They started it after us, but finished earlier. After two years of
looking for answers, city BRTS officials are waiting for CEPT team’s
visit next week
Posted On Sunday, June 02, 2013 at 10:59:39 AM
After years of getting pilloried over its rather haphazard approach to the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) project, the Pune BRT project team has now come out with a what-we-should-be-doing report after a three-member team visited Ahmedabad in April to study the nuances of that city’s BRT project, successfully implemented there. Ahmedabad’s BRT project implementation has been ranked #1 in Asia, and third worldwide.
The team included Pune BRTS chief engineer Anant Waghmare, and two engineers from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
The report subsequently submitted has revealed several shortcomings in planning and implementation by city authorites, beginning with timing display and ticketing to crucial factors like seamless boarding of buses and bus station design.
Probably the most important lesson learnt is that Ahmedabad appointed only the Centre for Environmental Planning technology (CEPT) as the sole planner and adviser for the entire project while Pune has already gone in for over 50 consultants for the barely-finished project. Ahmedabad, incidentally, started its BRT project in 2009 — two years after Pune — but finished earlier.
And the Pune team can’t stop gushing over Ahmedabad’s BRTS, implemented by planning body Ahmedabad Janmarg Ltd with consultation by CEPT. Speaking to Mirror, Waghmare said, “CEPT is the godfather in BRTS planning and is behind the success story in Ahmedabad.
We need excellent planners and consultants for the ongoing and future BRTS work here. The need was felt to learn from Ahmedabad’s successful implementation, so PMPML, PMC and PCMC jointly decided on a study tour. It has also been decided to make CEPT the main consultant for the Pune project.”
He added, “Our team visited CEPT University and held discussions with their director, Shivanand Prabhu, about the overall success of BRTS there. We also gave them basic information on the work being done here.”
After the failure of the pilot BRTS project, PMPML, PMC and PCMC have spent the past two years planning and working over the project’s next stage.
In this, four potential corridors have been identified and work is proposed for 68.8 km. PMPML chairman and managing director, Ramchandra Joshi, said, “We are really looking forward to interact with CEPT, which will probably be in this month. The meeting will include municipal commissioners of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, where problems faced by us will be discussed.”
Shivanand Swami, director, CEPT Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, said from Ahmedabad, “Our team will be coming to Pune next week, and we have an agenda for the meeting with the municipal corporations there.
As the project is already in the pipeline, we will first try to understand its overall working so far, and then advise and suggest improvements. There are too many consultants and advisors working on the Pune project; we first need to bring them together and take collective decisions for working more efficiently.”
Pune BRT then's AH’bad visit report
Entry
In Ahmedabad: Bus can be boarded on both sides, commuters can enter comfortably
In Pune: Only one-side entry, so commuters on closed side of bus will have to go around the bus station
Ticketing
In Ahmedabad: 2 personnel to man off-board ticket counter at each bus station
In Pune: Only 1 personnel proposed for the same
Docking
In Ahmedabad: A roller system has been installed so the bus doesn’t scrape the walls when it halts
In Pune: No such roller system
Bus shuedule display
In Ahmedabad: Along with arrival time, digital timers count down to the bus’ arrival. Buses stick to schedule
In Pune: Only arrival time display. These are defunct
Control room
In Ahmedabad: The BRTS control room is well-equipped with technology and upgraded with 9 large screens displaying routes and bus progression
In Pune: Only 1 large screen, 9 CCTV monitors
Corridor congestion
In Ahmedabad: If buses are seen to be bunching on a dedicated BRT corridor, the control room drivers on that route are informed over two-way communication system to slow down, speed up
In Pune: No such system at the Pune BRTS control room
Project consultants
In Ahmedabad: The Centre for Environmental Planning Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad is the sole consultant, adviser and planner for BRT project In Pune: Over 50 consultants involved in the project so far
BRTS facts
• Pune was the first in the country to initiate the BRTS project in 2007. The pilot BRTS route was implemented along the Hadapsar-Swargate-Katraj (12.5 km) stretch. PMC has spent Rs 113 crore on the pilot project.
• Now, PMC has started work on new potential BRTS corridors in the city. This will be a total of 68.8 km. The work is going on in patches, currently having begun on Nagar Road and Alandi Road.
• The first pilot project for Ahmedabad was from its RTO chowk to Chandranagar, measuring 12.5 km. After the success of the pilot project, the decision was taken to move forward with the BRTS work in two phases. The project estimate went to Rs 1,200 crore
Source: http://www.punemirror.in/article/62/20130602201306021059451841f4c66fd/6-yrs-into-BRTS-NaMo-Land-lessons-for-PMC.html
Posted On Sunday, June 02, 2013 at 10:59:39 AM
After years of getting pilloried over its rather haphazard approach to the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) project, the Pune BRT project team has now come out with a what-we-should-be-doing report after a three-member team visited Ahmedabad in April to study the nuances of that city’s BRT project, successfully implemented there. Ahmedabad’s BRT project implementation has been ranked #1 in Asia, and third worldwide.
