A Study of Transportation of Nagpur City Prof T K Rao, RCOEM Nagpur Abhishek Singh, 4th Yr RCOEM Nagpur || Amit Kr Gupta, 4th Yr RCOEM Nagpur Ayush Kumar, 4th Yr RCOEM Nagpur|| Bharat Jaju, 4th Yr RCOEM Nagpur Shikhar Sharma, 4th Yr RCOEM Nagpur ABSTRACT Transportation in Nagpur is important due to Nagpur's strategic location in central India. It is a fast growing metropolis and is the third most populous city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune, also one of the country's most industrialized cities. Due to increase in population as well as not simultaneous increase in transportation facilities in Nagpur city it found that there is a numerous problem face by city buses to gave safe and efficient facility to public. Due to these, public in Nagpur city were diverting towards the private transportation. So there is extreme need to improve public transportation which can improve by bus rapid transit system which is new transportation system provides safety and mobility to road users. This paper gives an idea about the present day availability of transportation means in Nagpur city and how it is placed as compared to other cities. Introduction Nagpur is one of 11 administrative districts in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state. Nagpur district lies between 20.35 deg to 21.44 deg North latitude and 78.15 deg to 79.40 deg. Nagpur district stretches over an area of 9892 sq.kms. Area under 364.66sq.kms is urban sector while area under 9527.34sq.kms is rural sector. In terms of area Nagpur district constitutes 3.21% of total area of State of Maharashtra Transport in Nagpur is important due to Nagpur's strategic location in central India. It is a fast growing metropolis and is the third most populous city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune, also one of the country's most industrialized cities. The highly dense population, mixed traffic flow, wide network of highways, highly polluted and of broadly dispersed pattern are the factors responsible for time consumption of people and pollution in the city results into the impact on health of people. Due to increase in transportation and increase in population in Nagpur city it found that there is a numerous problem face by city buses to gave safe and efficient facility to public due to these they were diverting towards the private transportation. so there is extremely need to improve public transportation which can improve by bus rapid transit system which is new transportation system provide safety and mobility to road users. Public Transport is a mass transportation of people from one place to another place through Bus, Rail, and metro, LRT, BRT with efficient speed, punctuality, frequency, facilities, comfort, convenience, and reliability. Public transport or public transit is a shared passenger transport service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as hired buses, metro rails, local trains which are not shared by strangers without private preparatory measures. Most of the public transport runs to a scheduled timetable with the most frequent services running to headway. Objective of Review The main objective of undertaking Sustainability concept in Nagpur city is to ensure good governance in the city. The objectives and various tasks to be achieved can be stated as follows: 1. To find out the various operational data of Star Bus Nagpur. 2. To find the motor vehicle population in Nagpur and its various significance as well as comparing with various cities. 3. To compare the current results of delay and emission of traffic with the modified values after applying strategies. 4. To evaluate different transportation strategies. Scope of study This research work is a report covering the analysis of the data collected, presenting the existing and future transportation scenario along with the list of strategies identified for Nagpur. The report also presents the future forecasts and the strategies to overcome the transportation deficiencies in the coming years within the study area. Methodology Methodology includes following steps:- 1. Collection of data from MSRTC 2. Collection of data from RTO 3. Collection of data from Star Bus Services. Public & Driver Opinion Towards Existing System With regards to the existing system of public transportation, the opinion and view toward the existing system was conducted. Because if the view of public and Driver towards the existing system is good, the peoples will automatically diverted on public transportation the growth of public transportation is increase and The use of private transportation facility will be reduce which directly puts