Conceptualizing Sustainable Transportation for City of Pune, India.

Pune the second largest city of Maharashtra state of Indian union is witnessing large scale urban sprawl and its\ud negative ramifications in last couple of decades. Urban sprawl is defined as dispersed and discontinuous\ud suburban land development associated with low population densities and high auto dependence. This\ud phenomenon is adversely affecting sustainability of the city because of its negative environmental, social and\ud economic impacts. It saps local resources, destroys open space and farmland, and increases the energy\ud consumption of mobility by promoting long travel distances. Another problem is high levels of traffic\ud congestion and harmful emissions causing environmental pollution. There is a plethora of research that sought\ud to address the issue of urban sustainability and combat sprawl; little has been done on developing analytical\ud tools that could be used to assess the future of urban sustainability for Indian cities and for Pune in particular.\ud This paper explores that how particular land use development patterns or the expansion of the current urban\ud transportation infrastructure are likely to impact urban sustainability