The National Transport Development Policy Committee report, which has been published as the India Transport Report, was expected to take a holistic view of the transport sector. It succeeds partially at best and a sensible person's response to the report has to be mixed. While some of its unrealistic recommendations can be sidestepped, governments at all levels need to act quickly on those that affect users of the system in terms of affordability, reliability, and, above all, safety.
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