Vivek Chandran is the Associate Director of Transport at the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation. In this episode, 'Understanding the Future of Accessible Urban Transport', with Vivek Chandran, we explore the various fields of transport to develop it with the least amount of emissions and increasing its accessibility.
In this episode, we start the conversation by understanding the meaning of accessible urban transport and how is the urban transportation system transforming in India. We further discuss the importance of Electric Vehicles, their growth potential, and how hydrogen-based systems will compete with them in the future. He also explains the concept of accessibility for goods and freight and how can we deal with the same. Further, we discuss the role of the Internet of Things (IoT) and innovations to look forward to in the transport sector. At last, he helps us understand the skillsets required to develop accessible urban transport.
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