th 04 December, 2010 ORGANIZING EXISTING PARA TRANSIT TO WORK AS FEEDER FOR JANMARG - BRTS AHMEDABAD A project under JnNURM An initiative of: A H M E D A B A D M U N I C I P A L C O R P O R A T I O N Operations : A H M E D A B A D J A N M A R G L T D. Technical support : CEPT University, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad today • Area- 466 sq kms. Population-60 lakh, By 2031 >1 Crore • 22 lakh vehicles. 2 wheelers-73 percent, 8 Lakh Bicycles, 70000 3-wheelers • Addition of 400 vehicles every day • Bus trips 10 lakh per day • Ahmedabad has 6 ring roads and 17 well developed radials. Mixed Land uses • Avg. Trip Length is about 5.5 kms in Ahmedabad (Bangalore–11 kms, Hyderabad–8 kms) • Low Road Fatalities (Ahmedabad 224, Surat-267, Bangalore - 700, Hyderbad-424, Delhi>2000) • CNG Introduced AHMEDABAD INITIATIVES • Suburban Rail Transit System (Ahmedabad-Kalol, Naroda, Mehemdabad) • Metro Rail System • A Bus Rapid Transit System to cater to major mobility needs of the city, • A regular Bus System to support BRTS, namely feeder systems, • 20 Railover bridge/underpass, Flyovers • 2 River Bridges 20 Railover bridge/underpass, Flyovers 2 River Bridges Pedestrian and NMV Facilities along the BRTS corridor Area Traffic Control System (93 Junctions) LENGTH 38 Kms. THE PROPOSED REGIONAL RAIL CORRIDOR INITIAL PROPOSAL ADDITIONAL LENGTH 32 Kms. GANDHINAGAR GIFT A M A AD RM NA KALOL NARMADA MAIN CANAL AHMEDABAD THE PROPOSED METRO CORRIDOR TOTAL LENGTH 82 Kms. A M A AD RM NA NARMADA MAIN CANAL INTEGRATED TRANSIT PLAN Suburban Rail Chandkheda GIFT city Metro corridor (phase 1) Metro corridor (phase 2) Phase 1 corridors (58 kms.) Sabarmati Rly. Phase 2 corridors (30.5 kms.) stn Naroda Ahmedabad Sola RoB Ranip village Airport. Airport RTO Naroda GIDC Naroda Railway Stations AEC GSRTC terminals Gujarat University Gandhigram Odhav University/ educational Bopal Rly. stn Kalupur Industrial campus Rly. Stn. estate Odhav Shivranjani Nehrunagar Soni ni Industrial estates chaali Geeta Maninagar Rly. Mandir stn. AHMEDABAD - LANDUSE PLAN Vatva Industrial estate Narol LEGEND RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONAL BRT Network (88 km) Motera stadium Naroda GIDC Gandhi Ashram University Bopal ISRO Law Garden Railway station Odhav GIDC ISBT Kankaria lake Maninagar BRT operational route (38 kms.) Vatva GIDC Narol Types of integration • Janmarg – AMTS Existing service. AMTS complements and feeds Janmarg • Janmarg – Janmarg feeder Planning stage. Exclusive feeder service for Janmarg • Janmarg – Metro (Higher level integration) Planning stage. Modal interchange • Janmarg – Paratransit Existing informal service. Plans to formally integrate with Janmarg trunk services Janmarg – AMTS • Rationalize AMTS routes as BRTS network increases Withdraw or divert competing services in phased manner as BRTS network expands • Rationalize AMTS to act both as feeder and complementary service AMTS routes to ‘cut across’ BRT corridor and act as feeders; AMTS routes to run as city level services on ‘non BRT’ corridors • Eventual fare integration between Janmarg and AMTS Janmarg – AMTS BRT Trunk services AMTS services Feeder services Add BRTS corridor to illustrate route overlap 201/301 CANCEL 101, 102, 105 continue near airport Add BRTS corridor to illustrate route overlap 202 CANCEL Add BRTS corridor to illustrate route overlap 160 SHORTEN retain from High Court to University Routes - 13,13-1, 13-1S Routes – 14, 52, 96 Routes – 61,63,87, 87 (short route) BRTS corridor Interchange Old route New route Janmarg Feeder service • Dedicated buses operated by Janmarg • Buses enter the corridor and leave after accessing one/two bus stops • Buses have doors on both sides; RHS used in BRT corridor and LHS used outside • Typical route of 4-8 km • Complete physical, fare and institutional integration possible Interchange happens in BRT station, smart cards for both buses and operated by Janmarg Planning feeder service Paldi Sanskar kendra Below Shreyas Feeder route - 01 flyover Mahalakshmi NID Sardarnagar char rasta Feeder route - 02 Ayojan Nagar Feeder route - 03 Dharnidhar Prabhudas Anjali char Thakkar rasta Anjali char rasta college Vasna AMTS Chandranagar terminus Alok Sr. Route no. Trip Time With 6 With 8 With 10 Buses Appt. No Lengt required min min min rounded h (in (at 16 headway headway headway off kms.) kms. Avg speed) (in mins.) 1 Route no: 01 6.8 25.5 4.3 3.2 2.6 3 2 Route no: 02 2.9 10.9 1.8 1.4 1.1 1 3 Route no: 03 4.0 15.0 2.5 1.9 1.5 2 Janmarg – Paratransit • CNG auto rickshaws acts as paratransit • Competition in initial stages of BRT operation • Over a period of few months, autos became informal feeder service • Typically used by commuters for short trips of 3-4 km to get to and fro from Janmarg bus stops • Janmarg now planning to integrate auto services Providing dedicated parking near bus stops Fare integration through smart cards Janmarg – Paratransit Janmarg – Paratransit • Auto Stands across each Bus stop • 20-30 auto parking facility provided Auto Stands Janmarg Bus stops Integrated Transit Management System • Automated Fare Collection System (AFC) • facilitates purchase of pre-paid tickets and their subsequent use through electronic systems to permit access to/ from the transit stations and buses • Paper ticket issued, Smart card and tokens to be ready by January 2011 • Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVL) • Allows central control room to monitor all vehicles, their performance related to on-time, speed as well as operator performance • Two way Information Broadcast service with bus and bus station operators • Passenger Information System (PIS) • Advance information on arrivals, departures, next vehicle, next station display announcements • Financial Management System (FMS) • Vehicle Despatch & Scheduling System (VDSS),Depot Management System (DMS), Bus Terminal Management System (BTMS) Automatic Fare collection System • Off board fare collection • Use of turnstiles • Use of Smart card (under implementation) JANMARG fare collection Passenger Information Systems LED and audio announcements inside buses LED displays at Bus stations and buses Audio announcement systems in buses Janmarg Control Centre Operations monitoring at JANMARG - Control centre Thank you.. I.P. Gautam Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad.