Janmarg AhmedabadImpacts on Safety & Health

Prof. Shivanand SwamyAssociate Director, CEPT University

hmshivanandswamy@cept.ac.in

THIS IS NOT AHMEDABAD! NO city would like to be like this..• Rapid Growth in vehicles,

especially cars• Inadequate/Incomplete Road

Network• Poor Public Transport• Weak Institutions

Ahmedabad today Area- 466 sq kms. Population-5.6 Mill, By 2031 >10 Mill

Compact City, Well Balanced Network, Mixed Landuse, Ahmedabad has 5 ring roads and 17 well developed radials. Mixed Land uses

2mill vehicles. 2 wheelers-73 percent, 0.8 Million Bicycles, 60000 Three-wheeler Auto (CNG), Addition of 430 vehicles every

day

Short and Distributed Trips, Safe City, Avg. Trip Length is about 5.5 kms in Ahmedabad (Bangalore–11 kms, Hyderabad–8 kms) – Avg. Travel Time – 20 Minutes, Road Fatalities -Ahmedabad 202 (Surat-267, Bangalore -730, Hyderbad-424, Delhi>2000)

Long tradition of Public Transport Operations (Ahmedabad Municipal Transport System (AMTS) operates buses since 1945), 1000 buses, Majority CNG, carry 1 Million passengers per day.

FATALITY Numbers (A’bad)

2001 – 232

2006 – 236

2010 – 202

Bangalore: 595

AFFECTED MODE

3 wheeler5%

cycle42%

2 wheeler30%

pedestrian 19%

Public Transport Passenger

4%

RESPONSIBLE MODE

Truck47%

3 wheeler9%

Bus12%

Car7%

2 Wheeler13%

self5%

Unknown7%

Total Accidents on Proposed BRT Corridor-67%

• CYCLISTS ARE VULNERABLE

• TRUCKS CAUSE ACCIDENTS

WHERE DO ACCIDENTS HAPPEN?

Ahmedabad…2001JANMARG

BRT operational route (39 kms.)

BRT Network (88 km)

Railway station

Naroda GIDC

Odhav GIDC

University

Maninagar

Kankaria lake

Narol

Bopal

Motera stadium

Law Garden

Vatva GIDC

ISRO

ISBT

Gandhi Ashram

Road Network Structure

7

Ahmedabad Bangalore

Hyderabad

radialsrings

Clear and comprehensive road network at city levelNo missing links

BEFORE..AT AKHBARNAGAR

AFTER.. BRT AT AKHBARNAGAR

BEFORE.. AT AEC

AFTER..BRT AT AEC AND SPLIT FLYOVER

BEFORE.. At Anjali

AFTER.. At Anjali

Danilimda BRT – Access to industrial areas

Accessible bus stops

Operations Plan

Route R.T.O. to Maninagar loop,

Anjali to Naroda Route length: 39 KM Number of Stations: 61 Operational Timings: 6:00 AM to 11:30 PM. Peak hours : 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM ; 5:30 PM –

8:30 PM

Frequency: 2.5 and 4 minutes (peak) 6 - 12 minutes (off-peak)

Total Buses: 56

Total Round Trips: 236

Avg. Daily Ridership: Over 100,000

Avg. Daily Collection: Over 700,000

Different Schedules for weekday and weekend as per the demand.

Running Speed Journey Speed Running Speed Journey Speed Running Speed Journey Speed Running Speed Journey SpeedBus Auto Two Wheeler Car

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RTO-Pirana

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Bus Auto Two Wheeler Car

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Accidents involving BRTS Vehicles

• Accidents during twelfth month involved a minor one. • Reliability of service increased to 11.62

Note: Higher the number of accidents lower is the safety. Also depends on no. of kms travelled

Accidents

1st Month 2nd Month 3rd Month 4th Month 5th Month 6th Month 7th Month 8th Month 9th Month 10th month 11th month 12th month

(15 Oct– 14 Nov

’09)(15 Nov – 15 Dec ’09)

(16Dec ‘09 – 15 Jan ’10)

(16 Jan–15Feb ’10)

(16 Feb–18 Mar ’10)

(19 Mar–18 Apr ’10)

(19 Apr–19 May ’10)

(20 May - 19 Jun ’10)

(20 Jun ‘10 – 20 Jul ’10)

(21 Jul ‘10 – 20 Aug ’10)

(21 Aug ‘10 – 20 Sep

’10)

