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 Ph.D. (Transportation Engineering) from Edinburgh Napier University (United Kingdom) and Master’s Degree (Transportation Engineering) from the University of Roorkee, India. He has been working for the last 26 years in the premiere CSIR-Central Road Research Institute India, Government of India, and currently, he is a Chief Scientist in Transport Planning Division. He has experience as Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh. His current research covers GIS Applications in transport. Rural road network planning, integrated transport network development plan, sustainable transportation system including EV, travel behavior and its impacts, evaluating and mitigation, and environmental impact of road transport on urban air quality, with a particular focus on rehabilitation and resettlement planning, real-world driving cycle related vehicular emission using advanced instruments, developing emission factors based on onboard, micro-simulation, and chassis dynamometer are critical research domain. He has supervised many graduate and postgraduate students besides research and consultancy research. He is a Life Member of the Indian Road Congress and CILT UK. He has completed over 50 sponsored research and consultancy projects for various departments like the World Bank, Centre of High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Road Transport and Highway, Ministry of Rural Development, other State governments, and Central governments. He secured more than 100 research papers in International and national journals and presented at national and international conferences. He is a member of the EMPWOWER Committee for PMGSY in the ministry of rural development and many other technical committees of the Government of India. His CV was published in Who is Who in the World 2012 by the nomination of Marcus Who is Who in the World Organisation USA and published as a distinguished national overseas awardee in Washington Bangla Radio and PIB India. He has traveled widely in many countries and experienced different transportation systems worldwide. He is a recipient of the Young Scientist for the year 2011 award for CRRI, the SKOCH Award 2019, and the CIDC Award 2022.