ASIA BRT CONFERENCE , 2014 Smart city ….. Smart Mobility…. ‘SITILINK’ – SURAT BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM Surat Sitilink Ltd.

ASIA BRT CONFERENCE , 2014
‘SITILINK’ – SURAT BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM
Smart city ….. Smart Mobility….
An initiative of/ Submitted by :
Surat Sitilink Ltd.
Surat Municipal Corporation
Surat today…
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8th largest city in India
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2nd largest city in Gujarat
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor • Population ‐ 44.7 Lakhs (2011)
• Municipal Area – 326.51 Sqkm
• Large Migrant Population
 56 % of the city’s population
 80% of those living in squatter settlements
 50% Migrants from other states
• Manufacturing City: (Diamond & Textiles)
 45% of the world’s total rough diamond cutting and
polishing
 75 % of the nation’s total rough diamond cutting and
polishing
 40 % of the nation’s total diamond exports
 40 % of the nation’s total man made fabric
production
 18 % of the nation’s total man made fiber export
Surat
SURAT – City Growth
Population Projection : SURAT CITY
Year
1961
1971
1981
1991
2001
2011 2021 2031
2035
Population (SMC)
2.88
4.72
9.99
16.2
28.7
44.7
61.8
83.8
96.07 119.6
Population (SUDA) 0.67
0.87
1.21
1.56
2.37
3.32
4.44
6.24
7.67
5.58
11.2
17.8
31.1
48.1
66.3
Total Population
3.55
2041
9.2
90.2 103.7 128.8
(Population in lakhs)
Surat City Vision
“A Global City with Global Standards and Global Values”
The vision is to create a system that minimizes the need for travel,
provides choices for modes that are safe, sustainable socially, economically, financially and environmentally, and provide a global image for the city.
Steps taken up in transportation sector to achieve this vision CMP & DPR for BRTS Operationalized
BRTS
Formation of UTF
Proposal for formation of UMTA
Multi‐modal Transit Hub proposal under consideration
Mobility Challenges
• Rapid Growth – 45 lakh population
• High City Mobility – 38 lakh Passenger trips per day
• Inadequacies in the road network
•Lack of uniformity In ROW
•Constraints – River, Canal, Khadi, Railway Line, encroachment
• Inadequate Public Transport
3‐Wheelers act As Public Transit (7‐9 lakh trips)
100 buses introduced recently (45 000 trips)
• Intrusion Of Regional Goods And Passenger Vehicles Into The Cities
• Congestion • Sensitive Air Quality
Surat with Limited Public Transport…2007
Sitilink
With No Public Transport ...before 2007
– Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)..2014
40,000 auto rickshaws operating like public transport!
Introduction of City Bus services in 2007
Challenge for Surat to create Sustainable High Quality Public Transport Surat…Planning for Smart and Sustainable future
• Surat prepared Comprehensive Mobility Plan in 2008, sanctioned under JnNURM
• Under the plan, the following strategies were prioritized
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Structuring Regional Growth
Structuring Urban Landuse
Structuring Urban Road Network
Bicycle and Pedestrian plan
Mass Transit System Plan
BRTS was selected as a Sustainable Mass Transit Choice for Surat
SURAT BRTS NETWORK – Phase 1+2+3
PHASE 1 • Year of Sanction 2008
• Start Year of implementation – 2009
• Phase 1 Corridors – 30 km  Corridor 1 (10 km) Completion date –
January 2014
 Corridor 2 (20 km) Completion date –
December 2014
PHASE 2 • Network length ‐ 42 kms
PHASE 3 • Network length ‐ 30 kms
PHASE 4 • 3.5 km long elevated corridor connecting railway station and city center
BRT Operational (10.0 kms.) – January 2014
December 2014
System components
Running ways • Segregated bus ways
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Closed System Complete street development (PT, NMT) Bus Stations
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Accessible, Comfortable stations – Level boarding alighting, Off board Ticketing, ITS enabled
Moving people and not vehicles
Vehicles
Network and not corridors
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
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Clean buses & modern technologies Euro III/ IV A.C high floor buses
Trained Drivers and staff
Public Information System (PIS)
Electronic and Off board Ticketing, Smart Cards
