1. Pune’s Commuting Woes

7. Times Of India
City Survey
Article, 11 Dec
2011
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

8. JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE MESS

9. 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 Area
Required: 15%
3. Poor traffic management
4. Unruly traffic
5. INEFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT
6. Absence of infrastructural requirements – Flyovers,
railway over bridges(ROB), etc.
7. Absence of wide roads and haphazard planning

10.  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)
Cars (13.1)
3 wheelers (5.7)
2 wheelers (75.3)

11. Traffic
Currently Existing but poorly maintained
Cycle Tracks
Karve Road at peak hour
Laxmi Road Traffic Congestion

12. Is This The Solution ??

13. Or is it this..?

14. THE SOLUTION
=
BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT

15. 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

16. Public Transport

17. 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.

18. POINTERS :
 Reliability
 Comfort
 Convenience
 Affordability

19. 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 !

20. Pune BRTS – Success or Failure ?
Lack of facilities for the pedestrians, improper lane markings, other vehicles entering
the dedicated bus lane – mar the BRTS

21. 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