COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN FOR THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

BY:- MANOJ VARADI

School of planning and architecture, Vijayawada.

CONTENTS:-

1.BACKGROUND STUDY2.CITY PROFILE2.1GENERAL INTRODUCTION2.2GEOGRAPHY2.3DEMOGRAPHY2.4DEMOGRAPHY IN RELATION WITH EMPLOYMENT3.AIM, OBJECTIVE 4.ISSUES5.LANDUSE AND POPULATION DENSITY MAP6.ZONING AND SCREEN LINES7.TRAFFIC SURVEYS8.STRATAGIES9.PROBLEMS AND THEIR PROPOSALS

BACKGROUND STUDY:-

• ROAD HIERARCHY

• TRAVEL AND ROAD NETWORK

TCRDA (MUNICIPALCORPORATION)

CMP

• CONSULTING ENGINNERING SERVICES (1989)

• NATPAC (1979)

• MASTER PLAN (1971)

PPTA

CTTS (2003) (TRIDA AREA)

CITY PROFILE:-

a) General:- The study area covers the entire Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority Area consisting of Municipal Corporation area and adjacent 10 Panchayats namely

Kazhakkoottam, Sreekaryam, Kudappanakkunnu, Vattiyoorkkavu, Kalliyoor, Vilavoorkkal, Vilappil, Pallichal, Venganoor and Vizhinjam.

b)Geography:-

•It is located at 1315 km from Chennai, 753 km from Bangalore, 1604 km from and Mumbai. • The NH 47 links the city with the rest of India. • The historic city is also connected by rail and air and is one

of the major tourist destinations in Kerala. • It has the area of 296.17 sq.km. consisting 141.55 sq.km. of

City corporation 54.6 sq.km. of ten adjacent panchayats.

LOCATION AREA

AREA OF THIRUVANATHPURAM DISTRICT

296.17 sq.km

AREA OF THIRUVANATHPURAM CITY CORPORATION

141.55 sq. km

AREA OF TEN ADJACENT PANCHAYATS

154.6 sq.km

LOCATION POPULATION (AS PER CENSUS 2001)

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

7,44,739

TRIDA 11,32,394

c)Demography :-

d)Demography in relation with employment:-

e)Transport system characteristics:-

• City is crammed with numerous activity centers like state level administrative buildings, tourism destinations (Kovalam, Ponmudi, etc.), techno park, health tourism destinations etc.

•The road network within the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is generally of radial pattern.

• The Corporation has five major regional roads NH 47, SH 1- M.C. Road, State Highway to Shenkottah, Thiruvananthapuram- Katakana road, Thiruvananthapuram- VizhinjamPoovar road.

•Road length in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation area is 2586 km of which 56% are surfaced.

LANDUSE AND POPULATION DENSITY MAP:-

AIM:- To give an overall transport plan considering the existing traffic pattern and envisioning the future traffic movementPattern.

OBJECTIVE:-The objective of this CMP is to give a convenient and efficient transportation system in city meeting the mobility needs of current and future population.

VISION:- To improve the road network connectivity of the city area so as increase the accessibility.

GENERAL ISSUES:-

• The influence area of the city, in terms of travel demand, is spread over most of the revenue district of Thiruvananthapuram. This has led to heavy inflow of traffic from the surrounding regions and suburbs to the city.

•The increase in vehicles on roads causes pollution and produces gaseous substances such as carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, hydro Carbons etc. So, The increase in vehicles on roads causes pollution and produces gaseous substances.

•The absence of proper routing and scheduling of bus services and no preferential traffic treatment has led to inordinate delays and long waiting time for passengers.

ZONING :-

Zoning System:-

• Based on network connectivity and importance of town/region with respect to Thiruvananthapuram City, 84 zones were demarcated within the study area and 6 zones external to the study area.

• The administrative wards in the corporation area and census zones in the Panchayats were adopted as the traffic analysis zones

(considering the ease in obtaining the required zonal information)

Screen lines:-

• The TRIDA boundary was the Cordon line for the study area

• There are two screen lines were identified for the project area. These are the Killi river (North-South screen line) and the Railway line (East-West screen line).

TRAFFIC SURVEYS:-

Traffic survey type

VOLUME COUNT SURVEY

OD SURVEY

ROAD INVENTORY SURVEY

PARKING SURVEY

PEDESITRIAN SURVEY

SPEED AND DELAY SURVEY

PUBILC TRANSPORT SURVEY

Traffic survey type

IPT SURVEY

HOUSE HOLD

TERMINAL SURVEY

85% TO 90% TRAFFIC DURING DAYNH47 PCU RANGES FROM 7400 TO 3800 HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME• OC3 AND OC14 (NH47) MAXIMUM TRAFFIC 50.24%• R4 (JAGATHY-POOJAOURA), R5 (NH47)• S7 (NH47), S8 (COST FORTH ROAD) BIPASS HOLDS 1900 PCU TO 3900 PCU6.54lakhs TRIPs ACROSS THE OUTER CORDON• 2.62lakhs TRIPs ARE OUT GOINGDESIGN OF ROAD• 76% MAJOR ROAD ROW 7m-14M• 10% 14m- 21M• 40% ROAD HAVE SOULDERS UPTO 2m ON BOTH SIDE• NO FOOTH PATH GROWTH OF AUTOMOBLIES

ANALYSIS:-

STRATEGIES:-

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL DEMAND FORCAST

A)Problem:- Narrow roads, inadequate design and management of road space

Proposal:-REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

URBAN DEVELOPMENT• POPULATION• EMPLOMENT

NETWORK DEVELOPMENT• INNER RING ROAD• OUTER RING ROAD• MASS TRANSPORT CORODES

TRAVEL DEMAND FORCAST

PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS:-

B)Problem:- inadequate parking facilities Proposal:- Multi level parking

Multi level parking (against surface level parking in CTTS) may be provided at the following locations.

• Pulimoodu – Land behind Lens & Frames may be examined

• Medical College – Availability of low lying land opposite to Water Authorityoffice can be examined

• Pazhavangadi – A portion of Putharikandam Maithan (eastern side) can beutilized for multi level parking, this may be examined.

• Thampanoor – It is proposed to shift the existing bus station for longdistance running buses to Enchakkal. Preliminary works for this work isprogressing. So the existing bus terminal at Thampanoor will be limited tobuses plying within the city only. So the possibility of providing multi-levelparking in this locality shall also be examined in detail.

b)Problem:- Pedestrian facilities Proposal:-Pedestrian Subways are proposed at the following locations• VJT Hall• Statue Jn• Medical College• Cotton Hill School• Neeramankara• General HospitalOne sample drawing for Medical College sub way proposal by CTTS