Tale of two cities: On urban connectivity, Delhi races ahead of Mumbai

The capital has an edge over Mumbai with its new expressways; Mumbai's shape doesn't lend itself to inter-city expressways

On urban mobility, Delhi and Mumbai have turned out to be very different. While Delhi has nearly half a dozen expressways to transport people living in the National Capital Region (NCR), Mumbai lags behind in connectivity, despite a higher population.

In the last one year, several expressways have come up in the NCR — the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal), the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and the Western Peripheral Expressway (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) — to improve the traffic flow and reduce commuting time, especially for those who travel from neighbouring cities to go and work in Delhi and the adjoining regions of NOIDA and Gurugram.