SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY UNDER SMART CITY MISSION CITY REPORT: UDAIPUR CITY REPORT: UDAIPUR SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY UNDER SMART CITY MISSION CITY REPORT: UDAIPUR ii MESSAGE Greetings! Title: City Report: Udaipur (Supporting Smart Mobility under Smart City Mission) Urban areas in India act as catalysts of economic growth as they play a significant role in contributing towards Publisher: ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia (ICLEI South Asia) national income, employment generation and productivity in their region of influence. Yet, city governments in Authors: Yougal Tak, Avantika Arjuna, Ashish Rao Ghorpade urban areas continue to lag behind in capacity and have poor infrastructure, resulting in substandard quality of Edited by the Communication Team of ICLEI South Asia life for end users even today. In order to address the above challenge, Government of India identified Smart City Design: DamageControl Mission as an integral source of funding amongst its on-going flagship programs to tackle the infrastructural Copyright: ICLEI South Asia (2019) gaps and capacity of urban local bodies. Year of Publishing: 2019 We are glad to provide our support in association with Sandeep Gandhi Architects in the mobility & built For private circulation only environment sector to four cities which are being developed as Smart Cities. This has been a unique initiative by engaging with the project cities and giving inputs to the smart city proposal, assisting in initiating specific Disclaimer: mobility projects, carrying out assessments and studies looking at feasibility and impact of projects, citizens The views/analysis expressed in this report/document do not necessarily reflect the views of Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation. The and community engagement based pilots that converted into tender development in line with the Smart City Foundation also does not guarantee the accuracy of any data included in this publication nor does it accept any responsibility for the Proposals. consequences of its use. The presentation of the material in this publication does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the authors I would like to express our gratitude to Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation for initiating the approach of concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning delimitation of its frontier or boundaries. assisting the city government’s with regard to mobility and built environment. I would also wish to thank the Moreover, the views expressed in the publication do not necessarily represent the decision or the stated policy of the author organizations. mobility & built environment sector experts, government officials, members of Smart City Special Purpose While every effort has been made to ensure the correctness of data/ information used in this report, the authors do not accept any legal Vehicles, municipal staff of the project cities for their continuous support provided towards completion of this liability for the accuracy of inferences drawn from the material contained therein or for any consequences arising from the use of this report. material. Warm regards, About Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation works to strengthen the energy security of India by aiding the design and implementation of policies that support renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transport solutions. Contact: ICLEI South Asia C-3, Lower Ground Floor, Green Park Extension (Emani Kumar) New Delhi- 110016, India Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability & [email protected] Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia http://southasia.iclei.org/ ii iii SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY UNDER SMART CITY MISSION CONTENTS Acknowledgment vii 1 Background 1 1.1 Objective 2 1.2 Smart City Handholding Support: Engagement Process 2 1.3 Activities Carried in the Cities under Handholding Support 2 2 City Profile 3 2.1 Population and Decadal Growth Rate 4 2.2 Population Density 5 3 Traffic and Transport Profile 6 3.1 Road Network 6 3.2 Vehicular Growth 7 3.3 Modal Split 7 3.4 Public Transport (PT) 8 3.5 Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) 8 3.6 Pedestrian and Non- Motorized Transport (NMT Infrastructure) 9 3.7 Parking Facilities 10 3.8 Sector Specific Focus under Smart City Projects 10 4 Sector Specific Projects/ Plans/ Proposals as a part of Handholding Support to Udaipur 12 4.1 Overview- Intersection Improvement in Udaipur- A Demonstration of Passive Junction Design Solutions 12 4.2 Parking Overview 16 4.3 Pedestrianization Plan in Walled City, Udaipur 26 4.4 Terms of Reference (TOR) for Introduction of Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System