Discussing the Ease of Mobility Index Report 2022 | In Conversation with Anish Michael

Interviewed by: Tanya Verma and Yashovardhan Chaturvedi This episode delves into the recent report from the OMI Foundation on their Ease of Mobility Index 2022, an undertaking which looks into the state of urban mobility in 40 major cities of India across multitudes of parameters and indicators evaluated. Mr Anish Michael shares his findings of how such measures are evaluated to study the performance of cities as well as the key indicators relating to affordability, sustainability and accessibility of the mobility systems. Discussing the performances of excelling and lagging cities, he describes what factors can help improve public and private mobility in urban environments. Anish Michael is an accomplished researcher, author and manager, currently based in India. He is presently working with OMI Foundation and is bringing out exceptionally well-written and detailed research papers in synchronization with the organization, some of these impactful research covers concepts such as mobility innovations, frameworks of mobility advancement and public good, urban mobility, accessibility and inclusion etc. In today’s podcast we shall be largely engaging with Mr Anish on his recent publication - Ease of Moving Index, India Report 2022, the report inspires us to envision a world where mobility is effortless, where people and goods can traverse borders and boundaries, and where the true potential of human connectivity is realized. Image Source: https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/importance-of-mobility-data-in-making-cities-smarter/