Integrated transit corridor development & street network connectivity FEASIBILITY REPORT plan for Outer Ring Road from Modi Mill Flyover to IIT Gate (Stage I & II) Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Project Corridor ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Project Initiation ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Structure of Report ................................................................................................................. 4 2 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF WORK ....................................................................................... 5 2.1 Objectives................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Scope of Work ......................................................................................................................... 5 3 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................................... 9 4 Project Appreciation ..................................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Outer Ring Road from Modi Mill Flyover to IIT Gate ............................................................ 10 5 Field Survey and Collection of Data ............................................................................................. 19 5.1 Primary Survey ...................................................................................................................... 19 5.1.1 Speed and Delay survey ....................................................................................................... 19 5.1.2 Classified Traffic Volume Count Survey ............................................................................. 19 5.1.3 Origin- Destination Survey .................................................................................................. 20 5.1.4 Topographic Survey ............................................................................................................. 22 5.1.5 Signal System/Cycle Time ................................................................................................... 22 6 Data Analysis and Interpretation of Data ...................................................................................... 23 6.1 Speed and Delay.................................................................................................................... 23 6.2 Traffic Characteristics............................................................................................................ 23 6.2.1 Traffic Characteristics at Intersection ........................................................................... 23 6.2.1.1 Outer Ring Road-Aurobindo Marg Intersection (IIT Gate Intersection) ................... 25 6.2.1.2 Outer Ring Road - Maharishi Dayanand Marg intersection (Panchsheel Intersection) 29 6.2.1.3 Outer Ring Road- Josip Broz Tito Marg intersection (Chirag Delhi Intersection)...... 33 6.2.1.4 Outer Ring road -GK-2 Main Rd intersection (Savitri Cinema Intersection) ............. 37 6.2.1.5 Outer Ring Road – Lala Lajpat Rai Road Intersection (Nehru Place intersection) .... 41 6.2.1.6 Outer Ring Road -Ma Anandmayee Marg intersection (Kalkaji Mandir Intersection) 45 6.2.1.7 Outer Ring Road intersection - Captain Gaur Marg (Modi Mill Intersection) ........... 49 6.3 Travel Characteristics (Origin-Destination) ........................................................................... 53 6.4 Outer Ring Road-Aurobindo Marg Intersection (IIT Gate Intersection) ............................... 56 CRAPHTS Consultants (I) Pvt. Ltd. i PWD, GNCTD Integrated transit corridor development & street network connectivity FEASIBILITY REPORT plan for Outer Ring Road from Modi Mill Flyover to IIT Gate (Stage I & II) 6.4.1 Passenger O-D ............................................................................................................... 56 6.4.2 Goods O-D ..................................................................................................................... 56 6.5 Outer Ring Road intersection - Captain Gaur Marg (Modi Mill Intersection) ....................... 56 6.5.1 Passenger O-D ............................................................................................................... 56 6.5.2 Goods O-D ..................................................................................................................... 57 6.6 Overall Study area: ................................................................................................................ 57 6.6.1 Passenger O-D ............................................................................................................... 57 6.6.2 Goods O-D ..................................................................................................................... 57 6.7 Pedestrian Flow Characteristics ............................................................................................ 60 6.7.1 Outer Ring Road-Aurobindo Marg Intersection (IIT Gate Intersection) ...................... 60 6.7.2 Outer Ring Road - Maharishi Dayanand Marg intersection (Panchsheel Intersection) 60 6.7.3 Outer Ring Road- Josip Broz Tito Marg intersection (Chirag Delhi Intersection) ....... 60 6.7.4 Outer Ring road -GK-2 Main Rd intersection (Savitri Cinema Intersection) ............... 60 6.7.5 Outer Ring Road – Lala Lajpat Rai Road Intersection (Nehru Place intersection) ...... 61 6.7.6 Outer Ring Road -Ma Anandmayee Marg intersection (Kalkaji Mandir Intersection) 61 6.7.7 Outer Ring Road intersection - Captain Gaur Marg (Modi Mill Intersection) ............. 61 7 PLANNING ..................................................................................................................................... 62 7.1 Salient Traffic Characteristics ................................................................................................ 62 7.1.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 62 7.1.2 Corridor efficiency ........................................................................................................ 62 7.2 Travel Characteristics ............................................................................................................ 62 8 TRAFFIC FORECAST ........................................................................................................................ 68 8.1 Design Year Traffic Forecast .................................................................................................. 68 9 CONCEPTUAL IMPROVEMENT OPTION......................................................................................... 70 9.1 General .................................................................................................................................. 70 9.2 Conceptual Improvement Options (Outer Ring Road from Modi Mill Flyover to IIT Gate) .. 71 9.2.1 Captian Gaur Marg Intersection to Ma Anandmayee Marg Intersection ..................... 71 9.2.2 Ma Anandmayee Marg intersection to Nehru Place intersection ................................ 81 9.2.3 Nehru Place Intersection to Chirag Delhi Intersection ................................................. 83 9.2.4 Chirag Delhi Intersection to IIT Gate Intersection ....................................................... 84 CRAPHTS Consultants (I) Pvt. Ltd. ii PWD, GNCTD Integrated transit corridor development & street network connectivity FEASIBILITY REPORT plan for Outer Ring Road from Modi Mill Flyover to IIT Gate (Stage I & II) List of Figure Figure 1-1: Key Plan showing Outer Ring Roads in Delhi ..................................................................... 2 Figure 1-2 :key Plan showing study stretch of Outer Ring Road superimposed on Satellite Image ...... 3 Figure 5-1: Key Plan showing traffic survey locations Outer Ring Road from Modi Mill Flyover to IIT Gate ................................................................................................................................................. 21 Figure 6-1: Key Plan Showing Speed and Delay Nodes ....................................................................... 24 Figure 6-2 :Hourly variation of traffic in PCU at Outer Ring Road-Sri Aurobindo Marg intersection 25 Figure 6-3: Peak Hour traffic flow diagram at Outer Ring Road- Sri Aurobindo Marg intersection .. 27 Figure 6-4: Composition of traffic during morning peak hour at Gamal Abdel Nasser Marg -Sri Aurbindo Marg intersection .................................................................................................................. 28 Figure 6-5: Composition of traffic during evening peak hour at Gamal Abdel Nasser Marg -Sri Aurbindo Marg intersection .................................................................................................................. 28 Figure 6-6: Hourly variation of traffic (pcu) at Maharishi Dayanand Marg-Outer Ring Road intersection ...........................................................................................................................................