good impacts. A. Survey of 50 peoples which uses the public transportation Facility Collecting information, For what purpose they are using Public Transportation Facility Problem Facing B. Driver's opinion about Existing system Collecting Information From the driver and There point of view B . The survey of 100 peoples which uses public transportation facility (city bus) and Drivers of city bus were conducted . The most of the people are from Nagpur which uses the city bus for going to school, colleges , and their respective works when the survey were conducted it was found that the most of were unhappy by using the existing public transportation system. there review was not satisfactory because the time taken to reach their destination point for example school, colleges, office and their respective works is more .The people have fear in their mind of accidents because the traffic on the road are highly congested and the bike drivers, rickshaws and pedestrians not follows the rules and regulation, not driving their respective vehicle properly and there is more chances of accident happening. According to driver point of view due to heterogeneous traffic they face many problem due to improper driving of the vehicle user they suffer from accident. Drivers of the city bus face the congestion problem due to this the time required to reach the respective destination point is more. Drivers are mentally harassed by improper behavior of road users .They do not fill safe while Driving the star bus in heterogeneous traffic. Data From RTO Sr. No. Category RTO Nagpur Dy RTO Nagpur Total MH 31 MH 49 Nagpur City 1 Two Wheelers 1071912 137644 1209556 2 Motor Cars 108681 16461 125142 3 Jeeps 31389 4906 36295 4 Invalid Carriage 842 0 842 5 Meter Fitted Taxies 9 4 13 Cool Cabs 28 0 28 Phone/ Fleet Taxis 0 0 0 Tourist Taxies (A/C) 2364 602 2966 Tourist Taxies (NON A/C) 1019 180 1199 Luxury Taxies 0 1 1 6 Passengers A/Rikshaws 4414 6077 10491 Pvt. A/Rikshaws 4076 0 4076 7 Stage Carriages 1739 0 1739 8 Cont. Carriages(Ordinary) 904 149 1053 All India Tourist Vehicles 0 1 1 All Maha Permit 0 1 1 Sleeper Coaches 22 18 40 9 School Buses( 12 Seater) 303 777 1080 More than 12 Seater 345 47 392 10 Pvt Service Vehicles(A/C) 1317 12 1329 Pvt Service Vehicles(NONA/C) 0 4 4 11 Camper Vans/Vech.(N/T) 0 0 0 Camper Vans/Vech.(Tr.) 0 1 1 12 Escalators/ Loaders etc. 0 1 1 13 Cranes 143 6 149 14 Ambulances 626 96 722 15 Delivery Vans(3 wheelers) 7219 2918 10137 16 Delivery Vans(4 wheelers) 15182 4528 19710 17 Goods Trucks 12158 3259 15417 18 Water Tankers 285 42 327 Kerosen Tankers 844 0 844 Diesel Tankers 493 24 517 Petrol Tankers 275 16 291 Other Tankers 659 13 672 19 Arti. & Multi Axle Vehicle 933 272 1205 20 Agri. Tractors 5456 85 5541 21 Agri Trailers 5403 22 5425 22 Others 1247 0 1247 Total 1280287 178167 1458454 From the above data it is quite clear that the major source of public transport is the private and public auto rikshaws which ply in the city. Also it could be concluded from the data that because of lack of good public public transport in the city, a large number of people especially daily travellers travel using their 2 wheelers which contribute to the more than 82% of total vehicles. These two wheelers are a major source of pollutant and also cause traffic woes on roads due to erratic driving. Data About Star Bus Nagpur There are total of 84 routes of star buses in Nagpur. The lowest frequency of buses exists between Sitabuldi and Nari as well as Sitabuldi and Bramanwada with the frequency of one buses per 2 hours. The highest frequency of buses is in between Sitabuldi to Higna with bus per 5 mins. The longest route is in between Morarji to Sitabuldi whic is of 28 KM. The shortest route is in between Sitabuldi to Nara. Even though the longest route is 28 Kms but is takes the least time to reach i.e. 20 mins which is half the time required to transverse the shortest route of Sitabuldi to Nara. This gives an insight about the congestion in different routes but it may also vary with the number of stoppages and the traffic volume of different routes. The first bus of the day starts for Hingna at 5:15 in the morning. In this route there is large volume of traffic of daily commuters and students of various colleges. 1. The total number of registered buses is 370 of which 244 are operational. 2. There are 2 types of buses i.e. 44 seated and 25 seated. 3. There are 3 depots in Nagpur on great Nagpur road, Teka and Yashwant Stadium. 4. The average income on one operational route is Rs 7096 per bus. 5. On a daily basis a total of 415 drivers, 415 conductors, 55 admin staff and 70 mechanics are employed and engaged.