GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR MASS RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION, JAMMU AND SRINAGAR ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS REPORT FOR SRINAGAR MRTS FINAL AAR JANUARY, 2020 (A Government of India Enterprise) TABLE OF CONTENTS Alternatives Analysis Report for Srinagar MRTS Final AAR Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 0. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. NEED OF STUDY 1.1. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2. GUIDELINES FOR ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS................................................................ 1-2 1.3. OVERVIEW OF STUDY AREA....................................................................................... 1-4 1.4. REGIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .......................................................................... 1-4 1.5. PROJECT PURPOSE .................................................................................................... 1-6 1.6. NEED FOR PROPOSED PROJECT ................................................................................. 1-6 1.7. REVIEW OF PAST STUDIES ......................................................................................... 1-8 1.8. SCOPE OF PRESENT ASSIGNMENT ........................................................................... 1-16 1.9. COMPOSITION OF THE REPORT ............................................................................... 1-22 2. STUDY AREA AND EXISTING CONDITIONS 2.1. STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................ 2-1 2.2. EXISTING NETWORK .................................................................................................. 2-6 2.3. EXISTING TRANSIT SERVICES ..................................................................................... 2-8 2.4. STUDY AREA TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................. 2-9 2.5. EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING ........................................................................... 2-17 2.6. ISSUES AND CONCERNS ........................................................................................... 2-19 3. CONCEPTUAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AS PER CMP 3.1. PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................................... 3-1 3.2. DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................... 3-6 3.3. CONSTRAINTS ......................................................................................................... 3-10 4. SCREENING CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFIED ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS 4.1. SCREENING PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 4-1 4.2. EVALUATION PARAMETERS OF VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES........................................... 4-3 RITES Ltd. Page | 1 Alternatives Analysis Report for Srinagar MRTS Final AAR Table of Contents 4.3. PARAMETERS FOR QUALITATIVE SCREENING ........................................................... 4-4 4.4. PARAMETERS FOR QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION ....................................................... 4-9 4.5. QUALITATIVE SCREENING OF ALTERNATIVES........................................................... 4-14 5. SCREENING AND ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION BASED ON GRADING FOR EACH MODE 5.1 EVALUATION BASED ON SCORING CRITERIA .............................................................. 5-1 5.2 SCREENING RESULTS ................................................................................................. 5-3 5.3 QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES ....................................................... 5-5 5.4 SCORING OF QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS ............................................................. 5-29 6. IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS FOR VIABLE ALTERNATIVES 6.1. IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS ..................................................................................... 6-1 6.2. PROS AND CONS OF EACH IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS ........................................... 6-9 6.3. MOST SUITABLE OPTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION ................................................... 6-11 7. CONCLUSION: THE PATH FORWARD 7.1. FINDINGS .................................................................................................................. 7-1 7.2. RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................ 7-2 7.3. NEXT STEP AND WAY FORWARD ............................................................................... 7-2 RITES Ltd. Page | 2 Alternatives Analysis Report for Srinagar MRTS Final AAR Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1.1: POLICY FRAMEWORK OF METRO POLICY 2017 ................................................. 1-3 FIGURE 1.2: STUDY AREA – SRINAGAR MASTER PLAN AREA - 2035 ...................................... 