SESSION 2A - ‘Bus Rapid Transit – Stories from 2013

1. Surat Bus Rapid Transit System
Abhijit Lokre, Associate Professor / Faculty of Planning, Centre
of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University,
Ahmedabad

2. Surat Bus Rapid Transit System
April 2013
An Initiative of :
SURAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
Abhijit Lokre / Associate Professor / Faculty of Planning
Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

3. Surat today
• Population - 45.85 Lakhs (2011)
• Municipal Area – 326.51 sqkm
• 2nd largest city in Gujarat
• 9th largest city in India
• 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)
- 42 % of the world’s total rough diamond cutting and
polishing
- 70 % 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 fibre export
Surat
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

4. Surat With No Public Transport

5. Challenge for Surat to create Sustainable High Quality Public Transport
Surat with Limited Public Transport

6. • Rapid Growth – 38 lakh population
• High City Mobility – 38 lakh Passenger
trips per day
• Inadequacies in the road network
•Incomplete Road Network
•Missing Hierarchy
•Lack of uniformity In ROW
•Constraints – River, Canal, Khadi, Railway
Line
Mobility Challenges
• 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
• High Road Fatalities
• Congestion
• Sensitive Air Quality

7. Corridor Assessment
• Traffic Generators/ Destinations
• Socio- Economic Factors
• Travel Demand
• Factors affecting BRTS implementation:
Critical Consideration:
Post Improvement Service Quality (perceived) - Different
User Groups
• Nobody should be facing worsening situation
• Existing Private Vehicle users – Must at least receive same
level of service. Preferably improved level of service
• Mass transit Users – Must receive substantially improve
quality of service

8. Existing Roads
Proposed Roads
Legend:
Hazira
Industrial
Estate
Airport
Surat
Rly. stn
Amroli
Sarthana
Sachin
GIDC
Proposed ring road
network – 110 kms.
Proposed radial road
network – 215 kms.
Future road network
(2035)
Existing river bridges- 7
Proposed river bridges
7 +1 widening
Existing RuB- 7
Existing RoB - 4
Proposed RoB/RuB - 15
Structuring urban road network
PROPOSALS
details

9. SURAT BRTS
Phase 1

10. Wide RoadsSelecting Network in Phase 1 - Wide Roads

11. No RoadsSelecting Network - No Roads

12. Selecting Network - Slum Upgradation

13. TRANSIT VOLUMES
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Demand on existing road (without canal road) Demand on existing road (with canal road)
BRT Demand
Selecting Network – Canal Road BRTS
Creating new opportunities
Demand follows Supply

14. 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 – 2013
 Corridor 2 (20 km) Completion date – 2014
PHASE 2
PHASE 3
• Network length - 42 kms
• Network length - 30 kms
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Kosad EWS
Valak
Sarthana
Simada
Magob city
limit
Gajera junc.
Dabholi char
rasta
Jahangirpura
Adajan
patia
Pal
Dumas resort
ONGC
Daksheshwar
St. Thomas
school junc.
Anuwrat
Dwar.
Chowk
Bhagal
Katargam
Railway
Station
Udhana
Darwaza
Aaimata
Kharwarnagar
Hirabaug
Amroli
Parvat patiya
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4
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10A
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Sachin
Sachin
GIDC
Elevated
corridor
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Kosad EWS
Valak Junc.
Sarthana
Simada
Magob city
limit
Gajera junc.
Dabholi char
rasta
Daksheshwar
Chowk
Bhagal
Katargam
Railway
Station
Udhana
Darwaza
Aaimata
Kharwarnagar
Hirabaug
Amroli
Parvat patiya
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4
5
5
9
6
9
7
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10A
8
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Sachin
Sachin
GIDC
- Phase I
-Phase II
- Phase III
- Phase IV
LEGEND
- Major Junctions
Elevated
corridor
PHASE 4
• 3.5 km long elevated corridor
connecting railway station and city
center

15. Public Transport Coverage
BRT Network Length: 102 km.
Feeder Network Length: 157 km.
Total PT Network Length: 250 km.
Built up coverage: 80%
Total Built up area: 166 sqkm.
Built up covered: 133 sqkm
SURAT BRTS NETWORK COVERAGE

16. Wide RoadsPhase 1 – Work Status
CORRIDOR 1
Udhna Sachin (10 km)
• Road work - Scheduled to be
completed and operational by May,
2013
• Prototype Bus Stop completed
• 19 bus stops under construction –
Scheduled to be completed and
operational by May, 2013
CORRIDOR 2
Canal Corridor (20 km)
• Canal edge lining work under
construction
• Road work under construction
• Bus stops tender uploaded
Legend
BRTS Phase 1 network
(30.5 kms.)
BRTS Phase 2+3 network
(72 kms.)

