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Mumbai: There is a plan to permit taller buildings and allow additional buildable space to construction firms developing properties around Mumbai’s public transport corridors has been put on hold for now. The contentious proposal won’t be a part of Mumbai’s new development control regulations, for now, the new rules will kick in from September 1, said the government official. The Mumbai municipality has drafted the city’s new Development Plan (DP) which was later rejected to the idea of providing higher floor space index (FSI) around transit corridors. The Maharashtra government had been continuously pushing it in order to raise resources for Metro rail routes. The Floor Space Index, which is known as Floor Area Ratio one of the development tools that define the extent of construction permissible on a plot. The ratio of FSI is the built-up area of a plot to the plot area. The longtime CM-led Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has been dema...

Mumbai: There is a plan to permit taller buildings and allow additional buildable space to construction firms developing properties around Mumbai’s metro corridors has been put on hold for now. Government sources revealed that the contentious proposal won’t be a part of Mumbai’s new development control regulations for now. The new rules will kick in from September 1. The Mumbai municipality drafted the city’s new Development Plan (DP) which was rejected to the idea of providing higher floor space index (FSI) around transit corridors. The Maharashtra government had been pushing it in order to raise resources for Metro rail routes. This development plan will helpful for commuters safety and also traffic decongestion. The BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta said that from the longtime CM-led Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has been demanding to allow developments to construct up to four times the plot size or FSI 4 within 500 meters of the existing...

Land-use development and Transportation both are inter linked with each other and make different types of urban forms. Globally, there are many cities whose forms were shaped by transportation and land use. However, there is neither a systematic approach nor empirical method to understand which kinds of transportation factor should connect land use and which kinds of land-use factor should connect transportation. There is a school of thought either development should be oriented to transit or transit should orient to development. Therefore, this paper aims at reviewing whether development should come first or Transit. Finally, this paper will focus on Development Oriented Transit. Introduction Land use and Transportation both are connected with each other. Transport is the most essential component for shaping development of a city. Land use is one of the prime determinants of movement and activity which means land use determines the demand for transport. Land use may change because of ...