India to build controlled access ring roads, bypasses to reduce urban congestion | Today’s news

Devayan Dey, partner – capital projects and infrastructure at PwC India, said the policy was well-intentioned but stressed the need for city-specific transport planning before major investments. “Congestion is often less of a traffic planning problem and more of an urban planning problem,” he said, noting that bypasses may have limited impact where congestion arises primarily from the interaction between production and consumption centers in cities.