Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said that smart transportation is required to build smart city.
“Good transportation is crucial for smart city. Cities are reality and the question is how to make it smart,” the minister said at a conference on US-India cooperation on smart transportation in Delhi.
Referring to migration of people from rural areas to urban places, he said, if there is a smart transportation for people if would be easy for them to come to city for work and go back after the work.
“It is far cheaper to live in rural areas if we invest enough on smart transportation, many of other investments will be eliminated.”
He also said that Indian Railways is planning to build satellite terminals near some of the busiest junctions, aiming at reducing pressure on such stations and the city traffic around it.
Most of the urban areas are saturated now. It is impossible to reach to the station in busy areas. We can have satellite terminals outside busy railway stations,” Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu here said at a conference on US-India cooperation on smart transportation.
Seeking cooperation with the US on safety, managerial ability and technology, Prabhu said “We will be very happy to collaborate and learn from the US in the rail sector.
US is a great freind and partner of India. Probably we have best relationship with President Barak Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We can move to a new level in this sector.”