MOBILITY OF PARA-TRANSIT SYSTEM

IN TIRUCHIRAPPALLI CITY

Under the guidance of Presented by

Banavath Babunaik
Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan
203115006
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering M.Tech – TEM
NIT Tiruchirappalli NIT Tiruchirappalli
 INTRODUCTION
• Para-Transit System (PTS) is the short- distance public
transport.
• It is hiring flexible passenger transportation system that
does not necessarily follow fixed routes and schedules.
• Auto Rickshaws(3+1) / Share Autos (6+1),Maxi cabs (12+1),
Tourist taxis(12+1)

• They provide two types of services:

1. Trips along a more-or-lessDefined Route with stops to
pick up or drop off passengers on request.
2. Demand-Responsive Transport (Door-to-Door service ).

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 OBJECTIVES
• To study Para-Transit Operations Characteristics in
Tiruchirappalli city.
• To create a GIS framework and Route map of the auto stands
in Tiruchirappalli city using QGIS.
• To Analyze the Travel time profile of PTS .
• To suggest a set of recommendations relating to
improvements of operational performance, coordination
mechanism of PTS and future model of management for PTS.

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 METHODOLOGY

DATA MAPPING & STORING

COLLECTION INFO.IN
INFO. QGIS(1.8.0)
IN ArcMap(10.1)

Data from RTO/ Unions

Locations of Stands by Trimble GPS RESULTS AND

CONCLUSION
Travel Time Data by Magellan GPS
Questionnaire Survey
Data

DATA ANALYSIS &

INTERPRETATION

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 Questionnaire Survey
Area Area
CBS Bazaar Road
K.K.Nagar Kaja Nagar
Puttur Collector Office
Woraiyur J.K.Nagar
Tillai Nagar LIC Colony
Chatram Anand Nagar
WB Road Sundar Nagar
Palakarai Simco Road
Madurai Road Mannarpuram
TVS Nagar Pal Pannai

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 ANALYSIS RESULTS OF
THE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS DATA

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 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS
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 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS

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 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS
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Education
Never went to school < 8th 10th 12th Graduation

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 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS
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 Percentage of drivers

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 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS
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None One Two Three Greater than 3

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 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS

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 Percentage of drivers

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Tillai Nagar
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WB Road
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Madurai Road

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Bazaar Road

Rented
Ownership Kaja Nagar
Collector Office
J.K.Nagar
PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS

LIC Colony
Anand Nagar
Sundar Nagar
Simco Road
Mannarpuram
TVS Nagar
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Pal Pannai
 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS
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Two Three Four Five Greater than 5

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 PROFILE OF THE DRIVERS
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Two Three Four Five Greater than 5

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Comparison of Bus vs Auto

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 ECONOMY OF PARA-TRANSIT VEHICLES

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• Diesel auto rickshaws are spending
around Rs.3000 per month on
maintenance while for LPG and petrol
fueled vehicles, the maintenance cost is
Rs.750-1000 per month.

• For each fuel type of auto rickshaw,

average money spent on fuel every day is
Rs.100-200 depending on the number of
working hours and trip characteristics.

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• Auto rickshaw drivers are earning much
lesser than taxi drivers. On an average
they are earning Rs.400 per day
irrespective of the fuel type in their vehicle.
Their earnings range from Rs.300 to
Rs.500/day.
• Auto rickshaws make maximum 20 to
minimum 10 trips .Trip length varying
between 1 to 10 kilometers.

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 THANK YOU

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