MASS TRANSIT

NEED OF THE
HOUR
 OVERVIEW

 Maintaining and enhancing public transit service in

Indian cities is important, to meet rapidly growing
mass mobility needs
 To curb personal motor vehicle activity and its
impacts at low cost.
 Indian cities rely predominantly on buses for public
transport, and are likely to continue to do so for
years.
 However, the public transit service is inadequate,
and unaffordable for the urban poor.
TRAFFIC CONJESTION
» Traffic congestion is a condition on road
networks that occurs as use increases, and is
characterized by slower speeds, longer trip
times, and increased vehicular queuing.

» The most common example is the physical use

of roads by vehicles. When traffic demand is
great enough that the interaction between
vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream,
congestion is incurred.
ACCIDENTS…
 NEGATIVE IMPACTS
» As a non-productive activity for most people,
congestion reduces regional economic health.

» Delays, which may result in late arrival for

employment, meetings, and education,
resulting in lost business, disciplinary action or
other personal losses.
FRUSTRATED DRIVERS
» Wasted fuel increasing air pollution and carbon
dioxide emissions owing to increased idling,
acceleration and braking. Increased fuel use
may also in theory cause a rise in fuel costs.

» Wear and tear on vehicles as a result of idling

in traffic and frequent acceleration and braking,
leading to more frequent repairs and
replacements.
» Stressed and frustrated motorists,
encouraging road rage and reduced health of
motorists

» Emergencies: blocked traffic may interfere with

the passage of emergency vehicles traveling to
their destinations where they are urgently
needed.
MUMBAI…..
» Today one of the major problems in Mumbai is
traveling distances. The average distance
traveled per passenger of mass transportation
is 6 kilometers, nearly one-third the length of
the island of Mumbai.

» Because of the overcrowding on the mass

transit system, many people are switching to
scooters or mopeds. This is problematic
because it does not help with the pollution
problem that Mumbai faces.
» Also non-transportation uses of roads, such as
squatting, slums and haphazard parking has
not helped the situation much either. However,
one of the major problems that Mumbai has
with its transportation system is that it is not run
by one governing body.
 MODES
OF
MASS TRANSIT…..
» Mumbai has several different bus systems, all
owned by private companies. The largest is the
BEST bus system with 3200 buses which carry
an average of 5 million people per day.

» The road network consists of 1431 kilometers

of thoroughfares which handle an average of
6.2 million people per day
BEST
LOCAL TRAINS
» In Mumbai Local trains are Life line of People
staying here.

» Three main routes of Mumbai Railway

Network are Western Railway, Central Railway
and Harbor Railway which is the major source
of travel and also cheap and faster.

» Most of the Service class people doing jobs

travel via this mode of transportation which is
always crowded
 Distant Future of Locomotives
-Magnetic levitation train (maglev)
-Very expensive to build and operate
-Shanghai maglev at 20,000 passengers a day,
$6/passenger will take around 30 years to pay off
just the capital costs, not including track
maintenance, salaries, and electricity
-THEORY: create in
vacuum-filled tunnels
-Tunnels deep enough to
pass under oceans
train could top at around
5000 mph, making the
trip between London and
New York only 54
minutes
Long Distance Travel (Airplanes)
-1950s: airplane travel for commercial purposes
began
-1970s: fares become cheaper and more affordable
for the average traveler
-Consumed more fuel per passenger-mile
-Consumption per passenger-hour was many times
higher than the automobile
-Causes noise pollution
-Currently only small realistic improvements can be
made—each saving 1-3% fuel
 LIGHT RAIL
TRANSIT (LRT)

-Less-massive than other

rail systems (street cars
and trolleys)
-Trolley is an electric
streetcar that draws power
from a live suspended wire
 Trolleybus
-Powered by two overhead
electric wires, from which it
draws electricity using 2
trolley poles
-Rubber tires have better
roadway adhesion than
streetcar steel wheels on
steel rails
-Regenerative breaking
-Dilemma: difficult to
compete with efficiencies of
light rail but are very flexible
in uses and have lower start
up costs than conventional
buses
FUELS…..???
 Transportation Suggestions
» Promote use of hybrids

» Research safer and more efficient ways to

implement new technology in passenger
vehicles

» Encourage use of mass transit in urban areas

through government funding and community
planning

» Discourage flights for travel <200 miles

» Close the 30-40% gap between government

subsidies of highways and mass transit
 Transportation Policy

Right now, the government funds

80% to 90% of highway construction costs, and
only 50% of mass transit costs after a long
process.

To promote public transportation, This must

change.