21Sep’10-15 Oct ‘10

Total number

of accident

s

2 1 2 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 8 1

Fatalities 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Serious injury 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Minor injury 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0

No injury 2 0 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 1

Safety= Inverse

of (accidents/Thousand KM)

50.38 100.75 74.56 27.42 27.9 41.33 62.86 53.18 53.30 57.54 38.96 104.18

1st Month 2nd Month

3rd Month 4th Month 5th Month 6th Month 7th Month 8th Month 9th Month 10th Month

11th Month

12th Month

Work 0.58 0.53 0.518 0.45 0.49 0.557 0.512 0.56893203883495

1

0.58 0.56 0.457 0.44571428571428

7

Educa-tion

0.29 0.35 0.272 0.32000000000000

1

0.296 0.247 0.129 0.17281553398058

3

0.19 0.291 0.25 0.29428571428571

4

Social 0.13 0.12 0.21 0.23 0.21 0.196 0.359 0.25825242718446

7

0.23 0.149 0.293 0.26

5%

25%

45%

65%

85%

Work

Education

Social

Purpose of Trip and Modal Shift Sample Size: 350

17315 3718423086 31327 35672 35166 48789 51207 55783 63696 69759 82041

1st Month 2nd Month 3rd Month 4th Month 5th Month 6th Month 7th Month 8th Month 9th Month 10th Month

11th Month

12th Month

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

7.0% 4.2% 3.6% 1.3% 4.9% 3.9% 3.6% 0.8% 0.4% 3.0% 1.1% 4.0%

7.0%3.8% 5.8%

2.2%3.3% 1.1% 2.3% 1.9%

1.1%1.0% 3.6% 0.9%

14.0%18.0%

25.4%25.2% 15.3%

10.9%

26.3%

13.2% 10.7%

21.8%9.9% 8.3%

12.0% 21.0%16.7%

20.0%19.2%

21.2%

14.1%

20.0% 22.9%

10.9%

17.0%14.3%

3.0%

4.0%6.5% 11.3%

9.8%

6.7%1.3%

0.9% 2.1% 1.0%4.4%

2.3%

57.0%49.0%

42.0% 40.0%

35.5%44.4%

46.8%

48.7% 52.9% 55.4%

40.5% 50.3%

0.12020.1173184357541

90.0560.1452830188679

260.1 0.069

0.235 0.2

Shared Rickshaw

AMTS

4-wheeler

2-Wheeler

Rickshaw

Cycle

Walk

% S

har

e

Current BRT Users: Access Mode Sample Size: 350

Current BRT Users: Egress Mode Sample Size: 350

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

60% 58% 58%53% 56%

40%50%

65% 66% 67% 65% 63%

1% 1% 1% 1%

1%

2%

2% 1%4% 8% 5%

7%9%

17%

14%

9% 8%9%

7% 4%5% 6% 8%11%

10%

5%

10%

7%7%

6% 11%7%

8% 1% 3% 8%5%

9%

3%

4%1%

3% 3%

3%1%2% 1%

2% 2%

1%0% 0%

3%21% 22% 20% 17% 15%

21% 9%7%

6%10% 7%

11%

2% 2% 1%4%

2%1%

1% 2% 4%

2% 4% 3% 4%8% 5%

11%1% 5% 7%

Walk

Cycle

Rickshaw

Shared rickshaw

2-wheeler

4-wheeler

AMTS

GSRTC

With someone

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

69%60%

72%

54%62% 58% 58%

65% 61%69% 67%

57%

4%12%

4%

10%

6%7% 1%

14%13%

12%8%

2%

3% 7%6%

14%12%

10%

0%

9%13%

5%12%

12%

5% 1%2%

5%

2%

13%

1% 2% 2%

1% 1%1%

2% 13%

0%1%18% 18%

18% 17% 9%

14%10%

10% 8% 9% 6%

13%

2%2%

2% 1%1%

2%7%

2% 4% 6% 3% 1% 4%1%

4% 4%

1%1% 2%

0%0% 0%

Walk

Cycle

Rickshaw

Shared rickshaw

2-wheeler

4-wheeler

AMTS

GSRTC

With someone

Figures taken from survey of 10th month operations

Vehicle KM reduction

Mode User shift VKT reduced

Cars 7000 42000

Autos 1300 7800

2-wheelers 14000 84000

Total 22,300 133,800

JANMARG

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