Comprehensive Bicycle Master Plan for Pune Preliminary Draft for Public Inputs August 2017 Suggestions, objections, comments may be sent by 30 September 2017 Post: Traffic Department, Pune Municipal Corporation, 3rd Floor, Savarkar Bhawan, Pune 411005 Email: [email protected] Online: punecycleplan.wordpress.com Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1. Scope and Purpose of plan .................................................................................................................... 4 1.2. Methodology ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Situation Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1. Transport policy, plans and projects ..................................................................................................... 6 2.2. Travel Trends and Current Patterns .................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1. Travel Trends .............................................................................................................................. 11 2.2.2. Current Travel Patterns .............................................................................................................. 13 2.3. Cycling Infrastructure Assessment ...................................................................................................... 17 2.4. Cycles .................................................................................................................................................. 25 2.5. Current Institutional Structures .......................................................................................................... 27 2.6. Traffic Management and Enforcement ............................................................................................... 27 2.7. Education/ Promotion efforts ............................................................................................................. 28 2.7.1. Schools-related Consultations and Survey ................................................................................. 29 2.8. Potential for Increase in Cycling in Pune ............................................................................................. 32 2.9. Summary of Public Inputs and Suggestions for Improvements .......................................................... 34 2.10. Implications..................................................................................................................................... 35 3. Vision and Goals ........................................................................................................................................... 36 4. Cycling Improvement Proposals .................................................................................................................. 37 4.1. Bicycle Department at PMC ................................................................................................................ 38 4.2. Cycle-inclusive mobility planning proposals ....................................................................................... 41 4.2.1. De-motorization of the core city ................................................................................................ 42 4.2.2. Controlled Parking for Motorized Vehicles ................................................................................ 44 4.2.3. Dismantling multi-lane one-way roads ...................................................................................... 45 4.2.4. Planning and Design of Flyovers ................................................................................................. 47 4.3. Cycle Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................. 50 4.3.1. Cycle Infrastructure Design Principles and Guidelines ............................................................... 50 4.3.2. Cycle Network applying above principles to Pune’s road network ............................................ 61 4.3.3. Public Bicycle Sharing system ..................................................................................................... 69 4.3.4. Integration with Public Transit ................................................................................................... 73 4.3.5. Cycle Parking .............................................................................................................................. 74 4.3.6. Repair Shops, Resting Places and other Facilities ....................................................................... 76 4.4. Traffic Management, Regulation and Enforcement ............................................................................ 79 4.5. Public Awareness and Outreach ......................................................................................................... 80 4.6. Monitoring and Evaluation.................................................................................................................. 84 4.7. Implementation Schedule ................................................................................................................... 85 4.8. Budget Estimates ................................................................................................................................ 86 5. Appendix ...................................................................................................................................................... 89 1 List of Figures Figure 1: Framework to solve Pune's Transport and Mobility problem ............................................................... 10 Figure 2: The Segments of a Journey .................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 3: Share of different modes of transportation in Pune, 2016 ................................................................... 13 Figure 4: Inter and intra ward travel patterns of cycling commuters in Pune ...................................................... 15 Figure 5: Reasons for Cycling (age-wise) .............................................................................................................. 16 Figure 6: Reasons for Cycling (gender) ................................................................................................................. 16 Figure 7: Ill designed cycle lane with bollards breaking the continuity ................................................................ 17 Figure 8: Vehicles parked over footpath and cycle lanes and forcing NMT users to use carriageways ............... 17 Figure 9: Lack of awareness about the importance and rights of NMT among commuters using motorized vehicles ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 10: Cyclists and pedestrians being forced to use the carriage way due to lack of maintenance of cycle tracks and footpaths ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 11: Ill-designed Bus stops creating blockage for pedestrian and cycle movement ................................... 18 Figure 12: Encroachment of the NMT lane by hawkers due to absence of dedicated space for them ................ 19 Figure 13: Cyclists being forced to use the carriage way because of unplanned services in the NMT lanes (Like Public toilets) ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Figure 14: Range Hill Road .................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 15: Garware college ................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 16: Solapur Road ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Figure 17: Preferred route by cyclists ................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 18: Preferred route by non-cyclists ........................................................................................................... 23 Figure 19: Perceived unsafe corridors .................................................................................................................. 23 Figure 20 Perceptions about Cycling Experience in Pune ..................................................................................... 24 Figure 21 Views on Behaviour of Motorists towards Cyclists ............................................................................... 24 Figure 22 Reasons for not cycling ......................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 23: Percentage of households with cycle ownership across wards in Pune .............................................