INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY · Transport and Mobility Discussion Panel Members Venkat Balusu, Roads & Highway Expert, Ch2M With total experience of 17 years, he has worked

Amaravati Development Corp | Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority

INFRASTRUCTURE – TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY

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Transport and Mobility

• Introduction of Panellists

• Project Background

• Transport Infrastructure Proposals

• Panel Discussion

Amaravati is planned to be Public Transport Priority City with focus on newer technologies of electric and autonomous vehicles. The focus is to discuss on the best practices and development guidelines to achieve the city goals and objectives of National Urban Transport Policy.

Transport and Mobility Discussion Panel Members

Venkat Balusu, Roads & Highway Expert, Ch2MWith total experience of 17 years, he has worked on various highways, roads and land development projects.

Robert Gallagher, NMT Specialist Over 40 years’ experience, mainly in South Asia and the UK, working in Bangladesh for over 20 years on government urban transport projects

Junji Shibata, Director, OCG TokyoSpecialist in transport planning, transportation strategy and policy development with over 25 years professional consulting experience

Rama K, Senior Director, OlacabsA seasoned professional with over 16 years of work experience in the start-up ecosystem, responsible for various initiatives within Ola like Public Transport and Electric Buses.

Prof. SL Dhingra, IIT Bombay

Over 40+ years research and teaching experience and Professor Emeritus in transport systems engineering

Akshima Ghate, Associate Director, TERILeads policy research studies focusing on promotion of sustainable and low-carbon development of transport systems for the Govt. of India,

Project Background

Vision and Goals

• Vision for Capital City • Andhra Pradesh set to make the proposed capital city of Amaravati, a pioneering smart city in the

country and a true “People’s Capital” developed as per the global standards

• Master plan set the vision for Physical Infrastructure for Amaravati as “a national level transport node; a region with quality infrastructure and industrial base that supports growth of state; by promoting regional and national level connectivity”

• Transport Infrastructure

• Vision• Vision to provide seamless, safe and convenient universal access to employment, housing and

amenities through sustainable Public Transit and Non-Motorized transportation systems

Goals

• Provision of safe, universally accessible, smart, economical, sustainable and efficient transport infrastructure with maximum of 15 minute travel from PT stations to any corner of Township

• To offer high preference to Smart and Green Transport Modes to sync in with objectives of National Urban Transport Policy

Amaravati - Capital City Location

• Proposed Capital city iscentrally located withinthe capital region of8603 Sq. Km

• Region includes twelveexisting urban centersof which 2 corporations,8 municipalities and 2nagar panchayats withina radius of 40-50 Km.

• Capital city spreads overan area of 217 Sq. Km.in Guntur district alongRiver Krishna

Regional Connectivity - Prevailing

• Road Network

• NH-16 between Kolkata-Chennai is on eastern side of capital city while NH-16 between Pune-Machilipatnam is on northern side

• NH-30 towards Jagaldalpur meets NH65 on northern side

• Existing major district roads at proposed capital city provide access through NH16

• Rail Network

• Railway lines to Chennai and Hyderabad are eastern and northern sides with major stations at Vijayawada and Guntur. Nearest stations are at Mangalagiri and Krishna canal.

• Airport is located on NH-16 at Gannavaram about 30 km from capital city

Regional Connectivity - Proposed

Road Network

▪ Development of bypasses, bridges, Inner and outer ring roads

▪ Widening of existing state and national highways and provision of new expressways

Rail Network▪ Development of High Speed Rail,

DFCC and new railway line onsouthern side of capital city

▪ Modernization of Krishna canaland Mangalagiri railway stationsand provision of new Amaravatirailway station

▪ New greenfield airport is beingplanned on south of capital citybetween Amaravati and Guntur

Transport

Infrastructure Proposals

Proposed City Road Network

• Road Hierarchy

• Major Arterial Road

• Arterial Road

• Sub-Arterial Road

• Collector Road

• In addition to above,Seed access road withsub arterial priorityconnects CBD withexiting roads

• Road Network

• Total : 642.17 km (excl. local roads)

Road Cross Sections

• Arterial Roads – 50 m ROW

Road Cross Sections

• Sub-arterial Roads - 50 m ROW

Road Cross Sections

• Collector Roads - 25 m ROW

Road Cross Sections

• Local Streets - 17 m ROW

Proposed Public Transport

• PT Network• Four metro corridors

• 160 km of dedicated BRT

• Remaining with City Bus Service

• Network of Inter-city and intra-city bus terminals all over city and at peripheral areas .

• Feeder services for Public transport corridors

Passenger terminal Infrastructure

• Four Transport hubs• Tadepudi, Anatavaram,

Krishnayapalem andNidamarru

• Three Inter-city busterminals• Krishna canal railway

station, Amaravati stationand Bethapudi

• Intra-city bus terminals• 20 intracity bus terminals

and 11 depots

• Three railway stations• Modernization of Krishna

canal and Mangalagiristations and newAmaravati station

NMT Network

• NMT network isplanned all along theproposed Amaravatiroad network

• 2.0/3.0 m cycle tracksand 2.0 m pedestrianpaths are planned oneither side of road.

Multi-Modal Integration

• Integration of Bus, BRT,Metro and rail terminalsat appropriate locations

• Metro/BRT corridorsconnecting keypassenger terminals

• Safe and convenientNMT network alongmost of city roadnetwork

Panel Discussion

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Recommendations

Targeted Questions

• How do we reach 80% public transport share?

• How do we design roads and streets for improved NMT?

• What is the plan ahead for electric vehicles and other upcoming trends?

• How do we adopt Mobility-as-a-service, and roadmap towards building TfL?

Thank You