Annual Meeting on 'Sustainable Urban Transport Project‘

� JnNURM – Mission City

� Location : 20.18N &

70.51E

�Area : 104.86 Sq.Kms

�Population : 12,90,000 (as per census 2011)

�Climate : Max.43.5O C

(Avg.) : Min. 24.2 O C

�Rain fall : Avg. 700 mm

�City wards : 23

About CityAbout City

� The Business capital of Saurashtra region of

Gujarat State

� Among the 100 fastest developing cities in the

world

� Industrial centre of Saurashtra region

� Knowledge Hub with several educational

institutions of national and International

repute

� Connected by Air, Train, Highways to different

parts of the country

City ConnectivityCity Connectivity

� RMC took responsibility

of city bus service from

the state Govt. since

April 2006

� City bus service started

in PPP mode during

2006

� City Mobility Plan was

prepared during 2007

� Rajkot BRTS corridor to

cover city with 63.50

kms length planned

BRTS BackgroundBRTS Background

Rajkot Vehicular growth as per CMPRajkot Vehicular growth as per CMP

� Motor vehicles growth of 9.5% annually

� The highest growth is of two wheelers, which

is 9.8%

� Public transport in the city is only 0.5%

� More than 10,000 auto rickshaws and chhakda

(shared rickshaw) having average trip length of

5.4km and 13km respectively

� No separate facilities for NMVs

� Limited facilities for pedestrians

Mode of Travel and Trip (as per CMP 2007)Mode of Travel and Trip (as per CMP 2007)

AreaTrip Rate

(incl. Walk)Trip Rate

(Excl. Walk)Trip Length

(in Kms)

Central Area 1.21 0.90 2.93

Rest of RMC 1.32 0.95 3.84

Rajkot OG 0.89 0.53 3.21

(Overall) 1.29 0.92 3.71

Walk28.0%

PT& Others13.0%

Cycle21.0%

Two Wheeler38.0%

Identification of BRTS CorridorIdentification of BRTS Corridor

No. Name of Corridor

Name of Corridor in

terms of City

Coverage

Available Right of

Way (in Mt.)

Length of Corridor (in Km.)

1 Blue Corridor(Gondal Road-Ring Road crossing to Jamnagar Road-Ring Road Crossing to Greenland Chowk to Gondal Road)

Ring road 45 - 60 29.00

2 Green Corridor (Arvindbhai Maniar Nagar to Jamnagar Road – Ring Road Crossing)

North-South 18 - 24 16.50

3 Red Corridor (Green land Chowk to Saurashtra University)

East-West 18 - 24 18.00

Total… 63.50

Identification of BRTS CorridorIdentification of BRTS Corridor

Blue Corridor - 29 Kms

Green Corridor - 16.5 Kms

Red Corridor - 18 Kms

Total - 63.5 kms

Assessment of Rajkot BRTS CorridorsAssessment of Rajkot BRTS Corridors

No. Description Blue Rank Red Rank Green Rank

1 Width of Corridor (in mt)

45 – 60 1 18 -24 2 18 -24 3

2 Length of in Kms 29.00 3 16.50 2 18 13 Proposed width for

BRTS (in mt.)8.00 1 Mix mode

or 3.753 Mix mode

or 3.752

4 No of Junctions 55 1 61 2 63 35 No of Bottle Necks 0 1 1 2 2 36 Environment Issues 75 trees 2 No Impact 1 105 trees 37 Social Issues Hawker /

Street Vendors

3 Road side encroach

ment

2 Lesser Impact

1

AVG. RANKS 12 14 16

FINAL RANK (LESSER IS BETTER)

1 2 3

Phasing of Rajkot BRTS Blue CorridorPhasing of Rajkot BRTS Blue Corridor

Part I

Part II

Part III

� (Part-1) : Gondal Road

to Jamnagar Road -

10.70 kms

� (Part-2) :Jamnagar

Road to Morbi Road

(RUDA area) - 9.16 kms

� (Part-3) : Morbi Road

to Gondal Road

(National Highway) -

9.14 kms

Lane RedistributionLane Redistribution

� Development of the Complete Right of Way (ROW)

of the project road by way of:

� Segregated Bus lanes (3.35 m)

� Cycle Tracks (2.20 m)

� Footpaths for Pedestrians (1.80 m)

� MV Lane for Personalized Motor Vehicles i.e. Car,

Two Wheelers etc (8.00 m)

� Service Lane for Parking / Access to Properties

(4.50 m)

