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AUGUST 2017

SURVEY: TRAFFIC VOLUME COUNT

Survey - Traffic Volume Count Pune Cycle Plan 2017

Traffic Volume Counts

The Survey for Traffic Volume Count was conducted by - iTrans, PDA & CEE in Consortium, for Pune

Cycle Plan.

The Traffic Volume Count survey helps us understand the Modal share of each vehicle type in the

city. It is specifically designed to understand the share of Cycles on the road in the city.

The surveys were carried out from 20th May 2016 to 25th June 2016. Survey was conducted on 9

Arterial Roads in the city as well as, on the 4 major roads in the Core area of the City. At a given

location, counts were taken for 4 hours, 2 times a day, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the morning and 5

p.m. to 9 p.m. in the evening.

The survey was conducted on both sides of the road simultaneously in the same time bracket, and as

per the durations mentioned above. For the survey, multiple locations were selected for Arterial

roads, which were longer and had a considerable change in the land use.

(Refer Figure 2, for Survey form).

Following is the list of Streets, which were part of the survey:

[Refer Map (Figure 1) for the approximate locations of the survey]

1. Bajirao Road*

2. Shivaji Road*

3. J. M. Road*

4. F. C. Road*

5. Shankarshet Road

6. Solapur Road

7. Satara Road

8. Sinhagad Road

9. Karve Road

10. Baner Road

11. Aundh Road

12. Ganeshkhind Road

13. S. B. Road

14. Old Mumbai-Pune

Highway

15. Alandi Road

16. Nagar Road

Methodology

The survey was specifically designed to capture the peak hour of cyclists, thus enabling us to observe

the actual number of cyclists on the streets, in contrast to the peak hours of motorized vehicles.

The form consists of 4 hours of counts at a given time (Morning / Evening), which is divided into 8

slots of 15 mins, with a buffer period of 15 mins, between 2 slots. The travel direction is marked by

highlighting either of the option, ‘To Core City’ or ‘From Core City’, which means that the traffic is


either travelling towards the Core of the City or away from it, giving a sense of direction.

A team of 10 persons conducted the survey at a given point; with them forming 2 sub-groups, who

were then assigned their respective side of the road.

Following categories were considered for the survey, Pedestrians, Bicycles, 2-Wheelers, 4-Wheelers,

Cars, Trucks, Buses and Auto-Rickshaws. Each person was assigned a Category, except where Truck /

Bus and Auto – Rickshaw were grouped together. Refer Figure 3 for a sample filled form on-site.

Observations

As can be observed from the survey data, the modal share for Bicycles is higher on Shivaji Road and

Bajirao Road in Core City and Satara Road & Sinhagad Road as well, as compared to other roads in

the city, which can be seen from the data below (Figure 4, 5, 10 & 11).

It has also been observed that the modal share for cyclists is higher in the early morning, suggesting

the peak time for cycles lies between 7.00 a.m to 8.30 a.m., which is different as compared peak

time for Motorized Vehicles, which lies between 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.

The overall data from the survey suggests that there are a significant number of cycles on the road

and hence demands the need to create and provide proper infrastructure in order to ensure safety

of cyclists.


Figure 1: Locations for Traffic Volume Counts


Figure 2: Survey form for Traffic Volume Count


Figure 3: Sample filled form from Onsite Survey


Figure 4: Traffic Volume Counts for Bajrao Road *Average of survey at 2 locations on the street


Figure 5: Traffic Volume Counts for Shivaji Road *Average of survey at 2 locations on the street


Figure 6: Traffic Volume Counts for J.M. Road *Average of survey at 2 locations on the street


Figure 7: Traffic Volume Counts for F.C. Road *Average of survey at 2 locations on the street


Figure 8: Traffic Volume Counts for Shankarsheth Road


Figure 9: Traffic Volume Counts for Solapur Road


Figure 10: Traffic Volume Counts for Satara Road


Figure 11: Traffic Volume Counts for Sinhgad Road


Figure 12: Traffic Volume Counts for Karve Road


Figure 13: Traffic Volume Counts for Baner Road


Figure 14: Traffic Volume Counts for Aundh Road


Figure 15: Traffic Volume Counts for Ganeshkhind Road


Figure 16: Traffic Volume Counts for S.B. Road


Figure 17: Traffic Volume Counts for Old Mumbai-Pune Highway


Figure 18: Traffic Volume Counts for Alandi Road


Figure 19: Traffic Volume Counts for Nagar Road


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