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About
Dr. Anvita Arora is an Architect and Transport Planner with a Ph.D. from the Civil Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, in 2007. She is currently the Executive Director of the Transportation and Infrastructure Department of KAPSARC. The Department works on the energy transition pathways of road, rail, aviation, and maritime transport at the sectoral level and energy-efficient and smart cities at the urban level. Before joining KAPSARC, she was the Managing Director and CEO of Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans), where she delivered over 40 applied research and planning projects for 10 years under her leadership to clients ranging from various city-level and country-level authorities to funding agencies like the UNEP, World Bank, ADB, DFID, and others. The primary focus of the work has been on supporting cities to become sustainable, energy-efficient, inclusive, and climate-resilient.
Publications
12 January 2025
Decarbonizing Land-Based Passenger Transport in Saudi ArabiaThe Saudi government has outlined its decarbonization strategy through various statements and reports, identifying key initiatives, preferred technologies, and investment targets to drive this transformation. In this study, we employ Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) to evaluate t...
11 May 2023
Modeling Factors Affecting the Choice to Use the Proposed Riyadh Metro Systeme Riyadh metro system is being implemented as a sustainable transport option that will offer reliable, affordable and comfortable urban mobility. It is important to understand the factors influencing the likelihood that people will use the new metro system. Thus, this study’s key obj...
