Transpotation Issues

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TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FOR
GURGAON YASH SACHDEVA General Manager (Urban
Transport) RITES Ltd, Gurgaon
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POPULATION GROWTH OF 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
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GURGAON URBAN AREA

• Fast growing and sprawling
• Employment growing even higher than population
• Contiguous to Delhi
• Traffic between Delhi and Gurgaon growing very
  fast
• Intra-Gurgaon traffic also growing rapidly
• High income profile
• Transport infrastructure not matching in relation
  to growth in traffic demand

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DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUME AT OUTER CORDON LOCATIONS IN
GURGAON
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) -
(Figures in brackets indicate PCU values)
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TRAFFIC FLOW AT INTERSECTIONS-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
Source RITES Surveys, 2004
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MODAL SPLIT FOR GURGAON RESIDENTS-2004
S. No. Mode of total person trips of total person trips
S. No. Mode With walk trips Without walk trips
1 2 wheeler 18.5 25.2
2 Car 15.4 20.9
3 Auto Rickshaw 5.6 7.7
4 Bus 18 24.6
5 Train 2.9 3.9
6 Cycle 9.5 12.9
7 Cycle Rickshaw 3.6 4.8
8 Walk 26.5 -
Source RITES Surveys, 2004
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FORECAST DAILY TRAFFIC DEMAND FOR GURGAON AREA
S. No. Type of Traffic Daily Person Trips (in lakh) Daily Person Trips (in lakh)
S. No. Type of Traffic 2004 2021
1 Intra-city 3 15.6
2 Inter-city    
  - With Delhi 5.8 20.2
  -With other areas 2.2 3.6
Total Total 11 39.4
Source RITES Surveys, 2004
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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!