Embarq india talking transit - support infrastructure for public transport - amit bhatt

Workshop on public transport terminals and support facilities

Thinking Infrastructure for Public Transport

Bangalore

Feb 16, 2012

Amit Bhatt

Strategy Head - Urban Transport

A successful urban transport system involves…

Low travel times and travel costs for people and goods

Equal access to urban life opportunities (social services, education, health, recreation)

Adequate support to desired form, size and density of the city-region

Limited impact on the environment: air/noise pollution; CO2 emissions

Reduced impact on public health: fatalities and injuries from traffic accidents

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This implies a huge challenge as

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Source: O.P. Agarwal and S. Zimmerman “Towards Sustainable Mobility in Urban India”, Presented in the Annual TRB Meeting, Washington D.C. January 2008

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Number of vehicles increases faster than population following economic development

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The number of motor vehicles is growing twice as fast as the population in India – mainly two wheelers (71%)

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However, Financial, institutional, physical resources are constrained

¿What to do?

Alternative 1: Capital intensive solutions

Give greater capacity to the road network to relieve congestion

Build massive rail transport systems (light rail- metro)

Alternative 2: Change paradigms

Give priority to non motorised transport and bus-based public transport

Restrict indiscriminate automobile use

Capital & Land intensive solutions:

highways

Infrastructure solutions lead to greater automobile dependence

Source: INDICATORS OF TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY IN 37 GLOBAL CITIES, Jeff Kenworthy, Felix Laube, Peter Newman and Paul Barter, World Bank, 1997

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Cities of United States have 66% more deaths in traffic accidents per person than peer cities in Europe and Asia, and 123% more than Toronto

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Automobile dependent cities have low densities (occupy large extensions)

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Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Urban

Transport

Pedestrian and Bicycles

Public Transportation

Disincentives to Car Use

Cleaner and Cooler Fuels and Vehicles

Transit Oriented Development

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Public Transport - Bus Systems

High qualityUser orientedFastReliableLow cost

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Sao PauloCuritiba

Bus Karo

Bus Karo – Guidebook on bus operations and planning

Technical workshops for 50+ cities

Direct Mentoring | Pilot Projects for 10+ cities

Support to Ministry of Urban Development for 2nd round of bus procurement

Bus Karo Plus

Outcome

By 2016, 20+ Indian Cities have more than 40% of motorized travel in public transport

Bus Karo Plus

Talking Transit• Capacity Building

Workshop • Study Tours

Mentoring Transit• Helping - pilot

Initiatives• Technical support

Learning Transit• Bus Karo• Case studies,

Databases• Best practices

Travel

Source: Oren Tatcher

Support Infrastructure for Public Transport

Depots

Stops

Pickup Points

Terminals

Interchanges

EMBARQ’s mission is to catalyze and help implement environmentally and financially sustainable transport solutions to improve quality of life in cities

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