� Parking Lots for Personalized / Public Vehicles

Terminal / Interchange Points for Buses / Auto

Rickshaws

� Median Bus Stop / Bus Shelters

Concern about EnvironmentConcern about Environment

� Rs.1500 per tree including two years maintenance

� Payment only for survived tree

� Third Party Evaluation

� About 4000 tree on BRTS

� 1700 trees identified to remove

� 935 relocated

� 545 survived

RBRTS PhotoRBRTS Photo

RBRTS PhotoRBRTS Photo

Split fly Over- Longest BRTS Split Fly OverSplit fly Over- Longest BRTS Split Fly Over

BRTS Trial run with MercedesBRTS Trial run with Mercedes

� One A/C bus @ free

of cost

� During June 2011-

for one month

� Low Floor bus

� Let side-curb side

door

� Automatic gear

system

BRTS Trial run with SMLBRTS Trial run with SML

� One bus for one month

� Mini A/C bus like metro @ 650 mm platform

� Right side central door

� People appreciated

RBRTS busesRBRTS buses

� 11 buses on PPP (gross cost ) model

� @ Rs. 48/ km with clauses of price escalation

� All A/ C buses- Standard buses– 900 mm platform

� Left side central door

People’s ResponsePeople’s Response

People’s ResponsePeople’s Response

335831

473620

107466144044

217703

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

400000

450000

500000

Jan'13 (Free Service)

Feb'13(Free Service)

Mar'13 (Paid Service)

Apr'13 (Paid Service)

May'13 (paid Service)

No. of Passengers

Total since Jan-2013 =1.278 million

RBRTS bus shelterRBRTS bus shelter

� Level Boarding/ Automatic doors

� Left side central door- with announcing / GPS

� 4 minute headways

RBRTS bus shelter- Off board Ticketing RBRTS bus shelter- Off board Ticketing

Total ExpenditureTotal Expenditure

�Sanctioned Total Project Cost Rs. 110.00 Crore

�Fly Over Expense Rs. 53.06 Crore

�BRTS Road way Expense Rs. 103.19 Crore

�18 Bus Shelter Expense Rs. 4.60 Crore

�Total Expenditure Rs. 170 Crore

Changing Sky lines & ToDChanging Sky lines & ToD

� FSI on corridor increase by 0.75

� Chargeable FSI

� Only 20% of recovery will also generate @ Rs.150 crore

Then

Now

Changing Sky lines & ToDChanging Sky lines & ToD

Then

Now

Rajpath : Brand ImageRajpath : Brand Image

PhilosophyR for RajkotR for Rapid

Speed by Wheel & Narrow path

Current StatusCurrent Status

� RMC completed construction of 10.7 Km as

Rajkot Pilot BRTS Project under JnNURM

� Construction work of Blue corridor(Phase-I)

completed on 30 June 2011

� Completion of Bus Shelter on Aug’ 2012

� Trial run of bus was taken on 1 Oct’ 2012

� To study the passenger board in ratio & System

awareness, initially free service was started for

Five months

� Fare service was implemented from March 2013

� Number of Commuters were increased by 30%

as due to reduction in fare by 25% in May’2013

ITMS- advance stage of completionITMS- advance stage of completion

� Automated Fare Collection System (AFC) &

Common Clearing System

� GPS based Fleet Monitoring System

� Passenger Information System (PIS)

� Financial Management System (FMS)

� Vehicle Despatch & Scheduling System (VDSS)

� Depot Management System (DMS)

� Bus Terminal Management System (BTMS)

� Incident Management System (IMS)

� Business Intelligence (BI)

� Enterprise Management System (EMS)

Urban Transport Reforms & Implementation of NUTP

Urban Transport Reforms & Implementation of NUTP

� SPV – Rajkot Rajpath Ltd. is already formed

� Bus Income ,Bus Stop Advertisement &

Partly income from selling of FSI income as

Urban Transport Fund

� Negotiation with Adv + Bus service agency

for BRT bus deployment on PPP mode

� Established Separate cell for Traffic and

Mass Transport

� Draft for UMTA and Parking Policy

� NMT plan for city is awarded

Issue faced: ResolvedIssue faced: Resolved

� BRTS Project under JnNURM

� Negative Publicity after Delhi BRTS

� Encroachment @ 15 to 21 mts

� Tender premium

� Shifting of utilities

� Cash flow

� Bus Shelter was designed by consultant on curb site

shifted to median

� problems of camber/gradient

� adjusted in plate form

� Selection of types of buses

� Formation of SPV

Ajay Bhadoo IAS

Commissioner

&

Team RMC

Presentation by

vijayanadkat@yahoo.com