Megapolis Transport Masterplan

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Dr. Dimantha De Silva Senior Lecturer , Transport Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa

Capacity Building Workshop on Sustainable Urban Transport Index (SUTI) 30 th & 31 st October 2017 Conceptual Framework

Define an urban edge Densify nodes on periphery of the Core Area Link with mass transit and improve connectivity Upgrade and densify key existing towns Develop specialized economic clusters Colombo CBD – financial & service cluster Industrial/manufacturing cluster Airport related activity cluster Science and technology cluster Logistics corridor Plantation related economic cluster Forest related economic cluster Tourism cluster • Transport and Land Use – Direct impact from • Land use Interventions on the Transport • Transport Interventions on Land use – Integrated Approach – Transport Plan needs a Structure Plan for its Future forecast Planned Growth – Not Uniform

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Mobility Issue within the Region (2013) • 10 Million Passenger Daily Trips within CMR • 7.8 Million/day Motorized Trips (2.2 Million Non motorized, eg. Walking) • 1.9 million Daily Passengers Entering the CMC limits each Day.

• Average Trip Lengths (Distance People Mode Share Rail Travel) within CMC 4km. Trips made from 3.4%

outside 6km, in CMR 12km Car • Average Travel Speed in CMR 17km/h 14.0% • Average Travel Speed within CMC 12km/h MC • With Population Increase the Need of 17.9% Bus Travel is going to Increase 48.1%

3W 16.3%

Taxi 0.3% 2013: 246,000 Pax Peak Rail 43% 2013: 438,000 Pax Peak Rail – 39% • 1.9 Million Daily Pax to CMC • Rail Share – 4% (CMR) • With Approx. 200km of Rail 2013: 150,000 Pax Peak Rail - 0% • Bus Share – 48% (CMR) • With Approx. 2500 km 2013: 348,000 Pax network Peak Rail – 0% • Peak Rail Share on Corridors 2013 : 174,000 Pax are still high Peak Rail – 10%

2013: 130,000 Pax Peak Rail – 0%

2013: 298,000 Pax Source: Comtrans Study Peak Rail-35% Transport Proposal • Based on Proposal outlined in ComTrans and MOT Master plans. • Study Team (Core Team) • Dr Dimantha De Silva; Senior Lecturer UoM (Transport Planner, Spatial Economic Modeller, Transport Modeller) Ph.D(Calgary), P.Eng.(Alberta), B.Sc. Eng (Hons)(Moratuwa), M.Sc. (Moratuwa) • Prof Saman Bandara, Senior Professor UoM (Transport Planner, Traffic Engineer) BSc. Eng (Moratuwa), PhD. (Calgary), FCILT • Dr. Namali Sirisoma , HoD, M&F, KDU (Transport Planner, Public Transport Specialist) PhD, B.Sc. Eng (Hons), C.Eng, CMILT(UK), MITE(US), MIE(SL) • Mr. Kaushan Devasurendra (Transport Engineer) B.Sc. Eng. (Hons), AMIE(SL), AMHES • Ms Wanuji Abewickrema (Transport Engineer) B.Sc. Eng. • Mrs. I.K. Wijeratne (Transport Analyst) - B.Sc. (Science), MSc. (Transportation) MSc. (Geo- Informatics) • Resource Team – Over 30 Individuals across key Stakeholders • Continuous Consultation with Stakeholders, RDA, CMC, MoT, Railway , NTC, WPTA, Police, NPPD. (not one off) • Considering Practicality with due consideration for the demands of transportation. Do People Travel by Corridor?

