MHT is part of Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur Task Force Committees for Transport4All Challenge!
September 17, 2021adminBlog, Featured NewsNo Comments
The Transport4All Challenge—an initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs of the Government of India—aims to bring together cities, citizens, and startups to develop solutions that improve public transport to better serve the needs of all citizens. The Transport4All Challenge aims to make public transport—formal as well as informal— safe, convenient, and affordable for all.

Mahila Housing Trust is part of Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur Task Force Committees for Transport4All Challenge, through which it will bring out the voices of citizens to city managers and guide startups in contextualising solutions to meet the needs of all citizens.

MHT in collaboration with T4All Nodal Officer, organised a training for surveyors: Community Action Group (CAG) women-leaders of MHT and Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) staff to enable them conduct these surveys meticulously, in Ahmedabad.

MHT’s social capital: the CAG women-leaders who come from disenfranchised communities are empowered with technical knowledge to negotiate complex urban planning and service delivery processes and procure better habitat services. These grassroots women-leaders: the CAGs, from urban slum settlements come from various wards and collaborate to lead action towards responsible urban development.

MHT also became a part of Surat Task Force Committee for Transport4All Challenge. 3000 surveys were conducted by MHT’s CAG women-leaders and students of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Istitute of Technology and Surat Municipal Corporation.

To capture voices of citizens through surveys, MHT has initiated the process of conducting 3750 surveys across 250 wards in Jaipur via MHT’s CAG women-leaders and 4000 surveys across 48 wards in Ahmedabad via MHT’s CAG women-leaders and AMTS staff. Voices of men and women from low income group, middle income group and high income group from all age groups, including differently abled people will be captured across both the cities to have an inclusive and reliable data output. The surveyors are given an Identity card to authenticate the process. Most surveys are being conducted at AMTS and BRTS bus stops, at auto stands/shuttle auto stands and residential spaces like slums, flats/apartments, bungalows etc and a few will be conducted online as well.

Here are the survey links for Ahmedabad and Jaipur which can be filled by anyone (the responses remain anonymous) who wishes to participate and contribute towards making Government of India develop solutions that improve public transport to better serve the mobility needs of all citizens.