Smart Mobility for Sustainable Urban Transport O.P. Agarwal Director General, IUT (India) Presented at the 2 nd Asia BRTS Conference 29 th September, 2014
Our current situation: Registered Motor Vehicles
Our current situation: what kind of vehicles
Our current situation: Vehicular growth in cities
Our current situation: Vehicle density (vehicles/sq kms)
Our current situation: Growth in fuel consumption (Million Tonnes)
Our current situation: Growth in the oil import bill (Rs. Billion)
Projections: Motorized travel demand (in Billion Passenger Kms)
Projections of fuel consumption (MBOE)
Smart planning (1)
Smart planning (2)
II-13 Smart Planning (3) – What kind of city
Smart planning (4) Compact cities Focus on public transport and NMT – not cars and motor bikes Pay for free parking Pay for road use No cheap fuel Mass transit – not elevated highways and flyovers Seoul demolished an elevated highway and 46 flyovers in the city Optimal utilization of available resources – not just adding capacity
Smart planning (5) Financial sustainability Fares are not the only source of finance for public transport Make all beneficiaries pay, not just users Invest sensibly - Don’t over-invest or under invest Building a BRT where the demand is 60,000 persons for hour or a metro where it is 3000 persons per hour does not make financial sense
Capacity Utilization on the Delhi metro LinesLength (Km.)Passengers Passenger/ km Red Line25.093,60,51214,369 Yellow Line44.658,87,00319,866 Blue Line58.679,81,25216,725 Green Line ,6694,912 Violet Line23.241,85,4647,980 Total ,04,90014,725
Smart planning (6) Environmental sustainability: Reduce emission of GHG Reduce emission of local pollutants
Smart planning (7) Social sustainability Inclusive – available equally to all – women, aged, children, physically challenged, rich, poor Building elevated highways or flyovers primarily provide for those who can afford or are allowed to drive personal motor vehicles
ICT for what General belief that use of ICT makes things smart However, ICT has to be used as a tool for optimal utilization of a resource – not an end in itself Be sure what you want it for – don’t deploy without such an understanding
A city is smart if it uses its resources efficiently and reduces waste – not by investing more only to continue its waste