14 centrespread centrespread 15 DECEMBER 13-19, 2015 DECEMBER 13-19, 2015 Current addition to GDP from making public World’s Longest Metro transport more efficient* Projected addition Networks in 2014 to GDP in 2030 from Length (km) GETTING AROUND A CITY $119 billion making public transport more efficient 548 Public transport is the lifeline of any big city, be it New York, London, Paris or Mumbai. Some have considerably more effi cient *Includes 35 commercially important cities on six modes of mobility than others, as is evident from the data below. Moreover, smaller cities like Copenhagen and Stockholm are continents, including Mumbai and New Delhi $238 billion 527 Source: Credo Consultancy ahead of the rest in pushing their citizens to use mass transit systems (and also cycling) rather than private vehicles. ET Magazine London 436 brings together different rankings which give you a snapshot of the size and economics of public transport worldwide: Seoul 423 :: G Seetharaman New York 394 381 Urban Mobility Urban Transit Price Index Index 2014*: 327 Top Performers PUBLIC TRANSPORT TAXI UBER Madrid 293 Score/100 Cheapest Cities Cheapest Cities Cheapest Cities 241 Hong Kong 58.2 (in $) (in $) (in $) Mexico City 226 Stockholm 57.4 New Delhi 0.22 Mumbai 2.32 Jakarta 3.77 Amsterdam 57.2 Jakarta 0.23 New Delhi 2.62 Mumbai 4.35 Copenhagen 56.4 Beijing 0.28 Bangkok 2.72 New Delhi 4.4 Vienna 56 Mumbai 0.3 Jakarta 3.57 Ho Chi Minh City 5.03 Singapore 55.6 Ho Chi Minh City Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Paris 55.4 0.33 3.68 5.05 Zurich 54.7 London 53.2 Helsinki 53.2 TAXI

Worst Performers Score/100 Baghdad 28.6 Hanoi 30.9 Atlanta 32.5 World’s Busiest Metro Networks Tehran 33 in 2014 Lahore 33.1 Journeys in 2014 (million) These cities Delhi 33.5 will see the Tokyo 3,636 biggest change Dallas 33.8 in the volume Beijing 3,410 of peak-hour Kuala Lumpur 34.6 PUBLIC TRANSPORT TAXI UBER Shanghai 2,830 commuters by Houston 34.7 Most Expensive Cities Most Expensive Cities Most Expensive Cities 2030 (in $) Seoul 2,661 (in %) Johannesburg 35 (in $) (in $) Moscow 2,451 London 7.55 Zurich 46.26 Stockholm 48.57 Riyadh 297 Other Indian Cities on the List: Guangzhou 2,280 Stockholm 4.96 Gothenburg (Sweden) 40.88 Sydney 48.47 Lagos 165 Kolkata 47 New York 1,785 Zurich New Delhi 93 4.76 Stockholm 40.04 Gothenburg 47.19 Mumbai 43.9 Mexico City 1,614 Mumbai 82 Source: Arthur D Little, Toulouse 4.16 Geneva Zurich Hyderabad 40.7 a consultancy 39.95 43.92 Hong Kong 1,548 Cairo 69 Note: Cities have been ranked Rotterdam Chennai 40.7 on a number of criteria like 3.8 Amsterdam Tokyo Paris 1,526 share of public transport in 36.44 41.77 Jakarta modal split, CO2 emissions, Source: Travel website GoEuro’s survey of 65 Bengaluru sharing and density of Note: The public transportation data was calculated on the price of a single ticket; for taxi rides, the cost of a 10km ride; and for Uber, Source: International Association of 38.9 vehicles the average cost of all available services for the same distance. Real prices were used instead of purchasing power parity 60 cities released in October 2014 Public Transport (UITP) Source: Credo Consultancy