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This book, incorporating several research studies, presents performance and policy analysis of Indian transport sector. Providing an overview of general aspects of transport sector, it highlights performance of various modes of transport Railways, Roads, Airways and Waterways along with the latest trends in energy consumption and environmental emissions. The book analyses the modal split in Indian transport, econometric models for gasoline consumption, long-term transport performance, link between population and number of vehicles, trends in efficiency of rail and road transport, and productivity of the state transport undertakings. Besides some policy aspects of Indian transport sector, it also examines patterns of growth of urban transport and its energy as well as environmental implications. The book is likely to be of interest to a wide variety of people interested in Indian transport, including students in the departments of transportation, transport economics, operations research, econo-metrics, and system studies of universities in and outside India, researchers working on the issues of transport and consultants and policy makers engaged in transport policies.