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Our cities happen to be the places where distortions of development are amplified and more visible. Transport and urban equity is one major indicator to assess this distortion. One class of cities (particularly, metropolitan cities) gets priority over the smaller cities and towns

Similarly, within the city and towns, the more affluent class gets priority over the poor and underprivileged ones. | @vabhis

Inequity is visible on the following fronts — investments, policy focus, public discourse, and ultimately who ends up at the receiving end of the negative externalities. | @vabhis

Some of the widely employed methods to ease congestion on roads have created extremely inequitable car-only facilities. A case in point is that of Bandra–Worli Sea Link, which does not allow pedestrians, cyclists, two-wheelers, and auto-rickshaws. | @vabhis