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

1. Rajkot BRTS
Vijay Anadkat, Fellow, EMBARQ India

2. Location : 20.18N & 70.51E
Heart of Saurashtra region of
Gujarat State
Area : 104.86 Sq.Kms
Population : 12,90,000
(as per census 2011)
Slum Population :2,02,371
Climate : Max.43.5O C
(Avg.) : Min. 24.2 O C
Rain fall : Avg. 500 mm
City wards : 23
About city

3. RMC took responsibility
of city bus service from
the state Govt. since
April 2006
City bus service started
in PPP mode during
2006
City Mobility Plan was
prepared during 2007
Rajkot BRTS corridor to
cover city with 63.50 kms
length planned
BRTS Background

4. Motor vehicles growth of 9.5% annually
The highest growth is of two wheelers, which is 9.8%.
The public transport in the city is only 0.5%
More than 10,000 auto rickshaws and chhakda having average trip
length of 5.4km and 13km respectively.
The city has no facilities for NMVs
No facilities for pedestrians in most areas.
Rajkot Vehicular Growth
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
1990 - 1991 1994 - 1995 2000- 2001
Year
Vehicles
Passenger Vehicles Goods Vehicles

5. Mode of Travel & Trip
Area
Trip Rate
(incl. Walk)
Trip Rate
(Excl. Walk)
Trip Length
(in Kms)
Central Area 1.21 0.90 2.93
Rest of RMC 1.32 0.95 3.84
Rajkot OG 0.89 0.53 3.21
(Overall) 1.29 0.92 3.71
Walk
28.0%
PT& Others
13.0%
Cycle
21.0%
Tw o Wheeler
38.0%

6. Identification of BRTS corridor
No. Name of Corridor
Name of
Corridor in
terms of
City
Coverage
Available
Right of Way
(in Mt.)
Length of
Corridor
(in Km.)
1 Blue Corridor
(Gondal Road-Ring Road crossing to
Jamnagar Road-Ring Road Crossing to
Greenland Chowk to Gondal Road)
Ring road 45 - 60 29.00
2 Green Corridor
(Arvindbhai Maniar Nagar to Jamnagar
Road – Ring Road Crossing)
North-South 18 - 24 16.50
3 Red Corridor
(Green land Chowk to Saurashtra
University)
East-West 18 - 24 18.00
Total… 63.50

7. Blue Corridor - 29
Kms
Green Corridor - 16.5
Kms
Red Corridor - 18
Kms
Total - 63.5 kms
BRTS Phasing
Blue Corridor
Red Corridor
Green Corridor

8. Assessment of Corridor
No. Description Blue Rank Red Rank Green Rank
1 Width of Corridor
(in mt)
45 – 60 1 18 -24 2 18 -24 3
2 Length of in Kms 29.00 3 16.50 2 18 1
3 Proposed width for
BRTS (in mt.)
8.00 1 Mix mode
or 3.75
3 Mix mode
or 3.75
2
4 No of Junctions 55 1 61 2 63 3
5 No of Bottle Necks 0 1 1 2 2 3
6 Environment Issues 75 trees 2 No Impact 1 105 trees 3
7 Social Issues Hawker /
Street
Vendors
3 Road side
encroach
ment
2 Lesser
Impact
1
AVG. RANKS 12 14 16
FINAL RANK
(LESSER IS BETTER)
1 2 3

9. (Part-1) : Gondal Road
to Jamnagar Road - 10.70
kms
(Part-2) :Jamnagar
Road to Morbi Road
(RUDA area) - 9.16 kms
(Part-3) : Morbi Road
to Gondal Road
(National Highway) - 9.14
kms
Rajkot BRTS Phasing of Blue corridor
Part I
Part II
Part III

10. Development of the Complete Right of Way (ROW) of the project road by way of:
Segregated Bus lanes (3.35 m)
Cycle Tracks (2.20 m)
Footpaths for Pedestrians (1.80 m)
MV Lane for Personalized Motor Vehicles i.e. Car, Two Wheelers etc (8.00 m)
Service Lane for Parking / Access to Properties (4.50 m)
Parking Lots for Personalized / Public Vehicles Terminal / Interchange Points for
Buses / Auto Rickshaws
Bus Stop / Bus Shelters
Lane Redistribution

11. RBRTS_Photos

12. Split Fly-over

13. One A/C bus @
free of cost
During June 2011-
for one month
Low Floor bus
Let side-curb side
door
Automatic gear
system
BRTS Trial run with Mercedes Benz

14. One bus for one month
Mini A/C bus like metro @ 650 mm platform
Right side central door
People appreciated
BRTS Trial run with SML

15. RBRTS buses

16. Level Boarding

17. Sanctioned Total Project Cost Rs. 110.00 Crore
Fly Over Expense Rs. 53.06 Crore
BRTS Road way Expense Rs. 103.19 Crore
18 Bus Shelter Expense Rs. 4.60 Crore
Total Expenditure Rs. 170 Crore
Total Expenditure

18. FSI on corridor increase by 0.75
Chargeable FSI
Only 20% of recovery will also generate @ Rs.150 crore
ToD
Sale of
addi.
FSI by
‘x’
Generation of Revenue based on Rate chargeable for additional FSI
Option:1 Option:2
Remark
Resi. Comm Vacan Total Resi. Comm Vacant Total
Rs.750 Rs.1000 Rs.800 Rs.1500 Rs.2000 Rs.1750
X =0.50 22.41 13.38 5.55 41.33 44.81 26.75 9.71 81.28
X=0.75 33.61 20.06 8.33 62.00 67.22 40.13 14.57 121.91 Selected
option
X =1.00 44.81 26.75 11.10 82.66 89.63 53.50 19.43 162.55

19. Rajpath: Brand Image
Speed by Wheel & Narrow path
PhilosophyR for Rajkot
R for Rapid

20. RMC completed construction of 10.7 Km as Rajkot
Pilot BRTS Project under JnNURM
Bus operation started with gross cost on PPP
Since it is in operation, more than 6 Lakhs
commuters have preferred to use BRTS as
transportation medium
Pilot BRTS is of fully operationalsed with average
5000 passenger/day
Bus fare ranges Rs.5 to 23
11 buses operationlised with 4 minutes headways
Current Status

21. Negative Publicity after Delhi BRTS
Encroachment @ 15 to 21 mts
Tender premium
Shifting of utilities
Cash flow
Bus Shelter was designed by consultant on curb site shifted
to median
• problems of camber/gradient
• adjusted in plate form
Selection of types of buses
Formation of SPV
Issues

22. Thanks..