The conception of integrated and flawless transport has broad political support, but systematic, effective planning of the network that delivers is the grueling task ahead. This study builds on going beyond the traditional four-stage transportation planning model that tried to understand the reasons for the relative failure of integrated transport policies with particular reference to experience in the Meghalaya state of India. Four main factors are stressed. The first relates to the difficulties faced in defining the integration conception. It's argued that integration can be a helpful tool in transport planning. The alternate refers to problems in engage the vision of state, and it's suggested that graduation of interventions may also be a helpful tool. The third is that there has been a lack of practical validation on the success of integrated programs, but it is argued that this substantiation base is now arising through stakeholder engagement. The fourth has been the walls to behavioral change that integration requires for individualities and institutions. Then advances in profitable, social, and intellectual models give new perceptivity into how these barriers may be overcome. The prospects for delivering further integrated and ideal transport in Meghalaya and India are reviewed concerning the transport network and its insufficiency.

Dr Ravindra Kumar has completed his PhD (Transpiration Engineering) from Edinburgh Napier University (UK) and Master’s Degree (Transportation Engineering) from the University of Roorkee, India. He has been working for the last 25 years in the premiere CSIR-Central Road Research Institute India, Government of India and currently he is a Principal Scientist in Transport Planning Division. He has experienced as Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh. His current research area focuses on GIS Application in urban and rural road planning, integrated transport network development plan,  sustainable transportation system, travel behaviour and its impacts, evaluating and mitigating the environmental impacts, assessment of road transport on urban air quality, with a special focus on rehabilitation and resettlement planning, real-world driving cycle and vehicular emission using advanced instruments and developing emission factors based on onboard, micro simulation and chassis dynamometer. He has supervised a number of graduate and postgraduate students, besides research and consultancy research. He is a Life Member of the Indian Road Congress, and a Member of CILT UK. He has completed over 50 sponsored researches and consultancy projects for various department like World Bank, Centre of High Technology Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Road Transport and Highway, Ministry of Rural Development, other State Government and Central Government. He secured more than 100 research papers in International and national journals and presented at national and international conferences. He is member of EMPWOWER Committee for PMGSY in ministry of rural development and many other technical committee of Government of India. His CV is published in Who’s Who in the World 2012 by nomination of Marcus Who’s Who in the World Organisation USA and published as distinguish national oversees awardee in Washington Bangla Radio and PIB India. He has widely travelled in many country have experienced to different transportation system in the world. He is recipient of Young Scientist for year 2011 award for CRRI, SKOCH Award 2019, CIDC Award 2022.