Rajkot Municipal Corporation

About City  Location : 20.18N & 70.51E  Heart of Saurashtra region  Area : Sq.Kms  Population : 12,90,000 (as per census 2011)  Slum Population :2,02,371  Climate : Max.43.5 O C (Avg.) : Min O C  Rain fall : Avg. 500 mm  City wards : 23 Rajkot

BRTS Background  RMC adopted City Bus Service  City Bus with Private operator Tender invited  Self sustained and new income resource form Bus Service and Advertisement rights on bus stops  Rajkot BRTS corridor to cover city with kms length

BRTS Situation Blue Corridor - 29 Kms Green Corridor Kms Red Corridor - 18 Kms Total – 63.5 kms

Rajkot Blue Corridor BRTS – Phasing Three Parts Gondal Road to Jamnagar Road kms Jamnagar Road to Morbi Road (RUDA area) kms Morbi Road to Gondal Road (National Highway) kms Part-I Part-II Part-III

Rajkot BRTS – Blue Corridor (Ring Road) Total Length = = kms In first stretch, kms 15 Junctions 18 Bus stops Avg Trip Length 3.71 km

Lane Re-Distribution - Typical Cross Section Typical Cross Section at Mid Block  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  Bus Stop / Bus Shelters

Blue Corridor Part-1: Assessment Location Length (mt.) T- Jn Cross Jn. Other Jn. JamnagarRoad Cross Dharamnagar Gandhigram Police Chowki Raiya road Raiya Telephone KKV Hall Big Bazar Nanamuva Circle Balaji Hall Mavdi Circle Dhareswar Chowk Tirupati chowk JayVijay Dharmshala Punitnagar Gondal road cross Total

Change in Skyline along BRTS corridor  Development of BRTS corridor leads to change in Skyline along the corridor.  Further additional FSI along the corridor promotes high rise buildings.  Development of BRTS corridor attracts establishment of institutional, corporate, hotels, malls and hospitals.  Densification of corridor helps to increase in employment rate also.  Land values is also increased by 3-4 times along the corridor.

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BRTS Reforms  Committee to finalize SPV – Rajkot Rajpath Ltd. Is formed by the RMC  Bus Income & Bus Stop Advertisement income as Urban Transport Fund  Increase in FSI on BRTS corridor – to make BRTS project self sustainable.  Established Separate cell for Traffic and Mass Transport.

Role of Rajkot Rajpath Ltd.  Implementation of Blue, Green and Red BRTS corridors  Planning for new BRTS network on western part of city  Operation & Maintenance of BRTS Bus Service  Operation & Maintenance of BRTS Corridor  Revenue Generation from o Advertisement Kiosk o Advertisement on Unipole & Hoardings o Advertisement in /out Bus Shelter o Advertisement in /out BUS o Revenue from ATM space o Revenue from additional FSI along BRTS corridor

Rajkot BRTS – Bus Shelter & Road Way

Completed Road ways

Completed Cycle Track, Footpath area

Rajkot BRTS Fly Over

Quality Control

BRTS Trial Run with Mercedes Benz Bus

BRTS Trial Run with Tata and SML Bus

Way Ahead - Designing and Developing Operation Plan  Phase wise Procurement of BRT Buses  Development of ITMS  System elements – GPS, Ticketing M/c, Pass Design  Location – Pass Issuing  Timing - Operational Time, Time Table, Frequency  Developing Service Specifications  Evolving Implementation Structure  Operational / Contracting Strategy  Operation of Buses  Collection of fares  Procuring advertisements  Management of ITS system  Control System / ITS Plan  Administration / MIS Design

Phase wise Procurement of Buses  To provide effective mass transportation on BRTS, during this planned development of BRTS, 40 buses will be procured phase wise.  Phase –I Buses in 1 st Month  Phase – II Buses within 6 Months  Phase – III Buses within 2 Years  All buses will be AC with semi low floor 900 mm high  All buses will be BS-III/BS-IV category equipped with GPS instrument

ITMS Project Development  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)

Central Control Centre for Rajkot BRTS Operations monitoring at RMC - Control centre

Way Ahead – Extension of BRTS  Development of Remaining parts of Blue Corridor  Development of Red Corridor with LBRT  Development of Green Corridor with LBRT  Development of Corridor on Newly coming Ring Road – 2  Development of Corridor on Inter connecting Ring Roads - Raiya Road, Kalawad Road, Mavdi Road

Way Ahead – Extension of BRTS Existing Ring Road