Delhi must revisit its traffic plans in wake of Covid-19, say experts

A global crisis like Covid-19 has undone many things in many places. In Delhi, it has undone years of work in decongesting roads, among other things. Planners and traffic experts believe there is a need to return to the drawing board to understand the new travelling patterns in the city and the new challenges in their wake.

In this last instalment of a four-part series, Hindustan Times spoke with traffic experts, researchers and senior police officers to understand how various aspects of travelling have changed since the pandemic hit, and how the city can reinvent strategies so that private vehicles don’t dominate road traffic.