Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short RoutesPresentation by: BEST in Association with EMBARQ India

BEST e-Ticketing ProjectPresented By:

Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, IAS

General Manager, BES&TPresented By:

Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, IASGeneral Manager

BEST

Presentation by: BEST in Association with EMBARQ India.

Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short Routes

Feeder bus services are designed to pick up passengers in a locality and take them to a transfer point where they make an onward journey on a trunk service.

Trunk service can be another bus, or a rail based service such as a tram, rapid transit or train.

Feeder buses act as part of a wider local network, or a regional network.

Planning and design of feeder services requires understanding of the existing origin-destination points, network connectivity, ease of transfer from/to the feeder service, competing alternatives, fare pricing, routing etc.

Introduction

Serving short distances typically between 4-6kms

High frequency service

Serving residential/commercial areas from/to trunk routes

Providing last mile connectivity

Fare pricing a key factor because of other competing modes

Characteristics of a Feeder Service

Circular Routes in business districts

Origin/Destination based feeder service Employment Based Residential Based Tourism Based

Peak Period Services

Long Distance routes, serving as feeders along certain sections along popular routes

Types of Feeder Service

Distance from the origin to destination

Travel Time based on actual traffic conditions (peak vs. non peak)

Nature of stretch - congestion levels, signals, constraints along the route

Availability of resources - Fleet Size and Personnel

Frequency of the service

Passenger potential

Coordination with trunk timings

Infrastructure at the trunk-end, eg: at the location

Planning of Feeder Services

0-2 kms Rs. 6

2-3 kms Rs. 8

3-5 kms Rs. 10

5-7 kms Rs. 12

7-10 kms Rs. 15

*Returns are high for short distance

Fare Structure (Mumbai) for Feeder Service

*some loop bus routes have a flat rate of Rs 6, like the Fort Pheri bus

Daily Ticket Sales: 9,09,06,731

Monthly Passholder Sales: 3,60,426

Ticket Purchases by Feeder Passengers (January 2013)

Western Express Highway

Goregaon Station

Case Study: Goregaon East – Route 344

Nagari Niwari

From: Goregaon Station (E) – Nagari Niwara

To: Goregaon Station (E)

Entire trip length: 9.3 kms

Bus Frequency: every 5-6 mins

Characteristics: Ring Route

Number of Buses (fleet): 8

Occupancy Ratio: 76%

Case Study: Goregaon East – Route 344

Western Express Highway

Goregaon Station

Case Study: Route 346

Nagari Niwari

Case Study: Route 346

From: Goregaon Station (E)

To: Nagari Niwari, Goregaon (E)

Entire Trip Length: 4.9 kms

Bus Frequency: 6-8 mins

Number of Buses (fleet): 8

Occupancy Ratio: 72%

Characteristics: Nagari Niwara Housing Society to Goregaon Station (connection from residential neighbourhood to local train station)

Major Route Competitors: Auto-Rikshaws

Western Express Highway

Goregaon Station

Case Study: Route 343

Aarey Colony

Case Study: Route 343

From: Goregaon Station (E)

To: Aarey Milk Colony, Goregaon (E)

Entire Trip Length: 4.7 kms

Bus Frequency: every 9-10 mins

Number of Buses (fleet): 10

Occupancy Ratio: 75%

Characteristics: Santosh Nagar (connection from residential neighbourhood to local train station)

Major Route Competitors: Auto-Rikshaws

Western Express Highway

Goregaon Station

Case Study: Route 452

Mayur Nagar

Case Study: Route 452

From: Goregaon Station (E)

To: Mayur Nagar, Goregaon (E)

Entire trip length: 4.8 kms

Bus Frequency: every 17-20 mins

Number of Buses (fleet): 6

Occupancy Ratio: 63%

Major Route Competitors: private bus companies that operate (clandestine)

Ghatkopar Station

Western Express Highway

Case Study: Route 340

Agarkar Chowk

From: Ghatkopar Station (W)

To: Agarkar Chowk, Andheri (E)

Entire Trip Length: 8.8 kms

Bus Frequency: every 6-7 mins

Number of Buses (fleet): 28

Occupancy Ratio: 100%

Characteristics: Operationally break even route Bi-directional route: from Ghatkopar to Andheri and reverse (uniform flow in both

directions)

