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In recent years there has been unprecedented increase in traffic demand all around the globe. Few of the many reasons behind this increase are, the improvement in the economic conditions of the general public, continuously improving infrastructure for private-mode-transportation, inconsistency between land use plan and transportation plan resulting in expansion of social and economic activities and easy finance for private vehicles.
This has resulted in various transportation issues that are quite complex, having social economic and cultural dimensions. The increasing traffic volume has brought about traffic congestion resulting in longer travel times on roads. This results in colossal economic loss and environmental pollution which ultimately degrades the overall quality of life of the people. The situation is worsened by non-existent or inadequate infrastructure for non-motorized-modes (walk and bike), inadequate public transportation system, non availability of sufficient parking facilities, less infrastructure capacity and poor quality of existing roads. It is anticipated that the motorization will, for many years, continue to increase and hence the associated impacts. The issues of air traffic congestion and resulting impacts have also taken alarming proportions. Inland water-transport-promotion is being toyed with for long. There also exist issues that are specific to cold and hilly regions and need immediate attention.
It is the need of the hour to provide a forum for interaction between researchers, academicians, policy makers and other stake holders to deliberate on these issues and come up with state of the art solutions. Recognizing the need of the time Civil Engineering Department of National Institute of Technology Srinagar is organizing an International conference, RISTEP 2010, the outcome of which is expected to provide practical and innovative solutions to recent transportation problems and influence decision makers in framing and implementing appropriate policy frameworks.