Demographic profile- population growth, employment, vehicle ownership, travel characteristics

Identification of major corridors Division of corridors into homogeneous sections Link volume survey on homogeneous sections Bus stop based passenger survey Bus route and frequency survey

No. of passengers boarding / alighting Travel characteristics like origin, destination, trip purpose, frequency, travel cost and

willingness to use LRTS / MRTS etc. Bus route details. Occupancy rate of buses.

Ward No.

Name No. of Households

Total Male Female

28 Meenchanda 1430 9199 4542 4657

Inter-city Daily Traffic Volume According to Type of Vehicle, 2008

Sl. No.

Survey stationCar /Jeep

Sc/McAuto(P)

Moffusil

Bus

Citybus

TruckMinitruck

MATAuto(G)

Oth-ers

Total

1N H - 17 at Ramanattukara

4797 4646 1881 1901 27 2172 919 322 703 14 17978

Distribution of vehicles according to survey station and direction

Survey stationDire-ction

Car /jeep

Sc/McAuto (P)

Moffusilbus

City

bus

Mini-Bus

TruckMinitruck

MAT

Auto(G)

Oth-ers

Total

N H -17 at Ramanattukara

IN 2227 2318 954 935 12 292 949 400 168 287 7 8549

OUT 2570 2328 927 966 15 304 1223 519 154 416 7 9429

Total 4797 4646 1881 1901 27 596 2172 919 322 703 14 17978

Considerable variation in traffic volume of vehicles is observed during peak hours among the 37 sections surveyed. Peak hour volume varied from a high value of 3,793 vehicles in Eranhipalam-Mavoor road Junction section to a low value of 247 vehicles in Mankavu-Meenchanda section.

Peak Hour Traffic Volume in Selected Stretches on Major Roads in Kozhikode City, 2008

Sl. No.

Name of sectionPeak Hour

car, van Jeep

Scooter/M. cycle

Auto

(P)

BUS

Lorry

Mini Truc

k

MAT

Auto

(G)

Others

Total

Corridor - I : NH-17 - Air port - Kulathur - Ramanattukkara - Town Hall - Elathur Vengalam

6

Cheruvannoor(Areekkad )-Meenchanda

9.00-10.00(M) 183 598 142 124 11 0 0 0 0 1058

Meenchanda - Cheruvannoor(Areekkad)

11.00-12.00(M) 141 961 240 58 11 0 0 0 0 1411

7

Meenchanda - Vattakkinar09.00-10.00(M) 274 594 55 34 30 30 0 38 0 1055

Vattakkinar - Meenchanda09.00-10.00(M) 224 701 209 59 42 30 0 38 0 1303

Mankavu - Meenchanda05.15-06.15(E) 206 454 92 69 9 22 0 13 0 865

Meenchanda - Mankavu05.30-06.30(E) 193 422 79 58 3 26 0 9 0 790

Number of Daily Passengers Boarding and Alighting Along With Number of Buses and Average Occupancy

Sl. No.

Name of road/ bus stop

Direction

Peak hour number of passengers No. of

busesAverage

occupancyBoarding

Alighting

IV. Mini bye pass

1 Mankavu1 1099 804 255 382 877 538 267 64

2 Meenchanda1 765 1483 313 292 1093 844 283 33

1 1318 666 291 32

At Meenchanda total road width is only 12.5 m.Sl.No. Name of Link Chain-

ageRoad width (m)

Surface Condition(Good, Fair, Poor)

Pavedwidth

L.HShoulder

R.HShoulder

Land width Paved

L.H.Shoulder

R.H.Shoulder

21 Cheruvannur - Mini Byepass

(Length 4.200 km)

6.800 13.00 2.5 2.0 18.0 Good F F

22 -Do- 7.800 13.00 3 4 27.00 Good F F

23 -Do- 8.200 13.00 2.0 2.5 25.00 God P P

24 -Do- 9.300 13 2 2 17.5 Good F F

25 Mini Byepass 9.700 8.50 2 2 12.5 Good P P

26 Mini Byepass - Vattakinar(Length 0.600 km)

10.300 8.0 1.5 1.5 11.00 Good P P

Peak Hour Speed and Delay Characteristics along Major Road Stretches in Kozhikode city

Cheruvannur Jn. to Mini bye Pass Jn. 4.300 360 360 0 43 43Mini bye Pass Jn. to Vattakinar Jn. 0.600 120 117 3 18 18 Parking

Meenchanda to Mankavu 2.600 420 389 31 22 24Slow vehicl, Slow vehicle & Road Condition Poor

Vattakinar to Beypore Town 5.600 660 620 40 31 33 Bus stop & Slow vehicle

Estimated Peak Hour Directional Flow of Passengers on Corridor 1:

6 Cheruvannur - MeenchandaUP 714 897 341 4588 6540

DOWN 550 1442 576 3132 5700

7 Meenchanda - VattakinarUP 1069 891 132 1666 3758

DOWN 874 1052 502 2714 5142

6 Cheruvannur - MeenchandaUP 714 897 341 4588 6540

DOWN 550 1442 576 3132 5700

7 Meenchanda-MankavuUP 753 633 190 2668 4244

DOWN 803 681 221 2484 4189