Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short Routes Presentation by: BEST in Association with EMBARQ India
Jan 21, 2015
Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short RoutesPresentation by: BEST in Association with EMBARQ India
BEST e-Ticketing ProjectPresented By:
Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, IAS
General Manager, BES&TPresented By:
Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, IASGeneral Manager
BEST
Presentation by: BEST in Association with EMBARQ India.
Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short Routes
Feeder bus services are designed to pick up passengers in a locality and take them to a transfer point where they make an onward journey on a trunk service.
Trunk service can be another bus, or a rail based service such as a tram, rapid transit or train.
Feeder buses act as part of a wider local network, or a regional network.
Planning and design of feeder services requires understanding of the existing origin-destination points, network connectivity, ease of transfer from/to the feeder service, competing alternatives, fare pricing, routing etc.
Introduction
Serving short distances typically between 4-6kms
High frequency service
Serving residential/commercial areas from/to trunk routes
Providing last mile connectivity
Fare pricing a key factor because of other competing modes
Characteristics of a Feeder Service
Circular Routes in business districts
Origin/Destination based feeder service Employment Based Residential Based Tourism Based
Peak Period Services
Long Distance routes, serving as feeders along certain sections along popular routes
Types of Feeder Service
Distance from the origin to destination
Travel Time based on actual traffic conditions (peak vs. non peak)
Nature of stretch - congestion levels, signals, constraints along the route
Availability of resources - Fleet Size and Personnel
Frequency of the service
Passenger potential
Coordination with trunk timings
Infrastructure at the trunk-end, eg: at the location
Planning of Feeder Services
0-2 kms Rs. 6
2-3 kms Rs. 8
3-5 kms Rs. 10
5-7 kms Rs. 12
7-10 kms Rs. 15
*Returns are high for short distance
Fare Structure (Mumbai) for Feeder Service
*some loop bus routes have a flat rate of Rs 6, like the Fort Pheri bus
Daily Ticket Sales: 9,09,06,731
Monthly Passholder Sales: 3,60,426
Ticket Purchases by Feeder Passengers (January 2013)
Western Express Highway
Goregaon Station
Case Study: Goregaon East – Route 344
Nagari Niwari
From: Goregaon Station (E) – Nagari Niwara
To: Goregaon Station (E)
Entire trip length: 9.3 kms
Bus Frequency: every 5-6 mins
Characteristics: Ring Route
Number of Buses (fleet): 8
Occupancy Ratio: 76%
Case Study: Goregaon East – Route 344
Western Express Highway
Goregaon Station
Case Study: Route 346
Nagari Niwari
Case Study: Route 346
From: Goregaon Station (E)
To: Nagari Niwari, Goregaon (E)
Entire Trip Length: 4.9 kms
Bus Frequency: 6-8 mins
Number of Buses (fleet): 8
Occupancy Ratio: 72%
Characteristics: Nagari Niwara Housing Society to Goregaon Station (connection from residential neighbourhood to local train station)
Major Route Competitors: Auto-Rikshaws
Western Express Highway
Goregaon Station
Case Study: Route 343
Aarey Colony
Case Study: Route 343
From: Goregaon Station (E)
To: Aarey Milk Colony, Goregaon (E)
Entire Trip Length: 4.7 kms
Bus Frequency: every 9-10 mins
Number of Buses (fleet): 10
Occupancy Ratio: 75%
Characteristics: Santosh Nagar (connection from residential neighbourhood to local train station)
Major Route Competitors: Auto-Rikshaws
Western Express Highway
Goregaon Station
Case Study: Route 452
Mayur Nagar
Case Study: Route 452
From: Goregaon Station (E)
To: Mayur Nagar, Goregaon (E)
Entire trip length: 4.8 kms
Bus Frequency: every 17-20 mins
Number of Buses (fleet): 6
Occupancy Ratio: 63%
Major Route Competitors: private bus companies that operate (clandestine)
Ghatkopar Station
Western Express Highway
Case Study: Route 340
Agarkar Chowk
From: Ghatkopar Station (W)
To: Agarkar Chowk, Andheri (E)
Entire Trip Length: 8.8 kms
Bus Frequency: every 6-7 mins
Number of Buses (fleet): 28