Vehicle tracking system (real time)
Area Traffic Management for Bus Priority & Minimise wastage of GREEN TIME
Operation Plan
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Efficient, Frequent, Reliable service
Closed System Operations under Single Management Control
Institutional framework
The sustainability of BRT systems depend on its institutional structure
• Surat Sitilink Ltd. (SSL) – An SPV developed for Operations
and Maintenance of Surat BRTS under Companies Act
• Fully owned by Surat Municipal Corporation
Sitilink has a range of responsibilities, with technical autonomy within the local transportation policy, including:
•Policy‐making and setting standards for the corridors
•Planning and design •Project implementation •Contracting •Operational management •Financial management •Administration •Marketing ‘State of Art’ BRTS Bus stations
‘Paradigm shift’ from prevalent perceptions and practices of Bus stop design
Safe and secured median bus stations
High floor bus stations (+900 mm) for at‐level boarding alighting with buses
Barrier free access through ramps, tactile blocks, railings
‘Open’ …visually and ventillate like a semi‐covered space
Livable streets..for people
High quality, safe and accessible pedestrian pathways
Streets for walking, seating, cycling and public transit along with private vehicles
Increasing ‘Green cover’
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
A central control centre monitoring the operations Vehicle tracking system on real‐time basis
Electronic and off‐board fare collection
Control Centre
Surveillance system PIS at Bus Stations
Smart Travel…With Smart Card
Sitilink Travel Cards introduced from first day of Operations
PIS at buses
Type of Sitilink Travel Card:
•General Travel card (Operational
•Student Card
•Senior Citizen Card
Innovation Challenges Opportunities Water front BRTS
Selecting Network – Canal Road BRTS
BRTS Demand Analysis
Demand on existing road (with canal road)
Demand on existing road (without canal road)
TRANSIT VOLUMES
5629
18418
16
3
0
17
3
77
1
4017
16736
1592
3
1696
0
10267
14448
6
14993
13750
18081
24984
96
71
8
00
37
1
88
18664
0
2196
98
19879
5
20213
1505
4
2053
4
15468
20949
1481
9
2048
3
2
16
44
5
4
10
22
74
2
10511
903
63
11
19
66
78
44
97
86
2
68
2
9
5
79
28
77
SCALE:
3
1183
3
1
4
8
1592
4000
10000
4
88
157
7
8
07
8
1138
8
1
11
546
548
Canal road
14534
90
23
58
648
214
19
229
0
41
19
2
4
2
7
36
1640
6
1948
7
8
2
84
85 30
24
4
929
1
93
37
6
42
38
2
80
16
9
20 89
10 111
4
43
18
1
17
29
8
51
18
32
41
0
17
3
8
1803
5
69
22
8
1
1991
9
102
1659
3
44
24
2
26
10
9
66
17
52
25
9
02
35
1
6
00
23
1984
52
0
2
16
64
0
14
09
9
16
83
9
14
14
514
893
15
53
2
30
7
15
35
3
2524
8892
0
13230
9334
Existing Ring road
6526
8859
8677
4673
LINKS:
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TRANSIT LINES:
r1
r11
r12
r2
r3
r4
r5
r6
r7
r8
r9
53
6
23
82
25
20000
8
33
53
8
64
58
30000
40000
5
50
44
43
50000
1
53
53
4
81
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Creating new opportunities ‐Developing new link‐ canal road •
Demand follows Supply
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Restructuring road network
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Alternative links developed to decongest existing ring road
No Roads
Before BRTS ‐
Today…–
With BRT (2014) No Roads…2008
13 kms. Of Canal corridor was identified in BRTS network in phase 1.
Transforming Constraints into Opportunities
Partially there was no road, no traffic, degenerated use, encroachments on water front, BRTS to be operational on this corridor by 2014.
canal degradation
Centrally located canal acted as waste collection area, no transit opportunity
Lack of land use changes
Degradation of surrounds, land prices, Quality of life..
Pedestrian path
Mixed traffic lanes
BRTS bus lane
Pedestrian path
Mixed traffic lanes
BRTS bus lane
Existing Canal
Canal edge development
Implementation
Canal road BRTS nearing Completion
The purpose of canal is to supply water to irrigational areas from north to the south of city.
Constructing canal edge lining for strengthening of edge, preventing water seepage, increasing velocity of water flow
Construction activity undertaken in short intervals of 14 days when the water supply is discontinued. Given this, precast technology was adopted.