Not Necessarily

Radial Travel Patterns Fort 1,658 1,370 612 1,136 2,447 10% 9% 10% 11% 14% 10% Bus Passenger OD in Galle Road

50% 32% 49% 36% 54% Passengers 62% Passengers

Wellawatte 6,063 6,378 Passengers 2,027 4,235 14,416 CMC Boundary Passengers

Passengers 23,055 Dehiwela 7,886 Rathmalana 5,682 Katubedda 12,808 • Solution should be based on Network rather than Corridor. Moratuwa 100% • Providing a solution to one corridor will not solve the problem Panadura 18,866 1.9 Million 4.5 Million 2013: 246,000 Pax 2035: 761,000 Pax 2013: 438,000 Pax 2035: 966,000 Pax

2013: 150,000 Pax 2035: 202,000 Pax

2013: 348,000 Pax 2035: 656,000 Pax

2013 : 174,000 Pax 2035: 398,000 Pax

2013: 130,000 Pax 2035: 272,000 Pax

2013: 298,000 Pax 2035: 624,000 Pax Technologies 350 2035 Underground Metro

80 Negombo Rd Negombo Parliment Rd Parliment Kandy Rd Kandy Elevated Rd Galle Highways Elevated Rail 60

PeakElevated Hour Bus Pax* 40 BRT Parliment Rd Parliment Negombo Rd Negombo Galle Rd Galle Rd Kandy Capital Cost (US$ (US$ million/km) Cost Capital 20 Urban Trams 2013 Rail BRT 0

9,500 20,000 40,000 60,000 13,900 14,100 Passengers per hour per direction (1 lane/track) * Source: ComTrans Study Tech Report 6 Transport Proposal 1. Public Transport Improvements – Railway Electrification – Rapid Transit System – Inland Waterways – Bus Modernization – Multimodal Facilities – School bus/Taxi Regulations

2. Road Infrastructure Improvements – National and Urban Expressways – Improvements of existing and Missing Links

3. Transport Demand Management (TDM)

4. Environmentally Sustainable Transportation Railway Electrification and Modernization

• 196km of Existing Rail Lines & 52km of New rail lines – allow 2-3 minute headway COST: 3.1 Billion USD • Station Upgrades, • Rolling Stock, • Communication, • Signals, • Tracks and operations. Railway Electrification and Modernization 1. Existing Rail Lines (196km) I. Panadura _ Veyangoda (extension to Polgahawela) (110km) 1 II. Ragama Negambo and Airport 2 Connection (26km) III. KV Line (60km)

2, New Rail Lines(52km )

5 IV.Kottawa – Horana (22km) V. Kelaniya – Dompe _ Kosgama (Freight Line) (30km)

4 New Rapid Transit System (RTS) • Elevated in CBD and Elevated/At ground on Suburbs (75Km) – Approx. 63km Elevated, 12km At ground COST: • Technologies 3.5 Billion USD – Light Rail Transit (LRT) or Light Metro (30,000 PPHPD) – Monorail (30,000 PPHPD) – BRT (13,000 PPHPD) New Rapid Transit System (RTS) With LRT

Kelaniya Elevated RTS – Line 1 (Green) Fort MMH Fort –Kollupitiya-Bambalapitiya- Borella-Union Place- Maradana (15km) Dematagoda Kaduwela Elevated RTS – Line 2 (Orange)

Fort- Maradana- Mattakkuliya/Peliyagoda (11.5km) Elevated RTS – Line 3 (Red) Cotta Rd Dematagoda-Borella-Kirulapone-Havelock City- Bambalapitiya (10km) Elevated or at grade RTS – Line 4 (Purple) Kollupitiya Narahenpita Borella – Malabe (10Km) Elevated or at grade RTS – Line 5 (Pink) Bambalapitiya Malabe – Kottawa via Malabe (9.6km) Elevated or at grade RTS – Line 6 (Olive)

Malabe – Kaduwela (6km) Kottawa MMC Elevated or at grade RTS – Line 7 (Ash)

Peliyagoda – Kadawatha (13km) Inland water

Mattakuliya transport • Comfortable (AC), Safe Commuter Service

Hanwella – Wellawatte – Battaramulla (IW1) Fort – Fort – Union Place (IW2) – Mattakkuliya – Hanwella Line

