[sustran] Hyderabad Daily transport eats up 15 p.c. of monthly income

[Vinay Baindur]

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   - [image: The MMTS service happens to the cheapest mode of transport
   with its users spending 20 per cent less than bus users for their commuting
   needs. Photo:Nagara Gopal]
   The MMTS service happens to the cheapest mode of transport with its
   users spending 20 per cent less than bus users for their commuting needs.
   Photo:Nagara Gopal
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   The Hindu

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Car users spend about 120 per cent more than that of bus users while users
of two-wheelers spend about 70 per cent more than bus users

For a commuter in the city, around 15.6 per cent of the monthly average
income goes to meet the daily transport cost.

A Comprehensive Transportation Study (CTS) taken up by Lea Associates on
behalf of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) for the
Hyderabad Metropolitan Area (HMA) noted that the expenditure on transport
in a way was proportional to the personal income of a commuter.

It stated that the transport-related expenditure rose with rising income,
and through surveys of different income groups and their travel modes,
concluded that on an average a commuter in HMA spends about Rs. 1,540 per
month on transport.

According to the survey, if a commuter with a monthly income up to Rs.
5,000 spends Rs. 422 for transport, then a commuter with an income of above
Rs.1 lakh on an average, ends up shelling out Rs. 1,873 per month.

“Average expenditure on transport by commuters using different modes shows
that users of two-wheelers spend about 70 per cent more than bus users,”
says the report. At the same time, car users spend about 120 per cent more
than that of bus users. The MMTS service happens to the cheapest mode of
transport with its users spending 20 per cent less than bus users for their
commuting needs.

“The income of the household has a profound effect on the choice of mode of
transport for going to work”, says the report, adding that “with increase
in income, walk is replaced with two-wheeler and two-wheeler with car as
driver and then car as driver is replaced with car as passenger.”

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