Bus stations – Under construction on Canal
Cross‐ Section – Canal Corridor (Water front BRTS)
Landuse transformations
2008
2014
Image Source: Google earth satellite imagery
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Major transformation in adjoining landuse / density through supplying transit facility
Upgradation of canal and surrounds
Escalation in land prices envisaged
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS
Pilot stretches
Anjana Sewage treatment Plant
Govt. Medical College
Lake
Agriculture University
Pilot stretches
SVNIT Surat
Anuvrat Dwar
Veer Narmad
South Gujarat University
• Identifying and Connecting Open spaces
• Institutional areas become less inhabited after working hours
• Activating street edges as public space – Creating new opportunities Kharwarnagar
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS
Mixed Traffic Lane
BRTS Bus lanes
BRTS Bus Shelter
Kiosks/ Activity areas/ park
Mixed Traffic Lane
Green Public
Spaces Along
BRTS Corridor
Tensile structure
Children’s
with mixed use
play area
public spaces
Mounds
Canal
Canal
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS
BRTS Connecting University area
Design prepared considering retention of existing trees.
New trees under plantation at every 8‐10 mts.
Augmenting capacity by developing complete street/ Right of Way (RoW)
Transit Infrastructures Planned and under implementation
Supporting infrastructure facilities under implementation
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Workshop and Depot
BRT to BRT Interchange facility
BRT to Feeder Interchange facility
Control centre to monitor the system
State of Art Bus Shelters
BRT‐ Feeder Interchange Facility
BRTS Workshop and Detail
BRT‐ BRT Interchange Facility
Benchmark in Public Transport in India
Introducing S‐Connect
Integrating BRTS with Feeder bus service network
S‐Connect : Linking Surat Railway station and Sachin
Stage 1: Pilot Project
To be Operational by 1st September, 2014
‐Locations of origins and
destinations apart from
the operational route
(Data based on OD survey
conducted by CEPT for 500
sample surveys)
Proposed S‐
Connect is planned considering passengers coming to and from railway station and Sachin
GIDC
Stage – I and II – Feeder Integration implementation
Surat city transport services has initiated the linking of ‘ S‐Connect’ as feeder system to Sitilink.
Stage – I Railway station to Kharwarnagar
Stage – II Sachin GIDC junction to Sachin Gaam
An Initiative of:
S‐Connect – Level of Integration
• Physical – Interchange station developed for easy transfer for passengers
• Fare – Integrated fare system developed with single ticketing system
• ITS – GPS/GPRS and PIS system proposed to be installed in S‐Connect buses to reduce travel time
• Institutional – Agreement between Sitilink and S‐Connect is developed
Schedule Integration
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Time Savings
Ensuring minimum transfer waiting time for Commuter S‐connect – Feeder integration network proposed
Stage 2: Complete Network
Surat Integrated Feeder System
•Surat Municipal Corporation has taken an initiative to introduce integrated public transit services in the city. •The initial success will determine the development of 157 km network of S‐Connect
BRT Network
Feeder Network
Map showing Sitilink and Feeder network
Surat BRTS + Feeder Network coverage
Public Transport Coverage
BRT Network Length: 102 km.
Feeder Network Length: 157 km.
Total PT Network Length: 259 km.
Built up coverage: 80%
Total Built up area: 166 sqkm.
