Implementation of City Bus Service Project in Gurugram – Bus DFR Route Planning and Rationalization Implementation of City Bus Service Project in Gurugram – Bus Route Planning and Rationalization Draft Final Report November - 2017 Implementation of City Bus Service Project in Gurugram – Bus DFR Route Planning and Rationalization Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Background and Study Context............................................................................... 8 1.2 Objectives of the study ............................................................................................ 8 1.3 Scope of Work ........................................................................................................ 8 1.4 Structure of the Draft Final Report ........................................................................ 10 2 Project Area Description ............................................................................................................ 14 2.1 Introduction to city ................................................................................................. 14 2.2 Project Area Delineation ....................................................................................... 14 2.3 Transport Network & System ................................................................................ 15 2.4 Demographic Profile ............................................................................................. 15 2.5 Transport System in Gurugram ............................................................................. 16 Mass Rapid Transport System in Gurugram (Delhi Metro) ............................. 16 Rapid Metro, Gurugram ................................................................................. 17 Shuttle (Private App based Bus Service) ....................................................... 18 Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) of Gurugram city .................................... 19 Proposed RRTS by National Capital Regional Transport Corporation ............ 20 2.6 Transport Issues in Gurugram .............................................................................. 22 3 Data collection and Analysis ..................................................................................................... 23 3.1 Background........................................................................................................... 23 3.2 Zoning System ...................................................................................................... 23 3.3 Primary and secondary Data Collection ................................................................ 25 Selection of Routes for Primary Survey .......................................................... 25 Bus Passenger Origin – Destination cum opinion Survey .............................. 26 Origin – Destination Survey (Metro and IPT users) ........................................ 26 Boarding – Alighting survey (on board) .......................................................... 27 Household Survey ......................................................................................... 27 Online commuter opinion survey .................................................................... 27 Work Centre commuter opinion survey .......................................................... 28 Network Inventory .......................................................................................... 19 3.4 Analysis of Existing Travel Characteristics ............................................................ 19 3.5 Household Surveys Analysis ................................................................................. 19 Demographics profile ..................................................................................... 20 Gender........................................................................................................... 20 Vehicle ownership levels ................................................................................ 20 Travel Characteristics .................................................................................... 23 1 Implementation of City Bus Service Project in Gurugram – Bus DFR Route Planning and Rationalization Users suggestions on existing bus services ................................................... 26 3.6 OD cum opinion Survey at Work Centres .............................................................. 28 3.7 Boarding / Alighting at Bus Stops .......................................................................... 30 3.8 Travel Characteristics of Public Transport Users .................................................. 32 3.9 Bus system ........................................................................................................... 32 Analysis of bus user travel characteristics by operator ................................... 35 Analysis on bus routes operated under Government: ..................................... 35 Analysis on Bus users Opinion Survey........................................................... 38 3.10 Travel characteristics of Intermediate Public Transport Users ............................... 39 3.11 Travel Characteristics of Metro users: ................................................................... 44 Access or Egress Mode of Metro Users ......................................................... 45 4 Service Level Benchmarking of the city bus services ............................................................ 61 Indicators for Evaluation of Public Transport Systems ................................... 61 5 Recommendations on Bus Route Planning & Rationalization ............................................... 68 5.1 Background........................................................................................................... 68 5.2 Bus Route Generation Approach .......................................................................... 68 5.3 Bus Route Generation Process ............................................................................. 70 5.4 Data Preparation Stage ........................................................................................ 70 5.5 Assignment of Trips on Network ........................................................................... 70 5.6 Flow Bundle Analysis and Route Extraction .......................................................... 72 5.7 Route Evaluation .................................................................................................. 73 5.8 Route Planning & Rationalisation –Recommendation ........................................... 74 5.9 Bus Route Hierarchy – Recommendation ............................................................. 75 5.10 Proposed IPT Routes– Recommendation ............................................................. 84 5.11 Service & Operation Planning – Recommendation................................................ 86 Proposed Frequency ...................................................................................... 86 Fleet Assessment - 2017 ............................................................................... 86 5.12 Major Demand Points and Transfer Points ............................................................ 87 5.13 Phasing of Routes................................................................................................. 88 6 Recommended Routes for Future – 2037 ................................................................................. 92 6.1 Background........................................................................................................... 92 6.2 Future Growth direction of the study area ............................................................. 92 Contemporary Phase of Gurugram ................................................................ 92 Spatial growth direction of the city .................................................................. 93 6.3 Future Growth of Gurugram – Master plan ............................................................ 95 6.4 Forecast of Planning Parameters .......................................................................... 96 Population forecast – 2037 ............................................................................ 97 2 Implementation of City Bus Service Project in Gurugram – Bus DFR Route Planning and Rationalization 6.5 Travel demand forecast ........................................................................................ 97 Mode split ...................................................................................................... 98 6.6 Proposed Bus Routes - 2037 ................................................................................ 98 6.7 Service & Operation Planning – Proposed Routes 2037 ..................................... 100 Proposed Frequency .................................................................................... 100 Fleet Assessment ........................................................................................ 100 7 Recommended Route Wise Bus Stop Details ........................................................................ 104 7.1 Bus stop design principals and guidelines ........................................................... 104 7.2 Advantages and disadvantages of bus stops ...................................................... 106 Far side bus stop ........................................................................................