E-Buses.

In line with the ambition to make public transport electric by 2030, the pilot test of the electric bus in Lahore is certainly welcome news. The provincial government of Sindh has launched a test of its own for e-busses in Karachi, but the situation in Lahore with smog and pollution requires a serious rethink on part of the authorities.

Electric buses are certainly part of the answer to this problem, but they are not the solution on their own. Lahore and other metropolitan cities in the country have an infrastructure problem that stems from the way our cities are designed all the way down to our policies on vehicles to emissions from both transport and production.

Designing long stretches of multiple-lane roads with little to no space for pedestrians on the side leaves little option other than to travel by vehicle. Add this to the lack of connectivity in public transport-where some cities have defined routes, but often they are not well-connected enough to be able to cover the entire city-and we all but ensure that private vehicles or public transport such as taxis and rickshaws become instrumental in this emission-contributing...

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