Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short RoutesBy BEST in Association with EMBARQ India

BEST e-Ticketing ProjectPresented By:

Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, IAS

General Manager, BES&TPresented By:

Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, IASGeneral Manager

BEST

Presentation by: BEST in Association with EMBARQ India.

Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short Routes

Two main modes of commuting - Rail - BEST Buses

Role of BEST- To feed & supplement Rail Services

- Provide East-West Connectors

MUMBAI & ITS TRANSPORTINFRASTRUCTURE

About the BEST

The Brihan-Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST), is a leading Intra City passenger transport organization operating from the city of Mumbai (A City that never sleeps).

The BEST Undertaking provides Bus Transport within Brihan-Mumbai limits and also in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mira-Bhayander areas.

On an average 41 lakh passengers are travelling daily through 63,700 trips operated on 510 bus routes with the help of 4623 eco-friendly buses.

Total BEST Buses- 4167

Operational Buses- 4011 Buses

Total Routes- 506

Feeder Routes – 265 (spanning less than 10 kms)

Feeder Routes – 52% of total routes

Number of Feeder Buses – 1533 (38% of total buses)

Number of Passengers (daily average) – 40,32,475

Statistics

Feeder bus services are designed to pick up passengers in a locality and take them to a transfer point where they make an onward journey on a trunk service.

Trunk service can be another bus, or a rail based service such as a tram, rapid transit or train.

Feeder buses act as part of a wider local network, or a regional network.

Planning and design of feeder services requires understanding of the existing origin-destination points, network connectivity, ease of transfer from/to the feeder service, competing alternatives, fare pricing, routing etc.

Introduction

Serving short distances typically between 4-6kms

High frequency service

Serving residential/commercial areas from/to trunk routes

Providing last mile connectivity

Fare pricing a key factor because of other competing modes

Characteristics of a Feeder Service

Circular Routes in business districts

Origin/Destination based feeder service Employment Based Residential Based Tourism Based

Peak Period Services

Long Distance routes, serving as feeders along certain sections along popular routes

Types of Feeder Service

Distance from the origin to destination

Travel Time based on actual traffic conditions (peak vs. non peak)

Nature of stretch - congestion levels, signals, constraints along the route

Availability of resources - Fleet Size and Personnel

Frequency of the service

Passenger potential

Coordination with trunk timings

Infrastructure at the trunk-end, eg: at the location

Planning of Feeder Services

0-2 kms Rs. 6

2-3 kms Rs. 8

3-5 kms Rs. 10

5-7 kms Rs. 12

7-10 kms Rs. 15

*Returns are high for short distance

Fare Structure (Mumbai) for Feeder Service

*some loop bus routes have a flat rate of Rs 6, like the Fort Pheri bus

Daily Ticket Sales: 9,09,06,731

Monthly Passholder Sales: 3,60,426

Ticket Purchases by Feeder Passengers (January 2013)

Lack of proper infrastructure at station areas for feeder buses

Station areas need to be organized with proper access to

pedestrians by providing footpaths, organizing vending area,

space allocation for auto/taxi stands

Ideally feeder lengths should be 5-7 kms but have gone

beyond 7-8 kms from the stations in the recent times

For feeder services running time/kms has become very high

Limited resources- Fleet/Personnel

Challenges

Non availability of space for maneuvering at end locations

Need for pedestrian discipline and vehicle discipline.

Challenges Cont’d…

Private vehicles, autos, taxis (off-

peak direction) pick people in off-

peak direction after doing their actual

trip

Uni-directional pattern of travel (for

trunk as well as feeders)

Competition from IPT’s and private

operators

Feeders are an integral part of mass transit system of a city

Provide last mile connectivity

Proper planning needs to be done to ensure safe and

reliable movement of passengers

Need for better integration between feeder services and

destination nodes

Summary

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