Today all of us are aware that the era of fossil fuels – oil and coal is coming to an end. So far these have been major sources of energy for transport – oil for road transport and electricity (mainly from coal) for trains, MMTS and now Metro. Urban people often forget that transport is not just motorized and train transport but until recently bicycles, cycle rickshaws had a significant presence to say nothing about pedestrians.

   This workshop will discuss implications of end of the fossil fuel era and what we in Hyderabad can do about it.   The workshop will deal with road (motorized, non motorized) and mass transport (trains) aspects of the situation.  The resource persons will be local experts from Hyderabad on these issues. They will present the issues with concrete and accurate data about Hyderabad transport problems, its history of mismanagement and other related issues. There will also be activists group who propagate and practice alternatives. They will present their solutions and the difficulties they have faced and the successes they have achieved.

    The aim of the workshop is to strengthen the knowledge base of the participants and empower them. The focus will be on what the participants / citizens themselves can do about it; in their personal lives and in their neighborhood.

   The participants will be activists preferably below 40 years of age and who are actively working at the community level for improving the city in terms of sustainability and equality. They can be working both at the level of community initiatives and at local policy levels.