Pune’s Commuting Woes

Even the best rated of the above barely made it to a rating of "average" on a scale ranging from "very poor" to "very good" .

Clearly, there's a lot our town planners need to do before we can boast of our metropolises , new and old, becoming world-class

Times Of India City Survey

Article, 11 Dec 2011

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE MESS

Traffic Problems : 1. Since 1960, Pune traffic has increased by 105

times, whereas the road network has grown by merely by 6 times

2. Insufficient Road Network – Existing : 7% of the City AreaRequired: 15%

3. Poor traffic management4. Unruly traffic5. INEFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT6. Absence of infrastructural requirements –

Flyovers, railway over bridges(ROB), etc.7. Absence of wide roads and haphazard planning

According to the Regional Transport Office, the city now plays host to 1,24,196 two-wheelers 39,141 cars 13,166 commercial vehicles (2010)

Share of Registered Vehicles in Pune (%) (DPR for

Baner Subway Under JNNURM)

Buses (0.8)

Trucks (4.8)

Others (0.1)

Traffic

Karve Road at peak hour

Currently Existing but poorly maintained Cycle Tracks

Laxmi Road Traffic Congestion

Is This The Solution ??

Or is it this..?

THE SOLUTION=

BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Public Transport 1 Bus =25 cars/bikes

consume lesser petrol, cause lesser pollution, and will decongest the road

It must be | Affordable | Efficient | Regular | Fast |

In Pune, at present there is only 1 means of public transport – PMPML buses, which has also been criticised for its poor services

There is an urgent need to strengthen it and at the same time introduce new forms of public transport – Metro, Skybus, etc

Public Transport

PMPML–A crippling Public Transport System

The bus system in the city has been overloaded and is underperforming

Various problems faced -bus breakdowns, lack of maintenance, poor frequency, etc.

POINTERS :

Reliability Comfort Convenience Affordability

Need for a Mass Rapid Transit System – Metro & BRTS

Along with improving the existing PMPML, there is today an urgent need for an alternate transport system in the city

Inclusive of: MRTS (Metro and BRTS)

The London underground was started in the year 1863 ! Today almost 150 years later we are just Considering & Planning a

Metro !

Pune BRTS – Success or Failure ?

Lack of facilities for the pedestrians, improper lane markings, other vehicles entering the dedicated bus lane – mar the BRTS

BRTS IN PUNE : STATUS QUO

The Vision: The city of Pune was the first in India to experiment

with a Bus Rapid Transit system.  PMPML started plying pilot routes in December 2006. The funding for the project comes from

the Government of India under the JNNURM. Total of 112 km route is proposed

The project consists of 16.5 kilometres of bus lanes along the Pune Satara Road using air-conditioned, low-floor more than 500 Volvo B7RLEbuses