Occupancy Ratio: 100%
Characteristics: Operationally break even route Bi-directional route: from Ghatkopar to Andheri and reverse (uniform flow in both
directions)
Case Study: Route 340
Kanjurmarg Station
JVLR
Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 602
Hiranandani Bus Stop
From: Kanjurmarg Station (W)
To: Hiranandani Bus Station
Entire Trip Length: 5.2 kms
Bus Frequency: 8-10 mins
Number of Buses (fleet): 7
Occupancy Ratio: 91%
Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 602
Bhandup Station
Kanjurmarg Station
Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 604
From: Kanjurmarg Station (W)
To: Bhandup Station (W)
Entire Trip Length: 3.5 kms
Bus Frequency: 11-15 mins
Number of Buses (fleet): 5
Occupancy Ratio: 75%
Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 604
Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 608
Kanjurmarg Station
Hanuman Nagar
From: Kanjurmarg Station
To: Hanuman Nagar, Bhandup (W)
Entire Trip Length: 2 kms
Bus Frequency: 8 mins
Number of Buses (fleet): 5
Occupancy Ratio: 93%
Case Study: Kanjurmarg Service Route 608
Fort Pheri
Entire Trip Length: 6.3 kms
Bus Frequency: every 4-5 mins
Characteristics: Ring Route
Case Study: CBD - CST Routes
Peak Period Operations (AM focus on trips originating at CST and PM focus on trips originating at employment districts)
Special 1: CST to NCPA
CST
NCPA
Destination: NCPA, Nariman Point
Entire Trip Length: 3 kms
Frequency: 2-4 mins
Peak Period Routes – Special 1 – CST
Special 2: CST to World Trade CentreCST
World Trade Centre
Destination: World Trade Center, Cuffe Parade
Entire Trip Length: 4.8 km
Frequency: 5 mins
Peak Period Routes – Special 2 – CST
Special 3: Colaba to Crawford Market
Crawford Market
Colaba Bus Station
Origin: Colaba Bus Station
Destination: Crawford Market
Entire Trip Length: 5 km
Frequency: 20 mins
Peak Period Routes – CST – Special 3
Special 4: CST to Free Press Journal Marg
CST
Free Press Journal Marg
Destination: Freepress Journal Marg (Shipping Corporation Building), Nariman Point
Entire Trip Length: 2.9 km
Frequency: 10 mins during PM peak periods
Peak Period Routes – CST – Special 4
AM Peak: 8:30am -11:30am
PM Peak:16:30pm -19:00pm
Double decker buses allow increased capacity
Case Study: CBD Churchgate - AM and PM peaks
Double decker buses allow increased capacity
Special 8: Churchgate - World Trade Centre - Churchgate
Churchgate
World Trade Centre
Destination: World Trade Center
Entire Trip Length: 7.6km
Frequency: 7-8 mins
Peak Period Routes – Churchgate – Special 8
Special 9: Churchgate – NCPA - Churchgate
Churchgate
NCPA
Destination: NCPA, Nariman Point
Entire Trip Length: 3.5km
Frequency: 2-3 mins
Peak Period Routes – Churchgate – Special 9
Bandra to Sion all the long routes and catering as feeder services
Dadar no infrastructure or space close to station all routes are passing routes and serve as feeders alighting points are Plaza Cinema and Kabootar Khana on
the west side and Dadar TT on the east side
Long Routes Serving as Feeder
Lack of proper infrastructure at station areas for feeder buses
Station areas need to be organized with proper access to
pedestrians by providing footpaths, organizing vending area,
space allocation for auto/taxi stands
Ideally feeder lengths should be 5-7 kms but have gone
beyond 7-8 kms from the stations in the recent times
For feeder services running time/kms has become very high
Limited resources- Fleet/Personnel
Challenges
Non availability of space for maneuvering at end locations
Need for pedestrian discipline and vehicle discipline.
Challenges Cont’d…
Private vehicles, autos, taxis (off-
peak direction) pick people in off-
peak direction after doing their actual
trip
Uni-directional pattern of travel (for
trunk as well as feeders)
Competition from IPT’s and private
operators
Feeders are an integral part of mass transit system of a city
Provide last mile connectivity
Proper planning needs to be done to ensure safe and
reliable movement of passengers
Need for better integration between feeder services and
destination nodes
Summary
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