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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
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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
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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
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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) -
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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
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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 -
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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
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You are not in the traffic
jam.
YOU are the traffic jam!!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jai Ho!