Union (IW3) Place Parliament Rd • Promote Eco Tourism in Non Peak times Highlevel Rd COST:

Marine Dr Baseline Nawala Rd 125 Million USD Galle Rd Bus Modernization( Higher Level of Service)

• Better Door to Door Service • Easy Access and Comfortability • Integration with RTS and Rail • Incorporate Existing Operators and providers

ACTIONS COST: • Institutional Reforms 663 Million USD • Modernization of all buses • All Routes • Low Floors, A/C, Smart IT systems including GPS, • Revision of Bus Routes • Identification of new routes using expressways for trips within CMR • Rescheduling of Buses • Modernize all bus stops and terminals • Provide bus lane and bus priority where implementable LRT Station

Feeder Buses Multimodal Transport Hub & Centres

Fort/Pettah Main Hub 11 Multi Modal Center • Horana, Kottawa, Kaduwela, Kadawatha, Panadura, Negambo, Avissawella

• Gampaha, Meerigama, Ragama, Moratuwa

Proposed Development Area

Integration of Transportation, Commercial, Logistics & leisure facilities COST: 300 Million USD Public Transport Network

• Modernized Bus • Electrified Rail • Modern RTS • Inland water • Multimodal Facilities Improve School and Office transport Services

• Form a regulatory mechanism

• Separate companies to provide higher quality door to door, reliable service with A/C, monitoring facilities.

• Extend ‘Sisusariya’ Program Regulate Taxi Service

• Common Identification of Taxi Service

• IT based service

• Develop regulatory body and policy documents for taxi operations

• Review charging regulations Road Infrastructure Development

Central Expressway

COST: 3.3 Billion USD • National Expressway Expansion – Central Expressway – Ruwanpura Expressway • Improving Existing Roads – Horana to Mirigama via Paddukka and Ruwanpura Expressway Kirindiwela – Negombo- Divlapitiya - Mirigama – Ja-ela to Divlapitiya via Ekala and Minuwangoda – RDA On going and identified Projects Road Infrastructure Development

• New Urban Expressway – Port Access Expressway (New Kelaniya Bridge to Port)

– New Kelaniya to Pore Via Battarmulla • Improving Missing Links – Baseline Extension – Marine Drive Extension to • Galle Face • Dehiwela – Duplication Extension to Hospital Road Transport Demand Management

• Introduce Flexible and Staggering work hours • Efficient Traffic Enforcement with CCTV Monitoring/Red Light Camera • Parking Management Systems • Signal Light Improvements (Improvements, Upgrades and Synchronization) • Traffic Flow Management Centre • Road Pricing (ERP) – Once Sufficient Public Transport Improvements are COST: completed .(2025) 196 Million USD Immediate TDM Measures

• 56 Projects Identified for Immediate Intervention

A. Minimize Effects Due to Freight Movement (5) B. Improving Road Network Capacity (8) C. Improving Road Link Capacity (10) D. Removal of Bottlenecks (5) E. Improving Intersection Capacity (6) F. Improving Pedestrian Facilities (6) G. Road User Information Systems (2) H. Improving Road Safety (6) I. Emergency Access (1) J. Minimizing Congestion in Town Areas (3) K. Parking Management (4) Traffic Arrangement Near Schools Environmental Sustainable Transportation COST: 229 Million USD

• Use of Canal Banks • Improve Walkability – Pedestrian Paths • Encourage NMT transport – Bicycle Paths Project Commencement

Immediate

Within 6 Months 6 Months - 3 Years 3 Years -5 Years 5 Years + Conclusion • Megapolis Transport Masterplan is the latest official Masterplan for Western Region – Approved by 3 secretaries of the 3 ministries • Public Transport Intervention a Priority – Railway to carry much of the load – RTS to provide fast access to CBD and Suburbs – Modernized Buses to supplement with improved connections to rail and RTS stations – Supplemented with use of Inland water transport • Highway improvements need to supplement the Public transport interventions • Need Transport Demand Management until the Infrastructure is built.