Cities on Speed - Traffic/Mumbai

Soon more than 550 cities world wide will have a population of more than one million. In 2030 80% of the world's population will live in cities. Megacities have traditionally been economic and political power centres but today the fastest growing cities are in developing nations. There is an acute need for new models of city planning to prevent collapses under such huge social, economic and environmental pressure. The NEW challenge is that cities today are made by citizens rather than city planners. If we are to create sustainability, it is an absolute necessity for us to understand the new modernity. Cities on Speed shows how four different megacities are dealing with this new modernity. What are the visions and the solutions and how do they affect the inhabitants?

TRAFFIC /MUMBAI
Urban planning can be tough in the world's largest democracy! Mumbai is growing like it was on steroids and a collapsing infrastructure could put an end to economic growth. Public trains are filled to the bursting point, traffic is nearing a complete gridlock. An eight lane high-way is being built out in the sea to try to compensate for the threatening collapse.