17. 50 Bus Stations (Phase 1 – 30 kms.)
75 Bus Stations (Phase 2 – 42 kms.)
59 Bus Stations (Phase 3 – 30 kms.)
500-600 meter spacing
Sitilink - Transit Line diagram

18. Phase 1 - Ongoing Work at Udhana Sachin corridor

19. Phase 1 - Ongoing Work at Udhana Sachin corridor

20. Phase 1 - Ongoing Work at Canal Road
Canal edge work in progress
Working days 7-10 days in a Month – due to flow
of water by Irrigation dept.

21. Phase 1 Status
Prototype Bus Station Completed Prototype Bus Station Completed
Activity Area Trees retained along Footpath

22. BRTS Bus Station Prototype Implemented

23. Phase 1 Status : 19 Bus stations nearing Completion

24. Phase 1 Status : 19 Bus stations nearing Completion

25. BRTS Bus Station along Canal

26. Fuel station
Bus parking area
Drivers facility
• Workshop
Staff parking area And
Fire exit
Services
Worker’s
facility
Bus parking area
General
Inspection
BRTS Workshop & Depot facility:
Under Construction at Bhestan

27. SURAT BRTS
BRTS Facilities – Workshop, depots, Drivers’ Facility
BRTS Interchange station, BRTS Control Centre

28. Under Construction (Phase I)
Plot to be finalized from SMC for Phase I
Plot to be finalized from SMC for Phase II
2.5Km distance to reach origin of BRT
Route
Kosad
Jahingirpura
Dumas Resort
(TP 65 Vesu- Bharthana- Althan)
Plot to be reviewed and allotted
Bhestan
Saroli City Limit
Magob
(TP 53- Magob –Dumbhal Draft)
Plot to be reviewed and allotted
Valak
Pal
Strategic location of workshop depot shall minimize dead
kms. During start of oprations.
Proposed location towards the starting point of routes
Scrutinize availability of plot within 2-5 kms.
Proposed BRTS Bus Workshops & Depots

29. Workshop and depot at BhestanProposed BRTS Bus Workshops & Depots

30. • Drivers’ drive buses in critical
Urban traffic conditions
• Responsible for Passenger safety
• Lack of rest between trips and
schedule often affects physical
and mental state
• Basic facilities like drinking water,
toilet facility, rest room proposed
at end terminal locations
Need for Drivers’ facility

31. Jahangirpura
Kosad
Valak
Magob
Sachin
ONGC Circle
Drivers’ facility and end terminal

32. Drivers’ facility and end terminal

33. Hazira
Gems &
jewelry
park
Diamond
industry/
markets
South Guj.
University
Surat Rly. stn
Apparel
Park
Sachin GIDC Kharwarnagar
Junction
Textile
Markets
Public institutions
Pandesara
GIDCAIRPORT
RAILWAY LINE
REGIONAL BUS TERMINALS
(GSRTC)
RAILWAY STATIONS
BRTS PHASE I CORRIDORS
Udhna Rly Stn.
Utran Rly Stn.
Transit Line DiagramBRTS Phase I Corridors
BRTS Interchange Station at Kharwarnagar
A MAJOR
TRANSFER
STATION!

34. Existing Traffic movement Proposed Traffic movement
Existing and Proposed Traffic Movements
BRTS Interchange
Station

35. •3 bus bays per direction
•Overtaking lanes
•Interchange area
•Common entry points
BRT + BRT
Interchange
Ticketing
Passenger
access
Paid area
Easy Passenger
transfers
BRTS Interchange at Kharwarnagar

36. BRTS Interchange at Kharwarnagar

37. BRTS Control Centre at Kharwarnagar
Tender process in progress
Sitilink – Operations, Management and control
ATCS control room

38. BRTS Control Centre at Kharwarnagar
Sitilink Operations Control
Audio – Visual room
Call centre
Card Initialization
ITS enabled
ATCS – Control room

