NEW DELHI : Covid-19 could lead to behavioral change in urban mobility and also give an opportunity to align urban transport towards long term development goals, union minister for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said.Puri was speaking at the 13th Urban Mobility India Conference on the theme of “Emerging Trends in Urban Mobility".
He said that new advancements like smarter transportation systems and traffic management applications would also be used in major cities to increase mobility.With social distancing norms and other precautions in place due to the pandemic, cities are seeing a rise in transport options like cycling.