CASE STUDY ON OPTIONS TO IMPROVE BUS NETWORK IN

By Jayatheja A Associate (Transport Engineering) Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) Pvt. Ltd.,

Conference on Smart Mobility (5th – 8th December 2012) Research Symposium The Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi

General

This study is sub activity of Megacity Project named “Sustainable Hyderabad”

Strategic transport model from Megacity Project is the base for the model developed in this study

Objectives are to asses the existing bus network in the study area and to measure the impact of options suggested to improve the bus network

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Methodology

Selection of Planning area

Data Collection

Detailed Network Modeling in VISUM & Calibration of Bus Network

Analysis of Bus Network

Suggestions/Improvements

Measure the Impact of suggestions/improvements in bus network

3 Planning Area for Pilot Study

. Size: 19 sqkm

. Population: 0.7 mio.

. National highways

. Three MMTS Stops

. Three Bus Depots

Network Modelling

. Total of 130 bus stop locations in study area

. 193 line routes both in up and down direction with headway less than one hour and passing through the planning area with exact routing and serving all stops within the planning area are integrated.

Network Modelling

Calibration value Calibration of Base Network

Trip Length from APSRTC data From Model developed in VISUM

Avg. Ride distance = 10 km Avg. Journey Distance = 13km Avg. Ride Distance = 10km

7 Parameters for Graphical Analysis

Number of service trips

Passenger volumes

Area coverage

Volume/capacity-ratio

8 Number of service trips

Lakadikapool

Narayanaguda

Abids

Koti

Service Trips Per Peak Hour Afzalgunj

Planning Area

9 Passenger Volumes

Passenger Volumes Per Day 10 Area Coverage

Volume/Capacity Ratio Volume/Capacity Ratio

Volume/Capacity Ratio Findings Areas not having accessibility to public transport Findings Major Corridors with very high in number of service trips – potential reason for congestion Suggestions to improve bus network

Small scale improvements – Rerouting of line routes in order to improve accessibility to the catchment areas – New stops in increasing the area coverage Network restructuring towards MRTS and main bus corridors – Less trips – Articulated buses – Hierarchical network with feeder facilities

15 Small Scale Improvements in current network . Additional bus stops for better accessibility

. Rerouting of line route (route 94R) ending at Nampally railway station for an improved accessibility to Nampally Nampally railway station

. Creation of new line route connecting 94R Nampally and Kachiguda train stations via Himayath Nagar road

(30 minutes headway, 6 New Line Routes

kilometre distance, 18 New Stop minutes run time)

16 Cont…

Base Scenario Planning Scenario

Approx. 40,000 people with better access to public transport Approx. 50,000 people having direct connection to Nampally 17

Network restructuring towards MRTS and main bus corridors

Future Metro Network Phase 1

Preferential Bus Transport System

18 Network restructuring towards MRTS and main bus corridors Ending line routes: 9, 63, 65, 66, 83, 100, etc.

Lakadikapool Ending line routes: 1, 3, 45, 86, 101, etc.

Public gardens Naranyanaguda

YMCA

Abids Madapati Hanumatha school

Preferential Badichowdi bus transport system GPO 4 line routes 5 minutes peak headway MJ Market 2.5 minutes headway on link Koti Lakadikapool – Afzalgunj: 5.5 km Naranyanaguda – : 3.8 km CBS bus stop Malakpet High-capacity vehicles Ending line routes: 102, 104, 127, etc. Afzalgunj bus stop

Ending line routes: 4,48,139,218, etc. 19 Network restructuring towards MRTS and main bus corridors

20 Conclusions

Accessibility to bus stops was increased by providing new stops in the study area which resulted in better access to approximately 40,000 people. Introducing preferential high capacity bus transport system on the major potential corridors resulted in decreased number of service trips and buses to run over these corridors. According to the transportation model operating kilometres are reduced by more than 16,000 per day. The number of ordinary bus vehicles declines by 47, while 16 new articulated busses would be needed additionally.

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