Alternatives Analysis Study Report for two Corridors in Dehradun city and Corridors, connecting Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh (REVISED) July 2019 0 Alternatives Analysis Study Report for two Corridors in Dehradun city and Corridors, connecting Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh Alternatives Analysis Study Report for Two Corridors in Dehradun city and Corridors connecting Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh as per Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the Metropolitan Area Final Report (Revised) July 2019 Quality Management Report Report By Date Report Prepared By Remarks Reviewed By Approved By Yashi Tandon Draft Angel Joseph Ankush Final 28/12/2018 S Ramakrishna Hemanga Ranjan Malhotra Report Goswami Yashi Tandon Final Angel Joseph Ankush 14/1/2019 S Ramakrishna Report Hemanga Ranjan Malhotra Goswami Final Angel Joseph Report 12/07/2019 Hemanga Ranjan N. Seshadri (Revised) Goswami 1 Alternatives Analysis Study Report for two Corridors in Dehradun city and Corridors, connecting Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. 4 LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................ 7 1. NEED FOR STUDY ................................................................................................................................... 14 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Guidelines for Alternatives Analysis ......................................................................................... 15 1.3 Overview of Study Area ............................................................................................................ 15 1.4 Limitation of the study .............................................................................................................. 18 1.5 Regional Goals and Objectives .................................................................................................. 18 1.6 Need for the Study .................................................................................................................... 21 2. EXISTING SITUATION OF STUDY AREA ................................................................................................... 24 2.1 Existing Land Use ...................................................................................................................... 24 2.2 Urban Transport Problems and Issues within Metropolitan Area ............................................ 26 2.3 Mobility Strategies .................................................................................................................... 27 3. METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................... 36 3.1 Task 1: Identify Corridors for Alternatives Analysis .................................................................. 36 3.2 Task 2: Develop Screening Criteria for Identified Options ........................................................ 36 3.3 Task 3: Screening for Transit Corridor ...................................................................................... 37 3.4 Task 4: Screening and Evaluation for Preferred Transit System (Mode) .................................. 38 3.5 Task 5: Implementation Options for the Most Viable Alternative ........................................... 40 4. DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................................... 42 4.1 Planning considerations ............................................................................................................ 42 4.2 Description of Alternatives ....................................................................................................... 42 5. SCREENING OF ALTERNATIVES FOR CORRIDORS – FIRST ORDER TRANSIT CORRIDORS ....................... 90 5.1 Screening Parameters ............................................................................................................... 90 5.2 Screening For Alternative Corridors.......................................................................................... 90 5.3 Description of preferred corridor ........................................................................................... 102 2 Alternatives Analysis Study Report for two Corridors in Dehradun city and Corridors, connecting Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh 5.4 Screening For Alternative Transit Systems (Modes) ............................................................... 106 6. SCREENING AND EVALUATION BASED ON GRADING CRITERIA for Transit Systems – FIRST ORDER TRANSIT CORRIDOR .................................................................................................................................... 135 6.1 Evaluation Based on Scoring criteria ...................................................................................... 135 6.2 Screening Results .................................................................................................................... 135 6.3 Alternatives evaluation ........................................................................................................... 142 7. SCREENING OF THE ALTERNATIVES FOR CORRIDORS – SECOND ORDER TRANSIT CORRIDORS ......... 144 7.1 Screening For Alternative Corridors........................................................................................ 144 7.2 Screening For Alternative Transit Systems (Modes) ............................................................... 151 8. SCREENING AND EVALUATION BASED ON GRADING CRITERIA for Transit Systems – SECOND ORDER TRANSIT CORRIDOR .................................................................................................................................... 159 8.1 Evaluation Based on Scoring criteria ...................................................................................... 159 8.2 Screening Results .................................................................................................................... 159 8.3 Alternatives evaluation ........................................................................................................... 166 9. CONCLUSIONS...................................................................................................................................... 169 9.1 Corridor Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 169 9.2 Transit System Analysis ........................................................................................................... 169 9.3 Final Recommedations for the Transit Corridors .................................................................... 170 10. IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS FOR SUITABLE ALTERNATIVES .......................................................... 171 10.1 Implementation options for First Order Transit system ......................................................... 171 10.2 Pros and cons of each option .................................................................................................. 171 10.3 Implementation options for Second Order Transit Corridor .................................................. 175 10.4 Most suitable option for implementation .............................................................................. 177 11. WAY FORWARD ............................................................................................................................... 178 Appendix 1 ....................................................................................................................................................... i 3 Alternatives Analysis Study Report for two Corridors in Dehradun city and Corridors, connecting Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1: Location of Uttarakhand Metropolitan area and Major Cities within it..................................... 15 Figure 1-2: Cities in Study Area - (a) Dehradun-Clock Tower, (b) Rishikesh, (c) Haridwar - Har ki Pauri ..... 16 Figure 1-3: Growth of Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar in last 3 decades ............................................... 16 Figure 1-4: Public Transport Improvement Strategies for Dehradun City given in CMP study .................... 22 Figure 1-5: Public Transport Improvement Strategy proposed in CMP study connecting Dehradun – Rishikesh – Haridwar..................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 2-1: Urban Transport issues and challenges in the Uttarakhand Metropolitan area ........................ 26 Figure 2-2: : Multi modal concept for Dehradun city ................................................................................... 29 Figure 2-3: Transit Oriented Development along Major Corridors .............................................................. 30 Figure 2-4: Multi modal concept of Haridwar .............................................................................................. 30 Figure 2-5: Multi modal concept of Rishikesh .............................................................................................. 31 Figure 2-6: Corridor Connecting Dehradun-Rishikesh-Haridwar .................................................................