TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES TRANSPORTATION ISSUES

FOR GURGAONFOR GURGAON

YASH SACHDEVAYASH SACHDEVAGeneral Manager (Urban Transport)General Manager (Urban Transport)

RITES Ltd, GurgaonRITES Ltd, Gurgaon

Year Population of UA (lakh)

%age Growth

1981 1.01  

1991 1.36 35

2001 2.29 68

2011 9.02 294

2031 42.5* 371

*As projected in Master Plan for GMUC - 2031

POPULATION GROWTH OF GURGAON

Fast growing and sprawling

Employment growing even higher than population

Contiguous to DelhiTraffic between Delhi and Gurgaon growing very

fast

Intra-Gurgaon traffic also growing rapidly

High income profileTransport infrastructure not matching in relation

to growth in traffic demand

GURGAON URBAN AREA

DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUME AT OUTER CORDON

LOCATIONS IN GURGAON

(Figures in brackets indicate PCU values)

S. No.

Road & Location Daily Traffic (2004-05)

Daily Traffic (2007-08)

1 Delhi-Gurgaon Road, Kapasheda Border

47,369 (42,768) 50,518 (45,477)

2 NH-8, Sirhole Border 83,249 (95,686) 196,514 (206,980)

3 Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, Sikandarpur Border

79,015 (75,578) 91,520 (84,177)

4 Faridabad Road, DLF 19,379 (21,707) -5 Sohna Road, Badshahpur 19,284 (24,472) -6 NH-8, Near Haldiram 35,236 (53,519) -7 Pataudi Road 11,464 (11,211) -8 Basai Road 5,118 (6,793) -9 Palam Vihar Road 7,468 (5,862) -

TRAFFIC FLOW AT INTERSECTIONS-

2004

Source: RITES Surveys, 2004

S. No. Intersection Peak Hour Approach Traffic Volume (Vehicles)

1 DLF Gymkhana Club 6026

2 Sikander Pur 7732

3 Westin/Delta Square Junction

6505

4 Signature Tower 5498

5 IFFCO Chowk 7193

6 Shankar Chowk 8425

MODAL SPLIT FOR GURGAON RESIDENTS-

2004

Source: RITES Surveys, 2004

S. No.

Mode % of total person tripsWith walk

tripsWithout walk

trips1 2 wheeler 18.5 25.22 Car 15.4 20.93 Auto

Rickshaw5.6 7.7

4 Bus 18 24.65 Train 2.9 3.96 Cycle 9.5 12.97 Cycle

Rickshaw3.6 4.8

8 Walk 26.5 -

FORECAST DAILY TRAFFIC DEMAND

FOR GURGAON AREA

Source: RITES Surveys, 2004

S. No. Type of Traffic Daily Person Trips (in lakh)

2004 20211 Intra-city 3 15.62 Inter-city    

  - With Delhi 5.8 20.2  -With other areas 2.2 3.6

Total 11 39.4

You are not in the traffic

jam.

YOU are the traffic jam!!

KEY ISSUES FOR GURGAON

»Millennium city - image of the city important

»Adequate good quality transport system (Road System and Mass Transit)

»Unaesthetic components of transport system to be avoided

»Institutional inadequacies

JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT S

»Junctions are the major causes of congestion

»Potential exists for their improvement

- geometric improvements

- traffic circulation

- traffic signals

» Area-wide/corridor improvement plans

» 25-30 problem junctions

CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT S

»Encroachments on carriageways, footpath and road margins

- reduce road capacity

- create side friction

»Improve major corridors of movement

- remove encroachments and rehabilitate affected people

- organise parking

- provide road signages/markings

- revise traffic circulation

- improve road surface

»120 km of major corridors, 50 km having severe traffic problems

» Start with one corridor as pilot project

»Involve stakeholders, public consultations

ROAD MAINTENANCE»Poorly maintained roads reduce capacity

»Causes

- inadequate pavement thickness

- inadequate drainage

»Well-maintained roads – first impression of any city

»A rigid maintenance and resurfacing programme necessary

»Higher specifications for major roads (about 120 km)

»Higher budgets for road maintenance

ADEQUATE MASS TRANSPORT SYSTEM» Adequate and integrated mass transport system – MOST

IMPORTANT

» Existing level of mass transport low

» Share of mass transport to be gradually increased to 60% of total vehicular person trips

» Good quality mass transport system – a must for people to shift from cars/2W

»Start with a city-wide urban bus system with at least 200 buses

» Good quality urban buses - low floors, air-conditioned

»Mix of standard and mini buses, high frequencies

»Well designed bus stops

ADEQUATE MASS TRANSPORT SYSTEM

»Major corridors of traffic movement for the future and

system to be identified on the basis of projected traffic

- Metro, Light Rail, Monorail, BRT etc

» Second Metro connection to Delhi

» Regional Rapid Transport System ( Rail System) (Delhi to Alwar via Gurgaon)

»Intra-urban system to be integrated to Delhi Metro and RRTS

NON - MOTORISED TRANSPORT» 27% of total trips by walk, but negligible good quality facilities for pedestrians

» Bicycle-share not high but needs to be increased

» Facilities for NMT to be augmented substantially

» All roads to be provided with wide footpaths (min 2m)

» Proper design of footpaths

- Low height

- Good surface quality

- Continuity of footpaths

» Pedestrianisation of streets

» Pedestrian subways/foot bridges to be provided carefully

INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT

» IPT modes (cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws) important for Gurgaon and will remain so

» The plan should take cognizance of IPT modes

» IPT to be integral part of transport system

» Existing IPT terminals – road-side

» Provide off-street terminals

» IPT system to also act as feeder system

»facilities to be planned

» IPT operators to be encouraged to participate in planning process

ROAD SYSTEM» Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway

- toll plaza problems

- IT based solutions needed, instead of addl toll plazas

- toll tickets may be sold at shops etc

- Delhi metro type toll cards

- Traffic dispersal at junctions- TSM measures and grade separation

» More road connections to Delhi

- need to provide faster access to the new links

» Strengthening of north-south road links

»Strengthening of circular corridors

» Flyovers/underpasses at important junctions and railway crossings

»Hierarchy of roads to be defined

PARKING»PARKING - a growing menace

»Most parking - on-street

»On-street also important as large proportion of parking is of short-term duration

»Parking should not hinder traffic flow

»Evolve a proper Parking policy

»City wide parking plan to be prepared

»Provision of off-street parking facilities –surface and automated

»Differential parking pricing for off and on-street parking

»Provision of adequate mass transport system will reduce parking demand

INSTITUTIONAL STREGTHENING»Urban transport - an institutional orphan

»Institutional strengthening crucial for urban transport

»Strengthening/Setting up of Institutions

»Short term courses in traffic engg/management for existing staff

»Traffic engineering cells in Municipal Corporation, HUDA , Traffic Police and State PWD

»Transport Planning Unit in Town and Country Planning Deptt

»Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority at a later date

»Gurgaon Bus Transport Corporation

»Gurgaon Mass Transit Corporation

»Traffic Police

»Increase in manpower

»Training of staff

»Equipments, CTC

Jai Ho!