1-5 FIGURE 1.3: PROPOSED PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRCUTURE PROPOSALS ..................... 1-11 FIGURE 1.4: PROPOSED MRTS MASTER PLAN FOR SRINAGAR ............................................ 1-16 FIGURE 1.4: METHODOLOGY FOR ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS ............................................. 1-17 FIGURE 2.1: STUDY AREA - SRINAGAR MASTER PLAN AREA - 2035 ...................................... 2-2 FIGURE 2.2: GROWTH TRENDS OF REGISTERED VEHICLES ................................................... 2-3 FIGURE 2.3: TRENDS OF ROAD ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN SRINAGAR .................................... 2-5 FIGURE 2.4: REGIONAL TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY OF SRINAGAR ...................................... 2-7 FIGURE 2.5: DISTRIBUTION OFHOUSEHOLDS BY SIZE ......................................................... 2-14 FIGURE 2.6: DISTRIBUTION OFHOUSEHOLDS BY MONTHLY INCOME ................................. 2-15 FIGURE 2.7: DISTRIBUTION OF DAILY PASSENGER TRIPS BY MODE(INCLUDING WALK) ...... 2-16 FIGURE 2.8: DISTRIBUTION OF AVERAGE TRIP LENGTH BY MODE ...................................... 2-17 FIGURE 2.9: PROPOSED LANDUSE DISTRIBUTION IN SRINAGAR MASTER PLAN 2035 ......... 2-19 FIGURE 2.10: TRAFFIC SITUATION AT IMPORTANT ROADS ................................................. 2-20 FIGURE 3.1: PROPOSED RAIL BASED PUBLIC TRANSPORT CORRIDOR ................................... 3-4 FIGURE 3.2: NORMAL BUSES ON SHARED RIGHT OF WAY .................................................... 3-6 FIGURE 3.3: BUS RAPID TRANSIT ......................................................................................... 3-7 FIGURE 3.4: METROLITE ...................................................................................................... 3-8 FIGURE 3.5: ELEVATED LIGHT METRO SYSTEM .................................................................... 3-9 FIGURE 3.6: METRO RAIL TRANSIT ..................................................................................... 3-10 FIGURE 4.1: ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS PROCESS ................................................................... 4-3 FIGURE 6.1: PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODELS ......................................................... 6-3 RITES Ltd. Page | 3 Alternatives Analysis Report for Srinagar MRTS Final AAR Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1.1: PROPOSED MRTS CORRIDORS .......................................................................... 1-10 TABLE 1.2: PROPOSED MRTS CORRIDORS IN CMP ............................................................. 1-15 TABLE 2.1: DECADAL POPULATION GROWTH TRENDS OF SRINAGAR ................................... 2-1 TABLE 2.2: POPULATION & EMPLOYMENT OF STUDY AREA ................................................. 2-2 TABLE 2.3: REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES IN SRINAGAR ..................................................... 2-3 TABLE 2.4 ROAD ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN SRINAGAR .......................................................... 2-4 TABLE 2.5 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY OF THE STUDY AREA ....................................................... 2-5 TABLE 2.6 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS................................................... 2-6 TABLE 2.7: DISTRIBUTION OF ROAD NETWORK AS PER RIGHT OF WAY................................ 2-9 TABLE 2.8: AVAILABILITY OF FOOTPATH ............................................................................ 2-10 TABLE 2.9: DISTRIBUTION OF ROAD NETWORK AS PER ABUTTING LANDUSE ..................... 2-10 TABLE 2.10: DISTRIBUTION OF ROAD LENGTH BY PEAK HOUR JOURNEY SPEED ................. 2-11 TABLE 2.11: DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUME AT MID-BLOCK LOCATIONS ...................................... 2-11 TABLE 2.12: DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUME AT OUTER CORDON LOCATIONS .............................. 2-12 TABLE 2.13: DISTRIBUTION OF PASSENGERS AT BUS TERMINALS ...................................... 2-13 TABLE 2.14: DISTRIBUTION OF PASSENGERS AT RAIL TERMINAL........................................ 2-13 TABLE 2.15: DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY SIZE ........................................................ 2-14 TABLE 2.16: DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY MONTHLY INCOME ................................ 2-15 TABLE 2.17: DISTRIBUTION OF DAILY PASSENGER TRIPS BY MODE .................................... 2-16 TABLE 2.18: PROPOSED LANDUSE BREAKUP – SRINAGAR 2021 ......................................... 2-17 TABLE 2.19: PROPOSED LANDUSE BREAKUP – SRINAGAR 2035 ......................................... 2-18 TABLE 4.1: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO BE SATISFIED BY ALTERNATIVE MODES .................. 4-2 TABLE 4.2: PARAMETERS IDENTIFIED FOR QUALITATIVE EVALUATION ................................ 4-8 TABLE 4.3: PARAMETERS IDENTIFIED FOR QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION............................ 4-13 TABLE 4.4: SCORING