in Udaipur 34 4.5 Development of Hiran Magri Road as Smart Road in Udaipur 38 4.6 Identification of Bus Queue Shelter (BQS) Locations as a part of Supporting Infrastructure to the Proposed City Bus Operations under Smart City Projects 42 5 Sector specific anticipated impacts and outcomes 48 5.1 Sector overview 48 5.2 Anticipated Impact and Outcomes (in case it would happen) 48 5.3 Way Forward 48 6 Overall Learnings from the Current Engagement 49 iv v CITY REPORT: UDAIPUR SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY UNDER SMART CITY MISSION LIst OF taBLE acKNOWLEDGEMENT Table 1 Population Density, Udaipur (Source- Census 2011) 5 Table 2 Road Length and RoW, Udaipur 7 Table 3 Sector Specific Listing of Projects under SCP 10 At the beginning, ICLEI- Local Government for Sustainability- South Asia would like to thank ‘Shakti Sustainable Energy Table 4 Engagement activity and learning under Junction Improvement in Udaipur 16 Foundation (SSEF)’ for giving us this opportunity to provide handholding support to the city of Udaipur (Rajasthan) to deliver city scale action plans under transport and built environment through its grant program. Table 5 Engagement activity and learnings under Parking Management Strategy for Udaipur 25 Table 6 Engagement activity and learnings under Pedestrianization Plan in Walled City, Udaipur 33 We acknowledge the inputs of team members of Sandeep Gandhi Architects in providing technical support to the city. Table 7 Engagement activity and learnings under Public Bike Sharing in Udaipur 37 Table 8 Engagement activity and learnings under Hiran Magri Smart Road Project in Udaipur 41 We are highly obliged and acknowledge our sincere thanks to Mr. Sidharth Sihag, then Municipal Commissioner, Udaipur and Table 9 Engagement activity and learnings under Bus Que Shelter project in Udaipur 43 Mr. Chandra Singh Kothari, City Mayor, Udaipur for all their assistance, support and necessary guidance towards the successful completion of the projects under the grant program. Table 10 Summary of Support Provided under Shakti Smart Cities Program vis- a vis Proposed Interventions under Smart City Projects (SCP) 44 Our honest and deepest gratitude to Mr. Arun Vyas, Addl. Chief Engineer (ACE), Udaipur Municipal Corporation (UMC) for his constant guidance, valuable suggestions and criticisms during the entire project duration, without which the projects would not have streamlined to its present form. We would also like to acknowledge our sincere thanks to the current and former officials which include Mr. Rohit Gupta and Mr. Bishnu Charana Mallick, the then District Collectors, Udaipur; Mrs. Anandi present District Collector, Udaipur; Mr. Hemant Singh, then Municipal Commissioner, Udaipur, Mr. Ravindra Shrimali, then Chairman- UIT, Mr. Ram Niwas Mehta, then LIst OF FIGURES Secretary- Urban Improvement Trust (UIT); for all the assistance and necessary support towards the successful completion of the projects under the grant program. Figure 1: Municipal Area, Udaipur 4 We are obliged and acknowledge our sincere thanks to Mr. Paras Singhvi, Chairman, Nirman Samiti, Mr. Devendra Javalia, Figure 2: Population Growth Trend- Udaipur (Source- Census 2011) 5 Councilor- Ward No. 10, Mr. Robin Singh, Councilor, Ward No. 39 and all other Councilors we have come across during the Figure 3: Number of Tourists in Udaipur on yearly basis, Domestic & International (Source- RTDC, Udaipur) 5 tenure of the project for their timely guidance and support. Figure 4: Road Network, Udaipur (Source- Interim CDP, Udaipur 2014) 6 We also acknowledge our sincere thanks to Mr. Sudhir Joshi and Mr. Harsh Ratnu, then Addl. Superintending of Police (ASP), Figure 5: Vehicular Growth in Udaipur, (RTO, Udaipur) 7 Traffic and Mr. Paras Jain, current ASP, Traffic, Mr. Bhanvar Singh and Mr. Ratan Chawala, then Deputy Superintending of Police Figure 6: Trips by Modes (Source- LCMP, Udaipur, 2014) 7 (DSP), Traffic and also to Mr. Netrpal Singh, Chief Inspector (CI), Traffic Udaipur for their inputs, suggestions and guidance as and Figure 7: Junctions selected for Redevelopment and Pilot Implementation in First Phase 12 when required before, during and after implementation of various pilot projects. Figure 8: Design Proposal for Surajpole Junction 13 Figure 9: Junction locations on selected stretch 19 Our special thanks to Mr. Sibashish Dasgupta, Project Manager, M/s EPTISA Servicios de Ingeniería S.L. (PMC for Smart City Projects) and his whole team for their constant support and necessary assistance during the entire duration of project. Figure 10: Proposed Parking Plan At Ashwini Bazaar 20 Figure 11: Excerpts of Painting Proposal for Ashwini Bazaar as a measure to segregate the road spaces We also acknowledge our sincere thanks to all the officials from Nirman Section, UMC and more specifically