ksr transportation lecture 1

8/8/2019 KSR Transportation Lecture 1

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Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Transportation Engineering

Lesson 1Introduction

K. Sudhakar ReddyDepartment of Civil Engineering

IIT Kharagpur

Email: [email protected]




General

• These presentations are not exhaustive and aremeant to supplement the material discussed inthe class room

• Text Books :- (1) Traffic Engineering andTransportation Planning by LR Kadiyali (2)

Transportation Engineering – An Introduction byC. Jotin Khisty and B. Kent Lall OR any otherstandard text book on TransportationEngineering




Major Modes of Transportation

• For movement of people and goods

• Road• Rail• Air

• water




Status of Transportation Sector in India

•Sources :

(1)Infrastructure Committee (Chaired by the PrimeMinister) Reports (http://infrastructure.gov.in)

(2)Ministry of Road Transport and Highways web

site (http://morth.nic.in)(3)National Highway Authority of India web site(http://www.nhai.org)

(4)National Rural Roads Development Agency(pmgsy.nic.in)

http://infrastructure.gov.in/

http://www.nhai.org/

http://www.nhai.org/

http://infrastructure.gov.in/





Highways

•India has an extensive road network of 3.3 millionkms - the second largest in the world

•Roads carry 61% of the freight and 85% of thepassenger traffic

•Highways/Expressways constitute about 66,590 kms(2% of all roads) and carry 40% of the road traffic

•Highways (NH/SH) – 12% 4-lane, 50% 2-lane, 38%

single lane





Highways

•The ambitious National Highway DevelopmentProject (NHDP) of the Government is at an advanced

stage of implementation. Key sub-projects under the

NHDP include:

- The Golden Quadrilateral (GQ-5846 kms of 4lane highways)

- North-South & East-West Corridors

(NSEW-7142 kms of 4 lane highways)





Highways

Four-laning of 12,109 km under NHDP-III

Program for 6-laning of 6,500 km of National Highwaysunder NHDP- V.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojan (PMGSY) forproviding connectivity to villages





Highways - outlook for Future

• Projected Annual growth of Passengers – 12.5

• Cargo Traffic – 15 to 18%

• Investment during 11th plan – 78.5 Billion US Dollars





Highways - Important Agencies

• Ministry of Road Transport and Highways• National Highway Authority of India (Ministry of

Road Transport and Highways )

• National Rural Roads Development Agency(Ministry of Rural Development)

• Indian Roads Congress• Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi

(Students, on their own, are expected to learn brieflyabout each of these organisations)





Highways





Railways

(www.indianrail.gov.in)• One of the largest railway systems in the world with 64015

route kilometers and 1.4 million employees

• More than 35% of total freight traffic is carried by Railways• Freight and Passenger Traffic Growing at 8% and 6.5%

respectively

• Vision 2020 envisages Potential for 10% growth exists• About 14,00,000 Crores will be required over the next 10years to achieve this growth





Railways





Ports (http://shipping.nic.in )

• India has 12 major ports and 187 minor ports• Cargo handled by Major Ports increased by 9.5%

p.a. over last 3 years

• Major ports handle nearly 75% of the total traffic• Cargo handling at the major ports likely to grow at

7.7% p.a.• Containerised cargo is expected to grow at 15.5%

(CAGR) over the next 7 years

• Rs. 60,750 Crores required for Major Ports andRs.20,250 Crores for Minor Ports

http://shipping.nic.in/

http://shipping.nic.in/





Ports

JNPT Port





Air Ports (http://www.airportsindia.org.in )

• India has 125 airports; 11 International airports• In 2004-05, Indian airports handled 60 million passengers

and 1.3 million tonnes of cargo

• Passenger traffic grew at over 22% in 2004-05 over 2003-04;Cargo grew at 21.6% over the previous year• Nearly all the Airports are owned and Operated by Airports

Authority of India (AAI)• New Bangalore and Hyderabad International airports built by

Private Agencies• Passenger Traffic expected to grow at 15%

• Cargo to grow at 20%• Estimated Investment over next 5 years is Rs. 40,000 Crores





Air Ports

First A 380 Arrival at the New Terminal of Delhi Airport

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