BIO

Dr. Monika Singh is an experienced Transport Planner with eight years of dedicated work across academia, research, and institutional consultancy. Her expertise spans a wide range of critical areas, including Gender & Mobility, Transport Equity, Freight Transport, Public Transport, Shared Mobility, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), and the integration of social and equity considerations in transport planning.

Dr. Singh holds a PhD in Gender and Mobility from Transport Planning Department at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, underscoring her deep understanding of these specialised fields. She also brings two years of academic experience in transport planning, urban design, housing and project management to her profile. She has contributed significantly to Indo-UK collaborative research on urban governance and has been instrumental in developing comprehensive mobility management plans and research on logistics sprawl. Published papers and presented at international and national conferences, her skill encompasses transport planning, urban planning, and women's mobility, supported by strong technical skills in GIS, AutoCAD, statistical software, qualitative analysis tools, office applications, and transport modelling software.

Research Interests

• Public Transport

• Urban Freight & Logistics

• Gender & Equity in Transport

Publications

Journal Articles

• Singh, M., Gupta, S. (2023). “Travel Behaviour of Women in Delhi-Pre and During-Covid Scenario”. In: Verma, A., Chotani, M.L. (eds) Urban Mobility Research in India. UMI 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 361.Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3447-8_10

• Verma, A., Gupta, S., Khan, M., Singh, M., Marsden, G., Reardon, L., Campbell, M. (2023). “A Critical Review of India’s Urban Governance Reforms and Its Impact on Transport Sector: Case Studies of Bangalore and Jaipur”. In: Verma, A., Chotani, M.L. (eds) Urban Mobility Research in India. UMI 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 361. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3447-8_3

• Singh, M, Gupta, S., “Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on mobility patterns of working women using Delhi Metro” in Nagarlok (IIPA), Vol. 55, Issue 2, April-June, 2023, ISSN-0027-7584 (accepted for publication in Nagarlok (IIPA))

• Singh, M., Gupta, S., “Women’s Perceptions of Metro Rail Service Quality using Structural Equation Modelling – A case study of Delhi and Lucknow, India” in IRJET, Volume 10, Issue 02; Feb, 2023, e-ISSN: 2395-0056, p-ISSN: 2395-0072

• Singh, M., Gupta, S., “Travel behaviour of working women in Indian cities” in IRJET, Volume 08, Issue 06; June, 2021, e-ISSN: 2395-0056, p-ISSN: 2395-0072

• Singh, M., Gupta, S., “Urban rail system for freight distribution in a mega city: case study of Delhi, India” in Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 48, 2020, Pages 452-466, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.08.052

• Shekhar, S., Singh, M., “Assessment of urban Transport in Medium Towns” in JCEET, Volume 1, No. 2, August, 2014, Print ISSN:2349-8404

Policy Documents

• Where Next For Urban Transport Policy? Lessons from the Smart Cities Mission – Funding Organisation: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Newton-Bhabha Fund

Project/Research Grants Details

Project Accomplishments

• 2022 – Preparation of Social Infrastructure Plan for Gurugram-Manesar Urban Complex (2041) (Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA)) (Team Member).

• 2022 – Social Disability Audit for Road Infrastructure, New Delhi (Client: Delhi Government) (Team Member).

• 2020 – Preparation of Comprehensive Mobility Management Plan for Zone K-II (Dwarka, Delhi) (Client: Delhi Development Authority (DDA)) (Team Member).

• 2019 – Preparation of Comprehensive Mobility Management Plan (Gurugram) (Client: Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA)) (Team Member).

• 2012 – Master Plan for Samdrup-Jhongkar, Bhutan (Client: Ministry of Works and Human Settlement, Government of Bhutan) (Team Member).

Research Accomplishments

• 2024 – Industry 4.0, Logistics Sprawl and Indian Cities: Co-creating A Sustainability Mindset (ILSIC) in collaboration with the University of Hull, UK (Project Associate).

• 2018 – UNDERREFORM, an Indo-UK collaborative research project with Leeds University, UK (Research Associate).