Symposium on Public Transportation in Metrobus Indian Cities with Bus Rapid Transit in Istanbul Special focus on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System Madhav Pai
New Delhi 20-21 Jan 2010 Istanbul: Connecting Continents 1st Intercontinental BRT
Why Metrobus? Growing numbers: Rapidly increasing population Rapidly increasing number of vehicles
Severe congestion: cited by citizens as #1 problem Peak hours: speeds decrease to 8-10 km/hour
Quality of life: 23% of Istanbul commuters spend > 3 hours in traffic 22% of Istanbul commuters spend 2-3 hours in traffic
Why Metrobus?
The existing mass transit system is inadequate
City is trying to catch up with big metro and tram projects
Municipality has decided to improve the less expensive, rubber tire public transportation while the railway projects are being built.
Why Metrobus?
AVCILAR- TOPKAPI (18km) $46M TOPKAPI – ZİNCİRLİKUYU (11 km) $28M ZİNCİRLİKUYU – SÖĞÜTLÜÇEŞME (9km) $28M BEYLİKDÜZÜ – AVCILAR (12 km -projection) $23M
COST OF 50 KM CORRIDOR ~$125M Corridor What it Was 1246 Minibuses Removed from Corridor The Corridor
Istanbul has developed along an east-west axis; very long bus routes.
The D-100 highway which used to connect Europe with Asia now forms the main axis and has become an artery.
Thus, the decision to put the first corridor on the Topkapi-Avcilar line on the D-100 highway. What it has Become The Corridor: 50 KM
Phase 2
Phase 4 Phase 3
Phase 1 Phase One Opening date: 17.09.2007 Length: 18.3 km Duration time: Max 22 min/direction Number of round trips/workday: 1118 numbers Passenger capacity: 285,000 journey/day Number of stations: 14 14 868.000 passengers being carried on 144km rail
Phase Two Opening date: 08.09.2008 Length: 29 km Duration time: Max 110 min/round trip 1 hour/direction time savings Number of round trips/workday: 1378 numbers Passenger capacity: 545,000 passengers/day Number of stations: 2515 Passenger Count: Total 315 on one trip
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AlightingAlighting 60
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0 SSK. C.BAĞ E.KAPI PERPA M.KÖY İNCİRLİ VATAN Z.KUYU H.OĞLU FLORYA MERTER Ş.EVLER Z.BURNU Y.BOSNA TOPKAPI A.SARAY AVCILAR SEFAKÖY MALTEPE ŞÜKRÜBEY O.MEYDANI İETT KAMP. K.ÇEKMECE CAĞLAYAN CENNET MAH. AVCILAR NumberPassengersof atonEach Board Station 98 ŞÜKRÜBEY 126 İETT KAMP. 135 K.ÇEKMECE 139 CENNET MAH. 138 FLORYA 136 SEFAKÖY 134 Y.BOSNA 139 Ş.EVLER 148 İNCİRLİ 150 Z.BURNU 148 MERTER 147 C.BAĞ 130 TOPKAPI 128 MALTEPE 125 VATAN 124 E.KAPI 138 A.SARAY 137 H.OĞLU 136 O.MEYDANI 137 PERPA 134 SSK. 134 CAĞLAYAN 130 M.KÖY 63 Z.KUYU 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Passenger Load: 3 PM
Start of trip Wait for next bus Phase Three Corridor has crossed the bridge to Asia, ending at Söğütlüçeşme, train station with parking facilities.
Symposium on Public Transportation in Indian Cities with Special focus on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System
New Delhi 20-21 Jan 2010 Phase 4
Reduction in 104,000 Ton/Year of CO2 equivalent in Istanbul BEYLİKDÜZÜ - SÖĞÜTLÜÇEŞME
Phase 4
Upon completion of phase 4, the 50 km line will have 42 stations and 350 vehicles and will serve 865,000 passengers/day. Stations Stations
Long platforms allow docking of two buses simultaneously (three, at some)
Counter flow Stations
42 stations 8 stations serve physically challenged passengers, modernizaton of the stations continues Success Story “Opening of the Metrobüs Corridor on the 1st Day of School Gives Istanbul Traffic Breathing Room” Success Story
Travel time reductions of 1 hour or more. Passenger satisfaction
93% satisfaction
700 600 500 400 300 Series1 200 100 0 Glad 67% Absulutely Absulutely Unsatisfied No comment Glad 26% unsatisfied 2% 3% 2% Triumph
“Before, people in cars used to look at those of us stuck in busses as 3rd class citizens…
Now, as we speed past them, we look at the people in cars stuck in traffic as 3rd class citizens.” Issues & Solutions 1. Pedestrian Accessibility 2. Level Access & Bus Docking 3. Incomplete Terminals 4. Operational Design Issues (Bunching) 5. Inter-modal transfers 6. Fare integration one bus every 26 seconds 130 buses per hour 200 pax per bus 26,000 pax peak hour peak direction
15% increase in capacity – uniform floor height high floor access – better docking better docking, level boarding – improves reliability passengers transfer to light rail, suburban rail, metro rail systems. system not designed for integration transfer to other modes (foot bridges) gradually being put in place Fares
Electronic Fare Collection
Flat Fare – 1.35 Turkish Liras per trip 100 Indian Rupees (approx)
No fare integration across modes Thank You
Global Strategic Partners
CATERPILLAR FOUNDATION
Godrej Industries