39. SURAT BRTS
Operations Plan

40. BRT Network
Feeder Network
Public Transit Network

41. BRT Network:
Speed: 23 km/hr.
HDW: 5 min.
Feeder Network:
Speed: 18 km/hr.
HDW: 10 min
Pass. Volume per Day
BRT Network
Feeder Network
34000
BRTS + Feeder Network Volumes

42. Jahangirpura
Pal
ONGC circle
Sachin GIDC
Magob
Valak
Amroli
Hira
bazaarSurat
Rly Stn
Dabholi
Kharwar
nagar
BRTS Routes – 11 trunk routes

43. SURAT BRTS
Innovations in Transit Oriented Development
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS

44. Existing canal
BRT Lanes
BRT Interchange Station
Split Flyovers
Mixed traffic lanes
Pedestrian paths
Available plots
Kharwarnagar junction design proposal
15,889.62 sq.m.
5525.18 sq.m.
PARCEL A
PARCEL B
PARCEL C
3000 sq.m.
Parcel A : TRANSIT HUB / Offices/ commercial/ retail/ hotels/
restaurants/ entertainment zones- multiplex
Parcel B : BRT control station / Public parks / amphitheatre
Parcel C : Rehabilitation of project affected units

45. THE TWO PILLARS OF SURAT : THE TEXTILE AND DIAMOND INDUSTRY
CONCEPT:
THE PROGRESS OF SURAT IS HUGELY INDEBTED TO THE TWO MAIN STAY INDUSTRIES – THE TEXTILE
AND THE DIAMOND – IN WHICH SURAT IS A GLOBAL POWER TO RECKON WITH. THE CONCEPT OF THE
ENTIRE PROJECT IS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE TWO INDUSTRIES AND THEREBY RECOGNISE ITS
CONTRIBUTION IN MAKING SURAT ONE OF THE FASTEST DEVELOPING CITIES OF THE WORLD.
THE FOLDS OF THE TEXTILE AND THE GLITTER OF THE POLISHED DIAMOND BECOME IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS IN THE CREATION OF THIS ICONIC BUILDING OF SURAT WHICH SHALL ASPIRE TO BECOME
THE ULTIMATE PUBLIC DESTINATION IN THE CITY OF SURAT.
Concept – The Hub

46. STAR RATED
HOTEL
HI-END
RESTAURANT
OFFICES
OFFICES
HELIPAD
RETAIL
S
RETAIL
S
OFFICE PARKING /
VISITOR’S PARKING
MID DAY BRTS
BUS PARKING
PROPOSED FLY
OVER BRIDGE
PUBLIC ENTRY
TO THE
PARKING
AMPHI
THEATRE
BRTS
CONTROL
CENTRE
LINEAR CIRCULATION
CONNECTING PARCEL A
AND PARCEL B
RECREATIONA
L PARK
OUT DOOR FOOD
COURT
UNDULATING
LANDSCAPE WITH
PATHWAY AND SITTING
MULTIPLEX,
ENTERTAINMENT
ZONE, PUBLIC
LIBRARY, ZONE
OFFICE FOR SMC
EXCLUSIV
E
RETAILS
BRT
INTERCHANGE
The project components..

47. 3D SIMULATED VIEW

48. • Public space create attraction points for
people to gather
• Creating opportunities for people for
recreation and leisure
• Public Parks, Childrens’ play areas, kiosks,
Sculptural and playful street furniture
• Induce riderships for BRT
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS

49. Veer Narmad
South Gujarat
University
Agriculture University
Govt.
Medical
College
Anjana Sewage
treatment Plant
Anuvrat Dwar
Kharwarnagar
Lake
Pilot stretches
Pilot stretches
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS
SVNIT Surat
• Identifying and Connecting Open spaces
• Institutional areas become less inhabited after
working hours
• Activating street edges as public space – Creating
new opportunities

50. BRTS Bus Shelter
Informal sitting
MixedTraffic Lane
BRTS Bus Shelter
Green Public
Spaces Along
BRTS Corridor
Informal sitting
SVNIT
Veer Narmad South Gujarat
University
Exhibition SpaceExhibition Space
MixedTraffic Lane
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS

51. BRTS Lane
Informal
Sitting
Informal
Sitting
Informal
Sitting
Exhibition Space
Exhibition Space
Mounds

52. Informal sitting
Children’s play area
Kiosk
Paved Arae
Paved Arae
Paved Arae
BRTS Corridor along Canal
Developing Public Spaces along BRTS

53. Thank you