1. Reinventing Cities of Jharkhand
Shreya Gadepalli Director - South Asia

2. Promoting Sustainable & Equitable Transportation Worldwide

3. 01/04/12
Development ???
VIKAS???

5. 06/09/11
06/09/11
06/09/11
06/09/11 5 5 5

7. FREE FLOW FOREVER
AN ILLUSION !
AN ADDICTION !

9. Vision: 2026???

14. The Alternatives Before Us
Trips per day

15. For every lakh urban citizens…
8 km Complete Streets
40-60 city buses
2-3 km rapid transit
(in case of million+ cities)

16. Rapid Transit Worldwide

17. City population category
Modes by City Size
City population category
< 1 million
1-5 million
> 5 million
Walking &
Cycling Infra
Buses & Paratransit
BRT -
Metro

19. WHAT IS THIS ???
METRO + BUS = METROBUS !

20. Build Smart MRT

22. 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!

23. The BRT Standard
The BRT Planning Guide

24. 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

25. 6 lane road CW/dir = 3 lanes 2500 PCU/hr/dir (3000 pphpd) 06/09/11

26. 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

27. 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
( pphpd)
400%-1000% increase in road capacity
@ crores/km 27

28. What will ₹1,000 crores get us?
Underground metro: 2.5 km
Elevated metro: 5.0 km
Monorail: 6.7 km
BRT: 67 km

30. RANCHI: MOBILITY FOR ALL
A comprehensive study of the mobility needs of Ranchi

32. CITIES FOR CARS Build Roads Add Traffic Jams Add Pollution
Add Road Deaths

33. CITIES FOR PEOPLE Add Transit Add Density Cut Parking
Create Happiness!

34. 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

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