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Chennai’s Perception of Premium Bus Service

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State Transport Undertakings (STUs) across India face declining ridership due to overcrowding, limited amenities, and competition from private vehicles and ride-hailing services. To address this, ITDP India conducted a survey on Premium Bus Services in Chennai, aiming to understand commuter preferences for comfort, reliability, and convenience.
The survey focused on private vehicle users—car and two-wheeler owners—to identify factors that could encourage a shift back to public transport.
The findings were compiled in the report Chennai’s Perspective of Premium Bus Service.

Download the full analysis here: Chennai’s Perception of Premium Bus Service

BRT and Metro Integration for the Mumbai-Pune Highway

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ITDP India conducted an analysis on how the Nigdi-Dapodi BRTS corridor and Pune Metro services, currently serve the city of Pune. Both these lines run parallel to each other and are complementing each other to ensure maximizing of the overall public transport usage. Key highlights of the study:

  1. The Nigdi-Dapodi BRTS corridor serves 1.5 lakh passengers daily, with 37 buses per hour during peak times,
  2. One bus every 1.6 minutes
  3. About 47% of users were students (18-25 years)
  4. Frequent users had a household income below ₹20,000/month

Download the full analysis here: BRT and Metro Integration for the Mumbai-Pune Highway

 

Accelerating Procurement, Operations and Financing of Buses through Public-Private Partnership

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‘Accelerating Procurement, Operations, and Financing of Buses through Public Private Partnerships’ resulted from our collaborative workshop with the Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU) in New Delhi in April 2023. 🇮🇳

This report delves into how Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) can be the driving force behind transforming State Transport Undertakings (STUs) and lead to
🌟 Improved service quality
🌟 Enhanced financial viability
🌟 Increased operational efficiency
while expanding our bus fleets and transforming the entire transport system.

 

Read the report here.

E-Bus Basics: A Guide for a Transition to Electric Buses

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Launched at the national workshop for State Transport Authorities on ”Accelerating Procurement and Operations of Buses through Public Private Partnership” hosted jointly by Association of State Road Transport Undertakings(ASRTU) and ITDP India. 

This illustrated guidebook provides all information required to plan for, procure, and operate e-buses to accelerate the transition to e-buses in India. Not only does electrification contribute to reducing pollution on our streets, but it also offers a lower cost per kilometre, better fuel/energy efficiency, and improved quality of service. 

 

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Pune’s Sustainable Transport Journey

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Created by the ITDP India Programme for the Pune Municipal Corporation, the Pune’s Sustainable Transport Journey publication documents the city’s transformation and the various initiatives to improve walking, cycling, and public transport that led to Pune winning the international Sustainable Transport Award 2020. The Pune Municipal Corporation launched the publication in February 2021. 

Pune has shown the way in embracing a holistic approach to sustainable transport. Over the last two decades, Pune has consistently taken steps to improve walking, cycling, and public transport across the city. The city has created safe, healthy, and happy streets for its people by improving walking and cycling infrastructure. The city’s foresight in launching CNG and electric buses to accelerate a shift to cleaner and greener transport has made Pune a role model for cities across the country. Lastly, Pune’s focus on putting people first by improving accessibility and inclusivity shows a citizen-centric approach to decision making.

The city’s transformation will serve as an inspiration for other Indian cities to follow Pune’s lead and take a leap towards sustainable urban mobility.

Publication Team: Aswathy Dilip | Naveenaa Munuswamy | Suvetta Lakshminarayanan | Pranjal Kulkarni | Anuj Dhole | Keshav Suryanarayanan | Avishek Jha | Aishwarya Soni | Archna Menon | Shrishti Chatterjee

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Post COVID-19 Guidelines for Bus Operations

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STAY TUNED!

The COVID-19 outbreak has posed unprecedented challenges for public bus users and service providers. To help build their resilience during this pandemic, ITDP India Programme has prepared a simple step-by-step guidelines document for the public bus service providers in India– providing immediate and short-medium term measures to ensure the smooth and safe functioning of our city bus services. With a fleet of 1.4 lakh buses, the public bus services in India serve nearly 7 crore passengers everyday and operate over 1645 crore km annually. These guidelines will help them bounce back after the lockdown and serve the people safely.

Shortly, we will be supporting the public bus service providers with longer-term operational guidelines, with a special focus on improving their financial health for sustainable operations and fleet expansion.

Safety Audits and Walking Assessments around Bus Terminals in Delhi

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The report scores the bus terminals of Delhi on a scale of 0 to 3 in terms of women’s safety and also provides policy recommendations on ways to improve safety.

 

 

 

 

 

People Near Transit, Transit Near People

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The People Near Transit (PNT) report establishes the levels of urban transit services in Pune Metropolitan Region and the accessibility gaps that affects its residents.

 

 

 

 

 

[Webinar] IRC Guidelines on Urban Road Network Planning

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ITDP India Programme is part of the H8 Committee on Urban Roads and Streets, that was constituted in the year 2015 to prepare street design guidelines for urban roads.

Watch the ITDP team talk about:

  1. Planning and Development of Urban Roads and Streets (Sonal Shah, Senior Programme Manager, ITDP)
  2. IRC BRT Guidelines (Pranjali Deshpande-Agashe, Programme Manager, ITDP)
  3. IRC 70: Guidelines for Regulation and Control of Mixed Traffic (Parin Visariya, Research Associate – Urban Development, ITDP)
The webinar provides information on road hierarchy and network planning, pedestrian and cycling facilities, on-street parking management, and BRT guidelines.

The webinar recording can be found here.

Five Ways to Win at Dockless Bikeshare

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Dockless bikeshare, a mode of transportation that emerged in China only four years ago, needs to be regulated and integrated into urban mass transit systems rather than exist as a separate private entity to reach its potential, according to a new policy brief from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

ITDP has outlined five key elements for a successful dockless bikeshare system, and has found that a number of cities have already embraced these best practices.

The policy brief and accompanying publicity materials identify five key components of any system: Five Ways to Win at Dockless Bikeshare. A growing number of cities have prospered by implementing these elements, while other cities have experienced more disruption than smooth travels due to minimal oversight of dockless bikeshare. For example, without clearly communicated guidelines on how best to park the bicycles, dockless bikes have raised ire for blocking rights of way and other public spaces.