Case Study: Route 340

Kanjurmarg Station

JVLR

Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 602

Hiranandani Bus Stop

From: Kanjurmarg Station (W)

To: Hiranandani Bus Station

Entire Trip Length: 5.2 kms

Bus Frequency: 8-10 mins

Number of Buses (fleet): 7

Occupancy Ratio: 91%

Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 602

Bhandup Station

Kanjurmarg Station

Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 604

From: Kanjurmarg Station (W)

To: Bhandup Station (W)

Entire Trip Length: 3.5 kms

Bus Frequency: 11-15 mins

Number of Buses (fleet): 5

Occupancy Ratio: 75%

Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 604

Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 608

Kanjurmarg Station

Hanuman Nagar

From: Kanjurmarg Station

To: Hanuman Nagar, Bhandup (W)

Entire Trip Length: 2 kms

Bus Frequency: 8 mins

Number of Buses (fleet): 5

Occupancy Ratio: 93%

Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 608

Fort Pheri

Entire Trip Length: 6.3 kms

Bus Frequency: every 4-5 mins

Characteristics: Ring Route

Case Study: CBD - CST Routes

Peak Period Operations (AM focus on trips originating at CST and PM focus on trips originating at employment districts)

Special 1: CST to NCPA

CST

NCPA

Destination: NCPA, Nariman Point

Entire Trip Length: 3 kms

Frequency: 2-4 mins

Peak Period Routes – Special 1 – CST

Special 2: CST to World Trade CentreCST

World Trade Centre

Destination: World Trade Center, Cuffe Parade

Entire Trip Length: 4.8 km

Frequency: 5 mins

Peak Period Routes – Special 2 – CST

Special 3: Colaba to Crawford Market

Crawford Market

Colaba Bus Station

Origin: Colaba Bus Station

Destination: Crawford Market

Entire Trip Length: 5 km

Frequency: 20 mins

Peak Period Routes – CST – Special 3

Special 4: CST to Free Press Journal Marg

CST

Free Press Journal Marg

Destination: Freepress Journal Marg (Shipping Corporation Building), Nariman Point

Entire Trip Length: 2.9 km

Frequency: 10 mins during PM peak periods

Peak Period Routes – CST – Special 4

AM Peak: 8:30am -11:30am

PM Peak:16:30pm -19:00pm

Double decker buses allow increased capacity

Case Study: CBD Churchgate - AM and PM peaks

Double decker buses allow increased capacity

Special 8: Churchgate - World Trade Centre - Churchgate

Churchgate

World Trade Centre

Destination: World Trade Center

Entire Trip Length: 7.6km

Frequency: 7-8 mins

Peak Period Routes – Churchgate – Special 8

Special 9: Churchgate – NCPA - Churchgate

Churchgate

NCPA

Destination: NCPA, Nariman Point

Entire Trip Length: 3.5km

Frequency: 2-3 mins

Peak Period Routes – Churchgate – Special 9

Bandra to Sion all the long routes and catering as feeder services

Dadar no infrastructure or space close to station all routes are passing routes and serve as feeders alighting points are Plaza Cinema and Kabootar Khana on

the west side and Dadar TT on the east side

Long Routes Serving as Feeder

Lack of proper infrastructure at station areas for feeder buses

Station areas need to be organized with proper access to

pedestrians by providing footpaths, organizing vending area,

space allocation for auto/taxi stands

Ideally feeder lengths should be 5-7 kms but have gone

beyond 7-8 kms from the stations in the recent times

For feeder services running time/kms has become very high

Limited resources- Fleet/Personnel

Challenges

Non availability of space for maneuvering at end locations

Need for pedestrian discipline and vehicle discipline.

Challenges Cont’d…

Private vehicles, autos, taxis (off-

peak direction) pick people in off-

peak direction after doing their actual

trip

Uni-directional pattern of travel (for

trunk as well as feeders)

Competition from IPT’s and private

operators

Feeders are an integral part of mass transit system of a city

Provide last mile connectivity

Proper planning needs to be done to ensure safe and

reliable movement of passengers

Need for better integration between feeder services and

destination nodes

Summary

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