Working group E

URBAN TRANSPORTATION

City level stakeholders’ consultation workshop.

Surat Municipal Corporation
Surat, Gujarat
 Surat and its transportation
planning
 Surat is a vibrant economic center in
Gujarat on Ahmedabad - Mumbai
regional corridor having a command
over the business activities in the region.
 The city has witnessed high population
growth, rapid economic development,
and concomitant increase in freight and
passenger traffic over the last two
decades.
 With population approaching 3 million as
indicated by census 2001, growth rate is
85%, highest in India.
 Labor intensive industry dominates, with
diamond, textile and chemical industry
employing a large number of migrant
workers. Heavy industries like ONGC,
KRIBHCO, NTPC, Shell, Reliance, etc.
make the city nationally important.
 The sustenance of Surat’s growth would
only be possible with the development of
an efficient transportation system. The
urban transport scenario is sought to be
guided by the Comprehensive Mobility
Plan, 2007 to achieve sustainable and
efficient transport system in Surat
TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS
 Traffic volume >
10,000 PCU on all
major roads and
bridges
 Maximum traffic volume
observed on the Ring
road - 164000 PCUs
 Sardar Bridge –
58000PCU
 Causeway – 9800 PCU
 Gandhi Bridge - 31000
PCU

STTP: ‘Approaches And Practices In Urban Transportation Planning’

Rajesh Pandya, Surat Municipal Corporation
 TRAFFIC COMPOSITION
 Traffic Survey has been done by CRRI and CES in the
year of 1998,2004 and 2005

 Significant amount of changes in cars/ auto and two

wheelers

STTP: ‘Approaches And Practices In Urban Transportation Planning’

Rajesh Pandya, Surat Municipal Corporation
 Comprehensive mobility plan
 CMP prepared in 2007 as a holistic and integrated response to
urban transport scenario in Surat with perspective of 2030.
 Draws upon a series of traffic and transportation studies done
from 1999-2007.
 Backed by systematic O-D studies and desire lines mapping
 Comprises integrated proposals covering:
 Road network planning
 Public transit system
 Parking policy
 Urban land management
 Pedestrian and NMV facilities
 Addresses issues relating to
 Transport funding policy
 Institutional framework
 components curren propos
t ed

R10A
R9B
Ring road 39 78
R8A
R10A

Radial Roads 137 90

R1 1

Ring
A
R13

C2-A R9B
R11A

R10A R9A

Bridges 7 9
R8A
R13
R1 3
R10 R9 R2-A
NATIONAL
R8A

HIGHWAY
R8
R15

R1 4
R14

Flyovers 9 17*
R15 R7
R1 4
R7
R7
R15 R5
Ring

Ring
Ring

R3 R4
Ring
C2

C4
C3

R7
C5

ROB/RUB 11 15
R6
R15

R5A

R2-B
R4A

5
R1
R2

R2
R2
R2

R6 Freight terminals 0 4
R4A

R2

Bus terminals 3 1
R6
R5A
R2
R3A
R2

R5A
R4A

Cycle tracks n.a. 60

Legend:
Existing Roads
SURAT EXISTING / PROPOSED ROAD NETWORK Proposed Roads
Future Proposed Roads
SMC Boundary
SUDA Boundary
Non-motorized transport
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Potential corridors
 LRTS and the future….

North-south and east-

west corridors,
Planning for:
•Regional connectivity
to navsari and
surrounding areas
•Integration with
BRTS, railway and
regional bus service
Urban transportation planning
issues
 Transportation Demand management –
 Passenger
 Goods transport
 integration of land use & transportation
planning
 Traffic impact assessment
 Emphasis on multimodal transport system
 Road hierarchy maintenance
Urban transportation planning
issues
 Prioritization for pedestrians
 Integration of NMVs (cyclists)
 Improvisation in parking policy
 Education of road users
 De-centralisation of railway terminus
facility
 Planning of access to BRTS
Urban transportation planning
issues
 Better enforcement of traffic rules
 Exploring options for intensive
development (TOD) on selected
corridors
 Implementation of ITS
 Approach to be more Futuristic
Plan for a smoother, safer ride….

A travel transition!

Thank you