This book is compendium of selected papers of 16th Research Symposium of 18th Urban Mobility India Conference & Expo 2025. It focuses on Urban development and Mobility nexus with an interdisciplinary approach spanning the fields of economics, planning, management and engineering. It covers wide variety of topics Integrated Land Use Transport Planning, Green and Inclusive Mobility, Public Transport Planning and Operations, Transit Oriented Development, Electric Mobility, Road Safety, Multi Modal Integration and Micro Mobility (NMT). The book also provides a general overview of urban transportation research trends in Indian cities. This book will be of interest to graduates, postgraduates, and Ph.D. students to advance their research in the field of transportation systems engineering, and urban transportation planning. This book will also be helpful to urban and transport planners, traffic analysts, consultants, transportation advisors and experts in planning, developing, operating, managing, and executing the transportation projects. 

Manoj M. is an Associate Professor and MoUD Chair (Urban Transport and Environment) at the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi. His research primarily focuses on travel behavior analysis and modelling with emphasis on transport policy, alternative fuel vehicles, emerging mobility concepts, and enriching discrete choice models with machine learning techniques to suit emerging data needs. He has published more than 100 articles in reputable international journals and conferences and handled academic research projects. Dr. Manoj is also a member of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research and serves on the executive boards of the Transportation Research Group of India and the International Group on Sustainable Transport and Livability.  He is also an editorial board member of the journal, Sustainable Transport and Livability, published by Taylor and Francis.

Manohar Chotani has a master’s degree in city and Regional Planning from School of Planning, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (1975) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Survey and Human Settlement Analysis from International Institute of Aerospace and Earth Science (ITC) Enuschede the Netherlands (1987). He was superannuated from the post of Additional Chief Planner in August 2009 from Town and Country Planning Organisation, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India. He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Town Planner (India) and Life Member of Institute of Urban Transport (India). Currently he is working as Consultant and RDO in IUT. He has about 50 years of experience in Urban Planning, Urban transport, Appraisal Evaluation and Monitoring of Urban Projects, Capacity building and teaching. He has vast experience in preparing Master Plan, Regional Plans, District Plans, Comprehensive Mobility Plan Toolkit and Evaluation of Urban Transport Projects. He was an associate in the study on E – Rickshaw in Indian Cities, City Wide Integrated Multimodal Transport Toolkit and Bus Sector study in India.