Reinventing Cities of Jharkhand Shreya Gadepalli Director - South Asia
Promoting Sustainable & Equitable Transportation Worldwide
01/04/12 Development ??? VIKAS???
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FREE FLOW FOREVER AN ILLUSION ! AN ADDICTION !
Vision: 2026???
The Alternatives Before Us Trips per day
For every lakh urban citizens… 8 km Complete Streets 40-60 city buses 2-3 km rapid transit (in case of million+ cities)
Rapid Transit Worldwide
City population category Modes by City Size City population category < 1 million 1-5 million > 5 million Walking & Cycling Infra Buses & Paratransit BRT - Metro
WHAT IS THIS ??? METRO + BUS = METROBUS !
Build Smart MRT 2003-2005
Quality, Capacity, Safety, with Speed BRT systems that deliver world-class passenger experiences, economic benefits, and positive environmental impacts. ...not an old bus running in a bus-lane!
The BRT Standard The BRT Planning Guide
Note the difference? La diferencia se nota. #1mas 65 passengers by cars vs 654 by BRT. Same space occupied. 60% of cars have only 1 passenger Cars and motorcycles account for 94% of the fleet, but only cover 25% of transport trips La diferencia se nota. #1mas
6 lane road CW/dir = 3 lanes 2500 PCU/hr/dir (3000 pphpd) 06/09/11
60% increase in road capacity @ >200 crores/km 06/09/11 06/09/11 4 lane road + 4 lane elevated road CW/dir = 2 lanes 1500 PCU/hr/dir (1800 pphpd) Elevated road/dir = 2 lanes 2400 PCU/hr/dir (2880 pphpd) 60% increase in road capacity @ >200 crores/km 26
400%-1000% increase in road capacity @ 15-20 crores/km 06/09/11 06/09/11 4 lane road + BRT system CW/dir = 2 lanes 1500 PCU/hr/dir (1800 pphpd) BRT/dir = 1 lane 50 articulated buses/hr/dir (10000-30000 pphpd) 400%-1000% increase in road capacity @ 15-20 crores/km 27
What will ₹1,000 crores get us? Underground metro: 2.5 km Elevated metro: 5.0 km Monorail: 6.7 km BRT: 67 km
RANCHI: MOBILITY FOR ALL A comprehensive study of the mobility needs of Ranchi
CITIES FOR CARS Build Roads Add Traffic Jams Add Pollution Add Road Deaths
CITIES FOR PEOPLE Add Transit Add Density Cut Parking Create Happiness!
HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE BUS RAPID TRANSIT ACTIVE EDGES PARKING REFORM 3535 HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE BUS RAPID TRANSIT ACTIVE EDGES PARKING REFORM WALK & CYCLINGS 35 35 35
“An advanced city is not one where the poor travel on cars but the rich travel on public transport!” Enrique Peñalosa Mayor of Bogota, Colombia Former President, ITDP Urban Visionary