Built up covered: 133 sqkm
‘SITILINK’ ‐ Operations
Sitilink – Free trial runs (January ‐ February 2014)
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Operations – Free trial (26
Jaunary’14 – 28th February’14)
Free trial runs started from 26th January 2014 with a grand opening by Hon. Mayor of the city
Operational route – 10 km •26th January, 2014 ‐ 28th February, 2014
•Headway – 10 minutes •Buses operated – 8+1 (spare)
•Schedule – 08:00am to 12:00pm (morning shift)
4:00pm to 8:00pm (evening shift)
Average passenger details
13,500 per/day
Per kilometer: 14
Per bus: 1683
Per trip: 151
Operational Routes: 1
Udhana Darwaja – Sachin GIDC Total Length : 10 km
Operational Stops : 17
Operations – Analysis
Route extended by Headway reduced Initiation S‐Connect 2.7 km to 8 min
services 1st August – 31st
1st July ‐ 31st July August
1st September – till date
Operations initiated
1st March – 30th June
Network Length
10 km 12.7 km 12.7 km
12.7 km + 7 km (S‐Connect)
Number of Stations 18
20
20
20 + 9
Operations Timing 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
6:00 am to 9:00 pm
(6:00 – 9:00 am & 6:00 – 6:00 am to 9:00 pm 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
9:00 pm) into extended routes
Buses Operated
8
9
14
14
Average Headway
10 min
10 min
8 min
8 min
Daily Passenger (avg)
3600
3890
5210
7000
Daily Collection
33550 INR/day
32315 INR/day
44700 INR/day
69270 INR/day
Remarks
Ridership reduced as the fare collection started. As the direct connectivity Increase in connectivity was unavailable, IPT was increased ridership
cheaper and transfers were less
Major connection and Increase in frequency single ticketing increased increased ridership
ridership tremendously Passenger‐ Income/ day analysis – Commercial operations
Passenger ‐ Income/ day analysis
9000
100000
8000
90000
80000
7000
Passenger/ day
60000
5000
50000
4000
40000
3000
30000
2000
20000
1000
10000
1. Increase in connectivity – to Railway Station and GIDC industrial area
Date/ Month
Extension of Decrease in 2. Decrease in headway route
headway
3. Direct link to their destination from railway station
Total Passengers
Total Income
Poly. (Total Passengers)
Reasons for decrease in ridership
1. School vacations
2. Sunday and other holidays
1‐Sep‐14
1‐Aug‐14
1‐Jul‐14
1‐May‐14
1‐Apr‐14
1‐Mar‐14
0
1‐Jun‐14
0
Reasons for increase in ridership
Commence of S‐Connect services
Income/ Day (INR)
70000
6000
Passenger/ day with fleet availability analysis – Commercial operations
Passenger / Fleet details
9000
16
8000
14
7000
12
6000
10
5000
8
4000
6
3000
4
2000
2
1‐Sep‐14
0
1‐Aug‐14
Reasons
1‐Jul‐14
1‐May‐14
1‐Apr‐14
1‐Mar‐14
0
Type of people that use BRTS
1‐Jun‐14
1000
•People in service industry
•Regular and timely availability of bus
Total Passengers
No.of Buses
Linear (Total Passengers)
•Industrial workers
•Comfortable journey with all A.C. buses
Commence of Increase in Extension of •School students
•Safe for women and children as security S‐Connect fleet
route to services
industrial •Women
cameras are installed
Decrease in Ridership in May due to School Vacations
area
•Elderly people
•Barrier free design, at‐level boarding
User Satisfaction Response from people
2%
1% 0% 2% 3%
1% 0%
Walk
Bicycle
Two Wheeler
Four Wheeler
Rikshaw
Shared Auto
City Bus
School / Staff Bus
91%
3% 3%
13%
Work
Social
Eduction
Recreation
15%
Other
66%
Source: Analysis based on sample survey done by CEPT University
Way Forward…
•Route Extensions
New routes to be added based on network expansions
Initiaves to increase passenger ridership (Increased from 4000 to 7000 now and expected to grow)
•Feeder Integration
Integrated network BRT + Feeder Route rationalization plan (With the increase in number of routes, route rationalization has to be done for increase in passenger access)
•Smart city’s smart mobility solutions
Common ticketing , ITS smart cards
•Development of Transit Infrastructures
More workshop depots, Interchange stations, Driver’s facility to be developed Way Forward…
•Introduction of tenders for Maintenance of corridors and infrastructure
Housekeeping tender, landscape maintenance etc is taken up for maintenance of the project. Trees have successfully been transplanted at various locations
•Procurement of buses with the increase in number of routes
More buses are in process of procurement. With the increase in number of routes bus procurement is scheduled. For Phase I – 30 km route __ buses needs to be procured .
Order for 20 buses is already placed
‘Sitilink’ – Surat Bus Rapid Transit System
An initiative of :
Surat Municipal Corporation
Technical Support:
Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University
Project Management Consultants/ Operations hand holding:
Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC)
Associating Consultants:
Arya Architects, Ahmedabad
Coordinates Infrastructure Consulting
Jit Engineering Services Consultant Multimedia Consultants pvt. Ltd.
VBSoft India Ltd.