LAND USE SURVEY

• THE KEY TO ACHIEVE TOD GOAL IS TO LOCATE THE VARIOUS COMPATIBLE USES CLOSE
TOGETHER, MAKING THEM EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO IMPROVE
WALKABILITY. IT IS NECESSARY TO STUDY EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN WITHIN STUDY
AREA AND THEN PROPOSE THE REDEVELOPMENT TO TRANSFORM THE LAND USE INTO
TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE FORM. HENCE FIRSTLY EXISTING LAND USE IN STUDY AREA AS SHOWN
IN FIGURE-3(A) AND (B) WAS OBTAINED FROM DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF MUMBAI
METROPOLITAN REGION AS WELL AS BY PHYSICALLY VISITING STUDY AREA. THE LAND USE
SURVEY ALSO HELPED IN COLLECTING DATA WHERE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY FORMAT WERE
ADMINISTERED TO COLLECT THE RELEVANT DATA AND INFORMATION. QUESTIONNAIRE WAS
FILLED BY CONDUCTING FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS OF BUILDERS, RESIDENTS AND
OFFICIALS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE GREATER MUMBAI. THE LAND USE DATA
COLLECTED INCLUDES EXISTING PLOTS AREAS, BUILT UP AREA (BUA), FLOOR SPACE INDEX
(FSI) (PERMITTED AND CONSUMED) AND TYPE OF LAND USE ON EACH OF THE PLOT.
 TRAFFIC VOLUME COUNT SURVEY

• UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT TRAFFIC SCENARIO AS WELL AS LOS OF EXISTING ROADS SERVING THE
STUDY AREA TRAFFIC VOLUME COUNT SURVEY IS CONDUCTED USING VIDEO FILMING METHOD AT
MAJOR JUNCTION IN STUDY AREA. FIGURE-2(C) SHOWS THE OIL INDIA JUNCTION (BELOW DN NAGAR
METRO STATION) WHERE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED. GEOMETRY OF THE JUNCTION IS SHOWN IN
FIGURE2(D).VIDEO RECORDING WAS DONE FOR 8 HOURS COVERING MORNING PEAK AS WELL AS SOME
PORTION OF EVENING PEAK (8.00 AM TO 2.00 PM AND 5.00 PM TO 7.00 PM). CLASSIFIED VEHICLE COUNT AT
EACH APPROACH WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE RECORDED VIDEO FOR AN INTERVAL OF 15 MINUTES IN
THREE DIRECTIONS I.E. RIGHT TURNING, STRAIGHT AND LEFT TURNING. MORNING PEAK PERIOD IS
CONSIDERED FOR ANALYSIS WHICH IS FROM 8.00 AM TO 12.00 PM AS IT IS FOUND TO BE A PEAK OF
PEAKS. FROM 15- MINUTE INTERVAL COUNT HOURLY VOLUME COUNT OF VEHICLES WAS OBTAINED IN
TERMS OF PCUS AND HENCE PEAK HOUR WAS DETERMINED FOR EACH APPROACH AS WELL AS FOR
ENTIRE JUNCTION WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE 9.15 AM TO 10.15 AM.