Sustainable Urban Transport Index Surat, India December -2018 Surat Municipal Corporation 1 Contents List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................ 3 List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 SMC as study area ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Objectives of the study ................................................................................................................ 8 2. EXISTING URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND SERVICE ........................................................................ 9 2.1 Land use ........................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 Road network ............................................................................................................................. 10 2.3 Vehicular growth ........................................................................................................................ 11 2.4 Travel characteristics ................................................................................................................. 12 2.5 Public transport system ............................................................................................................. 13 2.6 Intermediate public transport system ....................................................................................... 16 2.7 Issues and challenges ................................................................................................................. 16 3. DATA COLLECTION APPROACH FOR SUTI .......................................................................................... 18 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 18 3.2 Data collection approach for different Indicators ..................................................................... 18 4. DATA BASE FOR SUTI .......................................................................................................................... 23 4.1 Indicator 1: Extent to which transport plans cover public transport, intermodal facilities and infrastructure for active modes ............................................................................................................. 27 4.1.1 Data Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 27 4.1.2 Result .................................................................................................................................. 29 4.2 Indicator 2: Modal share of active and public transport in commuting................................... 29 4.2.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 30 4.2.2 Result .................................................................................................................................. 30 4.3 Indicator 3: Convenient access to public transport service ...................................................... 31 4.3.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 31 4.3.2 Result .................................................................................................................................. 33 4.4 Indicator 4: Public transport quality and reliability .................................................................. 34 4.4.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 34 4.4.2 Result .................................................................................................................................. 34 4.5 Indicator 5: Traffic fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants............................................................... 35 4.5.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 35 2 4.5.2 Result .................................................................................................................................. 35 4.6 Indicator 6: Affordability – travel costs as share of income ..................................................... 36 4.6.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 36 4.6.2 Results ................................................................................................................................. 37 4.7 Indicator 7: Operational costs of the public transport system ................................................. 37 4.7.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 37 4.7.2 Results ................................................................................................................................. 38 4.8 Indicator 8: Investment in public transportation systems ........................................................ 38 4.8.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 38 4.8.2 Results ................................................................................................................................. 38 4.9 Indicator 9: Air quality (PM 10) .................................................................................................. 38 4.9.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 39 4.9.2 Results ................................................................................................................................. 40 4.10 Indicator 10: Greenhouse gas emissions from transport .......................................................... 40 4.10.1 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 40 4.10.2 Results ................................................................................................................................. 41 5 OVERALL RESULTS .............................................................................................................................. 42 6 PERSPECTIVES ..................................................................................................................................... 44 7 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................ 44 Annexure – Visual images .......................................................................................................................... 45 List of Figures Figure 1 Population density -Surat 2016 ........................................................................................ 7 Figure 2 Road network system - Surat .......................................................................................... 11 Figure 3 Vehicular growth by mode.............................................................................................. 12 Figure 4 Mode share -without walk trips...................................................................................... 12 Figure 5 City bus in Surat .............................................................................................................. 14 Figure 6 BRTS in Surat ................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 7 HMC in Surat ................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 8 Pink autos as feeder service in Surat .............................................................................. 16 Figure 9 Bus flow both direction ................................................................................................... 32 Figure 10 Inhabitants within 500 m buffer of operational stops ................................................. 33 Figure 11 Air quality monitoring stations ..................................................................................... 39 Figure 12 SUTI spider diagram ...................................................................................................... 43 3 4 List of Tables Table 1 Road network hierarchy ................................................................................................... 10 Table 3 Indicator 1- Extent to which transport plans cover public transport, intermodal facilities and infrastructure for active modes ............................................................................................. 29 Table 4 Trip rates across modes ................................................................................................... 30 Table 6 Indicator 2-Modal share of active and public transport with