Write down one word that comes into your thought
when you read the following word:
Transport
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Shanghai
Overpass
– a transport
solution
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Why do people need transportation?
Because it gives them the ability to move from one
place to another.
Is mobility a necessity in life?
Yes, it is.
Mobility give people access to………
So, transportation is all about
accessibility and mobility?
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
How to improve the
mobility and accessibility of people?
=
How to improve transport?
Do they both mean the same?
If not what is the difference?
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Mobility:
Efficient movement of people and goods
where congestion or inadequate roads need not be a problem
Accessibility:
ability to reach opportunities
where congestion or inadequate roads should not be a problem
Traffic:
vehicle movement and speed
where congestion or inadequate roads is a problem
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Source: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/sustran/access-mobility.html
In road-focused approach:
access to services, goods and contacts requires
a lots of mobility,
as it is in the case of remote rural areas.
Is it?
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Curitiba (in Brazil) which
pioneered BRT technology in the 1970s
BRT buses move quickly through the
city transporting 2 million people daily,
which is 70% of the cities population.
GDP per capita of Curitiba increased
from 10% to 65% above the national
average during 1980 to 1996.
Prof. R. Shanthini
Investing
in Sustainable
09 Feb 2013
- BRT system is different
from conventional bus
service
- BRT run in dedicated
lanes
- BRT have signal priority
so they spend less time
stopped at red lights
- BRT board passengers
through all doors after
paying fares at station
platforms
- Space for the busway is
often re-allocated from
existing traffic or parking
lanes
Transport could lead to higher economic growth
BRT helps to reduce transport-related pollution,
improves urban transport,
Mexico’s
improves accessibility,
BRT
Improves traffic safety,
system
improves public security,
and boosts the quality of public spaces in the City.
The existing 20 km
BRT line (is being
extended to 220 km in
five years) already
carries more than
260,000 passengers
each day and has
shortened commute
times by up to an hour
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Source:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/mexico_city_may.php
Bogotá, Colombia built 70
miles of bicycle routes
and closed several streets
to cars (converting them
into pedestrian malls).
- The initial $350 million, 38 km TransMilenio system was
introduced in less than 2 years.
- The buses are able to carry 780,000 people a day at an
average speed of 26 km per hr.
- Unlike expensive subways or elevated trains, the
TransMilenio actually runs at a profit.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
http://archive.wri.org/newsroom/wrifeatures_text.cfm?ContentID=880
The Transjakarta Busway in
Indonesia, Asia’s biggest BRT,
began operations in February
2004 amid stiff opposition - but
its success silenced critics.
The system carries 100,000
passengers a day, three times the
number when it started. It is so
popular that six corridors will be
added in the next 3 years.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013 Source:
http://www.cleanairnet.org/baq2006/1757/propertyvalue-26756.htm
TransSantiago
BRT system in
Santiago, Chile
failed
catastrophically.
Why?
http://embarq.wri.org/documentupload/Willumsen_Transantiago_short.pdf
http://embarq.wri.org/documentupload/Correa_Transantiago_short.pdf
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Vélo liberté or Velib or bicycle freedom is Paris’ hugely
successful public bicycle rental program.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Cyclists simply purchase a day ticket for the easy to use terminals for a
euro, allowing you unlimited free bike hire over a 24 hour period.
Providing each ride is less than 30 min, that’s all you’ll pay for the day.
A bargain prices head steeply upwards with after that: a 90 min rental
will set you back three euros, whereas a five hour rental jumps to 31
euros. The intent is to keep as many bicycles in rotation as possible.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
The bikes can be rented online or at any of the 750-self-service
docking stations. A one-day pass costs 1 euro, a weekly pass
costs 5 euros and an annual pass is 29 euros. Target is to reduce
car traffic by 40 percent by 2020.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
$120 million
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
cutting traffic and air
pollution, fighting climate
change to create highquality public spaces
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
The Sustainable Transport
Award is given annually to the
city that made most progress
over the year
-to increase mobility for all
residents
- while reducing transportation
greenhouse and air pollution
emissions
- and improving safety and
access for cyclists and
pedestrians.
http://www.itdp.org/get-involved/sustainable-transport-award/
2012 Winner: Medellin, Colombia
BRT: "Metroplús": The development and inauguration of a BRT
project that is fully integrated (physically and fare) with the
existent mass transit (metro and cable car).
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
http://www.itdp.org/get-involved/sustainable-transport-award/
2012 Winner: Medellin, Colombia
Public bicycle program: "EnCicla": A public bicycle system that
has started with an approach integrating universities and mass
transit, along with other key destinations of the city.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
http://www.itdp.org/get-involved/sustainable-transport-award/
2012 Winner: Medellin, Colombia
Improvement of public spaces: quantity and quality of public
spaces has been improved, by means of pedestrian connection
improvements, environmental parks, and urban promenades.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
http://www.itdp.org/get-involved/sustainable-transport-award/
2012 Winner: San Francisco, United States
San Francisco is using parking reform to great effect. The new
‘SFpark’ variable-rate, demand-responsive parking management
system, provides real-time parking availability information online,
via text and smartphone apps.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
http://www.itdp.org/get-involved/sustainable-transport-award/
2012 Winner: San Francisco, United States
The city’s ‘Pavement to Parks’ program reclaims parking spaces for public
space and has created 20 new and dynamic parklets with more on the way.
The city started to upgrade and expand its bike network, setting an
ambitious target of 20% of all trips made by bicycle by 2020.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
http://www.itdp.org/get-involved/sustainable-transport-award/
2012 Winner: San Francisco, United States
The City is also implementing slow speed zones around all city
schools, and is in the process of figuring out how to expand its
popular Sunday Streets program (ciclovia recreativa) to meet
the demand for a weekly program.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
http://www.itdp.org/get-involved/sustainable-transport-award/
2011 Winner: Guangzhou, China
Guangzhou’s new world-class BRT system integrates with bike
lanes, bike share and metro stations, raising the bar for all cities.
Guangzhou
BRT runs
along one of
the busiest
corridors in
the city, and
carries
800,000
passengers
each.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Source: http://www.itdp.org/index.php/sustainable_transport_award/
2011 Winner: Guangzhou, China
In June 2010 Guangzhou launched a bike sharing system with
5,000 bikes and 113 stations, primarily along the BRT corridor.
The full first phase system will have 15,000 bikes, making
Guangzhou one of the ten largest bike sharing systems
worldwide.
Guangzhou has also begun to re-introduce bike lanes on
major roadways, with dedicated bike lanes along the BRT
corridor.
Guangzhou also opened 5,500 bike parking positions at BRT
station areas, including double-tier bike parking racks at
several key stations.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Source: http://www.itdp.org/index.php/sustainable_transport_award/
2011 Winner: Guangzhou, China
In September 2010 Guangzhou opened the Donghaochong
greenway a spectacular greenway project along a polluted
former canal which is part of a wider project to build dozens of
kilometers of high quality greenways throughout the city.
This project created a 4km off-street bikeway and walkway
combined with parks and plazas and areas for children to play
alongside the water.
Prof. R. Shanthini
09 Feb 2013
Source: http://www.itdp.org/index.php/sustainable_transport_award/