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Cities in the Global South are simultaneously witnessing wide-scale population ageing and rapid urbanisation. There is overwhelming pressure on policy makers to rapidly envision and provision age-friendly transport environments. In Indian cities, later-age mobilities face unique risks due to traffic congestion and inequities. However, the policy and transport research has treated congestion, equity and age-friendly mobilities as unrelated issues. This article goes a step ahead to understand how the policies to mitigate congestion can impact the provisioning of age-friendly infrastructure.

Bengaluru, once termed the ‘pensioners’ paradise’, is known for its ‘alarming’ levels of traffic congestion ( ; ). We review Bengaluru’s transport policies and peer-reviewed articles concerning …