership (PPP)venture.

The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) which runs the Vizag Steel Plant had shifted base to this port, taking with it a large chunk of the coal and iron ore traffic.