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Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Dehradun COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN FOR DEHRADUN - RISHIKESH – HARIDWAR METROPOLITAN AREA May 2019 Comprehensive Mobility Plan For Dehradun - Rishikesh – Haridwar Metropolitan Area Quality Management Report Prepared Report Report Revision Date Remarks By Reviewed By Approved By 2018 1 Ankush Malhotra Yashi Tandon Mahesh Chenna S.Ramakrishna N.Sheshadri 10/09/2018 Neetu Joseph (Project Head) (Reviewer) Nishant Gaikwad Midhun Sankar Mahesh Chenna Neetu Joseph Nishant Gaikwad S.Ramakrishna N.Sheshadri 2 28/05/2019 Hemanga Ranjan (Project Head) (Reviewer) Goswami Angel Joseph TABLE OF CONTENTS Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Metropolitan Area focusing Dehradun-Haridwar-Rishikesh TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMARY...........................................................................................i 1 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 14 1.1 Study Background ......................................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Need for Comprehensive Mobility Plan ........................................................................................ 15 1.3 Objectives and Scope of the Study ................................................................................................ 16 1.4 Study Area Definition .................................................................................................................... 19 1.5 Structure of the Report ................................................................................................................. 21 2 UTTARAKHAND METROPOLITAN AREA PROFILE .................................................................. 23 2.1 Introduction – Regional Setting .................................................................................................... 23 2.2 Study Area ..................................................................................................................................... 24 2.3 Location and Linkages ................................................................................................................... 29 2.4 Demographics ............................................................................................................................... 35 2.5 Economy ........................................................................................................................................ 39 2.6 Tourism.......................................................................................................................................... 41 2.7 Transportation Systems ................................................................................................................ 43 2.8 Existing Transport and Traffic Characteristics ............................................................................... 51 2.9 Service Level Benchmarking .......................................................................................................... 67 3 TRAVEL DEMAND MODELLING AND FORECAST .................................................................... 76 3.1 Population Projection for Uttarakhand Metropolitan Area .......................................................... 76 3.2 Workers Population Projection for Metropolitan Area ................................................................ 77 3.3 Proposed Land Use Pattern and growth of cities .......................................................................... 78 3.4 Travel Demand Modelling and Forecasting .................................................................................. 83 4 MOBILITY VISION AND GOALS ............................................................................................. 97 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 97 4.2 Vision ............................................................................................................................................. 97 4.3 Goals .............................................................................................................................................. 98 4.4 Targets ......................................................................................................................................... 103 5 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT STRATEGIES ............................................................................. 105 5.1 Land use and Transport Strategy ................................................................................................ 105 5.2 Road Network Development Strategy ........................................................................................ 107 5.3 Public Transport Strategy ............................................................................................................ 107 P a g e | 1 Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Metropolitan Area focusing Dehradun-Haridwar-Rishikesh 5.4 Non-Motorized Transport Strategy ............................................................................................. 108 5.5 Freight Management Strategy .................................................................................................... 111 5.6 Traffic Engineering and Management Strategy .......................................................................... 112 5.7 Demand Management Strategy .................................................................................................. 115 5.8 Technological Strategy ................................................................................................................ 117 6 URBAN MOBILITY PLAN .................................................................................................... 118 6.1 Land Use Transport Plan ............................................................................................................. 118 6.2 Road Network Development ....................................................................................................... 128 6.3 Public Transport Improvement Plan ........................................................................................... 142 6.4 Non-Motorized Transport Plan ................................................................................................... 164 6.5 Freight Management Plan ........................................................................................................... 173 6.6 Traffic Engineering and Management Measures ........................................................................ 176 6.7 Technological Improvement Plan................................................................................................ 217 6.8 Demand Management Plan ........................................................................................................ 222 6.9 Regulatory Measures .................................................................................................................. 228 6.10 Development of Fiscal Measures: ............................................................................................... 231 6.11 Impact Assessment ..................................................................................................................... 236 7 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ................................................................................................... 241 7.1 Prioritization of Projects .............................................................................................................. 241 7.2 Phasing Plan ................................................................................................................................ 243 7.3 Financing Options ........................................................................................................................ 249 7.4 Institutional Framework .............................................................................................................. 256 8 OUTCOMES ...................................................................................................................... 265 8.1 Improvements in the mobility characteristics of the city ........................................................... 265 8.2 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 266 P a g e | 2 Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Metropolitan Area focusing Dehradun-Haridwar-Rishikesh LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1: Methodology adopted for CMP study ................................................................................ 18 Figure 1-2: Study Area - Uttarakhand Metropolitan Area .................................................................... 20 Figure 2-1: State of Uttarakhand .......................................................................................................... 23 Figure 2-2: Uttarakhand State .............................................................................................................. 23 Figure 2-3: Parts of Study Area in Haridwar District ............................................................................. 24 Figure 2-4: Parts of Study Area in Dehradun District ............................................................................ 25 Figure 2-5: Parts of Study area in Tehri Garhwal District ..................................................................... 26 Figure 2-6: Uttarakhand Metropolitan Study Area 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