The team included Pune BRTS chief engineer Anant Waghmare, and two engineers from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
| Jignesh Vora |
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| This BRTS bus station in Ahmedabad works in a streamlined manner, with confortable ticketing options and interiors |
The report subsequently submitted has revealed several shortcomings in planning and implementation by city authorites, beginning with timing display and ticketing to crucial factors like seamless boarding of buses and bus station design.
Probably the most important lesson learnt is that Ahmedabad appointed only the Centre for Environmental Planning technology (CEPT) as the sole planner and adviser for the entire project while Pune has already gone in for over 50 consultants for the barely-finished project. Ahmedabad, incidentally, started its BRT project in 2009 — two years after Pune — but finished earlier.
| Manoj Bidkar |
 |
| In Pune, the BRTS corridor is a free-for-all as buses snake through the busy Swargate traffic junction |
And the Pune team can’t stop gushing over Ahmedabad’s BRTS, implemented by planning body Ahmedabad Janmarg Ltd with consultation by CEPT. Speaking to Mirror, Waghmare said, “CEPT is the godfather in BRTS planning and is behind the success story in Ahmedabad.
We need excellent planners and consultants for the ongoing and future BRTS work here. The need was felt to learn from Ahmedabad’s successful implementation, so PMPML, PMC and PCMC jointly decided on a study tour. It has also been decided to make CEPT the main consultant for the Pune project.”
He added, “Our team visited CEPT University and held discussions with their director, Shivanand Prabhu, about the overall success of BRTS there. We also gave them basic information on the work being done here.”
After the failure of the pilot BRTS project, PMPML, PMC and PCMC have spent the past two years planning and working over the project’s next stage.
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| The Ahmedabad blueprint of a bus station |
In this, four potential corridors have been identified and work is proposed for 68.8 km. PMPML chairman and managing director, Ramchandra Joshi, said, “We are really looking forward to interact with CEPT, which will probably be in this month. The meeting will include municipal commissioners of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, where problems faced by us will be discussed.”
Shivanand Swami, director, CEPT Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, said from Ahmedabad, “Our team will be coming to Pune next week, and we have an agenda for the meeting with the municipal corporations there.
As the project is already in the pipeline, we will first try to understand its overall working so far, and then advise and suggest improvements. There are too many consultants and advisors working on the Pune project; we first need to bring them together and take collective decisions for working more efficiently.”
Pune BRT then's AH’bad visit report
Entry
In Ahmedabad: Bus can be boarded on both sides, commuters can enter comfortably
In Pune: Only one-side entry, so commuters on closed side of bus will have to go around the bus station
Ticketing
In Ahmedabad: 2 personnel to man off-board ticket counter at each bus station
In Pune: Only 1 personnel proposed for the same
Docking
In Ahmedabad: A roller system has been installed so the bus doesn’t scrape the walls when it halts
In Pune: No such roller system
Bus shuedule display
In Ahmedabad: Along with arrival time, digital timers count down to the bus’ arrival. Buses stick to schedule
In Pune: Only arrival time display. These are defunct
Control room
In Ahmedabad: The BRTS control room is well-equipped with technology and upgraded with 9 large screens displaying routes and bus progression
In Pune: Only 1 large screen, 9 CCTV monitors
Corridor congestion
In Ahmedabad: If buses are seen to be bunching on a dedicated BRT corridor, the control room drivers on that route are informed over two-way communication system to slow down, speed up
In Pune: No such system at the Pune BRTS control room
Project consultants
In Ahmedabad: The Centre for Environmental Planning Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad is the sole consultant, adviser and planner for BRT project In Pune: Over 50 consultants involved in the project so far
BRTS facts
• Pune was the first in the country to initiate the BRTS project in 2007. The pilot BRTS route was implemented along the Hadapsar-Swargate-Katraj (12.5 km) stretch. PMC has spent Rs 113 crore on the pilot project.
• Now, PMC has started work on new potential BRTS corridors in the city. This will be a total of 68.8 km. The work is going on in patches, currently having begun on Nagar Road and Alandi Road.
• The first pilot project for Ahmedabad was from its RTO chowk to Chandranagar, measuring 12.5 km. After the success of the pilot project, the decision was taken to move forward with the BRTS work in two phases. The project estimate went to Rs 1,200 crore
Source: http://www.punemirror.in/article/62/20130602201306021059451841f4c66fd/6-yrs-into-BRTS-NaMo-Land-lessons-for-PMC.html
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